DARKEST HOUR: 'We Want To Make The Record We Think That We Can't'

November 17, 2006

Washington D.C.-based metallers DARKEST HOUR will enter a Vancouver, B.C. area studio with producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD) on February 19 to begin recording their new album for a tentative late spring/early summer release via Victory.

Commented guitarist Mike Schleibaum: "You can expect a much more epic and sonically destructive evolution on the DARKEST HOUR sound. We are taking what we learned and built with 'Undoing Ruin' in a new and exciting direction. It will be a guitar-heavy record and Kris [Norris, guitar] and I are definitely looking to push both what we are capable of doing along with what this band is capable of doing. We want to make the record we think that we can't. We want there to be stuff on this record that makes us cry to play and also excited to pull off. We are looking forward to the challenge of following up 'Undoing Ruin' and also the excitement of presenting some new songs both threw your stereo speakers and live as well."

Pittsburgh, PA-based label A-F Records last month issued a collection of DARKEST HOUR's early recordings prior to the band's signing with Victory. Entitled "Archives", the set marks DARKEST HOUR's ten-year anniversary and features over an hour of rare and unreleased material, including the band's recordings as early as "The Misanthrope" EP, recorded in 1995 while the members were in high school. It continues the band's output with "The Prophecy Fulfilled" from 1997 and singles from vinyl as late as 1998.

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