Iced Earth - Live in Ancient Kourion
Hell! This is a lot of Iced Earth! Live in Ancient Kourion clocks in at a whopping two hours and twenty minutes of music. When you consider that a live album is usually in the one hour to ninety minute range, this is essentially twice as long as normal. Recorded live in an ancient theater in Cyprus, this massive set covers just about every era of Iced Earth’s lengthy history, from Night of the Stormrider to the present. I was actually surprised that the band was able to pull off a set this lengthy because two hours and twenty minutes is a long time to be playing. From what I’ve seen of the video footage (a DVD version of this is also available), the crowd was wild and crazy the whole time, so they must’ve really been feeding off of the crowd’s energy. As you might imagine from a professionally recorded and released live album, the sound on this is awesome. It’s almost studio quality stuff. While I did enjoy just listening to this, I think the best medium for it is the video version. I’ve heard a lot of live recordings over the years (some of which I recorded myself for local bands) and even though you get a chance to relive the concert through the audio, the combination of the visual and audio portions makes the experience more “real” for me. If you’re a fan of Iced Earth, this should definitely be on your list of things to get. If you’re not a fan, but you’re curious as to how the band sounds, this release can be a serviceable introduction. Since they play songs from pretty much every album, you’ll get a good idea what the band is all about from just this 2xCD release.
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