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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Despised Icon Prepare To Record New Album
DESPISED ICON have posted the following update:
"We've been taking some time off to finish writing new songs, things are looking good for 2007 with a new album around April/May and of course some good tours to promote this new release. The Monsters Of Mayhem tour was a huge success for us, special thanks to Matthew "Woody" Woods who's been behind the board every night we played, we wish him good luck and hope to work with him again in the future. Hail to all the bands we've met and hanged out with on this crazy run: THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, FIRST BLOOD, NAPALM DEATH, EXODUS and the mighty HATEBREED. With just a month to go before recording, we will not play any shows 'till the album is recorded and mixed which will bring us back on the road in March. Till then, keep it brutal!"
Ion Dissonance Announce New Vocalist
Ion Dissonance have chosen Kevin McCaughey (Shaolin, The Last Felony, Despised Icon) as their new vocalist, the band issued the following statement on the matter:
"We are really proud to welcome our really good friend Kevin McCaughey to the Ion Dissonance family. Things are going really well so far with him on vocals, Kevin played a few shows with us already and his vocals fit perfectly with our music and what we were looking for. We would like to thank everyone who tried out for us and would like to wish them good luck in their projects. Otherwise, we are currently writing our 3rd album right now and it's going really well so far, we have a lot of new stuff already and all we can say is that we feel it's some of the best stuff we have ever written. We just announced our final tour dates for 2006 and after that we'll finish tightening things up to record it next spring. More updates coming soon about the recording."
Next Step Up Tour Announced
The Next Step Up Tour, a tour that will feature the following hardcore bands: Too Pure to Die, The Burning Season, Stick to Your Guns, Nervious Breakdown on November 6th-8th, As Blood Runs Black on November 10th-26th, and Soliarity November 27th- December 5th. Dates and other supporting bands are as follows:
October 27 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Boiler Room
October 28 - Fredericksburg, VA @ KC's w/ Remembering Never, Despised Icon, The Warriors, Full Blown Chaos
October 29 - Chicopee, MA @ Cabot St Pub
October 30 - Long Island, NY @ Village Pub South
October 31 - Hamden, CT @ Italian American Club
November 1 - Rochester, NY @ Montage
November 2 - Annapolis, MD @ Knights of Columbus
November 3 - Virginia Beach, VA @ Peppermint Beach Club
November 4 - Augusta, GA @ Sector 7G
November 5 - Cartersville, GA @ House of Rock
November 6 - Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
November 7 - Clearwater, FL @ 688 Skatepark
November 8 - Pensacola, FL @ Sluggo's
November 9 - Baton Rouge, LA @ The Darkroom
November 10 - San Antonio, TX @ The White Rabbit
November 11 - Corpus Christi, TX @ The Underground
November 12 - Houston, TX @ Java Jazz
November 14 - El Paso, TX @ Chic's Bar
November 15 - Phoenix, AZ @ Big Fish Pub
November 16 - Las Vegas, NV @ Leatherneck's
November 17 - Rialto, CA @ The Rialto Theatre
November 18 - Ventura, CA @ Alpine
November 19 - Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
November 20 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Whisky a GoGo
November 21 - Bakersfield, CA @ Jerry's Pizza
November 22 - Victorville, CA @ Trilogy Theatre
November 24 - Salinas, CA @ End Zone Pizza
November 25 - Roseville, CA @ The Underground
November 26 - Boise, ID @ The Point
November 27 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Ritz Club
November 28 - Aurora, CO @ Hubba's Pub
November 29 - Omaha, NE @ The Rock
December 1 - Des Moines, IA @ House of Bricks
December 2 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Toybox
December 3 - Menomonee Falls, WI @ Orchard Inn
Despised Icon Prep For Monsters Of Mayhem Tour
The Montreal-based deathcore six-piece DESPISED ICON will embark on the massive Monsters of Mayhem tour on Sept. 1st, which features Hatebreed, Black Dahlia Murder, Napalm Death, Exodus and First Blood. This is the group’s sixth tour in support of their highly acclaimed album, The Healing Process, which is a relentless slab of sheer aggression matched with impeccable time changes that quickly raised the bar for their peers. They completed a very successful run on the Monsters of Chaos tour with Morbid Angel and labelmates Behemoth and Krisiun this past spring and look to further establish their position as one of the genre’s most devastating new acts with this upcoming trek.
