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MARCH.17.2008
RELEASE DATES FOR NEW SINGLE CONFIRMED

Steamhammer/SPV have confirmed the release dates for ICED EARTH'S new single, “I Walk Among You”:

Germany - June 13, 2008
Europe - June 16, 2008
USA/Canada - June 17, 2008

ICED EARTH ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE, REVEAL ARTWORK

With the framework for the Armageddon of Man firmly laid with the band’s
2007 full-length release, “Framing Armageddon – Something Wicked Part I”,
ICED EARTH are set to launch the next installment of Jon Schaffer’s
“Something Wicked” saga with the release of their new single, “I Walk Among
You”, in June of 2008. The full-length studio follow-up to “Something Wicked
Part I” is due for release in Fall of 2008.

The new single and proceeding full-length studio album mark the return of
longtime frontman, Matt Barlow to the band who’s dark and sinister tones are
the perfect fit to narrate the intense and viscous annihilation of mankind
set in motion with the birth of the story’s main character, “Set Abominae”, in
“Something Wicked Part II.” The single will allow fans to get a glimpse of
the bright future for the band, and the perhaps not-so-bright future for
humanity as we now know it.

The single will feature 3 songs, an exclusive version of the song "I Walk
Alone" and a few tracks from Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked Part 1) with new vocal performances by Matt Barlow. Due to the re-tracking of the lead
vocals these tracks have been remixed and remastered. There will be an iTunes
exclusive version of the single "I Walk Among You" that features "A Charge To
Keep" which has also been re-sung by Matt, remixed and re-mastered.

The video for "I Walk Alone" is being filmed in early April.

All tracks were recorded at Jon Schaffer’s studio, Soaring Eagle Sound, and
mixed and mastered at Morrisound. The single, and following full-length
platter will be released by Steamhammer/SPV.

"I Walk Among You" Tracklisting:

1. I Walk Alone
2. Setian Massacre
3. The Clouding
4. A Charge to Keep (exclusive iTunes track)

• Porcupine Tree - In Absentia und weiter (Art Rock mit Pop und Metal Einflüssen)
  
• Opeth - ab Blackwater Park alles (Progressive Melodic Death Metal mit 70ger Jahre Prog vermischt, das Album Damnation ist kein Metal)
  
• Massive Attack - Mezzanine (wundervoll düsterer Trip Hop)
  
• Ulver - Perdition City / Shadows Of The Sun (beide nicht wirklich definierbar und völlig verschieden. Von Ambiente, Jazz, über Electronica bis hin zu Kammermusik findet man da alles. Ich bevorzuge Shadow Of The Sun)
• Shining - Grindstone (Vorsicht! Nicht zu den Shining aus Schweden greifen. Das sind böse BMler die wollen, dass du dich umbringst. Doe Norweger dagegen spielen eine Mischung aus Neo Jazz, Electronica, Prog Rock/Metal und anderen bizarren Dingen. Ähnlich experimentell wie Ulver. Aber nicht vergleichbar)
• Isis - ab Oceanic alles (atmospheric Sludge Metal. Einfach mal bei myspace reinhören. Ob du die Produktion als gut empfindest ist hierbei wirklich nicht objektiv zu betrachten. Die Produktion passt auf jeden Fall.)
• Dragonforce - alles (Vorsicht! Nur empfohlen, wenn du ein musikhassender Neo-Masochist bist... Ist übrigens auch eher mäßige Produktion.)
  

• Norther (melodic death metal)
  
• Wintersun (schwer einzuordnen, teils melodic death metal aber auch klarer gesang drin)
  
• Samsas Traum (alben sind extrem verschieden, das neuste geht bisl richtung black metal kann man aber auch wenn mans nicht gewöhnt ist gut anhören)