Impressive

Review Score: (10/10)
An excellent album even though Barlow wasn't on vocals. Owens delivers very nicely and his style fits very well for the songs on the album.
The star-spangled banner intro and the three songs that follow will blow you away showing Iced Earth can still play metal - not like all this numetal crap goin around.
The album weakens a little after The Reckoning, but ends stongly with Valley Forge and Waterloo.
I got the limited edition with the Gettysburg trilogy on the second disc. Personally, just hearing this is worth paying $20 for. Schaffer's knowledge, creativity, and songwriting is at it's best.

Overall I was expecting a good album, but not this good of an album. Go out and get it. 5/5

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