Iced Earth - High Water Mark (Part 1) (Live 2004)

[hero7D]

Id love to hear Stu perform this live when I see them in 2 Weeks

[purseonal2010]

Which vocalist is IE gonna get to replace Barlow?

[Tank207]

@purseonal2010

Stu Block, and I think he's actually pretty good. The new Iced Earth album is actually coming out tomorrow(October 18th).

[ttank74]

Ripper's voice is just freakin perfect. It doesn't get any better than this.

[purseonal2010]

@ttank74 He definitely sings it great in concert!

[philwestley]

Jesus. This chills me to the bone.

[purseonal2010]

@philwestley Hell yeah! It chills me, too! it's our history of our country, beautifully told by such a fuckin great band like Iced Earth! I wonder if teachers and professors in schools who teach American history ever put this cd in the player and listen to the beautiful story told.

[divinagoettel22]

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[MikeyRSmovies]

An astounding historic metal epic, Ripper was made to song these songs, i would be intrigued to hear Barlow sing them with his melancholic stylings. Ripper does well, both vocalists are excellent, and bring different dimensions to IE.

[angels77100]

In my personal opinion, I preferred Ripper with Iced Earth. Gettysburg is a epic masterpiece. But I hated Ripper's contribution with Judas Priest. Barlow with Iced Earth just didn't have the same quality to it, but he was amazing with Pyramaze. That's just my opinion, most of my mates disagree.

[pocketkiller123]

Gettysburg is the Greatest piece of art of heavy metal, thats my opinion

[madmanator2]

awesome live but what a cold crowd wth, i would have started some fights! nice vocals and great performance as usual from iced earth!

[onpsxmember]

i totally love this part

IT'S ALL MY FAULT*sing*

[WinterTroll]

The whole trilogy is amazing, but this song is definitely the pinnacle, at least for me. One of Schaffer's masterpieces.

[metalexplorer]

One of the most brilliant and emotional pieces of metal music I've ever heard! Tim did an incredible job on this album! I like it when bands write songs based on historical events (I like history very much), and the battle of Gettysburg was the biggest battle during the American civil war if I'm correct.

The lyrical line: "The charge begins in all it's grandeur. For many of these men they know it is the last".

So emotional for me. Fantastic song!Greetings from Sweden

[Vars]

awesome. beyond awesome.

[apateoniskos]

i want to hear a studio version with barlow on this one.....although i believe that The Glorious Burden is an album only Ripper could sing this good....it is like it is written suiting his own voice!!!!!!!

[H3xxl0RxXx]

Man, he sings so good!

"The rebel cannons break the silence"

It sounds almost better than on the album, impressive.

[metal134]

Of all the historical tidbits to come out of this battle, I think the saddest and most telling one came from George Pickett. After the Confederate forces were destroyed in that ill-fated charge on the Union center, Lee told Pickett to gather his division to prepare for a Union counter attack. Pickett replied, "General Lee, I have no division".

[Grunt213]

And Picket never forgave Lee

[WorldCitizen333]

Absolutely. That very part of the song is really moving. Almost brings me to tears everytime, even though I'm not american.

[WorldCitizen333]

Best singer in metal, i don't know :p But he surely made a tremendous job on Glorious Burden, especially Gettysburg. Wonderful, wonderful "song", made me wanna know more about the history of the USA. Thanks John Schaffer!

[piratebri]

The Civil War is definitely interesting to learn about my friend. It's strange, it was one of the saddest and most tragic moments in the history of the US - brother fighting against brother. But out of it came a great country that will always be united.

[abominae1]

History, in gerneral, is always interesting IMO. Ripper's performance on The Glorious Burden was fantastic , however I didn't like his work on Framing Armageddon.

\m/ What happens here this day , The fate of this nation , in the balance it will hang , consumed with the pain , the courage of the BLUE , the valour of the GREY !!! \m/

The song is Very well written by Jon.

[kwambo]

Dude you're so right about that war. Listening to this reminded me of how sad it really was. On another note, I like it when bands write songs based on historic events or books, like Maiden's Seventh Son. I picked up the book after listening to it because I had to read about it myself. It's a much better alternative to artist always writing about love and other topics that are cliche' to music.

[alexlykke]

Sorry mate, nothing against patriotism, but saying always when it comes to history is pretty shortsighted...

[grasscat1977]

whoa not so fast...

[mikerocks12]

Barlow is iced earth and he is better with them than ripper but barlow cant sing anything ripper sings ripper is i think the best singer in metal

[bateman2006]

I haven't heard Barlow sing it, just Owens. I'd like to hear both, to hear the difference. I'm so used to Owens singing it, i probably wouldn't like Barlow's version.

[Violator6996]

I prefer the barlow version it was so amazing when he sang hold at all cost and high water mark in the last show at montreal

[graemecrackers]

Yeah it was. Shame noone took it on video

[0oIronMaideno0]

@Violator6996 has he ever sung devil to pay?

[kromlord1]

@Violator6996 your a fag' Barlow is a fucking fagg with no Vocal power' i have Every cd'' your just hating on ripper because he's better' vocalist'' fuck wod'' and you get mad' and hate on him'' just like a kid in school'' you know it'' and it bothers you'' your a fucking homo fuck

[sleeperpublisher]

That's why I love Iced Earth. Here they are as good as in the CD version.

[ChaosToDestiny]

this was so amazing live i was sceptical abou tripper in IE at first i didnt have the glorius burden before the concert but you can bet after i saw this i went out an gotit

[SovietBlitz]

We're almost there my boys

I've never served with finer

We must push forward boys

And bayonet the yankee tyrants

To the copse of trees we charge

To crush the union center

And when they turn and run

An open road leads us to freedom

brings tears to my eyes every time I hear that verse

[wastedyears]

:salute:

[jorninorion]

is there a personal reason for you about this one?

[SovietBlitz]

well im in the military if thats a personal enough :)

[JCains89]

awesome song, great live performance!

[Yussir]

The Gettysburg trilogy is a true heavy metal epic

[musicislife120]

Haha, dude, I'm not trying to dis Iced Earth at all here, cause I love the band, and I love this song, but at one point, the singer starts playing air guitar! Laughed my ass off!

[SmokeSomeTree]

LOL its at 3:55 - 4:05

[ds336]

One of the best Iced Earth songs hands down!

[ds336]

I definitely would've FREAKED if I heard this live in person! Some songs don't sound as good live but this song definitely sounds GREAT live!

[VigoGatsu]

The end of the fucking Gettysburg trilogy, awesome man, i love all of those 3 songs

[graemecrackers]

thanks, man. My first Iced Earth concert uploaded, nothing compared to your awesome collection though!

[VigoGatsu]

lol xD, b.t.w. i have only Iced Earth with Matt Barlow vids

[graemecrackers]

or Iced Earth with you on vox!

[VigoGatsu]

hahaha yeah, my Iced Earth covers too xD