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| OLEGGIO, ITALY 4/27/97 80 Mins VID-3 AUD-3,2 1 Camera Center Travel In Stygian Colors Cast In Stone The Dark Saga Angel's Holocaust Stormrider Diary Pure Evil Brainwashed Vengeance Is Mine Violate Burnt Offerings Slave To The Dark Iced Earth This was the first gig of the Europe Under Ice Tour from 1997, which featured Nevermore, Lions Share, and Enola Gay as support acts. Other than Horror Show Europe, this is the most diverse setlist I've seen on any tour. This is great, but I would check out 4/28/97 from Greece first. |
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| THESSALONIKI, GREECE 4/28/97 70 Mins VID-4 AUD-5 1 Camera Center Travel In Stygian Colors Cast In Stone Angel's Holocaust Stormrider Diary The Hunter Pure Evil Brainwashed Vengeance Is Mine Violate Burnt Offerings (cuts off halfway thru) This may or may not have been the very first show that Iced Earth played in Greece. You can really tell that Schaffer and Barlow are just blown away by the crowd response. Schaffer even says in a surprising tone, "This Must Be The Capital Of The World" after the 3rd song. The crowd reaction is just amazing, chanting along on every song. Really good video. One of my favorites, I just with the camera wasn't so shaky and the show was completely intact. |
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| VOSSELAAR, BELGIUM 5/3/97 91 Mins VID-4 AUD-5 1 Camera Left Center Travel In Stygian Colors Cast In Stone The Dark Saga Angel's Holocaust Stormrider I Died For You Diary The Hunter Pure Evil Brainwashed Vengeance Is Mine Violate Burnt Offerings Slave To The Dark Iced Earth This is one of the better shows that exists on tape for Iced Earth. I don't know what it is about this show but it just seems extremely brutal. Violate comes off sounding like a monster. The strobe effect for the drums is really cool too. Really loud audio and a fairly good picture. |
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| SALONICA, GREECE 11/8/97 108 Mins VID-2,3 AUD-3 1 Camera Center (Shaky) The Dark Saga Last Laugh Winter Nights The Hunter Life And Death Stormrider The Path That I Choose I Died For You Last December Desert Rain Slave To The Dark Angel's Holocaust Violate Depths Of Hell Diary A Question Of Heaven The Trooper Vengeance Is Mine Iced Earth Cast In Stone Some rare stuff in this setlist like Winter Nights, Depths Of Hell, and the cover of The Trooper. Pretty decent show but the camera is extremely shaky. Audio is a bit low. |
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| DETROIT, MICHIGAN 8/28/98 98 Mins VID 4+ AUD 5 1 Camera Upper Left Center My Own Savior The Dark Saga Angel's Holocaust Stormrider The Hunter Brainwashed Burning Times I Died For You Travel In Stygian Melancholy Violate A Question Of Heaven Prophecy Birth Of The Wicked The Coming Curse Iced Earth This show was part of a 10 date tour throughout the month of August in support of Something Wicked. This is a great show with perfect sound and almost perfect video. The show is shot from above the audience so you get a really good view of the band. Its cool to see the camera man go to the back during the intermission between the show and the encore and talk to the band. This one is highly recommended! |
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| MILWAUKEE,WI METAL FEST 7/24/98 51 Mins VID 4 AUD 4 1 Camera Center (Shaky) My Own Savior The Dark Saga Violate Angel's Holocaust Stormrider The Hunter Stand Alone Burning Times Vengeance Is Mine Pure Evil Iced Earth Iced Earth played the festival the same day as Mayhem, Death, and Mercyful Fate. For whatever reason I don't think the band was given the proper stage setup. Barlow says they would have to make do with what they were given. This show sounds pretty good considering the circumstances. The problem is this is shot from within the front of the crowd so the camera is all over the place. I get motion sickness watching this one. Lots of closeups and pretty good video quality other than the shaky camera. A pretty good show overall. |
| WACKEN OPEN-AIR FEST, GERMANY 8/8/98 59 Mins VID 3- AUD 3 1 Camera Center The Dark Saga Violate My Own Savior Stormrider Melancholy Last December I Died For You Prophecy Birth Of The Wicked The Coming Curse Iced Earth I've never been a big fan of Wacken boots. The stage is so big its hard to watch the entire band perform, and in this case you either see Barlow and Schaffer or Barlow and Larry. Video picture is rather generated and audio is a bit low. |
