@@the_real_tay_loud2072 I think a lot of folks jumped off when Gabriel left which is a shame because Kevin is a great vocalist and they've released some amazing music since.
Back in 2010, we opened with our small deathcore band for them in Germany. These guys were so fucking wholesome and chill, we had a great time. Awesome video as always, keep up the good work bro!
Saw then on the Summer Slaughter tour in 09. Before their second song they played that clip from 300 that went "SPARTANS!!! WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION?" Then the crowd chanted "HOOAH, HOOAH, HOOAH!!!", they started the song and the crowd when absolutely apeshit.
Man I adore Despised Icon so much. I remember seeing “In The Arms Of Perdition” on Mtv2 or something and being blown away. I’ve loved them ever since and honestly was doing vocals in the car to them today as is so your video was perfect! Great content mate!
I grew up listening to Despised Icon, actually played a show with Alex with Obey the Brave got to talk to him a bit, didn't see DI until years later in another city, and he remembered me 🥲 highlight live show of my career really, absolute humble legend, Despised Icon is a true treasure of Canadian music.
I was never a fan of Despised. But how I was so familiar with them is Ion Dissonance was one of my favorite bands. And they were super tight with Icon. Over the years now I've gone back and appreciated Icon. And I'll admit. I wish I could have appreciated them back in the day. Speaking of Ion. I wish they got the credit they deserved for being one of the first'ish bands to play 7 and 8 strings doing the djenty thing back in the 2000s.
Ion and DI are both 2 of my favorite bands of all time since the early 2000's. Ion was how I discovered DI and Beneath the Massacre. The first time I heard Ion, I couldn't believe my ears.
Hatebreed, 100 Demons, Death Threat and a couple more bands were pulling out breakdowns like the one in Despise The Icons in the 90s. I don’t think it was ahead of its time. It rocks for sure though. No doubt about it.
About damn time you mentioned Antagony 🖤🤘🏻 they started in the late 90s I believe doing legit straight up og deathcore. Found them being slept on randomly back in the MySpace days. Anyone remember this one band called Embrace The Ashes??? They had like two songs but the one called To The Day I Die or something like that was one of my all time favorite songs and I cannot find it anywhere 😭 dang MySpace lost media.
And I am still waiting on that Carnifex video 🥺 cooooome on already 😭 or As Blood Runs Black and All Shall Perish. Highly needed videos. ESPECIALLY ASP.
I got a cool story involving the members of Despised Icon and Whitechapel. I can't remember what year the tour was that had (Despised Icon, Whitechapel, Aborted, Kataklysm, Black Dahlia, and The Faceless.... but this story took place in San Antonio at the infamous White Rabbit club. My good friend Jamie apparently was friends with a few of the bands as she has worked promotion and merch for a few of them. During this stop in San Antonio my friend Jamie said " Hey!, You want to go with me? We'll go backstage too, and you can meet a lot of the bands you love so much". I was 100% down. the only stipulation was i had to be D.D. for her as she was going to get hammered. The night went off without a hitch. Getting to meet a bunch of people backstage was cool but the crazy shit happened after the show backstage. most people didn't know that "backstage' was just a locked parking lot behind the venue. anyways, once D.I. and Whitechapel finished their sets my friend hollered at me to go backstage with her. I got to meet the members of D.I. and Whitechapel and just chat/drink with those two bands specifically. We were hanging out beside their van and gear trailer, when out of nowhere we start to hear the members of another band (who I will not name) start cat calling my friend .it started off normal at first but after she refused to play along and ignored their call outs, they got more aggressive and derogatory with their comments. They start saying some highly disrespectful stuff and acting like my friend was just a groupie looking for D from anyone and they were gonna be the ones who give it her. Some quotes I specifically remember are "show us your T!ts, you whor3!". My friend was too drunk to really catch it and she easily ignored it but i was stone cold sober, and I couldn't just let my friend keep being disrespected like that. Eventually I yelled for them to stfu. Immediately after my comment they got hyper aggressive towards me and about 5 or 6 of them started walking up to me, which i took as them wanting to fight. I'm not afraid of a fight and definitely not afraid of being jumped. After all, being in those pits for years at that point had me desensitized to violence. The early years of JFAC and Through the Eyes Of The Dead shows were BRUTAL here in the south, as I'm sure they were everywhere. Violence was no biggie. I was ready. I walked up and met them face to face and started talking back in their faces about how they need to learn some class and leave my friend alone. They thought I was going to back down from them. They were wrong. I stood my ground and kept talking back and highly aware that a fight was about to happen and was ready for a sucker punch at any time. It never came though. After about a couple minutes the guys eventually backed off, shrugged me off and went back to their trailers to keep partying and stayed silent. I was weirded out by it. I wondered to myself "why they didn't swing?", then shrugged my shoulders and turned around to go back to my friends and that's when I realized what had happened. While i was arguing and being loud, a lot of the other bands' members heard the commotion and the members of many bands were actually standing behind me like I was their leader and we were reenacting the intro fight scene to "Gangs of New York" and they were clearly showing that if anything happened to me, it was going to be a big brawl and that they were heavily outnumbered by my backup. The guys from D.I. and Whitechapel were right up front directly behind me. Afterwards I got to meet many more members of the other bands. It was like they had some new-found respect for me and many of them came up and introduced themselves to me. Each of them thanked me for saying something and then told me why they stood up and took my side. It was an awesome experience in the end. They made me feel like the celebrity, and to know that even amongst some of the hardest bands in the world "chivalry" wasn't completely dead made me so incredibly happy by the time we