GODLESS PROHPETS & THE MIGRANT FLORA

The D.C. metalcore pioneers shall release their ninth full-length album, Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora, on March 10 via Southern Lord. 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. They helped to define 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 revitalisation 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. The 11-song album was part of a crowd funding campaign that the band launched earlier this year, with the ultimate tally netting the band well over 100% of the initial goal and allowing them to also create an album beyond their initial expectations. The band chose producer Kurt Ballou (High on Fire, Nails, Converge, Black Breath) for šhis obvious genius› (as guitar player Mike Schleibaum said) and recorded the release at Ballou™s Godcity Studio. Artist Shaun Beaudry was commissioned to create a custom painting, giving the album a unique visual identity. šWorking at Godcity was the perfect vibe for this record and Kurt was everything we could have asked for in a producer,› said guitar player Mike Schleibaum. šThe passion and experience he brought to the whole album really shows.› Darkest Hour have since partnered with Southern Lord, which Schleibaum discussed, saying šThe band has a long history of working with Greg and Southern Lord, who originally released the vinyl version of The Mark of Judas. While working with Kurt, we became reacquainted with Greg. We™ve always respected Greg™s work ethic, creative prowess and steadfast dedication to quality.› šSouthern Lord is beyond stoked to be working with long time favorites Darkest Hour on their upcoming album!,› offered Southern Lord Records™ founder Greg Anderson. šTheir tasteful, seamless fusion of hardcore & metal as well as never ending dedication to underground music is both admirable and praise worthy.› DARKEST HOUR TOUR DATES Special Guests: VENOM PRISON 30.04.17 UK Birmingham @ The Flapper 01.05.17 UK Cardiff @ Clwb Ifor Bach 02.05.17 UK London @ Underworld 03.05.17 Germany Köln @ Underground 04.05.17 Netherlands Haarlem @ Patronaat 05.05.17 Belgium Aarschot @ De Klinker 06.05.17 Germany Hamburg @ Hafenrock-Festival (DH only) 07.05.17 Denmark Copenhagen @ BETA 08.05.17 Germany Berlin @ Cassiopeia 09.05.17 Poland Warsaw @ Poglos 10.05.17 Czech Rep Prague @ 007 11.05.17 Germany Leipzig @ Conne Island 12.05.17 Germany München @ Feierwerk 13.05.17 Austria Wien @ Viper Room Tracklisting: 1. Knife in the Safe Room 2. This Is the Truth 3. Timeless Numbers 4. None of This Is the Truth 5. The Flesh & the Flowers of Death 6. Those Who Survived 7. Another Headless Ruler of the Used 8. Widowed 9. Enter Oblivion 10. The Last of the Monuments 11. In the Name of Us All 12. Beneath it Sleeps