[11 December 2011] NEW IKON SINGLE AND CHARITY CD THE AWAKENING PRE-SALE ON NOW
The new IKON single 'Where Do I Go From Here' is now available for pre-sale on our merchandise page. It will be shipped on Monday 19 December.
We also have for pre-sale a very special item to remember the first IKON gig on 11 December 1991, twenty years ago today.
The Awakening is a recording of the first IKON show at The Arthouse with the original band line-up and the first rehearsal with drummer, Maurice. We are producing a limited edition CD of 100 copies in a digipac signed by all four original members of IKON: Chris McCarter, Dino Molinaro, Michael Aliani and Maurice Molella.
All profits from the sale of The Awakening will be donated to the Very Special Kids charity in Victoria, who do important work to improve the lives of children, and their families, with life-threatening illnesses. This fundraising CD has been registered with the charity.
The Awakening tracklist: Is this my Destiny? | As Time Goes By | We Walk Alone | Tomorrow I Think I'll Die | Fear | Why | Reality is Lost | The Lost | Solitude| The Awakening | Sister Ray
Rehearsal: As Time Goes By, Changing, The Dream
[7 December 2011] NEW IKON SINGLE: 'WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE'
The first new IKON material to be released in over a year will be available soon. The 'Where Do I Go From Here' CD single will be available in a digipack and will be available for pre-sale next week.
The single includes the title track, 'City of Night', "Come Back to Me' (a cover of the Big Country song to commemmorate the 10th anniversary of the death of Stuart Adamson), 'Distant Memory' (2011 remix) and a remix of 'Where Do I Go From Here'.
[31 August 2011] OUT OF THE DARK AND IKON/TVB LIMITED EDITION CDS NOW ON SALE
The new IKON website download compilation CD Out of the Dark is now available on our merchandise page. There are only 100 numbered copies, which come in a digipack. It contains early IKON rehearsal and demo material.
We've also made available a limited edition version of the IKON/The Victim's Ball CD that was issued with the split 12" vinyl. This CD version is limited to 100 digipack copies, which comes signed by Dino Molinaro and Chris McCarter of IKON and Roberto Massaglia of The Victim's Ball.
Both CDs are available together for a reduced price.
Out of the Dark
Early rehearsals and demos
As Time Goes By (home demo)
The Dream (home demo)
As Time Goes By
We Walk Alone
Tomorrow I Think I’ll Die
Fear
The Lost
Reality Is Lost
The Awakening
Solitude
She Smiles (home demo)
So Far Away (home demo)
Limited edition split CD in signed digipack
IKON
Broken Windows (To the Soul)
Disenchanted Lullaby
God Has Fallen from the Sky (remix)
The Victim's Ball
Les Incroyables
Miserere
Tom Rakewell (Dave Foreman remix)
[10 July 2011] INTERVIEW AT BODYSTYLER ELECTROZINE
For our fans who can read German, Bodystyler Electrozine has a long interview with Chris and reviews of the In the Shadow of the Angel and Flowers for the Gathering double CD reissues.
We've updated our press page with recent interviews in Zillo and Sonic Seducer, as well as reviews of the 2-CD re-issues of In the Shadow of the Angel and Flowers for the Gathering (Echozone/Sony), and our entry from the Wave Gotik Treffen souvenir program.
[20 June 2011] TOUR VIDEOS FROM WAVE GOTIK TREFFEN
IKON performing 'I Never Wanted You', 'Echoes of Silence', 'Garden of the Lost', 'Rome' and 'A Line on a Dark Day' at Wave Gotik Treffen, 11 June, Parkbuhne.
'Psychic Vampire' at Wave Gotik Treffen 2011.
[5 June 2011] TOUR UPDATE AND PHOTOS
We are almost half way through the tour and are looking forward to our remaining shows in Prague, Hamburg, Cologne, Hagen and Leipzig. Thank you to all the fans we have met so far and those who have helped with the shows.
Roger op den Camp took some excellent photos at the Heerlen show with Erato that you can check out here.
