Iced Earth-Hollow Man

[CallingCrowe]

This is one that should have had Barlow in it. Ripper's good at what he does, but the low, soulful tones belong to Matt.

Shame.

[Invirion]

Dude totally sounds like Layne Staley

[pyromaniarules]

@Invirion huh? the ripper sounds more like the lead singer of dream theater in this song.

[airykun15]

@chrispavlos Right and their song Dracula is about how america has a secret sect of politicians working on a way to make blood into a vitality potion so they can keep their age and get plastic surgery meaning there are only a hand full of real politicians and the rest are smoke and mirrors or the offspring of the other ones, and Abe Lincoln practiced the dark arts of sorcery

[TheAmeader]

ONe of my favorite albums of all time

[jbeach05]

Am I the only one who hears Matt doing the backing vocals? lol awesome tune \mm/ Iced Earth = Gods

[Violator6996]

@jbeach05 maybe! i'm not sure to heard him! which part of the song you can hear him?

[zavolorn1]

@jbeach05 probably you are talking about Jon Schaffer.. i find their voices similar in low notes.. imo he does the backing vocals

[icedearth10000]

@jbeach05 matt did some recording for the album before he left so they added his vocals as background instead and got the Ripper

[1992tears]

this song makes me proud that I hear metal !!

[IlijaTun]

they're really good :)

I'm surprised...

[Wicked6Iced6Earth6]

...one of their best songs along with Come What May...

[kingofallpie]

It's either about Hollow Man or something involving the Civil War if it's really from The Glorious Burden

[malaketh]

not realy seeing as glorious burned has song about war in general not just about the american civil war

[SasorisPuppet]

To the best of my knowledge, it's actually talking about Shell Shock.

I don't remember where I heard it from, but apparently Hollow Man was the French Translation for someone dealing with Shell shock, better known now as Post traumatic stress Disorder by today's society. Also, it's likely this is about Waterloo, but really this can relate to any war since you have so many veterans that experience this in every war.

[kingofallpie]

Ok...my comment you replied to is now ANCIENT, but your idea makes way more sense, considering the theme of this cd. personally, im always thinking more about the theme of Horror Show when i read their lyrics

[SasorisPuppet]

Sorry about that.. I wasn't really looking at how long ago you'd made that comment.^^;

And it's fine. I think it's safe to assume from all of the other comments that we have a varied opinion of the concept of the song.

[Dexoine]

WaT De SoNgS AbOuT???

[metalbeaner09]

well theres a movie called hollow man idk if thats wat its about

but im guessing its about a guy not wanting to be alone in his life and probably trying to be a somebody not a nobody

[Auberon009]

It's about Gandhi. The hollow man would be the one who finds within himself the feeling of rebelion, which would lead to the violent struggle. The "other way" mentioned in the end of the song would be the refusal to turn violent in the face of adversity, and the hole song is the progression of Gandhi's inner feelings towards the non-violent way of composition.

[metalbeaner09]

aaaahhhhhhhh

thank u for correcting me lol

[Auberon009]

I didn't mean it as a correction, lol. It was a complement, really. The idea of being something more than a regular man is strong, really, and I just noticed it after reading your comment. Tx for sharing these thoughts!

[metalbeaner09]

lol ya man cool

[Dexoine]

ThNx U GuYs!!!!!!!!

[StormRiderGE]

amazing song. so strong and inspiring ... thx jon and for upload ;)

[KevUrbie]

@Auberon009 ghandi is the biggest fraud. he wouldnt let his wife take a certain medication she needed and she died, but then he took antibiotics himself to survive.

[youwanaknowpyro]

it about hollow men wich means dead /heartless men

[solimantashani]

awesome song........

[metalbeaner09]

yup