Read the IKON guestbook
Sign the IKON guestbook

IKON NEWS ARCHIVE (2001-2008)

[17 December 2008]
AMONGST THE RUNES ON SALE AND LYRICS POSTED

Thank you everyone for the deluge of pre-orders we received for the new EP. As it can take a few weeks for mail to arrive in Europe or the USA from Australia, please don't be disappointed if your CD doesn't arrive before Christmas.

You'll find the lyrics for 'Amongst the Runes' up on our lyrics page so you can annoy the neighbours with karaoke when your CD arrives.

---

[1 December 2008]
AMONGST THE RUNES AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW

Ikon's new EP is now available for pre-order for only $AUD8.00
(approx. 4 Euro). CDs will ship from 15 December. Pre-orders will include your choice of an IKON pick or badge.

You can also pre-order Amongst the Runes + Boulevard of Broken Dreams Vol. 1 (and bonus pick or badge) for $AUD25.00 (approx. 13 Euro).

---

[20 November 2008]
AMONGST THE RUNES COVER ARTWORK

---

[3 November 2008]
STAY TUNED FOR 'AMONGST THE RUNES'

Now we promised you our next EP in October, but we're just going to be a little bit late. Watch out for the EP for sale through this site in the next few weeks. The cover design looks fantastic and we hope you're going to enjoy the new songs.

---

[23 October 2008]
NEW IKON PINS | LIMITED EDITION CD SELLING QUICKLY |
AMONGST THE RUNES EP ALMOST READY FOR RELEASE

And finally, the Amongst the Runes EP cover is currently being designed and it will be available for sale soon. The tracklisting for the EP is:

Amongst the Runes
Set the Controls to the Heart of the Sun (long version)
War of Love
Nowhere to Turn
Stalag 13
Amongst the Runes (extended version)

---

[17 October 2008]
NEW DOWNLOAD COMPILATION: ECHOES OF AN ANGEL+ BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS VOL. 1 AVAILABLE IN LIMITED, SIGNED EDITION

A new website compilation, Echoes of an Angel, is now available for free download on our audio page. It features songs recorded in 1993 for IKON's very first album, but which were never completed.

IKON's first web-download compilation Boulevard of Broken Dreams is also now available in a limited-edition digipak of 100 copies. Each CD will be hand-numbered and signed by all members of the band. CDs are $20 AUD each and can be ordered via our merchandise page.

---

[26 September 2008]
IKON to headline at Bizarre Music Festival, Melbourne

IKON will play at the Bizarre Music Festival in Melbourne, which will be held on November 1st and 2nd at CBD Nightclub, 14 McKillop St, Melbourne. IKON is headlining the goth/industrial level on Saturday (1st Nov). In addition to the large line-up of local and international alternative bands, the event will also feature other weird and wonderful entertainments including circus and street performers, poetry reading, role playing, DJs, a fashion parade and burlesque dancers (no, Chris McCarter will not be one of these despite all the requests).

Tickets for Saturday only are $45 and are available via Moshtix.

Goth/Industrial Rock/Rock Bands ( Level 1, starts at 4.45pm)
IKON | The Graphics | The Mercy Kills | Zombie Sex Gang | Immaculata | Death of Art

Level 2: Band room and merchandise (during the day) and 1334: 'Day of the Dead Party' from 11pm

Punk/Ska Bands (Level 3, starts at 2.15pm)
Streetlight Manifesto | The Resignators | Commissioner Gordon | Dan Potthast | No Idea | Dropped at Birth | Hold Your Fire | La Haine | Eggs | Bitter Sweet Kicks | Half Pints | Backyard Sergeons | Lvis

---

[17 September 2008]
New live video upload and new pics from the studio

You can find a new video of IKON live on their 2007 European tour, playing 'Condemnation' and 'The Garden of the Lost' on our videos page. There's also some new photos from the studio, as the band puts the final touches on the new 'Amongst the Runes' EP.

---

[29 August 2008]
Australian Shows in October

IKON has just begun rehearsing again in the past few weeks, as Dino's finger slowly recovers. The band has agreed to play a few shows as a part of an extravaganza of industrial and goth bands touring Australia in October. Unfortunately, September was just too early for the band to set off on an international tour, but we hope to get some practice in with these shows before setting off overseas in 2009.

The Sydney show will be part of the Under the Blue Moon Festival at the Gaelic Theatre on 5 October (featuring Covenant, Diary of Dreams, Haujobb Vs. Destroid and Voices of Masada: Tickets here. The Melbourne show will be held at Roxanne Parlour on 10 October: Tickets here. This will be a great opportunity for IKON to perfect the songs from the new album in a live setting before unleashing them on Europe.

---

[20 August 2008]
Tour Postponement

Unfortunately, bass player Dino Molinaro's injured finger has, in part, lead to the cancellation of the planned September European tour. IKON apologises to anyone who had planned to come along to the shows. The good news is that this allows more time for the band to finish off the finer details of the new album over the next few months to make it the best IKON album yet. IKON will tour again next year, don't worry! And it will be bigger and better with some possible new countries on the itinerary.

---

[23 June 2008]
Boulevard of Broken Dreams

The Boulevard of Broken Dreams Vol. 1 rarities CD compilation has been designed and will be available for sale on the Love, Hate and Sorrow tour, and through the website at some stage if you can't make it to a show.

---

20 June 2008]
More tour dates
Two more dates added to the upcoming European tour. IKON makes its first trip to Portugal!

12.09.2008 P-Vagos, In Ria Festival
13.09.2008 P-Lissabon, Metropolis Club

---

[18 June 2008]
Website redesign

As you'll notice, the site is getting a fresh look. There's lots of pages hiding in corners with the old design which will take time to update, but never fear, we will get to them all soon.

