Alive in Athens

Alive in Athens
Live album by Iced Earth
Released	July 27, 1999[1] October 30, 2006 (DVD)
Recorded	January 23–24, 1999
Genre	Power metal thrash metal
Length	180:06 162:27 (DVD)
Label	Century Media
Producer	Jon Schaffer Jim Morris
Iced Earth chronology
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998) Alive in Athens (1999) Horror Show (2001)
Iced Earth video chronology
Gettysburg (1863) (2005) Alive in Athens (2006) Festivals of the Wicked (2011)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Metal Storm (DVD)	[2]

Alive in Athens is a live album by American heavy metal band Iced Earth. It was recorded on the nights of January 23 and 24, 1999,^[1] in front of sold-out crowds of approximately 2000 people (on both nights) at the Rodon Club in Athens, Greece. Iced Earth was supporting the Something Wicked This Way Comes album and were on tour. It was turned into a single DVD, and released in October 2006. The album features the return of former drummer Brent Smedley, who did not record on the band's previous album.

At the conclusion of "Violate", the band plays the opening riff of "The Trooper" by Iron Maiden. "Colors" was also played at this concert, but was not included on the CD due to a track listing mix-up. It is, however, included on the reissue of The Melancholy E.P..

Next to the CD version, there also exists a vinyl box version. It was released in 1999 and contained five pictures of the band's albums. One had the Alive in Athens artwork, the other ones had the Night of The Stormrider, Dark Saga, Days of Purgatory and Something Wicked This Way Comes artwork. It came originally with an Alive in Athens poster signed by Jon Schaffer. This box had the same track list as the three-disc version.

In 2008, Century Media reissued the three-CD release in a limited mini-LP gatefold sleeve. It included "Colors" as a bonus track on disc two.

According to a 2003 post by Jon Schaffer, the album was certified Platinum in Greece.^[3]