Darkest Hour News

MEGADETH 's 2009 U.S. leg of the "Endgame" world tour kicked off last night at a sold-out Orbit Room in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

The 9:30 Club hosted a local-ish metal blowout on Thursday: Lamb of God , Darkest Hour , Periphery and This or the Apocalypse .

Canadian extreme metallers KATAKLYSM have scheduled the following European dates: KATAKLYSM , BELPHEGOR , DARKEST HOUR , SUICIDAL ANGELS and RESISTANCE : Jan.

DEVIN TOWNSEND Says 'Deconstruction' Will Feature Guest Appearances by Death Metal's Elite - Oct.

MEGADETH played a full set earlier tonight at the Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide, Australia after co-headliners SLAYER were forced to cancel their appearance due to vocalist Tom Araya suffering from severe laryngitis.

Contraband Candy 's Rene Ackermann conducted an interview with drummer Max Duhamel of Canadian extreme metallers KATAKLYSM at this year's Metalcamp festival, which was held on July 2-8, 2009 in Tolmin, Slovenia.

Darkest Hour is Mike Theobald , Mike Schleibaum, John Henry, Ryan Parrish and Paul Burnette.

Canadian extreme metallers KATAKLYSM will embark on a European headlining tour in January 2010.

Washington D.C.-based metallers DARKEST HOUR have posted behind-the-scenes footage from this year's Summer Slaughter Tour .

Modern metal has become so compressed and formulaic as to require the biggest enema in the industry.

Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend is preparing to release "Addicted" , the second in a series of albums to be made available under the DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT moniker.

Australia's CONTRIVE is putting the finishing touches on its as-yet-untitled second album.

Gigz Giger of Rock Circus conducted an interview with bassist Paolo Gregoletto of Florida metallers TRIVIUM at the Burgettstown, Pennsylvania stop of this year's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival on August 1, 2009.

The thrash-metal band will complete the remaining nine dates of the in-progress Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival before taking a month-long hiatus, followed by the Sept.

The Silver Tongue 's CoolKeith conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Matt Heafy of Florida metallers TRIVIUM on July 24, 2009 at the Atlanta, Georgia stop of this year's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival .

SMNnews conducted an interview with guitarist Corey Beaulieu of Florida metallers TRIVIUM on July 12, 2009 at the San Bernardino, California stop of this year's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival .

Trivium and tour presenter Hot Topic have announced the "Into the Mouth of Hell We Tour," an extensive, 63-date trek which marks the banda TMs first solo headline tour since 2006.

Florida metallers TRIVIUM and Hot Topic have announced the "Into the Mouth of Hell We Tour" , an extensive, 63-date trek which marks the band's first solo headline tour since 2006.

Washington, D.C. metalcore band Darkest Hour is having a good summer. They're on the hottest metal tour of 2009 and The Eternal Return, their latest release, hit No.

BATTLE FOR THE SUN, Placebo : Since the 2006 release of their successful "Meds," Placebo founders Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal parted ways with the comfort of major-label Virgin Records and longtime drummer Steve Hewitt, replacing them with indie Vagrant Records and drummer Steve Forrest.