PARADISE LOST Icon Gatefold 2xLP

Cult doom gothic metal limited vinyl reissue

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PARADISE LOST Icon Gatefold 2xLP - 1993

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This is the 2011 gatefold LP reissue of this cult gothic doom metal album numbered and limited to 2000 copies.

“Icon” marks a big departure from that previous album. While there is no denying that Paradise Lost were still influenced by Celtic Frost (the use of power chords, female vocals and gothic atmospheres is very similar to that of “Into the Pandemonium”, although not as transparently as in previous albums, especially “Gothic”) in “Icon” there is an obvious respect for the likes of Metallica. Nick Holmes abandons his characteristic death grunt and adopts a style not unlike that of James Hetfield. (...) This album has been highly influential to numerous bands, Lacuna Coil, Opeth and Katatonia to name a few. It is without any doubt one of the best metal albums of the 90’s. Its importance lays mainly in the fact that it managed to blend metal and gothic perfectly and still make it appealing to every metal fan at the same time. 5/5 (Sputnik Music)