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Darkest Hour is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Black Flag, Dismember, The Crown, Ozzy Osbourne and Metallica. Those roots explain a lot about how Darkest Hour arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bleeding Through, As I Lay Dying, All That Remains, Still Remains and God Forbid, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Shadows Fall, Lamb of God, Chimaira, Killswitch Engage and Unearth, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Darkest Hour, reaching back through Black Flag and forward to Shadows Fall. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Darkest Hour is an American melodic death metal/metalcore band from Washington, D.C., formed in 1995. Though failing to break through early in their tenure, the band has received acclaim for their albums Undoing Ruin, Deliver Us, and The Eternal Return. Deliver Us debuted at number 110 on the Billboard album charts, with sales of 6,600, and their more recent effort The Eternal Return garnered them an even higher position in the Billboard album charts at number 104. Their album Godless Prophets & the Migrant Flora charted at 42 on the Billboard 200, a peak for the band, and it marked a stylistic shift in the band's discography.
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Darkest Hour connections
Darkest Hour grew out of Black Flag, Dismember, The Crown and Ozzy Osbourne, shares an orbit with Bleeding Through, As I Lay Dying, All That Remains and Still Remains, went on to shape Shadows Fall, Lamb of God, Chimaira and Killswitch Engage. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Darkest Hour
Sounds and acts that shaped Darkest Hour.
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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Darkest Hour.
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- All That Remainsartist
- Still Remainsartist
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