ICED EARTH Gründer, Songwriter, Gitarrist und Produzent Jon Schaffer hat sich vorläufig wieder mit dem ehemaligen Sänger Matt Barlow zusammengetan. Die beiden arbeiten derzeit unter dem Namen SCHAFFER/BARLOW PROJECT zusammen, um fünf Christmas Klassiker und zwei altbekannte ICED EARTH Songs neu zu vertonen. Die EP mit dem Titel „Winter Nights“ beinhaltet neben den Weihnachtsliedern ‘Silent Night‘ und ‘Little Drummer Boy‘, auch Neuinterpretationen der beiden Band-Hymnen ICED EARTH ‚Watching Over Me‘ und ‚I Died For You‘.
Matt Barlow : This is something that Jon and I had been talking about for many years. It just so happens that it’s the right time. These are some Christmas classics that we’ve decided to do, and also add some reimaginings of some ICED EARTH songs in there with it. So it’s really gonna be pretty damn cool, man.“
Jon Schaffer verspricht, dass die Versionen tatsächlich neu sind und die Fans nicht enttäuschen werden:
„We’re taking some classic big holiday songs and doing our thing with it — making it very theatrical and epic sounding, and heavy in some parts and spooky in others, beautiful. We have two versions of ‚Silent Night‘ — one more traditional and one very much something we would do, kind of what you would expect from us.“
Hier die komplette Setlist für “Winter Nights”
- We Three Kings
- Silent Night
- Do You Hear What I Hear?
- Little Drummer Boy
- I Died For You (Winter 2020)
- Watching Over Me (Winter 2020)
- Silent Night (Traditional)