DESPISED ICON shot a video for the track “The Sunset Will Never Charm Us” with acclaimed director Jean - Philippe Bernier (A Perfect Murder) and you can check it out at the link below. mms://mp3.centurymedia.com/stream/despisedicon_thesunsetwill.wmv
Alex Erian (vocals) further describes his thoughts on the upcoming tour: “We can’t wait to hit the road again and tour with Hatebreed, The Black Dahlia Murder, Napalm Death, Exodus and First Blood. This tour is seriously a dream come true for us. It will be our sixth tour in support of The Healing Process and most likely will be our last one this year, so make sure you show up early to check out our set. Our last show this year will be at the Saints and Sinners Fest in NJ with Killswitch Engage, ALOL, FASSW and more. We’re almost done writing our next album and will start the recording process in January. Expect to hear our fastest blast beats and our heaviest breakdowns ever. For those of you who keep asking about DI merch, we’re finally going to have t-shirts and zip-ups for sale online on indiemerchstore.com in September. Hope to see you all soon.”
Pre-Order New JFAC EP "Doom"
Job For A Cowboy's new EP for recent contractors Metal Blade Records, "Doom", can now be pre-ordered at both this location for Australians (export postage available, but will cost extra) and through Relapse Distribution, here.
As previously reported, Job For A Cowboy will be making an appearance on the second day of the 2006 Saints & Sinners Festival at the Asbury Park Convention Hall Complex in Asbury Park, NJ. Tickets are now on sale for both the October 28th and 29th shows through Ticketmaster for $32 for a single day, or $58 for both. The Fest will map out like this:
Saturday 28th of October:
Atreyu
From First To Last
Every Time I Die
Chiodos
The Devil Wears Prada
Drop Dead, Gorgeous
HeavyHeavyLowLow
Sunday 29th of October:
Killswitch Engage
A Life Once Lost
Job For A Cowboy
Despised Icon
From A Second Story Window
Ed Gein
Cellador
Saints & Sinners Festival 2006 (NJ) Info Revealed
Saints & Sinners Festival 2006 will take place on Saturday, October 28th and Sunday, October 29th at the Asbury Park Convention Hall Complex in Asbury Park, NJ. Tickets will go on sale August 11th through Ticketmaster, with one-day tickets priced at $32 and a two-day ticket at $58. Here's the schedule:
Saturday October 28th
Atreyu
From First To Last
Every Time I Die
Chiodos
The Devil Wears Prada
Drop Dead, Gorgeous
HeavyHeavyLowLow
Sunday October 29th
Killswitch Engage
A Life Once Lost
Job For A Cowboy
Despised Icon
From A Second Story Window
Ed Gein
Cellador
More bands to be announced for both days.
More Hatebreed, Napalm Death Dates
More dates have been released for the upcoming tour featuring HATEBREED, NAPALM DEATH, EXODUS, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, DESPISED ICON, and FIRST BLOOD:
September 3 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium*
September 4 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx*
September 5 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
September 6 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Zoo
September 8 - Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock
September 10 - Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom*
September 14 - Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall
September 15 - Detroit, MI @ Harpo's
September 16 - Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre
September 17 - Huntington, WV @ Huntington Music Hall
September 19 - Chcicago, IL @ House of Blues
September 20 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
September 22 - Milwaukee, WI @ @ Eagles Club
* = have since been removed from where the date was originally listed.
An official/complete list of dates is expected to be revealed shortly.
Hatebreed Plan Headlining Tour After Ozzfest
Hatebreed will headline a full U.S. tour set to commence in September and run through October. The bill will feature support from the Black Dahlia Murder throughout, plus Napalm Death, Exodus, First Blood and Despised Icon. "We've never gone out on a headline run immediately following Ozzfest, and we've always wanted to, and we always felt we needed to, but there were always plans that superseded that," frontman Jamey Jasta said. "We're taking out a very extreme bill. We're going to call it maybe the Monsters of Mosh, something crazy like that. But it will be a good way for us to give back to the underground, extreme scenes, and also for us to go out and headline for the first time in a long, long time and do a full hour-and-a-half set with our new staging and new gear."
