The Glorious Burden

nailz · Post by **nailz** » Sun Apr 04, 2004 10:57 am

You know, I'm aware this has been brought up about 10 times already, but I must say I'm terribly impressed with Iced Earths The Glorious Burden. Ripper seems to fit the band perfectly, and while the guitars and music still seem too generically dark for my liking, I thougherally enjoy the contrast between that and the vocal atmosphere Ripper brings in place of Barlow (who, in my opinion, just made the whole band suck).

all in all, 4 horns up. \m/ >.< \m/

Farlo · Post by **Farlo** » Sun Apr 04, 2004 4:00 pm

too me ripper just sounds too much like rob halford(yes i know ripper replaced rob for a while)

Kai Stromler · Post by **Kai Stromler** » Sun Apr 04, 2004 4:08 pm

On the first half of Glorious Burden, where he's singing material that was written for Matt's voice, he sounds like Halford. Maybe all those years singing in that Priest tribute act (and the later Priest tribute act involving Dowding and Tipton...

) have just trained him to sound like that when he's singing for someone else. "The Reckoning" is pretty egregious in this sense.

However, on Gettysburg, he sounds like Tim Owens. There isn't another singer (as I'm aware of) who could have pulled off that material better or more in tune with what Schaffer's music required.

Is there anyone on this board who actually has Heart of a Killer? I certainly don't (there's a reason why Winter's Bane is a trivia question instead of a band), but would greatly appreciate some insight as to what Owens sounded like the last time he was in an original band.

--K

RobLoge85 · Post by **RobLoge85** » Sun Apr 04, 2004 4:49 pm

I like this CD... a lot.

nailz · Post by **nailz** » Sun Apr 04, 2004 5:25 pm

He doesn't really sound EXACTLY like Halford, but I think there is a definite resemblance, and i think it helps the band. But yah, you can definitely hear the music is meant for Matt.

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Sun Apr 04, 2004 6:46 pm

I told you you'd like it.

And now that I've heard it so much, I really only like the trilogy. But I really like it.

Farlo · Post by **Farlo** » Sun Apr 04, 2004 7:30 pm

i dont like the album that much, but the trilogy alone is worth the purchase

nailz · Post by **nailz** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 7:48 am

I have yet to go through and give a good listen to the Trilogy

MetalWolf · Post by **MetalWolf** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 2:42 am

I have listened to the whole album top to bottom, bottom to top, left to right, so on. Except for thw two versions of "When The Eagle Cries", The Glorious Burden is nearly a perfect album to me. I love Ripper in this album he kicks ass but dispite how he rules on the album I still miss Barlow, I honestly feel Greenface and Hollow Man would have been done better with him in it but Ripper does a good job nonetheless.