ICED EARTH: 'The Crucible Of Man' First-Week Sales Revealed
September 17, 2008ICED EARTH's new full-length studio album, "The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked Part II)", has sold 6,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 79 on The Billboard 200 chart.
"The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked Part II)" track listing:
01. In Sacred Flames
02. Behold The Wicked Child
03. Minions Of The Watch
04. The Revealing
05. A Gift Or A Curse
06. Crown Of The Fallen
07. The Dimensional Gauntlet
08. I Walk Alone
09. Harbinger Of Fate
10. Crucify The King
11. Sacrificial Kingdoms
11. Something Wicked (Part 3)
12. Divide And Devour
14. Come What May
15. Epilogue
"The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked Part II)" continues where ICED EARTH's 2007 release, "Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked Part I)" left off. "The Crucible of Man" features the return of frontman Matt Barlow who was mainman/guitarist Jon Schaffer's original voice of choice to introduce the "Something Wicked" saga back in 1998 as a trio of songs which concluded their album, "Something Wicked This Way Comes".
ICED EARTH's official web site, IcedEarth.com, has posted an audio interview with the group's leader/guitarist Jon Schaffer conducted on September 4, 2008. In the interview, Jon talks about songs on the new album, how his relationship to songs he writes will always be different from everyone else, the band's new fanclub ("Minions of the Wicked"),the opportunity to meet fans through the VIP ticket package offered on the upcoming North American tour, and much more.
The interview in can be listened to and downloaded MP3 format at this location.
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