left that show. I ended not being a good D.D. that night as many of the bands refused to allow me to not sit and drink with them. In the end, my friend Jamie sobered up and drove my drunk butt home. I'll never forget that night til the day I die. Another cool story was when I was working overnights at CVS Pharmacy in 2007-08, i was amd as hell that they didnt give me the night off to go to the Emmure show, so i wore my band shirt under my uniform to work. Just to show my love. late that same night around 3am this angry guy came stumbling in drunk and was yelling at his laughing friends about "how dare you shave my head while I was sleeping". He eventually calmed down and his friends kept laughing at him as they grabbed a bunch of snacks. then as they came up to pay, i recognised one of them. and asked "Do I know you? You look REALLY familiar but its late and i'm tired so I can't remember right now but I swear I recognize you from somewhere." The guy paying said "you may have heard of our band maybe? but other than that, we're not from here so there's no way" so I thought to myself for a second, and then shouted out like a little fangirl when it dawned on me. I missed the Emmure show that night in SA, but I was looking at the band standing in front of me at my work! I freaked out and was so happy. I immediately ripped off my work shirt to reveal their band shirt on underneath. They were shocked. I explained that I was having a bad night bc I really wanted to go to the show but work couldn't find a replacement for me. They were super cool dudes, they actually legit looked sad that "they had no merch they could just give me" as they were traveling separate from their gear that night bc they only had a short drive up to Austin. I told them "No worries, meeting yall like this is cool enough for me. Yall just accidentally made my whole night so much better". My manager for overnights at the time was standing close by as she did when anyone came in that late. When they were all done and ready to leave, she told me to "walk out with them" and talk for a few, but dont be long." Tthe guys were tired and in a hurry so we didnt chat much they all signed my shirt tho, and yes I absolutely stood in the parking lots with a huge smile, waving to them like Forrest Gump to Lt. Dan as they drove away! LOL My late teens and early 20's were the absolute coolest times of my life. Like getting to go on a personal tour of Dying Fetus' tour bus and chill out on it for a bit. Surreal life experiences that many would never believe or ever dream of. 2002-2012 were some of my most cherished years.
@@findingnemo696 I reminisced really hard on this story. Glad someone took the time to read it. One of the best 2 nights of my early adult life. 18-19 years old.
haha you're welcome man !! But for what it's worth.. I think your job is cool ! Buying a car is a big decision and a big moment in life. Being able to trust the salesman, and have a great connection during the sale can change the whole experience. 🤘🏻🔥🚗
Ah man thanks , I didn’t expect that , you’re awesome and inspiring man thanks for doing you 🫡✌️✌️you are the myspace core Jesus Gonna sell a car in honor of you ✌️
Despised Icon are one of my favourite metal bands of all time. I don't think they've put out a bad album but The Ills of Modern Man will always have a special place in my heart, it's the album that really got me into them and there's A LOT of nostalgia for me around it.
I love DI I was lucky enough to see them with Thy Art and The Red shore on there final Australian tour, these guys transitioned me from being a HC kid to being right into Deathcore, it’s crazy that a fractured hand is your favourite song as it’s mine as well, crazy that it’s Alex’s as well, I met him at that Australian tour and he was nothing but a gentleman. Another great video brother much love from australia
Man, i genuinely appreciate what you do for the deathcore scene. You seem to try to represent all the deathcore OG's, you keep content pretty consistent but interesting, and it just goes to show how amazing this genre is. And hell, it feels good to be vindicated from all the hate we endured 10-20 years ago😅 P.S. Yes i totally agree with the sentiment that part of what makes despised icon so good is the fact NO ONE sounds like them.
My first show I ever attended was DI headlining with Cryptopsy, Acacia Strain, Trapped Under Ice and Blind Witness. It was a small Canadian tour in 2009 when Day or Mourning was released a couple months before. Day of mourning will always hold a special place in my heart because that same year I used Les Temps changent for a project that had to be about a Canadian French artist. Surprisingly enough the teacher I had was really open minded and it was his first introduction to this style of music and actually showed interest on the Montreal metal scene and how DI pioneered an entire subgenre of Metal.
Met them back in 2008. Very nice, humble guys. Had taken my daughter to a show. Both of us are fans. They thought that was the coolest shit. Yeah i was almost 40 then. 😁😁
Great doc but i think that there's some point missing for the origin and the pedigree that came with the band. Alex Erian was the drummer for the Montreal prog/death/grind band Neuraxis which had a very good run in the late 1990's in Canada and USA, touring with Cephalic Carnage and other Hydro Grind bands. Anyway, back in 2002 i was 19 years old and i was if i recall correctly the first promoter to bring Despised Icon and Ion Dissonance out of Montreal and come playing in Rouyn-Noranda in northern Quebec, if you know anything about the metal scene in Quebec, every band from Quebec wanted to play here in that era. I was already friend with Yannick prior to get them to come play in our town, Yannick being from this area. "Ills of Modern Man" was recorded at Projecson Studio, between takes Alex and Steve would come lay some screams and growls on our jam and covers of Origin we played, was pretty cool and we would hang in the control room listening to some tracks and all that good stuff. Couple years later i built some guitar effect pedals for Eric that he brought on tour all over the world, dude made my day! I later acquired some of the gear Yannick used to record some of the albums, mainly the OD pedals used to track the guitars, Maxon OD820, which is still on my pedalboard as i'm typing this with the sharpie marks for the studio settings.... This might not mean much to most of y'all! But these guys have always been friend and have huge respect for them and what they accomplished! Yannick, Eric, Alex and Steve, if you happen to see this... Rock On! Cheers, Rej.
