Alive in Athens [Bonus Disc]

Artist	Iced Earth
Format	CD
Genre	Rock
Label Name	Century Media
Producer	Jon Schaffer, Jim Ward Morris
Release Date	2003 07 15
Song List	1: Burning Times (4:07) 2: Vengeance Is Mine (4:42) 3: Pure Evil (6:36) 4: My Own Savior (3:42) 5: Melancholy (Holy Martyr) (4:55) 6: Dante's Inferno (16:23) 7: The Hunter (4:09) 8: Travel in Stygian (9:02) 9: Slave to the Dark (3:52) 10: A Question of Heaven (8:17) 11: Dark Saga (4:02) 12: The Last Laugh (4:38) 13: Last December (3:37) 14: Watching Over Me (4:53) 15: Angels Holocaust (4:31) 16: Stormrider (4:49) 17: The Path I Choose (5:44) 18: I Died for You (4:44) 19: Prophecy (6:10) 20: Birth of the Wicked (5:42) 21: The Coming Curse (8:56) 22: Iced Earth (5:56) 23: Colors [*] (5:11) 24: Stand Alone (3:30) 25: Cast in Stone (6:02) 26: Desert Rain (7:19) 27: Brainwashed (5:12) 28: Disciples of the Lie (4:11) 29: When the Night Falls (7:47) 30: Diary (5:52) 31: Blessed Are You (5:46) 32: Violate (3:53)
Style.Categories	Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash

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Iced Earth produces one of the most convincing live albums of the '90s. Alive in Athens crushes with the same monumental energy as Iron Maiden's Live After Death and Blind Guardian's Tokyo Tales, quite a lofty feat. With a visual approach akin to the "Eddie marketing campaign" of Maiden, Iced Earth has thrust themselves into the proverbial power metal spotlight with a destructively catchy sound to back it up. Live, Matt Barlow's soaring vocals pierce with studio-like quality, while the guitar pairing of Jon Schaffer and Larry Tarnowski echoes back to the glory days of a previously mentioned British supergroup. Not to be missed either is bassist James Macdonough, who, while not flashy, certainly is the glue of the band's tighter-than-thou power metal sound. Iced Earth staples like "Dark Saga," "Stormrider," "Last December," and "Pure Evil" are included, along with newer cuts from their last album, Something Wicked This Way Comes. Iced Earth is quite adept at wielding the energy of the crowd (similar to Blind Guardian) to their advantage. They use it to give the live sound a burst of energy that entraps the listener, leaving them at the band's mercy. [This version of the album includes an additional CD of bonus material.] ~ Jason Hundey, All Music Guide