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Mike Schleibaum John Henry Aaron Deal Nico Santora Travis Orbin
ex Kris Norris, Ryan Parrish, Paul Burnette, Billups Allen, Fred Ziomek, Matt Maben, Michael Carrigan, Mike Garrity
ex Kris Norris, Ryan Parrish, Paul Burnette, Billups Allen, Fred Ziomek, Matt Maben, Michael Carrigan, Mike Garrity
A metalcore/melodic death metal band from Washington, DC, founded in 1995.
Current line-up:
John Henry - Vocals (1995– )
Mike Schleibaum - Guitar (1995– )
Aaron Deal - Bass (2011– )
Travis Orbin - Drums (2012– )
Nico Santora - Guitar (2021– )
ALBUMS
Darkest Hour
Deliver Us Live At The Black Cat, Washington DC
2025, 12", Album, Not On Label (Darkest Hour Self-Released)
Darkest Hour
Perpetual / Terminal
2024
Darkest Hour
Payphones & Pills (2021)
2022
Darkest Hour
Live In Lockdown
2021
Darkest Hour
XXV
2020, 7", Ltd, Num, Sta, Not On Label (Darkest Hour Self-Released)
Darkest Hour
Undoing Ruin Live At The Black Cat
2020
Darkest Hour
Darkest Hour
2017, 7", RSD, Ltd, Red, Southern Lord
Darkest Hour
Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora
2017, 
,
, Melodic Death Metal
Darkest Hour
Darkest Hour
2014
Darkest Hour
The Human Romance
2011, ,
, Melodic Death Metal
Darkest Hour
The Eternal Return
2009
Darkest Hour, Nodes Of Ranvier, The Warriors (6), Emmure, Beneath The Sky
Victory Metal Summer Sampler
2007, CD, Promo, Smplr, Victory Records, ,
, Metalcore/Hardcore/Deathcore
Darkest Hour
Deliver Us
2007, CD, ,
, Metalcore/Death Metal
Darkest Hour
Archives
2006, CD, ,
, Thrash/Punk/Metalcore
Between The Buried And Me / Darkest Hour / A Perfect Murder
Victory Records Sampler
2005, CD, Promo, Smplr, Victory Records
Darkest Hour, A Perfect Murder
The Summer Of Metal
2005, CD, Promo, Smplr, Victory Records
Darkest Hour
Undoing Ruin
2005, CD, 
,
, Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore/Hardcore
Darkest Hour / Set My Path
Untitled
2004, 7", April 78
Freya (4) / Darkest Hour / Dead To Fall
Sampler
2003, CD, Promo, Smplr, Victory Records
Premonitions Of War, Between the Buried and Me, Darkest Hour
Various
2003, CD, Comp, Promo, Victory Records
Darkest Hour
Hidden Hands Of A Sadist Nation
2003
Atreyu / Dead To Fall / Darkest Hour
Victory Metal Mayhem!
2002, CD, Enh, Promo, Smplr, Car, Victory Records
Darkest Hour / Dawncore
Where Heroes Go To Die
2002, 
,
, Hardcore
Darkest Hour
So Sedated, So Secure
2001, CD, ,
, Metalcore/Death Metal/Hardcore
Darkest Hour
The Mark Of The Judas
2000
Darkest Hour / Groundzero
Darkest Hour / Groundzero
1999, Vinyl, ,
, Hard Rock/Hardcore/Heavy Metal/Thrash
Darkest Hour
The Prophecy Fulfilled
1998, CD, EP, Art Monk Construction, ,
, Hardcore
Darkest Hour
The Misanthrope
1996, CD, EP, Death Truck Records
Darkest Hour
Demo
1996
Darkest Hour
The Sadist Nation
CDr, Single, Promo, Border Music, Victory Records
APPEARANCES +
Darkest Hour
Party Scars And Prison Bars: Live
2017, DVD-V, Not On Label
Darkest Hour
Party Scars And Prison Bars: A Thrashography
2005, DVD, Victory Records
Various
Protect: A Benefit For The National Association To Protect Children
2005, CD, Comp, Fat Wreck Chords
Various
Jagermeifter Musictour 2005
2005, CD, Album, Comp, Promo, JägerMusic,
Sinai Beach
Immersed
2005
Doc Coyle
Mike Schleibaum
2017, File, MP3, 160, The Ex Man With Doc Coyle
Various
Victory Records 2014 Mayhem Fest Sampler
2014, CD, Comp, Smplr, Victory Records
Various
Sumerian Ceremonials: Florence + The Sphinx (A Tribute To Florence + The Machine)
2014, CD, Album, Ltd, S/Edition, Sumerian Records
Various
BA 17 - Brutal Assault
2013, DVD-V, Promo, Brutal Assault, 
,
, Black Metal/Death Metal/Doom Metal/Hardcore/Thrash
Various
Summer Breeze 2012 (15.-18. August Dinkelsbühl)
2013, DVD-V, PAL, Silverdust Records, 
,
, Black Metal/Folk Metal/Melodic Death Metal/Symphonic Metal
Various
Monsters Of Metal (The Ultimate Metal Compilation Vol. 8)
2012, Blu-ray, ,
, Grindcore/Industrial/Viking Metal/Death Metal/Speed Metal/Black Metal/Heavy Metal/Thrash/Doom Metal/Gothic Metal/Symphonic Metal
Various
All Areas Volume 125
2011, CD, Comp, Promo, Visions Magazine
Various
Big Five Contemplation Compilation Vol.03
2011, CD, Comp, Big Five
Vestiges
Sonic Cathedrals Mixtape Series Vol. X
2011, 28xFile, MP3, Mixed, 192, CVLT Nation, ,
, Alternative Rock/Grindcore/Punk/Black Metal/Post Rock/Acoustic/Hardcore/Comedy/Shoegaze
Various
Summer 2011 - Metal Is Still Alive!