---

[16 June 2008]
New IKON single announcement and Gothic magazine CD appearance

The first single from the forthcoming IKON album Love, Hate and Sorrow will be "Amongst the Runes" and it will be released at the end of July. Like all IKON singles, it will include a veritable cornucopia of extra material and remixes. Also, the new Gothic magazine two-CD compilation (number 40) is now out, and features IKON's 'Hindsight' from the League of Nations EP. The CD also contains tracks from Bauhaus, Catastrophe Ballet and many more goth, metal and industrial artists.

[26 May 2008]
More European/UK "Love, Hate and Sorrow" Tour Dates Announced

An extra German show has been announced in addition to the Nocturnal Culture Night, along with two shows in the UK. More European dates still to come.

05.09.2008 D-Hildesheim, Kulturfabrik Löseke
06.09.2008 D-Leipzig-Deutzen, Nocturnal Culture Night III
09.09.2008 UK-York, The Junction
11.09.2008 UK-London, Elektrowerkz

---

[16 May 2008]
IKON to play Nocturnal Culture Night, Leipzig in September

IKON is set to play the Nocturnal Culture Night on Saturday 6 September. There are only one thousand tickets available from the NCN site for the two-day festival, which is being held in Leipzig, Germany and will also feature Umbra et Imago, Catastrophe Ballet, Fixmer/McCarthy, Terminal Choice and many more artists. Tickets for the weekend are €27.50 without camping and €30.00 with camping. More IKON European tour dates will be announced soon.

---

[09 May 2008]
IKON: Live at Marseille, now online for free download. 'Without Shadows' almost totally sold out]

The second IKON download collection, IKON: Live at Marseille, is now up on the audio page. It is a complete live show from the 'Burden of History' tour of Europe in 2007. The show features three songs from the forthcoming IKON album Love, Hate and Sorrow.

Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Vol.1 is no longer available for free download, but one hundred limited-edition CD copies will be on sale soon.

---

[05 May 2008]
'Without Shadows' limited edition single almost sold out

Half of the limited edition of 'Without Shadows' has sold in less than a week- order soon if you don't want to miss out on a rarity for your IKON collection. You can buy it at our merchandise page.

The second free download set is almost finished (sorry about the delay!) and will be a complete live recording from 'The Burden of History Tour' from Le Poste A Galène, Marseille, France on 7 May 2007.

---

[28 April 2008]
'Without Shadows' emerges from the shadows along with another limited edition CD

''Without Shadows' has been deleted as a single, but IKON has decided to make a limited number of 50 copies available directly to fans. They will not be sold from any other outlet anywhere in the world. They are $AUD 20 plus postage. The tracklist is: 'Without Shadows', 'Burning Desire', 'Confused Dreams', 'Seconds', 'Love is Colder then Death' (acoustic), and 'The Garden of the Lost' (live). So check out our merchandise page quick smart. After the great response to our download sampler, Boulevard of Broken Dream Vol. 1, IKON is pressing a limited-edition of 100 CD copies of the compilation. It is currently being designed and will be available for sale through the website soon. And speaking of promises, IKON's second set of free downloads, which will feature a complete live concert, is due to be mastered tomorrow, and will be available for download in the next week.

---

[24 March 2008]
New live show download coming soon: Get Boulevard of Broken Dreams Vol. 1 while you can!

IKON is planning to upload an entire live performance to the website for free download next month, so if you haven't already got the first downloadable set of previously unreleased IKON live tracks, demos and acoustic performances, Boulevard of Broken Dreams Vol. 1, from our audio page, do so soon, as we will take it down from the site when we upload the next download instalment: an entire live show.

The forthcoming album Love, Hate and Sorrow is almost complete. If you haven't already heard the League of Nations EP, it will give you a good idea of what to expect from the new album. You can buy the EP here and listen to it at Last.fm.

---

[13 March 2008]
IKON music on Last.FM

IKON is starting to add full-length tracks to its newly registered Last.fm page You'll currently find the whole League of Nations EP available for full preview, and entire tracks from On the Edge of Forever, The Burden of History, This Quiet Earth and In the Shadow of the Angel. We hope to have the whole IKON back catalogue available eventually. Feel free to drop by and leave a comment, or even upload a video if you have one.

If you have anything else you'd like to say to IKON, don't forget you can sign our website guestbook.

Finally, photographs from Wave Gotik Treffen 2005 have been added to our live photos page, which we will continue to update over the coming months.

---

[29 February 2008] 
IKON Love, Hate and Sorrow Tour September 2008 and interview video

IKON will be touring Europe in September this year, with a special festival appearance in the schedule. Stay tuned for an official announcement of dates and venues soon.

And from European tours past, we've uncovered a video interview from Schwarze Seiten filmed at the M'era Luna Festival in 2002 that we've added to our video collection.

--

[22 February 2008]
Photos page updated and FREE SHIPPING until the end of February

The IKON pictures page is now updated with a large array of photos, including professional photoshoots taken in both Australia and Europe and live shots (with more of the latter to come soon, including from European festival shows). We've also embedded several YouTube videos, with two new videos from the 2007 "Burden of History" tour soon to come.

Thank you to everyone who has bought IKON CDs through our improved merchandise page. Because of the fantastic response, we are going to extend our "free shipping" offer to the end of the month.

--

[6 February 2008]
IKON Merchandise page now up - FREE SHIPPING! on all orders placed soon.

The IKON merchandise page is now back in action. You can buy selected IKON singles, EPs and albums here via a PayPal shopping cart (you can still do this even if you don't have a PayPal account). To celebrate, we're offering free shipping on all orders placed through our website in the next two weeks.

