Like: Cult of Luna, My Dying Bride, Paradise Lost
Label: Avantgarde Music
Adjectives: Melancholic, Woeful, Elegiac
Description: Ikarie is a doom/post metal band which draws heavily from the death/doom scene of the 1990s. The mood of alienation, solitude, total absence of possibilities, the necessity to emigrate, and the meanness of life are all reflected in their music, which has a strong connection to the places where they were brought up. Ikarie describe their philosophy as a type of cosmic existentialism which addresses our individuality and accountability as a reasoned species conscious of its pointlessness in the universe. Titane II is a track from the band's new album, Arde. Built on depressing melodies and evocative vocals, the song exhibits a really compelling blending of sadness and worry, and places the band among the hopefuls of modern melancholic post metal.