@@xtheyan Fais plaisir man! Tu m'as ramené down memory lane avec ton doc, vraiment nice ce que tu fais pour cette période qui est un marqueur important pour la scène et qui a tendance a être oublié, cheers!
Amazing video. 1. I've never met them but they seem so chill and down to earth. 2. Their entire discography is flawless imo. 3. Steve live in a NoFX T-shirt has to be the most mind-warping crossover I think I've ever seen.
In part 2 I’d love to hear about why exactly Max the bass player (2008-2010) left the band to be in Black Dahlia Murder . I love both bands but I never knew why.
Montréal has such good deathcore and death metal. I went down the rabbit hole after finding Cryptopsy and then Beneath The Massacre. Fell in love with Ion Dissonance, Depths of Hatred, and The Last Felony just to name a few. Great video!
I got to see DI when they were first starting out and they were on another level of tightness and professionalism. Their sound was so crisp and polished and the drummer was/is unbelievably sick
The late 90s and early 00s were an amazing time to be a metalhead in Montréal/Québec. SO MANY incredible bands in the scene all active at the same time.
You're so right about 2008-2009 being the best time for deathcore. We used to have a small scene in my hometown, and man were those the days. It used to be straight edge vs. anti in those pits where our local skate park used to be. The Myspace era will always be the goat.
Absolutely killed it. I remember seeing them pop up on much loud back in the mid 2000's and was blown away. Had never seen dual vocalists killing it that hard. I still listen to them daily and their sound is so unique and recognizable in the muddle of death core today
I think before Day of Mourning, the guitarist was Al Glassman, who now plays for Job for a Cowboy, and the bassist was Max Lavelle, who now plays for The Black Dahlia Murder. Both solid musicians who I think made the lineup even more solid.
so glad they came back and started killing it again...the basic riffs and drums alone are masterpieces almost always in this band, let alone the bass, lyrics, songwriting, and samples. Alex Erian was already an Amazing drummer, then they hired Alex Grind Pelletier and took on a whole new beast of a sound with one of the best drummers ever!
i always like your video's because they remind of how much i loved this era and how much these bands influenced what i still listen to today. also i really hope marie did something after di here style was so unique and it would be a shame to not do anything more.
I'd like to see a video like this on the Acacia Strain, they are also pioneers and also have a very unique sound and nearly 25 years in the game. I actually saw them and Despised open a show in 2005 and became a big fan of both bands instantly and to this day! Saw both bands separately in the past 6 months and they still got it, two of the GOATS in my book.
Saw them open a show back in 2005 and been a big fan ever since. Didn't even realize they were the OG deathcore band until like 2020 when I fully got into the genre. Back in my day the genre discussion wasn't really a thing, it was hardcore, metalcore, death metal, and some hybrids of the three. At least in the Norcal scene I came up in.
Hey Yan! Love the content. I've been going to Deathcore shows since 2008 after seeing August Burns Red tour with Bring me the Horizon. Since then, I've seen hundreds of shows, and Despised Icon is pretty much the last one on my list I haven't seen... I'm 30 years old now and live on Maui. Not really any Metal scene out here 😕 but your videos bring back so many good memories of my past and I just wanna say Thank you!
DI and Deadwater Drowning were the shit both came out with music in 2002 but sadly Deadwater Drowning broke up but on a positive note the members went to from bands like , Fit For An Autopsy, and Through the Eyes of the Dead and also some members joined The Red Chord and The Acacia Strain
Speaking of JFAC, whats everyone's opinion on the new material? O dig it. I am so happy they decided to put another record together. cant wait to hear the album in full. I know, i know, they arent deathcore anymore but i like everything they have put out...i will say this, though. DOOM EP is my favorite release of theirs. as it should be. Another great vid xTheYan! Love DI! This took me on a trip down memory lane lol 🤘😎
Despised Icon was the first deathcore band I found. Consumed By Your Poison and The Healing Process were absolute bangers and instant classics. "The Sunset Will Never Charm Us" was an assault on the senses. I was in several bands during the MySpace era, only one has anything online that is still floating around out there, but I had the opportunity to open for a lot of really cool bands like Suicide Silence, Walls of Jericho, A Life Once Lost, The Agony Scene, iwrestledabearonce, Knights of the Abyss, and many others, and one of the BEST live performances I ever saw was Despised Icon. Oh, and Necrophagist. And Beneath the Massacre. BtM were SO clean and nailed everything. Pure professionals.
one of my favorite deathcore band, i see the band once time they have a live in thailand(they called farewell tour in that time) it so sad to hear they stop to do this band until they have a news that they run a band again i so very happy. Thank for this vids you have a great work again.
Un des meilleurs groupe de deathcore ever! J'ai eu la chance de les voir en live et c'était malade et en plus de choper les mediators du guitariste et du bassiste jetté dans la foule
Je ne savais pas que tu étais québécois, je suis français et vis près de Québec City depuis un an. Super groupe, continue le bon boulot ! Long live old school Deadcore.🤘🏻😁
Killer video! Love watching your vids and reminiscing on all the amazing myspace deathcore/metalcore bands that I listened to back in those days! I’d love to see you do vids on Attack Attack, Disfiguring the Goddess, Sky Eats Airplane, Impending Doom or Rings of Saturn (not really part of the myspace era but still)next!
