DARKEST HOUR: Death To False Metalcore Canadian Winter Tour With Unearth Begins Today

Washington, DC-based DARKEST HOUR today embarks on the Death To False Metalcore Tour across Eastern Canada. The tour runs through February 8th and sees DARKEST HOUR co-headlining alongside Unearth.
 
This Canadian segment of the tour will be followed by a European leg of Death To False Metalcore, which will see DARKEST HOUR and Unearth co-headlining with support from Misery Signals, Malevolence, and Left Behind, from March 21st through April 1st.
 
Produced by Kurt Ballou (Converge), DARKEST HOUR‘s eleventh LP, I, continues to solidify the band’s legacy as a major metal powerhouse. Raw, complex, melodic, yet cutting with razor blade precision, Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora is a fierce album which shows the long-running band as lethal and ravenous as ever. Following its 217 release through Southern Lord, the band has continued to tour regularly throughout North America and Europe.
 
Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora is available on CD, black vinyl LP, picture disc LP, and all digital platforms via Southern Lord; find ordering options at the label’s webstore HERE, via Bandcamp HERE, and through all digital providers.
 
Stream DARKEST HOUR’s Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora LP HERE and see their video for “Enter Oblivion” HERE.
 
DARKEST HOUR – Death To False Metalcore Tour:
1/31/2019 L’Anti – Quebec City, QC *
2/02/2018 Brass Monkey – Ottawa, ON *
2/03/2019 Foufounes Electriques – Montreal, QC *
2/05/2019 Overtime – Kingston, ON *
2/06/2019 The Foxx – Barrie, ON *
2/07/2019 Rum Runners – London, ON *
2/08/2019 Hard Luck – Toronto, ON *
3/21/2019 Essigfabrik – Köln, DE #
3/22/2019 Het Entrepot – Brugge, BE #
3/23/2019 ULU – London, UK (no Malevolence) #
3/24/2019 Tivoli Pandora – Utrecht, NL #
3/25/2019 Schlachthof – Wiesbaden, DE #
3/26/2019 Markthalle – Hamburg, DE #
3/27/2019 SO36 – Berlin, DE #
3/28/2019 Backstage – Munich, DE #
3/29/2019 Conne Island – Leipzig, DE #
3/30/2019 Futurum – Prague, CZ #
3/31/2019 A38 – Budapest, HU #
4/01/2019 Arena – Vienna, AU #
*w/ Unearth
#w/ Unearth, Misery Signals, Malevolence, Left Behind

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DARKEST HOUR Announces Death To False Metalcore Canadian Winter Tour Dates With Unearth And The Agony Scene

Following their Northeast US Coast headlining mini-tour as well as their set at The Power Of The Riff in Los Angeles, Washington, DC-based DARKEST HOUR announces new tour through Canada for early 2019. The Canadian leg of the Death To False Metalcore Tour will see the band performing across Eastern Canada from January 31st through February 8th, co-headlining with Unearth with support from The Agony Scene.

The new dates precede the previously-announced European leg of Death To False Metalcore, which will see DARKEST HOUR and Unearth co-headlining with support from Misery Signals, Malevolence, and Left Behind, from March 21st through April 1st.

Produced by Kurt Ballou (Converge), DARKEST HOUR‘s eleventh LP, Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora, continues to solidify the band’s legacy as a major metal powerhouse. Raw, complex, melodic, yet cutting with razor blade precision, Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora is a fierce album which shows the long-running band as lethal and ravenous as ever. Following its 217 release through Southern Lord, the band has continued to tour regularly throughout North America and Europe.

Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora is available on CD, black vinyl LP, picture disc LP, and all digital platforms via Southern Lord; find ordering options at the label’s webstore HERE, via Bandcamp HERE, and through all digital providers.

Stream DARKEST HOUR’s Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora LP HERE and see their video for “Enter Oblivion” HERE.

