Icon (Paradise Lost album)

Icon marked a departure from the death-doom sound of their early work.{{cn|date=October 2024}} In 2008, speaking to Kerrang! about the album's music, Nick Holmes recalled: {{blockquote|"We were pretty much the first band to coin the phrase 'gothic metal' so I don't have a problem with that label. We've actually done gothier albums than Icon, but if people want to say that it sums up something that's fine with me. At the time there was also black metal, thrash metal and everyone wanted to describe what type of something was so we went 'Okay, we've got The Sisters of Mercy elements in our music, let's call it goth metal'. We were getting better as musicians as well and I was hopefully getting better as a vocalist. When that happens you want to fine-tune what you're doing. It's also about not wanting to get stuck or pigeonholed into one particular musical place. We've kept the whole gothic thing going right throughout our career, but we did want to do something a little different. With the vocals, a lot of it was kind of shouting in key as opposed to just shouting, it's okay singing like Beelzebub, but your voice can get into trouble if you have a big tour."Paul Travers, Kerrang! #1225, August 30, 2008. Treasure Chest. An Intimate Portrait of a Life in Rock. Nick Holmes. P. 54}}{{excessive quote|date=October 2024}}

All songs written by Nick Holmes and Gregor Mackintosh.

{{track listing

| total_length = 50:32

| title1 = Embers Fire

| length1 = 4:44

| title2 = Remembrance

| length2 = 3:26

| title3 = Forging Sympathy

| length3 = 4:44

| title4 = Joys of the Emptiness

| length4 = 3:29

| title5 = Dying Freedom

| length5 = 3:44

| title6 = Widow

| length6 = 3:04

| title7 = Colossal Rains

| length7 = 4:36

| title8 = Weeping Words

| length8 = 3:51

| title9 = Poison

| length9 = 3:00

| title10 = True Belief

| length10 = 4:30

| title11 = Shallow Seasons

| length11 = 4:55

| title12 = Christendom

| length12 = 4:31

| title13 = Deus Misereatur

| note13 = instrumental

| length13 = 1:58

}}

{{track listing

| headline = 2007 re-release bonus tracks

| total_length = 62:46

| title14 = Sweetness

| length14 = 5:34

| title15 = Your Hand in Mine

| length15 = 6:40

}}

• Nick Holmes – vocals
• Gregor Mackintosh – guitars
• Aaron Aedy – guitars
• Stephen Edmondson – bass
• Matthew Archer – drums
• Guido Zima Montanarini – drums (Icon 30)

• Denise Bernard – female vocals
• Andrew Holdsworth – keyboards

• Matt Anker – photography
• Geoff Pesche – mastering
• Pete Coleman – mixing
• Simon Efemey – producer, mixing
• Jaime Gomez Arellano – producer (Icon 30)

{{Infobox album

| name = Icon 30

| type = Studio

| longtype = of re-recorded songs

| artist = Paradise Lost

| cover = ParadiseLostIcon30.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1 December 2023

| recorded = 2023

| venue =

| studio = Arda Recorders (vocals and drums)
Black Planet Studios (guitars and bass)

| genre = {{hlist|Gothic metal|doom metal}}

| length = 50:38

| label = Nuclear Blast

| producer = Jaime Gomez Arellano

| prev_title = Obsidian

| prev_year = 2020

| next_title = Ascension

| next_year = 2025

}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://metalplanetmusic.com/2023/07/paradise-lost-reveal-new-artwork-for-icon-30-vinyl-release/|title=Paradise Lost reveal new artwork for 'Icon 30' Vinyl release|publisher=Metal Planet Music|access-date=August 8, 2023|date=July 28, 2023}}

All songs written by Nick Holmes and Gregor Mackintosh.

{{track listing

| headline = Icon 30 track listing

| total_length = 50:38

| title1 = Embers Fire

| length1 = 4:52

| title2 = Remembrance

| length2 = 3:28

| title3 = Forging Sympathy

| length3 = 4:41

| title4 = Joys of the Emptiness

| length4 = 3:29

| title5 = Dying Freedom

| length5 = 3:43

| title6 = Widow

| length6 = 3:07

| title7 = Colossal Rains

| length7 = 4:31

| title8 = Weeping Words

| length8 = 3:51

| title9 = Poison

| length9 = 3:04

| title10 = True Belief

| length10 = 4:32

| title11 = Shallow Seasons

| length11 = 4:54

| title12 = Christendom

| length12 = 4:33

| title13 = Deus Misereatur

| note13 = instrumental

| length13 = 1:53

}}

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