Iced Earth originally started talking about a new album back in August, and turns out they were further along than we originally assumed, because one month later the album has a release date. It's like they're magic or something… and now we have information about it.
I'm interested to hear what direction Iced Earth go in now that this is their second album with vocalist Stu Block, since Dystopia was pretty good (but there's always room to be heavier) considering it was their first album with him. According to vocalist and guitarist Jon Schaffer:
"This is a seriously heavy album with a seriously brutal album cover. I'm sure it will go down as a classic in the epic Iced Earth catalog."
It's like Schaffer knows me or something. Anyway, the album will be out in January 2014 through Century Media. Here's the track list for the record, if you're interested in hearing track names without knowing any of the music:
01. Plagues Of Babylon
02. Democide
03. The Culling
04. Among The Living Dead
05. Resistance
06. The End?
07. If I Could See You
08. Cthulhu
09. Peacemaker
10. Parasite
11. Spirit Of The Times
12. Highwayman
[via Blabbermouth]