DARKEST HOUR – Death To False Metalcore Tour:
1/31/2019 L’Anti – Quebec City, QC *
2/02/2018 Brass Monkey – Ottawa, ON *
2/03/2019 Foufounes Electriques – Montreal, QC *
2/05/2019 Overtime – Kingston, ON *
2/06/2019 The Foxx – Barrie, ON *
2/07/2019 Rum Runners – London, ON *
2/08/2019 Hard Luck – Toronto, ON *
3/21/2019 Essigfabrik – Köln, DE #
3/22/2019 Het Entrepot – Brugge, BE #
3/23/2019 ULU – London, UK (no Malevolence) #
3/24/2019 Tivoli Pandora – Utrecht, NL #
3/25/2019 Schlachthof – Wiesbaden, DE #
3/26/2019 Markthalle – Hamburg, DE #
3/27/2019 SO36 – Berlin, DE #
3/28/2019 Backstage – Munich, DE #
3/29/2019 Conne Island – Leipzig, DE #
3/30/2019 Futurum – Prague, CZ #
3/31/2019 A38 – Budapest, HU #
4/01/2019 Arena – Vienna, AU #
* w/ Unearth, The Agony Scene
# w/ Unearth, Misery Signals, Malevolence, Left Behind

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DARKEST HOUR East Coast Mini-Tour Begins Next Week; Band Announces Death To False Metalcore European Tour And Launches Signature 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.
 
Additionally, DARKEST HOUR has teamed up with Mount Desert Island Ice Cream shop in Washington DC, owned by Dischord Record employees, to create a new signature flavor, Savor The Chill. The band worked diligently to help perfect this amazing blend of dark chocolate and whiskey to perfect the flavor, which is now available through November 22nd. Read more about the shop HERE.
 
Stream DARKEST HOUR’s Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora in its entirety HERE and see the official video for the track “Enter Oblivion” HERE.
 
DARKEST HOUR Tour Dates:
11/13/2018 U Street Music Hall – Washington, DC * [tickets]
11/14/2018 Baltimore Soundstage – Baltimore, MD * [tickets]
11/15/2018 Voltage Lounge – Philadelphia, PA * [tickets]
11/16/2018 The Kingsland – Brooklyn, NY * [tickets]
11/18/2018 The Echoplex – Los Angeles, CA % [info]
3/21/2019 Essigfabrik – Köln, DE #
3/22/2019 Het Entrepot – Brugge, BE #
3/23/2019 ULU – London, UK (no Malevolence) #
3/24/2019 Tivoli Pandora – Utrecht, NL #
3/25/2019 Schlachthof – Wiesbaden, DE #
3/26/2019 Markthalle – Hamburg, DE #
3/27/2019 SO36 – Berlin, DE #
3/28/2019 Backstage – Munich, DE #
3/29/2019 Conne Island – Leipzig, DE #
3/30/2019 Futurum – Prague, CZ #
3/31/2019 A38 – Budapest, HU #
4/01/2019 Arena – Vienna, AU #
* w/ Damnation A.D., Cemetery Piss, Walk The Plank, No Man
% at The Power Of The Riff w/ Sunn O))), Scream, Xibalba, Xasthur, Papa M, Entry
# Death To False Metalcore w/ Unearth, Misery Signals, Malevolence, Left Behind
 
Produced by Kurt Ballou (Converge), DARKEST HOUR‘s eleventh LP, Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora, continues to solidify the band’s legacy as a major metal powerhouse. Raw, complex, melodic, yet cutting with razor blade precision, Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora is a fierce album which shows the long-running band as lethal and ravenous as ever. Following its 217 release through Southern Lord, the band has continued to tour regularly throughout North America and Europe.
 
Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora is available on CD, black vinyl LP, picture disc LP, and all digital platforms via Southern Lord; find ordering options at the label’s webstore HERE, via Bandcamp HERE, and through all digital providers.
 
Direct DARKEST HOUR coverage requests in North America contact dave@earsplitcompound.comand in Europe contact lauren@rarelyunable.com.
 

THE POWER OF THE RIFF Confirms DARKEST HOUR, XIBALBA, And XASTHUR For November Event In Los Angeles Celebrating Southern Lord’s 20th Anniversary

THE POWER OF THE RIFF makes is return in November, hosting a Los Angeles-based event with two days of performances featuring a wide range of heavy acts. The first incarnation of THE POWER OF THE RIFF since late 2016, this year’s gathering will take place the weekend of November 17th and 18th. This week the curators confirm more new acts including DARKEST HOUR, XIBALBA, and XASTHUR.

