Søren Møller - ICONOCLASM:

1. **DEICIDE**: Legion
2. **SUFFOCATION**: Effigy Of The Forgotten
3. **CARCASS**: Necroticism......
4. **CONFESSOR**: Condemned
5. **BENEDICTION**: Dark Is The Season

Iconoclasm Playlist: A Journey Through Classic Metal Tracks

**ICONOCLASM** fra Esbjerg lyder måske ikke særligt bekendt for nogen, men så må de absolut til at vågne op.  
ICONOCLASM optog deres demo i påskeferien ’92 med Jacob Hansen som producer (Danmarks svar på Scott Burns, He, He). Demot hedder “Obscurity” og er et af de bedste bud fra DK.  
Her følger et interview med Søren (Guitar):

**Necro:** Hvorfor navnet ICONOCLASM, og hvad betyder det?  
**Søren:** Vi valgte navnet ICONOCLASM fordi, vi syntes det lyder fedt. Det betyder ikonoklasme eller billedstorm, det vil sige, ødelæggelse eller fjernelse af helgenbilleder og kunstværker ud fra religiøse motiver. Men vi valgte kun navnet ud fra lyden af det - ikke for betydningen.

**Necro:** Hvornår og hvordan startede ICONOCLASM?  
**Søren:** Vi startede i sommeren under navnet ”GENOCIDE”. Vores line-up var dengang: Søren (Guitar), Jesper (Sang+Bas), Torbjørn (Trommer) og Morten (0.1!), da [hvor] Morten (Guitar) blev hurtig medlem, så vi ikke blev et trio band. Efter at have spillet ca. ½ år under navnet GENOCIDE, blev vi enige om et navneskift til ICONOCLASM, da der allerede fandtes flere bands der hed GENOCIDE, samt at vi var i gang med at skrive nyt materiale til vores demo.

**Necro:** Fortæl lidt om jeres demo, hvem har produceret det?  
**Søren:** Vores demo ”OBSCURITY” blev optaget i påskeferien 1992, med Jacob Hansen fra INVOCATOR som producer. Jacob er en god producer, der arbejder meget seriøst, og vi er da også tilfredse med resultatet. Der er 3 numre + en intro på demot, og de 3 numre er et pro. cover.

**Necro:** Har I spillet gigs, hvor mange?  
**Søren:** Vi har ikke spillet nogle gigs endnu, men vi håber på at gøre det engang i fremtiden. Vi har ikke flere numre end de 3 på denne demo, men vi måtte afslå, da vi kun har de 3 numre, der er på dette.

**Necro:** Hvad synes du om den danske scene, Esbjerg huser nogle af de fedeste death og thrash bands i DK - hvorfor?  
**Søren:** Jeg synes den danske scene er god. Der er mange bands fremme, og der kommer stadig flere og flere. Især i Esbjerg er der mange bands, og det skyldes blandt andet INVOCATOR. De var dem, der startede scenen i Esbjerg og er på den måde blevet et forbillede for bands som MACERATION, CAUSTIC, CIRO THERIUM, ELIDITIC, DEFAYATORY, osv.

**Necro:** Favoritbands/inspirationer?  
**Søren:** Vi lytter allesammen til en masse forskellige bands som, ENTOMBED PARADISE LOST, DEICIDE, MORBID ANGEL, CANNIBAL CORPSE, SUFFOCATION, DARK THRONE, MORGOTH osv. Som vi får inspiration fra til både tekster og musik.

**Necro:** Slutkommentarer?  
**Søren:** Ja, jeg vil gerne sige tak til alle de bands som INVOCATOR, KONKHRA og MACERATION for deres store hjælp o.s.v. i starten. Efter at pladeselskaberne er faldet, så og på den måde blevet opdaget. Det har også gjort, at de har fået stor indflydelse på bands. Vi er især glade for de tyske bands store scene i Danmark, hvor bands som ENTOMBED, GRAVE, DISMEMBER, KONKHRA bliver opdaget af udenlandske pladeselskaber, da vi har arbejdet hårdt for at finde dem, men også FAITH sed ph.

**Necro:** Hvad er ICONOCLASM’s mål for fremtiden?

Rise of ICONOCLASM: A Danish Metal Journey

# ICONOCLASM - OBSCURITY
## DEMO 1

18 minutes of deathmetal.  
Includes 3 tracks, and comes with professional printed cover. Available for 40 dkr(DK) or 5$(elsewhere) + something paying for the postage.

