Ikon

Mitglieder:
Chris McCarter (vocals, guitar)
Dino Molinaro (bass)
Clifford Ennis (guitar, vocals)

Gründugsjahr:
1991

Genre
Gothic Rock

Described as one of the premier Goth bands, Australia based IKON formed in 1991 from the ashes of Death In The Dark.

Chris McCarter (vocals, guitar), Dino Molinaro (bass) and now with the inclusion of Clifford Ennis (guitar, vocals) who has previously played in his own project Subterfuge, and with Chris McCarter in Jerusalem Syndrome. The band make a striking blend of Gothic/Darkwave music, following in the footsteps of Joy Division and early New Order with a touch of Death In June. The three piece band have become known as Australia\\\'s biggest Gothic export.

To date, IKON have played extensively in Australia as well as Germany, Belgium, United Kingdom, Italy, Switzerland, Holland and Denmark alongside bands such as The Sisters of Mercy, Him, London After Midnight, Soft Cell, Death In June, The Cruxshadows and the Mission.

A highlight of 2002 was playing at the M\\\'era Luna festival in Hildesheim Germany, in front of an audience in excess of 15,000 people and the 2003 Wave Gotik Treffen (the worlds largest Goth Festival) in Leipzig, Germany.

2003 also saw the release of \\\"From Angels To Ashes 1997-2003\\\" a retrospective which covers the bands singles and oddities from those years.

In 2004, IKON released \\\"Psychic Vampire\\\", their first new material since \\\"On the edge of forever in 2001\\\". The release is available as an 8 track ep and an accompaning cd single containing remixes of the title track as well as 3 live songs.

2005 sees IKON pleased to announce that our forthcoming album \\\'Destroying The World To Save It\\\' will be released by Static Sky Records in the U.S.A and Equinoxe Records in Germany in early May 2005.

IKON have recently accepted an invitation to play at Wave Gotik Treffen (Germany) on May 13th. The band are pleased to return to one of the worlds largest Goth festivals.