Darkest Hour
Formed: 1996
From:
Washington, D.C,
United States
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Darkest Hour News
Below is our complete Darkest Hour news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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Zealot R.I.P. (Pig Destroyer Etc.) Premiere Single
Zealot R.I.P. (Pig Destroyer, Darkest Hour etc.) announce a September 10th release date for their new album “The Extinction Of You” through Three One G Records. Below you can stream their new single and video from it titled “Ambush Predator”.
Tells Blake Harrison (Pig Destroyer) of the song:
“This song is about a human piece of garbage and one’s overinflated ego. We hope you turn this up loud!”
The group are comprised of the following scene veterans: More...
Darkest Hour Premiere Live Video For “Demon(s)”
Darkest Hour premiere their live video for “Demon(s)” from their ‘Live In Lockdown‘ streaming event, featuring Dreamshade‘s guitarist/vocalist Fella Di Cicco.
That online show originally took place on September 26th, 2020 and saw the band joined by many online guest musicians, including members of Unearth, Bad Wolves, Suicide Silence among others. Ex-Darkest Hour guitarists Kris Norris and Fred Ziomek also took part.
Mind Power (Ex-A Life Once Lost) Premiere Video
Mind Power, led by former A Life Once Lost frontman Robert Meadows, premiere a new official music video for their track “Mess” streaming below.
The video’s premiere coincides with the release of the group’s new record “Self Torture“, which is out now via Bandcamp. It features guest appearances from the likes of Norma Jean frontman Cory Brandan, Darkest Hour vocalist John Henry.
Explains Meadows: More...
Terminal Bliss (Iron Reagan) Premiere Debut EP
Terminal Bliss premiere their enitre debut EP “Brute Err/ata“ streaming via YouTube for you below. The band consists of Pg. 99 frontman Chris Taylor and guitarist Mike Taylor, Ryan Parrish (Iron Reagan, ex-Darkest Hour) and bassist Adam Juersko (City Of Caterpillar). A physical release of the ten-song effort will arrive on February 26th through Relapse Records.
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Darkest Hour Announces U.S. And European Tours
Washington, DC metalcore pioneers, Darkest Hour, announce a run of West Coast tour dates for December, with a nine-city co-headlining tour alongside Unearth.
Offers Darkest Hour, "2019, we are not done with you yet. Just added some shows on the West Coast with our dudes in Unearth! We have seen all the amazing feedback from you all, and we have listened. Both bands will be playing FULL headlining, rip'n, face melting sets. We have had a ton of fun all over the world with Unearth and we are stoked to slide these dates in before the end of the year. We have some huge things in store for 2020 but if you live in these cities come out and party like its 1999 with us and Unearth!"
A month later, Darkest Hour will kick off 2020 with a return to Europe for a sixteen-city special 25th anniversary tour, where they'll be joined by special guests Fallujah, Bloodlet, Une Misere, and Lowest Creature.
The band comments, "It is with extreme excitement that we announce what we hope to be one of many tour's next year celebrating our 25th anniversary! Over these past twenty-five years we have toured with both new and established bands and have always worked hard to make our tour packages diverse and interesting. This tour is in keeping with that tradition. Fallujah is ripping progressive death metal who have had our attention for a while, can't wait to see these riffs live. Bloodlet is a very special band to us. One of our early influences, it is EASY to say we would not be a band (or at least not the same band) without their influence. We grew up going to their shows and it's a joy to be able to share the stage with them. We got to see Une Misere play this summer and were impressed, insanely heavy, Icelandic mosh of the highest form. Lowest Creature is a killer blend of classic metal elements we all love translated with a new and distinctly Swedish twist. Oh, and you know we will have a few surprises planned for this set special 25th anniversary set. See you in the pit!"
Tour dates below: More...
Unearth & Darkest Hour Canada Tour Announced
Unearth and Darkest Hour‘s co-headlining ‘The Death To False Metalcore Tour‘ will hit Eastern Canada in early 2019. The Agony Scene will join as opener. As previously announced Unearth and Darkest Hour will be also co-headlining a European/UK tour with Misery Signals, Malevolence and Left Behind joining them as support acts.
