Christians React Iced Earth - Question of Heaven!!
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The fact this band never reached Maiden/Metallica levels of success remains one of the great mysteries to me!
Even though, it's my favorite metal band, it's more of an acquired taste than Metallica. I know non metal fans who like some Iron Maiden or Metallica songs, but Iced Earth is a different story.
Much much better than metallica....voila.mystery solved
😢 I know. It's criminal actually. 😆🤟
to heavy (not for me)
Yes!!!! Finally an Iced Earth song.. Easily in my top 5 favorite bands.
Absolutely!! They are my fourth favorite band right behind Iron Maiden,Judas Priest, and Megadeth. Jon Schaffer is one of my favorite songwriters ever. I love Demons And Wizards and especially Sons Of Liberty also. Brush Fires Of The Mind is one of my favorite albums ever. I hope that they do more reactions for Iced Earth and hopefully Demons And Wizards and Sons Of Liberty also. Iced Earth deserves way more recognition than they get.
Jasen Scott Iced earth is my favorite. Grew up listening to them and got to meet the band last year which really inspired me on another level
Indeed!
@@wadetomczyk8043 Iced Earth is very overrated and somewhat mediocre.
Mark Palavos Vrahotes ok
It's even more sad than what you discussed - Spawn refused to be a pawn of the devil and began using his powers to go after truly evil people, and at the end after literally killing the devil he was still denied entrance to heaven. All because he loved his wife so much he refused to leave her alone in the world.
It's been a while, but wasn't his refusal caused by the earlier realisation what Heaven and Hell truly are? - the same cold machinations, differing mostly in aesthetics, not caring about your morality or well-being, just aiming to use your soul in their power struggle. IIRC the Heaven actually allowed him to enter somewhere at that time, but it's been him that refused - he already chose the third way, connecting himself to the world itself.
Then again, the song came out in 1996, so I think quite a while before Spawn killed "the devil".
A minor point - the demon Malebolgia, while sometimes presented as _the_ Devil, wasn't actually that in the story's larger mythology. Just one of the more powerful demons that took over at the time. The actual Devil [spoiler:] as well as God were two childish siblings who started it all, though never able to defeat one another.
So in the Spawn story, he originally made the deal with Malebolgia to become an officer in the army of Hell in the eventual war of the Apocalypse. He made the deal just to go back and see his wife, but it came with a lot of things he didn't account for, and the comic is mostly Spawn dealing with Hellborn who hate him, the human criminals and people who wronged him in life, and trying to get his face back so he can go see his wife.
They don't explain til much later in the story that actually God and Satan are missing and have been for long before the comic started, they were actually banished from their respective realms by their "Mother", as both God and Satan are simply two children of a much more powerful cosmic universal being, and just two of an infinite number of "gods" this Mother has spawned. There's a lot of stuff that happens but in the end Spawn is guided to the Tree of Life where he takes the powers of a god himself, and after Armageddon actually happens and the world is finally destroyed, Spawn remakes it the way it was, but cuts off Hell and Heaven from reaching it, though in the process he gives up his power and is left with a world that has no need for him, and no way for him to return to who he was (though even if he could, it would be useless due to what he realizes about himself and Wanda in his final moments).
It's not that he was denied entrance into Heaven, it's that he realized early on in the story that the damnation he was seeking to shed, and the Heaven he hoped for wasn't real and he was stuck with the reality that there were no "streets of gold", nor could he die and be rid of his need to be with his wife.
It's so deep. That eternal push pull of Spawn's story is so emotional. When he pleads for death just to be denied, how could we not feel that?
little brought up fact, he also chose to become a hellspawn as punishment for who he was in life. he beat his wife and was a douche. i think he either almost did, or did hit her and abort their child. im not saying he didnt love her, but it was a messed up type of situation. he forgot it all when he came back, but eventually he is forced to remember.
A masterpiece that I’ll never get tired of. I love how the female vocals in the chorus are sung by the guitarist’s sister, who ended up marrying the singer. Talk about a talented family….
One of the most underrated bands ever.!!!
Jon Schaffer of Iced Earth has the right hand of the guitar gods :) Hetfield has nothing on Schaffers rhythm galloping.
Correct sir
@@timjenkins502 comparing schaffer to hetfield haha
Plz tell me he didn't compare Iced Earth riffs to MetalTHEMOSTOVERRATEDBANDEVERlica's
@@Moody10050 hahah
Hetfield was a big influence on jon's guitar base style, he himself said that
Fun fact: iced earth's album art is what made me want to be an artist for album art. I was so young when I saw that cover for Something Wicked this way Comes
I saw the album cover at tower records and call my attention I bought it and the rest is history
For me it was the Night of the Stormrider cover. I'd give anything to have that oil painting hanging over my fireplace!