---

[20 January 2008]
Download twelve rare IKON tracks 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' (Volume 1) and sign the new guestbook

IKON has searched through the band's archives to create the first downloadable set of previously unreleased IKON live tracks, demos and acoustic performances on our audio page. Download one or all of the tracks, and if you enjoy them you can send a donation through our PayPal button.

You can also leave a message for IKON at the new guestbook.

---

[16 January 2008]
Live IKON videos now added to YouTube

Live footage of IKON at various festivals and European shows is gradually being added to YouTube.

Elohim: Live in Hamburg, Kir Club 11.08.2001

The Disappeared: Live in Cologne, The Underground 13.08.2001

Blue Snow Red Rain: Live at Wave Gotik Treffen, Leipzig 2003

Ceremony (Joy Division cover): Live at Mestre, Italy 14.06.03

---

[6 January 2008]
Brand new mp3 added

The opening track from the new League of Nations EP, ‘A Line on a Dark Day’ has been uploaded to our audio page. More rare and unreleased material is set to follow soon, so stay tuned.

 

[17 December 2007]
Website update

The IKON website is in the process of being expanded and comprehensively updated. The gigography has been updated with our 2007 shows and tracklistings have been added to the discography.

---

[4 December 2007]
League of Nations new EP

Finally, after recording new material over the past year and a half, IKON has released a new 6-track EP entitled League of Nations in Australia on Nile Records. The EP gives a taster of what to expect on the forthcoming full-length CD Love, Hate and Sorrow which will be released mid-2008. The EP can currently be purchased directly from the band.

Tracks are:

1. A Line on a Dark Day
2. Krista
3. Calm Before the Storm
4. Hindsight
5. Expatriate
6. A Line on a Dark Day (remix)

---

[20 March 2007]
Lort Smith Animal Hospital Benefit Gig

---

Burden of History Tour dates

IKON - "The Burden Of History" European Tour 2007

www.ikondomain.com / www.equinoxe-records.de / www.wod.de

04.05.2007 I-Turin, Diagonal Club

05.05.2007 I-Colle val D'Elsa/Siena, Sonar

07.05.2007 F-Marseille, Le Poste A Galène (+ Joy Disaster)

08.05.2007 F-Lyon, Loupika

09.05.2007 CH-Zürich, Xtra (2nd floor)

10.05.2007 F-Nancy, l'Autre Canal (+ All gone dead +Joy Disaster)

11.05.2007 F-Paris, La Scene Bastille (+ guests)

12.05.2007 B-Temse, Waasland, Expohallen, Darkfest 2007

13.05.2007 D-Bochum, Zwischenfall (+ TAT)

14.05.2007 D-Frankfurt, Nachtleben (+ Arts Of Erebus)

---

[24 March 2007]
The Burden Of History

Whilst working on their forthcoming new full length release Love, Hate and Sorrow, IKON have decided to tidy up the past and release a compilation cd containing all 16 singles, even though “Without Shadows” has not been released to date. To coincide with this release, IKON will be playing in Australia and Europe over the coming months. The first 1500 copies, comes with a bonus cd, with selected b-sides from all the IKON singles. This compilation features certain material available on CD for the first time, as well as long deleted single tracks! The official release date is the first week of May and will be marketed by Nile Records in Australia and Equinoxe Records in Europe.

CD1
Why (7”single version)
Echoes of Silence (7” single version)
Condemnation (7” single version)
Life Without End (Album version)
Subversion (Single remix)
Ghost In My Head (Single remix)
Reality is lost (Single version)
Lifeless (Single version)
The Shallow Sea (Single version)
Blue Snow Red Rain (10” single version)
Afterlife (7” single version)
Ceremony (Single version)
Psychic Vampire (Single version)
Rome (Single version)
Without Shadows (Single version)

CD2-Limited edition
As Time Goes By-(Live at the Arthouse Melbourne 1.1.1992)
So Far Away
Never Too Much
The Empty World
Overcome
Geistiges Erwachen
Fatal Attraction
Day Of Crispian
Tear It Down
Faces In the Wind
Elohim (Live in Cologne Germany 13.8.2001)
In A Lonely Place
Blue Snow Red Rain (Live In Milano Italy 16.6.2003)
Sinister
Understanding
The Garden Of The Lost (Live in Sydney Australia 17.9.2005)

---

2006

[26 March 2006]
Next IKON single

‘Without Shadows’ will be the next single from ‘Destroying The World To Save It’ and will be released by the end of May. The single contains the usual odds and demos, including the first demos done for the ‘Destroying cd’ back in 2001.

1.Without Shadows (Single version)
2.Seconds (Demo)
3.Burning Desire (Demo)
4.Confused Dreams (Demo)
5.Fall Apart (Recorded live for Radio Germany 18 May 2005)
6.The Garden Of The Lost (Live at Under The Blue Moon Festival Sydney Australia 17.9.2005)

---

[20 March 2006}
Next IKON show.

IKON, Dandelion Wine, Louisa John-Krol and The Seventh Dawn will be playing on April 8th at the Dan O’Connel. Details below.

The Dan O'Connel-225 Canning St. CARLTON
Saturday 8th April
IKON (11.15pm)
Dandelion Wine (10.15pm)
& The Seventh Dawn with Louisa John-Krol (9.15pm)
entry $8

---

[14 March 2006]
Crash Frequency Compilation volume 2.

Crash Frequency is an Australian collective containing such bands as Tankt, Angelspit, Angel Theory and Dandelion Wine just to name a few. The second compilation cd, which will comprise of a 2 disc set, will be released in early May. The first cd will contain previously unreleased tracks in which IKON have chosen an outtake from ‘Destroying The World To Save It’ titled ‘Sunset At Golgotha’. The second disc will contain remixes and features a new mix of ‘Ghost In My Head’ by Adam Calaitzis from Toyland Studios. ’Sunset On Golgotha’ will featured on a new IKON ep released towards the end of 2006.

