Despised Icon Talk About Upcoming Six Shows That End Their Career

Canadian metal act Despised Icon have decided to throw in the towel and disband. However, instead of canceling their world tour plans, they decided to stick it out, giving fans a last opportunity to see them perform. Here are some words from Alex Erian:

“It’’s been a while already since we made THE announcement and I know some of you are probably saying ‘WTF, these guys still aren’t done yet?!’ Well, instead of canceling the tours we had in the works at the time, we figured it’’d be a good opportunity to play in our favourite cities, tour in a few countries we had never visited before and rock out with you guys for the last time.
“After touring in 24 countries in the last 6 months, we’’re finally back home and getting ready to play our last Quebec and Ontario shows next week.  This final world tour was simply amazing and since this is the last time we check-in with you guys, I just want to sincerely thank you all once again for all your help and support.  We’’ve had some good fucking times together!
“For those who were planning on coming to our final Montreal shows, we have a few surprises for you.  The original Despised Icon line-up (2002-2006) will make its appearance and play a few songs from the first 2 albums!  We’re also happy to announce that our brothers in Ion Dissonance and Beneath The Massacre will be supporting their new records for the first time at home and ABACABB will also be playing one of their last shows ever with us.  Our homies in The Acacia Strain, Oceano and Mychildren Mybride will also be part of the event.  It’s gonna be epic.  Bandeapart.ca will film and host the entire last set on their website for free so make sure you demonstrate how we do things in MTL!  See you soon!”

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The Ghost Inside Announce Guest Vocalists For ‘The Returners’

Los Angeles based The Ghost Inside are readying their new album The Returners for a June 8th release on Mediaskare Records. Returners boasts the band’s most developed and anthemic material yet, guaranteed to set off fist pumping and sing-alongs at any show. The new album also features guest vocals from Brendan Foley of Betrayal, Tommy Green of Sleeping Giant and Mat Bruso (ex Bury Your Dead). Speaking on the spots vocalist Jonathan Vigil revealed “Well, were good friends with the band Betrayal and we all really like Brendan’s voice and we asked him and he was down to do it. Basically, it’s the same thing with Tommy from Sleeping Giant, except we specifically wanted him for the song “The Conflict” because of what the song is about and how it deals with the two sides of Christianity in the hardcore scene. Lastly, Shane (Frisby) who produced our record is really good friends with Mat Bruso and he called in a favor. Mat poured Coca-Cola all over himself in the vocal booth. It was awesome.” READ MORE

The Ghost Inside Post ‘Through The Cracks’ Online

The Ghost Inside have posted a new song titled “Through The Cracks” right here: www.myspace.com/theghostinside. The song is from the forthcoming album “Returners” to be released via Mediaskare Records on June 8th. 
The band is currently touring Europe with Deez Nuts and will be hitting the U.S. with Stick To Your Guns, Abacabb and Gravemaker next week for a mini tour. Check the official MySpace above to see if the show will be in your area!

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