I Walk Among You

Ahh, mighty Matt Barlow is back, but here is the question was it a good idea or was it bad one? I Walk Alone is a fucking epic song that seems to be on the right track, definitely gonna be good, although I wonder about Mr. Schaffer's new love of mid-paced songs. Seems since Framing Armageddon Jon has either slowed down his already static style of riffing for lengthier song arangments and got rid of the complexity that used to pour from old Iced Earth. But I Walk Alone is showing promise that the new album will be a tour-de-force with Matt back to kick some balls.

But the covers, why is Jon getting the idea that we really want to hear re-recordings of songs not even a year old yet? Is it because Matt is back or he's trying to get some money this we may never know, but lets get to those songs. Setian Massacre can really be a hard one, Matt's highs dont have the power Ripper has and can be noticed in all the high screams, so this one is down the toilet, A Charge To Keep, plain and simple Tim did it better sorry but its true and even the Matt purist assholes know this for a fact, The Clouding, Same from Framing Armageddon Matt does the first part extremley well but towards the second section he fails, Tim showed that anger and Matt doesnt.

Sorry I was hoping that Matt would have outdone Ripper on the re-recordings but they failed 3 bad songs and 1 good song doesnt make for a good weigh in. While I Walk Alone really shows some promise it still isnt enough to make part two of the Something Wicked story be as great as Framing Armageddon. Want singing from Matt thats better listen to the new Pyramaze album way better than this, It is vile and putrid its a bad omen to me.