Alive in Athens

by Iced Earth

Alive in Athens cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 19 July 1999
  • Label: Century Media
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 3:00:16
  • Community rating: 3.72/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Larry Tarnowski, James McDonough, Matthew Barlow

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Performed before a famously fervent Greek crowd, this sprawling three-disc marathon captures the power metal titans at their absolute technical peak. Highlighting Jon Schaffer's trademark machine-gun riffing and Matt Barlow's commanding vocal presence, the set serves as an exhaustive retrospective of their 1990s catalog. It is widely considered a benchmark live release within the traditional metal community.

Genres

Descriptors: mythology, gallop, relentless, ferocious, riff-heavy

Tracklist

  1. Burning Times - live in Athens (4:07)
  2. Vengeance Is Mine - live in Athens (4:42)
  3. Pure Evil - live in Athens (6:36)
  4. My Own Savior - live in Athens (3:42)
  5. Melancholy (Holy Martyr) - live in Athens (4:55)
  6. Dante's Inferno - live in Athens (16:23)
  7. The Hunter - live in Athens (4:09)
  8. Travel In Stygian - live in Athens (9:02)
  9. Slave to the Dark - live in Athens (3:52)
  10. A Question of Heaven - live in Athens (8:17)
  11. Dark Saga - live in Athens (4:02)
  12. The Last Laugh - live in Athens (4:38)
  13. Last December - live in Athens (3:37)
  14. Watching over Me - live in Athens (4:53)
  15. Angels Holocaust - live in Athens (4:31)
  16. Stormrider - live in Athens (4:50)
  17. The Path I Choose - live in Athens (5:44)
  18. I Died For You - live in Athens (4:44)
  19. Prophecy - live in Athens (6:10)
  20. Birth of the Wicked - live in Athens (5:42)
  21. The Coming Curse - live in Athens (8:56)
  22. Iced Earth - live in Athens (6:58)
  23. Stand Alone - live in Athens (3:30)
  24. Cast in Stone - live in Athens (6:02)
  25. Desert Rain - live in Athens (7:19)
  26. Brainwashed - live in Athens (5:12)
  27. Disciples Of The Lie - live in Athens (4:11)
  28. When the Night Falls - live in Athens (7:47)
  29. Diary - live in Athens (5:52)
  30. Blessed Are You - live in Athens (5:46)
  31. Violate - live in Athens (3:53)

Credits

  • Iced Earth - primary artist
  • Axel Hermann - artwork
  • Danny Miki - artwork
  • Travis Smith - artwork
  • James McDonough - bass guitar
  • Brent Smedley - guest [guest musicians], drums
  • Rick Risberg - guest [guest musicians], keyboards
  • Larry Tarnowski - lead guitar

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