2011, CD, Comp, Promo, Century Media
Various
Century Media Presents - Music To Stand Up And Fight
2011, CD, Comp, Century Media Records, ,
, Folk Metal/Death Metal/Doom Metal/Sludge Metal/Thrash/Prog Rock/Heavy Metal/Metalcore
Various
New Release Highlights (Thrilling Albums Out On Century Media Records In March/April 2011)
2011, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Century Media, Inside Out Music, People Like You Records, ,
, Death Metal/Goth Rock
Various
Music To Stand Up And Fight
2011, CD, Comp, Promo, Century Media
Various
Metal For The Masses 2011
2011, CD, Comp, Century Media, ,
, Death Metal/Folk Metal/Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore
Various
Victory Records Label Sampler
2009, File, MP3, Smplr, 256, Victory Records
Various
The Summer Of Victory Metal .com Sampler
2009, CD, Smplr, Victory Records
Various
Sound Check 125
2009, CD, Promo, Smplr, Rock Sound
Various
A-F Records And Lock And Key Collective 2007-2008 Sampler
2008, CD, Comp, Lock And Key Collective
Various
2008 Music Sampler
2008, CD, Comp, Promo, Another Victory Inc., Victory Records
Various
Higher Voltage - Another Brief History Of Rock
2007, CD, Comp, Kerrang!, ,
, Heavy Metal
Various
Plea For Peace Volume Two
2007, 2xCD, Comp, Asian Man Records, ,
, Punk
Various
Victory Records Summer Sampler 2007
2007, CD, Promo, Smplr, Victory Records, ,
, Emo
Various
Hot Topic Presents Sounds Of The Underground U.S./Canadian Summer 2007 Tour CD/DVD
2007, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd + DVD, Comp, Not On Label, ,
, Death Metal/Thrash/Melodic Hardcore/Metalcore/Horrorcore/Post-Punk/Heavy Metal/Black Metal/Hardcore
Various
Sound Check No. 99
2007, CD, Promo, Smplr, Rock Sound
Various
Victory Metal Summer Sampler
2007, CD, Promo, Smplr, Victory Records
Various
Something To Stand For
2007, CD, Comp + DVD, The Saturday Team
Various
Victory Records Summer Sampler 2007
2007, CD, Comp, Smplr, Victory Records,
Atreyu
A Death-Grip On Yesterday
2006, ,
, Hardcore/Metalcore
Various
Jägermeister MusicTour 2005 Diamond Edition
2005, CD, Comp, JägerMusic, ,
, Hard Rock/Nu Metal
Various
The Summer Of Metal
2005, CD, Comp, Promo, Victory Records
Various
Hard N' Heavy Blaster #79
2005, CD, Enh, Promo, Smplr, Hard N' Heavy, 
,
, Grindcore/Death Metal/Black Metal/Post Rock/Heavy Metal/Thrash/Hardcore/Nu Metal
Various
Victory Records
2005, CD, Comp, Promo, Metal Hammer, Victory Records, ,
, Alternative Rock/Heavy Metal
Various
Fear Candy 16
2005, CD, Comp, Promo, Terrorizer, ,
, Grindcore/Industrial/Death Metal/Heavy Metal
Various
Flawless Victory
2005, CD, Album, Comp, Enh, Promo, Victory Records
Various
Soundcheck #75
2005, CD, Comp, Promo, Close-Up Magazine, 
Various
Music With Attitude - Volume 74
2005, CD, Promo, Smplr, Rock Sound, ,
, Alternative Rock/Nu Metal/Heavy Metal/Post-Hardcore
various
Free Heavy Music Sampler
2005, CD, Promo, Smplr, Victory Records
Various
Another Victory Fall 2005
2005, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Another Victory Inc., Victory Records, ,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock/Pop Rock/Hardcore/Heavy Metal
Various
The Golden Age Of Gothic-Metal 2005
2005, CD, Comp, Promo, Rock One, ,
, Glam/Goth Rock/Gothic Metal/Metalcore/Nu Metal
Various
Rock Sound Volume 87
2005, CD, Comp, Enh, Promo, Rock Sound, 
,
, Alternative Rock/Hardcore
Various
Series DVD Metal And Hardcore Magazine Vol. 1
2005, DVD-V, Comp, NTSC, Forsaken Recording Company, ,
, Metalcore/Hardcore/Melodic Death Metal/Progressive Metal/Deathcore/Gothic Metal
Various
Victory Records Presents: Mosh!