You guys have to listen to the entire "Dark Saga" record. It makes more sense considering A Question of Heaven is the last song on the record. Trust me you won't regret it, that and you will get to learn about Spawn on the way seeing as the record is about Spawn.
True. Already the first song goes so deep. It's really motivational to me.
Spawn, Al Simons is life, was a government assassin. He killed countless people, some evil and some innocent, and when he decided he was tired of the killing and wanted to retire for his wife Wanda he was betrayed by his boss and murdered. He went to hell for all the violence of his life and Malebogia, one of the 7 lords of hell, made a deal with him. Become a hellspawn and lead the armies of hell against heaven and he can see his wife again. In life Spawn thought what he was doing was right and he becomes very angry with god about how things turned out even if a part of himself understands he damned himself through the violence of his life.
He was a marine and later CIA operative who was betrayed and murdered by his friend. He made a deal with the devil to to see his wife one last time, only to find 5 years have passed and his wife married his best friend and they have a daughter. This is told in the song "I Died For You."
"Watching over me" from Iced Earth.
One of Iced Earth's best songs live. There is a live version from Alive in Athens but no accompanying video, the footage was corrupted. But that audio version is incredible. Though this song is technically about the comic book character Spawn (as is all of Dark Saga). It can easily be applied to nearly anyone as it taps into the universal questions we all have about what happens when we move on from this world, or don't.
Alive in Athens is amazing
The Alive in Athens version is THE version
The crowd singing harmony in the first verse brings tears to my eyes
@@focusman420 it is not THE version, this one right here is. Although Barlow holds some amazing highs on the live version, the whole "why won't you let me die" part on this studio version is the most passionate vocals he has ever laid down.
Do more of Iced Earth pls!
[x] reacted to Matt Barlow-era Iced Earth
[x] reacted to Tim 'Ripper' Owens-era Iced Earth
[ ] reacted to current Stu Block-era Iced Earth
@@SouthernAssault or Cthulhu
Clear The Way
Don't forget Gene Adam
@@skydancer1867 and John Greely.
@@skydancer1867 for Gene Adams I would pick Written On The Walls and for John Greely I would pick Travel In Stygian or Pure Evil.
Caught somewhere in time - Iron Maiden.
Just stumbled onto this. Really happy to see people reacting to Iced Earth, especially since I really love this song. I absolutely love the production in this era.
It's a really good song with a lot of emotions, and it does raise some interesting questions.
Personally I don't feel that anyone that allows eternal punishment, especially horrific ones like torture, can be a good being. By the same notion I can't see the concept of Heaven working for me since I would never be able to be happy knowing that others, especially people I know, were suffering for eternity, especially those that go there just because they believed in the wrong god. I don't really consider myself good when I live such a great life while knowing that innocent children are suffering all over the world, but I'd consider myself truly evil if I was fine with eternal torture.
All your knowledge of painful things would be washed away in heaven
Is there a wrong God?
I think that would be fucked. Like you go through life being a good person following a different religion. Then turns out "God" is the one true God abs he's like yeah to hell with you for worshiping someone else.
Fine by me
this is what I believe, Do the best you can to live a good life. Live ith the basic principles of man (don't murder, steal, help each other when able to, etc) basically don't be a prick. You good.
Sure there might be some world changing things you can do and might have opportunities to do them, but you wouldn't get punished for that. Unless you actually harm someone.
(i know a bit unrelevent as this is from 4 years ago, but felt i might as well comment)
Easily one of the greatest metal songs ever made.
Just one of the greatest songs, period.
@@theprepubescentgrandpa7999 One of the greatest songs ever. Yes i agree.
AGREE
First off, I want to thank you for reacting to my all time favorite Iced Earth song off of my all time favorite Iced Earth album The Dark Saga. Yes this album is about the comic book character Spawn, the ultimate anti-hero. But you left out some important details in your explanation that give context to the song, and album as a whole. Spawn (Al Simmons) was a former CIA operative that did black ops works, you know the NASTY stuff. The problem was he began to like what he was doing and that caught the attention of the Devil, actually the character was Malebogia not the Devil who was a Prince of Hell. Al was betrayed by his superiors and was killed by other black ops personnel. He Was going to Hell but Malebogia made him a deal, work for me and you can stay on Earth and look after your wife. Al accepted the offer but Malebogia, being a devil, betrayed him and tried to wipe his mind so that he would lead his army of Hellspawn in a war against Heaven. Eventually Al, now a decaying corpse, slowly regains his memories. He goes to see his wife only to realize that she remarried to his best friend; about 5 years have passed since Al's death. Realizing that he was betrayed, who knew?...,began waging a war against the forces of darkness. The reason Al "walks alone" is because he's not only fighting against the forces of Hell but also against the forces of Heaven who deem him a threat. All he wants to do is end his life, and thus his suffering, but Malebogia will not release him and God couldn't care less. It's funny, in the comics, God and the Devil (The Devil) are portrayed as brothers in a eternal squabble but neither one is THE ultimate power in the universe.
