The Blessed and the Damned

Greatest hits album by Iced Earth

Released

August 10, 2004

Recorded

1990-2001

Genre

heavy metal, power metal, thrash metal

Length

2:04:48

Label

Century Media

Iced Earth chronology

The Glorious Burden
(2004)

The Blessed and the Damned
(2004)

Overture of the Wicked
(2007)

Alternate album cover

"The Damned" cover version of the album

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The Blessed and the Damned is a double CD best of compilation album by the American heavy metal band Iced Earth. The CD-booklet can be reversed, to show either angels or demons on the cover. The booklet also includes Jon Schaffer's comments on previous albums and his life. Even though the CD was released after The Glorious Burden, the biography in the booklet makes no mention of it. This is probably because Iced Earth left their record label Century Media Records prior to The Glorious Burden, and signed with SPV. In turn, Century Media released this compilation album.

Track listing

Disc 1

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Original album	Length
1.	"Burning Times"	Matt Barlow, Jon Schaffer	Barlow, Schaffer	Something Wicked This Way Comes	3:43
2.	"Wolf"	Schaffer	Schaffer	Horror Show	5:20
3.	"The Hunter"	Schaffer	Schaffer	The Dark Saga	3:55
4.	"Curse the Sky"	Schaffer	Randall Shawver, Schaffer	Iced Earth	4:43
5.	"Melancholy (Holy Martyr)"	Schaffer	Schaffer	Something Wicked This Way Comes	4:44
6.	"Stormrider"	Schaffer	Shawver, Schaffer	Night of the Stormrider	4:48
7.	"Burnt Offerings"	Schaffer	Shawver, Schaffer	Burnt Offerings	7:21
8.	"Travel in Stygian" (live)	Schaffer	Schaffer	Alive in Athens	9:06
9.	"Dark Saga"	Schaffer	Schaffer	The Dark Saga	3:43
10.	"Written on the Walls"	Gene Adam	Adam, Shawver, Schaffer, Dave Abell	Iced Earth	6:07
11.	"Damien"	Schaffer	Schaffer	Horror Show	9:11

Disc 2

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Original album	Length
1.	"Angels Holocaust"	Schaffer	Schaffer	Days of Purgatory	4:54
2.	"Desert Rain"	Schaffer	Schaffer, Abell	Days of Purgatory	6:38
3.	"Last December"	Schaffer	Schaffer	Burnt Offerings	3:23
4.	"Watching Over Me"	Schaffer	Schaffer	Something Wicked This Way Comes	4:26
5.	"Pure Evil" (live)	Schaffer	Shawver, Schaffer	Alive in Athens	6:37
6.	"The Path I Choose"	Schaffer	Shawver, Schaffer	Night of the Stormrider	5:55
7.	"I Died for You"	Schaffer	Schaffer	The Dark Saga	3:47
8.	"Disciples of the Lie"	Schaffer	Schaffer	Something Wicked This Way Comes	4:04
9.	"When the Night Falls"	Schaffer	Schaffer	Days of Purgatory	7:50
10.	"Jack"	Barlow	Schaffer	Horror Show	4:12
11.	"Iced Earth"	Schaffer	Schaffer	Iced Earth	5:23
12.	"Violate" (live)	Schaffer	Schaffer	Alive in Athens	4:12

Personnel

Jon Schaffer − rhythm guitar, backing vocals on all songs. vocals on Track 6 on Disc 1
Matt Barlow − vocals on Tracks 1-3, 5, 7-9, and 11 on Disc 1; Tracks 1-5, 7-10, and 12 on Disc 2
Gene Adam − vocals on Tracks 4 and 10 on Disc 1; Track 11 on Disc 2
John Greely − vocals on Track 6 on Disc 2
Randall Shawver − lead guitar on Tracks 3-4, 6-7, and 9-10 on Disc 1; Tracks 1-3, 6-7, 9, and 11 on Disc 2
Larry Tarnowski − lead guitar on Tracks 1-2, 5, 8, and 11 on Disc 1; Tracks 4-5, 8, 10, and 12 on Disc 2
Dave Abell − bass on Tracks 3-4, 6-7, and 9-10 on Disc 1; Tracks 3, 6-7, and 11 on Disc 2
James MacDonough − bass on Tracks 1, 5, and 8 on Disc 1; Tracks 1, 2, 4-5, 8, 9 and 12 on Disc 2
Steve DiGiorgio − bass on Tracks 2 and 11 on Disc 1, and Track 10 on Disc 2
Mark Prator − drums on Tracks 3 and 9 on Disc 1; Track 7 on Disc 2
Richey Secchiari − drums on Track 6 on Disc 1; Track 6 on Disc 2
Mike McGill − drums on Tracks 4 and 10 on Disc 1; Track 11 on Disc 2
Richard Christy − drums on Tracks 2 and 11 on Disc 1; Track 10 on Disc 2
Brent Smedley − drums on Tracks 1, 5, and 8 on Disc 1; Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, and 12 on Disc 2
Rodney Beasley − drums on Track 7 on Disc 1; Track 3 on Disc 2
Cover art by Leo Hao.

Iced Earth

Jon Schaffer Troy Seele Stu Block Luke Appleton Brent Smedley See the complete members list

Studio albums	Iced Earth Night of the Stormrider Burnt Offerings The Dark Saga Something Wicked This Way Comes Horror Show The Glorious Burden Framing Armageddon The Crucible of Man Dystopia Plagues of Babylon The Judas Goat

Live albums	Alive in Athens Festivals of the Wicked Live in Ancient Kourion

Cover albums	Tribute to the Gods

Extended plays	Enter the Realm The Melancholy EP Overture of the Wicked 5 Songs

Singles	"Frankenstein" "The Reckoning" "Setian Massacre" "Ten Thousand Strong" "I Walk Among You" "Dante's Inferno 2011"

Songs	"Dante's Inferno" "Wolf" "Ghost of Freedom" "Dystopia" "Anthem"

Compilations	Days of Purgatory The Blessed and the Damned Enter the Realm of the Gods

Box sets	Dark Genesis Slave to the Dark Box of the Wicked

Video albums	Gettysburg (1863) Alive in Athens – The DVD Festivals Of The Wicked Live in Ancient Kourion

Tours	Dystopia World Tour Worldwide Plagues Tour

Related articles	Discography Something Wicked Saga Demons and Wizards Sons of Liberty Morrisound Recording

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