Iced Earth - The Path I Choose

Night Of The Stormrider (1992)

Iced Earth's second effort is a concept album with a mystical, horrific story line. It traces the path of a man who is betrayed by religion and turns away from it in anger. The dark forces of nature reach out to this enraged man and use him as their vessel to bring death and destruction to Earth. Through it all, he feels no remorse for his deeds, and upon reaching the end, numbly accepts his fate of eternity in Hell. Musically, the band picked up a new singer and drummer for this album. The singing is a definite improvement from the debut, ranging from a powerful growl to a Halford-like scream. Such skill is necessary to portray the wide range of feeling on this album. There's quite a bit of background keys on this disc, some choral moaning, and a memorable piano outro, which all add to the dark mood. There are also several excellent acoustic passages seamlessly interwoven with the driving guitar riffs. The music meshes perfectly with the story, magnifying the hatred, manic joy, confusion, and sadness present in the lyrics. After listening to this musical masterpiece, one cannot help but to feel some of the sadness and guilt that the Stormrider was unable to feel for himself.

Jon Schaffer | Vocals, Lead Vocals on "Stormrider", Rhythm Guitar
Randy Shawver | Lead Guitar
John Greely | Lead Vocals
Dave Abell | Bass Guitar
Richey Secchiari | Drums

Lyrics: http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/icedearth/nightofthestormrider.html

Category:

Music

Tags:

• iced
• earth
• path
• choose
• night
• of
• the
• stormrider
• 1992

[AndViolate]

HOLY MOTHER FUCKING SHIT I CAN'T PLAY THIS I'VE BEEN TRYING FOR TWO YEARS FUCK MY LIFE

[GuardianAngel1823]

No dislikes for this legendary song.

[celebrant9]

Anyone knows if we can still find the album with THIS cover? It seems it's only available with the letters "ICED EARTH" red now...

[TheInvasionPlan]

Why did the comments for this awesome song turn so moronic. It's like these people wake up in the morning, slam their head as hard as they can against a wall and when they taste copper they think "time to start my day......hey let's go on the internet" lol.................

[Wolfyxxx91]

@AndViolate XD wow O.O

[WishmasterTheDark]

@pyromaniarules

Band is good if it's underground???

Aahahahahahahahahaha!

You are an idiot. Have a nice day.

[pyromaniarules]

@WishmasterTheDark so you got into two different fights over saying that good metal bands are shitty? i read your comments and thiers and they owned you. are you one of those elitists that think a band is only good if they are a underground band? all those bands you say suck started out as nobodys, but guess what they made good music and their fame grew. all those bands earned their fame the hard way. so next time have respect for other peoples taste in music.

[cdavid0715]

@AndViolate just by hearing this my wrist hearts lol

[lXMaverickXl]

@lXMaverickXl it's kinda like when speed/power metal bands go more progessive metal...it only adds more layers to the sound...long as their core sound remains the same I am all for a band adding tidbits of other genres onto their own...it's when it's a complete change or diversion from their sound that fans get REALLY pissed and it's easy to see why.

[lXMaverickXl]

@Hvaughnster is that so bad? I mean come on...they are still pretty fucking dark, and heavy, and power metal implies more speed, continuation of epic subjects in lyrics, more varied vocals, more layers to the sound, I see that change as only good. :-)

[slaving300]

@AndViolate LOL