Exclusive: Iced Earth Debut New Song “Dystopia”

 Dude…this fucking rocks.

Not bad, but the vocals suck

This is pretty much great.

This…is….NUTS! I am getting this album, no if’s, and’s or but’s about it! I love how Stu can switch between Owens’ high-pitched screams, and Barlow’s beefy roars without much effort. I can’t wait for this, this is gonna be awesome!

I hope this isnt the stronest song on the album. Sometimes I need a few play throughs to get into an album or song, this may be one of those. It certainly didnt grab me from the get go. Sounds like Iced Earth but also sounds like a lot of other things Ive heard before jammed in there also. Vocals have some Tim Owens to them, should of just kept him if thats what they were going for. Was excited for this album but I have to say this song doesnt make me feel quite as excited as I was.

terrible singer

I am STUNNED!!!  Stu sounds awesome and the music has real ferocity!  Something that’s been missing from IE for a while now!  IE is back bitches!! 

sounds great, can hardly wait untill the album comes out!!! Completely ready for it and will go to see the band in november

This is great! But know one will be able to fill Barlows shoes and thats it..

real good work!! sounds like “something wicked…1″ with many parts of the very best, two first albums. i hope the rest of the songs to be like this one and heavier if it could be. Greek fans, love very much the power and the sound of the first three albums, and always waitting a “come back”. allthought seems to be a very good work

Stu adds that low-end growling element that neither Matt Barlow, nor Ripper Owens, ever brought to Iced Earth. I’m excited for this one!

ICED still RULEZ!!!! BEST HM BAND on EARTH. BIG THX!!! JOHN from POLAND

The sound track for a Liberty Revolution. Ron paul and Iced Earth 2012!

The sound track for a Liberty Revolution. Ron paul and Iced Earth 2012!

It´s tough hear Iced Earth without Barlow…. the song itself is great and I couldn´t imagine something different. The show must go on and I wish all good luck to the guys in this new era. I´m gonna get the new album for sure. Hails from Brasil !!

Only REAL Metal heads will appreciate this. The complainers are the newbies to Metal that started liking the Genre with Slipknot and Corn garbage. The ones that used to call Dio dungeons and dragons music when he was alive, but when he passed, called him a God.

I Can’t wait for this new album. If the 3 songs I heard are an indicator. This album will slay. I really hope Stu spews some more venom throughout this album as he did in this chorus!

m/’.'m/

Good job guys!~ Kickin butt all the way!!!!

wauw,,,iced earth is abck
 

Damn son, I’m not even a huge fan of Iced Earth but this kicks some ass, I gotta say. 

This is epic !

Great!
See you in Cologne!

OMG!!!! so F%&king awesome, once again John Shaffer and Iced earth do it again!!! Stu, brother I was worried about you but man was I wrong you rock Bro!!!!!

Just wanted a quick listen (eg 30 seconds) im hooked!. also just downloaded free Dante’s Inferno =D awesome. i WILL be buying super collectors edition with belt buckle and lighter etc!!!!

Muito Foda essa Musica!!!!!
 Great Song, Great Band!!!!! See you in Brazil!!!!!!

I’ve been an Into Eternity fan longer than I’ve been an Iced Earth fan, and both are on the list of my favorite bands, so this is like heaven for me. Keep up the fantastic work, guys m/

I, personally, would have made some different decision regarding production values and mastering, but as far as WHAT YOU GUYS ARE ACTUALLY PERFORMING, all I can say is AMAZING!!  Glad you guys are back, and, unlike Ripper, I hereby elect Stu to office into the Grand Old Repulic of Dystopia!!

FUCKING PERFECT! *-* <3 

Thank you for continuing to show the Earth how to rock properly!

i want to hear Stu sing “10,000 Strong” or “The Clouding” now!

