Key facts
- Also known as
- The Rose (1984–1985) Purgatory (1985–1988)
- Origin
- Tampa, Florida , U.S.
- Genres
- Power metal heavy metal thrash metal
- Years active
- 1984–2021 (on hiatus)
- Labels
- Century Media SPV
- Spinoffs
- Demons & Wizards Sons of Liberty
- Members
- Jon Schaffer
- Past members
- (See: list of former band members )
- Website
- icedearth .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- musical group
- Has part
- Jon Schaffer
- Genre
- thrash metal
- Country of origin
- United States
- Record label
- Century Media Records
- Official website
- www.icedearth.com
- Image
- Iced Earth December 2012.jpg
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- Commons category
- Iced Earth
- topic's main category
- Category:Iced Earth
- inception
- 1985-00-00
- location of formation
- United States
- topic has template
- Template:Iced Earth
- start of work period
- 1985-00-00
- social media followers
- 86600
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Encyclopedic overview
Iced Earth is an American heavy metal band currently composed of only bandleader Jon Schaffer, formed in Tampa, Florida, and based in Columbus, Indiana. They were formed in 1984 under the name the Rose, then Purgatory, by guitarist and main songwriter Schaffer and original drummer Greg Seymour. Iced Earth released their debut album in 1990 and have since released twelve studio albums, four EPs, three compilations, three box sets, three live albums and eleven music videos.
After releasing the demo EP Enter the Realm (1989) and signing to Century Media Records, the band released two full-length studio albums – Iced Earth (1990) and Night of the Stormrider (1991) – before taking a two-year hiatus from 1992 to 1994, after which the band returned with new lead vocalist Matt Barlow. Iced Earth went on to release four studio albums with him in over half a decade: Burnt Offerings (1995), The Dark Saga (1996), Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998) and Horror Show (2001).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Iced Earth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.