A bastard child born of the mid 90s punk/metal/hardcore movement, Washington,

DC's DARKEST HOUR combine the passion, energy, and soul of punk/hardcore with

the style, speed, vengeance and fury of melodic speed/thrash/death metal. DARKEST

HOUR have helped defined the entire New Wave of American Metal sound as one of

the pioneers of modern metal/core. A sound that gave the metal and hardcore/punk

world the revitalization it surely needed. This style blended the raw, hardcore punk

of the 80s, with the Scandinavian death metal of the 90s and forged a sound that

would later become the template for modern metal. Since their inception 21 years

ago, Darkest Hour has released 9 studio full lengths (via 11 different record labels),

appeared in major motion pictures and US television shows, video games, and have

toured the world extensively.