---

[26/03/06]
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang presents 'Shadowplay - A Tribute to Joy Division' with special guest DJ Chris McCarter

---

[21/03/06]
Golgotha 4th Birthday Celebrations

Easter Thursday (Good Friday Eve) @ Royal Melb Hotel (the gorgeous old bluestone jail house) on Bourke St. (spencer st. end)
more details soon...

Djs t.b.a shortly, but there will be 3 rooms and 3 dancefloors!

Main Room - Gothic, Electro, Alternative, Retro
Special guest dj: Chris McCarter (IKON)

Industrial Cells - EBM, Industrial, Noise
Official Angel Theory album launch party for, "re-possession". Listen to the brilliant new album by Angel Theory, followed by djs Charles (Angel Theory), Kosta & more t.b.a

Front Bar - Gothic, Deathrock, Batcave
The front bar will be playing underground goth stuff from the 80's till today. Djs t.b.a. There's a pool table too!

@ Royal Melbourne Hotel

---

 

IKON will be playing along side a recently reformed Ragewar, for the Melbourne Gothic Forum benefit at the Public Bar in Victoria st West Melbourne on 22 March. It starts off at 6pm and it’s a $5 minimum donation for the night. IKON plan to be on stage at approx 9.30pm.

---

[12 February 2006]
Without Shadows

'Without Shadows' will be the next single from Destroying the World to Save It. We are currently going through our archives to choose the bonus tracks for the single. Release date will be Mid April. There will be one more special release from the album planned for September this year, before we move on to our follow up album.

---

[4 February 2006]
Anthony Cornish fills in on guitar

We are very happy to announce a long time friend of the band, Anthony Cornish will be playing guitar for our upcoming shows. Anthony has helped with recording and playing over the past few years and also travelled to Europe with us twice. We will be announcing the first shows for the year very shortly.

---

[20 January 2006]
Special thanks to Clifford Ennis

Clifford has decided to retire from music, which of course we were very disappointed with his decision. We would however like to thank him for all his efforts he has put into the band for the past two years. We are currently working out plans for a replacement guitarist, or possibly even two.

---

2005

[6 September 2005]
Under The Blue Moon Festival Sydney

IKON will be taking part in this year's Under the blue moon festival in Sydney this forthcoming weekend. See the flyer for more details. IKON will be on at 9pm.

---

[18 August 2005]
Live in Brisbane

IKON play their first show in Brisbane this Friday night in over 11 years. See the flier for all the details.

---

[15 August 2005]
Rome cd single

Rome will be the next IKON single and is planned for release in late September. Without shadows has been held back, due to delays with the video clip. Here are the details

1. Rome-single version
2. Time against time-demo
3. Understanding-demo
4. God has fallen from the sky-Live in Rome 13 May 2003
5. Blue murder-Tankt remix
6. Rome-Centurian remix

Crash Frequency is a collective of Australian dark/ electro bands who are working together to build the profile of the bands involved. The first release, Vol 1, is out now and is compilation containing 10 bands Angel spit, Angel theory, The Bom, The Crystalline effect, Dandelion wine, Domino theory, IKON, Lux voltaire, Resurrection eve and Tankt. The cd retails for a very cheap price and is well worth checking out. www.crashfrequency.com

[May 25 2005]
Without Shadows

Totally unplanned, Without Shadows is set to be the next IKON single and will be released in Europe and Australia in August this year. The single will contain the video clip for the track, recently shot in Germany amongst other unreleased material.

[May 24 2005]
Destroying The World To Save It

The new album is now out on Equinoxe Records in Germany, Static Sky Records in the U.S.A and Nile Records in Australia. The album is also set to be released in Russia and the Baltic States over the coming months.

[May 23 2005]
Return From Europe

We are now back from our short, but very successful trip to Europe. Was fantastic to see three Australian bands playing at WGT this year. The live dates went very well and on top of that we re-filmed a lot of material for our dvd that was done under a more relaxed environment. The dvd is now set to be released around January 2006 and will contain live material from Krefeld 2004 and WGT 2005. It will also feature some in studio acoustic tracks and interview with the band including a history of IKON. We also filmed a video clip whilst in Germany, more details of that too follow.

[April 19 2005]
Melbourne Show At Cabaret Nocturne

This will be our final show in Melbourne for some time and will be held at Cabaret Nocturne. Special guests for the evening are The Seventh Dawn and Louisa John-Kroll.

[April 15 2005]
European Live Dates

We are very pleased to announce the following live shows for Germany in May. We will only have time for these three this year, the rest of the time will be spent doing the final work on our forthcoming dvd. If you are in Leipzig, please come along to our album party and Dj De’aths Joy Division tribute at Moritzbastei.

13.05.2005 D-Leipzig, WGT 2005 (at "Werk 2")
15.05.2005 D-Leipzig Moritzbastei Dj De’ath Joy Division special/ IKON party
19.05.2005 D-Bremen, Tower (with "Do Not Dream")
20.05.2005 D-Bochum, Zwischenfall (with guests)

[March 20 2005]
Live At Necromancy Adelaide

IKON are performing live this Saturday night at the Enigma bar in Adelaide. Bands start at 7pm

[March 19 2005]
News Of The World

The new IKON full length album ‘ Destroying The World To Save It’ is now completed and will be released first week of May. The first 1500 copies in Europe and Australia will feature a second cd with remixes and live tracks, whilst for the U.S.A, you will have access to downloads from the Static Sky website. The album also features friends Lousia John-Kroll with guest vocals on 3 tracks and Roberto Massaglia and David Foreman from Tankt also lending a hand on 2 tracks.