Show Of The Summer (VA, NJ) Info
Show Of The Summer will take place on June 10th in Virginia, and June 11th in New Jersey. Here are the details:
June 10 - Fredericksburg, VA @ KC's
Dillinger Escape Plan
Haste the Day
Chiodos
Sworn Enemy
The Number Twelve Looks Like You
Full Blown Chaos
From a Second Story Window
Cattle Decapitation
Misery Index
Black My Heart
Despised Icon
Suicide Silence
The Showdown
Flee the Seen
Carol
Suprise Special Guests
+ local talent on second stage
June 11 - Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony More...
Live Photos From Masters Of Chaos Tour Posted
The following live photos are from the April 8th show at The Palladium in Worcester, MA. Go to the Gallery Section to view them. Live report from the same show can be found here.
Taste of Chaos, Masters of Chaos Photos Online
We've got new photos from the Taste of Chaos Tour and Masters of Chaos tour. The Taste of Chaos photos are coutesy of Scott Legato from the show in Dayton, Ohio featuring the Deftones, As I Lay Dying, Atreyu, Story Of The Year, Thrice, dredg, Pelican, and Funeral For A Friend. The Masters of Chaos photos are courtesy of Gothique, from the show in Worchester, Massachussetts featuring Morbid Angel, Krisiun, Behemoth and Despised Icon.
You can check them both out in the photo gallery.
Report
The Masters Of Chaos Tour Report
Last Saturday, April 8, was the day of the Worcester stop of the Masters Of Chaos Tour. Before the show I was dreading that if not enough tickets were sold, the Palladium owners will pull up a last minute change of floors ( upstairs, instead of downstairs) like they did last year for the Behemoth/ Suffocation show- not that upstairs is bad but there’s no photographers pit which would result in poor quality pictures from the side of the stage. Thankfully, my fears were put to sleep when I got there, the venue was full of enthusiastic metal fans. What an amazing night for metal that was. More...
Hatebreed Cancel Canadian Tour
Hatebreed's upcoming Canadian tour has been cancelled. The trek was to take place in May and also feature The Warriors, Scars Of Tomorrow, and Despised Icon. The cancellation is apparently due to a "radius clause" in the contract for Hatebreed's late-summer tour with System Of A Down. The Canadian tour will reportedly be rescheduled.
Krisiun Prepare For Monsters Of Chaos Tour
Brazil's KRISIUN are gearing up for The Monsters Of Chaos Tour with MORBID ANGEL, BEHEMOTH, and DESPISED ICON. Supporting their hard-hitting 2006 releases, the AssassiNation CD and Live Armageddon DVD, the tour begins April 2nd and runs through May 3rd. Checking in from the band's European tour, Alex Camargo said, "We in Krisiun would like to thank the mighty Morbid Angel for giving us the opportunity to take part in their upcoming tour. We all know that death metal wouldn't be the same without Morbid Angel, and to us it is a big deal to be part of this tour. We will be playing a few new songs and delivering an intense performance for you every night. See you all on tour and thanks to everyone for supporting the most extreme kind of music...death fucking metal!"
Confirmed dates for the tour are as follows:
April
2 - Ft Lauderdale, FL at Culture Room
4 - Lake Buena Vista, FL at House Of Blues
5 - Atlanta, GA at The Masquerade
6 - West Springfield, VA at Jaxx
7 - Poughkeepsie, NY at The Chance
8 - Worcester, MA at The Palladium
9 - New York City, NY at BB Kings Blues Club
11 - Montreal, QC at Medley
12 - Toronto, ON at The Opera House
13 - Cleveland, OH at Peabody's
14 - Mokena, IL at The Pearl Room
15 - St. Paul, MN at Station 4
18 - Seattle, WA at El Corazon
19 - Portland, OR at Roseland Theater
20 - San Francisco, CA at The Pound
21 - San Francisco, CA at The Pound
22 - Santa Ana, CA at Galaxy Theater
23 - Los Angeles, CA at Key Club
24 - Tempe, AZ at Marquee Club
25 - Albuquerque, NM at Sunshine Theater
26 - Ogden Theater at Denver, CO
28 - El Paso, TX at The Zone
29 - San Antonio, TX at White Rabbit
30 - Corpus Christi, TX at The Ballroom
May
1 - Houston, TX at Engine Room
3 - Tampa, FL at The Masquerade
Despised Icon To See Early Album Re-Issued
Century Media will reissue Despised Icon's "Consumed By Your Poison" on April 04th.