Unearth‘s new album “Extinction(s)” landed in stores last month.
01/31 Quebec City, QC – L’Anti
02/02 Ottawa, ON – Brass Monkey
02/03 Montreal, QC – Foufounes Electriques
02/05 Kingston, ON – Overtime
02/06 Barrie, ON – The Foxx
02/07 London, ON – Rum Runners
02/08 Toronto, ON – Hard Luck
European/UK tour with Misery Signals, Malevolence and Left Behind: More...
Darkest Hour Launch Their Own Brand Of Ice Cream
Washington, DC-based Darkest Hour will embark on their special East Coast mini-tour next week, which will see the long-running metal quintet headlining with support from some of their hand-picked favorite hometown scene acts.
Darkest Hour will kick off the mini-tour on their home turf in DC on November 13th, followed by shows in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Brooklyn through November 16th. On all four shows, the band will be joined by iconic hardcore outfit Damnation A.D., blackened punk act Cemetery Piss, hardcore punk outfit Walk The Plank, and new outfit No Man. Just two days after the mini-tour, Darkest Hour traverse the country to take part in The Power Of The Riff on November 18th, performing with Sunn O))), Scream, Xibalba, Xasthur, Papa M, and Entry.
With this tour rapidly approaching, Darkest Hour also announces the first European tour dates of 2019. The newly-announced trek, dubbed Death To False Metalcore, will see the band co-headlining with Unearth, with support from Misery Signals, Malevolence, and Left Behind, and runs from March 21st through April 1st. More...
The Primals Premiere Pre-Release Full-Album Stream
The Primals - featuring current/former members of Darkest Hour, Dead To Fall and The Explosion - premiere the pre-release full-album stream of the band's upcoming new album "All Love Is True Love", which will land in stores this Friday, September 07th, on Southern Lord.
Check out now "All Love Is True Love" in its entirety below.
Darkest Hour & Damnation A.D. Mini-Tour Announced
Darkest Hour announce an East Coast mini-tour for November that will find them out on the road with Damnation A.D., Cemetery Piss, Walk The Plank and No Man. Below's where that trek will hit.
11/13 Washington, DC – U Street Music Hall
11/14 Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
11/15 Philadelphia, PA – Voltage Lounge
11/16 Brooklyn, NY – The Kingsland
The Primals (Darkest Hour Etc.) Premiere New Track
Darkest Hour singer John Henry has joined forces with ex-Dead To Fall bassist Chad Fjerstad and former The Explosion drummer Andrew Black in a new project named The Primals. Their debut full length “All Love Is True Love” will be out in stores on September 07th through Southern Lord. A first single called “Fortune & Sons” is streaming below.
Darkest Hour Premiere New Music Video
Darkest Hour premiere a music video for their track “Enter Oblivion” which was directed by the band’s own vocalist John Henry. He commented of the clip:
“I wanted to find a location that I felt would represent the nomadic theme of the song. When I came across Rainbow Basin outside of Barstow I immediately knew it was the right spot. There’s a real beauty about the bleakness and harshness of the desert which stands out as the true star of the video.”
Adds guitarist Mike Schleibaum : More...