THE POWER OF THE RIFF‘s 2018 festivities will begin on Saturday, November 17th, with a kickoff party at The Echo. This show will see new Southern Lord act THE PRIMALS, a power trio featuring members of Darkest Hour, The Explosion, and more, opening for a rare set by legendary ’60s garage rock outfit, THE SONICS.

The main event for THE POWER OF THE RIFF will take place the following day, Sunday, November 18th, at LA’s The Echoplex. This show will be headlined by SUNN O))), who in 2018 is celebrating the act’s twentieth anniversary along with the Southern Lord label which was also created by the band in 1998. This show mark’s SUNN O)))‘s only California show of 2018 and final show of the year. Additional acts have also just been announced, including long-running metal quintet DARKEST HOUR, brutal metallic hardcore outfit XIBALBA, and legendary underground entity XASTHUR.

Watch for additional acts for the main event to be announced in the days ahead as THE POWER OF THE RIFF 2018 continues to take form.

Check out the new THE POWER OF THE RIFF website RIGHT HERE and find tickets for the event at THIS LOCATION. A limited number of special VIP tickets are available, each of which includes early entry, a drink token, Southern Lord swag bag, a SUNN O))) surprise, and more.

THE POWER OF THE RIFF 2018:
11/17/2018 The Echo – Los Angeles, CA kickoff party w/ The Sonics, The Primals [info]
11/18/2018 The Echoplex – Los Angeles, CA w/ SUNN O))), Darkest Hour, Xibalba, Xasthur, more TBA [info]

With an intent of exposing fans of all ages to brand new underground acts alongside some of the biggest names in the underground metal and hardcore scenes, for nearly a decade, THE POWER OF THE RIFF has booked multiple major festivals on the East and West Coasts, several mini-tours, and more. Among the dozens of acts that have taken part in these widespread events, AGNOSTIC FRONT, ALL PIGS MUST DIE, BAPTISTS, BLACK BREATH, BLACK COBRA, COLISEUM, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, EAGLE TWIN, EYEHATEGOD, FROM ASHES RISE, GATECREEPER, GOATSNAKE, INCANTATION, NAILS, NECROT, NEGATIVE APPROACH, NEUROSIS, PELICAN, PENTAGRAM, REPULSION, SUNN O))), TRAP THEM, WINTER, WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM, XIBALBA, and many others have performed.

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DARKEST HOUR Confirms East Coast November Tour Dates With Damnation A.D., Cemetery Piss, Walk The Plank, And No Man

Washington, DC-based DARKEST HOUR has booked a run of East Coast tour dates for this November. This succinct but vital trek sees the long-running metal quintet headlining with support from some of their hand-picked favorite hometown scene acts.

Produced by Kurt Ballou (Converge), DARKEST HOUR‘s eleventh LP, Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora, continues to solidify the band’s legacy as a major metal powerhouse. Raw, complex, melodic, yet cutting with razor blade precision, Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora is a fierce album which shows the long-running band as lethal and ravenous as ever. Following its 217 release through Southern Lord, the band has continued to tour regularly throughout North America and Europe.

DARKEST HOUR will kick off this latest 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 hardcore icons Damnation A.D., blackened punk act Cemetery Piss, hardcore punk outfit Walk The Plank, and new band No Man.

DARKEST HOUR w/ Damnation A.D., Cemetery Piss, Walk The Plank, No Man:

11/13/2018 U Street Music Hall – Washington, DC [tickets]
11/14/2018 Baltimore Soundstage – Baltimore, MD [tickets]
11/15/2018 Voltage Lounge – Philadelphia, PA [tickets]
11/16/2018 The Kingsland – Brooklyn, NY [tickets]

Stream DARKEST HOUR’s Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora in its entirety HERE and see the official video for the track “Enter Oblivion” HERE.
Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora is available on CD, black vinyl LP, picture disc LP, and all digital platforms via Southern Lord; find ordering options at the label’s webstore HERE, via Bandcamp HERE, and through all digital providers.

The banddeclares on their choices for the tour lineup:

DARKEST HOUR is excited to announce this short run of dates with some of our most favorite bands and people from the Washington, DC-area scene!

