Framing Armageddon: Something Wicked Part 1 cover

Framing Armageddon: Something Wicked Part 1

Iced Earth · 2007

77 min · 20 tracks · heavy metal · thrash metal · power metal

Epic power metal anthems collide with intricate storytelling and heavy riffs, creating a cinematic soundscape.

Is this for you?

Good fit if you like

  • long, immersive listening sessions
  • dynamic emotional journeys
  • cinematic storytelling experience
  • gradual builds and payoffs

Where this album fits

Career context
Released in 2007, 'Framing Armageddon: Something Wicked Part 1' is Iced Earth's ninth studio album and marks their return after a lineup change that saw guitarist Jon Schaffer leading the band through an ambitious narrative project. This album reinvigorated Iced Earth's legacy, building on the thematic elements introduced in their previous works while exploring new musical territories.
Stylistic neighbors
Blind Guardian· Nevermore· Judas Priest

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

  • 1 Overture 2:24
  • 2 Something Wicked, Part 1 5:02
  • 3 Invasion 1:00
  • 4 Motivation of Man 1:34
  • 5 Setian Massacre 3:48
  • 6 A Charge to Keep 4:24
  • 7 Reflections 1:50
  • 8 Ten Thousand Strong 3:56
  • 9 Execution 1:27
  • 10 Order of the Rose 4:51
  • 11 Cataclysm 1:30
  • 12 The Clouding 9:18
  • 13 Infiltrate and Assimilate 3:48
  • 14 Retribution Through the Ages 4:31
  • 15 Something Wicked, Part 2 2:59
  • 16 The Domino Decree 6:36
  • 17 Framing Armageddon 3:40
  • 18 When Stars Collide (Born Is He) 4:17
  • 19 The Awakening 2:01
  • 20 The Coming Curse 8:01

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