Description
Days of Purgatoryis a collection of re-recorded and remixed songs from Iced Earth.Matt Barlowhas made the impossible possible: for the first time in the history ofIced Earth- which have been 7 years - a singer stayed in the band for more than one album. Thus,Jon Schaffersaw inBarlowhis eternal vocalist and rewarded him with the honor to re-record the songs from before his time and let him take over the vocals for these songs.
The vocals fromBarloware significantly better than the ones from his predecessors and what makes the re-recorded songs even better is thatBarlowhas given the songs his own touch. He hasn't just sung the same notes asGeneandJohn, but instead he has changed them here and there and even the regular re-issue of the songs withBarlowon in just sound different, because he sings them angrier.
This is something you could especially hear on theNight of the Stormridersongs.John Greelywas good, but he was too soft on the mid-range notes, whileBarlowis completely harsh onAngels Holocaust,Desert RainandPure Evil.
Before I have listened to this compilation I had no doubt that he will rescue the songs from the debut album or Enter the Realm, respectively (Nightmaresis from the demo) with his voice and that the songs from theNight of the Stormrideralbum will sound way better, but I didn't expect that he will give some parts a complete different interpretation. The high shrieks fromJohn Greelywere replaced with actual high singing notes, same with the vocals fromGene Adam, which mainly sounded like he has just read the lyrics.Matt Barlowputs energy and melody in his vocals, which just makes the songs overall better.
This album comes out in deluxe Triple Gatefold edition, in two colors (Gold / Silver) 500 limited edition each.
