Musically you to * The Dark Saga * mainly in Midtempbereich, faster songs are hardly offered. For a very dark, threatening atmosphere is created, which runs through the entire disc. The songwriting was clear again in Schaffer's hand, supportive could only intervene Barlow.
Lyrically dedicated to the history of the dark superhero * Spawn *, leaves Barlow meaningful raise his voice and Schaffer * galloped * characteristic through the 10 tracks, which amount to a mixture of the best metal ingredients in the form of heavy- and power metal. The interplay of the texts, the atmosphere and the music a kind of blueprint for all subsequent power metal bands emerged. Although I Iced Earth * would not necessarily assign only the power metal genre *.
Playing tips: EVERYTHING !!!
* Iced Earth * create a work that in the power metal area my opinion, the same high status has such as Omen's * Warning Of Danger * or Metal Church's debut album. And although the band has more power than Metallica and more Metal than Manowar the great success failed to materialize so far. In my view that may well remain so if further such ingenious plates are released.
CONCLUSION: a masterpiece ...
