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July 27th, 2002, 09:59 PM
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The Grand Design
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 158
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Iced Earth: Horror Show
I think that Horror Show by IE was a dissapointment, i mean it didnt have the hype or potential that Something Wicked This Way Comes and Night Of The Stormrider had. Some of the guitar notes from the song Damien are taken off of the Demons and Wizards song Heaven Denies (and i know that its Schaffers material).....
i would prefer downloading some of the songs from it before actually buying it....but what the hell, its a descent release because its Iced Earth!!!
Rating (out of 5): 3.5
1) Wolf 3/5
2) Damien 5/5
3) Jack 3/5
4) Ghost Of Freedom 5/5
5) Im-Ho-Tep (Pharaohs's Curse) 1/5
6) Jeckyl And Hyde 3/5
7) Dragons Child 4/5
8) Transylvania 3/5
9) Frankenstein 3/5
10) Dracula 5/5
11) The Phantom Opera Ghost 5/5
*Their are only a few really good songs, so download the songs that i put down as 5/5*
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July 27th, 2002, 10:39 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Burrillville,R.I. U.S.A.
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Yes god damn this was a horrible album! I listened to it about twice.......They should go back to Burnt Offerings that is by far their best album in my opinion!
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July 27th, 2002, 10:40 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 21
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i didnt think horror show was that great either, but its hard to write your best material when your stuck on writing the same theme for each song . Jon writes his best music when he can write about any topic that comes to mind.
Ive lived to see the fall of metallica and the decline of megadeth over the past few years.....iced earth hasnt dissapointed me yet
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July 27th, 2002, 11:45 PM
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The Ace of Spades
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Planet Earth
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I liked "Horror Show" a lot. "Wolf" is one of my fave tunes off of it - great energy there. Jon Schaffer has repeatedly stated that he didn't care for "Burnt Offerings". I liked it. I personally think that it had a pervasive Metallica influence on it, to the point of being overly derivative. I think that may be one of the reason's why Jon isn't so fond of it. Irregardless, "Burnt Offerings" gets a work out on my CD player...
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July 28th, 2002, 04:43 AM
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Haha Fuck You
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Adelaide, Australia
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I liked it, mainly because of Steves bass work... he's a badass...
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July 28th, 2002, 05:05 PM
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Natural Born Wailer
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Billy Bob Backwoods State
Posts: 596
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Listen I'll be the first to say Iced Earth OOZES talent..but I REALLY loathe this band..Steve is a KILLER bassist and the guitar work is beyond killer..but I HATE the vocals..cannot stand them. I own Something Wicked...and I NEVER listen to it..and I'd heard so many great and wonderful things..I really wish I could like this band. Plus I hate how their singer thinks Death, Black, Gore, and Grind are all dead forms of metal and that power metal is taking over..the only thing I can to say about that is..BULL SHIT!
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July 28th, 2002, 10:06 PM
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The Grand Design
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 158
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Where the fuck did you hear that from????  |
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July 31st, 2002, 10:04 PM
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Metal Maniac
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 971
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I think Horror Show is a great album!!! It was the first Iced Earth album I owned ( I've only found out about them in like november).
I thought it was amazing the first listen through, I think I listened to it about 4 or 5 times straight through in a row!! It's classic Iced Earth in my opinion... not too different from the older stuff.. but still has its own feel. Wolf, being the first track, was the first Iced Earth song I heard, and it grabbed me, and never let me go, a great song in my opinion. All great tracks really!! Thier cover of Transylvania kills!!! 
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July 31st, 2002, 10:24 PM
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Metal Keyboardist
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: U.S.A
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I agree that Im-Ho-Tep (Pharaohs's Curse) isn't such a great song. But I do think that Horror Show is a pretty good CD. Defiantley not one of their best though. It seems like they are afraid to change their sound because they dont want to be betrayed by their fans. So the result is songs that kind of sounds recycled from past songs. Alot of people porbably disagree that Horror Show sounds like past albums but I think it does, not in a good way though. In the positive side, I think Wolf, Damien, Jack, Ghost of Freedom, Dragons Child, Frankenstein and The Phantom Opera Ghost all kick ass! |
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August 10th, 2002, 06:53 PM
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Rotting Corpse Head!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: North Carolina, USA
Posts: 298
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Loved Horrorshow but there is only one Stormrider!!!
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August 11th, 2002, 04:22 AM
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Hoppin an' boppin
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Canberra - Australia
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I loved "Horror Show". This was the first Iced Earth album to grace my ears and along with "Tribute to the Gods", this is my fav Iced Earth album. A dramatic change to "Burnt Offerings" though.
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