You people kill me!! You can't let go of anything of the past can you? Yes, Matt Barlow is one of the greatest metal singers of all times and we as fans will always have those songs. Stu Block is phenomenal in his own right and we are sitting here debating who is better at this certain range or that certain range? Do you not see a problem here? Nobody doubts the greatness of both men, I think it is just hard for some people to let go of the past and move on with life! We should appreciate the fact that we still have great music like iced earth that we love at this time in the world and not take it for granted.
MrThomasreed stu os great at emulating Tim, and singing his own songs, however, he doesn't have the lower range to sing most of Barlow songs, like this one, the highs are good, but the intro is not that good, although one think he would DESTROY singing travel I stygian, would be awesome
MrThomasreed We have the lives albums with Matt as well. There's so much to go back too, I don't know why anyone would be offended at Stu singing this.
@@joaogarcia6170 Doesn't have the lower range? Have you ever heard him in Into Eternity? Stu does have it and in all aspects is better than Matt. All what Matt has and Stu hasn't is the sound itself, but even in this case Dracula sounds better with Stu. Matt has a more doomy sound, Stu has a more evil one. If you want to sing power metal, Stu Block is the go-to man, not Matt Barlow.
@@spd7693 Nope. In the beginning the character is melancholic and later it explodes in anger. Stu has zero emotion in his interpretation, he hits the notes and that's it. See matt singing this, you can feel the anger. The color of Stu's voice in the high part of his range sound femenine and divorced of his timbre in the low notes.
+JHinsonMusic If only it were *just* Tim & Matt he was emulating, but I hear some of those shitty singers from before Matt Barlow's time in there. It took me a bit to realize that. I mean, he does a great job sounding doing *that* style and sounding better than *those* shitheads but that style doesn't really fit this song...
Barlow pushes his voice to the limit in this song. He stretches his highs as far as they go and it sounds great cause you can tell he's pushing himself. Ripper sings it cleaner but his voice is naturally higher so that is expected. Stu has great highs too. He has that evil witch sounding, death metal high. Barlow wins only by default cause it's his song. But all three sound great and unique in their own way.
+greysymphonyearth Fucking poignant! I don't think anyone could've said that better because Iced Earth has never had a bad singer, just different flavors.
While Stu may have done a very good job, I simply don't feel like his style belongs with this song. It's good, performance was very good, truly, but there is something about his voice that somewhat does not belong with this song. At least that's how I feel while listening to this. He does a very good job on other songs, but this one in particular just feels off to me...
Fuck, Schaffer's precision is just inhuman! That must have been rerecorded. I am going to see them in January. I can't believe they play like this live!
Nope. In the beginning the character is melancholic and later it explodes in anger. Stu has zero emotion in his interpretation, he hits the notes and that's it. See matt singing this, you can feel the anger. The color of Stu's voice in the high part of his range sound feminine and divorced of his timbre in the low notes.
I really love Matt Barlow era of Iced Earth big time, but Stu Block also has an amazing voice. I love the three studio albums he has done especially Dystopia and Incorruptible. I really love the live album/DVD Live In Ancient Kourion big time. I love listening to Live In Ancient Kourion as much as I do listening to Alive In Athens. Some of the songs on Live In Ancient Kourion that I really love are Melancholy, Ten Thousand Strong, Dark City, I Died For You, Damien, Dante's Inferno, and this one Dracula. This might be blasphemy for most Iced Earth fans, but I don't want Matt Barlow back in Iced Earth. He was in the band two times and left on his own both times. Matt will always be the classic singer for Iced Earth, but Stu Block is what Iced Earth needs. Stu Block has been giving everything he has got since he joined. If Jon Schaffer fired Stu Block like he did Tim Owens just to get Matt Barlow back for a third time, I would be pissed off.
Podes crer, camarada... mas eu acabei de ouvir "Wolf" do Horror Show aqui agora, e cara... Matt Barlow é ignorante.. não dá pra cantar igual ele, muito foda...
Ripper nailed this one too. I saw them with Ripper on vocals, and in Chicago they gave him a heavy metal version of a standing ovation for this one and Iced Earth gets "U.S.A." chants when they played When The Eagle Cries.
I watched a candid in the crowd cell phone video of Stu singing Plagues of Babylon live, and it convinced me this is NOT re-recorded, Stu is able to hit high notes like this,it's amazing
I've seen him sing with iced earth live twice and with into eternity. Stu can hit the high notes no problem. thats his specialty. if anything its the mid range that was harder for him to develop
This song was written for Barlow...one of the best and most underrated metal singers of all time..a pretty hard song to sing ( and play). And both Tim and Stu did a great job singing it...respect. Love it.
What is so uniquely incredible about ICED EARTH is that, they are their SONGS, not their band members. It's all about the songs. Jon Schaeffer wants to showcase ICED EARTH songs, not ICED EARTH band members.
Barlow's transition from low to high in the intro is just about the coolest thing ever and Stu doesn't quite capture that, but his deep voice sounds amazing in the beginning and he handles the rapid-fire transitions well, in my opinion. The "for true love I shall avenge..."-part is a bit weird here, but all in all, Stu is a heckuva vocalist.
I want to add something to all the hate Stu gets, by die-hard Barlow fans. I went around and played this live version and a live version with matt to quite a few of my friends without telling them anything else. Then I asked them, which vocal performs they prefered technically and emotionally. And surprisingly Stu Block won over Matt Barlow! Why? Most of them pointed out, that Barlow forces out the tones, while it sounds like it‘s really easy for Stu. Moral of the story: don‘t call a „cover“ bad, just because it‘s not the original singer!
