| Icon | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Paradise Lost |
| Cover: | Paradise Lost - Icon.jpg |
| Released: | 28 September 1993 |
| Recorded: | June–July 1993 |
| Studio: | Jacobs Studios (Surrey, England) and Townhouse Studios (London) |
| Label: | Music for Nations |
| Producer: | Simon Efemey |
| Prev Title: | Shades of God |
| Prev Year: | 1992 |
| Next Title: | Draconian Times |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
Icon is the fourth studio album by British heavy metal band Paradise Lost, released on 28 September 1993 through Music for Nations. It is the band's final album to feature Matthew Archer on drums.
In February 2018, Icon was inducted into the Decibel Magazine Hall of Fame, becoming the second Paradise Lost album to be featured in the Decibel Hall of Fame (alongside Gothic), with the magazine naming it influential to the development of the gothic metal subgenre.[1]
Icon marked a departure from the death-doom sound of their early work. In 2008, speaking to Kerrang! about the album's music, Nick Holmes recalled:
All songs written by Nick Holmes and Gregor Mackintosh.
| Icon 30 | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Longtype: | of re-recorded songs |
| Artist: | Paradise Lost |
| Cover: | ParadiseLostIcon30.jpg |
| Released: | 1 December 2023 |
| Recorded: | 2023 |
| Studio: | Arda Recorders (vocals and drums) Black Planet Studios (guitars and bass) |
| Length: | 50:38 |
| Label: | Nuclear Blast |
| Producer: | Jaime Gomez Arellano |
| Prev Title: | Obsidian |
| Prev Year: | 2020 |
Icon 30, a full re-recording of Icon, was released on 1 December 2023 on double vinyl with brand-new artwork, produced by Jaime Gomez Arellano. Vocals and drums were recorded in Arda Recorders in Porto, Portugal, while guitars and bass were recorded in Black Planet Studios, owned by guitarist Gregor Mackintosh. Vocalist Nick Holmes explained, "Our specific record deal around the time we signed for the Icon album meant we would never actually own the rights to our music or artwork, so going forward, to reissue the album ourselves for the 30th anniversary, it was necessary to re-record and completely re-do the album cover." The band will tour the UK in support of the album with My Dying Bride as special guests.[2]
All songs written by Nick Holmes and Gregor Mackintosh.