Darkest Hour

Priest, Slipknot and many other metal heavy weights). 2005 saw DARKEST HOUR reach a level of status that allowed them to pursue their next metallic masterpiece, Undoing Ruin. Recorded by Devin Townsend at Greenhouse Studios (Vancouver, BC), Undoing Ruin entered the Billboard 200 Charts at 134. Not to be slowed down, the band continued relentless touring all over the world. In 2007, DARKEST HOUR returned to Vancouver, BC to record the follow up to Undoing Ruin. With Townsend once again at the helm the band forged Deliver Us, their most prophetic, destructive, and sonically realized work to date. After a year of intense touring, DARKEST HOUR was asked join their heroes, At The Gates, on their legendary reunion tour and the story seemed complete.

But much like the circular nature of life, change must always occur. On their 6th full length record, DARKEST HOUR needed something new and fresh. They knew that heavy metal in general needed a catalyst. The time felt right once again as this decade-without-a-name started coming to a close, DARKEST HOUR knew that something dramatic was necessary for this next record. The band returned home, reunited with producer Brian McTernan and together made a simple mission statement.

“Let’s record the fastest, heaviest, most melodic and most ambitious thrash metal record we can. Let’s take these genres of aggressive music and smash down the walls. Let’s make a modern day thrash metal masterpiece that re-defines the genre and, more importantly, re-defines the sound of the band.”

Working with McTernan at his Baltimore, MD complex Salad Days, DARKEST HOUR rediscovered the fire that fueled them in the very beginning. This new, uninhibited sense of freedom and power enabled them to record their most dedicated and sincere performance ever.

On June 23rd, DARKEST HOUR proudly introduces their defining new record to the world…The Eternal Return. With all the speed and fury of Hidden Hands, all the melody and songwriting of Undoing Ruin and all the technicality and musicianship of Deliver Us, The Eternal Return is an epic and furious record that captures every aspect of the DARKEST HOUR sound and takes everything that the band has perfected in the past and pushes it over the edge.

Appropriately enough, the record focuses on the duality of death and birth. Many metal records now-a-days will have you believe that their’s is the greatest thing since the circle pit, The Eternal Return will certainly live up to the hype. From beginning to end, The Eternal Return completely engages the audience with its energy, fury, and passion. Each song on this record is a perfect example of the raw power and superb musicianship that DARKEST HOUR is known for.

The Eternal Return marks the next chapter in DARKEST HOUR’s sonic journey and a new beginning that makes a very clear cut statement of where the band is and where it is headed. A record made by metal-heads for metal-heads. While their history spans a decade and a half, a quarter of a million records sold and voyages across every inch of the globe, The Eternal Return reaffirms that DARKEST HOUR is still doing the unexpected, still pushing a genre to its extreme, and still a heavy metal powerhouse to be reckoned with.


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