Thorns (Icon & The Black Roses album)

Thorns
Thorns
Studio album by Icon & The Black Roses
Released	29 March 2014
Recorded	Lisbon, Portugal, London, England, and Alessandria, Italy
Genre	Gothic metal, Alternative metal
Length	49:09
Producer	Daniel Cardoso
Icon & The Black Roses chronology

Thorns is the second studio album by Portuguese band Icon & The Black Roses. It was released on 29 March 2014, following their reunion in 2011.

In 2011, the band announced their return with a new line up, whilst songs from the first album were featured on the hit video game, Rockband.

In 2013, the band released a lyric video for "Wings of a Dreamer", an advance from Thorns. Thorns was recorded between Lisbon, London and Alessandria, and mixed by Daniel Cardoso.

Reviews

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Horns Up	^[1]
Metal Temple	^[2]

Icon shows great care with every song, which is what I admire the most in this band, what I call love at first listen.^[1] - Horns Up 5/5

I’m charmed by the melodic vocals. Highly recommended!^[2] - Metal-Temple.com 5/5

Track listing

All music is composed by Icon & the Black Roses

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lost"	5:15
2.	"Innocence"	4:44
3.	"The Painter"	4:24
4.	"Wings of a Dreamer"	5:48
5.	"Moments of Madness"	4:45
6.	"Devil’s Made You"	5:01
7.	"Healing Touch"	5:44
8.	"Sometimes"	4:17
9.	"With or Without You"	4:09
10.	"Silence is Everything"	5:09
Total length:		49:09

Personnel

Icon & the Black Roses

Johnny Icon – lead vocals
Lucien Yorg – guitars
Sean Rose – bass
Antonio Agate – keyboards
Jax Cairn – drums

References

^ ^a ^b "About". Iconandtheblackroses.com. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
^ ^a ^b Zakolska, Katarzyna (20 May 2014). "Icon and the Black Roses – Thorn". metal-temple.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

External links

Iconandtheblackroses.com

[horn-1] "About". Iconandtheblackroses.com. Retrieved 4 September 2015.

[metal-2] Zakolska, Katarzyna (20 May 2014). "Icon and the Black Roses – Thorn". metal-temple.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

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