Burnt Offerings [Import]

Burnt Offerings [Import]

Track Listings

1. Burnt Offerings

2. Last December

3. Diary

4. Brainwashed

5. Burning Oasis

6. Creator Oasis

7. The Pierced Spirit

8. Dantes Inferno

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Remixed and remastered 2002 edition of 1995 release on Century Media.

Tracks:

Burnt Offerings
Last December
Diary
Brainwashed
Burning Oasis
Creator Failure
The Pierced Spirit
Dante's Inferno

Customer Reviews:

UNBELIEVABLE.......2007-04-07

this is a must have metal album. totally unique and awesome band, i just feel compelled to tell the world about these guys. matt barlowe has an awesome voice, and jon shaffer is an awesome musician. to describe their sound they sound like if iron maiden and old metallica joined forces. they are heavy and fast like metallica and melodic and epic like iron maiden. dante's inferno is the pinicle track on the album, an awesome 16 minute epic. I beseech each and every metal fan out there, if you have not heard this band before you need to start listening to them now. start out with this album, then go for night of the stormrider or dark saga.

Hell awaits...I'm the Tour Guide!.......2006-11-17

First I'm going to say this is what Metal is supposed sound like! DARK, Heavy, Ripping... Take Judas Priest add some Iron Maiden and the Aggression of Slayer/Metallica ( Master of Puppets ), and you have Iced Earth! This band is one of the best things that happened to Metal! This cd is awesome, everysong Kills! but the Epic Matserpiece "DANTES INFERNO"
is why I bought this cd, my God what a ride...All i can say if you LOVE Metal like me you "HAVE" to buy this cd. 5 Stars Plus!!

Pretty darn good.......2006-11-03

Pretty good album, here. They did well with Barlow. You can tell, from a lot of IE's music throughout their entire catalog, that they're big thrash fans. It goes without saying. Dante's Inferno is undoubtedly the highlight here. Now, having read the book, this song obviously doesn't compare with one of the the classic stories of history. That said, this song is awesome. It fits together well, the music fits with the story, and it just flat out rocks. Beyond this song, the rest of the album is very good. The majority of the other songs are good without being standouts. Last December is the best of the middle tracks. The title track is awesome, 2nd to the ending track. Good intro, great throughout. The only real problem with the album, at least in the thrashy parts, is the huge Bay Area tribute. Most of the songs in the middle could be lifted from assorted Bay Area albums, excepting Barlow's vocals. Listen to the title track: one of the riffs was lifted straight from the song Master of Puppets (2:59). Besides the worship of other bands causing a drop in originality, the rest of the album is great. Check it out if you like thrash or power, although this is more on the thrashy side.

dissapointment.......2006-08-11

there are two versions to this album and i ordered the version that was displayed and i was sent the wrong one!

Iced Earth Reborn.......2006-07-14

Any of thoughts of Iced Earth being power metal quickly get shot down when listening to the great Burnt Offerings. First off, the lyrics are too dark, the vocals too powerful, and the overall presentation too thrashy for power metal. I hope this ends all comments from people who say Iced Earth is power metal. They are most definately not. Iced Earth is closer to Slayer, Megadeth, and Iron Maiden then Sonata Arctica, Blind Guardian, and Helloween.

Onto the album, this is nothing short of sick (in a good way) and is a great introduction to the "voice of Iced Earth", Matt Barlow. His vocals range from operatic like Bruce Dickinson, to powerful yells like Tom Araya. The guitar duties are amazing, handled masterfully from Jon Schaffer and Randall Shawver. The drummer is also good, as well as the bass.

Favorite Songs: Burnt Offerings, Brainwashed, and of course, the almighty Dantes Inferno.

Also check out Horrow Show, The Dark Saga, and Alive in Athens for more Iced Earth.

Average customer rating:

Burnt Toast and Offerings
Gretchen Peters
Manufacturer: Thirty Tigers
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Burnt Offerings For The Bone Idol
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Burnt Offerings is just a little to dark for my taste
Not one of their best, but excellent nonetheless
Iced Earth Rules!

Burnt Offerings
Iced Earth
Manufacturer: Century Media
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006HMA5
Release Date: 2002-08-27

Tracks:

Burnt Offerings
Last December
Diary
Brainwashed
Burning Oasis
Creator Failure
Pierced Spirit
Dante's Inferno

Album Description

Remixed and remastered 2002 edition of 1995 release on Century Media.

Customer Reviews:

Burnt Offerings is just a little to dark for my taste.......2006-02-18

I just started collecting ICED EARTH cds, and from what I understand, some of these tracks are on the DAYS OF PURGATORY cd where the songs are remixed and I think rerecorded by some of the new members, but I can't really get in to BURNT OFFERINGS because it's just too dark and sinister sounding, where it's more like SLAYER (a band I hate with a passion)than ICED EARTH. The crunching guitars and the evil sounding vocals, just don't do it for me. It just doesn't sound as melodic as other discs they've put out. The albums that follow this I would definitely recommend over this, but if you are in to groups like SLAYER, this might just be a perfect fit for you. I just checked and I think that the 2cd set of DAYS OF PURGATORY is the one that has a few tracks off BURNT OFFERINGS, but if you buy the single disc cd of Purgatory you won't get songs off BURNT OFFERINGS.

Not one of their best, but excellent nonetheless.......2004-06-03

Burnt Offerings (1995.) Iced Earth's third album.

