Despised Icon
Formed: 2000
From:
Montreal, Quebec,
Canada
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Despised Icon News
Below is our complete Despised Icon news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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Summer Slaughter Tour Adds Stop In Long Beach, CA
Due to the high pre-sales of the Summer Slaughter show at the House of Blues Hollywood on July 17th, the most extreme tour of the year has just announced another Southern California date. The package featuring THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, KATAKLYSM, VADER, CRYPTOPSY, THE FACELESS, DESPISED ICON, ABORTED, BORN OF OSIRIS, PSYCROPTIC and WHITECHAPEL, can now also been seen on Monday July 14th at The Vault 350 in Long Beach, CA. This is a special show dedicated to the die-hard fans of extreme metal, that will only cost $15 in advance and will include special guests SUICIDE SILENCE.
Century Media Spring 2008 Sampler For Download
The Spring 2008 Century Media digital sampler is now available for DRM-free download here (requires free account/login). Included in the mix are artists such as Warrel Dane (Nevermore), Arch Enemy, Zimmers Hole, Suicide Silence, Terror, Stick To Your Guns, and many more.
Here is the complete tracklisting:
1. Suicide Silence - Green Monster (live from Paris)
2. Into Eternity - Time Immemorial
3. Warrel Dane - Messenger
4. Firewind - Mercenary Man
5. Zimmers Hole - When You Were Shouting At The Devil
6. Terror - Relentless Through and Through
7. Heaven Shall Burn - Endzeit
8. Embrace the End - Denim on Denim Hate Crime
9. Venomous Concept - Water Cooler
10. Despised Icon - A Fractured Hand
11. Stick To Your Guns - We're the Heart from the Heartless
12. Sworn Enemy - A Place Of Solace
13. Turisas - To Holmgard and Beyound
14. Warbringer - Combat Shock
15. In this Moment - Circles
16. Himsa - Unleasch Carnage
17. Arsonists Get All The Girls - Claiming Middle Age A Decade Early
18. Arch Enemy - Revolution Begins
19. Divine Heresy - Bleed The Fifth
20. Winds of Plague - The Impaler
Despised Icon Confirms UK Tour Dates
Canadian deathcore destruction squad DESPISED ICON has been confirmed for a small UK tour run in August with Cephalic Carnage.
Furthermore, the band will embark on the Altamont Never Say Die! Tour 2008 in November featuring such prolific acts as Parkway Drive, Unearth, Architects, Protest The Hero and more.
Here are the latest DESPISED ICON tour dates: More...
Never Say Die! Euro Club Tour Planned For 2008
The hugely successful Never Say Die! club tour will return this November in collaboration with Altamont Apparel.
Here is the planned Altamont Never Say Die! 2008 Club Tour line-up:
Parkway Drive
Unearth
Despised Icon
Architects
Protest The Hero
Whitechapel
Carnifex
The tour will be sponsored by Altamont Apparel, the innovative clothing brand which uniquely captures the youthful spirit of counterculture warriors - a perfect fit for those attending Never Say Die!. “Altamont Apparel was founded with music at its core, so we are both happy and proud to be the official partner of this tour” commented Scott Sentianin, Altamont Apparel. Marco Walzel, Avocado Booking, adds, “The link between punk, metal and hardcore with skateboarding and extreme sports/lifestyles has always been a strong bond. It makes perfect sense for Altamont to be a big part of this tour and I’m very happy to have them on board.”
The lineup will include PARKWAY DRIVE (Burning Heart Records) who have proven their headline status for this tour with their titanic barrage of riffs, breakdowns and high energy performances - as best evident on their many European tours (the last of which had the majority of their shows sold-out). Also no strangers to touring Europe, UNEARTH will join the tour as co-headliners in the UK and direct support in mainland Europe, and just in time as their brand new album on Metal Blade Records will be hitting the streets. DESPISED ICON have exploded onto the scene with loads of touring and have helped define deathcore destruction with a highly acclaimed new record on Century Media Records. The UK is represented on this tour by ARCHITECTS, recently signed to Century Media, who bring the chaos factor to the bill with their vicious metalcore assault. Bringing a flair for the technical and progressive end of the spectrum, PROTEST THE HERO have been lavished with rave reviews from the press for their new album and tireless touring. Rounding out the package are two up-n-coming brutal acts from the U.S. that are rapidly gaining steam and buzzing in the underground, WHITECHAPEL (Metal Blade Records) and CARNIFEX (Victory Records) who will both have new records in time for this tour.
“We’ve worked very hard to raise the bar for this tour,” says Ivonne Davies-Kreye, Avocado Booking. “It is easily the best line-up and will prove to be the best concert going experience of 2008.”
Here are the initial Never Say Die! tour dates: More...
