Darkest Hour

To grow, it is often necessary to change. When Darkest Hour were laying the groundwork for their sixth album 'The Eternal Return,' the Washington, D.C.-based melodic death metal band decided musical evolution was their goal, so they set out to challenge themselves and their fans by growing and modifying their sound...

Mike "Lonestar" Carrigan, the second guitarist of Washington D.C.-based melodic death metal band Darkest Hour, may never have relished the expression, "Who gives a flying crap?" But after an experience on a winding Belgium highway during the band's 'Thrash and Burn' European tour, he probably hopes he never hears the phrase again...

Appearances can be deceiving. Washington D.C.-based band Darkest Hour may be on metalcore and deathcore-friendly label Victory Records, and their dress sense might be a little less gnarly than that of Necrophagist, Suffocation, Dying Fetus and other death metal bands on this year's Summer Slaughter Tour, but that doesn't make them any less metal...

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DC-based metallers Darkest Hour have converged on Baltimore's Salad Days Studio on March 9 to thrash and burn. The quintet will commence recording their sixth album, titled 'The Eternal Return.' Guitarist Mike Schleibaum, who is working on producing and mixing other bands on the side, said that the six-month long writing process was arduous, but in the best possible way...