{"id":34329,"date":"2025-10-02T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T05:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/icon-of-coil-25-years-in-review\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T07:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T05:55:11","slug":"icon-of-coil-25-years-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/en\/icon-of-coil-25-years-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"ICON OF COIL &#8211; 25 years in review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IconOfCoil-0925-550x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IconOfCoil-0925-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IconOfCoil-0925-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IconOfCoil-0925-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IconOfCoil-0925-636x636.jpg 636w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IconOfCoil-0925.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s something to celebrate! At this year&#8217;s Wave-Gotik-Treffen, one or two people were already inspired by a feeling of happiness when the band <strong>Icon of Coil<\/strong> announced their appearance. This euphoria is now being continued with the re-release of their debut album &#8220;Serenity Is the Devil&#8221;. We spoke to Andy LaPlegua in our September\/October issue to find out more about the album, which was released 25 years ago.   <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Orkus0925_U1_ohneBarcode_1024-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33411\" style=\"width:302px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Orkus0925_U1_ohneBarcode_1024-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Orkus0925_U1_ohneBarcode_1024-389x550.jpg 389w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Orkus0925_U1_ohneBarcode_1024-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Orkus0925_U1_ohneBarcode_1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Order the September\/October issue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.orkus-shop.de\/c\/aktuelle-ausgabe\" style=\"background-color:#2e5f5b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Orkus! shop<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>You can listen to <strong>Icon of Coil<\/strong> in our &#8220;Current Issue&#8221; on Spotify:<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/4jHJBBSbRZp2SNFeHoJMfA?si=df3378bebb1b4bf0\" title=\"Spotify Embed: ORKUS! - CURRENT ISSUE - Highlights\/ AKTUELLE AUSGABE\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/4jHJBBSbRZp2SNFeHoJMfA?si=df3378bebb1b4bf0&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s something to celebrate! 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