Iced Earth - 'The Clouding' (2008 remixed / remastered version ft. Matt Barlow)
As I awake I have no memory of this.
Who I am, where I'm from, why do I exist?
This strange beauty surrounds me
but where I am confounds me.
I see others who appear the same as me,
a look of loss in their eyes, adrift aimlessly.
What’s the point, what does it all mean?
Who am I, show me a purpose please!
Take this sense of wonder, make it go away!
Please tell me I am not alone and lost here,
that there is something that’s made me feel this way.
Take this sense of sadness, make it go away!
Please give me something that’s familiar,
a friendly touch, a memorable embrace.
I try to speak but empty eyes stare back at me,
twisted tongues segregate, factions are forming.
I’ll stay with those that resemble me to
survive this harsh reality.
As the days pass most
have gone their own way,
nomadic tribes discover life
in a world that feels so strange.
But still I want answers!
What’s the point,
what does all this mean?
Take this sense of wonder, make it go away!
Please tell me I am not alone and lost here,
that there is something that’s made me feel this way.
Take this sense of sadness, make it go away!
Please give me something that’s familiar,
a friendly touch, a memorable embrace.
Lies, the human core is lies!
We wiped their minds, cleaned the slate,
the clouding did divide.
Fate, we sealed human fate!
Now they're ours throughout
all time to manipulate
Never trust in the motives of Man,
they failed to evolve in Mother Nature's plan.
And though they seem safe in this early clouded state
the nature of their heresy has proven quite innate.
Pain, mankind will know pain
for their crimes on our kind.
They’ll never be the same!
Death, they will know death!
Suffering for centuries,
at war with every breath.
Never trust in the motives of Man,
they failed to evolve in Mother Nature's plan.
And though they seem safe in this early clouded state
the nature of their heresy has proven quite innate.
Band: Iced Earth
Country of origin: United States
Location: Tampa, Florida
Formed in: 1988
Genre: Power Metal
Themes: Horror, Fantasy, Literature, Mythology, History, War
Years active: 1984-1985 (as The Rose), 1985-1988 (as Purgatory), 1988-present
Lyric video: "The Clouding"
Album: "Hellraider / I Walk Among You"
Type: EP
Release date: April 28th, 2023
Label: Rock of Angels Records
Format: CD, 2 vinyls, Digital
Track list CD:
HELLRIDER (feat. Tim “Ripper” Owens)
1. Prophecy
2. Birth Of The Wicked
3. The Coming Curse
I WALK AMONG YOU (feat. Matt Barlow)
4. Setian Massacre
5. A Charge to Keep
6. The Clouding
7. Dark Saga (Live at Graspop 2008)
8. Pure Evil (Live at Graspop 2008)
9. Iced Earth (Live at Graspop 2008)
Track list 2LP Picture Disc:
Side A:
HELLRIDER (feat. Tim “Ripper” Owens)
1. Prophecy
2. Birth Of The Wicked
3. The Coming Curse
Side B:
• “Exclusive Artwork”
Side C:
I WALK AMONG YOU (feat. Matt Barlow)
1. Setian Massacre
2. A Charge to Keep
3. The Clouding
Side D:
1. Dark Saga (Live at Graspop 2008)
2. Pure Evil (Live at Graspop 2008)
3. Iced Earth (Live at Graspop 2008)
"Hellrider" vinyl track list:
Side A:
1. Prophecy
2. Birth Of The Wicked
3. The Coming Curse
Side B:
• “Exclusive Etching”
"I Walk Among You" vinyl track list:
Side A:
1. Setian Massacre
2. A Charge to Keep
3. The Clouding
Side B:
1. Dark Saga (Live at Graspop 2008)
2. Pure Evil (Live at Graspop 2008)
3. Iced Earth (Live at Graspop 2008)
Who I am, where I'm from, why do I exist?
This strange beauty surrounds me
but where I am confounds me.
I see others who appear the same as me,
a look of loss in their eyes, adrift aimlessly.
What’s the point, what does it all mean?
Who am I, show me a purpose please!
Take this sense of wonder, make it go away!
Please tell me I am not alone and lost here,
that there is something that’s made me feel this way.
Take this sense of sadness, make it go away!
Please give me something that’s familiar,
a friendly touch, a memorable embrace.
I try to speak but empty eyes stare back at me,
twisted tongues segregate, factions are forming.
I’ll stay with those that resemble me to
survive this harsh reality.
As the days pass most
have gone their own way,
nomadic tribes discover life
in a world that feels so strange.
But still I want answers!
What’s the point,
what does all this mean?
Take this sense of wonder, make it go away!
Please tell me I am not alone and lost here,
that there is something that’s made me feel this way.
Take this sense of sadness, make it go away!
Please give me something that’s familiar,
a friendly touch, a memorable embrace.
