“Drowning In Their Screams is taken from the band’s current album The Blacklist and it’s an absolute brute of a track. The heavy thundering rhythms on display here are a reminder of everything that drew me towards heavy metal all of those years ago. The track is just relentless and … Continue reading
British metallers I.C.O.N are confirmed to support Operation: Mindcrime, the new musical project fronted by Geoff Tate, in Europe and the UK from 1st – 18th December 2015. This part of Operation: Mindcrime’s tour includes Slovakia, Italy, Germany, England, Austria, Switzerland, and France, and will see I.C.O.N branch out into … Continue reading
Long Live Rock n’ Roll, Italy interviews I.C.O.N – check out the interview here With thanks to Luca Bosio
“…heavy rock and old school, original metal sound…A brilliant and highly energetic set from a band that clearly want to keep the original, no frills metal sound alive, and are definitely achieving it.” Check out the full review of the night here
Thanks to My Global Mind for interviewing I.C.O.N Check it out here
The latest issue of Powerplay magazine features a live review of Dendera’s album launch in London with I.C.O.N as main support – with thanks to Chris Kee \m/
The latest issue of Zero Tolerance (Issue 67, Summer 2015) features a review of Dendera and I.C.O.N at The Garage in June 2015. With thanks to Chris Kee \m/
“He’s got a grizzled set of pipes that speaks of seedy bars and biker joints and he gives this music a filthy, hardened edge…There’s no ballads, no breakdowns and no concessions to anything even remotely mainstream. This is just old-fashioned, meat and potatoes metal…” 4/5 Check out the full … Continue reading
“I.C.O.N are a four piece band from Lancashire who play gritty heavy metal with some dirty riffs. They are led by Mark Sagar -(vocals) with Scott Knowles –(guitar) , Reece Bevan –(bass) and Larry Paterson – (drums). They opened the evening with a half hour set and gave a no … Continue reading
“Saturday night headliners on the second stage was justifiably I.C.O.N – a heavyweight addition to the bill…There were no fancy intro effects as the band’s stage time drew up, they just strode defiantly onto the stage and without any fuss dived headlong into their set.” 5/5 Read the full review … Continue reading
