Day of Mourning (album)

Day of Mourning
Artwork by Felix Rancourt
Studio album by
Despised Icon
ReleasedSeptember 22, 2009 (2009-09-22)
GenreDeathcore
Length35:12
LanguageEnglish, French
LabelCentury Media
ProducerYannick St-Amand
Despised Icon chronology
The Ills of Modern Man
(2007) 		Day of Mourning
(2009) 		Beast
(2016)

Day of Mourning is the fourth studio album by Canadian deathcore band Despised Icon. It was released September 22, 2009 through Century Media Records. The album is featured in four different editions, including; the standard, the United States exclusive Hot Topic edition, the Europe Exclusive LTD digipak edition, the iTunes edition and the Japanese edition.

Background

Day of Mourning was recorded during early 2009 at Projecson Recording Studio and was produced by their former guitarist, Yannick St-Amand, and was mixed by Andreas Magnusson and mastered by Alan Douches.[1] The album marks the first Despised Icon release to feature guitarist Ben Landreville and bassist Max Lavelle in the band.

The song "MVP" was released as the album's first single on July 17, 2009. The title track was released as the album's second single and had a music video produced for it which was directed by Montreal hip hop video production company, Kartel Films. The song "Day of Mourning" is also featured as downloadable content for the Rock Band video games via the Rock Band Network.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[3]
Allmusic[4]
Blabbermouth7/10[5]

The album reached number 162 on the Billboard 200 and number 6 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers, selling 3,000 copies its first week of release.[6]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Les Temps Changent"ErianJarrin, Erian3:29
2."Day of Mourning"ErianJarrin, Erian3:03
3."MVP"Erian, Marois, McCoughey, McCoughryJarrin, Pelletier3:25
4."All for Nothing"MaroisLandreville, Lavelle3:15
5."Eulogy"MaroisJarrin, Pelletier3:29
6."Made of Glass"ErianJarrin, Erian3:18
7."Black Lungs"ErianJarrin, Erian3:02
8."Diva of Disgust"MaroisJarrin, Erian3:26
9."Entre le Bien et le Mal"ErianJarrin, Erian3:58
10."Sleepless"MaroisJarrin4:47
Total length:35:12
iTunes edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Five One Four"3:01
Total length:35:51

Credits

Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.[7]

Personnel

Despised Icon
  • Alex Erian – vocals
  • Steve Marois – vocals
  • Eric Jarrin – guitar
  • Ben Landreville – guitar, gang vocals
  • Max Lavelle – bass guitar
  • Alex Pelletier – drums
Additional musicians
  • Kevin McCoughey (Ion Dissonance) – gang vocals
  • Gabriel McCoughry (ex-Ion Dissonance) – gang vocals
  • Elliot Desgagné (Beneath the Massacre) – gang vocals
  • Ghyslain Fredet – gang vocals
  • Sebastien Painchaud (ex-Ion Dissonance) – gang vocals
  • Chris Donaldson (Cryptopsy) – gang vocals
Production
  • Yannick St-Amand – production, engineering
  • Chris Donaldson – recording (gang vocals only)
  • Eric Jarrin – recording (guitar solos only)
  • Andreas Magnusson – mixing
  • Alan Douches – mastering
Artwork and design
  • Felix Rancourt – artwork, layout

Studios

  • Northern Studio, QC, Canada – production, engineering
  • Garage Studio, QC, Canada – recording (gang vocals only)
  • Eric Jarrin's place, QC, Canada – recording (guitar solos only)
  • Planet Red Studio, VA, USA – mixing
  • West West Side Music, NJ, USA – mastering

Charts

Chart Peak
position
US Billboard 200[8] 162
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[9] 6

References

  1. ^ "DESPISED ICON To Release 'Day Of Mourning' In September". Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  2. ^ The Music // Rock Band Archived 2010-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Gorania, Jay H. "Despised Icon Day of Mourning Review - Review of Day of Mourning by Despised Icon". heavymetal.about.com. About.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07.
  4. ^ Freeman, Phil. Day of Mourning - Despised Icon at AllMusic
  5. ^ Alisoglu, Scott. "CD Reviews - Day of Mourning Despised Icon". www.blabbermouth.net. Blabbermouth.
  6. ^ "BLABBERMOUTH.NET - DESPISED ICON: 'Day of Mourning' First-Week Sales Revealed". Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
  7. ^ Day of Mourning (booklet). Despised Icon. Century Media. 2009.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ "Despised Icon Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Despised Icon Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard.