''Day of Mourning'' is the fourth studio album by Canadian

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. It was released September 22, 2009 through Century Media Records. The album is featured in four different editions, including; the standard, the United States exclusive

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edition, the Europe Exclusive LTD

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edition, the iTunes edition and the Japanese edition.

Background

''Day of Mourning'' was recorded during early 2009 at Projecson Recording Studio and was produced by their former guitarist, Yannick, St-Amand and was mixed by Andreas Magnusson and mastered by Alan Douches. The album marks the first Despised Icon release to feature guitarist Ben Landreville and bassist Max Lavelle in the band. The song "MVP" was released as the album's first single on July 17, 2009. The title track was released as the album's second single and had a

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produced for it which was directed by Montreal hip hop video production company, Kartel Films. The song "Day of Mourning" is also featured as

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for the ''Rock Band'' video games via the Rock Band Network.

Reception

The album reached number 162 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 6 on the '' Billboard''

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, selling 3,000 copies its first week of release.

Track listing

Credits

Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

Personnel

;Despised Icon * Alex Erian –

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* Steve Marois – vocals * Eric Jarrin –

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* Ben Landreville – guitar, gang vocals * Max Lavelle –

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* Alex Pelletier – drums ;Additional musicians * Kevin McCoughey (

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) – gang vocals * Gabriel McCoughry (ex-Ion Dissonance) – gang vocals * Elliot Desgagné (

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) – gang vocals * Ghyslain Fredet – gang vocals * Sebastien Painchaud (ex-Ion Dissonance) – gang vocals * Chris Donaldson (

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) – gang vocals ;Production * Yannick St-Amand –

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* Chris Donaldson –

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(gang vocals only) * Eric Jarrin – recording (guitar solos only) * Andreas Magnusson – mixing * Alan Douches – mastering ;Artwork and design * Felix Rancourt – artwork, layout

Studios

* Northern Studio, QC,

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– production, engineering * Garage Studio, QC, Canada – recording (gang vocals only) * Eric Jarrin's place, QC, Canada – recording (guitar solos only) * Planet Red Studio, VA,

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– mixing * West West Side Music, NJ, USA – mastering

Charts

References

External links

''Day of Mourning''
at Despised Icon's official website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Day of Mourning 2009 albums Century Media Records albums Despised Icon albums French-language albums