DARKEST HOUR Guitarist Releases DISINTERMENT Recordings

DARKEST HOUR guitarist Kris Norris has issued the fourth installment of his solo series but this time it's an old band with a familiar face. DISINTERMENT was a group Norris started in 1996 with drummer Ryan Parrish in an effort to do something "different" in the style of IN FLAMES and DARK TRANQUILLITY. An album was recorded but never released — until now.

Commented Norris: "After numerous talks of reunion shows [and] putting this record out officially finally, whatever, I'm fed up with it. I'm sure the other dudes will be pissed, but fuck it — I just want people to hear it, so here it is. Yeah, it sounds horrible — we were like 16-17. And it was done in one-day, one-take situation."

The lineup for the DISINTERMENT recording was as follows:

Jason Mincz - Bass/Vocals
Ryan Parrish - drums
Kris Norris - Guitar/Vocal/Acoustic/Piano
Tommy Lythgoe – Guitar
Chris Barron - Guitar/Acoustic

Check out the DISINTERMENT recordings at this location.

DARKEST HOUR's long-awaited follow-up to 2005's "Undoing Ruin" was recorded at the Warehouse in Vancouver, Canada. The new effort, to be called "Deliver Us", is expected to be released July 10 on Victory Records.

"It's the crispiest, most savory DARKEST HOUR to date," producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD) recently stated. "We turned up the monitors and my head exploded."

Last seen picking up stray pieces of Devin's cerebellum was guitarist Mike Schleibaum, who added, "Working with Devin this time has been sick as hell. We have worked long hours on these songs and, honestly, our hands, legs and bodies haven't hurt from playing so much since we can remember. We are truly stoked to present these songs on this record. It is some of our most complex, melodic, brutal, and aggressive songs to date. There's some punk, metal, thrash, shred, prog, and even a little of Devin Townsend's special sauce mixed in this metal gumbo!"