Darkest Hour recording ninth studio album with Kurt Ballou

Posted by AP on 16/09/16

Washington, D.C. melodic death metal outfit Darkest Hour has begun recording its ninth studio album at the GodCity Studio with Converge’s Kurt Ballou handling the production duties. The album, which will features a guest appearance from the group’s former lead guitarist Kris Norris, will tentatively be released in February next year, though the official release date is still pending. Commenting on the recording, the band offered:


As we told the backers who contributed to our crowd-fund campaign for our forthcoming record (album nine), we are excited to announce we are ready to move into the next phase of the process — the recording!


We are recording with guitar/producer jedi Kurt Ballou at his very own GodCity Studio in Salem, Mass. We’ll be there for the next month and it’s going to rule. The studio is amazing, Salem is beautiful this time of year, and it seems like a perfect environment to make some blistering metal.


We have tried our best to make this project special for not only fans but ourselves. Enlisting Kurt‘s help is only one step in the process. It’s with this in mind that we would like to let you in on another little secret — we’ve brought back our very own guitarist Kris Norris (of Undoing Ruin, Deliver Us, Sadist Nation fame) to collaborate with us on a few tracks and possibly a guest solo or two.


We have been documenting the writing and recording process as we go so look for some web videos, live Facebook-ing, and whole lot more as we continue the journey that is making this record.


Once again, thanks to everyone who has pre-ordered or contributed to our Indiegogo campaign. This album will NOT disappoint. We can’t wait to assault you ears with these jams.


As far as the direction the new record will be taking, guitarist Mike Schleibaum said:


While this album is not throwback or homage to anything we have done in the past, we are doing our best to capture the spirit and energy of those early records this time. Bringing in Kris on a few songs is just a great way to keep things fresh. This album is as forward-thinking creatively as it is noticeably Darkest Hour sonically.

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