Icon (Paradise Lost album)
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Icon is the fourth studio album
recorded by British
doom metal/gothic band Paradise Lost
in 1993. This marked the end of their early death/doom
sound.
Bonus tracks #14 and #15 (in the second cd edition) from "Seals the Sense" (e.p., 1994).
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
recorded by British
United Kingdom
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doom metal/gothic band Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost (band)
Paradise Lost are a heavy metal band that formed in 1988 in Halifax, England.-History:Their first three full-length albums are examples of the death/doom style, although the latter two incorporated some melodic and gothic elements...
in 1993. This marked the end of their early death/doom
Death/doom
Death/doom, sometimes writes as death-doom or deathdoom, is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It combines the slow tempos and pessimistic or depressive mood of doom metal with the deep growling vocals and double kick drumming of death metal...
sound.
Track listing
- "Embers Fire" – 4:44
- "Remembrance" – 3:26
- "Forging Sympathy" – 4:43
- "Joys of the Emptiness" – 3:29
- "Dying Freedom" – 3:43
- "Widow" – 3:04
- "Colossal Rains" – 4:35
- "Weeping Words" – 3:50
- "Poison" – 3:00
- "True Belief" – 4:30
- "Shallow Seasons" – 4:55
- "Christendom" – 4:30
- "Deus Misereatur" – 1:57
- "Sweetness" – 4:50
- "Your Hand in Mine (live)" – 6:40
Bonus tracks #14 and #15 (in the second cd edition) from "Seals the Sense" (e.p., 1994).
Album information
- Published by Zomba Music.
- Produced and Engineered by Simon Efemey.
- Mixed by Simon Efemey and Pete "Pee Wee" Coleman.
- Mix Engineer: Pete "Pee Wee" Coleman.
- Assisted by Andrew Holdsworth.
- Keyboards by Andrew Holdsworth.
- Assistants: Paul Nixon and Sally Butler.
- Recorded at Jacobs Studios, Surrey, June / July 1993.
- Mastered by Geoff Pesche at Townhouse Studios.
- Additional female vocals by Denise Bernard.
- Design and art direction by StylorougeStylorougeStylorouge is a graphic design studio currently based in Shoreditch, London. Formed by creative director Rob O'Connor in 1981, it is notable for creating record sleeve designs for bands such as Blur, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Stereophonics, Killing Joke, Sandie Shaw, Adam Ant, Catatonia, Jesus...
. - All photography by Matt Anker.