ICED EARTH: 'Alive In Athens' DVD To Be Released! (#1526)

derncare · **Joined:** Sat Jul 16, 2005 4:40 am **Posts:** 731

Gettysburg is good for people who are into the song precisely for the reason it was written, so it's limited in terms of mass appeal by design.

I'll be all over an Alive in Athens DVD if this really happens!!!

I'm guessing Century Media has lost a few cash cows recently (IE, BG) and are REALLY desperate to make some money. Works for me :dio:

Cú Chulainn · **Posted:** Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:01 pm

yeah, loads of discount cds from century media available.

ODIN · **Posted:** Wed Aug 30, 2006 11:28 pm

yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :dio:

Bleak · **Posted:** Thu Aug 31, 2006 1:25 am

I'll guess i'll be buying this DVD

heatseeker · **Posted:** Thu Aug 31, 2006 4:19 am

I have the CD version on my "To Buy" list...I don't know if I want to get the DVD because then I couldn't put it on my iPod. But, still looks great...anyone know of any good video backing programs for iPods?

1ratm · **Posted:** Thu Aug 31, 2006 8:13 am

My favorite live cds are comimg on dvd. No brainer, im buyin it the first day !!!! :dio:

hellraiser_xes · **Posted:** Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:01 pm

This is awesome news. Can't wait.

Cú Chulainn · **Posted:** Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:29 pm

i dunno, i don't really find Iced Earth to be that great. I own the 3 cd alive in athens, and they have some pretty good songs, but overall...

Natas · **Posted:** Thu Aug 31, 2006 7:47 pm

Alive in Athens is one of my favorite live cd sets, needless to say I'll be getting this as soon as it comes out. It'll be the the closest thing to seeing Iced Earth live with Matt Barlow that I'm going to get.

The Silent Man · **Posted:** Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:34 am

I dislike every live album I have ever heard, love those live DVDs though.

However with the gargantuan praise this album recieves daily, I finally decided to check it out. And its absolutely amazing! So far anyways, Im on A Question of Heaven and I cant believe how good this sounds. Im really very excited for a DVD release of this, I will own it exactly 11 days after its release, I swear! :dio:

Eyesore · **Posted:** Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:50 am

The Silent Man wrote:

I dislike every live album I have ever heard, love those live DVDs though.

However with the gargantuan praise this album recieves daily, I finally decided to check it out. And its absolutely amazing! So far anyways, Im on A Question of Heaven and I cant believe how good this sounds. Im really very excited for a DVD release of this, I will own it exactly 11 days after its release, I swear! :dio:

Dude, I am no fan of live albums either. I just don't like them most of the time, but Alive In Athens is my favorite live album! The power and energy of a live show is translated perfectly on the CD set! It sounds AMAZING! It plays like a 3CD greatest hits that sounds better than the CD versions. It's killer. To have the visual part of it all to go along with it, man, that's going to rule.

I don't praise live CDs often, especially by metal and rock bands who generally never change things up (unlike artists like Ani Difranco and Dave Matthews Band who change things drastically and play tons of unreleased shit), but this one is the epitome of the exception. It rules.

The Silent Man · **Posted:** Fri Sep 01, 2006 4:17 am

Eyesore wrote:

The Silent Man wrote:

I dislike every live album I have ever heard, love those live DVDs though.

However with the gargantuan praise this album recieves daily, I finally decided to check it out. And its absolutely amazing! So far anyways, Im on A Question of Heaven and I cant believe how good this sounds. Im really very excited for a DVD release of this, I will own it exactly 11 days after its release, I swear! :dio:

Dude, I am no fan of live albums either. I just don't like them most of the time, but Alive In Athens is my favorite live album! The power and energy of a live show is translated perfectly on the CD set! It sounds AMAZING! It plays like a 3CD greatest hits that sounds better than the CD versions. It's killer. To have the visual part of it all to go along with it, man, that's going to rule.

I don't praise live CDs often, especially by metal and rock bands who generally never change things up (unlike artists like Ani Difranco and Dave Matthews Band who change things drastically and play tons of unreleased shit), but this one is the epitome of the exception. It rules.

Yeah, Im on Prophecy right now, its something to get me to like live albums, but for me to enjoy this so much and just sit here listening to almost 2 hours straight now, soon to be 3 hours, is quite something.

