D.C.'s Darkest Hour is a destructive force on your ears. I listen to these guys all the time when I'm feeling angry (which is only some of the time) or when I need that extra push to clean jerk that wheelbarrow full of bricks over my head. This is a band of five that doesn't make hardcore, they make core-core.

The screams are brutal (how can "singer" John Henry NOT have calluses solidifying all over his vocal chords?), the guitars shred with a ferocity that's best left to Lucifer, and the drums, oh my, this drummer seriously sounds like he's operating a city jackhammer in July. It's metal with plenty of melody. And it's raw meat and burnt potatoes for your shrill musical soul. Yeah, I like these guys. A lot.

BUY TICKETS TO DARKEST HOUR AT THE ROXY ON FEBRUARY 13TH!

BUY TICKETS TO DARKEST HOUR AT THE GLASS HOUSE ON FEBRUARY 14TH!

Darkest Hour play The Roxy, on Wednesday, February 13th, and at The Glass House, on Thursday, February 14th.