Iced Earth: Live In Ancient Kourion

When I think of exceptional live metal recordings those that come to mind are Iron Maiden's legendary Live After Death and Iced Earth's much admired Alive In Athens. Alive In Athens is three CDs of stellar metal performances and an essential purchase for any Iced Earth fan. The last Iced Earth live release was Festivals Of The Wicked which included performances with the bands former vocalists Mat Barlow and Tim "Ripper" Owens. So now they have another such release Live In Ancient Kourion this time with Stu Block who made his striking debut as Iced Earth's vocalist on Dystopia their most recent studio recording. Stu's varied vocals are somewhat like a mixture of those two prior members mentioned above and then some.

All three vocalists have made their impressive marks with the band the proof is on their respective albums, and it's really cool listening to Stu put his vocals to those pre Dystopia era songs in a live situation. The remainder of the line-up featured on this release is Jon Schaffer on rhythm, lead guitar and vocals, drummer Brent Smedley, Troy Seele is on lead guitars and Luke Appleton looks after the bass guitar, all are kept very active propelling Iced Earth's demanding heavy music.

Captured at the ancient Kourion Theater in Limassol, Cyprus and with great cover artwork to suit Live In Ancient Kourion has Iced Earth taking their eager audience through the past and present, with a vast collection of songs going back in time to their debut album Iced Earth unleashing it's awesome title track and up till more recent material including 2011's Dystopia. Iced Earth confirms once again why they are one of the best live metal acts as they never fail to impress. With so much power and precision in their performances ensuring that this imposing collection of Iced Earth tracks sound as good as ever.

2CD, DVD,Vinyl or a Blu-Ray combo pack the choice is yours, so get a copy of Live In Ancient Kourion and brace yourself for the almighty metal of Iced Earth.

Track listing
CD 1
1) Intro
2) Dystopia
3) Burning Times
4) Angel's Holocaust
5) Slave To The Dark
6) V
7) When The Night Falls
8) I Died For You
9) Invasion
10) Motivation Of Man
11) Setian Massacre
12) Stormrider
13) Pure Evil
14) Wolf
15) Dark City
16) Dracula
17) Ten Thousand Strong

CD 2
1) Anthem
2) Declaration Day
3) Days Of Rage
4) Melancholy
5) Encore Intro
6) In Sacred Flames
7) Boiling Point
8) Damien
9) Watching Over Me
10) Dante's Inferno
11) Iced Earth
12) The Hunter

Added: April 10th 2013
Reviewer: Scott Jessup
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