Review: Iced Earth – The Crucible of Man [2008]
Iced Earth returns with THE CRUCIBLE OF MAN, the long-awaited follow-up to their 1998 landmark concept album SOMETHING WICKED. Replacing the departing Ripper Owens with former frontman Matt Barlow, this troupe sounds reinvigorated when maintaining their patented power metal maneuvers on cuts like “I Walk Alone” and the rousing “Divide and Devour,” yet this disc […]