...is pretty neat. Didn't like The Glorious Burden too much, but Framing Armageddon is many, many times more well thought out. Bit too long though, perhaps. And Jon should try to pick bandmates that actually stay in the band for longer than a single album, it's another parade of names I've never heard before (except Tim and Brent). But, it's as awesome as I hoped a Matthew-less Iced Earth album could be. What say ye?
The mix is a bit weird, but not distractingly so, I think. And of course Barlow needs to get back, but Jon has always expressed to be very happy with Tim's vocal performance ('this is what I wanted Iced Earth to sound like from the beginning' etc. etc.) so I don't see it happening any time soon.
Thats true, and ripper isn't really all that bad... he's no barlow though. All in all, IE are a pretty solid band, excusing the constant member cycle.
<boastfulness> I have seen Iced Earth play in 2002 (19th of January, to be precise)... WITH Barlow! ^_^ I probably mentioned this a thousand times already on here, but, it wasn't the happiest day in my life just so it could go unnoticed by everyone. </boastfulness>
