5 Songs (Iced Earth EP) explained

5 Songs
Type:	ep
Artist:	Iced Earth
Cover:	IcedEarth5Songs.jpg
Released:	September 19, 2011
Recorded:	August 2007 at Wacken Open Air and May–July 2011^[1] at Morrisound Recording
Genre:	Heavy metal power metal thrash metal
Label:	Century Media
Producer:	Jim Morris Jon Schaffer
Prev Title:	Dante's Inferno 2011
Prev Year:	2011
Next Title:	Dystopia
Next Year:	2011

5 Songs is a promotional EP by the American heavy metal band Iced Earth. Originally released on September 19, 2011, as a part of the October 2011 issue of Rock Hard magazine,^[2] the EP contained three live recordings from 2007, an interview, as well as two new songs from the band's then yet-to-be-released tenth studio album Dystopia.

Personnel

Iced EarthOn studio tracks

• Jon Schaffer – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, backing vocals, co-producer
• Stu Block – lead vocals
• Troy Seele – lead guitar
• Freddie Vidales – bass, backing vocals
• Brent Smedley – drums

On live tracks

• Jon Schaffer – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (on "Stormrider")
• Tim "Ripper" Owens – lead vocals
• Troy Seele – lead guitar
• Dennis Hayes – bass
• Brent Smedley – drums

Other personnel

• Jim Morris – co-producer, engineer, mixer, backing vocals (on studio tracks)
• Howard Helm – backing vocals (on studio tracks)

Notes and References

1. News: Stu Block interview by Heavy Metal Thunder. . . May 13, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110930233829/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=163926 . September 30, 2011 .
2. Web site: Rock Hard October 2011. . Rockhard.de . May 13, 2012.