I broke my back when I saw them last year when I jumped off stage into the crowd. I'm older and bigger now.. so I get it.. I was dropped. It was on camera so I don't regret it whatsoever! Despised Icon for life!!!!
They came twice to my hometown in BC back in the day. Saw Steve almost poke his eye out on a kid's finger when he was headbanging. It looked hella painful. But he kept on going as he held a hand over his eye. Think it was the Deicide tour they were on.
Such a classic band. I remember listening to them in high school and they made me want to start a deathcore band so bad. Definitely one of the best bands of the genre
Bande À Part live at Radio-Canda is where I first heard them! Still iconic to this day that a band this heavy played on national tv Blind Witness next please!
Worcester MA was their 2nd home when it came to live shows, they always got the respect they deserve here, the floor was constant mayhem the whole show, saw them many many times at The Palladium I'll never forget those nights moshing with friends I've never met
La scène de Montréal étais juste la best : despised , ion dissonance, beneath the massacre, the plasmarifle, orphans in coma, Camilla Rhodes , shaolin. S’était juste insane !!
I had the scene look but I always heavy fast stuff with some screamo and some other stuff but I love these guys i remember listening to them in elementary school in 2005 I was hooked on Deathcore
Merci pour la vague de nostalgie !! Je me souviens tellement de l'époque de la sortie de Ills of Modern Man, je comprenais ce qui m'arrivait en écoutant 😂
I mean Dying Fetus, Internal Bleeding, Suffocation even Merauder all combined death metal and hardcore for years but the term wasn’t used until the 2000s despite the fact these bands were basically already playing it
One of the examples of don't judge a Deathcore band by their get up. Sure, they appear like they're a hip hop group at first, but they sure delivered at how they sound. I first learned of them from a friend of mine and dig it at first, until I learned they are calling it quits back in to 2010. Glad they decide to keep going since 2016 when they released their 5th album "Beast".
25:12 Great comparison because GSP came out of retirement and became two-division UFC champion. Just like Despised Icon reunited and released some of their best albums.
Now we need both Ion Dissonance and Beneath the Massacre videos. Both bands were incredible. Complete the Montreal trifecta
Ion is so fucking underrated… they never get any love
I saw both of them with animosity open for Black dahlia murder in like 2007 in a tiny sold out venue. Such an intense show.
I agree with this comment! Both bands are fuckin BEASTS! Let’s get it, Yan!!!
Gorguts, Cryptopsy, Cth'e'ilist, Beyond Creation... So many good bands from Montréal.
@@the_real_tay_loud2072 I think a lot of folks jumped off when Gabriel left which is a shame because Kevin is a great vocalist and they've released some amazing music since.
Ion Dissonance and Beneath the Massacre deserve their own videos.
Back in 2010, we opened with our small deathcore band for them in Germany. These guys were so fucking wholesome and chill, we had a great time. Awesome video as always, keep up the good work bro!
That's awesome ! They are really great people, and thank you ! 🤘🏻🔥
@@xtheyan do next rings of Saturn on this Afternoon
Just saw these guys open for The Acacia Strain and Dying Fetus. Awesome live performance
FUUUCK that had to have been a hell of a show. The Acacia Strain is fucking gnarly live 😎🤘
The acacia strain and dying fetus should have been opening for despised icon.
why the fuck is dying fetus playing with twinkcore bands?
The Acacia Strain is from here in New York State's capital region in Albany! Love them dudes. \m/
@@chadhobin6944they’re not from there. They even said it onstage live, word for word. “We LIVE in New York, but we’re not from there.” lol
I will never forget getting to see Despised Icon live in the Myspace era. It was mesmerizing just like when I saw In Flames. \m/
Saw then on the Summer Slaughter tour in 09. Before their second song they played that clip from 300 that went "SPARTANS!!! WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION?" Then the crowd chanted "HOOAH, HOOAH, HOOAH!!!", they started the song and the crowd when absolutely apeshit.
Respect the true OG's
theyre not the OG's deathcore existed in the early 90s..... youre just jocking the most popular band
xTheYan is the professor who approves your dissertation on whether or not you’ll receive your PHD in Deathcore/Metalcore
hahah great comment !! I mean let's say I love doing the proper research :)
Man I adore Despised Icon so much. I remember seeing “In The Arms Of Perdition” on Mtv2 or something and being blown away. I’ve loved them ever since and honestly was doing vocals in the car to them today as is so your video was perfect! Great content mate!
Thanks a lot man !! 🤘🏻💜🔥
I grew up listening to Despised Icon, actually played a show with Alex with Obey the Brave got to talk to him a bit, didn't see DI until years later in another city, and he remembered me 🥲 highlight live show of my career really, absolute humble legend, Despised Icon is a true treasure of Canadian music.
I was never a fan of Despised. But how I was so familiar with them is Ion Dissonance was one of my favorite bands. And they were super tight with Icon. Over the years now I've gone back and appreciated Icon. And I'll admit. I wish I could have appreciated them back in the day.
Speaking of Ion. I wish they got the credit they deserved for being one of the first'ish bands to play 7 and 8 strings doing the djenty thing back in the 2000s.
Shiiii despised icon had it all going for them at that time their shit was legendary
Ion and DI are both 2 of my favorite bands of all time since the early 2000's. Ion was how I discovered DI and Beneath the Massacre. The first time I heard Ion, I couldn't believe my ears.