Havok & Darkest Hour European/UK Tour Announced
Havok, Darkest Hour, Cephalic Carnage and Harlott announce the below European/UK run together for April:
04/05 Oberhausen, GER – Kulttempel
04/06 Berlin, GER – Musik & Frieden
04/07 Leipzig, GER – Hellraiser
04/08 Weinheim, GER – Cafe Central
04/09 Prague, CZE – Nova Chmelnice
04/10 Budapest, HUN – Durer Kert
04/12 Nurnberg, GER – Z-Bau
04/13 Aarau, SWI – Kiff
04/14 Lyon, FRA – CCO Villeurbanne
04/15 Barcelona, SPA – Boveda
04/16 Madrid, SPA – Caracol
04/17 Sevilla, SPA – Custom
04/18 Lisbon, POR – Lisboa Ao Vivo
04/20 Pamplona, SPA – Totem
04/21 Montpellier, FRA – Secret Place
04/22 Paris, FRA – Petit Bain
04/23 London, UK – Underworld
04/24 Dublin, IRE – Voodoo Lounge
04/25 Glasgow, UK – Cathouse
04/26 Birmingham, UK – Asylum
04/27 Antwerp, BEL – Zappa
04/28 Hannover, GER – Faust
04/29 Munchen, GER – Backstage
Extinction A.D. Debut New Song
Extinction A.D., featuring members of This Is Hell, premiere their new single “In The Wake Of Uprising“. The track will appear on the band’s forthcoming new album, “Decimation Treaty“, out February 16th via Good Fight Music. Explains the band:
“This song has an overwhelming sense of urgency musically, so we matched that feeling lyrically. The music sets the perfect frenetic backdrop for ideas of revolt and resistance. It’s a rallying cry to end the abuse of authoritative power by any means necessary.”
You can catch the band out on this tour with Darkest Hour and Whores: More...
Darkest Hour & Whores Announce Tour
Darkest Hour will be touring early in 2018 with the below run featuring support from Whores and Extinction A.D. Check out all dates below:
02/16 Richmond, VA – The Canal Club
02/17 Savanah, GA – AURA FEST
02/18 Nashville, TN – The Basement East
02/20 Cincinnati, OH – Bogarts
02/21 Indianapolis, IN – Emerson Theater
02/22 Chicago, IL – Reggies
02/23 Lansing, MI – The Loft
02/24 Rochester, NY – Photo City
02/25 Pittsburgh, PA – Cattivo
Darkest Hour Announces Record Store Day Release
Darkest Hour, which released ninth album, "Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora," earlier this month, just announced a limited edition 7-inch titled “Pain Killer/I Don’t Want to Hear It” coming via Southern Lord Recordings for Record Store Day (April 22nd).
The release, which is limited to 1000 copies, features the song “Enter Oblivion” from "Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora," as well as covers of Minor Threat’s “I Don’t Want To Hear It” and Judas Priest’s “Pain Killer.” All proceeds from the 7-inch will be donated to the National Immigration Law Center.
Band founder and guitar player Mike Schleibaum had this to say about the release:
“It is with great pride we present to you our first Record Store Day release, which also happens to be our first 7-inch record in almost two decades! This 7-inch features two covers that we recorded before the launch of our Indiegogo campaign last year. Although the songs were released for free as part of a thank you to our loyal fans we felt they wouldn't get their justice served without some sort of physical release. In addition to the covers, this 7-inch also includes the song ‘Enter Oblivion’ from our new album, 'Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora.' This song and 7-inch have a very special meaning for us.
"Having toured the world countless times at this point, we have seen the destructiveness and divisiveness that arises from nation states, borders, and immigration policies. These invisible, arbitrary lines that divide families, cultures, and humanity are archaic and obsolete. We believe that no human being is ever illegal just for existing. We believe that everyone regardless of race, religion, age, ethic heritage, sexual identification and sexual orientation should be treated with the respect and dignity that everyone deserves. More...
Darkest Hour Debuts New Song
Darkest Hour debuts a new song entitled "Those Who Survived", taken from the upcoming new album "Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora", which will arrive in stores March 10 via Southern Lord Recordings.
Check out now "Those Who Survived" below.
Says guitarist Mike Schleibaum of the track: More...
Darkest Hour Releasing Lager
In honor of the band's 20th anniversary and release of ninth studio album, "Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora," Darkest Hour teamed up with DC’s own DC Brau Brewing Company for a collaboration titled Savor The Swill, a German-style Helles lager that will be available in limited release starting February 11th in Washington, D.C.
“This project was born a few years back,” says Brandon Skall, co-founder and CEO of DC Brau. “It may have taken some time for it to come to fruition, but it was worth it.”