A TRUE METALLICA -GARAGE SESSIONS OR GARAGE DAYS REVISITED MOMENT- A -Last Caress/ The Wait- Metallica like Moment Brought to you by ICED EARTH – (Look towards the 5th Lyric line in the Chorus of this song. And if you still don’t recognize it you haven’t really heard James hetfield singing before at all and can’t picture it).Hey Schaffer I’ll take your word of petition and I am going to comment. I owe you that for the great moments of pure electrifying shocks and currents of metal bliss I’ve experienced listening to IE.I am not used to posting anywhere but today I’ll make an exceptionI am not a music expert (notes, scales and all that), but Listening and Enjoying Iced Earth (And Metal especially European) Sure I am an Expert.I have been a long time Iced Earth fan and I Loved Matt Barlow’s personality and style he imprinted in every song. I loved his screams and growls which I consider suited the lyrics and the music extremely well and feared that any one of them would  falter or be totally unmemorable with the new vocals, yet I am happily surprised that neither Stu’s Screams or Growls disappointed me. I hope just as it was before that his voice (especially in the first Scream of this song for example) will sound even deeper, more powerful and Meaner live as I think happened in the past with Barlow (To me Iced Earth’s sound and atmosphere has been extremely more enjoyable and epic live especially in Athens).Regarding the music I still experience the shift from an old Iced Earth era (with it’s distinctive sound) to the current era (With another even more distinctive sound). To me the music has that distinctive new set up of the instruments (or new instruments whatsoever) that gives that new sound (The new sound that to me is not as dense as the old one but that is more tightly pulled to put it in some way and that is even more unique, I say new sound even though now it is not so new since it first started to come in the Horror Show and fully came in the Glorious Burden, but new compared to the trademark classic yet unique dense sound which IE carried up till the Something Wicked Album ).So.. it has that distinctive new sound which I still enjoy but not only that but the songwriting also, the mood and the ambience (more Soundtrack like, Battallionic and heroic).
 
One of the bands that marked my music taste in life was early metallica [Especially Ride the Lightning (The Best) and Master of Puppets(The Next)] and from what I have known this band influenced Schaffer too. Where I am heading with this is one of the biggest surprises I have experienced in a long time, and it was that after so many IE albums where I only noticed the musical influence; today did I not only notice a Metallica influence but a TRUE METALLICA MOMENT LISTENING TO THIS SONG when Stu sang that 5th line in the Chorus, I absolutely thought I was listening James Hetfield Singing that line when Stu sings “We must find our way” (especially in the Waaaaaye-i-ei-e-i-ei wich perfectly resembles Hetfield’s clean voice of his early days and eeeei moments even though with a more quality sound aprox. 30 years later) and not only on the first chorus but in the second one too, and sincerely not talking trash which I never even consider, Stu Block did really make me even think I was listening to a very close singing to that of Barlow in the other parts of the song (Much more in the Screams of the pre-chorus just like on Disciples of the Lie, pure Evil or The Path that I Choose and also in other cleaner voice parts like the chorus). Even though Stu also brings his own original sound in the other lyric parts so as an Iced Earth Fan I approve his performance in this song. I also think the lyrics blend very well with the music and nothing seems forced to fit within the song, this song seems perfect for the crowd to sing along live. What I like the most about the song is that it is somewhat like a comeback to an earlier IE sound (Like the beginning which resembles High Water Mark’s Battallionic drums after the guns even though they are not as dramatic in here. Also the riffs after Stu’s 1st scream that resemble the pace when Diary starts to get heavy or the sound of some riffs in Stand Alone or Brainwashed, there’s also a part that resembles Horror Show’s Wolf “The nightmare unfolds before my eyes” ) but for me this song has first the added value of being denser as the older sound and secondly of seamlessly coming out with parts that seem featuring other bands playing (Feel like listening to Testament’s Chuck Billy at the end of every lyric line in the lyric block before each Pre-chorus, or listening to Halford in the Pre-Chorus, or the Hetfield moment in the Chorus and even some resemblance of the guitar (starting at 0:45) at the beginning of For Whom the Bell Tolls)  while still being Iced Earth.  Schaffer I am Glad that you have pulled maturely an every time more solid and admirable act and that you can even manage to pick up the flag where a great band like Metallica left off before being infected by the trashy american forgettable shameful ‘wannabe metal’, ‘wannabe rock’, maybe I am pop, MTV scene.Cant’t let the opportunity escape before asking for some added elements to enhance the IE musical universe like using a female singer to do some vocals or adding some parts with other instruments like cellos, violins, bagpipes (hey I think people from Bling guardian can help you with that last one) or something like that. I think it would provide for a nice experiment). Another nice thing would be a Metallica cover from the Ride The Lightning or Master of Puppets, or any other song you may like from them.Salutations to you all the way from Bogotá, Colombia (South America). From E.S.Q.RMay the LORD our God bless you all who are part of Iced Earth

Solo?

I’m a new fan of Iced Earth about ten months. Wish I’d heard years ago. New singer is awesome, fills the shoes nice. Can’t wait to hear the rest of the new album.

I know I’m in the minority here, but I’m sorry, No Barlow, no Ripper Owens, no like….  Stu has great vocals at times in this song but for the most part I just don’t like it…. but I will give the rest of the album a listen to see whether or not it’ just this song. But nonetheless, I will always love Iced Earth!

I liked iced earth senced i first heard Them (Dark saga) i Think Stu has taken over very great after barlow:-) and ut really sounds liked iced earth Alain! Im happy keep up the Good Job Schaffer:-)