Moonspell - Full Moon Madness
Moonspell - Night Eternal
Amazing song. From Iced earth, try "Damien".The lyrics are very provocative, for a Christian
Matt has one of the most soulful falsettos in metal IMO.
19:10 - I don't exactly remember how much of the story was established by the time the song was written or released, but Spawn's mythology is its own thing, inspired by religions but spinning it all in its own way. From your, Christian perspective, it's even _worse_ than what you say, because [spoiler:] neither hell nor heaven care that much about your morality, just about claiming your soul and how they can use it for their benefit in a long power struggle. But it's been a while...
It's actually a 3 part song first being "Scarred", second being "Slave To The Dark", than this one "A Question To Heaven"
Power Trip - Divine Apprehension
Power Trip - Hornet’s Nest
Power Trip - Crucifixation
The quest continues...
Iced F. Earth
Iced Earth. The greatest power metal band ever.
Uh Helloween?
Mark Palavos Vrahotes uh fuck no?
I never consider them power metal, but they are fucking amazing
@@theprepubescentgrandpa7999 I don’t either. I LOVE power metal, but they don’t seem to fit musically. Maybe lyrically.
@@marilyna77535 Damn right. I am a big Power Metal fan too, and a big Iced Earth fan. But Iced Earth were always darker and angrier, and have a lot of thrash thrown in there. Power Metal is generally more uplifting and bombastic, and more keyboard oriented.
Iced Earth is one of the greatest bands ever!! There are one of the most consistent bands. Most of their catalog is amazing with very few filler songs. . Jon Schaffer is one of the greatest rhythm guitar players and songwriters ever. Iced Earth is my band that he is apart of, and I also love his other projects like Demons And Wizards, and especially Sons Of Liberty. Sons Of Liberty album Brush Fires Of The Mind is one of Jon Schaffer's greatest albums that he has done. The music and lyrics are phenomenal.
Much respect to TOOL , but give me Iced Earth any day!
From the words of Stone Cold Steve Austin
OHHHHH HELLLL YEAH !
Will be listening to this later. The first album I bought from these guys and became an instant fan.
Kids be quiet we're recording!
Video is 35:18 long....they comment on the song, starting at 34:45..when they rate it??
Would like to hear some feedback on the instrumentation, song structure, transitions, etc!
Good review...9.8!
Vin unfortunately doesn’t listen to his subscribers. He does this over and over again. We want to hear reviews about the music not just the lyrics. Will he ever learn that’s what we want? I doubt it...
Hello guys, please do:
Avantasia - The Scarecrow (Live Flying Opera)
Ensiferum - Heathen Throne / In mY Sword I trust
Arch Enemy - Nemesis(Live at Wacken 2016)
Great Song! By the way, I seem to remember you guys saying you were going to interview Matt Barlow way back. Did I miss that or did it never happen? Would love to see that if it's still possible.
Did you ever find out the answer?
@@madpriest7822 No, I did not.
One thing I always struggled with when I was in catholic school is the notion that God knew what was going to happen when he sent Jesus into the world. This is somewhat of a contradiction to the idea of free will. Is our will really free if God knows what is going to happen? There is the whole idea of omnipotence and omnipresence that plays in to that as well, but they are abstract theoretical concepts. So in the example of Issac used from the old testament, God in theory should have known what Abraham would say which is pretty needlessly cruel. Why would God need a sacrifice anyways? Thats all a big part of why I really dislike the old testament and in general why I have problems with the bible conceptually and believe its more of a historical text of the times, than some sort of direct word from God about how we should live our lives.
hi, i think the depictions of situations encountered and elaborated in the old testament is very important to us because it serves as an example for the people in the future when they ask how about if, what about if, and there is mostly always a situation to lead us into which is already depicted in the Bible to serve as an example and an answer to human queries on such situations. For some reason you could almost see the purpose and importance of these stories and depictions of examples of the possible questions we might encounter as we try to learn more about our creator, how he thinks, how he answers, and how he reach us in our own being to choose him over our own self destructive tendencies.