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| EINDHOVEN, HOLLAND 5/31/98 DYNAMO METAL FEST 47 Mins VID 3 AUD 2 1 Camera Left The Dark Saga Violate Angel's Holocaust Stormrider The Hunter My Own Savior I Died For You Burning Times Vengeance Is Mine Iced Earth This was Larry's first live appearance in Europe, and also the debut of Something Wicked material as well. This show is shot from the left side of the stage, which is rather odd. Its almost sitting right on the stage floor. Its pretty cool to see the band throw out Something Wicked promo tapes to the crowd. Pretty big venue from what I can tell. This one has fair video but the audio has a blender effect to it. Not one of my favorite videos to watch just because of the angle alone. |
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| MILAN,ITALY 6/6/98 GODS OF METAL FEST 32 Mins VID 3 AUD 2 1 Camera Right Center The Dark Saga Violate Stormrider I Died For You My Own Savior The Hunter Iced Earth This was a dream come true for Schaffer, opening for the legendary Black Sabbath. This one is not great though, lots of static in the audio, probably because of the outdoor enviroment. At times there are hands blocking the camera, and it becomes shaky as well. |
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| TUBINGEN,GERMANY 9/19/98 80 Mins AUD 4 1CD Angel's Holocaust Burning Times The Hunter Melancholy Stormrider Stand Alone Last December Watching Over Me The Path I Choose I Died For You A Question Of Heaven Prophecy Birth Of The Wicked The Coming Curse The band sounds extremely tight on this recording. The audio is a bit muffled, but still very good. I enjoyed this boot very much. Recommended! |
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| MADRID,SPAIN 10/28/98 49 Mins AUD 4 1CD The Dark Saga My Own Savior The Hunter Pure Evil I Died For You Prophecy Birth Of The Wicked The Coming Curse This is short but sweet. Awesome sound in this recording. Great audience, great vocals that are really high in the recording, and great drum sound. The only problem is the guitars are a little low. |
| LUDWIGSBURG,GERMANY 5/11/97 93 Mins AUD 5- 2CDS DISC 1 Intro (Halloween Theme) Travel In Stygian Colors Cast In Stone The Dark Saga Angel's Holocaust Stormrider I Died For You DISC 2 Diary The Hunter Pure Evil Brainwashed Vengeance Is Mine Violate Burnt Offerings Slave To The Dark/Purgatory Iced Earth Great recording on this show! Almost a 5 in my opinion, but there is some static in the sound. Still a great show, with one of the best setlists I've seen. Lots of great material! |
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| MILWAUKEE,WI 7/24/98 50 Mins AUD 3 1CD My Own Savior The Dark Saga Violate Angel's Holocaust Stormrider The Hunter Stand Alone Burning Times Vengeance Is Mine Pure Evil Iced Earth I believe this audio was ripped from the video boot of this show. There is an annoying buzzing sound throughout the recording and you can hear people talking over the music at times. Still not too terrible, I'd rather just watch the video of this one. |
| WACKEN, GERMANY 8/9/98 58 Mins AUD 3 1CD The Dark Saga Violate My Own Savior Stormrider Melancholy Last December I Died For You Prophecy Birth Of The Wicked The Coming Curse Iced Earth Audio on this is average. The vocals are a little low. I'd rather listen to this show than to watch it on video. |
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| BERGUM, HOLLAND 6/27/98 WALDROCK FESTIVAL 41 Mins AUD 5+ 1CD The Dark Saga Violate Angel's Holocaust Stormrider The Hunter My Own Savior I Died For You Burning Times Iced Earth This is a masterpiece. Absolutely perfect. The best audio bootleg I own, and quite possibly the best bootleg I've ever heard. This is a soundboard recording and the material almost sounds like a studio album. You can barely hear the audience at the beginning of this show and after that there is hardly any crowd noise . The only flaw is that My Own Savior has some slight pauses. The only other flaw I can think of is the fact that this isn't for sale like Alive In Athens. The band should consider slapping some artwork on this and putting it on the shelves. |
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