[25 May 2011] MAILORDER SHIPMENTS AND INTERVIEW AT PEEK A BOO MAGAZINE
All orders of the album reissues have shipped. It can take several weeks for mail from Australia to reach Europe, so please be patient. If you have any concerns, please email us at ikonweb[at]hotmail.com
Tomorrow (26 May) will be the last day we ship merchandise before the tour. Any orders placed after this date will be sent when we return from the tour on 20 June, so order now if you require
any items straight away.
[7 May 2011] JERUSALEM SYNDROME BOOK OF DAYS 2-CD INFORMATION
We've had an excellent response to the re-issues of In the Shadow of the Angel and Flowers for the Gathering. Thank you to everyone who has bought copies already. We've had a few inquiries about the track-listing for the reissue of Jerusalem Syndrome's The Book of Days CD, so here is the tracklisting for both discs.
The Book of Days, 2-disc version
Disc 1
Without Shadows | Waves of Sorrow |
Demise of Eden| Rely on Truth |
Your Impeccable Ways | Precious Innocence |
The Waking Hour | Perennial Wait |
Scream | Cydonia
CD2
Blind Witness (2011 remix)
This Blackened Heart (previously unreleased)
Without Shadows (original version)
Your Impeccable Ways (alternate mix)
Cydonia (live) | Your Spiteful Words
Should We Fall? (demo) | Highway 60 (demo)
Rely on Truth (demo) | Their Silent Voices (demo)
Waves of Sorrow (demo) | Perennial Wait (demo)
Words (demo)
IKON's 20th anniversary album reissues are now available for purchase from the merch page. You will find the special 4-disc editions of In the Shadow of the Angel and Flowers for the Gathering (both in 8-panel fold-out packs), as well as the In the Shadow of the Angel coloured vinyl (+bonus CD) and a 2-CD reissue of the Jerusalem Syndrome album Book of Days. There are two packages on offer for those who want to buy both 4-disc reissues with or without the vinyl.
The 4-disc sets and vinyl are strictly limited to one pressing of 500 copies and will not be reissued once sold out.
[24 April 2011] ALBUM REISSUES, SPECIAL 4-DISC SETS AND VINYL
Special 4-disc versions of In the Shadow of the Angel and Flowers for the Gathering
will be available to pre-order from this site from 4 May. There will also be a limited edition vinyl version of In the Shadow of the Angel (which will come with a bonus CD of rare tracks that are no longer available and are exclusive to the vinyl release).
In the Shadow of the Angel , 4-Disc version contains the original album, fully remastered, and a second CD with material that was recorded between 1994 and 1995, including some previously unreleased material. CD 3 includes demos/rehearsals and disc 4 is a DVD of two concerts.
Disc 1
Condemnation | Lord of Darkness | Secrets Within | Fall Apart | Hallowed Ground | Black Roses | I’ve Been | Distant Memory | Truth | Suicide | Love is Colder Than Death | In the Shadow of the Angel
Disc 2
So Evil | Under the Watchful Eye (previously unreleased) | Exit | The Unmarked Grave(previously unreleased) | Headspin | Why | Never Ending (previously unreleased) | Alive (previously unreleased) | Towards Tomorrow | Never Too Much | As Time Goes By | A Moment in Time | So Far Away | The Final Experience |A Moment In Time (reprise)
Disc 3 (demos)
Black Roses (demo) | Out of Time (instrumental demo) | Waking Hour (demo) | Distant Memory (instrumental demo) | Condemnation (demo) |
When the Wind Blows (demo) | Truth (demo) |
Love is Colder than Death (instrumental sketch) |
Trials of Remembrance (demo) | Exit (instrumental demo) | Lord of Darkness (demo) | Forsaken (demo)
Hallowed Ground (demo) | From the Other Side (demo) | Fall Apart (demo) | Lyric (demo)
Disc 4 (Live DVD)
Echoes of Silence | I’ve Been | So Far Away |
Distant Memory | Is This My Destiny? | Interview |
Exit | Black Roses | Reality is Lost | Love is Colder than Death | Towards Tomorrow | Lord of Darkness
Dreaming | Condemnation
The second full-length album, Flowers for the Gathering, released in March 1996, is now fully remastered and reinvented in 2011. CD 1 contains the original 11-song album, while CD 2 brings together all b-sides and session tracks from the era 1995-1996. CD 3 includes demos and rehearsal recordings, while the fourth disc is a DVD of a live concert in Melbourne, plus rehearsal and photoshoot footage from the time.