No Man (features ex-Majority Rule members) are old friends with a kickass new sound! Walk The Plank has been making a name for themselves with some serious touring, and they bring their own brand of DC hardcore punk to the bill! Cemetery Piss is one of our new favorite bands from the Baltimore area. We can’t get enough of their black metal/punk-infused sound! Lastly, Damnation A.D. is one our band’s earliest loves! These guys were the first major influence to us as a band. They took us out on our first tour ever, they showed us how to tour, how to be a band, and most of all they made music that we still love and hold deep in our hearts today. We can’t wait to share the stage with them, and we are truly honored that these bands have all chosen to join us on this short but amazingly fun run!

We have some surprises in store on our end so make sure to get pre-sale tickets at the links provided. These venues are small, and these shows will be part of DARKEST HOUR history!”

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DARKEST HOUR: Noisey Premieres Official Video For “Enter Oblivion” As US And European Tours Approach

Washington, DC-based metal quintet DARKEST HOUR has filmed an official video for the song “Enter Oblivion”, which hails from their eleventh LP, Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora, released in 2017 through Southern Lord. The new video has been issued through an exclusive premiere at Noisey, as the band prepares to embark on a new run of tour dates on two continents.

The new video for “Enter Oblivion” was directed by DARKEST HOUR vocalist John Henry with director of photography Ben Hoffman and produced and edited by Chad Fjerstad. Henry states on filming the video, “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, “We chose the song ‘Enter Oblivion’ because it shows a different side of the album then we first presented. This song sits in the middle of the album and although it doesn’t crush with the same speed as the others it presents a depth that is all its own. The style of this song really allows for the band to breath sonically and the production of Kurt Ballou to really stand out on this track, especially in those drums! This is song for those who live outside of the borders of man and the laws of nature. For those who have found themselves in the act of constantly searching.”

Noisey notes with the premiere, “The quest that DARKEST HOUR, the D.C. melodeath warriors, have been on for more than two decades is one that is wholly about tearing faces off with precision, intent, and riffs. The band’s most recent album, last year’s great Godless Prophets And Migrant Flora, showcased them knowing exactly what kind of music they wanted to make and how to make it.”

See DARKEST HOUR’s “Enter Oblivion” at Noisey RIGHT HERE.

Produced by Kurt Ballou (Converge) at his Godcity studo, Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora continues to solidify the long-running DARKEST HOUR’s legacy as a major metal powerhouse. Raw, complex, melodic, yet cutting with razor blade precision, Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora is a fierce album which shows the long-running band as lethal and ravenous as ever.

Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora is available on CD, black vinyl LP, picture disc LP, and all digital platforms via Southern Lord; find ordering options at the label’s webstore HERE, and via Bandcamp HERE.

Following several crushing runs through different regions of North America in support of the album, DARKEST HOUR is about to embark on the first of two new upcoming tours in two weeks. Beginning February 16th, the band will storm across the eastern US through February 25th, with support from Whores and Extinction A.D.

DARKEST HOUR has also announced another new tour in recent days, which sees them hitting Europe this Spring. The tour runs from April 5th and runs all the way through the 29th and sees them paired with Cephalic Carnage and Harlott supporting Havok.

