Montreal based deathcore pioneers, Despised Icon, are celebrating their highest first-week sales yet with their new album Beast. After 7 years and in a down music market, the band managed to outdo the first-week sales for their previous release back in 2009, Day Of Mourning.

"Shout-out to the fans for picking up Beast and making this our strongest debut," stated vocalist Alex Erian. "Your support after all these years gave us the motivation we needed to get back together and create this record.  We're slowly but surely working on a world tour and hope to see you on the road in the near future.  Keep it brutal."

Charts (US):
#63 Top Current Albums (Former Billboard Top 200)
#2 Heatseekers
#7 Hard Music
#22 Rock
#13 Independent Current Album
 
Charts (Canada):
Top Albums - #119 (Canada’s Top 200)
Hard Music - #11

Despised Icon released their Nuclear Blast debut on July 22nd. To coincide with the band's first release since 2009's Day Of Mourning, they have released a full band performance of the track "Inner Demons". View the footage presented by ICI Musique/Radio-Canada, below:

The new album was produced and engineered by former guitarist Yannick St-Amand (Beneath The Massacre, Neuraxis) and mixed/mastered by Andy Sneap (Megadeth, Opeth, Nevermore). Artwork was created by Alexandre Goulet. Order here.

"It's been 7 years since our last record and our batteries are fully recharged," comments the band. "The O.G. lineup is back and the new shit hits hard. You'll hear sounds of our older slammin' death metal days blended with the speed and technicality of our latest records. Cheers to everyone that has stood by us after all these years. Can't wait to unleash the Beast."

Beast tracklisting:

“The Aftermath”
“Inner Demons”
“Drapeau Noir”
“Bad Vibes”
“Dedicated To Extinction”
“Grind Forever”
“Time Bomb”
“One Last Martini”
“Doomed”
“Beast”

"Bad Vibes" video:

"The Aftermath" video:

"Beast" video:

Despised Icon’s live itinerary can be found here.

(Photo - Charlie Baron)