Disc 1
Persuasion | Somewhere Else | Life Without End | Stranger I’ve Become | Into Your Madness | Camouflage Heart | In Trust I Return | Beyond Grey Skies | Call of Despair | On the Trail of Tears |
For Eternity
Disc 2
Sleepless Pt 1 | The Empty World | Answers To Nothing | The Gathering (previously unreleased) | Touch the Eyes of Blindness | Decline of the Anti-Christ | Everlasting Betrayal | Still Remains II | Somewhere Else (in passing) | Sleepless (The Grey Mix) | Life Without End (remix)
Disc 3 (demos)
Betrayal (rehearsal 1994) | Your Obsession (rehearsal 1994)| On a Mission (rehearsal 1994) |
I Turn to You (rehearsal 1994) | Eternal Sadness (instrumental demo 1995) | In Search Of (demo 1995)
From a Distance (demo 1995) | Inbetween (early demo 1995) | Christmas on Easter Island (demo 1995) | No Heaven or Hell (demo 1995) | Sea of Tranquility (demo 1995) | Call of Despair (demo 1995)
Stranger I’ve Become (demo 1995) | For Eternity (demo 1995)
Disc 4 (DVD)
Soundcheck | Condemnation | Towards Tomorrow | Black Roses | Into your Madness | Reality is Lost
Somewhere Else | Love is Colder than Death |
Life Without End | Echoes of Silence | For Eternity | Rehearsal, Troy Studios, Melbourne, 1995 |
Photo shoot, Hanging Rock.
IKON has an interview in the latest edition of Australia's FIEND magazine. Click the image below for a full PDF.
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[25 March 2011] AMBIENT/RELAXATION CD BY IKON'S ENGINEER/CO-PRODUCER
IKON's long-time studio engineer and co-producer Adam Calaitzis of Toyland Recording Studio has composed an album of ambient/relaxation/new age music. It's available as either a high-quality download or audio CD from this site.
[22 March 2011] IKON FEATURED ON GOTHIC COMPILATION NO. 50
IKON is very pleased to be sharing space on a CD with the fantastic new band O. Children, along with a few dozen other fine acts. The double CD, number 50 in the Gothic series, is available via Amazon and includes the IKON track 'Still' from the Driftwood single.
[12 March 2011] IKON LIVE IN BRISBANE 26 MARCH, HOTEL ORIENT
The band will play a warm-up show for the European tour in Brisbane on 26 March. We have not played in Brisbane for many years and are very pleased to be working with the lovely people from Faith nightclub. It will be a Lovecats Twist night at the Hotel
Orient, 560 Queen St, Brisbane.
More details about event times and supports will be announced soon.
[9 March 2011] IN THE SHADOW OF THE ANGEL AND FLOWERS FOR THE GATHERING REISSUES
IKON's first two albums will soon be available as special 2-CD reissues through Echozone.
Both will be released at the end of May 2011.
IKON's debut full-length album In the Shadow of the Angel was originally issued in November 1994. 2011 sees a newly invented 2CD version, containing the original album, fully remastered, and a second CD with material that was recorded between 1994 and 1995, including some previously unreleased material.
Disc 1
Condemnation | Lord of Darkness | Secrets Within | Fall Apart | Hallowed Ground | Black Roses | I’ve Been | Distant Memory | Truth | Suicide | Love is Colder Than Death | In the Shadow of the Angel
Disc 2
So Evil | Under the Watchful Eye (previously unreleased) | Exit | The Unmarked Grave(previously unreleased) | Headspin | Why | Never Ending (previously unreleased) | Alive (previously unreleased) | Towards Tomorrow | Never Too Much | As Time Goes By | A Moment in Time | So Far Away | The Final Experience |A Moment In Time (reprise)
The second full-length album, Flowers for the Gathering, released in March 1996, is now fully remastered and reinvented in 2011. CD 1 contains the original 11-song album, while CD 2 brings together all b-sides and session tracks from the era 1995-1996.
