Description
AYDRA, pioneers of Italian technical death metal, are proud to announce the definitive CD reissue of the legendary album "Icon of Sin", now available in a remastered version expanded with four exclusive bonus live tracks.
A milestone of late-'90s Italian death metal, "Icon of Sin" is AYDRA's first full-length, released in 1999 on Sound Machine Recordings after the "Psycho Pain Control" mini CD (1996, Dawn of Sadness). Composed between 1995 and 1997 and recorded in 1998 by David Lenci, the album marks the technical maturity of the band from Italy's Marche region and their full entry into the canon of Italian death metal.
Their stated influences - Death, Cynic, Atheist, Pestilence - are the starting point for a songwriting style that blends extreme technicality, melody and storytelling: ten tracks where every passage is calculated, but the punch always lands. "We were looking for music that was violent but considered, intricate yet keeping the essential structure of a song", says singer Mauro Pacetti.
Today we have the definitive edition: after the vinyl reissue released by Rude Awakening Records in 2024, the album returns remastered by Marco Bianchella at White Rock Studios and expanded with four exclusive bonus live tracks recorded by the current line-up at 2025 shows - one song from each album of the band's discography.
The 2026 edition comes as a CD jewel case with a 12-page booklet. Cover artwork and background illustrations are by Eugenio Morganti, sculptor. Booklet layout and logo are by Mauro Pacetti, the band's frontman; current line-up photos by Marco Priori.
*Bonus Live tracks (exclusive to 2026 reissue)
