[2] From the very beginning of the project the distinctive features of IC3PEAK's work were a mixture of musical genres, a simultaneous emphasis on both audio and visual components, and lyrics that dealt with taboo topics such as death.

In 2014, after the release of their second EP Vacuum, IC3PEAK performed at their first overseas concerts in European cities such as Bordeaux, Paris, Riga, Prague, and Helsinki.

[5] On November 3, 2017, IC3PEAK released their first album in Russian, Сладкая Жизнь (Sladkaya Zhizn', “Sweet Life”) and the music video for the song Грустная Сука (Grustnaya Suka, "Sad Bitch") which quickly became a hit.

[clarify] Riding with the flow of their increased popularity in their homeland, the duo released another Russian-language longplay named СКАЗКА (Skazka, “Fairy Tale") on September 28, 2018.

The second Russian-language album by IC3PEAK named Сладкая Жизнь and, in particular, the video for Смерти Больше Нет had wide political resonance.

After a series of threats, interrogations, and 3 hours of detention, the police, under public pressure (which included Western media), were forced to release the artists without drawing up protocols.

After a series of canceled concerts, a number of musicians and public figures around the world expressed their active support for IC3PEAK and their opposition to art censorship in Russia.

Anastasia and Nikolay write scripts, direct, edit and process their videos, take photographs and create cover art for releases by themselves.