IKON are for sure one of the best known, and continously successful Australian bands! Originally often compared to JOY DIVISION, their sound evolved over the years into something very original, authentic and unique. Catchy melodies are a must for the band and many of their tracks have become timeless club-hits in alternative and gothic clubs around the world, with a powerful guitar-based sound for which IKON is renowned. The eagerly awaited and long overdue album 'Love Hate and Sorrow' not only marks the band's return to German Label APOLLYON (with whom they first signed, back in 1994), but is also an album full of energy, that stands out of the masses of gothic/industrial releases these days/these years! The first limited edition of the album will be released as double-CD in a deluxe 8-panel DIGIPAK with special varnish print. CD1 features the 'official' album with 12 new tracks, while CD2 contains an all 'unplugged/acoustic' session with a total of 10 tracks. Whether you like it more 'rocky' as on CD1 or acoustic as on CD2: with 'Love, Hate and Sorrow' IKON present again an album, that is highly authentic, original, creative and unique - probably their best release in 10 years! IKON has a prolific history of recordings (five EPs and seventeen singles in addition to albums) and plans to re-issue its first two albums, In the Shadow of the Angel and Flowers for the Gathering, in 2010, in remastered and expanded format. This will make these pioneering releases available to fans who have just discovered the band and will reward those old enough to have bought the originals with a generous selection of bonus material from the band's archives.