**Contact:**  
Jesper Nielsen  
Fyrrerlunden 34  
6705 Esbjerg ø  
Denmark

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Iconoclasm - Obscurity: Death Metal Demo Release

ICONOCLASM must be one of the most suprising bands to release a debut demo. I really was shocked when I heard the final result. It's slow, brutal death. Very mean, and with deep, deep growling vocals. Their demo is called "Obscurity" and features three songs. A minus for this demo is, that the songs tend to be just a little bit monotonous in the long run. Anyway, get hold of this great death metal demo: NOW! I think they're looking for a second guitarist at the moment. They were supposed to recruit Lars Bangsholt of MACERATION, but things didn't work out, as far as I know.

Iconoclasm Unleashes 'Obscurity': A Surprise Debut in Brutal Death Metal

- Danish ICONOCLASM have lost a guitar-player. Søren Møller has left the band. Right now the band has it's heaviest line-up ever, and their music is bound to make them known in the underground. The major difference in the band is the change of drummer. Instead of Thorbjørn Kristensen, the band has Rolf Hansen from the Danish doom-godz CAUSTIC on drums.

Lineup Changes and New Energy in Danish ICONOCLASM

-ICONCLASM continued-

**What do you think about the Danish scene?**

"Personally I think the Danish underground scene is doing pretty good. There’s a lot of great bands, and the record labels is (I think) keeping an eye on the Danish bands, I mean INVOCATOR, MACERATION and KONKHRA has been signed almost in a row, and I think there's to come (just listen to some of the newer demos and you’ll know what I mean)."

**Last word?**

"Thank you, Christen, for this interview and good luck with CANNIBALISTIC MASTURBATION (quite unoriginal to say, but what the hell...). (Glad you’re saying your honest opinion, we need it - CM). Order our demo "Obscurity" for 40 dkr. or 5 US$ (remember to enclose something to cover the postage) and keep supporting the underground scene. Yeah, I think that’s all, bye for now."

The Rise of the Danish Underground Music Scene

ICONOCLASM ICONOCLASM ICONOCLASM ICONOCLASM.....

Answers by Jesper Nielsen;

**Bandhistory + define your style**

"ICONOCLASM was formed in the late summer of ‘91 (at that time carrying the name GENOCIDE), and soon we had a shitload of tracks, which we now (luckily) have thrown away for good. After some months of existence we had to quit for approximately 2 months during some problems considering rehearsal-room and equipment, but afterwards we were together once again writing material for our debut demo, which we recorded during the easterholidays on eight tracks with Jacob Hansen (SACRIFICIAL, AGONIZE, CAUSTIC and EIDETIC) as producer. About a month after the recording the demo was released, entitled "Obscurity", and with the band carrying the name ICONOCLASM. Right now we are writing new material, and we hope to do some gigs, when we can fill out enough time.  
Actually we don’t like labels, but we think, that our music can’t be described with other words than these two: Death metal."

**Releases?**

"We haven’t released anything but the "Obscurity" demo, but hopefully (okay, I don’t know if you hope) we will release a lot more (and better) material. At the time we don’t have any exact plans about our 2nd release, but we it’ll become a lot better than our debut demo."

**Lyrics?**

"Well, our lyrics are written both by Søren Møller (guitar), and myself, and deals with a lot of different topics, but here comes it all more exact: "Obscurity", the first track on the demo is written by Søren Møller, and it’s simply just about a guy in his dying hour. The other two tracks on the demo ("Beyond Life" and "Darkened Wasteland") is written by me and is respectively about a lost soul which can’t find peace, and therefore must remain in nothingness to eternity, and about the end of the world (doomsday) seen from a quite surrealistic point of view. By now have taken over writing all of our lyrics, and Søren is now composing the main part of our songs."

**Futureplans?**

"I think I have already told you our futureplans, but we’ll wait and see. Do a lot of gigs, releases some new stuff and have a lot of fun must be our main goal within the nearest future."

Jesper Nielsen, Fyrrerlunden 34, 6705 Esbjerg Ø.

