Posted by Zenae Zukowski on August 7, 2020
Metal Inside(r) Home Quarantine is Metal Insider’s new column during this time of isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We asked artists five questions on what’s been keeping them busy ranging from their favorite movies, food they’ve been eating, music they’ve been listening to and more. We caught up with Mike Schleibaum (Be […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on February 13, 2017
On March 10th, Darkest Hour will return with Godless Prophets & the Migrant Flora, their first album on new label Southern Lord Records. We’ve already heard two songs from the forthcoming album, and today, via Metal Hammer (welcome back guys!), the band have debuted a third track, “Those Who Survived.” Their ninth album seems like the […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on August 27, 2014
Darkest Hour has never been one to repeat itself. Yet with its self-titled eighth album, the Washington D.C. band may have outdone itself. While it still captures Darkest Hour’s massive heavy riffs, the album is by far its most melodic and assessable release to date. Yet as guitarist Mike Schleibaum put it when speaking to […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on August 25, 2014
Many influential hardcore and metalcore bands have come out of the Washington D.C. scene. One current band making the D.C. metal community proud is Darkest Hour who just released their first album on Sumerian Records (and eighth overall). We spoke to guitarist Mike Schleibaum during Mayhem Fest’s stop in Camden, NJ earlier this month, and […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on April 16, 2013
Darkest Hour has been working on a new album due out later this year. And earlier today, the DC metalcore group announced the addition of drummer Travis Orbin, formerly of Periphery and Sky Eats Airplane. Guitarist Mike Schleibaum told Revolver the following about the addition of Orbin: “The chemistry has developed into something special, unique, […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on November 8, 2010
Metal Insider is sad to report Falling To Pieces’ frontwoman, Nicci DeSoto (Nicci D.), perished in a motorcycle accident over the weekend. The Bay Area band had been a finalist in the No Label Needed contest and series. Falling to Pieces had formed in 2004, and Nicci joined two years ago along with former Bleeding […]
Posted by Mike Schleibaum on May 28, 2010
In addition to helping out with the No Label Needed contest and series, Darkest Hour guitarist Mike Schleibaum has been through a lot over the past 16 years since the band formed. Starting out on local labels, the band eventually went to Victory. They’ve since signed to E1, and are working on their first album […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on March 18, 2010
Darkest Hour guitarist Mike Schleibaum wrote a great post for the No Label Needed contest urging people to vote for their favorite bands. Iron Thrones ultimately won the contest, but Schleibaum weighed in on his five favorite bands of the contest. Currently on the road with The Dillinger Escape Plan in support of their final album […]
