After releasing the demo EP "Enter the Realm" (1989) and signing to Century Media Records, the band released two full-length studio albums – "Iced Earth" (1990) and "Night of the Stormrider" (1991) – before taking a two-year hiatus from 1992 to 1994, after which the band returned with new lead vocalist Matt Barlow. Iced Earth went on to release four studio albums with him in over half a decade: "Burnt Offerings" (1995), "The Dark Saga" (1996), "Something Wicked This Way Comes" (1998) and "Horror Show" (2001).