Disc 1
Persuasion | Somewhere Else | Life Without End | Stranger I’ve Become | Into Your Madness | Camouflage Heart | In Trust I Return | Beyond Grey Skies | Call of Despair | On the Trail of Tears |
For Eternity
Disc 2 Sleepless Pt 1 | The Empty World | Answers To Nothing | The Gathering (previously unreleased) | Touch the Eyes of Blindness | Decline of the Anti-Christ | Everlasting Betrayal | Still Remains II | Somewhere Else (in passing) | Sleepless (The Grey Mix) | Life Without End (remix)
[20 February 2011] IKON 20th ANNIVERSARY EUROPEAN TOUR
2011 is the 20th anniversary of IKON and we are very pleased to be playing Europe to celebrate this, including a date at the Wave Gotik Treffen festival in Leipzig. Dates are still under construction by Wings of Destiny, but here is an initial sketch of some of the shows we will be playing.
It will be IKON's best live line-up yet, with the band playing as a four-piece with David Burns on drums and Clifford Ennis on guitar and vocals, joining Dino on bass and Chris on guitar and vocals.
[19 February 2011] THANKS FOR YOUR GENEROSITY TO THE QLD FLOOD APPEAL
Thank you to everyone who bid on the IKON items we auctioned for the Queensland Flood Appeal. We raised over $600.00, which has been donated to the restoration of the Royal Mail Hotel, Goodna, alongside the proceeds from Black Market Music's fundraising night.
[24 January 2011] RARE SIGNED IKON CDS/VINYL CHARITY AUCTION ON EBAY
You may have seen news about the terrible floods that have swept Australia, especially in the state of Queensland. Our friends at Black Market Music are running a benefit night of Blues music at the East Brunswick Club, with the proceeds to go to the Goodna pub to get live music happening in the town again.
IKON is contributing to the fundraising effort by auctioning several rare CDs and vinyl, including the 'Why' 7" (an especially rare promotional, numbered item, with only a handful of copies in existence and this is the only signed copy) and As Time Goes By CD signed by all of the original members of IKON. There are also signed copies of the rare singles 'Echoes of Silence' and 'Condemnation', as well as full-length CDs The Final Experience, In the Shadow of the Angel and Flowers for the Gathering signed by Michael, Dino and Chris.
You can find these items for sale on eBay here. All proceeds will be given to the organisers of the 'When the Levee Breaks' fundraiser for donation to the Goodna pub.
[16 January 2011] IKON/ THE VICTIM'S BALL SPLIT 12" VINYL
IKON has created its first 12" EP in conjunction with the exciting new project The Victim's Ball.
The split vinyl EP includes two previously unreleased IKON tracks from the Love, Hate and Sorrow album sessions and an exclusive remix of 'God Has Fallen from the Sky'
The 12" is limited to 300 copies and has been produced on four different colours: yellow, green, blue and red. The package also includes a factory-pressed CD containing all of the EP tracks and a postcard signed by IKON and The Victim's Ball. It is now available on our merchandise page.
The Victim's Ball is the brainchild of Roberto Massaglia (The Tenth Stage, Tankt), who has already produced two accomplished albums: The Victim's Ball and Romanzo Gotico. The Victim's Ball combines musical elements such as early classical, silver screen movie scores, dark cabaret, and even a sprinkle of spy jazz to create a dark, almost pre-Victorian mood. Massaglia mixes orchestral instruments such as the hurdy gurdy, church organ, strings, French horn and medieval drums to produce a dark, Romantic and epic journey through historic times.
[8 January 2011] 'OUT OF THE DARK' MP3 DOWNLOAD NOW ONLINE
'Out of the Dark', a collection of IKON home demos and rehearsals from 1991 has been rescued from old cassettes in the IKON archive and is now available for free download on our audio page.
