'Ten Thousand Strong' is my personal tribute to one of the greatest Heavy Metal bands of recent years, the awesome ICED EARTH and it's members, past & present. The site will also contain a few details on Jon Schaffers other project the excellent DEMONS & WIZARDS which I consider to be an extension of the IE Realm.

The site is in no way intended as anything other than an unofficial personal tribute to this awesome band and it's members, so if you're after the real deal then head on over to the official site www.icedearth.com for all of the upto date news on the band and the full IE experience.

Make sure you also sign up to Minions Of The Wicked which is the Official Iced Earth Fan Club, becoming a member gives you access to the most upto date information on the band and it's members through their blogs and the forum.Use the link on the left to transport yourself into the Minions Of The Wicked.

I'm Steve aka Nomad your webmaster and creator of this little corner of the ICED EARTH online realm. I hail from the midlands in the UK although I'd one day love to move to central Wales.

I've been a big fan of IE since I picked up a copy of ' Horror Show' on release a few years ago. I was then lucky enough to see them play live at the Scala, London in January 2002 (to this day it is still one of the best gigs I've been to) from then on I was hooked and found myself obsessively hunting out their full back catalogue!

I had been toying with the idea of creating a UK based fan site dedicated to ICED EARTH for quite some time, but until 2007 I'd never really been able to produce something I'd be pleased to share online.

I'd dabbled with a couple of fan sites in the past and used to run both Blazefans.com (the official Blaze fansite) & Folkmetal.com (Skyclad tribute site) until outside pressures led me into early retirement from my online duties. However, after a few years away and a some huge changes in my personal life, that yearning to create my own little corner of online Metal Fandom finally persuaded me to dust down my trusty old laptop and get my web head back on.

So here we are with my small online tribute to one of my personal favourite metal bands. I hope you enjoy browsing the site as much as I'm enjoying creating and updating it.

Feel free to get in touch with any comments or thoughts you may have on the site. Keep the faith ICED EARTH - F**K POSERS