Day of Mourning (album)

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Day of Mourning
Despised Icon - Day of Mourning cover.jpg
Studio album by
Despised Icon
ReleasedSeptember 22, 2009
Genre Deathcore
Length35:12
LanguageEnglish, French
Label Century Media
Producer Yannick 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.

Contents

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 Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Blabbermouth 7/10 [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:38:13

Credits

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

Personnel

Despised Icon
Additional musicians
Production
Artwork and design

Studios

Charts

ChartPeak
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.
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