Disc 1

Never Forgive! Never Forget!
The Dying Crown
Without Shadows
God Has Fallen From The Sky
Psychic Vampire
Father Of Lies
Ashes Of Blue
Rome
My Crucible
Heresy
Slaughter
(For The Glory Of Christ And The King)
Path Of The Unknown
The Black Goat Of Judas

Disc 2

Psychic Vampire (Full Moon Remix)
Ashes O Blue (Acoustic Version)
Afterlife (Live Version)
Condemnation (Live Version)
Path Of The Unknown (Remix)
Without Shadows (Extended Version)
God Has Fallen From The Sky (Live Version)
Ghost In My Head (Live Version)
Slaughter (Acoustic Version)
Black Goat Of Judas (Remix)
My Crucible (Toyland Remix)
King Of Terror (Live Version)
Burning Desire (Live Version)

Tracks 3-4 Live At The Camden Underworld London U.K 4.6.2003
Tracks 7-8 Live At The Transilvania Club Milano Italy 15.6.2003
Tracks 12-13 Live At The Schwimmbad Music Club Heidelburg Germany 11.6.2003

[January 19 2005]
Congratulations

Congratulations and Best Wishes to Dino Molinaro and his wife Germana who welcomed into the world a beautiful baby girl Greta Rose, a sister for Isaac, on Wednesday.

[January 15 2005]
Album News

We are 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. The album is almost complete and we are extremely happy with the results. Saty tuned for forthcoming live dates.

[January 9 2005]
Tsunami Benefit Update

Friday night was a great success and a total of over $2700 was raised to donate to the Red Cross relief effort. Thanks to everyone involved.

[January 4 2005]
Tsunami Benefit

IKON along with Dandelion Wine and David Thrussell are playing a special Tsunami benefit gig this Friday 7th January at Cabaret Noctune/ Dream Nightclub. All proceeds from the night are to go to the relief fund, so come along and join in on a good cause.

The line up is as follows-

9pm - Doors open
10pm - Dandelion Wine
11pm - IKON


([January 1 2005]
Happy New Year

Happy New Year to everyone. Thanks for your support during 2004, which proved to be a very succesful step forward for the band. 2005 will be an even bigger year with the release of Psychic Vampire in both Europe and the U.S.A, the new album in May/ June and the live dvd to shortly follow. In the words of Magus Peter H. Gilmore.

"Here’s to champagne for our real friends,
and real pain for our sham friends!”

Shemhamforash!

2004

[December 23 2004]
Vampire, Vampire, Psychic Vampire!

We are finally pleased to announce that Psychic Vampire will be available in Europe as a domestic cd from late February 2005. It will be slightly different from the Australian version and will be a available in a standard jewel case at a special ep price. The Australian version is now deleted! The tracks are as follows.

1. Psychic Vampire

2. I Never Wanted You

3. Blue Murder

4. Crucified (re-recording)

5. As Fate Decrees (remix)

6. The Garden Of The Lost

7. A Heartless Soul (remix)

8. Sinister

9. Evil Ways (remix)

10. Purgatory

11. Psychic Vampire (Angel spit remix)

12. Blue Murder (Tankt remix)

[November 19 2004]
I Never Wanted You

We have decided to release I Never Wanted You as a limited edition cd single. The release date is December 4 and we are very happy to include a special remix of Psychic Vampire by our good friends Karl & Amelia from Sydney band Angelspit/Sydney Gothic website. A big thankyou for their effort. The tracks are as follows.

1. I Never Wanted You (re-recording)

2. Sinister (previously unreleased)

3. Evil Ways (previously unreleased)

4. Come before Christ And Murder Love (Death In June cover)

5. Psychic Vampire (Angelspit remix)\

[November 6 2004]
IKON- TANKT & Angelspit in Newcastle

December 4th is a date not to be missed! Crash Frequency in conjunction with Necropolis presents IKON, Tankt and Sydney electro duo Angelspit who take the stage for their debut show.

[November 4 2004]
Site updates

We have updated the gigography section with all the setlists since August.

[October 24 2004]
Psychic Vampire in S.A

IKON are to play their first show in Adelaide in just over 5 years. Necromancy presents the Halloween Horror show on 30th October at the Enigma bar. Doors open at 10 pm.

[October 6 2004]
Infectious Unease Radio

Chris did an interview and a short acoustic set live on Gordon's Infectious Unease radio show in Melbourne last night. The following songs were performed.

1. Crucified
2. I Never Wanted You
3. Fall Apart
4. God Has Fallen From The Sky



[October 4 2004]
IKON live at Cabaret Nocturne

IKON are performing their first show since returning from their very succesful "Psychic Vampire Tour" of Europe in August/ September this Friday 8 October at Cabaret Nocturne. Doors open at 10pm, the band starts at approx 11.30.

[October 1 2004]
Upcoming IKON release

A special IKON release will be available from the end of October for a limited time only. Stay tuned for more details.



[September 24 2004]
Psychic Vampire Tour

We would like to give a special thank-you to all those who supported and helped arrange our recent European tour. It was a great success! 3 shows were recorded
for DVD release in 2005 (Krefeld, Rosslau & Berlin) as well as additional footage and interviews. We will keep you posted on its progress. Special thanks goes to the team at Schwarze Setien for the great effort and detail that went into filming us.
www.schwarzeseiten.de

[24 July 2004]
Excorcism

Thanks to all those for coming along to our show at Cabaret Nocturne, was a great night. Hope to be back playing there again before the year is out.

[July 17 2004]
IKON at Dream

IKON are playing this Friday night at Cabaret Nocturne at Dream in Queensbury st in Melbourne. The support for the night is Tycho Brahe from Brisbane. This is the final Australian show until November.

[July 15 2004]
Upcoming European tour

Here are the tour dates for the "Psychic Vampire 2004 European tour". Three shows will be filmed for future DVD release.

Psychic Vampire-Tour 2004

27.08.2004 I-Rome, Jungle Club
01.09.2004 D-Frankfurt, The Cave
03.09.2004 D-Krefeld, Kulturfabrik (Waves Of Darkness-Festival)
04.09.2004 D-Roßlau, Autumn Days-Festival 2004
05.09.2004 D-Berlin, K17
06.09.2004 D-Greifswald, The Black Box
07.09.2004 D-Kiel, Böll 2
09.09.2004 UK-Sheffield, Corporation Nightclub Venue
10.09.2004 UK-London, Camden Underworld
11.09.2004 B-Gavere, GCC Racing (with PLASTIC, ELUSIVE a.m.)
12.09.2004 B-Mechelen, Theatrium (with PLASTIC, ELUSIVE a.m.)

[June 19 2004]
IKON at Dream

The next IKON performance will be at Dream Nightclub on 23.7.2004. We are not sure at this stage if this will be our last Australian show before we depart for Europa at the end of August. Here are the European dates so far!

Psychic Vampire-Tour 2004

01.09.2004 D-Frankfurt, Cave
03.09.2004 D-Krefeld, Kulturfabrik (Waves Of Darkness-Festival)
04.09.2004 D-Roßlau, Autumn Days-Festival 2004
05.09.2004 D-Berlin, K17
11.09.2004 B-Gavere, GCC Racing (with PLASTIC, ELUSIVE u.a.)

[June 16 2004]
New t-shirts and merchandise

There is a new IKON t-shirt, none other than for Psychic Vampire. It comes in all sizes and not only as a t-shirt but as a a long sleeve and hoody!

[June 8 2004]
Dark Utopia 3

IKON will be playing Dark Utopia 3 this Sunday 13th at Inflation along with Angel Theory, The Crystaline Effect and Rim 60. IKON will be on at approx 12.00 am.

[May 23 2004]
General Update

Thanks to those who have came along to the Melbourne and Ballarat shows on the weekend, IKON's first shows in nearly a year and also the first with Clifford on guitar. If you would like to see what was played, check out the updated gigography section. For those of you in Canberra, Sydney and Newcastle, the following shows are on this week! So come down and support the Dark exports tour with IKON, Immaculata and Dandelion Wine supported by Fiend Magazine.

Thursday May 27 - Toast
Canberra - 219 London Ct., Canberra.
$7 admission

Immaculata -9.00 to 9.40
IKON-10.00 to 10.40
Dandelion Wine-11.00-12.00

Friday May 28 - Green Square
Sydney - 936 Bourke Rd., Zetland.
$7 admission

Dandelion Wine-9.00 to 9.40
Immaculata-10.00 to 10.40
IKON-11.00 to 12.00

Saturday May 29 - Necropolis - Cambridge Hotel
Newcastle - 789 Hunter St., Newcastle West.
$15 admission

Immaculata-9.00 to 9.40
Dandelion Wine-10.00 to 10.40
IKON-11.00 to 12.00

All bands will have merchandise for sale at the shows as well as copies of the latest Fiend magazine which comes with a full length various artists cd for just $7.

[May 22 2004]
IKON biography

The IKON biography has just been updated and also contains a new photograph of Chris by IKON's webdesigner Anjella Roessler. Be sure to check it out!

[April 14 2004]
Live dates

IKON along with dandelionwine and Immaculata will be playing the following shows in May.We will have more information closer to the dates.

Thurs May 20 - The Tote Melbourne
Sat May 22 - Grainery Lane Ballarat
Thur May 27 - Toast Canberra
Fri May 28 - Green Square Sydney
Sat May 29 - Necropolis Newcastle

[April 2 2004]
Psychic Vampire ep/ cd single

Release date: May 3 2004

This is the first new IKON material since the 2001 release of On the edge of forever cd and will be available in 2 parts. Part A is an e.p which contains 8 new songs and part B has 3 remixes of Psychic Vampire and 3 live songs. The reason it's broken up into 2 releases is we originally planned a cd, 7" & 12" with each format containing exclusive material, but, due to time and manufacturing restrictions we have come up with a cd 1 and cd 2. We are making a new path with our distribution network, so initially both releases will only be available direct from us. For those who would like to purchase the e.p from our mailorder, cd 2 will be free of charge.

Digipak E.P
NIL 013A

Tracklisting

Psychic Vampire
I Never Wanted You
Blue Murder
Crucified
As Fate Decrees
The Garden Of The Lost
A Heartless Soul
Purgatory

CD single
NIL013B

Psychic Vampire (Version)
Psychic Vampire (SMS Remix)
Psychic Vampire (Psycho Dubmix)
Blue Snow Red Rain (Live)
Subversion (Live)
Ceremony (Live)

Tracks 4 & 5 recorded live on our recent trip to Europe
at the Transilvania Club Milano Italy 15.6.2003
Track 6 recorded live at The Jam Mestre Italy on 14.6.2003

[29 March 2004]
IKON Yahoo group

We have now set up an IKON Yahoo information group. If you would like to join up and receive regular information, special offers and discuss all aspects of IKON, please use the link or email below.

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ikondomain/

Subscribe: ikondomain-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

[25 March 2004]
New IKON EP "Psychic Vampire"

The release date for the new IKON EP is May 3rd. It will contain 8 tracks exclusive to this release including 2 mixes of the main song. It will also be released in a digipak and features a picture of U.S.A fetish model Dollydreadful on the cover. The EP can be obtained initially direct from the band's mail order. Some live dates will follow in Australia throughout May.