Goratory Announce First Shows In Three Years
While they’re not playing in their other bands (ARSIS, DESPISED ICON, SEXCREMENT, etc.), Massachusetts-based brutal death metallers GORATORY have announced plans for two upcoming “reunion” shows:
“GORATORY is confirmed for NRW Deathfest in Germany on Sept 19-20th. We will also be booking one US show in Boston which we are working on right now. This is gonna be our first time playing live in over 3 years and we wont be able to get back together for a while after so come on out and party!!”
New Jersey's Infest 2008 Details Revealed
Infest 2008 will take place on June 28th at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ. Tickets are $28 in advance. In addition to one main performer which has yet to be disclosed, the following artists are slated to appear:
The Black Dahlia Murder
Kataklysm
Vader
Cryptopsy
The Acacia Strain
The Faceless
Despised Icon
Emmure
Aborted
All Shall Perish
Born of Osiris
Psycroptic
Whitechapel
Since The Flood
Eternal Lord
Brother Von Doom
Beneath The Massacre Schedules Studio Time
Montreal’s technical death metal band BENEATH THE MASSACRE has scheduled studio time for the follow up record to 2007’s "Mechanics of Dysfunction." The band will enter the studio April 25 with Yannick St-Amant (Despised Icon, Neuraxis, Martyr), who also produced BENEATH THE MASSACRE’s prior full-length and the "Evidence of Inequity" EP. Afterwards, Jason Suecof (The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid, Chimaira) will mix the record, which is currently slated for a fall 2008 release through Prosthetic Records.
"So we just came back from our headline tour in the US. We had a blast.” BENEATH THE MASSACRE vocalist Elliot Desgagnes says. “A lot of people showed up and all the bands on the package were super cool dudes. We're now working hard on the new material that will be recorded starting in April at Yannick's studio. We can't wait to enter the studio. We'll probably be posting video and blogs to let all you guys know what's going on in studio. Stay tuned."
Most recently wrapping up the first BENEATH THE MASSACRE headlining tour, alongside See You Next Tuesday, Born of Osiris, and The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, the band has been busy touring non-stop since the February 2007 release of "Mechanics of Dysfunction," including the filming of a video for the track “Society’s Disposable Son.”. In addition, the band has been confirmed as a rotating direct support band on a brief Canadian run of dates alongside headliners Despised Icon and fellow Canadians Ion Dissonance and The Plasmarifle.
Here are the latest BENEATH THE MASSACRE tour dates: More...
Complete NEMHF 2008 Lineup Revealed
The complete lineup for the 10th Anniversary of the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival, set for weekend of April 25-27 at the Palladium in Worcester, Massachussetts has been confirmed.
The largest and most successful metal festival in the United States will be presented this year by ESP, Randall, EMG, exclusive magazine presenter Metal Maniacs Magazine, and "Summer Slaughter Tour" second stage sponsor Sumerian Records.
"When we first started, we never could have much this festival would have grown," said festival co-founder Scott Lee. "It started out of our love for metal and it’s been amazing to be able to share that with fans who love it as much as we do. It’s also gratifying to be able to give exposure to up-and-coming bands and watch them develop into international stars."
The New England Metal and Hardcore Festival will present Gigantour featuring Megadeth, In Flames, Children of Bodom, Job for a Cowboy and High on Fire on Friday night. Doors will open Friday at 4:30 p.m.
Saturday will kick off the full two-stage set up at 11:30 a.m. with for the Fallen Dreams, Veil of Maya, Trap Them, COCKPUNCH!, Xtryrantx, Winds of Plague, From A Second Story Window, Soilent Green, Arsis, Sleeping Giant, Stick to Your Guns, First Blood, Disfear, Municipal Waste, The Ghost Inside, Embrace the End, The End, Keep Of Kalessin, Monstrosity, Skeletonwitch, Through the Eyes of the Dead, Animosity, As Blood Runs Black, Heaven Shall Burn, Vital Remains, Kataklysm, Hate Eternal, The Acacia Strain, Overkill, Behemoth, Shadows Fall, and Dimmu Borgir.
Sunday’s lineup includes Classic Struggle, Stray from the Path, Waking the Cadaver, Unholy, Cold World, Recon, Elysia, Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, On Broken Wings, Dead to Fall, Full Blown Chaos, Ligeia, Since the Flood, Shai Hulud, Hemlock, After the Burial, Unexpect, Thy Will Be Done, Born of Osiris, Impending Doom, Kid Deposit Triumph, Vanna, Emmure, A Life Once Lost, Despised Icon, God Forbid, Eluveitie, Tyr, Turisas, Ensiferum, Nevermore, Meshuggah, and Ministry. The show will begin at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday.
The full schedule of set times will be announced soon.
The festival will also host the popular vendor area, where fans can pick up an assortment of rare CDs, t-shirts, and other memorabilia. Artists performing at the show will be on hand for meet and greets throughout the three days.
