The Montreal death metalcore six-piece DESPISED ICON was formed in January 2002 by members of Neuraxis, In Dying Days and Heaven?s Cry. The group?s first album, Consumed By Your Poison, was released in October 2002 on Galy Records and quickly sent shockwaves throughout the underground metal community. From that moment on, the DI crew played countless shows, unleashing its brutal mixture of death metal and metalcore until it suffered a loss by the middle of 2003.

Replenished with a new vocalist and drummer in January 2004, DI recorded its Syndicated Murderers EP a month later and established itself furthermore as one of the most promising Canadian metal acts. January 2005 proved to be a turning point in the young band?s career as it marked the release of it?s split CD on Relapse Records with Bodies In The Gears Of The Apparatus and the signing of a worldwide deal with Century Media Records.

DESPISED ICON?s highly anticipated sophomore release, The Healing Process, produced by guitarist Yannick St-Amand (Ion Dissonance, Neuraxis), mixed by J-F Dagenais (Misery Index, Kataklysm) and mastered by Alan Douches (Shadows Fall, Dillinger Escape Plan) is currently set for an April 5th release on Century Media. The DI crew plans on touring as much as possible in 2005. Expect breakdowns as brutal as a kick-in-the-face.