From Genocide to Iconoclasm: The Birth of a Death Metal Band

ICONOCLASM

ICONOCLASM (For Genocide) er et af de bedre bud på dansk death metal. Det er overvejende langsomt death metal, men der er da enkelte hurtigere partier. Demoet indeholder 3 udmærkede numre, og varer knap 18 min. ICONOCLASM har et yderst feeling, og det synes jeg, er ret så fedt. Nogen vil måske finde det lidt kedeligt i længden, men der er ingen undskyldning for ikke at bestille "Obscurity" som har god lyd, og som tilmed har fede numre, der måske ikke ligefrem er suveræne, men alligevel et køb værd.

40 Kr. Søren Møller, Kastanielunden 31, 6705 Esbjerg Ø

A.B.

Iconoclasm: Danish Death Metal's Obscurity

ICONOCLASM  
"Obscurity"  
(Demo 1992)

Here's a new hope from Denmark. ICONOCLASM is quite a young band, but they have been around a while under the monicker GENOCIDE. Luckily they changed it to the above written name.  
Heavy death metal is what they deliver on this 3 track demo. The production makes this sound extra dark and brutal, and that sound actually fits the band a lot.  
ICONOCLASM are of course not the most experienced bunch of musicians, and of course this isn't the perfect demo release, but it's a good debut release. As mentioned above, they aren't the best on their instruments, and they have to work a lot on their riffs to make more boring riffs disappear. Now, there are a lot of boring parts; like doing a riff for too long and so and so, but those music tech things will come.  
The music is still very listenable and is getting on track. And I bet the next time when they have been practicing a bit more, their next demo will secure them a deal. We will see.  
Check it out if you really have to check out new demo bands, and if you do, it is a good, and little bit braver step.  
EVERYBODY should know about ICONOCLASM.  
Søren Møller, Kastaniealunden 31/6705 Esbjerg Ø/Denmark

A Promising Debut: ICONOCLASM's Dark and Brutal Sound

Søren: At spille nogle gigs, lave et nyt demo engang i fremtiden og måske få en deal. Vi har lige fået Lars Bangsholt fra MACERATION med i bandet, som guitarist, og han skal lære numrene, men det går fint, og vi er allerede startét på de nye numre til vores næste demo.

Necro: Noget at sige til læserne?

Søren: Støt den danske scene. Køb vores demo "OBSCURIT”, der kommer med prof. cover. Tak til dig Anders for interviewet, og held og lykke med NECROTICISM MAG. - Take care.

Som jeg skrev før interviewet, så er det med at få fingrene ud af gaskammeret og bestille ICONOCLASM's demo for 40Kr + porto fra:  
Søren Møller, Kastanielunden 31, 6705 Esbjerg Ø TLF.75 14 10 78.  
  
A.B.

Support the Danish Music Scene: An Interview with Søren from Iconoclasm

ICONOCLASM  
"Obscurity" Demo '92

ICONOCLASM is a pretty new danish band,  
and this is their first release. This  
demo lasts 18 min. and contains 3 songs  
+ an intro. Their music can be described  
as slow death metal with a couple of  
mid-faster parts. These guys are very  
young, but don't worry, their music  
isn't childish! This demo has turned out  
to be quite brutal, and vocalist/bass-  
player Jesper has got a very brutal  
voice, and the overall impression of  
this demo is that it's definately good  
for a debut! But I don't think that  
Jacob Hansen who has produced the demo  
should have sung backing vocals on the  
track "Beyond life", 'coz he doesn't fit  
ICONOCLASM's music. Perhaps if the  
screams had been tuned down a bit and  
Jesper had growled meanwhile it would  
have sounded pretty evil!! The sound on  
this demo is good, and it comes with a  
glossy cover, so send 6$ or 40DKr to  
ICONOCLASM  
c/o Jesper Nielsen  
Fyrrreulunden 34  
6705 Esbjerg Ø  
Denmark  

Obscurity (1992)

Necroticism # 2 page 2

Necroticism # 2 page 20

Nagual # 1 page 13

Nagual # 1 page 35

Trechoma # 4 page 55

Cannibalistic Masturbation # 1 page 17

Cannibalistic Masturbation # 1 page 16

Necroticism # 2 page 22

Trechoma # 3 page 11

Necroticism # 2 page 21

Necroticism # 2 page 21

Nagual # 1 page 58

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