DARKEST HOUR POST NEW SONG FROM “THE ETERNAL RETURN” TO KICK OFF SUMMER SLAUGHTER TOUR



PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE NOW – FIRST 250 RECEIVE AUTOGRAPHED POSTER





To celebrate the first day of the Summer Slaughter tour, DARKEST HOUR have posted a second song from their upcoming album, The Eternal Return. “Devolution of the Flesh” is available NOW on the band’s official MySpace, http://www.myspace.com/darkesthour .



Guitarist Mike Schleibaum commented on the new song: “We’re really stoked to release another track from The Eternal Return, ‘Devolution of the Flesh.’ We plan on playing this new song and ‘No God,’ as well as everyone's favorite DH songs on the Summer Slaughter Tour. We’re really excited to tour the US, as it’s been almost an entire year since our last tour around the country. This whole tour is a celebration of our new record for us, so if you see us BBQing out back, feel free to stop by for the party!”



The Eternal Return is available for pre-order here, and it includes a copy of the album, a DARKEST HOUR t-shirt, and a poster. The first 250 orders will have their poster autographed by the band!



DARKEST HOUR will be kicking off the Summer Slaughter tour with Suffocation and Necrophagist TODAY, June 5, in Baltimore, MD. The complete list of tour dates is below. Visit DARKEST HOUR’s revamped MySpace for tour updates at http://www.myspace.com/darkesthour, as well as info on the band’s ‘The Eternal Giveaway’ contest.



The Eternal Return, due June 23, 2009 on Victory Records, is DARKEST HOUR’s sixth full-length album. The band tapped producer Brian McTernan (Senses Fail, Thrice, From Autumn to Ashes) and recorded at his Baltimore, MD-based Salad Days Studio.





DARKEST HOUR on the SUMMER SLAUGHTER TOUR w/ Necrophagist & Suffocation:

6/5 - BALTIMORE, MD - SONAR
6/6 - RICHMOND, VA - THE NATIONAL

6/7 - PHILADELPHIA, PA –THEATRE OF THE LIVING ARTS
6/8 - HARTFORD, CT - WEBSTER THEATRE

6/10 - CHARLOTTE, NC - AMOS SOUTH END
6/12 - LOUISVILLE, KY - HEADLINERS
6/13 - ATLANTA, GA - MASQUERADE

6/14 - ST. PETERSBURG, FL - JANNUS LANDING
6/15 - JACKSONVILLE, FL - PLUSH
6/16 - ORLANDO, FL - CLUB FIRESTONE

6/18 - SAN ANTONIO, TX - WHITE RABBIT

6/19 - HOUSTON, TX - JAVA JAZZ OUTDOORS
6/20 - SAN ANTONIO, TX - WHITE RABBIT

6/21 - DALLAS, TX - HOUSE OF BLUES

6/23 - DENVER, CO - GOTHIC THEATRE
6/24 - ALBUQUERQUE, NM - SUNSHINE

6/26 - PHOENIX, AZ - THE MARQUEE THEATRE

6/27 - SAN DIEGO, CA – SOMA

6/28 - ANAHEIM, CA - THE GROVE
6/29 - LAS VEGAS, NV- HOUSE FO BLUES

6/30 - LOS ANGELES, CA - HOUSE OF BLUES

7/1 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA - GRAND BALLROOM

7/2 - PORTLAND, OR - ROSELAND THEATRE

7/3 - SEATTLE, WA - KING CAT THEATRE

7/6 - CALGARY, AB - THE WHISKY

7/7 - SPOKANE, WA - KNITTING FACTORY

7/9 - MINNEAPOLIS, MN - FIRST AVENUE

7/10 - MILWAUKEE, W I - THE RAVE

7/11 - BIRCHRUN, MI - DIRTFEST (BIRCH RUN EXPO CENTER)

7/12 - LAKEWOOD, OH - THE PHANTASY

7/13 - CHICAGO, IL - HOUSE OF BLUES

7/14 - CINCINNATI, OH - BOGART’S

7/15 - TORONTO, ON - SOUND FACTORY

7/16 - MONTREAL, QC - LE MEDLEY

7/17 - CLIFTON PARK, NY - NORTHERN LIGHTS

7/18 - WORCESTER, MA - PALLADIUM

7/19 - NEW YORK, NY- IRVING PLAZA

7/20 - NEW YORK, NY- IRVING PLAZA





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this is alright,
a little more deathmetally than last few.

definitely more at the gates stuff.

wait... are we talking about The Black Dahlia Murder? or At The Gates? Darkest Hour? whatever happened that album they put out that was supposed to as legendary as Master of Puppets?

Undoing Ruin?

no idea... i remember their labeling marketing it as a milestone in metal. i remember the album being text book Darkest Hour and the hype surrounding it to be a bigger load than the album was.