Tag: Despised Icon

Interview: Despised Icon talk “Purgatory”!

Alex Erian of Despised Icon and Obey The Brave talks about being in one of the first bands to pioneer the Deathcore sound in this new interview with label Nuclear Blast. Their sixth studio album “Purgatory” is out on 15th November! Whether that means more shows from them in the foreseeable future, only time will

Review: “You Got Me All F***ed Up” by Deez Nuts

If you look at it there are a fair amount of comparisons you could make between Alex Erin and JJ Peters. They both might come from opposite ends of the Globe with Peters hailing from Australia and Erin from Canada but they both have a similar look facially with baseball caps and designer stubble. They

Interview: Despised Icon talk “Snake In The Grass”!

Alex Erin of Canadian Deathcore pioneers Despised Icon talks about the bands recent single “Snake In The Grass” in this latest link in the chain of interview snippets around the bands upcoming 15th November drop “Purgatory”. It’s going to be in court via Nuclear Blast though wether it means a flood of live shows from

Bootleg: Kublai Khan in Atlanta!

Bringing the famed Texas heat, Metallic Hardcore quartet Kublai Khan dropped their anvil heavy boot to the face of an album “Absolute” via Rise Records last week. Check out our review! Including new songs “Boomslang”, “Self Destruct” and “The Truest Love”, here’s an almost complete set from the 6th October stop of their run with

Bootleg: Shadow of Intent in Atlanta!

Also filmed at Masquerade in Atlanta Georgia on 6th October, here are “Meloncholy”, “Malediction” and “Barren And Breathless from Symphonic Deathcore band Shadow Of Intent. The band are currently touring their third album “Meloncholy” with Despised Icon and Kublai Khan. Oh and they love Music, Food and Epic video games. Which is ironic because those

Bootleg: Despised Icon in Atlanta!

Filmed at Masquerade in Atlanta Georgia on 6th October here are “The Aftermath”, “Retina”, new song “Purgatory” and “Bad Vibes” from Canadian Deathcore pioneers Despised Icon. They’ve got a new album out on 15th November via Nuclear Blast in “Purgatory”, their 6th studio release as a band.  

NEWS: Despised Icon looking for “$nakes In The Grass”!

As if you didn’t already know, Canadian Deathcore pioneers Despised Icon will be releasing their 6th Studio album on 15th November via Nuclear Blast. The band, who are currently playing some shows in the US have been including the album title track “Purgatory” in their live sets and have today put out a music video

Interview: Despised Icon talk “Purgatory”!

One of what no doubt will be many snippets of interview between Nuclear Blast and Canadian Crushers Despised Icon around “Purgatory” which drops on 15th November sees the band talk about how it was written. Vocalist Alex Erin hasn’t given up on his other band Obey The Brave either. They’ve only just released “Balance”…

NEWS: Obey The Brave joined by Boundaries!

After announcing the addition of Despised Icon’s Ben Landreville as their new bassist following a full in stint, Canadian Hardcore Punks Obey The Brave have taken “Calme Le Jue” which features Maxime Maltais of Boundaries and thrown down a music video. The track appears on their new album “Balance”.

NEWS: Shadow Of Intent merge alive!

Connecticut Symphonic Deathcore quartet Shadows of Intent, who will be joining Despised Icon, Kublai Khan, Angelmaker and Ingested on a September US trek, have emerged alive from recording their third album which will crawl from the murky waters on 16th August. Pre-orders for that are available here. To tide you over until then, here’s the