DARKEST HOUR Guitarist Releases More Solo Recordings

March 23, 2007

Guitarist Kris Norris of the Washington D.C.-based metallers DARKEST HOUR has released more solo recordings via his official web site. Check out the latest batch of files at this location.

Norris previously stated about his decision to release the recordings, "[While] going through my collection of files for this new [DARKEST HOUR] record, I found so many things I have recorded over the years and since I'm not the kind of guy who'd ever get to release a solo record, [I] decided to release all this stuff I think is cool online. This is a first installment of songs; I have about 700 in total!!!! I'll post a few every once in awhile but for now here's a few to download....they are basically things I have recorded on my computer over the last 10 years, ranging from solo shred fests to just riffs to whatever, but I just wanted to share them with you, so download and enjoy!"

DARKEST HOUR's long-awaited follow-up to 2005's "Undoing Ruin" is being 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. The band will follow recording by doing four U.S. dates in April with JOB FOR A COWBOY.

"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!"

Upcoming DARKEST HOUR tour dates:

Apr. 19 - Huntington, WV @ Hyamp
Apr. 20 - Harrisonburg, VA @ Guzmans
Apr. 21 - Wilmington, NC @ Soapbox Lounge
Apr. 22 - Columbia, SC @ Headliners

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