Iced Earth   Framing Armageddon
2.9
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Ranking: #174 for 2007

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2.5 averageMitch | October 13th 20

What the fuck happened? No seriously, what the FUCK happened between albums?

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2.5 averagemanosg EMERITUS | June 5th 17

Almost all Iced Earth albums contain certain elements which are almost always present and the the success of each LP depends on the degree of their execution. Unfortunately, Framing Armageddon does not feature many interesting or catchy riffs, the drumming is not as good as on The Glorious Burden and on top of that, it is somewhat bloated which makes it a tiresome listen.

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2.0 poorAlabaster Jones | August 11th 16

I don't get why Jon Schaffer, who said he'd rather write a graphic novel on the main character of this album's story, didn't just, you know, write the graphic novel. Instead, he slapped this story onto a bunch of interchangeable riffs and choral vocals that you just know are trying oh so hard to be "epic" but don't work because the "epic"-ness of it all is diluted when they show up in every last chorus on the album and drown out Tim Owens who's the one bright spot on this wretchedly overblown album. There were a lot of words in that sentence, but you get what I'm saying here. On a first listen, it doesn't seem to be that bad, but then you realize you can't remember a thing from the album you spent the last seventy minutes listening to other than the chorus to "A Charge To Keep" which is admittedly pretty great but everything else is one giant blur of chugging riffs and pointless interludes which don't set up any atmosphere or further the story and are just there to enlarge the length of the album and by extension Schaffer's penis. There were a lot of words in that sentence too, but you still get the point.

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2.5 averagedeadrisingx1 | September 25th 13

While the album is decent, it can be very boring to listen to.

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2.5 averageVenpts16 | February 25th 12

Despite pointless interludes, this was a much better album than what I was expecting. Generally a better album than Glorious Burden, at the very least...

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3.5 greatXenorazr | November 14th 09

Despite some slow, redundant missteps, Framing Armageddon brings in some solid material that make it worth a listen or two.

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1.0 awfulbloodhungerdoctrine | June 22nd 09

Worst $25 I've ever spent. I was told to check out Iced Earth by some guys on a forum, bad choice on my behalf.

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