Icon is the fourth studio album by British heavy metal band Paradise Lost, released in 1993. It marked a departure from the death-doom sound of their early work, and was the last 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. Style In 2008, speaking to Kerrang! about the album's music, Nick Holmes remembered: Track listing All songs written by Nick Holmes and Gregor Mackintosh. Personnel Nick Holmes – vocals Matthew Archer – drums Stephen Edmondson – bass Aaron Aedy – guitars Gregor Mackintosh – guitars Guest musicians Denise Bernard – female vocals Andrew Holdsworth – keyboards Production Matt Anker – photography Geoff Pesche – mastering Pete Coleman – mixing Simon Efemey – producer mixing Charts References Paradise Lost (band) albums 1993 albums Music for Nations albums