Canadian metal

Despised Icon Return With Ferocious Seventh Album ‘Shadow Work’

Canadian deathcore innovators Despised Icon have released Shadow Work, their seventh studio album via Nuclear Blast. The record blends blistering speed, emotional depth and the band’s trademark hardcore aggression.

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Kittie Marks 25 Years with Spit XXV: Revisiting a Groundbreaking Debut

by Noise11.com

Next Friday, September 19, heavy music pioneers Kittie, the all-female Canadian metal band that shocked and inspired many when they first emerged, will release Spit XXV, a four-track EP revisiting and reimagining some of their most iconic tracks from the band’s gold-certified debut, Spit.

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Despised Icon release new album Shadow Work

Despised Icon Return With Ferocious Seventh Album ‘Shadow Work’

Canadian deathcore giants Despised Icon have unleashed their long-awaited seventh studio album, Shadow Work, out now through Nuclear Blast Records. The Montreal band, revered for pioneering the deathcore sound in the early 2000s, delivers what may be their most refined and punishing release yet-an album balancing blistering speed, devastating grooves, and moments of melodic decay.

November 3, 2025