DESPISED ICON Kick Off Massive North American Headlining Fall Tour

Brutally intense, unrelenting and outright savage are just a few ways the metal community will describe the new offering from Montreal's hottest export DESPISED ICON as their new full-length effort, Day of Mourning is a true lesson in violence. This unrelenting new offering is now available everywhere. The material contained on this disc should come bearing a caution label stating "Is known to evoke extreme, erratic and violent tendencies coupled with a desire to kill."

All of you DI fanatics out there can rejoice as the band will be embarking on a massive North American headlining tour this fall with Through The Eyes of The Dead, ABACABB and Molotov Solution. This "Day of Mourning Tour" kicks off on Sept. 24th and be sure to either see below or visit the band's newly revamped MySpace page (www.myspace.com/despisedicon) in order to view their complete touring itinerary.

Alex Erian (vocals) further states: "We can't begin to possibly describe how proud we are of this new album. It's basically composed of every element we created on our previous offerings, but refined to perfection to make it deadlier and more crushing than ever before. This material is about as fast and precise as we could possibly make it without killing ourselves and we are so excited to hear fans' reactions. This album is the definitive release of our career and you can definitely expect to hear a good amount of it on our upcoming headlining North American tour that kicks off this week. We are going to perform an hour plus set each night, so be sure to bring you're A-game because it's going to be a long entertaining night. We hope to see you all soon and be sure to stop by the merch booth to say hello. Hell yeah."

The group recently shot a new conceptual video for the album's vicious title track, "Day of Mourning," and it's definitely not your traditional metal video clip. The video was shot with famed Montreal hip hop video producers, Kartel Film. Expect to see cemetaries, fancy cars, 40 ozs, hot bitches and a double dose of brutality. Trust us, the video rules! Head over now to www.myspace.com/despisedicon now to check it out.

DESPISED ICON brought on board an all-star team for the Day of Mourning recording process. They joined back up with longtime producer (and former guitar player) Yannick St-Amand for all tracking duties with renowned producer Andreas Magnusson (Black Dahlia Murder, Born of Osiris) entering the fold to mix the effort, with mastering being handled by Alan Douches (Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Nile).

DESPISED ICON "The Day of Mourning Tour"
09/25 Mixtape Café – Grand Rapids, MI
09/26 Doug's Rockhouse Grill – Aurora, IL
09/27 The Vault – Buffalo, MN
09/28 Nutty's North – Sioux Falls, SD
09/30 Marquis Theatre – Denver, CO
09/29 Mission Theater – Mission, KS
09/30 Marquis Theater – Denver, CO
10/02 The Epicentre – San Diego, CA
10/03 Chain Reaction – Anaheim, CA
10/04 The Boardwalk – Orangevale, CA
10/05 Satyricon – Portland, OR
10/06 Studio Seven – Seattle, WA
10/07 The Venue – Boise, ID
10/08 Industrial Building County – Casper, WY
10/09 V2 – Layton, UT
10/10 The Black Sheep – Colorado Springs, CO
10/12 Sunset Hall – Fort Wayne, IN
10/13 Bulldog Café – Louisville, KY
10/14 Headliner's Music Hall – Toledo, OH
10/15 Chameleon Club – Lancaster, PA
10/16 The Palladium – Worcester, MA
10/17 School of Rock – South Hackensack, NJ
10/19 Mt. Airy Firehall – Mt. Airy, MD
10/20 Jaxx – West Springfield, VA
10/22 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
10/23 Ground Zero – Spartanburg, SC
10/24 Volume 11 Tavern – Raleigh, NC
10/25 Valarium – Knoxville, TN


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jason    September 22, 2009