Love the credits on the album. I don't know how any fan of any band could stand such lineup changes CONSTANTLY. Freternia has gone through about 4 different guitar/drum players in their 3 years as a 'professional' band, but thats just rocky because they don't have a hold on the music scene yet, and have only produced 2 albums. Not incredibly noticable.
However, despite the fact that I do not like Iced Earth, nearly at all, it really IS A shame that a band as being credited one of the BIGGEST crowd drawers in metal today (excluding the obvious big guns like metallica and maiden) Can't keep a lineup at ALL. It starts to make you wonder if Perhaps there's a certian band member who's driving them all out... but now.. which one could that be?
Alas, if Ripper makes it sound more like priest covering earth, this will be an album I would enjoy checking out. I never could stand Barlow's performance.
sad news for metal fans
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You think that's a lot of lineup changes? Man, you're lucky not to be a fan of King Crimson. In its' 34-year history, no lineup of this prog legend lasted longer than 3 years (yet).
I find lineup changes to be a good thing, artistically. It keeps fresh blood circulating and keeps the band constantly active searching for new formulas in its' music language.
Although admittedly, it's a bummer when a band goes split just before you think they're reaching their full artistic potential. That rarely happens though, and most of the time lineup changes are expected and neccesary.
The Birds are using humanity in order to throw something terrifying at this green pig. And then what happens to us all later, that’s simply not important to them…
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