- Something Wicked This Way Comes (Iced Earth album)
Infobox Album |
Name = Something Wicked This Way Comes
Type = studio
Artist =Iced Earth
Released =July 7 ,1998
Recorded = Morrisound StudiosTampa, Florida
Genre =Power metal , heavy metal
Length = 61:56
Label = Century Media
Producer =Jim Morris
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:whuj6j7o71t0 link]
*The Metal Observer rating|10|10 [http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=204 link]
Last album = "Days of Purgatory "
(1997)
This album = "Something Wicked This Way Comes"
(1998)
Next album = "The Melancholy E.P. "
(1999/2001)"Something Wicked This Way Comes" is American heavy metal band
Iced Earth 's fifth album, released onJuly 7 ,1998 , byCentury Media Records . It is the band's first album featuring lead guitarist Larry Tarnowski, and also features the return of former studio drummerMark Prator , who wasn't part of the band during re-recording sessions for "Days of Purgatory ".Track listing
tracklist
writing_credits = yes
title1 = Burning Times
length1 = 3:44
writer1 =Matt Barlow ,Jon Schaffer title2 = Melancholy (Holy Martyr)
length2 = 4:47
writer2 = Schaffertitle3 = Disciples of the Lie
length3 = 4:03
writer3 = Schaffertitle4 = Watching Over Me
length4 = 4:28
writer4 = Schaffertitle5 = Stand Alone
length5 = 2:44
writer5 = Barlow, Schaffertitle6 = Consequences
length6 = 5:36
writer6 = Schaffertitle7 = My Own Savior
length7 = 3:39
writer7 = Barlow, Schaffer,Jim Morris title8 = Reaping Stone
length8 = 4:02
writer8 = Barlow, Schaffer,James MacDonough title9 = 1776
length9 = 3:33
writer9 = Schaffertitle10 = Blessed Are You
length10 = 5:05
writer10 = Schaffertitle11 = Prophecy
length11 = 6:18
writer11 = Schaffertitle12 = Birth of the Wicked
length12 = 4:16
writer12 = Schaffertitle13 = The Coming Curse
length13 = 9:33
writer13 = SchafferBonus tracks (2008 re-release)
tracklist
writing_credits = yes
title14 = Shooting Star
note14 = originally by Bad Company
length14 = 5:16
writer14 =Paul Rodgers title15 =
Electric Funeral
note15 = originally byBlack Sabbath
length15 = 4:53
writer15 =Ozzy Osbourne ,Tony Iommi ,Geezer Butler , Bill Wardtitle16 = The Ripper
note16 = originally byJudas Priest
length16 = 2:44
writer16 =Glenn Tipton Bonus tracks (Japanese edition)
tracklist
lyrics_credits = yes
title14 = Stormrider (live)
lyrics14 = Schaffer
music14 = Randall Shawver, Schaffer
length14 = 4:48Trivia
*The song "Watching Over Me" was written in memory of Bill Blackmon, a friend of Jon Schaffer's who had died in a motorcycle accident. He also suggested the name Iced Earth to Jon.
*The final three tracks of the album comprise the "Something Wicked" trilogysong cycle . It introduces Iced Earth's mascot,Set Abominae , and provides the backstory to the upcoming albums based on Set, , released in September of 2007, and . To keep a continuity between the original trilogy and the new albums, the band released an EP entitled "Overture of the Wicked " with the original song cycle re-recorded with then-current singerTim "Ripper" Owens .
*The title of the album is a quotation of a phrase inWilliam Shakespeare 'sMacbeth in Act IV Scene 1. The full line of the second witch says: "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes."
*The live version of "Stormrider" included as a bonus track on the Japanese release (As well as the 2008 reissue ofNight of the Stormrider ) was recorded at the 1998Wacken Open Air festival.Personnel
Iced Earth
*
Jon Schaffer – lead &rhythm guitar , backing vocals
*Matthew Barlow –lead vocals
*James MacDonough –bass guitar Guest appearances
*Larry Tarnowski –
guitar solo s on all tracks except "Watching Over Me"
*Mark Prator – drums
*Susan McQuinn –flute on "1776"
*Howard Helm –piano intro to "Coming Curse"
*Tracy Marie LaBarbera – backing vocals on "My Own Savior", "Melancholy", and "Watching Over Me"
*Jim Morris – producer, engineer, keyboards, guitar solo on "Watching Over Me", backing vocals
*Roger Hughes –mandolin on "Blessed Are You"
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