The New England Metal and Hardcore Festival is also sponsored by Metal Edge Magazine, Monster Energy, All In Merchandise, 518 Prints, MTV’s Headbanger’s Blog, The Syndicate, Mazur PR, Heavy Hitter, Scott Lee Clothing, and many more to be announced.
Tickets are $47.50 for Friday, $45 for Saturday, $45 for Sunday, or $129 for a three-day pass.
Tickets are available at all Strawberries and FYE Stores, online at tickets.com and enterthevault.com, or by calling 1-800-477-6849.
The Palladium is located at 261 Main Street in Worcester, MA.
More Summer Slaughter Tour 2008 Dates Released
More dates have been released for this year’s “Summer Slaughter Tour,” which will feature THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, KATAKLYSM, VADER, CRYPTOPSY, THE FACELESS, DESPISED ICON, ABORTED, BORN OF OSIRIS, PSYCROPTIC, and WHITECHAPEL:
June 20 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
June 21 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s
June 22 - Louisville, KY @ Headliner’s Music Hall
June 24 - Albany, NY @ Northern Lights
June 25 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero
June 26 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
June 27 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
June 28 - Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
June 29 - Richmond, VA @ The National
June 30 - Spartanburg, VA @ Ground Zero
July 1 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
July 2 - St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Landing
July 4 - San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
July 5 - Houston, TX @ Meridian
July 6 - Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
July 8 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
July 9 - El Paso, TX @ Club 101
July 10 - Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee Theater
July 11 - Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues
July 12 - Bakersfield, CA @ The Dome
July 13 - San Diego, CA @ SOMA
July 15 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
July 17 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
July 18 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
July 19 - Spokane, WA @ Big Easy Concert House
July 20 - Boise, ID @ Big Easy Concert House
July 21 - Logan, UT @ Club NVO
July 23 - Denver, CO @ Cervantes Ballroom
July 24 - Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground
July 25 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
July 26 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
July 27 - St. Louis, MO @ Pop’s
July 28 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
More Summer Slaughter Tour 2008 Dates Released
More dates have been released for this year’s “Summer Slaughter Tour,” which will feature THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, KATAKLYSM, VADER, CRYPTOPSY, THE FACELESS, DESPISED ICON, ABORTED, BORN OF OSIRIS, PSYCROPTIC, and WHITECHAPEL:
June 22 - Louisville, KY @ Headliner’s Music Hall
July 5 - Houston, TX @ Meridian
July 19 - Spokane, WA @ Big Easy Concert House
July 20 - Boise, ID @ Big Easy Concert House
Despised Icon Release Mexican Tour Dates
DESPISED ICON have announced the following upcoming Mexican tour dates:
April 30 - Monterrey @ Nuevo Leon
May 1 - San Louis Potosi @ SN Louis P
May 2 - Aguascalientes @ AGS
May 3 - Guadalajara @ Kalisco
May 4 - Distrito Federal @ DF
Beneath the Massacre Check In From Europe
Montreal's BENEATH THE MASSACRE is currently on the road in Europe for the first time as part of a tour with MISERY INDEX, DESPISED ICON and ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY.
Commented frontman Elliot Desgagnes: "The tour is nothing short of amazing! The crowd reactions are overcoming our expectations. Touring with our bros in DESPISED ICON and MISERY INDEX is only making it even better. All the shows have so far been crazy. We really enjoy the European crowd; it almost feels like we're at home."
Upon completion of the current European trek, BENEATH THE MASSACRE will embark on a U.S. headlining tour, featuring support from SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY and BORN OF OSIRIS. More...
Despised Icon Post European Tour Trailer Online
Currently delivering the sonic definition of "brutal" to European audiences on its tour with fellow noise squads MISERY INDEX and BENEATH THE MASSACRE, Canadian act DESPISED ICON has just posted a tour trailer inviting all of you to come to shows and join the pit!
The tour trailer, which was filmed at the German shows last week, can be viewed here.
DESPISED ICON recently completed a fourth tour of North America in support of its highly acclaimed new album "The Ills of Modern Man". More...
Vengeful Enter the Studio
Montréal's VENGEFUL, featuring guitarist/vocalist Jean-Marie Leblanc, alongside past and present members of ATHERETIC, MINDS and DESPISED ICON have issued the following update:
"Hails people of the north!!!"
"We are entering the studio with Bart (QUO VADIS) today to record our second album. That is almost exactly two years after the first album's sessions (December 8th, 2005)."
"Anyways, needless to say we're really impatient to get this over with as we've been working on this material since last January." More...