2005, DVD, Comp + CD, Comp, Victory Records,
Darren Doane
XDoaneX: West Coast Filmcore
2005, DVD, Victory Records
Various
Heavy Metal / Hard Rock Sampler 2005 "DANGAN"
2005, CD, Album, Comp, Victor
Various
Heavy Metal / Hard Rock Sampler 2005 "DANGAN"
2005, CD, Album, Comp, Promo, Victor, 
,
, Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
Between The Buried And Me
Alaska
2005, CD, DVD, ,
, Metalcore/Progressive Metal/Math Rock
Aiden
Nightmare Anatomy
2005
Various
Ozzfest 2004 Summer Sampler
2004, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Divine Recordings (2)
Various
Victory Records Sampler (2004)
2004, CD, Album, Comp, Smplr, Victory Records
Various
Razor: Music From The Cutting Edge Vol.2
2004, CD, Comp, Promo, Metal Hammer
Various
Rock Sound Speciale #19 Punk Rock
2004, CD, Comp, Rock Sound
Various
Victory Records Promo CD A Perfect Murder / Martyr Ad / Darkest Hour
2004, CD, Promo, Victory Records
Various
Spend Your Summer Vacation At: CAMP VICTORY. You'll Never Ever Go Home!
2004, CD, Comp, Smplr, Victory Records
Between The Buried And Me
Between The Buried And Me
2004, CD, CD, ,
, Hardcore/Prog Rock/Experimental
Atreyu
The Curse
2004
Various
Terrorized 24
2003, CD, Comp, Promo, Terrorizer, ,
, Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Hardcore/Black Metal/Death Metal
Various
Keeper Volume 1
2003, CD, Comp, Keeper Music
Various
Victory Video Collection Volume Three
2003, DVD-V, Comp, Victory Records
Various
Go-Kart MP300 Raceway
2003, 2xCD-ROM, Comp, Smplr, Go-Kart Records, ,
, Punk/Hardcore/Emo/Indie Rock/Metalcore/Post-Hardcore
Various
Music With Attitude - Volume 54
2003, CD, Promo, Smplr, Rock Sound
Various
Psychosonic! Volume 47
2003, CD, Comp, Enh, Promo, Car, Psycho!
Various
Relapse / Victory Sampler
2002, CD, Promo, Relapse Records, Victory Records
Various
Victory Style 5
2002, CD, ,
, Hardcore/Punk/Emo
Various
Rock Sound Volume 44
2001, CD, Comp, Rock Sound,
Various
Hard Music For A Hard Summer
2001, CD, Comp, Promo, Victory Records
Various
Broken Lamps And Hardcore Memories
2001, CD, Comp, Pastepunk.com
Various
Terrorized Vol. 13
2001, CD, Comp, Enh, Promo, Terrorizer
Various
Summer Sampler 2001
2001, CD, Comp, Victory Records
Various
KnuckleTracks XXXIV
2001, CD, Comp, Promo, Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles
Various
Psychosonic! Volume 27
2001, CD, Comp, Enh, Promo, Car, Psycho!, ,
, Goth Rock/Hardcore/Black Metal/Death Metal/Hard Rock/Heavy Metal
Various
Mission Control Presents Superheroes Series Vol.2 : Art Monk Vs. Gern Blandsten
1998, CD, Comp, Mission Control (2)
Various
Catalog Sampler Disc Number One
1998, CD, ,
, Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Emo/Punk/Thrash/Hardcore
Various
The Harder They Come
1997, CD, Comp, East Coast Empire Records
Various
Large Bonus CD 4 (15 Jaar Keiharde Carnavalskrakers!)
CD, Comp, Promo, Suburban Records, 
,
, Rock & Roll/Punk/Black Metal/Heavy Metal/Hard Rock/Doom Metal
Various
Shit We Don't Like We Destroy
CD, Smplr, Join The Team Player Records, Let It Burn Records
Various
Sub Culture 2: The Culture Sucks Back
CD, Comp, Generalissimo Records
Various
Victory Records Presents Aiden Atreyu Hawthorne Heights Darkest Hour Bayside Silverstein Comeback Kid ... And More !
CD, Comp, Victory Records
Various
Up Sampler 22
CD, Comp, Promo, Up Magazine,
