Days of Purgatory is an album by American heavy metal band Iced Earth, released on June 6, 1997.[1] It is a collection of remixes and remakes from previous albums, with the exception of their then-recent record The Dark Saga. Most of the songs from the Enter the Realm EP, Iced Earth, and Night of the Stormrider were re-sung by Matt Barlow, and on some of the songs the drums and bass were redone. The 2-CD version also has rough mixes of several songs from Burnt Offerings with the opening to the title track re-recorded. The album cover features artwork of the Chaos Comics character Purgatori.
The reason for the album was to improve the original songs, create nostalgia for older fans and introduce newer fans to Iced Earth's older work. The 2-CD limited edition was originally produced for European audiences but has since been released in the United States. Days of Purgatory was the last new release from the band featuring longtime guitarist Randall Shawver, and the first to feature bassist James MacDonough and drummer Brent Smedley.
The song "Written on the Walls" from the band's self-titled album was given completely new lyrics and renamed "Cast in Stone". The only songs left unrecorded from the band's first albums were "Mystical End", "The Path I Choose", and "Curse the Sky", though the latter two were both performed live with Barlow on vocals. "Winter Nights" was recorded during early sessions for Night of the Stormrider while Gene Adam was still on vocals, but this was the track which prompted Schaffer to ask Adam to get singing lessons, as it was felt he could not handle the high notes. Therefore, the song was not used on the album due to its acrimonious history, though it would have fit in with the storyline of the album. Live performances of this song from that era (such as Wuppertal '91) show him struggling to sing it, probably contributing to his dismissal. Schaffer eventually dug the song out of the vaults to use on this album with Barlow providing vocals, but, as mentioned in the album's booklet, used a 1986 Purgatory demo for the backing track instead.
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Days of Purgatory is an album by American heavy metal band Iced Earth released on June 6 1997 1 It is a collection of remixes and remakes from previous albums with the exception of their then recent record The Dark Saga Most of the songs from the Enter the Realm EP Iced Earth and Night of the Stormrider were re sung by Matt Barlow and on some of the songs the drums and bass were redone The 2 CD version also has rough mixes of several songs from Burnt Offerings with the opening to the title track re recorded The album cover features artwork of the Chaos Comics character Purgatori Days of PurgatoryCompilation album by Iced EarthReleasedJune 6 1997RecordedMorrisound StudiosGenreThrash metal power metalLength80 27 1CD edition 122 47 2CD edition LabelCentury MediaProducerJim MorrisIced Earth chronologyThe Dark Saga 1996 Days of Purgatory 1997 Something Wicked This Way Comes 1998 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 1 The reason for the album was to improve the original songs create nostalgia for older fans and introduce newer fans to Iced Earth s older work The 2 CD limited edition was originally produced for European audiences but has since been released in the United States Days of Purgatory was the last new release from the band featuring longtime guitarist Randall Shawver and the first to feature bassist James MacDonough and drummer Brent Smedley The song Written on the Walls from the band s self titled album was given completely new lyrics and renamed Cast in Stone The only songs left unrecorded from the band s first albums were Mystical End The Path I Choose and Curse the Sky though the latter two were both performed live with Barlow on vocals Winter Nights was recorded during early sessions for Night of the Stormrider while Gene Adam was still on vocals but this was the track which prompted Schaffer to ask Adam to get singing lessons as it was felt he could not handle the high notes Therefore the song was not used on the album due to its acrimonious history though it would have fit in with the storyline of the album Live performances of this song from that era such as Wuppertal 91 show him struggling to sing it probably contributing to his dismissal Schaffer eventually dug the song out of the vaults to use on this album with Barlow providing vocals but as mentioned in the album s booklet used a 1986 Purgatory demo for the backing track instead Contents 1 Track listing 1 1 One CD edition 1 2 Two CD edition 1 2 1 Disc one 1 2 2 Disc two 2 Personnel 3 ReferencesTrack listing editOne CD edition edit No TitleLyricsMusicOriginal albumLength1 Enter the Realm instrumental Jon SchafferEnter the Realm0 542 Colors SchafferRandall Shawver SchafferIced Earth4 503 Angels Holocaust SchafferSchafferNight of the Stormrider4 534 Stormrider SchafferShawver SchafferNight of the Stormrider4 475 Winter Nights SchafferSchaffer previously unreleased 3 556 Nightmares SchafferSchafferEnter the Realm3 427 Pure Evil SchafferShawver SchafferNight of the Stormrider6 338 Solitude instrumental Shawver SchafferIced Earth1 449 When the Night Falls SchafferSchafferIced Earth9 0110 Desert Rain SchafferSchaffer Dave AbellNight of the Stormrider6 5611 The Funeral instrumental Shawver SchafferIced Earth6 1512 Cast in Stone rewritten version of Written on the Walls Matt BarlowShawver Schaffer AbellIced Earth5 5913 Reaching the End SchafferSchafferNight of the Stormrider1 1114 Travel in Stygian SchafferSchafferNight of the Stormrider9 3215 Iced Earth SchafferSchafferIced Earth5 22 Two CD edition edit Disc one edit No TitleLyricsMusicOriginal albumLength1 Enter the Realm SchafferEnter the Realm0 542 Colors SchafferShawver SchafferIced Earth4 503 Angels Holocaust SchafferSchafferNight of the Stormrider4 534 Stormrider SchafferShawver SchafferNight of the Stormrider4 475 Winter Nights SchafferSchaffer previously unreleased 3 556 Nightmares SchafferSchafferEnter the Realm3 427 Before the Vision SchafferShawver AbellNight of the Stormrider1 358 Pure Evil SchafferShawver SchafferNight of the Stormrider6 339 Solitude instrumental Shawver SchafferIced Earth1 4410 The Funeral instrumental Shawver SchafferIced Earth6 1511 When the Night Falls SchafferSchafferIced Earth9 01 Disc two edit No TitleLyricsMusicOriginal albumLength1 Burnt Offerings SchafferShawver SchafferBurnt Offerings7 222 Cast in Stone rewritten version of Written on the Walls BarlowShawver Schaffer AbellIced Earth5 593 Desert Rain SchafferSchaffer AbellNight of the Stormrider6 564 Brainwashed SchafferShawver SchafferBurnt Offerings5 225 Life and Death SchafferShawver SchafferIced Earth6 076 Creator Failure SchafferShawver Schaffer AbellBurnt Offerings6 027 Reaching the End SchafferSchafferNight of the Stormrider1 118 Travel in Stygian SchafferSchafferNight of the Stormrider9 329 Dante s Inferno SchafferSchafferBurnt Offerings16 2610 Iced Earth SchafferSchafferIced Earth5 22Personnel editJon Schaffer rhythm guitar vocals Randall Shawver lead guitar Matt Barlow lead vocals Brent Smedley drums on tracks 1 2 5 6 9 21 James MacDonough bass on 1 2 5 6 9 21 Dave Abell bass on 3 4 7 8 10 20 Mike McGill drums on 10 11 13 16 Richey Secchiari drums on 3 4 7 8 14 18 19 Rodney Beasley drums on 12 15 17 20Additional personnelHoward Helm keyboards Kent Smith keyboardsReferences edit a b Days of Purgatory at AllMusic Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Days of Purgatory amp oldid 1197157928, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
