Days of Purgatory
Iced Earth · 1997
73 min · 15 tracks · heavy metal · thrash metal · power metal
A relentless blend of heavy riffs and soaring melodies that encapsulates the essence of power metal.
Why this album works
- Best for
- dynamic journey with emotional peaks wave-like pacing keeps engagement epic themes for reflective moments
- Context
- Released in 1997, 'Days of Purgatory' is a pivotal compilation album for Iced Earth, serving as both a retrospective and a reintroduction to the band's evolving sound. This album followed their breakthrough record 'Something Wicked This Way Comes' and featured re-recorded tracks from their earlier work, showcasing their growth and refining their signature style.
- If you like
- heavy metal, thrash metal, power metal
Days of Purgatory is an album by Iced Earth, released in 1997. A relentless blend of heavy riffs and soaring melodies that encapsulates the essence of power metal. The album is significant for its role in elevating Iced Earth's profile within the heavy metal community, particularly with its critically acclaimed reworks of classic tracks. It solidified their place in the power metal genre and contributed to the band's cult following, as well as achieving chart recognition in several countries. Here's what makes it worth your time and what to listen to next.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does Days of Purgatory sound like?
A relentless blend of heavy riffs and soaring melodies that encapsulates the essence of power metal. Rooted in heavy metal and thrash metal.
What makes Days of Purgatory by Iced Earth notable?
The album is significant for its role in elevating Iced Earth's profile within the heavy metal community, particularly with its critically acclaimed reworks of classic tracks. It solidified their place in the power metal genre and contributed to the band's cult following, as well as achieving chart recognition in several countries. Released in 1997, 'Days of Purgatory' is a pivotal compilation album for Iced Earth, serving as both a retrospective and a reintroduction to the band's evolving sound. This album followed their breakthrough record 'Something Wicked This Way Comes' and featured re-recorded tracks from their earlier work, showcasing their growth and refining their signature style.
Who is Days of Purgatory for?
Days of Purgatory works well if you're into dynamic journey with emotional peaks, wave-like pacing keeps engagement and epic themes for reflective moments.
How many songs are on Days of Purgatory?
Days of Purgatory has 15 tracks, running approximately 73 minutes.
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 Enter the Realm 0:54
- 2 Colors Standout 5:04
- 3 Angels Holocaust Standout 5:45
- 4 Stormrider 3:55
- 5 Winter Nights 3:55
- 6 Nightmares 3:28
- 7 Pure Evil 6:18
- 8 Solitude 1:44
- 9 When the Night Falls Standout 7:49
- 10 Desert Rain 6:37
- 11 The Funeral 6:16
- 12 Cast in Stone 5:59
- 13 Reaching the End 1:10
- 14 Travel in Stygian 9:28
- 15 Iced Earth 5:30
Release Date
January 1, 1997
Artist Origin
United States
Runtime
73 min 58 sec
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