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Iconoclast (I-"kä-n&-'klast): one who destroys religious images or opposes their veneration...
...An appellation consistent with the beliefs and lyrical direction taken by the five members of this extreme metal outfit. With an ambition to reach the pinnacle of physical and mental achievement in extreme music, Iconoclast have thus far issued two demo recordings along with a pair of promotional releases, each more refined and focused than the previous. Through these musical offerings and coupled with a dark and ominous live semblance, Iconoclast have helped to revive the stagnant mire that was the West Michigan extreme metal scene.
Iconoclast emerged in late 2000 from two locally established bands that had disbanded. The four founding members were brought together by the desire to create something more musically extreme and uncompromising than anything they had done before. Growing to embrace the principles of unrelenting brutality, haunting catchiness, and progression in music, they evolved into what is now known as Iconoclast.
The band grew to a five-piece in late 2001 when guitarist Jeremy Dorstewitz joined founding members Terry Collia, Alex Hathaway, Brad McNett, and Christopher Yingling. Jeremy helped define the Iconoclast sound by adding precision, and an almost visceral feel to the music.
With the ability to jump between down-tuned grind riffs, screeching black metal passages, and technical death metal, all the while capturing the old-school vibe eluding many of their peers, Iconoclast continue along their evolution. They call their amalgamation of extreme metal "Brutal, Blackened, Death-grind." The music itself appeals to those with a taste for sheer brutality, all the while extending a hand that invites the listener to challenge their perceptions of faith, consciousness, and existence. On these strengths, and their quest to reach new heights in heavy music, Iconoclast is primed to carve a new and unique niche in the extreme underground.
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| Religious themes lyrically, elements of classic death and black metal musically. |
CD: A Cruce Salus (demo 2002)
Credits: Music - Hathaway/McNett/Yingling, Lyrics - Collia/Yingling |
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| Catchy riffs and more "black metal" vocals than on any previous song. |
CD: A Cruce Salus (demo 2002)
Credits: Music - Dorstewitz/Hathaway, Lyrics - Collia/Hathaway |
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| Very doomy death metal, with a very black metal-ish bridge. Doomy lyrical content. This is as close to a ballad as death metal gets. |
CD: Becoming God (demo 2001)
Credits: Music - McNett/Yingling/Hathaway, Lyrics - Collia |
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