Beneath the Massacre To Miss Philadelphia Show
Canada's BENEATH THE MASSACRE have been forced to pull out of the upcoming Radio Rebellion Tour show in Philadelphia due to a death in the family. Currently on the road as part of Converse and Hurley's Radio Rebellion Tour with Behemoth, Job For A Cowboy and labelmates Gojira, BENEATH THE MASSACRE recently returned to Canada for a handful of shows on the tour, receiving a great response. For a player featuring songs from each band on the tour, visit here.
Continuing to support the band's Prosthetic Records debut, Mechanics of Dysfunction, BENEATH THE MASSACRE has already toured North America several times, while early next year the band will make its first trek to Europe, alongside Misery Index and fellow Canadians Despised Icon. The band has also shot a video with director Kevin Custer (Madball, The Destro, Ligeia) for the track "Society's Disposable Son," which is available online at the Prosthetic Records YouTube page.
BENEATH THE MASSACRE on tour: More...
Despised Icon Post New Video Online
You can check out video of DESPISED ICON’s new video for the song “Furtive Monologue” online here. The track comes off the band’s latest album, The Ills of Modern Man. More...
Despised Icon Frontman Talks About European Tour
DESPISED ICON vocalist Alex Erian has commented on the band's upcoming European tour with MISERY INDEX as well as BENEATH THE MASSACRE, MAN MUST DIE (mainland Europe only), and ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY (UK only).
"After months of planning, this tour is finally coming together!" he said. We can’t wait to tour Europe and the UK again and share the tour bus and stage everyday with MISERY INDEX and our homies from Montreal, BENEATH THE MASSACRE! I think we haven't played with any of those dudes in at least a year, should be sick. Make sure you come early to check out ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY and MAN MUST DIE; two killer bands. Thanks to our buddy Marco (Avocado Booking) for working hard on this.
"We have about 70 shows lined-up in Canada, USA, UK and Europe in the next 4 months and will be taking a short break after that to write part of the next album so make sure you show up to the nearest show!
"Our new video for the track 'Furtive Monologue' will premiere on our MySpace November 1st. In the meantime, check out the trailer we just posted for the video [below]."
DESPISED ICON recently completed a fourth tour of North America in support of its highly acclaimed new album "The Ills of Modern Man". The band will cap off an extremely successful year as part of the "Crashing Through the Holidays" tour alongside THE ACACIA STRAIN, FULL BLOWN CHAOS and the TONY DANZA TAPDANCE EXTRAVAGANZA, which kicks off on November 24. This will be preceded by an extensive Canadian run on the Canadian tour with THE LOCUST.
Despised Icon Post New Video Trailer Online
Montreal-based quintet DESPISED ICON recently completed a fourth tour of North America in support of its highly acclaimed new album "The Ills of Modern Man". The band will cap off an extremely successful year as part of the "Crashing Through the Holidays" tour alongside THE ACACIA STRAIN, FULL BLOWN CHAOS and the TONY DANZA TAPDANCE EXTRAVAGANZA, which kicks off on November 24. This will be preceded by an extensive Canadian run on the Canadian tour with THE LOCUST.
For more information, visit their Myspace page.
The group recently completed a new video for the track "Furtive Monologue" with director Jonathan Desbiens. Check out a trailer for the clip here and look for the full-length version to make its online debut early next month. More...
The Acacia Strain Announce Tour
THE ACACIA STRAIN, have confirmed most dates for an upcoming fall headlining tour dubbed Crashing Through the Holidays to continue supporting the band's latest release, 'The Dead Walk.' Joining the band on the road will be Despised Icon, Full Blown Chaos and the Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, with additional support from Recon, Implosive Disgorgance and Ligeia on select dates. Currently wrapping up dates alongside labelmates All That Remains as well as Protest The Hero and Too Pure To Die, THE ACACIA STRAIN will take a month off the road before heading back out in late November.
"We're wicked excited for this tour," frontman Vincent Bennet says. "I've wanted to tour with all of these bands forever, and we finally are. We are going to be playing some songs that we haven't played in forever or haven't been able to play due to the lack of a second guitar (hint) and will be showcasing a new song or two. Expect a ton of "thumbs up" and some serious hangouts. Save your pennies too, because we are going to have a bunch of one time only merch designs! I can think of no better way to ring in the holiday season than with all the bands on this tour. Sorry to our friends in the Great White North though, we are seriously trying to stay away from those dangerous snow-covered roadways. I promise we will make it up to you when the warmer weather hits. See everyone in November and December!"
Here are the latest THE ACACIA STRAIN tour dates: More...
Despised Icon Complete New Video
DESPISED ICON are currently doing shows throughout the US, on tour alongside SUICIDE SILENCE, WINDS OF PLAGUE and SEE YOU NEXT THURSDAY. This marks the group’s fourth North American tour this year in support of their latest album, The Ill’s Of Modern Man, and they recently shot a new video for the track 'Furtive Monologue', with director Jonathan Desbiens. Look for it to make its debut online later this month.