Im abit torn now though, should I buy this with so much more I want as well AND the DVD, or just the DVD..? Im leaning towards just the DVD. Maybe if I saw the album for like 5 or so bucks I'd buy it as well.

Eyesore · **Posted:** Fri Sep 01, 2006 4:22 am

The Silent Man wrote:

Yeah, Im on Prophecy right now, its something to get me to like live albums, but for me to enjoy this so much and just sit here listening to almost 2 hours straight now, soon to be 3 hours, is quite something.

Im abit torn now though, should I buy this with so much more I want as well AND the DVD, or just the DVD..? Im leaning towards just the DVD. Maybe if I saw the album for like 5 or so bucks I'd buy it as well.

I don't know. The 3CD version is the best buy, I'd say, but the DVD is going to rule. However, knowing labels it likely won't be a 3DVD version. If Century Media is a true modern day label they'll release a standard version first, maybe a 2DVD version, the a special version at some point with all the tracks.

But, you can't bring a DVD to work or in the car. So, basically, I don't know. :rolleyes:

DevotedWalnut · **Posted:** Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:19 am

I remember when I first listened to this cd I said it was one of my fav live albums ever. Then when Dante's Inferno came on I was just imagining being there and headbaning to it, I got goosebumps thinkin of it

The Silent Man · **Posted:** Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:29 am

Eyesore wrote:

The Silent Man wrote:

Yeah, Im on Prophecy right now, its something to get me to like live albums, but for me to enjoy this so much and just sit here listening to almost 2 hours straight now, soon to be 3 hours, is quite something.

Im abit torn now though, should I buy this with so much more I want as well AND the DVD, or just the DVD..? Im leaning towards just the DVD. Maybe if I saw the album for like 5 or so bucks I'd buy it as well.

I don't know. The 3CD version is the best buy, I'd say, but the DVD is going to rule. However, knowing labels it likely won't be a 3DVD version. If Century Media is a true modern day label they'll release a standard version first, maybe a 2DVD version, the a special version at some point with all the tracks.

But, you can't bring a DVD to work or in the car. So, basically, I don't know. :rolleyes:

Well, I cant have music at work, I only have 15 minutes of a walk to listen to a discman and I dont own or plan to own a car (anytime soon anyways). All of my musical journeys take place in my cozy little room. So I will definately purchase the DVD first and maybe someday down the road, I'll buy the album.. And hopefully this DVD will have all the songs.

stuartn15ted · **Posted:** Sat Sep 02, 2006 12:31 am

Any one else hoping Colors will be on the DVD??? I know they recorded it but a mix up stoped it from getting on AIA. I considered buying another copy of The Melencoly EP for that song alone but i thought i wouldn't really be worth it.

Eyesore · **Posted:** Sat Sep 02, 2006 1:10 am

3CD VERSION FOR $8

Caligula_K · **Joined:** Mon Nov 22, 2004 8:56 pm **Posts:** 3561

I'm looking forward to this, and hoping that they have all three CDs (I have the three CD version of Alive in Athens, and can never understand why they usually market the double disc one or the single disc one, or why people actually buy those versions). I'm not a big fan of music DVDs, but Alive in Athens kicks ass, so I think I might buy this.

DevotedWalnut · **Posted:** Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:56 pm

Yeah I truly can't wait for this to come out, this is the official countdown 57 days until the Alive in Athens DVD comes out! Plus Megadeth's United Abominations, can't forget about that...

Eternal Idol · **Posted:** Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:46 pm

Eyesore wrote:

The Silent Man wrote:

Yeah, Im on Prophecy right now, its something to get me to like live albums, but for me to enjoy this so much and just sit here listening to almost 2 hours straight now, soon to be 3 hours, is quite something.

Im abit torn now though, should I buy this with so much more I want as well AND the DVD, or just the DVD..? Im leaning towards just the DVD. Maybe if I saw the album for like 5 or so bucks I'd buy it as well.

I don't know. The 3CD version is the best buy, I'd say, but the DVD is going to rule. However, knowing labels it likely won't be a 3DVD version. If Century Media is a true modern day label they'll release a standard version first, maybe a 2DVD version, the a special version at some point with all the tracks.

But, you can't bring a DVD to work or in the car. So, basically, I don't know. :rolleyes:

I'm hearing that the third night of the Greece show wasn't filmed, so a 3DVD version is highly unlikely.

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