--- title: "Darkest Hour" type: "MusicGroup" url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/darkest-hour" genre: "Melodic Metalcore" country: "United States" formed: 1995 --- # Darkest Hour **Darkest Hour** is a melodic metalcore band, from United States, active 1995 to present. Darkest Hour is an American melodic death metal/metalcore band from Washington, D.C., formed in 1995. Though failing to break through early in their tenure, the band has received acclaim for their albums Undoing Ruin, Deliver Us, and The Eternal Return. Deliver Us debuted at number 110 on the Billboard album charts, with sales of 6,600, and their more recent effort The Eternal Return garnered them an even higher position in the Billboard album charts at number 104. Their album Godless Prophets & the Migrant Flora charted at 42 on the Billboard 200, a peak for the band, and it marked a stylistic shift in the band's discography. Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkest_Hour_(band) ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Name | Darkest Hour | | Genre | Melodic Metalcore | | Parent genre | Metalcore | | Origin | Washington, D.C., United States | | Formed | 1995 | | Releases in catalog | 17 | ## Genres [Melodic Metalcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/melodic-metalcore) · [Metalcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/metalcore-classic) · [Melodic Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/melodic-death) · [Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal) ## Line-up | Musician | Instruments | Years | Status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Travis Orbin](https://themetalnet.com/musician/travis-orbin) | Drums (drum set) | 2013 to present | Current | | [Aaron Deal](https://themetalnet.com/musician/aaron-deal) | Bass guitar | 2012 to present | Current | | [John Henry](https://themetalnet.com/musician/john-henry) | Lead vocals | 1995 to present | Current | | [Mike "Lonestar" Carrigan](https://themetalnet.com/musician/mike-lonestar-carrigan) | Guitar | 2008 to present | Current | | [Mike Schleibaum](https://themetalnet.com/musician/mike-schleibaum) | Guitar | 1995 to present | Current | | [Kris Norris](https://themetalnet.com/musician/kris-norris) | Guitar | 2001 to 2008 | Former | | [Paul Burnette](https://themetalnet.com/musician/paul-burnette) | Bass guitar | 2001 to 2012 | Former | | [Ryan Parrish](https://themetalnet.com/musician/ryan-parrish) | Membranophone | 1999 to 2011 | Former | | [Billups Allen](https://themetalnet.com/musician/billups-allen) | Bass guitar | 1999 to 2001 | Former | | [Fred Ziomek](https://themetalnet.com/musician/fred-ziomek) | Guitar | 1999 to 2001 | Former | | [Matt Maben](https://themetalnet.com/musician/matt-maben) | Membranophone | 1995 to 1999 | Former | | [Mike Garrity](https://themetalnet.com/musician/mike-garrity) | Guitar | 2001 to 2001 | Former | | [Raul Mayorga](https://themetalnet.com/musician/raul-mayorga) | Bass guitar | 1995 to 1999 | Former | | [Timothy Java](https://themetalnet.com/musician/timothy-java) | Membranophone | 2012 to 2013 | Former | | [Tommy Gun](https://themetalnet.com/musician/tommy-gun) | Guitar | 2001 to 2001 | Former | ## Discography | Year | Release | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 1996 | [The Misanthrope](https://themetalnet.com/album/44c118a9-98fb-3041-b30c-31f09a9cbf8a) | EP | | 1999 | [Darkest Hour / Groundzero](https://themetalnet.com/album/ceab059b-3ba3-4d67-b231-4fa46eaa08ee) | EP | | 1999 | [Prophecy Fulfilled](https://themetalnet.com/album/bf3e8c18-1444-3842-8a67-d84db76aea6a) | EP | | 2000 | [The Mark of the Judas](https://themetalnet.com/album/a1b5b929-a8b2-3e27-8b9d-d623eac320ae) | Album | | 2001 | [So Sedated, So Secure](https://themetalnet.com/album/5dddd335-60b2-3cba-9aea-dc3db0d7f968) | Album | | 2002 | [Where Heroes Go to Die](https://themetalnet.com/album/9bf6325f-c0c9-48d0-b9f2-c9cfaaf1ddb0) | EP | | 2003 | [Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation](https://themetalnet.com/album/5a42a85c-a9f6-3a48-970d-7b3bcf06f62d) | Album | | 2004 | [Darkest Hour / Set My Path](https://themetalnet.com/album/8a06a85c-6832-480f-ac6e-babaca10a01a) | EP | | 2005 | [Undoing Ruin](https://themetalnet.com/album/ad79cfdc-0a03-3a79-982c-68856f8fe868) | Album | | 2007 | [Deliver Us](https://themetalnet.com/album/2d33656b-835f-3a0b-93ef-477720065c6d) | Album | | 2009 | [The Eternal Return](https://themetalnet.com/album/23d8d0ab-7fde-4690-8531-898ff6a0805e) | Album | | 2011 | [The Human Romance](https://themetalnet.com/album/db9b0981-81d7-422b-81d6-7b76c977ccea) | Album | | 2014 | [Darkest Hour](https://themetalnet.com/album/4caea9c0-0948-4cbf-bd46-891530ce100f) | Album | | 2017 | [Darkest Hour](https://themetalnet.com/album/031b3985-7e68-460b-a023-41d13ec806d1) | EP | | 2017 | [Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora](https://themetalnet.com/album/4bdc576d-3357-4e65-98a7-c97c4345ba5a) | Album | | 2020 | [XXV](https://themetalnet.com/album/4c2751fb-a7a0-4b67-bdfd-28b90c877615) | EP | | 2024 | [Perpetual | Terminal](https://themetalnet.com/album/d5838852-0733-4dfc-81d7-35d761f01732) | Album | ## Related bands - [Killswitch Engage](https://themetalnet.com/band/killswitch-engage) (listened together) - [As I Lay Dying](https://themetalnet.com/band/as-i-lay-dying) (listened together) - [All That Remains](https://themetalnet.com/band/all-that-remains) (listened together) - [Bullet for My Valentine](https://themetalnet.com/band/bullet-for-my-valentine) (listened together) - [Soilwork](https://themetalnet.com/band/soilwork) (listened together) - [Parkway Drive](https://themetalnet.com/band/parkway-drive) (listened together) - [Unearth](https://themetalnet.com/band/unearth) (listened together) - [Arch Enemy](https://themetalnet.com/band/arch-enemy) (listened together) - [Children of Bodom](https://themetalnet.com/band/children-of-bodom) (listened together) - [Dark Tranquillity](https://themetalnet.com/band/dark-tranquillity) (listened together) - [The Black Dahlia Murder](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-black-dahlia-murder) (listened together) - [August Burns Red](https://themetalnet.com/band/august-burns-red) (listened together) ## Official and external links - facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarkestHourDudes - x: https://twitter.com/darkesthourrock - deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/8254 - instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darkest_hour_official/ - spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4dso1lISV1Atdo3O6qbhqq - bandcamp: https://darkesthoursl.bandcamp.com/ - youtube: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UChSDUjvFIvDnCVFEr-h4JLQ - apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/15366902 - metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Darkest_Hour/3484 --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/darkest-hour](https://themetalnet.com/band/darkest-hour). 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