continuing with my recent deathcore topic. despised icon from montreal, canada released one of the finest records of that genre in 2007. "the ills of modern man" is one rotten bastard of a great technical death metal album. the high speed, the slam parts, the hardcore elements here and there - outstanding! in celebration of the new despised icon re-union album "beast", century media came up with re-pressings of the aforementioned "the ills of modern man" and their 2009 album "day of mourning".
a few years ago i was lucky enough to snag a coloured first press copy of "the ills of modern man" at animate records shop, so i only ordered "day of mourning". back in 2009 when the album was actually released, money was short and i passed up on this one. a few years later, after the band split up in 2010, i bought the digipak cd version and couldn't really warm up with it. despite that fact i had to order the re-issue because this is what i do. listening to it now on vinyl, it feels like it is a way better record than it was on cd. probably because of the fact that everything sounds better on vinyl.
i think my main problem with "day of mourning" was that it just couldn't win against "the ills...". regarded seperately on its own, it's a damn solid despised icon output. two weaker songs ("all for nothing" and "eulogy") against eight killers is a not too bad outcome. check out the video to the title song and ignore the ridiculous acting guys and rather watch the hot chicks instead. first vinyl pressing on nice 180gr white vinyl and some bad artwork. 100 copies made. century media. 2009/2016.