[5 March 2004]
New songs

Work is now under way on the first single from the forthcoming IKON cd "Destroying The World To Save It". Both the single and album will feature a variety of guests. A special remix of the single has also been done for the next issue of Fiend Magazine which will contain a free cd sampler. Be sure to keep an eye out for that one due out in May.

[3 March 2004]
Fiend magazine

Chris interviews Jaz Coleman from the legendary band Killing Joke in the latest issue of Fiend Magazine.

Chris was also invited to share his views on "the best of goth, industrial and related genres for the past year" (For a peek at Chris's Eye candy of the year, have a look at the gorgeous Dolly Dreadful.

[1 March 2004]
Thanks to Anthony

We would like to give special thanks to the help and support Anthony Griffiths is given IKON over the past few years. Anthony is now concentrating on his own band The Redresser.

[11 February 2004]
Forthcoming compilation appearances

We will be in the studio the end of this month putting down some tracks for our new album. Whilst in there, we are also recording for 2 compilation cds that will be due out around May. The first is on Palace Of Worms from Italy and is titled "Skeletons in the Closet" which is a tribute to the 1980's and we will be covering Ultravox's "Dancing with Tears in my Eyes". This cd will also feature Dandelionwine and Chiron from Australia. The second will be a cd released by Equinoxe Records in Germany and will be a tribute to The Cure. We will be recording "A strange day" .We will let you know when they are out and where to purchase them.

[10 February 2004]
Mp3 section updated.

We have just updated our mp3 section with some tracks you are all familiar with!

[12 January 2004]
Merchandise

Please dont forget that all of our releases and loads of other goodies are available directly from us. Please email nile@sunet.com.au for more information including hard to find IKON releases.

[11 January 2004]
Great new compilation

Strobelight Records from Austria have recenly released a 2cd compilation titled "New dark age" which features the new version of "Ghost in my head". It contains 34 songs in total and includes such bands as The Last Dance, Reptyle, Ordeal By Fire and New Days Delay, just to name a few. Well worth checking out.

[10 January 2004]
New album

Happy new year to everyone. Apologies for our long silence. We are still working on our new cd which should be released between August and September this year. We also have a new ep planned for release over the next two months.

2003

[28 June 2003]
Setlists

Our gigography has been updated with the recent European tour setlists. We do have audio recordings of the shows but they are for our use only!

[24 June 2003]
Videos and live recordings

We 100% encourage anyone in the audience to record our shows for their own use as we also do the same. Unfortunately we didn't capture our performance at the Blackout Club in Rome on video. We saw at least 3 people in the audience with video cameras so if you have a copy please let us know as we would love one for our archives. Apologies also go out to everyone at the show as quite strangely there was a power blackout at the Blackout Club on Friday 13th and we were unable to finish our set. We had at least another 2 songs to go!

[23 June 2003]
Tour CDs

For those who were not able to make it to the shows we still have a limited amount of copies left of the From Angels To Ashes cd and the Ceremony/In A Lonely Place cd single that can be purchased directly from us.
Please email nile@sunet.com.au for further info.

[21 June 2003]
European tour

We are all back safe and well from our recent trip to Europe and have so many people to thank for making the tour a success. A special big thankyou goes to Olaf Sprick from Wings Of Destiny for making the tour possible, Heiko our driver, Thomas our front of house man, Anthony for documenting the tour(audio and video) and David Burns for filling in on the drums. Also a big thankyou to my wife Monica for all her help and support!

[21 May 2003]
Compilation appearances

For those of you who are unaware Ikon appeared recently on the following compilation releasaes that are worthwhile picking up.

Apollyon Germany The Spooky Halloween cd (APO CD22057) contains a 2002 version of Hallowed ground exclusive for this cd.

Luminal Records USA Viscera V.Zero contains Heresy (demoversion) also exclusive to this release.

[20 May 2003]
Upcoming releases

The Golden Dawn is set to be the next Ikon single due for release in July on cd and limited edition 7" single. More details will be available soon.

[16 May 2003]
New Releases

From Angels to Ashes and the limited edition Ceremony/In a lonely place cds are now available direct from us for all those who are unable to attend any shows from the forthcoming European tour. Please email nile@sunet.com.au for more details.

[15 May 2003]
New Studio CD

We are still busy writing songs for the next IKON studio cd but at this stage have no release date in mind. There will be however a very special single before the year is out containing new material. Stay tuned for more info! We will be playing at least 6-7 new songs throughout our From Angels to Ashes tour to keep you up to date with our progress.

[14 May 2003]
Live Album

The forthcoming European tour will be documented and recorded for the possable release of a live cd. As these type of ideas come and go with the wind, only time will tell.

[30 April 2003]
Mp3 Downloads

We are such nice people that we're offering visitors to our site FREE downloads of 4 of our favourite tracks. Head over to our audio page and grab them now because they're only up for a limited time! We've included a track from our soon-to-be released limited edition cd-single as well as a previously unreleased demo track. The download page will be updated regularly so be sure to check back again soon!

[25 April 2003]
Finally the dates for our European tour are up!

Orkus and Wings Of Destiny presents
IKON-From Angels To Ashes

30.05.03 D -Hamburg, Kir www.kir-hamburg.de
31.05.03 DK- Copenhagen, Club Metropolis www.club-metropolis.dk
02.06.03 UK-Leeds, Black Veil www.gogpromotions.co.uk
03.06.03 UK-Nottingham, Junktion 7 www.junktion7.co.uk
04.06.03 UK-London, Camden Underworld www.theunderworld.co.uk
06.06.03 D-Hildesheim, Kulturfabrik Loeseke www.kufa.info/
07.06.03 D-Leipzig, WGT 2003 ("Parkbuehne") www.wave-gotik-treffen.de/english
10.06.03 D-Berlin, K17 www.k-17.de
11.06.03 D-Heidelberg, Schwimmbad Musik Club www.schwimmbad-musik-club.de/
13.06.03 I-Rome, Blackout Club www.blackoutrockclub.com/
14.06.03 I-Mestre, Jam www.2night.it/2night/venezia/locali/7.html
15.06.03 I-Mllano, Transilvania Live www.transilvania.it/concerti.htm
16.06.03 CH-Winterthur, Club Endstation www.end-station-club.ch
www.wod.de

[24 April 2003]
New album From Angels to Ashes

IKON are to release a best of compilation from the years 1997-2003 titled From Angels to Ashes. There are also a couple of inclusions that Chris sang; Fall Apart (from 1994) and In trust I return (from1996). The release date for the cd is 18 May in time for the forthcoming European tour. The tracks are as follows.

