anubus777 wrote:
Gotta vote for "The Phantom Opera Ghost" as my top track on Horror Story. Matt's and the female singer's vocals harmonize just perfectly and makes the fur on my tail go all frizzy. S'pose all the other tracks are really shit-hot as well but I'm a sucker for a little bit of female warbling now and then. As for where Horror Show ranks in the 'Best Of Iced Earth' rankings, I'd say a close second after "Something Wicked This Way Comes". The three disk "Alive In Athens" is really the best Iced Earth album ever, but, as it's a compilation, it can't be in the running. My jury is still out on "The Glorious Burden" probably cos Tim's vocals are so different to Matt's that my addled brain fails to acknowledge it as Iced Earth. Hopefully the next album, continuing in the vein of SWTTC, will redress the issue of Tim's vocals for me and get me rocking again.
I never had a problem with tims vocals, the downfall the TGB was the song writing. I got none of the Classic IE feel with any of them. Also i didn't connect with the subject matter which is key to the whole album. But i can't wait for this next one, Demons & Wizards lastest was pretty awesome so i got high hopes. As for best IE album, i'd have to say Days Of Purgatory. And if you don't count that as a real album then SWTWC.
