Description

Label: 7 Mater

Format: Double Gatefold LP

Cat Nr: SM 120170925  

Barcode: 0617669421178  

Release Date: 21.9.2025

Style: Heavy Metal, Power Metal

• Limited edition (500 copies)
• Transparent Blue color
• Gatefold

7 Mater proudly presents: 

Iced Earth – Rock Hard Festival

An Explosive Testament to Power and Precision: Iced Earth’s legendary performance at Rock Hard Festival finally receives the treatment it deserves with this exclusive 2LP gatefold edition, marking its first-ever release on vinyl.

Issued by 7 Mater Records in two stunning formats – classic black and a striking transparent blue – each limited to just 500 copies, this release is an essential artifact for collectors and fans of the band’s most powerful live era.

Captured during a peak moment of the band’s career, this set showcases Jon Schaffer and his mighty ensemble delivering a tight, ferocious performance filled with raw energy, melodic strength, and thunderous precision. The sound is crisp and massive, retaining the organic essence of a real live show, with every crowd roar and drum fill landing like a blow.

Frontman Tim “Ripper” Owens commands the stage with dramatic authority, offering soaring high notes and fierce grit in equal measure. The band tears through their setlist with confidence and fire, blending newer anthems with timeless classics. The interplay between Schaffer‘s chugging riffs and the melodic solos paints a vivid sonic battlefield-epic, intense, and glorious.

This edition is also visually striking. The gatefold with an original cover is a true highlight, giving the album an elegant yet heavy aura that matches the performance inside. The vinyl mastering is immaculate, giving extra weight and warmth to the guitars, drums, and vocals.

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Tracklisting:

A1 Dark Saga
A2 Vengeance Is Mine
A3 Burning Times
A4 Declaration Day
A5 Violate
B1 Pure Evil
B2 Watching Over Me
B3 Ten Thousand Strong
B4 Dracula
C1The Coming Curse
C2 Travel In Stygian
C3 A Question Of Heaven
D1 Melancholy (Holy Martyr)
D2 My Own Savior
D3 Iced Earth