Artist: darkest hour

We are so fucking excited to bring to you the announcement of our first official involvement in South By South West, by way of an official showcase we are throwing with our friends at MetalSucks and Metal Insider (and some help from Peavey, and ddrum). As you can tell by the super-sick poster designed by Mike Wohlberg of tFk! ...

(Click to enlarge/download. Artwork by Mike Wohlberg of tFk! Illustration.) Last year, MetalSucks was proud to bring our own patented brand of mayhem to South by Southwest in the form of the South by South Death showcase; this year, we're teaming up with our friends at Metal Injection, Metal Insider, Peavey, and ddrum to do it again - and if [...]

First, a little backstory. Back in 2006, Darkest Hour was making the promotional rounds for their latest disc, Undoing Ruin. I was working for my shitty college paper, doing a show preview for DH's show in Omaha, Nebraska and emailed Kris requesting an interview. He called me five minutes after I sent the email. That's [...]

Back in February of 2010, Machine Head invited a fan who was holding a banner that read "Let Me Play 'Aesthetics Of Hate' — Seriously, I Can Play It" up onto the stage to take a crack at that song, which is pretty much the coolest thing ever. Now they've done it again, and while you [...]

This is just me, but I attend Darkest Hour shows mostly to make goo-goo eyes at guitarist Mike Schleibaum, fellow devotée of my boner band The Crown (and The Cars). That's my M.O. no judgements please. Still I was bummed when sweet drummer Ryan Parrish announced his departure from DH late last year. But dude [...]

Tony Foresta ( Municipal Waste , No Friends ), LandPhil Hall ( Municipal Waste , Cannabis Corpse), Ryan Parish ( Darkest Hour , Suppression, City of Caterpillar ) and Paul Burnette ( Darkest Hour , Crack Head) have formed a new band called Iron Reagan . Their demo can be found for free on Bandcamp .

Iron Reagan is a new band featuring two current members of Municipal Waste (Tony Foresta and Landphil) and one current and one former member of Darkest Hour (Paul Burnette and Ryan Parish), and that information alone should pretty much be enough to get you asking "Where I can hear this band?!?" And the answer is, right [...]

Meet Iron Reagan, an old school punk-hardcore band formed by Ryan Parish and Paul Burnette (ex-Darkest Hour) along with Tony Foresta, and Phil "Landphil" Hall of Municipal Waste. The outcome is every bit as upbeat, crusty, punk-infested, Richmond style fun as you'd come to expect from the likes of these four gentlemen. You can check ...

Well, Well, Well, Tom Cruise is on Top yet again. I know, so strange to hear that analogy with his name again. I watched this movie last week and I LOVED it, not like, Loved. But I love all those MI movies. Top Ten below: This Weeks Totals // Last Weeks 1. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol ($31,250,000 // $134,139,000) 2. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows ($22,095,000 // $132,100,000) 3. Alvin and [...]

Things have been pretty quiet around here this week, and around metal in general. There was still some news that surfaced this week that we'd like to quickly inform you of. We'll be back to our regular schedules next week after the New Year. For now, here's the news: Darkest Hour have confirmed on their ...

Darkest Hour, which recently parted ways with the band's drummer, has now posted a year in review recap video. Check out the clip after the jump. The band also had this to say: "Thanks to all of you out there who have helped keep the dream alive in 2011. We covered so much ground and there is still so much more to go. But, for now, a time to giv... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Darkest Hour has issued the following announcement about splitting with drummer Ryan Parrish: "Yes it is true, Darkest Hour has parted ways with drummer Ryan Parrish. We wish him well (you will seem him rocking in many projects no doubt please check them out, they will all rip!) "For now his duties have been filled by drummer Timothy Java (De... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

All right folks, we're taking a break from our regularly scheduled music programming to highlight a new film taking the big screen on Christmas day, The Darkest Hour . With a cast boasting names like Emile Hirsch and the adorable Olivia Thirlby, this alien flick is worth forking up that hard earned bread to see in the theaters. Oh, and I have to give a shout out to Joel Kinnaman, aka the Stephen Holder from The Killing . I will be honest with you, though, Sci-Fi has never been my thing, yet this seems to be a whole [...]

(photo credit: Phil A. Wickstrand of Metal Psalter) Yesterday we reported on differing versions of press releases regarding ex-Darkest Hour guitarist Kris Norris' new band, A Cancerous Affair; one version said that "ex-Darkest Hour drummer" Ryan Parrish was playing drums on the project while another version didn't mention a drummer at all. Well, it turns [...]

If yesterday was the day for 2012 new album updates, today is the day for dudes quitting bands. Which always sucks. Nevertheless, here's what's been happening over the past 24 hours or so: Did drummer Ryan Parrish leave Darkest Hour? In yesterday morning's news round-upwe reported on news we received via press release that ex-DH [...]

Today is seemingly "news about albums that are coming out in early 20123 day. To that end: Soilwork are writing a new album called The Living Infinite. Generic quote time: Speed Strid says that "people can expect a continuation of the intensity and presence of The Panic Broadcast, only taken to a higher level" and [...]

This was Machine Head's chance to prove they could mix it up with the big boys. Sadly, they failed and only sold half the tickets they wanted to. WHOOPS!

FEATURING MEMBERS OF GWAR, DARKEST HOUR, REVOCATION, INTRONAUT, ABYSMAL DAWN, BRUTAL TRUTH, THE ATLAS MOTH, AND IKILLYA Every year year, MetalSucks asks musicians from across the vast spectrum of the metalsphere (or, in a few cases, the almost-metalsphere) what their favorite albums of the year have been. Death metallers, thrash metallers, black metallers, stoners, grinders, and djenters [...]

Machine Head released one of the biggest sounding metal records this year with Unto The Locust and come January 2012, they'll unleash that sound live on North American audiences. Machine Head will kick off their North American tour on January 15th in Denver, CO and will go all the way until February 18th with a show in San Francisco, CA. Suicide Silence, Darkest Hour and Rise to Remain will serve as support on the tour. All the dates are listed down below. Machine [...]

So hey, remember last week when we heard that rumor that Machine Head were planning a North American tour with Suicide Silence, Darkest Hour, and Rise to Remain? Well, it wasn't a rumor at all, and now dates for the tour have been announced. You can get 'em after the jump. And, like I said [...]