ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer has sent the following
update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET:

"I just wanted to give you an update of what's
happening in ICED EARTH world.

"We just finished mixing and mastering the [new]
single, which will be titled 'Overture of the Wicked'
and should be released in late May or early June. The
four songs that will be featured on this are as
follows:

01. Ten Thousand Strong
02. Prophecy
03. Birth of the Wicked
04. The Coming Curse

"'Ten Thousand Strong' will be the song that we will
be filming a video for in the following months, most
likely in June right around the Sweden Rock festival.

"I'm very happy with the results of our efforts. We've
been really working hard on delivering something
special to you guys and this single is just a hint of
things to come, and it's freakin' awesome.

"We will be finishing the rest of production for Part
1 over the course of the next few weeks, with plans to
mix in the early part of May. The title of the full
release is 'Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked Part
1)' and should be out in the late August/September
time frame. The 'Framing Armageddon' tracklist will
appear as follows:

01. Overture
02. Something Wicked (Part 1)
03. Invasion
04. Man's Motivation
05. The Setian Massacre
06. A Charge to Keep
07. Reflections
08. Ten Thousand Strong
09. Execution
10. Order of the Rose
11. The Clouding
12. Infiltrate and Assimilate
13. Retribution Through the Ages
14. Something Wicked (Part 2)
15. The Domino Decree
16. Framing Armageddon
17. When Stars Collide (Born is He)
18. The Awakening

"The working title of Part 2 is 'Revelation
Abomination Something Wicked (Part 2)' and the
tracklist is as follows:

01. The Sacred Flames
02. Behold the Wicked Child
03. Minions of the Watch
04. A Gift or a Curse
05. I Walk Among You
06. Harbinger of Fate
07. Ancient Rage of the High Priest
08. A Gathering Threat / Time Marches On
09. Sacrificial Kingdoms
10. Something Wicked (Part 3)
11. Divide Devour
12. Conspiracy / Pilgrimage In Guile
13. Come What May

"The final tracking and mixing for Part 2 will take
place between the festivals and world tour and will
have a targeted release in February/March of 2008.

"Due to family health issues, Bo Wallace will not be
able to be involved with ICED EARTH. I played the bass
guitar parts on the single and we will be bringing
Dennis Hayes, who worked with Tim [Owens, vocals] on
his BEYOND FEAR side project, in to play on parts of
the remainder of the recording. He will be doing the
live shows as well."



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