Year: 2007
Label: Century Media
Alive in Athens was recorded on the nights of January 23rd and January 24th in Athens, Greece. Iced Earth was the only band who played at the Rodon Club those nights, and they performed in front of sold-out crowds (of approximately 2000 people) both nights. Iced Earth did not want to make a standard, run-of-the-mill live album; they wanted to make something truly special for the fans to own. Thus, they played two vastly different sets each night, as part of a plan to release a live package with the majority of their catalog on it. The finished product will be a three CD set, containing at least three hours of music. For those interested in vinyl, there will be a five-disc boxed set available. In the U.S., a shortened two CD version will be sold in stores due to cost restrictions. However, the full three CD version will still be available through Century Media mailorder. The band recommends all fans who want the original and complete version to order it rather than buying the two CD version.
Tracklisting:
- Intro
- Burning Times (Something Wicked This Way Comes)
- Vengeance is Mine (The Dark Saga)
- Dark Saga (The Dark Saga)
- Last Laugh (The Dark Saga)
- Cast in Stone (Days of Purgatory)
- Last December (Burnt Offerings)
- Pure Evil (Night of the Stormrider)
- Desert Rain (Night of the Stormrider)
- Dante’s Inferno (Burnt Offerings)
- The Hunter (The Dark Saga)
- Melancholgy (Holy Martyr)
- Angels Holocaust (Night of the Stormrider)
- Stormrider (Night of the Stormrider)
- The Path I Choose (Night of the Stormrider)
- Watching Over Me (Something Wicked This Way Comes)
- Diary (Burnt Offerings)
- Blessed Are You (Something Wicked This Way Comes)
- When the Night Falls (Iced Earth)
- My Own Savior (Something Wicked This Way Comes)
- Travel in Stygian (Night of the Stormrider)
- Violate (The Dark Saga)
- Stand Alone (Something Wicked This Way Comes)
- Brainwashed (Burnt Offerings)
- Disciples of the Lie (Something Wicked This Way Comes)
- I Died For You (The Dark Saga)
- Prophecy (Something Wicked This Way Comes)
- Birth of the Wicked (Something Wicked This Way Comes)
- The Coming Curse (Something Wicked This Way Comes)
- Epilogue
Lineup:
- Jon Schaffer | Guitars, Backing Vocals
- Matt Barlow | Lead Vocals
- James MacDonough | Bass Guitar
- Larry Tarnowski | Guitars
- Brent Smedley | Drums
Additional Information:
Recorded at The Bodon in Athens, Greece on January 23rd and 24th, 1999.
Produced and Engineered by Jim Morris and Jon Schaffer.
Artwork by Axel Hermann, Danny Miki, and Travis Smith. Iced Earth logo designed by Jon Schaffer.
Additional information on this release including guest musicians can be found in the jackets and sleeves accompanying the officially released CD/vinyl copies.