Epica - Kingdom of heaven
First of all, GREAT reaction video as always dudes.
I absolutely LOVE how you give your HONEST opinion about a song, even if the subject matter of a song happens to be contrary to your personal religious beliefs.
I ALSO love how you NEVER try to force your personal beliefs on anyone, rather you simply incorporate your beliefs into your analysis. I DEFINITELY respect that.
That being said, I had a suggestion for a reaction video:
'Ghost of Freedom' by Iced Earth.
The song DOESN'T glorify war, RATHER it gives homage and respect to ALL members of the military who either ARE currently serving our nation or who HAVE served our nation in the past.
But regardless, again GREAT reaction video as always dudes.
Yesss Iced Earth, now try something from the horror show album, Dracula or Phantom opera ghost.
Nah, WOLF
Tool has a new song out.....jus sayin lol. Love iced earth too.
It's not that great.
@@tomwisniewski8988 Not surprising lol
Meh tool sucks.
As opposed to even 13 years ago, there are countless people who stream all music & don't even own a CD player. Of course new album will be available in all formats, and the perfect time to make catalog available as well. Hardly a sell out. And new song is very good. @@MorbidAngel31775
The entire Dark Saga album showcases the story of Spawn. Its a great listen start to finish 👌
Late reply! But I think the key here is in the end. "And in my dying breath. My heart hold no regrets, I would not change a thing" He is unwilling to ask for forgiveness for what he did, and therefore the gates of heaven are closed to him. Hell does not want him either so his fate is to walk the earth
Septic Flesh - Virtues of the Beast
Please!
There's a couple decent tellings of Spawn here, but as far as Vin was off I will give my own. Al Simmons (who became Spawn) was a government assassin who was killed by his own people. He was sent to hell for killing people for a living. When he was sent to hell a higher up in Hell named Malebolgia saw something in Al, and wanted him to be an officer in Hell's army to attack Heaven. Malebolgia made a deal if Al became a Hell Spawn (ranking officer) he would be able to see his wife again. To mess with Spawn and try and keep him on the side of hell he is brought back 5 years after his death to find his wife married to his best friend with a daughter he was never able to have or give his wife. Memories come in fragments, and Spawn is tormented. Seeing his wife happy with someone else all Spawn wants to do is die. Hell won't release him, as it values Spawn's skill, and Heaven feeling a bit threatened sends Spawn hunters to kill Spawn. The HBO animated series does a pretty decent telling. As stated in here The Dark Saga is a concept album about Spawn, and it deserves a complete listen in order.
Nice, the third part of the trilogy killer song.
Not to be a nerd but Spawn by this point is no longer human being so by all theological constructs he is outside of Grace he didn't just sell his soul but became a non human demonic general the comics equivalent of a principality
FUCKING YES! My all time favorit Iced Earth song!
Thank you!
Iced Earth - Pure Evil (Live in Athens)
You guys should try heaven denies by demons and wizards, a joint project of blind guardian's hansi and iced earth
Love this band! This wouldn't be the first song I introduced someone to the band with, but it rocks. Part of a concept album all about the comic book series Spawn. Rock on Vin and Sori
love this song!!!! 🤘🤘Matt Barlow at his greatest!
Absolutely
I always felt like he was talking to the devil whom made him into Spawn because he refused to lead hells legions as commanded and betrays Malbolgor ( the devil), but he still won't release his soul. Your entire commentary was fantastic and touched me on some level. Just wanted to throw it out there that I think he's talking to his enslaver
P.S.: After looking up the lyrics, yeah you're right. He's talking to God.
Can you try a band called TYR, if i have to put a song, Fields of the fallen, thier cover of Panteras cemetary gates, or Fire and Flame
Hail To The Hammerrrr!!!!
This song is incredible!!!
this is one of the songs based of the spawn comics it was from the dark saga concept album
Morbid Angel - God of Emptiness A must react video.
damn this song has alll ... allll the fkn feels
TOOL new track is a TOP PRIORITY
Get this FIRST ASAP!!!!!!!
What a rude horrible bully.
Great show!👍
Anthrax - Zero Tolerance or Blood Eagle Wings
So, this turned out a whole lot different than I expected. "Let's listen to and talk about 'A Question of Heaven' bu Iced Earth", summed up with "I understand the take, but it's based on a false premise, hence had Al Simmons beckoned God to absolve him, God would've."
