DESPISED ICON Announce New Album & Drop New Single ft. Matt Honeycutt of KUBLAI KHAN TX
Canadian deathcore trailblazers DESPISED ICON are back! They have announced their seventh full-length album Shadow Work, set to drop October 31st, 2025 via Nuclear Blast Records. Marking their first new music since 2019’s Purgatory, the record promises to be the band’s most fine-tuned, dynamic, and unrelenting work to date.
To kick things off, the band have unleashed a devastating new single, “Over My Dead Body”, featuring Matt Honeycutt of Texas heavyweights KUBLAI KHAN TX. Packed with eerie atmospherics, bone-crushing riffs, and a breakdown that hits like a freight train.
Frontman Alex Erian says: “Even though our first jam dates back to the fall of 2000, it wasn’t until 2002 that we started playing shows and putting out music. From day one, Despised Icon has always stuck to a ‘if it’s not ready, it’s not ready’ mindset with everything we create. Fast forward almost six years since our last album Purgatory, and not much has changed. We’ve taken our time once again, and now we’re finally ready to turn the page and release what we feel is our most fine-tuned and dynamic record to date—staying grounded in the sound and spirit we helped define. We can’t wait to share new music with you all very soon.”
Shadow Work was produced by Erian and guitarist Eric Jarrin, with Christian Donaldson (Cryptopsy, Shadow of Intent, Signs of the Swarm) handling mixing and mastering. The artwork comes courtesy of Eliran Kantor (Hatebreed, Thy Art Is Murder, Cavalera).
The album will be available in CD and Gold & Black Corona vinyl formats and is up for pre-order here.
Shadow Work – Tracklist
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Shadow Work
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Over My Dead Body
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Death Of An Artist
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Corpse Pose
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The Apparition
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Reaper
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In Memoriam
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Omen Of Misfortune
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Obsessive Compulsive Disaster
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ContreCoeur
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Fallen Ones
The band will also hit the road this autumn, joining Sanguisugabogg on a stacked U.S. tour with support from Defeated Sanity and Corpse Pile, alongside festival appearances and two huge sold-out hometown shows in Montreal.