Lies, the human core is lies!
We wiped their minds, cleaned the slate,
the clouding did divide.
Fate, we sealed human fate!
Now they're ours throughout
all time to manipulate
Never trust in the motives of Man,
they failed to evolve in Mother Nature's plan.
And though they seem safe in this early clouded state
the nature of their heresy has proven quite innate.
Pain, mankind will know pain
for their crimes on our kind.
They’ll never be the same!
Death, they will know death!
Suffering for centuries,
at war with every breath.
Never trust in the motives of Man,
they failed to evolve in Mother Nature's plan.
And though they seem safe in this early clouded state
the nature of their heresy has proven quite innate.
Δύο EPs στην... συσκευασία του ενός θα κυκλοφορήσουν οι Iced Earth σε λίγες ημέρες μέσω της Rock of Angels Records. Το "Hellraider" αποτελείται από τρία τραγούδια και τραγουδά ο Tim "Ripper" Owens (τραγουδιστής της μπάντας από το 2003 έως το 2007) και το "I Walk Among You" από έξι τραγούδια (τρία "στουντιακά" και ισάριθμα live), στο οποίο ακούμε τον Matt Barlow. Το δελτίο τύπου μας δίνει όλες τις λεπτομέρειες:
«Iced Earth announce the release of two new EP’s on April 28th, 2023 via ROAR! Rock of Angels Records! Fans of American metal act Iced Earth have long hoped for a new sign of life from their icons. On 28 April 2023, the wait will be over at last: The band has announced the release of two new EPs on ROAR! Rock Of Angels Records.
Entitled ‘Hellrider’ and ‘I Walk Among You’, these releases will include rare recordings from the transition phase between singer Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens' and predecessor/successor Matt Barlow in 2007 and 2008, a particularly exciting and eventful period in Iced Earth’s band history.
The ‘Hellrider’ EP consists of the songs ‘Prophecy’, ‘Birth Of The Wicked’ and ‘The Coming Curse’, originally from the album ‘Something Wicked This Way Comes’ (1998), voted one of the best power metal records of all time by Metal Hammer. In late summer 2007, all three tracks were re-recorded, featuring Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens.
The second EP ‘I Walk Among You’ includes the studio tracks ‘Setian Massacre’, ‘A Charge To Keep’ and ‘The Clouding’ from the 2007 album ‘Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked Part I)’, which were remixed and remastered in 2008 and feature the recently-returned Matt Barlow.
In addition, there are the live tracks ‘Dark Saga’, ‘Pure Evil’ and ‘Iced Earth’, cut at the 2008 Graspop Metal Meeting and also featuring Barlow. Both EP’s will be released on April 28, 2023 on various vinyl formats and will also be released as a two-in-one digipack CD and 2LP Picture disc combo!»
Band: Iced Earth
Country of origin: United States
Location: Tampa, Florida
Formed in: 1988
Genre: Power Metal
Themes: Horror, Fantasy, Literature, Mythology, History, War
Years active: 1984-1985 (as The Rose), 1985-1988 (as Purgatory), 1988-present
Lyric video: "The Clouding"
Album: "Hellraider / I Walk Among You"
Type: EP
Release date: April 28th, 2023
Label: Rock of Angels Records
Format: CD, 2 vinyls, Digital
Track list CD:
HELLRIDER (feat. Tim “Ripper” Owens)
1. Prophecy
2. Birth Of The Wicked
3. The Coming Curse
I WALK AMONG YOU (feat. Matt Barlow)
4. Setian Massacre
5. A Charge to Keep
6. The Clouding
7. Dark Saga (Live at Graspop 2008)
8. Pure Evil (Live at Graspop 2008)
9. Iced Earth (Live at Graspop 2008)
Track list 2LP Picture Disc:
Side A:
HELLRIDER (feat. Tim “Ripper” Owens)
1. Prophecy
2. Birth Of The Wicked
3. The Coming Curse
Side B:
• “Exclusive Artwork”
Side C:
I WALK AMONG YOU (feat. Matt Barlow)
1. Setian Massacre
2. A Charge to Keep
3. The Clouding
Side D:
1. Dark Saga (Live at Graspop 2008)
2. Pure Evil (Live at Graspop 2008)
3. Iced Earth (Live at Graspop 2008)
"Hellrider" vinyl track list:
Side A:
1. Prophecy
2. Birth Of The Wicked
3. The Coming Curse
Side B:
• “Exclusive Etching”
"I Walk Among You" vinyl track list:
Side A:
1. Setian Massacre
2. A Charge to Keep
3. The Clouding
Side B:
1. Dark Saga (Live at Graspop 2008)
2. Pure Evil (Live at Graspop 2008)
3. Iced Earth (Live at Graspop 2008)
Δεν υπάρχουν σχόλια