Hatebreed, 100 Demons, Death Threat and a couple more bands were pulling out breakdowns like the one in Despise The Icons in the 90s. I don’t think it was ahead of its time. It rocks for sure though. No doubt about it.
I’ve been waiting for this my man! all shall perish next? much love from the us!
They're on my list for sure ! 🤘🏻🔥
Facts asp are kings
About damn time you mentioned Antagony 🖤🤘🏻 they started in the late 90s I believe doing legit straight up og deathcore. Found them being slept on randomly back in the MySpace days. Anyone remember this one band called Embrace The Ashes??? They had like two songs but the one called To The Day I Die or something like that was one of my all time favorite songs and I cannot find it anywhere 😭 dang MySpace lost media.
And I am still waiting on that Carnifex video 🥺 cooooome on already 😭 or As Blood Runs Black and All Shall Perish. Highly needed videos. ESPECIALLY ASP.
the one band i regret not seeing back in the day. please do the acacia strain and Dead Will Rise
I got a cool story involving the members of Despised Icon and Whitechapel. I can't remember what year the tour was that had (Despised Icon, Whitechapel, Aborted, Kataklysm, Black Dahlia, and The Faceless.... but this story took place in San Antonio at the infamous White Rabbit club. My good friend Jamie apparently was friends with a few of the bands as she has worked promotion and merch for a few of them. During this stop in San Antonio my friend Jamie said " Hey!, You want to go with me? We'll go backstage too, and you can meet a lot of the bands you love so much". I was 100% down. the only stipulation was i had to be D.D. for her as she was going to get hammered. The night went off without a hitch. Getting to meet a bunch of people backstage was cool but the crazy shit happened after the show backstage. most people didn't know that "backstage' was just a locked parking lot behind the venue. anyways, once D.I. and Whitechapel finished their sets my friend hollered at me to go backstage with her. I got to meet the members of D.I. and Whitechapel and just chat/drink with those two bands specifically. We were hanging out beside their van and gear trailer, when out of nowhere we start to hear the members of another band (who I will not name) start cat calling my friend .it started off normal at first but after she refused to play along and ignored their call outs, they got more aggressive and derogatory with their comments. They start saying some highly disrespectful stuff and acting like my friend was just a groupie looking for D from anyone and they were gonna be the ones who give it her. Some quotes I specifically remember are "show us your T!ts, you whor3!". My friend was too drunk to really catch it and she easily ignored it but i was stone cold sober, and I couldn't just let my friend keep being disrespected like that. Eventually I yelled for them to stfu. Immediately after my comment they got hyper aggressive towards me and about 5 or 6 of them started walking up to me, which i took as them wanting to fight. I'm not afraid of a fight and definitely not afraid of being jumped. After all, being in those pits for years at that point had me desensitized to violence. The early years of JFAC and Through the Eyes Of The Dead shows were BRUTAL here in the south, as I'm sure they were everywhere. Violence was no biggie. I was ready. I walked up and met them face to face and started talking back in their faces about how they need to learn some class and leave my friend alone. They thought I was going to back down from them. They were wrong. I stood my ground and kept talking back and highly aware that a fight was about to happen and was ready for a sucker punch at any time. It never came though. After about a couple minutes the guys eventually backed off, shrugged me off and went back to their trailers to keep partying and stayed silent. I was weirded out by it. I wondered to myself "why they didn't swing?", then shrugged my shoulders and turned around to go back to my friends and that's when I realized what had happened. While i was arguing and being loud, a lot of the other bands' members heard the commotion and the members of many bands were actually standing behind me like I was their leader and we were reenacting the intro fight scene to "Gangs of New York" and they were clearly showing that if anything happened to me, it was going to be a big brawl and that they were heavily outnumbered by my backup. The guys from D.I. and Whitechapel were right up front directly behind me. Afterwards I got to meet many more members of the other bands. It was like they had some new-found respect for me and many of them came up and introduced themselves to me. Each of them thanked me for saying something and then told me why they stood up and took my side. It was an awesome experience in the end. They made me feel like the celebrity, and to know that even amongst some of the hardest bands in the world "chivalry" wasn't completely dead made me so incredibly happy by the time we left that show. I ended not being a good D.D. that night as many of the bands refused to allow me to not sit and drink with them. In the end, my friend Jamie sobered up and drove my drunk butt home. I'll never forget that night til the day I die.
Another cool story was when I was working overnights at CVS Pharmacy in 2007-08, i was amd as hell that they didnt give me the night off to go to the Emmure show, so i wore my band shirt under my uniform to work. Just to show my love. late that same night around 3am this angry guy came stumbling in drunk and was yelling at his laughing friends about "how dare you shave my head while I was sleeping". He eventually calmed down and his friends kept laughing at him as they grabbed a bunch of snacks. then as they came up to pay, i recognised one of them. and asked "Do I know you? You look REALLY familiar but its late and i'm tired so I can't remember right now but I swear I recognize you from somewhere." The guy paying said "you may have heard of our band maybe? but other than that, we're not from here so there's no way" so I thought to myself for a second, and then shouted out like a little fangirl when it dawned on me. I missed the Emmure show that night in SA, but I was looking at the band standing in front of me at my work! I freaked out and was so happy. I immediately ripped off my work shirt to reveal their band shirt on underneath. They were shocked. I explained that I was having a bad night bc I really wanted to go to the show but work couldn't find a replacement for me. They were super cool dudes, they actually legit looked sad that "they had no merch they could just give me" as they were traveling separate from their gear that night bc they only had a short drive up to Austin. I told them "No worries, meeting yall like this is cool enough for me. Yall just accidentally made my whole night so much better". My manager for overnights at the time was standing close by as she did when anyone came in that late. When they were all done and ready to leave, she told me to "walk out with them" and talk for a few, but dont be long." Tthe guys were tired and in a hurry so we didnt chat much they all signed my shirt tho, and yes I absolutely stood in the parking lots with a huge smile, waving to them like Forrest Gump to Lt. Dan as they drove away! LOL
My late teens and early 20's were the absolute coolest times of my life. Like getting to go on a personal tour of Dying Fetus' tour bus and chill out on it for a bit. Surreal life experiences that many would never believe or ever dream of. 2002-2012 were some of my most cherished years.
