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, 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.

Misprinting Error

Once the Dark Genesis box set was released, reports started coming in of misprintings on the discs. Disc 1 would play Disc 3, Disc 2 would play Disc 4, Disc 3 would play Disc 1 and Disc 4 would play Disc 2. Disc 5 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

Disc two

Iced Earth remastered, 1991

Disc three

Night of the Stormrider remastered, 1992

Disc four

Burnt Offerings remastered, 1995

Disc five

Tribute to the Gods, 2002

Personnel