DarkestHour

Darkest Hour will be celebrating their 15th year as a band, and they'll embark on a coast-to-coast run this fall, playing selections from their debut, 'Mark of the Judas,' all the way up to their most recent releases. Newly signed to eOne, Darkest Hour will play the epic instrumental 'Veritas, Aequitas,' among other surprises from their catalog...

Darkest Hour have selected Soilwork guitarist -- and noted producer in his own right -- Peter Wichers to man the boards for their forthcoming, as-yet-untitled debut for E1. The band has worked with a slew of cred producers in the past. Add that to the fact that Soilwork had an influence on Darkest Hour, and it makes sense the band would choose the Swede, who currently resides in North Carolina...

Darkest Hour hail from our nation's capital in Washington, D.C. And while they aren't there much, being on tour so much, guitarist Mike Schleibaum has lived in the region long enough -- he grew up in Virginia but "was always trying to get the hell out of Virginia" and driving into the city he now calls home -- to know the unofficial, underground hot spots that travelers must visit... Re

Darkest Hour have exclusively revealed to Noisecreep that they have signed a brand new record deal with E1, thus ending their long and tumultuous relationship with Victory Records. "We are at the end of touring cycle and we are going to be playing a kid's house, since he won the contest, which was to have Darkest Hour play at your house, and we'll be playing in Grafton, Ohio," guitarist

Right now, the name Tosin Abasi is on everyone's lips in the metal scene. The guitarist of Animals as Leaders is being celebrated by everyone from his tourmates in Darkest Hour -- who even called him the Steve Vai of this generation -- to the dude who runs his label, Prosthetic Records...

Fresh off their first headlining tour in January and February, Chicago's Veil of Maya immediately got back on the road to support the band's forthcoming third record, ',' without much hesitation. Even with a successful headliner packing clubs, Veil of Maya aren't ones to rest on their laurels, because next up was a string of dates with Unearth before both bands met up with the rest of the roster f

At day two of South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, the Full Metal Texas extravaganza held at Emo's was an all-day, all-metal affair, featuring a 'surprise' second appearance -- the worst kept secret of the day -- by New Jersey's maniacal Dillinger Escape Plan...

The Dillinger Escape Plan headlining tour is full effect, and spastic tourmates Iwrestledabearonce are jacked up about the tour like a Marine cadet who actually digs the process endured during boot camp. "We couldn't be more stoked about all the stuff we have going right now," guitarist Steven told Noisecrep...

Flatulence. Scatology. Farts and poop. That was the extent of the content during this hilarious edition of ''Creep Show,' which featured Amy Sciarretto versus all five members of my fellow New Jersey brethren, the Dillinger Escape Plan. After a long day of other interviews, the boys arrived ready to have a good time...

"I hear you Ben!" a fan screamed from the crowd. Guitarists Ben Weinman and Jeff Tuttle, frontman Greg Puciato, bassist Liam Wilson and new drummer Billy Rymer were yet to be seen. The stage crew had just narrowed down the possibilities of anything going wrong during the band's set...