Icon (Paradise Lost album)
| Icon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 28 September 1993 | |||
| Recorded | June–July 1993 | |||
| Studio | Jacobs Studios (Surrey, England) and Townhouse Studios (London) | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 50:32 | |||
| Label | Music for Nations | |||
| Producer | Simon Efemey | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Metal Storm | (9.8/10) |
| Rock Hard | (10/10) |
Icon is the fourth studio album by British heavy metal band Paradise Lost, released on 28 September 1993 through Music for Nations. It is the band's final album to feature Matthew Archer on drums.
In February 2018, Icon was inducted into the Decibel Magazine Hall of Fame, becoming the second Paradise Lost album to be featured in the Decibel Hall of Fame (alongside Gothic), with the magazine naming it influential to the development of the gothic metal subgenre.