Iced EarthSomething Wicked This Way Comes

Label:

Floga Records – FL302

Format:

2 x Vinyl , LP, Album, Reissue

Country:

Greece

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Power Metal

Tracklist

A1 Burning Times
A2 Melancholy (Holy Martyr)
A3 Disciples Of The Lie
B1 Watching Over Me
B2 Stand Alone
B3 Consequences
B4 My Own Savior
C1 Reaping Stone
C2 1776 (Instrumental)
C3 Blessed Are You
Something Wicked (Trilogy)
D1 Prophecy
D2 Birth Of The Wicked
D3 The Coming Curse

Companies, etc.

  • Licensed FromCentury Media
  • Manufactured ByXVINYLX.COM
  • Pressed ByGZ Media – 233033E

Credits

  • ArtworkTravis Smith (4)
  • Backing VocalsJon Schaffer
  • BassJames McDonough
  • DrumsMark Prator
  • GuitarJon Schaffer
  • KeyboardsJim Morris
  • Layout, DesignCarsten Drescher
  • Lead VocalsMatthew Barlow
  • ProducerJim Morris

Notes

Released on standard black vinyl, in a glossy gatefold cover.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 8592735010789
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout): XVINYLX.COM 233033E1/A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout): XVINYLX.COM 233033E2/A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C Runout): XVINYLX.COM 233033E3/A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D Runout): XVINYLX.COM 233033E4/A

Other Versions (5 of 35)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Something Wicked This Way Comes (CD, Album, Limited Edition, Digipak) Century Media 77214-2 1998
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Something Wicked This Way Comes (CD, Album) Century Media 7914-2 Worldwide 1998
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Something Wicked This Way Comes (2×LP, Album) Century Media 77214-1 1998
Something Wicked This Way Comes (CD, Album) Century Media 77214-2 1998
Something Wicked This Way Comes (CD, Album) Century Media VI-60556 Japan 1998

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Reviews

  • RogerKilljoy's avatar
    RogerKilljoy
    I bought the release anyway, regardless of my last comment. Sounds good, nicely spaced over the 2 LPs with a meaty, bottom heavy sound. Quality product in of the packaging with polylined black paper inner sleeves, shipped in an outer sleeve with the records in the middle of the gatefold to prevent seam split, and a cardstock with some heft printed with a gloss finish.

    The inside gatefold image is a different orientation to the 1998 OG and the 2016 reissues for some reason. No poster as per the 2016 reissues directly by Century Media, and no mention if the pressing features the "Special vinyl mastering for audiophile listening quality" of that same reissue or an older/newer master (I would expect older if anything, this looks like a straight licence to Floga, not a remaster job).

    The album itself is an all time classic for me, regardless of anything Jon went on to be involved in. It's got some flaws, sometimes things get a bit overwrought in the ballads being the main complaint I have, but on the whole it mines a vein of thrashy power metal that no other band did as effectively as Iced Earth did at the time. It feels bombastic but sleek and economical at the same time and remains an invigorating listen all these years later.
    • RogerKilljoy's avatar
      RogerKilljoy
      What are the chances I'm putting money in Jon Schaffer's pockets by buying the reissue? Would Century Media be able to licence this without paying Jon? Here's hoping. Not a big fan of funding domestic terrorists.

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