DC Brau’s co-founder/head brewer Jeff Hancock and Skall worked with the band to choose a style they would enjoy drinking.
“There was one obvious choice that rose to the top after discussing the many potential beer styles that we could brew – a German-Style Helles,” says Hancock. “I mean, how fitting is it to choose a beer with the word hell in the name? Cha Ching!”
Savor The Swill is a light, golden German lager with lively, natural carbonation that touts aromas of lightly-kilned malt, grain, and cracker with a subtle herbal hop presence. A clean fermentation profile, low alcohol content (5% ABV), and a perfect ratio between the Czech Republic 2 Row Pilsner malt and Hallertau Mittelfrüh hops contribute to this well-balanced, meticulously crafted, domestic interpretation of one of Germany's most delicate lagers. More...
Darkest Hour Streaming "Timeless Numbers"
Darkest Hour, which recently announced the March 10th release of ninth album "Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora" via Southern Lord Recordings, today shares a second song from the 12-track album. Check out “Timeless Numbers” below.
"This song, like ‘Knife in the Safe Room,' has a dual meaning,” explains Darkest Hour guitar player Mike Schleibaum. “The first is the continuation of the story line that permeates the album. In this track we see our main character struggle with the inherit history of the culture he/she was brought up in and the realization that it was always in our nature to divide and consume ourselves. "
Mike goes on to say, "In simpler terms, it is a reflection on the drain of modern life and the subsequent division / internal destruction that this life seems to always lead humanity towards. As we travel the world, we have seen how no matter where you are, humans divide themselves. We interact with immigration policies, boarders and barriers that are cultural, economic, and political everyday that we are on tour. While traveling the world we have done our best to spread a message of anti-nationalism, unilateral respect for humans of all forms, and lastly the basic idea that music/art is more powerful and more eternal then religion, nation states, or even TECHNOLOGY!” More...
Darkest Hour Posts Drum Video
After previously streaming the track, Darkest Hour has now released a drum playthrough video for the song "Knife In The Safe Room," taken off the "Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora" album due out in March of 2017. Darkest Hour comments:
"Know what was bad ass that happened in 2016? We tracked this album! Here is video of Travis tracking 'Knife in the Safe Room!'
"You can get the single as an instant download if you pick it up from iTunes, OR as an immediate download, if you pick up one of the packages from Southern Lord Recordings - either way you get to hear it right now so crank up them iPhones or whatever you all listen to music on and distort everything!
Ringworm To Tour With Darkest Hour
Ringworm has announced new U.S. tour dates supporting Darkest Hour through February/March 2017. Additional support will be provided by Rotten Sound, Tombs, and Rivers of Nihil. The full confirmed schedule is as follows:
Feb 17 Washington, DC Black Cat
Feb 18 Pittsburgh, PA Diesel
Feb 19 Cleveland, OH Agora Theater
Feb 21 New York, NY Saint Vitus
Feb 22 Detroit, MI New Dodge Tavern
Feb 23 Chicago, IL Reggies
Feb 24 Milwaukee, WI The Metal Grill
Feb 25 Vote on Fanbadassdor!
Feb 26 Kansas City, MO The Riot Room
Feb 28 Denver, CO Marquis Theater
Mar 01 Salt Lake City, Utah Metro Bar
Mar 02 Las Vegas, NV Beauty Bar (21+)
Mar 04 Reno, NV Jub Jub’s
Mar 05 Portland, OR Analog Theater
Mar 06 Seattle, WA Studio Seven
Mar 08 San Francisco, CA DNA Lounge
Mar 11 San Diego, CA Brick By Brick
Mar 12 Phoenix, AZ Club Red
Mar 13 Tucson, AZ Club XS
Mar 14 Albequerque, NM The Compound 2
Mar 15 Lubbock, TX Backstage
Mar 16 Austin, TX Grizzly Hall
Mar 17 Houston, TX White Oak
Mar 18 San Antonio, TX Korova
Mar 19 Dallas, TX Gas Monkey
Mar 21 Cincinnati, OH Northside Yacht Club More...