Darkest Hour guitarist Mike Schleibaum can’t believe it’s been nearly thirty years since he started the band with his buddies while a high-schooler in his home state of Virginia. “I was just saying ...

John Henry is best known as the frontman of DC metalcore/melodeath vets Darkest Hour, but he’s now also fronting a new band called The Primals, which also includes Chad Fjerstad (former bassist of ...

Darkest Hour are celebrating the 15th anniversary of their 2005 album, Undoing Ruin — a modern classic! — by releasing a special, limited edition vinyl featuring the band performing the album in full ...

DC metalcore vets Darkest Hour have announced their tenth album and first in seven years, Perpetual | Terminal, due February 23 via MNRK Heavy (pre-order). “The record’s theme centers around the ...

Metalcore pioneers Darkest Hour have launched a Patreon. That in itself is notable: I can’t recall a band of Darkest Hour’s level and stature in the metal community having launched an ongoing Patreon ...

Darkest Hour is set to return for the first time since 2017 with a brand new single due out November 14! No word on if this will come with a new album announcement as well, but Darkest Hour clearly ...

When high school friends Mike Schleibaum and John Henry launched the hardcore/metal band Darkest Hour in the D.C. suburb of Fairfax, Virginia, they intended to ...

She may make her name in the pop and alternative crossover world, but Billie Eilish has definitely become an ally for heavier music. After using her Instagram account to promote It Dies Today earlier ...

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Darkest Hour might be D.C.’s hardest-working band. For more than a decade, the heavy-metal quintet has been touring endlessly, both at home and abroad. It has played at Ozzfest and, quite possibly, in ...