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Iced Earth Something Wicked

By naidoo | Published 04/02/2012

nick_soapdish knows about great Metal. Iced Earth is one of the few American bands that still plays awesome Power Metal. Something Wicked This Way Comes features some of the best songs that Jon Schaffer laid down with Matt Barlow. I love the artwork, it was done by Greg Capullo of Spawn fame. This is definitely a great album to introduce yourself to Iced Earth. You can also catch them on their World Tour 2012.

Power Metal Monday

By xCHIPxSEM | Published 12/19/2011

Power Metal in the US was pretty big for a few years. Whereas metal was already going against the grain of the mainstream, power metal was against against the grain. Harmonies, melody, a singer who could actually sing and lyrics often about wizards, dragons and goblins. What attracted me was the speed. The drummers played a continuous double bass beat which really drove the band (whichever they were). I never really dug too deep in searching out the underground groups but preferred to listen to the easily accessible.

One of the first I got into was Blind Guardian from Germany and my favorite record was “Nightfall On Middle Earth”. orange_vintage has a tee featuring the art from that record, based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion. That lived in concert gray we love so much rounds out this full color print. I didn’t see Blind Guardian until they were touring on “A Night At The Opera” so I don’t know if this was tour shirt or sold directly through the band. But overall, great band, album and shirt

Nightfall In Metal Monday.

By morgado | Published 03/14/2011

We bring another day of Metal tees to a close tonight with a great looking Blind Guardian “Night In Middle Earth” Japanese tour longsleeve from thawin199:

Plenty of good pics in the auction to go with this, and while this does have wizard sleeves, I can’t in good conscience blast a LOTR inspired shirt for having them.