Hell yeah s.a
@@findingnemo696 I reminisced really hard on this story. Glad someone took the time to read it. One of the best 2 nights of my early adult life. 18-19 years old.
Car salesman here , you’re saving my life from boredom right now thanks
haha you're welcome man !! But for what it's worth.. I think your job is cool ! Buying a car is a big decision and a big moment in life. Being able to trust the salesman, and have a great connection during the sale can change the whole experience. 🤘🏻🔥🚗
Ah man thanks , I didn’t expect that , you’re awesome and inspiring man thanks for doing you 🫡✌️✌️you are the myspace core Jesus
Gonna sell a car in honor of you ✌️
Despised Icon are one of my favourite metal bands of all time. I don't think they've put out a bad album but The Ills of Modern Man will always have a special place in my heart, it's the album that really got me into them and there's A LOT of nostalgia for me around it.
I love DI I was lucky enough to see them with Thy Art and The Red shore on there final Australian tour, these guys transitioned me from being a HC kid to being right into Deathcore, it’s crazy that a fractured hand is your favourite song as it’s mine as well, crazy that it’s Alex’s as well, I met him at that Australian tour and he was nothing but a gentleman. Another great video brother much love from australia
thank you for your comment ! And I'm glad you enjoyed the video !
Man, i genuinely appreciate what you do for the deathcore scene. You seem to try to represent all the deathcore OG's, you keep content pretty consistent but interesting, and it just goes to show how amazing this genre is. And hell, it feels good to be vindicated from all the hate we endured 10-20 years ago😅
P.S. Yes i totally agree with the sentiment that part of what makes despised icon so good is the fact NO ONE sounds like them.
Been listening to DI for almost 20 years. Thanks for showing them some love!
One of my favorite bands of all time! Great video and story-telling, man!
Thank you very much !
I just saw them last week in Boston and they're just as good live as they were back then. Amazing band.
yes , incredible live !! 🤘🏻🔥
My first show I ever attended was DI headlining with Cryptopsy, Acacia Strain, Trapped Under Ice and Blind Witness. It was a small Canadian tour in 2009 when Day or Mourning was released a couple months before.
Day of mourning will always hold a special place in my heart because that same year I used Les Temps changent for a project that had to be about a Canadian French artist. Surprisingly enough the teacher I had was really open minded and it was his first introduction to this style of music and actually showed interest on the Montreal metal scene and how DI pioneered an entire subgenre of Metal.
Blind witness was kick ass!
Met them back in 2008. Very nice, humble guys. Had taken my daughter to a show. Both of us are fans. They thought that was the coolest shit. Yeah i was almost 40 then. 😁😁
Great doc but i think that there's some point missing for the origin and the pedigree that came with the band. Alex Erian was the drummer for the Montreal prog/death/grind band Neuraxis which had a very good run in the late 1990's in Canada and USA, touring with Cephalic Carnage and other Hydro Grind bands.
Anyway, back in 2002 i was 19 years old and i was if i recall correctly the first promoter to bring Despised Icon and Ion Dissonance out of Montreal and come playing in Rouyn-Noranda in northern Quebec, if you know anything about the metal scene in Quebec, every band from Quebec wanted to play here in that era. I was already friend with Yannick prior to get them to come play in our town, Yannick being from this area. "Ills of Modern Man" was recorded at Projecson Studio, between takes Alex and Steve would come lay some screams and growls on our jam and covers of Origin we played, was pretty cool and we would hang in the control room listening to some tracks and all that good stuff. Couple years later i built some guitar effect pedals for Eric that he brought on tour all over the world, dude made my day! I later acquired some of the gear Yannick used to record some of the albums, mainly the OD pedals used to track the guitars, Maxon OD820, which is still on my pedalboard as i'm typing this with the sharpie marks for the studio settings....
This might not mean much to most of y'all! But these guys have always been friend and have huge respect for them and what they accomplished! Yannick, Eric, Alex and Steve, if you happen to see this... Rock On! Cheers, Rej.
thanks for all the infos, that's cool !
@@xtheyan Fais plaisir man! Tu m'as ramené down memory lane avec ton doc, vraiment nice ce que tu fais pour cette période qui est un marqueur important pour la scène et qui a tendance a être oublié, cheers!
@@grindingbricksInoubliable cette époque mon gars !
Just saw them live about a month ago with the acacia strain, both bands sounded great live
Same ❤
Still listen to them regularly, I’m obsessed with Despised Icon
I appreciate the research and work you put into your videos, easily the best content creator when it comes to the metal scene. Keep it up brother🤘🏻🤘🏻
wow thanks man ! I really appreciate 🤘🏻🔥
I can't remember what year it was but I seen them at the most amazing tour,acacia strain,Tony danza,recon,and despised. It was amazing!
