The 40th anniversary first official reissue of ICECROSS on the Vintage/Rockadrome label has arrived at the Rockadrome shop. This 1973 Icelandic hard rock underground monster has been the target of collectors for at least two decades! Carefully remastered for pristine sound that lays waste to all the bootlegs that have come before. 12-page booklet with liner notes, clippings and photographs.
ICECROSS possess a unique dark sound which reveals influences ranging from Sabbath to Crimson to Blue Oyster Cult and beyond all melded together in such a way to form their distinct Icecross style. Considered proto-metal by many, though they don’t achieve this with a typical smash your face approach. Instead, Icecross unleash some killer inventive guitar sounds by way of Leslie speakers combined with ominous effected bass lines and splendid use of bow to create a perfect dark heavy guitar album. One of the few, if not the only, Icelandic band inspired by Sabbath at that time.
ICECROSS – S/T CD (ROCK051-V-2) on the Vintage/Rockadrome label.
Track Listing:
- Wandering Around
- Solution
- A Sad Mans Story
- Jesus Freaks
- 1999
- Scared
- Nightmare
- The End
Press:
“Their album has been legendary among collectors for years. All in all this is an album of overwhelming power with an underlying, uncomfortably penetrating coldness. Obviously one for guitar lovers or those willing to delve into the more obscure history of heavy metal” – Scented Gardens of the Mind