Do you believe in love? Do you believe in destiny? True love may come only once in a thousand lifetimes. I too have loved, they took her from me. I prayed for her soul, I prayed for her peace. When I close my eyes I see her face, it comforts me When I close my eyes, memories cut like a knife The blood is The Life, and Christ I defy My sworn enemy Birth of a new creed Is this my reward for serving God's own war? The blood I've spilled for faith fulfilled To damn her, a disgrace you spit back in my face I served you loyally, and you spew Blasphemy I avenge with darkness, The blood is The Life The Order of the Dragon, I feed on human life There are far worse things awaiting man than death Come taste what I have seen I'm spreading my disease I will feed upon His precious child The human race will bleed, they will serve my need I avenge with darkness, The blood is The Life The Order of the Dragon, I feed on human life I am the Dragon of blood, a relentless prince of pain Renouncing God on His throne My blood is forever stained For true love I shall avenge I defy the creed that damned her I am the Dragon of blood, a relentless prince of pain Renouncing God on His throne My blood is forever stained I am the Dragon of blood, a relentless prince of pain Renouncing God on His throne My blood is forever stained For true love I shall avenge I defy the creed that damned her
Idk how to send a messege to megaDAVE for asking him take STU for a new megadeth album,he sounds rly high and exactly like young version of Mustaine =((
I'm going to say it. The singer does not make this band. Jon Schaffer is what makes Iced Earth Iced Earth. He is Iced Earth. He can tomorrow just kill the band if he so wanted to. Now people can fight over who the better singer is for the band. But at the end of the day the best singer is who ever Jon feels is the right one. Just as Tuomas Holopainen is to Nightwish and Chuck Schuldiner was to Death. You take out the main song writer and the band is dead.
If Plagues of Babylon is a sign of things to come then would that really be a bad thing? Sorry to say it but even though Iced Earth is Schaffer's band, his vision for it has become very stagnant and stale in recent times. Maybe it's time for the main song writer to loosen up the reigns a little and let some outside influence weave its way into the Iced Earth sound, after all they used to have a second main songwriter in original guitarist Randy Shawver who's writing was a big part of the way the first three albums sound and those are still Iced Earth's best to this day. Now granted Schaffer managed to do well as the only main creative force at first (Dark Saga and Something Wicked this Way Comes both manage to be very good despite the sudden simplification in musical structure) eventually he started steadily running out of good ideas (Horror Show = half awesome/half filler, Glorious Bullshit = boring plodding mess completely devoid of testicles, Framing Armageddon = one of the only two albums since Horror Show that actually has some creative value, Crucible of Man = solid opening portion but after A Gift or a Curse ends this one turns rather dull real quick, Dystopia = solid and fun release albeit somewhat generic sounding. And then we have Plagues of Babylon which basically marks the end of Glorious Bullshits reign as Iced Earth's worst album. Yes indeed Jon Schaffer is what makes Iced Earth Iced Earth and without him the band would seize to exist but honestly Schaffer's baby has been a mere shell of it's former self for the last several years now anyway so it's not like we'd be missing much and also considering the singers seem to be one of the very few aspects of this band still worth listening to I'd say at this point they might as well be the ones making this band.
Stu has the most amazing vocal contro I have seen outside of someone like Floor Jansen from Nightwish. He honestly does this songs a better service than Ripper or Barlow ever did live. And I love Matt to death. He wrote those killer vocal lines. But he just couldn't really pull them off with this much control and finesse live ever
Most fans seem to conveniently forgot that there was an Iced Earth before Matt Barlow. This awesome Night Of the stormrider record someone? Ring a bell?
Block kills it here, and I mean that in a good way. His clean normal singing is less melodramatic than Matts, and his Falsetto sounds more less forced. . But Matt's the man.
Stu is amazing, actually he can sound like anyone, some parts sounds like himself, and in another ones, sounds like Matt¡¡ That´s pretty amazing, Ripper never did it.
Hey my Greek friends. Can someone translate to me the first part of the lyrics in Greek (lowercase letters) :) thanks Do you believe in love? Do you believe in destiny? True love may come only once in a thousand lifetimes... I too have loved, they took her from me. I prayed for her soul, I prayed for her peace
Πιστεύεις στον έρωτα; Πιστεύεις στη μοίρα; Η αληθινή αγάπη μπορεί να έρθει μόνο μια φορά σε χίλιες ζωές ... Και εγώ έχω αγαπήσει, την πήραν από μένα. Προσευχήθηκα για την ψυχή της, προσευχήθηκα για τη γαλήνη της
Stu is an awesome vocalist. Black, death, power or simply just heavy metal. The sickener is, jon has him singing like a clone of matt... why? Let him loose you eejit! He is 1000 times the singer you have him mimic. In fact , I listened to ashes of ares. Poor man's ices earth at best.
Man I want this whole DVD! Can someone please tell me where I can buy it in US format? I can't find it anywhere. I have bought 2 and they wouldn'y play due to format issues. Sucks man!
that's because he tries to belt as little as possible. Even with correct technique, belting puts way too much strain on one's chords. This concert was way too long to constantly belt and keep his voice's quality at an acceptable level till the end.
Stu is good, He's got talent and serious range, but if we're going to speak in terms of relativity and make comparisons to the ripper and barlow,..those two are like rum and cokes, but with Stu, there is no rum. But it's okay, because Coke is still coke. You're just not going to have as much fun.