Amazing video. 1. I've never met them but they seem so chill and down to earth. 2. Their entire discography is flawless imo. 3. Steve live in a NoFX T-shirt has to be the most mind-warping crossover I think I've ever seen.
I can tell you really love making these videos. I love seeing what band you are going to cover next. Keep it up!
hey thanks for noticing !! I do love making my videos 🤘🏻💜🔥
I noticed that too. There is genuine interest, respect and excitement and it's infectious. @xtheyan
In part 2 I’d love to hear about why exactly Max the bass player (2008-2010) left the band to be in Black Dahlia Murder . I love both bands but I never knew why.
the healing process was such a change for me in music. It brought me deep into metalcore/deathcore
Montréal has such good deathcore and death metal. I went down the rabbit hole after finding Cryptopsy and then Beneath The Massacre. Fell in love with Ion Dissonance, Depths of Hatred, and The Last Felony just to name a few. Great video!
I got to see DI when they were first starting out and they were on another level of tightness and professionalism. Their sound was so crisp and polished and the drummer was/is unbelievably sick
The late 90s and early 00s were an amazing time to be a metalhead in Montréal/Québec. SO MANY incredible bands in the scene all active at the same time.
The nostalgia is real. Thank you, my friend.
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You're so right about 2008-2009 being the best time for deathcore. We used to have a small scene in my hometown, and man were those the days. It used to be straight edge vs. anti in those pits where our local skate park used to be. The Myspace era will always be the goat.
Absolutely killed it. I remember seeing them pop up on much loud back in the mid 2000's and was blown away. Had never seen dual vocalists killing it that hard. I still listen to them daily and their sound is so unique and recognizable in the muddle of death core today
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I think before Day of Mourning, the guitarist was Al Glassman, who now plays for Job for a Cowboy, and the bassist was Max Lavelle, who now plays for The Black Dahlia Murder. Both solid musicians who I think made the lineup even more solid.
Summer slaughter tour in 2009 at the National (VA) changed my life. Fell in love with metal during their show. Très bien.
so glad they came back and started killing it again...the basic riffs and drums alone are masterpieces almost always in this band, let alone the bass, lyrics, songwriting, and samples. Alex Erian was already an Amazing drummer, then they hired Alex Grind Pelletier and took on a whole new beast of a sound with one of the best drummers ever!
i always like your video's because they remind of how much i loved this era and how much these bands influenced what i still listen to today. also i really hope marie did something after di here style was so unique and it would be a shame to not do anything more.
thank you ! So glad I can bring you back... and yes Marie is awesome
The Healing Process is one of my favorite albums of all time. A great era fs
I'd like to see a video like this on the Acacia Strain, they are also pioneers and also have a very unique sound and nearly 25 years in the game. I actually saw them and Despised open a show in 2005 and became a big fan of both bands instantly and to this day! Saw both bands separately in the past 6 months and they still got it, two of the GOATS in my book.
0:02 LMAO I HAD THIS EXACT MOMENT OF THIS EXACT SONG IN MY HEAD
Greatest deathcore band ever. GOATED
Saw them open a show back in 2005 and been a big fan ever since. Didn't even realize they were the OG deathcore band until like 2020 when I fully got into the genre. Back in my day the genre discussion wasn't really a thing, it was hardcore, metalcore, death metal, and some hybrids of the three. At least in the Norcal scene I came up in.
This series is awesome, I love to relive those days
Pumped for pt 2! These guys are the best!
Hey Yan! Love the content. I've been going to Deathcore shows since 2008 after seeing August Burns Red tour with Bring me the Horizon. Since then, I've seen hundreds of shows, and Despised Icon is pretty much the last one on my list I haven't seen... I'm 30 years old now and live on Maui. Not really any Metal scene out here 😕 but your videos bring back so many good memories of my past and I just wanna say Thank you!
DI and Deadwater Drowning were the shit both came out with music in 2002 but sadly Deadwater Drowning broke up but on a positive note the members went to from bands like , Fit For An Autopsy, and Through the Eyes of the Dead and also some members joined The Red Chord and The Acacia Strain
Speaking of JFAC, whats everyone's opinion on the new material? O dig it. I am so happy they decided to put another record together. cant wait to hear the album in full. I know, i know, they arent deathcore anymore but i like everything they have put out...i will say this, though. DOOM EP is my favorite release of theirs. as it should be. Another great vid xTheYan! Love DI! This took me on a trip down memory lane lol 🤘😎
I personally miss the JFAC pigsqueal era haha but they're awesome.. and thanks for all the support my guy, I appreciate ! 🤘🏻🔥
Love the video Can’t wait for part 2
Despised Icon was the first deathcore band I found. Consumed By Your Poison and The Healing Process were absolute bangers and instant classics. "The Sunset Will Never Charm Us" was an assault on the senses. I was in several bands during the MySpace era, only one has anything online that is still floating around out there, but I had the opportunity to open for a lot of really cool bands like Suicide Silence, Walls of Jericho, A Life Once Lost, The Agony Scene, iwrestledabearonce, Knights of the Abyss, and many others, and one of the BEST live performances I ever saw was Despised Icon. Oh, and Necrophagist. And Beneath the Massacre. BtM were SO clean and nailed everything. Pure professionals.