Still, though, it was an interesting listen and I understand that your views as protestants aren't necessarily shared by Christians of other convictions but through you I feel I got a better understanding of the concept and aspects of God. Truth be told, it actually made me want to read up on the bible and partake in some sort of philosophical discussion around what different passages may be inferring. I'm not a religious man by any stretch, and I have no intention of delving in to any church of any creed, but I do enjoy learning and understanding, sharing views and ideas with others to better understand how the different aspects of the world appear.
Tl;dr: Thanks for sharing. I'd loved for you to discuss the song based more on the premise it explores, but I can also understand that it may be completely irrelevant as it doesn't reflect the views of God you hold. Have you listened to and talked about Melancholy (Holy Martyr) by Iced Earth yet? If not, that may be more on point for a reaction video.
Nargaroth - Seven tears are flowing to the river
Hilarious!! During this song, up until @5:35 , did I finally realize, the screaming kids in the background WERE NOT my own (I'm wearing headphones). 😳..oops... anyways...I've been an Iced Earth fan since the late 90's, before UA-cam and streaming music... CD's all the way. I've looked at these lyrics on a different note, comparing them to my life, in a way. I do that with many songs. Anyways, this song is so powerful, as well as the band. Still holding out hope that Schaffer works it out and the band can continue. 37 years the band has stood.
I hope so too
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him(kjv) II Corinthians 5:21
Yes Iced Earth, but you have to do The Coming Curse. such a fucking epic song.
Iced Earth- Dracula
The guy doesn’t seem to be interested in the song at all. The body languages and all clearly show it, checking phone and expressions tell he’s distracted af.
Haven't laughed this much on a video intro with an argument.
Love Iced Earh
Iron Maiden!-Phantom of the Opera (live at the Rainbow 1981 or live at Gothenburg 2005)
Finally more iced earth!!!! You cant find a more underated metal band. Galloping riffs from hell!!!
They're pretty popular. Surely you can find many more underrated metal bands. Like Mechina for example.
There was an amazing spawn cartoon series based on spawn (and overseen by Tod McFarlane, the creator of the comic)..I think it was on hbo in 1997 and idk how to access it now but if that's possible I'd highly recommend watching it (there's the 1st few episodes on youtube)..being hbo it was gritty, deep, and vulgar. definately not disney shit. :)
Bon Jovi- Dry county is epic!!!!Do the lyrics video because the video is cut!!!
Great reaction guys. If I were to show a single song that describes METAL to a friend it would be A Question of Heaven! Matt Barlow is the voice of metal!!!
Listen please let it roll - ufo
Do legacy in a rhyme by pyramaze. Same singer!
Biggest underated group ever !! ( with Matt Barlow )
I saw them 6 times in show never disappointed !
Dante's INferno ( live in Athen ) > Question Of Heaven > Angel's Holocast > When the night fall
Add Travel in Stygian & Phantom Opera Ghost to that list.
Maybe you could do a reaction video for The Phantom Opera Ghost.
ICED EARTH 👏👏 ICED EARTH👏👏
React Megadeth - Family tree. One of best megadeth songs.
You guys NEED to react to megadeth she wolf. It has probably the BEST ending to a song
If you'd like to react to a song with similar subject matter, listen to Alice Cooper's "Gimmie" song!!
GRAVE DIGGER - Rebellion feat. Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian) and Van Canto
Great interpretation, I am not Christian/religious at all, but its always cool to hear you two check out songs
Review the song "Sodom" from the WARRIOR album, by the band from Sweden called Jerusalem.
This song shows well what is Spawn All Simmons
Played this song with my first band :D
im the slime by Zappa!!!!!
This album is one of my favorite concept albums of mine
TOOL just released their new song "Fear Inoculum".
I wonder why you guys have not reacted to Alter of Sacrifice/Jesus Saves by Slayer? Or Read Between the Lies off South of Heaven?
TOOL - Fear Inoculum
So I heard NeObliviscaris of petrachor weaves and black noise.
Is up and coming?
Candlemass- Edge of heaven...please..
Anneke Van Giersbergen - Wish you were here live
I love this song !
Sepultura-Dead Embryonic Cells
Or
Sepultura-Territory
Or
Tool-Fear Inoculum next.
AYYY YOOOOOOOOO!
TOOL JUST RELEASED A NEW SONG!
OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOD
Iced Earth - Dracula!!!
christians react to a live GG ALLIN video......i promise it will be interesting:)
dirk diggler told me to upvote this
2000 religions, 10000 gods. Yes, your religion is the correct one.
It sure is.