Despised Icon
Montreal's Despised Icon are foundational figures in the development of deathcore, forming in 2002 and rapidly building a viscerally brutal sound that combined death metal's technical precision with hardcore's punishing breakdown-driven aggression and the dual vocal assault of Alex Erian and Steve Marois. Albums including The Healing Process (2005) and The Ills of Modern Man (2007) are genre classics, and though the band disbanded in 2010, their 2016 reunion demonstrated an enduring relevance, with Nuclear Blast releasing their 2025 album Shadow Work as the latest chapter of a career that shaped an entire generation of heavy music.
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Despised Icon Discography
13 tracks
- 1 Compelled To Copulate 2:53
- 2 Poissonnariat 3:19
- 3 Grade A-One 3:02
- 4 Le Chene Et Le Roseau 3:05
- 5 Dead King 0:54
- 6 Absolu 3:44
- 7 Fashionable 2:46
- 8 Intefere In Your Days 2:58
- 9 Clef De Voute 3:07
- 10 Despise The Icons 0:58
- 11 Poissonnariat - re-recorded version 2006 3:29
- 12 Compelled To Copulate - re-recorded version 2006 3:06
- 13 Compelled To Copulate - Live in Montreal 2008 3:37
15 tracks
- 1 Bulletproof Scales - Alternate Mix 3:20
- 2 Silver Plated Advocate - Alternate Mix 4:01
- 3 Immaculate - Alternate Mix 4:39
- 4 Warm Blooded - Alternate Mix 3:34
- 5 Retina - Alternate Mix 3:59
- 6 The Sunset Will Never Charm Us - Alternate Mix 3:04
- 7 As Bridges Burn - Alternate Mix 3:16
- 8 Harvesting The Deceased - Alternate Mix 2:43
- 9 End This Day - Alternate Mix 3:32
- 10 The Sunset Will Never Charm Us - Live in Montreal 2008 4:19
- 11 Retina - Live in Montreal 2008 4:23
- 12 Harvesting The Deceased - Live in Montreal 2008 3:02
- 13 Immaculate - Live in Montreal 2008 4:54
- 14 Warm Blooded - Live in Montreal 2008 3:44
- 15 Bulletproof Scales - Live in Montreal 2008 3:43
10 tracks
- 1 Les Temps Changent 3:28
- 2 Day Of Mourning 3:02
- 3 MVP 3:25
- 4 All For Nothing 3:14
- 5 Eulogy 3:29
- 6 Made Of Glass 3:17
- 7 Black Lungs 3:02
- 8 Diva Of Disgust 3:26
- 9 Entre Le Bien Et Le Mal 3:57
- 10 Sleepless 4:47
10 tracks
- 1 In The Arms Of Perdition 4:24
- 2 Furtive Monologue 3:22
- 3 Quarantine 4:07
- 4 The Ills Of Modern Man 3:50
- 5 A Fractured Hand 4:35
- 6 Sheltered Reminiscence 3:12
- 7 Nameless 3:01
- 8 Tears Of The Blameless 4:06
- 9 Oval Shaped Incisions 4:02
- 10 Fainted Blue Ornaments 5:01
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