Like other inspired musical
pairings, Chris McCarter (vocals, guitar, programming) and Dino Molinaro (bass)
began to create music as high school students in 1988 and are still recording
and performing together. In 1991, the original moniker Death in the Dark was
replaced by IKON and seventeen years later the Australian band's distinctive
blend of post-punk, rock, and darkwave elements has gained a devoted worldwide
following.
IKON has released five studio albums, four
EPs and seventeen singles, with additional unique versions that have been
produced for Germany, America and Russia. The band's last full-length release,
"Destroying the World to Save It", attained number 21 on the Native DJ
World Charts for best album of 2005.
The new IKON album "Love, Hate and Sorrow" (set
for release August 2008) retains the essence of influences such as Joy
Division, early New Order and Death in June, but also marks a progression in
the band's signature sound. "Love, Hate and Sorrow" embraces more
melodic song structures without entirely relinquishing the shadowy threads that
are interweaved in the lyrics, art work, and music of one of the world's most
successful and enduring darkwave bands.
On the strength of an accomplished and ever-expanding repertoire
of songs, IKON has frequently toured Australia, Europe and the UK. IKON has
played on the same bill as The Sisters of Mercy, H.I.M., Soft Cell, Death in
June, London After Midnight and The Mission. IKON has performed at the Eurorock
Festival (2001) in Belgium and at the M'era Luna Festival (2002) in Hildesheim,
Germany before an
audience of more than 15,000 people. The band has also appeared
twice at Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig, Germany, in 2003 and 2005. And this
September, with a line-up consisting of seminal members McCarter and Molinaro,
with the addition of Anthony Cornish (guitars), IKON returns to present its
best album yet to fans on the band's seventh European tour.
Albums Love, Hate and Sorrow (2009) The Burden of
History (2007) As Time Goes By (2007) Destroying The World To Save It
(2005) From Angels To Ashes (2003) On The Edge Of Forever (2001)
Dawn Of The Ikonoclast (1999) This Quiet Earth (1998) The Final
Experience (1997) Flowers For The Gathering (1996) A Moment In Time
(1995) In The Shadow Of The Angel (1994)
EPs Driftwood
(2010) Without Shadows (2006) Rome (2005) Psychic Vampires (2004)
Ghost In My Head (1998) The Echos Of Silence (1994) Singles
Without Shadows (2007) Rome (2005) Death By Dawn (7" Single 2005)
I Never Wanted You (2004) Psychic Vampire (2004) Ceremony (2003)
Afterlife (2002) Afterlife (7" Single/2002) Blue Snow Red Rain
(10" Single/2001) The Shallow Sea Pt. 2 (2000) The Shallow Sea Pt. 1
(2000) Lifeless (1999) Reality Is Lost (1999) Subversion (1998)
Life Without End (1996) In A Lonely Place (1995) Condemnation (7"
Single/1995) The Echos Of Silence (7" Single/1994) Why (7"
Single/1992)
Live Albums Black Friday (Live at the Blackout
Club, Rome, Italy) (2003) Twilight Zone (Live at Eurorock Belgium) (7"
Single/2003) A Tale from the Darkside (Live in Berlin) (2001) Black
Radio (Live at Esplanade Hotel, Melbourne) (2001) Black Radio (Live at
Esplanade Hotel, Melbourne) (12" vinyl lp/1995) Thank you very much, good
night (Live in Melbourne) (1994) Out of Balance, out of Tune (Live in
Melbourne) (1993)
Like other inspired musical
pairings, Chris McCarter (vocals, guitar, programming) and Dino Molinaro (bass)
began to create music as high school students in 1988 and are still recording
and performing together. In 1991, the original moniker Death in the Dark was
replaced by IKON and seventeen years later the Australian band's distinctive
blend of post-punk, rock, and darkwave elements has gained a devoted worldwide
following. 
IKON has released five studio albums, four
EPs and seventeen singles, with additional unique versions that have been
produced for Germany, America and Russia. The band's last full-length release,
"Destroying the World to Save It", attained number 21 on the Native DJ
World Charts for best album of 2005.
The new IKON album "Love, Hate and Sorrow" (set
for release August 2008) retains the essence of influences such as Joy
Division, early New Order and Death in June, but also marks a progression in
the band's signature sound. "Love, Hate and Sorrow" embraces more
melodic song structures without entirely relinquishing the shadowy threads that
are interweaved in the lyrics, art work, and music of one of the world's most
successful and enduring darkwave bands.
On the strength of an accomplished and ever-expanding repertoire
of songs, IKON has frequently toured Australia, Europe and the UK. IKON has
played on the same bill as The Sisters of Mercy, H.I.M., Soft Cell, Death in
June, London After Midnight and The Mission. IKON has performed at the Eurorock
Festival (2001) in Belgium and at the M'era Luna Festival (2002) in Hildesheim,
Germany before an
audience of more than 15,000 people. The band has also appeared
twice at Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig, Germany, in 2003 and 2005. And this
September, with a line-up consisting of seminal members McCarter and Molinaro,
with the addition of Anthony Cornish (guitars), IKON returns to present its
best album yet to fans on the band's seventh European tour.