The IWABO show was when Krista was still their vocalist, and holy hell, we couldn't believe how good she was.
one of my favorite deathcore band, i see the band once time they have a live in thailand(they called farewell tour in that time) it so sad to hear they stop to do this band until they have a news that they run a band again i so very happy. Thank for this vids you have a great work again.
thank you !! 🤘🏻💜🔥
Probably my favorite death core band, I had the pleasure of seeing them live back in 2009-2010 ish
been waiting for this one!
Great work as usual! Hope you'll make a video about In the Midst of Lions someday!
Yes!!!!
I want to see this band live so bad. Hope they come near me soon.
love your videos.
exactly my timeline 😊
Un des meilleurs groupe de deathcore ever! J'ai eu la chance de les voir en live et c'était malade et en plus de choper les mediators du guitariste et du bassiste jetté dans la foule
Je ne savais pas que tu étais québécois, je suis français et vis près de Québec City depuis un an.
Super groupe, continue le bon boulot ! Long live old school Deadcore.🤘🏻😁
Marie-Hélène Landry is now a voice actor, shes in videogames and movies
Je savait pas tu venais de Montreal, continue se que tu fait, big support🤘🏻
I'm friends with Steve on Facebook, and he's such a bro!! Super cool guy!
Killer video! Love watching your vids and reminiscing on all the amazing myspace deathcore/metalcore bands that I listened to back in those days! I’d love to see you do vids on Attack Attack, Disfiguring the Goddess, Sky Eats Airplane, Impending Doom or Rings of Saturn (not really part of the myspace era but still)next!
Hey thanks man !! All those bands are on my list
I broke my back when I saw them last year when I jumped off stage into the crowd. I'm older and bigger now.. so I get it.. I was dropped. It was on camera so I don't regret it whatsoever! Despised Icon for life!!!!
If you do the hate malice revenge video, the circle will be complete 🔥⚒️
My top band period. One i regret most not seeing live when i had the chance. Been with them since day 1.
Speaking of french canadian we need a Blind Witness video
This is one of my favorite deathcore bands. This shot blew my teenage mind at the time.
Breeeeee instead of thumbs up
Such a tough dope real and talented band how can they not be one of everyone’s favorites. I’ve lifted so many weights to those albums 😅
I was wondering when you would cover them lol. Still one of best and most unique deathcore bands of all time.
They came twice to my hometown in BC back in the day. Saw Steve almost poke his eye out on a kid's finger when he was headbanging. It looked hella painful. But he kept on going as he held a hand over his eye. Think it was the Deicide tour they were on.
I got the chance to catch DI live when they played Australia before the "last" show happened
WOW, Alex looks like a baby! Still one of my favorite bands ever, and still getting side eye from my Hardcore friends when I blast them. 😂
Love these MySpace vids. Speaking of drummers, the new Within Destruction just came out, & Luka is a MONSTER. Have u heard them??
thanks !! YES super sick !
Yesssss one of the first death metal + hardcore bands 😌
The Acacia Strain nxt....went to Halloween show in Dallas last year TAS,DI,and Dying Fetus...it was an Epic show!!
25:15 the goat mentioned 🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥
Such a classic band. I remember listening to them in high school and they made me want to start a deathcore band so bad. Definitely one of the best bands of the genre
100%
Geez bro you unlocked so much core memory haha
FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Embodyment the real pioneers of deathcore with their album Embrace the Eternal released in 1998.
I always thought The Red Chord was first but I searched and listened to the band you mentioned and you're right. Embodyment '98, Red Chord '99. Crazy!
Beneath the massacre or bury your dead would be a sick video to make!
Bande À Part live at Radio-Canda is where I first heard them! Still iconic to this day that a band this heavy played on national tv
Blind Witness next please!
In the Arms is maybe the best vid I’ve seen🔥
Me souviens la première fois les avoir vu en Novembre 2005 au Saguenay en ouverture pour Cryptopsy. Super video!!
hey merci !! 🤘🏻🔥
Worcester MA was their 2nd home when it came to live shows, they always got the respect they deserve here, the floor was constant mayhem the whole show, saw them many many times at The Palladium I'll never forget those nights moshing with friends I've never met
Fuck yeah best content ever yan keep things up my man!
hey thank you so much !
La scène de Montréal étais juste la best : despised , ion dissonance, beneath the massacre, the plasmarifle, orphans in coma, Camilla Rhodes , shaolin. S’était juste insane !!
oui beaucoup de talent au Québec !!
These guy were amazing and ground breaking. I was in a deathcore band Belay My Last and Alex was one of the nicest guys I met in the scene.
I still listen to the downfall.
@@ireactionl 🤘
I had the scene look but I always heavy fast stuff with some screamo and some other stuff but I love these guys i remember listening to them in elementary school in 2005 I was hooked on Deathcore
Merci pour la vague de nostalgie !!
Je me souviens tellement de l'époque de la sortie de Ills of Modern Man, je comprenais ce qui m'arrivait en écoutant 😂
hahah oui c'est un album incroyable
I mean Dying Fetus, Internal Bleeding, Suffocation even Merauder all combined death metal and hardcore for years but the term wasn’t used until the 2000s despite the fact these bands were basically already playing it
One of the examples of don't judge a Deathcore band by their get up. Sure, they appear like they're a hip hop group at first, but they sure delivered at how they sound. I first learned of them from a friend of mine and dig it at first, until I learned they are calling it quits back in to 2010.
Glad they decide to keep going since 2016 when they released their 5th album "Beast".
25:12 Great comparison because GSP came out of retirement and became two-division UFC champion. Just like Despised Icon reunited and released some of their best albums.
Please do a video about Embodyment 🥹