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Iced Earth To Release New Album, DVD in January; Teaser EP Releases in October By Sefany Jones, Contributing Editor Monday, September 29, 2003 @ 3:50 PM
The Star-Spangled Banner Declaration Day When The Eagle Cries The Reckoning (Don’t Tread On Me) Greenface Valley Forge Attila Hollow Man Red Baron Blue Max Gettysburg (1863) Part I. The Devil To Pay Part II. Hold At All Costs Part III. High Water Mark The album closer, “Gettysburg (1863)”, is a 32-minute epic comprised of three sections that represent specific events that happened on each of the 3 days of the Battle of Gettysburg (from the struggle of General Buford, Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s defending of Little Round Top, to Pickett’s charge). Schaffer hired the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra to enhance the theatrical atmosphere of the project and give it a true epic sensation. Joining Schaffer on this historic journey are former Death drummer Richard Christy, longtime bassist James MacDonough, guitarist Ralph Santolla, and the latest addition to the Iced Earth family, former Judas Priest vocalist Tim Owens. Schaffer is especially excited about this acquisition, as he has been a fan of Tim’s for some time. “When I first heard Tim on Jugulator, I said to myself, ‘damn, THAT is the voice I hear when I write songs!’ He brings an excellent sense of pitch, power and emotion. People are going to hear sides of Tim on this record that they didn’t even know existed.” 
To whet the fans’ appetites until the full album is released, Iced Earth is releasing a special 4-song single for “The Reckoning (Don’t Tread On Me)” on October 21st (nearly 3 months prior to The Glorious Burden’s street date). The single will contain the aforementioned song, as well as “Valley Forge,” “Hollow Man,” and “When The Eagle Cries (Unplugged).” Adding to the ‘special’ nature of this release, this version of “When The Eagle Cries” is exclusive to the single!
Shortly following the release of The Glorious Burden, Iced Earth plans to supplement the album with the band’s first-ever DVD, simply titled Gettysburg. The DVD is planned to contain footage of the recording sessions with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, a full documentary on the Gettysburg battlefield hosted by Jon Schaffer (who discusses important locations/details about the battle, as well as matches the song’s themes to their actual locations in the historic battle), a fully animated video for “Gettysburg,” and 2 special DVD-Audio mixes of the song (a ‘theatrical mix’ and a ‘metal mix’).
In true Iced Earth fashion, a full world tour is also planned to ensue thereafter, thus perpetuating its own ‘glorious burden’.
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