Fall Apart (new version)
In Trust I Return (acoustic version)
The Disappeared
Subversion (new version)
Ghost In My Head (new version)
Reality Is Lost (new version)
Lifeless (new version)
The Shallow Sea (alternative version)
Elohim
Blue Snow Red Rain (alternative version)
As NIght Falls
Afterlife
Scorpio Rising (new song)
The Golden Dawn (new song)

The cd will be available for purchasing from our shows along with the limited edition replica single of New Order's Ceremony/In A Lonely Place.

2002

[30 November 2002]
European tour 2003

We are now organizing a new European tour starting in Denmark on 30 May 03 and ending in Italy around 16th of June. In the middle of these dates will include the Leipzig festival which is held on the 6-9 June and we are all looking forward to this. More news to follow as it comes to hand.

[29 November 02]
New album news

We have just finished the first lot of demos for the new Ikon cd. At present we have 13 songs completed with many others to be finished yet. It has been a good opportunity for us to hear how the songs are coming along and what else we can do to them. We will have a couple up on this site shortly. Our plans for the new album release date are up in the air at the moment,but things should become clearer over the coming weeks.

[16 August 02]
Our return home

We have just returned from our short trip to Germany without any major problems. We will start work again on our new cd shortly. Thanks to all those new friends we met along the way and also old acquaintances! Plans are already underway for our return to Europe in June 2003 for a more extensive tour.

[12 August 02]
M'era Luna Festival

M'era Luna festival was an amazing experience for us! We had a great time and met some wonderful fans from around the Globe. So many people! Saw some great music as well!

[10 August 02]
K-17 Berlin show

Great to be back at K-17, hard to believe it was a year ago we played here! Those who attended,witnessed the longest Ikon set ever, we were drained! Its a shame we will never play the venue again as its recently been sold and K-17 will hopefully relocate in April 2003.

[6 August 02]
Sad news

Shortly after we arrived in Berlin I received the sad news that Ivan Dominguez, drummer from The Last Dance, died suddenly of pneumonia on 3rd August whilst the band were on tour in Belgium! Our deepest sympathies go out to Ivan's family and friends and we also wish the band great success in the future!

[05 August 2002]
Ikon Tour Germany

We leave to Germany today for our short tour! A few days rest in Berlin before we play our favourite German club K-17 on 9.8 and then on to M'era Luna for 11.8. We play the main stage at 4.50 pm so look forward to seeing you there!

[04 August 2002]
New Mail Order CD

Ikon's new mail order cd "The tyranny of distance" is out and contains the show from Club 77 in Sydney from May this year as well as some bonus tracks! The cd is limited to 500 copies only so don't miss out as you can hear some new material from our forthcoming studio cd!

[03 August 2002]
New Sydney Show Announced

Ikon's next Sydney date has now been confirmed for October 19th. The show will once again be held at Club 77 but as yet no other details of the night are known!

[01 August 2002]
Another Melbourne Show

Ikon played a low key show at The Laundry in Melbourne on 31st of July before heading back to Europe. The few people who were present would have encountered Ikon playing a mixed set of both new and old material. The Redresser took the stage soon after to play an alternative set trying out now material!.

[27 June 2002]
Ikon Play Melbourne Shows

Ikon played at The Laundry in Fitzroy last night too a great turn out for a Wednesday.We also had a special guest Douglas P from Death In June appear with us during Fall Apart.He then went on to play 4 songs on his own.Our next planned gigs in Australia are after we return from Europe and should be in September.The first one being Gothnation which is a goth fest held at the Hi-Fi Bar in Melbourne on 28 September and the second one being at Club 77 in Sydney in later October.

[25 May 2002]
Ikon's Trip To Sydney

Ikon recently returned to Sydney for the first time in over 6 years. Our trip was well overdue and we all had a great time. We hope to be back soon. Part of our concert will be broadcast on 2RRR in Sydney over the coming few weeks.

[15 May 2002 ]
New CD

We have been writing new songs over the past 8 months and if you have been lucky enough to see us recently you would have heard a few in our set.We hope to have a new single out around October this year followed by a new full length cd in February.We are going under the working title "Destroying The World To Save It" and we will have the odd demo online soon. So far about 18 songs are in progress.We will be featuring more new songs live over the coming weeks.

[5 May 2002]
Upcoming Short European Tour

Short is an understatement, but we were offered an exclusive contract to play this years M'era Luna Festival in August. We are also permitted to play one warm up show. Here are the details:
K-17 Berlin,Germany 9.8.02
M'era Luna Festival Hildesheim Germany 11.8.02

We are looking forward to these shows and if you saw us last year, you can expect a different set this time around!

[1 May 2002]
Ikon Live Album

Yes its true, we were going to release a live cd this year, but that has been put on hold for now. Boring!! Most bands do it. We have recorded the past 15 shows for the proposed cd, but they will keep. There are enough unofficial ones anyway!

2001

[20 September 2001]
Photos anyone?

If any of you out there have got photos and/or videos from the 2001 European tour, please contact Chris McCarter