Perpetual | Terminal | Darkest Hour

Perpetual | Terminal

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Aaron This entire album is fire. Favorite track: New Utopian Dream.

brianwilliams82 Good album. Was it worth the 7-year wait? Time will tell.

Erik Salazar Man, Darkest Hour has still got it! Always loved that they had more of that Gothenburg style of melodic death metal in their brand of metalcore. Them, Shadows Fall and Unearth were some of the best to do it. Glad to see them still creating great metalcore after all these years. Can’t wait to hear the rest!

Edit: This whole record rips! Favorite track: Perpetual Terminal.

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1.	Perpetual Terminal 05:47	buy track
2.	Societal Bile 03:00	buy track
3.	A Prayer to the Holy Death 03:23	buy track
4.	The Nihilist Undone 03:11	buy track
5.	One With the Void 04:56	buy track
6.	Amor Fati 01:55	buy track
7.	Love is Fear 02:39	buy track
8.	New Utopian Dream 04:24	buy track
9.	Mausoleum 03:34	buy track
10.	My Only Regret 02:10	buy track
11.	Goddess of War, Give Me Something to Die For 06:22	buy track

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Darkest Hour tune into the cycle of death and rebirth, absorbing their intensity and spitting it back at the world in the form of a signature hybrid anchored by death metal exorcisms, thrash recklessness, hardcore punk attitude, and melodic catharsis at the speed of a circle pit. The Washington, D.C. quintet—Mike Schleibaum [guitar], John Henry [vocals], Aaron Deal [bass], Travis Orbin [drums], and Nico Santora [guitar]—have weathered time, trends, and tides of change and stand stronger nearly three decades since their formation. 

This indomitable spirit powers their tenth full-length offering and MNRK Heavy debut, Perpetual | Terminal.

“The record’s theme centers around the duality of ‘"survival while embracing rebirth,’” notes Mike. “We keep killing parts of ourselves to make new parts and survive. The story of the record is the story of the band. We’re still here, and we’re giving the world a body of work that’s representative of our music today. We’ve realized relationships, tours, good times, everything that seems to give life meaning, is terminal—and will inevitably end. Nevertheless, we’re 46-year-old dudes who love this music enough to put up with the trials and tribulations of being artists in a touring band.”

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Darkest Hour Washington, D.C.

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. ... more

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