By the time Days of Purgatory had been released, Iced Earth was a great metal band that very few people had heard of, including me. Iced Earth arose out of the ashes of metal’s unpopular phase, which occurred because MTV snubbed metal, and the masses listened to what MTV told them, and not the truth.
Iced Earth put out Days of Purgatory almost like a greatest hits package, but not quite. They redid their best songs, acquiring a new vocalist who sang for Days of Purgatory. Good choice, because the new vocals were tremendous, and definitely among the best in metal. It’s great when lyrics are easily comprehensible without a lyrics sheet, powerful, and just generally well done, and that is the case with Iced Earth. There is neither a bad song on this album, nor any sign of immorality. Iced Earth are the angels of metal. Days of Purgatory was my introduction to Iced Earth, and I was blown away. However, I must say, I The Blessed and The Damned is better than this one.
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