TTEOTD To Support Children of Bodom, Chimaira
South Carolina's death metal road warriors Through The Eyes of the Dead have been confirmed as support for Children of Bodom's upcoming North American tour. Also featuring Chimaira and God Forbid on select dates, Through The Eyes of The Dead will round out the tour's lineup on 18 of the 19 dates across the US, joining up on March 19.
This tour is the latest in a string of live dates and tours Through The Eyes of the Dead has been a part of since the release of the band's Prosthetic Records debut, Bloodlust. Having already trekked out on headlining and support tours alike since the album's October release, Through The Eyes of the Dead are a perfect example of hard work bringing success to a band. The band will be filming the debut video from Bloodlust in March, and in the meantime will continue its current tour with Ed Gein, The Number Twelve Looks Like You, Animosity, and Despised Icon, including a stop at Los Angeles Murderfest on Feb. 19.
THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD on tour More...
Two More Dates Added To Master Of Chaos Tour
Due to fan demand, two more dates have now been added to the Master Of Chaos Tour 2006 with Behemoth, Morbid Angel, Despised Icon and Krisiun. They are:
Apr. 04 Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues
May 03 Tampa, FL - The Masquerade
Here are the rest of the tour dates: More...
Virginia Metal & Hardcore Festival Announced
The 1st Annual Virginia Metal & Hardcore Festival will take place on Saturday, January 28th at KC's Music Alley in Fredericksburg, VA. The event will feature two stages and tickets will be $15 in advance or $18 at the door. The official website, virginiametalfest.com, will be online early next week. In addition to some suprise guests that have yet to be announced, the following bands have been confirmed:
On Broken Wings
From a Second Story Window
Reflux
Through the Eyes of the Dead
Ed Gein
Despised Icon
The Burning Season
Too Pure to Die
All Else Failed
Cassius
Time Of Cholera
We Were Gentlemen
This Time It's War
Aorta Consumption
ABACABB
Adonis Decay
A Kid Named Darwin
Buried Among Us
Morbid Angel Reveal Masters Of Chaos Tour Dates
Morbid Angel have revealed dates for their The Masters of Chaos Tour with Behemoth, Krisiun and Despised Icon in 2006. See dates below:
Apr. 02 Fort Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room
Apr. 05 Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
Apr. 06 Springfield, VA - Jaxx West
Apr. 07 Poughkeepsie, NY - The Chance
Apr. 08 Worcester, MA - The Palladium
Apr. 11 Montreal, QUE - Medley
Apr. 12 Toronto, ONT - The Opera House
Apr. 13 Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
Apr. 14 Mokena, IL - The Pearl Room
Apr. 15 St. Paul, MN - Station 4
Apr. 18 Seattle, WA - El Corazon
Apr. 19 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
Apr. 20 San Francisco, CA - The Pound
Apr. 21 San Francisco, CA - The Pound
Apr. 22 Santa Ana, CA - Galaxy Theater
Apr. 23 Los Angeles. CA - Key Club
Apr. 24 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Club
Apr. 25 Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater
Apr. 26 Denver, CO - Ogden Theater
Apr. 28 El Paso, TX - The Zone
Apr. 29 San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit
Apr. 30 Corpus Christi, TX - The Ballroom
May 01 Houston, TX - Engine Room
More dates TBA.
Morbid Angel Release More Tour Dates
Dates are continuing to leak out for MORBID ANGEL's tour next year with BEHEMOTH, KRISIUN, and DESPISED ICON. Currently confirmed shows are as follows:
April 6 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
April 9 - New York, NY @ B.B. King Blues Club
April 12 - Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
April 15 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's