Biography

For 19 years Icarus Witch has been delivering dark melodic metal with gothic pagan themes and occult allegories. They've appeared on numerous compilations and collaborated with guest stars including Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow/Deep Purple), George Lynch (Dokken) & Frank Aresti (Fates Warning). The band's toured North America multiple times, played in Europe and performed with the likes of Black Sabbath, Queensrÿche, Amorphis, Coheed & Cambria, Twisted Sister and more. Many headbangers got their first exposure to the Witch on back-to-back tours as both the support AND backing band for original Iron Maiden vocalist, Paul DiAnno. IW has earned critical acclaim in publications such as Classic Rock Magazine, Guitar World, Outburn, and Blabbermouth and earned top 20 loud radio chart action. Britain’s Metal Hammer Magazine named Icarus Witch early leaders of the New Wave of Traditional Metal (NWOTM) movement. And Canada’s longest-running metal magazine BraveWords named them one of the three best metal bands from Pennsylvania. Unique to this band's legacy, occult outlets such as Witches & Pagans Magazine have interviewed founder Jason Myers, a priest in the Cabot Tradition of Witchcraft, acknowledging Icarus Witch's significance in the world of traditional Witchcraft as well as traditional metal. Their last album Goodbye Cruel World reignited that critical acclaim and their 7th album (slated for 2023) promises to be the band's most ambitious in its storied 20-year history.