Artist Info: Dead Icarus

Sometimes in order to live, first, we must die. Truly reckoning with the past may require erasing the person the world knew. When broken, vulnerable, confused, and alone, the only way out is through.

Alex Varkatzas found himself at such a crossroads when his tenure as vocalist for Atreyu, the band he fronted for over two decades, ended abruptly.

DEAD ICARUS sounds both fresh and familiar for the legions of metalheads who revere the unapologetic aggression of Pantera or the dynamic metalcore of Killswitch Engage. [read more...]