Iced Earth had been around as early as the late eighties, but didn't release their first full-length album (self-titled) until 1991, and even then, the band continued to have problems. Following the recording of their first album, the band was forced to part ways with singer Gene Adams - his vocal stylings weren't what band leader/rhythm guitarist Jon Schaffer had in mind for the band. He was replaced by the much better Jon Greely for 1992's Night Of The Stormrider, but proved to be tough to get along with, so he too was expelled from the band. The band was about to disband, but fortunately, that didn't happen. Schaffer found new vocalist Matt Barlow, and the band recorded a third album - Burnt Offerings. How does the band's third album measure up? Read on and find out.

One of the most interesting things about Iced Earth's first three albums is that each one has a different vocalist - this makes the three albums similar, yet different - and this only adds to their overall quality as a whole, in my opinion. With Matt Barlow at the helm, the band shifts itself in a considerably more death metal-styled sound. The vast majority of this album sounds like a cross between Metallica (eighties and nineties alike) combined with death metal. This makes for a rather interesting listening experience. The title track opens the album. Here melodic and heavy stylings alike are fused together for roughly seven minutes of pure excellence. Night Of The Stormrider proved that the band could combine the styles very well, and this track only backs up that claim. For the vast majority of the album, we get a series of death metal rockers that, while mostly alike, manage to maintain a sense of individuality. After these tracks comes the acoustic interlude, The Pierced Spirit, which provides an nice break from the stylings of the previous tracks. And, of course, it's immediately followed by the lengthy epic, Dante's Inferno. This track is one of Iced Earth's masterpieces, and it's not surprising that you'll see many fans of the band praising it. Through and through, Burnt Offerings is a solid album, and while not the band's finest effort, it is excellent nonetheless.

The band's self-titled debut, Night Of The Stormrider, and this album, Burnt Offerings, were recently remastered, remixed, and rereleases. Normally remixing harms the quality of an album (just look at the 2002 Ozzy Osbourne reissues to see what I mean by that), but these are GOOD remixes, believe it or not. The sound quality is better than ever. These are great albums, and it's great to finally have versions that sound this great.

To put it simply, Burnt Offerings is a solid album, but not Iced Earth's finest (it's hard to pick a favorite with these guys!) The reason I only gave this album four stars is because, for the most part, the songs all sound alike, and there isn't a lot of variety. Fortunately the awesome title track, The Pierced Spirit, and the masterpiece of a track Dante's Inferno make up for this redundancy. If you're new to Iced Earth, this really isn't the best place to start - the band's 1992 sophomore effort, Night Of The Stormrider, would be a better bet for Iced Earth newbies. This IS a good album - it's just not the best starting place.

Iced Earth Rules!.......2003-05-28

Burnt Offerings is the best Metal Album of the 90's,and their best work ever! Dante's Inferno is a classic. This 16 min. song of pure intensity is worth buying the album alone. Other song's like Burnt Offerings,Last December, and Brainwashed are a headbanging experience not to ever forget. Matthew Barlow's voice is supernateral,and John Schaffer work on rhythm & Lead Guitar is awsome. Iced Earth's talent will forever put a dent in the metal world!

Average customer rating:

short stories to music...

Burnt Toast and Offerings
Gretchen Peters
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Customer Reviews:

short stories to music..........2007-05-14

Gretchen has always been one of our best songwriters. Lucky that she's also been the most affecting interpreter of her own compositions. BURNT TOAST AND OFFERINGS adds another masterful collection of gorgeous, smart songs to her impressive catalog. She sounds like no one else. She writes like no one else. She's effusive with words yet spare in delivering them. The palette of instruments is exquisite: her and Doug Lancio's great guitars, subtle and moving use of strings, and thrilling appearances of an accordion, a concertina and a pennywhistle. But the heart, the joy and the tears start with her words--sung so poignantly with lots of quiet spaces between them for the listener to contemplate.

from "The Way You Move Me:"

YOU LEFT YOUR WORDS
ALL ACROSS MY MEMORY
YOU LEFT YOUR MARK
LIKE A BURNING BRAND
YOU LEFT YOUR FINGERPRINTS
ALL OVER ME
AND NOW YOU'RE EVERYWHERE I AM

IF I CRIED A THOUSAND TEARS
IF I LIVED A THOUSAND YEARS
I COULD NEVER FIND A WAY TO MAKE YOU SEE
I'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND THE WAY YOU MOVE ME

from "This Town:"

THIS TOWN IS A LOT LIKE ME
SADDER AND WISER THAN IT USED TO BE
A LITTLE SPRAWLED OUT, A LITTLE RUN DOWN
I WONDER WHAT'S GONNA BECOME OF THIS TOWN

ALL I WANNA DO TONIGHT IS KISS YOU IN THE STREET
SWAYING TO THE BEAT OF A RUSTY RADIO
ALL I WANNA DO IS FEEL YOUR ARMS AROUND ME TOO
PULLIN ON MY BODY LIKE AN UNDERTOW

THIS TOWN IS A LOT LIKE ME
A LITTLE COAT OF PAINT AND SOME TLC
AND SHE'LL LIGHT RIGHT UP IF YOU COME AROUND
YOU KNOW THAT YOU NEVER WANNA LEAVE THIS TOWN

BURNT TOAST AND OFFERINGS is filled with moments like these. Songwriting and the singer delivering the song don't get much better than this.

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Manufacturer: Century Media
ProductGroup: Music
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