Ikon was always in top form when the core members of the band -- Chris McCarter (vocals, guitar) and Dino Molinaro (bass) -- charted Ikon's musical course. With the support of Clifford Ennis (guitar, vocals) from Subterfuge (who shares the spotlight with Chris on the project Jerusalem Syndrome), Ikon calls upon the band's past strengths and returns to the successful sound of club-hits like "Condemnation" and "Subversion", as well as the continu-ing club favorite, "Fall Apart", Ikon's impressive Death in June cover.
The new album from Ikon is in no sense a spur-of-the-moment release, but one carefully crafted by the band over time. Other than a "best of" collection and such bonbons as their "Ceremony" single on which Ikon attests to the influences of Joy Division / New Order, four years have elapsed since Ikon's album "On the Edge of Forever". Their new disc, "Destroying the World to Save It", proves that it was well worth the wait.
After the band was founded in 1991, Ikon's superb dark vision and musical response to religious and political delusion and dissent made it a wave-rock legend. Those legendary qualities once again appear on their new release with such uncompromising force that even the most rabid fan in Ikon's dedicated fan-base will be filled with enthusiasm.
As compared to the earlier album "On the Edge of Forever", the production of the new album is a mighty step forward, and the compositions on "Destroying the World to Save It" are authentic and deep in a sense seldom found nowadays.
Recommended Tracks: „Never Forgive! Never Forget!“, „Psychic Vampire“, „Rome“, „The Black Goat Of Judas“
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„Destroying The World To Save It”
„Psychic Vampire” EP