DARKEST HOUR w/ Whores, Extinction A.D.
2/16/2018 The Canal Club – Richmond, VA
2/17/2018 Arura Fest – Savanah, GA
2/18/2018 The Basement East – Nashville, TN
2/19/2018 Trixies – Louisville, KY
2/20/2018 Bogarts – Cincinnati, OH
2/21/2018 Emerson Theater – Indianapolis, IN
2/22/2018 Reggies – Chicago, IL
2/23/2018 The Loft – Lansing, MI
2/24/2018 Photo City – Rochester, NY
2/25/2018 Cattivo – Pittsburgh, PA
w/ Havok, Cephalic Carnage, Harlott:
4/05/2018 Kulttempel – Oberhausen, DE
4/06/2018 Musik & Frieden – Berlin, DE
4/07/2018 Hellraiser – Leipzig, DE
4/08/2018 Café Central – Weinheim, DE
4/09/2018 Nova Chmelnice – Prague, CZ
4/10/2018 Durer Kert – Budapest, HU
4/12/2018 Z-Bau – Nürnberg, DE
4/13/2018 Kiff – Aarau, CH
4/14/2018 CCO Villeurbanne – Lyon, FR
4/15/2018 Bóveda – Barcelona, ES
4/16/2018 Caracol – Madrid, ES
4/17/2018 Custom – Sevilla, ES
4/18/2018 Lisboa Ao Vivo – Lisbon, PT
4/20/2018 Totem – Pamplona, ES
4/21/2018 Secret Place – Montpellier, FR
4/22/2018 Petit Bain – Paris, FR
4/23/2018 Underworld – London, UK
4/24/2018 Voodoo Lounge – Dublin, IE
4/25/2018 Cathouse – Glasgow, UK
4/26/2018 Asylum – Birmingham, UK
4/27/2018 Zappa – Antwerp, BE
4/28/2018 Faust – Hannover, DE
4/29/2018 Backstage – München, DE

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DARKEST HOUR To Embark On East Coast Tour Next Week; Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora LP Out Now On Southern Lord

[photo by Pete Duvall]

In the wake of their acclaimed ninth studio album, Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora – released earlier this year via Southern Lord – Washington, DC-based metal outfit DARKEST HOUR is preparing to embark on a new wave of East Coast tour dates in support of the record.

Following the first leg of the tour earlier this year with Ringworm, Rotten Sound, Tombs, and Rivers Of Nihil, the Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora Tour Part II begins next Friday, July 14th, and runs through July 23rd. The routing takes DARKEST HOUR, along with support acts Havok and Jesus Piece, through Washington, Clifton, Virginia Beach, Spartanburg, Orlando, Margate, Tampa, Atlanta, and Fayetteville. Find the tour dates and ticket links below.

DARKEST HOUR‘s Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora is out now on CD, black vinyl LP, picture disc LP, and all digital platforms via Southern Lord; find ordering options at the label’s webstore HERE, and via Bandcamp HERE.

DARKEST HOUR Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora Tour Part II w/ Havok, Jesus Piece:
7/14/2017 Rock N Roll Hotel – Washington, DC [info] (no Jesus Piece)
7/15/2017 Dingbatz – Clifton, NJ [info]
7/16/2017 Shaka’s – Virginia Beach, VA [info]
7/18/2017 Ground Zero – Spartanburg, SC [info]
7/19/2017 Backbooth – Orlando, FL [info]
7/20/2017 O’Malley’s – Margate, FL [info]
7/21/2017 Crowbar – Tampa, FL [info]
7/22/2017 Masquerade (Hell) – Atlanta, GA [info]
7/23/2017 Drunk Horse Pub – Fayetteville, NC [info]

Since their inception twenty-one years ago, DARKEST HOUR has released eight studio full-lengths via eleven different record labels, has appeared in major motion pictures and US television shows, video games, and has toured the world extensively covering six of the seven continents. A bastard child born of the mid-1990s, DARKEST HOUR combines the passion, energy, and soul of punk and hardcore with the style, speed, vengeance, and fury of melodic speed, thrash and death metal. The band has helped defined the entire New Wave Of American Metal sound — blending the raw, hardcore punk of the ’80s, with the Scandinavian death metal of the ’90s – forging a sound that would later become the template for modern metal.

While many of their contemporaries have decided to hang it up, DARKEST HOUR is still charging ahead with invigorated spirit. In 2016, the same rabid fan base that helped propel the band into the national spotlight helped push them to reach another milestone by crowd funding their ninth LP, Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora. The band then partnered with California based Southern Lord Records to help complete the release and distribution of this fan fueled release. Produced by underground legend Kurt Ballou (Converge) at his Godcity complex, and drawing from the band’s extensive performing experience, this album helps solidify DARKEST HOUR’s legacy as a major metal powerhouse. Raw as all hell, musically complex, melodic, yet cutting with razor blade precision, Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora is fierce and hungry for blood.

For tour coverage requests and interviews with DARKEST HOUR, in North America contact dave@earsplitcompound.com and internationally contact lauren@rarelyunable.com.

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