Icon In Me – Human Museum

Releasedate: 02-05-2009; Label: Massacre Records
By: Sabine van Gameren

Icon in Me is project with Russian and Swedish members, all well known from their past projects. Thrash metal is what they make, but they play with the borders and flirt with other genres more often than you would have expected. “Human Museum” is their very first album and they released it via Massacre Records.

On the very first minutes of this album I thought of Soilwork and Raunchy in combination with a more raw guitar work. When I start reading the info sheet I was not surprised to see these names mentioned here. Soilwork being related to drummer Morten and Raunchy being related to producer Jacob Hansen.
So to summarize this album, Sharp riffs, flittering solo’s, drums to amaze you with the impact they take on the music, the melodic overwhelming factor of bands like Soilwork and Raunchy converted into a raw-edged piece of music that is full of energy and is doomed to burn venues down, creating smashing dangerous moshpits where everyone loses their selves being in trance of the music. An highly addictive album!
I am convinced, I am a ‘fan’. Bring on those bruise sacks. I will blue like smurf after one of their gigs as I am just a small girl too enthusiastic to stand in the back as if I wonder if it would save me anyway. But I can handle it, it must be all worth it.

Line-up:
D. Frans – Guitar
Tony Jelencovick – Vocals
Morten Lowe Sorensen – Drums
Artyom – Guitar
Konstantin – Bass

Tracklist: 01. Dislocated 02. That Day, That Sorrow 03. End Of File 04. Empty Hands 05. Moments 06. Blood Ritual 07. To The End 08. In Memorium 09. The Worthless King 10. Turn The Dead On 11. Avoiding The Pain

Links:
Icon In Me MySpace
Icon In Me Official