Dark Genesis

Dark Genesis is a five-disc box set by American heavy metal band Iced Earth, released on November 27, 2001. It contains remastered versions of their first three studio albums (Iced Earth, Night of the Stormrider and Burnt Offerings), their rare demo Enter the Realm, and a newly recorded tribute CD, Tribute to the Gods, which contains covers of many songs that have influenced Iced Earth. The Tribute to the Gods CD was the last Iced Earth release to feature lead guitarist Larry Tarnowski, and the last to feature Matt Barlow until his 2007 return. As well, that same disc marked bassist James MacDonough's first Iced Earth disc since 1999, as he had been absent during the recording of Horror Show.

Dark Genesis
Box set by
ReleasedNovember 27, 2001
RecordedJan 1988-Aug 2001
GenreThrash metal, heavy metal
Length3:36:13
LabelCentury Media
ProducerIced Earth
Iced Earth chronology
Horror Show
(2001)
Dark Genesis
(2001)
Tribute to the Gods
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Misprinting Error

Once the Dark Genesis box set was released, reports started coming in of misprintings on the discs. Disc 1 (Enter The Relam) would play Disc 3 (Night Of The Stormrider), Disc 2 (Iced Earth) would play Disc 4 (Burnt Offerings), Disc 3 would play Disc 1 and Disc 4 would play Disc 2. Disc 5 (Tribute To The Gods) remained true to its printing. This fault got back to Iced Earth, who quickly released a statement on their official website about how disappointed and embarrassed they were about the error and gave everyone their humble apologies. It was announced that 3000 units out of 4000 were affected with this error. The statement also insisted fans to send back their error discs to Century Media’s head office and they’ll be replaced with new discs with the correct printing on them.

Track listing

Disc one

Enter the Realm remastered, 1989

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Enter the Realm"(instrumental)Jon Schaffer0:54
2."Colors"SchafferRandall Shawver, Shaffer5:04
3."Nightmares"SchafferSchaffer3:32
4."Curse the Sky"SchafferShawver, Schaffer4:44
5."Solitude"(instrumental)Shawver, Schaffer1:44
6."Iced Earth"SchafferSchaffer5:32

Disc two

Iced Earth remastered, 1991

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Iced Earth"SchafferSchaffer5:23
2."Written on the Walls"Gene AdamAdam, Shawver, Schaffer, Dave Abell6:07
3."Colors"SchafferShawver, Schaffer4:51
4."Curse the Sky"SchafferShawver, Schaffer4:44
5."Life and Death"SchafferShawver, Schaffer6:08
6."Solitude"(instrumental)Shawver, Schaffer1:44
7."The Funeral"(instrumental)Shawver, Schaffer6:16
8."When the Night Falls"SchafferSchaffer9:01

Disc three

Night of the Stormrider remastered, 1992

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Angels Holocaust"SchafferSchaffer4:52
2."Stormrider"SchafferShawver, Schaffer4:48
3."The Path I Choose"SchafferShawver, Schaffer5:53
4."Before the Vision"SchafferShawver, Abell1:36
5."Mystical End"SchafferSchaffer4:43
6."Desert Rain"SchafferSchaffer, Abell6:56
7."Pure Evil"SchafferShawver, Schaffer6:33
8."Reaching the End"SchafferSchaffer1:11
9."Travel in Stygian"SchafferSchaffer9:31

Disc four

Burnt Offerings remastered, 1995

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Burnt Offerings"SchafferShawver, Schaffer7:22
2."Last December"SchafferSchaffer3:23
3."Diary"Matt BarlowShawver, Schaffer, Abell6:14
4."Brainwashed"SchafferShawver, Schaffer5:22
5."Burning Oasis"SchafferShawver, Schaffer, Abell6:00
6."Creator Failure"SchafferShawver, Schaffer, Abell6:02
7."The Pierced Spirit"SchafferShawver, Abell1:54
8."Dante's Inferno"SchafferSchaffer16:26

Disc five

Tribute to the Gods, 2002

No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."Creatures of the Night"Paul Stanley, Adam MitchellKiss4:01
2."The Number of the Beast"Steve HarrisIron Maiden4:33
3."Highway to Hell"Bon Scott, Angus Young, Malcolm YoungAC/DC3:23
4."Burnin' for You"Donald Roeser, Richard MeltzerBlue Öyster Cult4:26
5."God of Thunder"StanleyKiss3:56
6."Screaming for Vengeance"Rob Halford, K.K. Downing, Glenn TiptonJudas Priest4:37
7."Dead Babies"Alice Cooper, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Neal SmithAlice Cooper5:40
8."Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll"Roeser, Albert Bouchard, Sandy PearlmanBlue Öyster Cult3:59
9."It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)"Scott, Young, YoungAC/DC4:42
10."Black Sabbath"Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill WardBlack Sabbath5:30
11."Hallowed Be Thy Name"HarrisIron Maiden7:08

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