Shortly before the DVD was publicly released, Iced Earth rhythm guitarist and founder Jon Schaffer offered a statement which voiced dissatisfaction with Century Media (with whom Iced Earth was no longer signed at the time). A portion of this statement reads:
…I want you all to be aware of what it is that they [Century Media] are releasing. This is a very low-budget, badly edited video of an amazing concert and an awesome period in the history of Iced Earth. They promised me that they are going to keep the price down and that they are not going to market it as something it’s not. But I feel it’s my responsibility to let you know the reality of the situation.
Schaffer did not, however, go so far as to call for a boycott of the product, saying, “The decision to purchase the ‘Alive in Athens’ DVD is up to you. I just want you to be aware of what it is you’re getting should you choose to do so.”
1. Intro
2. Burning Times (Something Wicked This Way Comes)
3. Vengeance is Mine (The Dark Saga)
4. Dark Saga (The Dark Saga)
5. Last Laugh (The Dark Saga)
6. Cast in Stone (Days of Purgatory)
7. Last December (Burnt Offerings)
8. Pure Evil (Night of the Stormrider)
9. Desert Rain (Night of the Stormrider)
10. Dante’s Inferno (Burnt Offerings)
11. The Hunter (The Dark Saga)
12. Melancholy (Holy Martyr) (Something Wicked This Way Comes)
13. Angels Holocaust (Night of the Stormrider)
14. Stormrider (Night of the Stormrider)
15. The Path I Choose (Night of the Stormrider)
16. Watching Over Me (Something Wicked This Way Comes)
17. Diary (Burnt Offerings)
18. Blessed Are You (Something Wicked This Way Comes)
19. When the Night Falls (Iced Earth)
20. My Own Savior (Something Wicked This Way Comes)
21. Travel in Stygian (Night of the Stormrider)
22. Violate (The Dark Saga)
23. Stand Alone (Something Wicked This Way Comes)
24. Brainwashed (Burnt Offerings)
25. Disciples of the Lie (Something Wicked This Way Comes)
26. I Died For You (The Dark Saga)
27. Prophecy (Something Wicked This Way Comes)
28. Birth of the Wicked (Something Wicked This Way Comes)
29. The Coming Curse (Something Wicked This Way Comes)
30. Epilogue
Bonus material:
Iced Earth Backstage 04:20
Jon Schaffer in Athens 03:25
Recorded at The Bodon in Athens, Greece on January 23rd and 24th, 1999.
Produced and Engineered by Jim Morris and Jon Schaffer.