Eternal Return

Darkest Hour | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 23, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Victory Records
• ASIN: B0028ERBZ8
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #111,248 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

To close off the decade in style, DARKEST HOUR has crafted a recordthat will make heads spin and inspire metal fans world-wide. Faster, heavier, and deeper than anythingthey have ever recorded, The Eternal Return is the defining record of this proud American metalinstitution. The Eternal Return is epic and furious metal written by metal-heads for metal-heads. Quitesimply, this is a record created by musicians who have dedicated half their lives to aggressive andunrelenting music. The Eternal Return is the reinvention of the finest elements of DARKESTHOUR'S celebrated history, making it the absolute modern thrash metal masterpiece.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid, But Not Their Best, January 1, 2010

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Eric D (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eternal Return (Audio CD)

Don't believe all the talk that Darkest Hour sucks since they lost their "shredder" Kris Norris. On their latest record, these D.C. metallers have taken their fast, heavy, and scary sound........and made it faster, heavier, and scarier.

Though it doesn't quite match up to their 2005 masterpiece Undoing Ruin, it's a step in the right direction after 2007's so-so effort Deliver Us. Check out one of the album's stand-out tracks like "The Tides" and you know will know what I am talking about.

To put it plainly, this is a band based around riffs, not leads, and The Eternal Return proves that, acting as a modern nod to old-school thrash, without sounding old, tired, or cliche.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eternally Great Albums, June 24, 2009

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Greyclouds (Baltimore, MD United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Eternal Return (MP3 Download)

This is my first Album review on Amazon, and I have to admit that my motivations for writing it were found in the guitar riffs of Darkest Hour's new song, "Black Sun," on this very album. Pure metal bliss! I could not help but heap praise on the album after hearing that segment!

I have only given the album a cursory play through, half expecting a regression of the band from a supposed peak they reached with their last album Deliver Us. Luckily my fears were not realized! Darkest hour has produced another album that will make the hair on the back of your neck stand on end and will sock you with its fast tempos and genius songwriting.

There is some recycled material, and you may find yourself thinking, "hey, haven't I heard this song before," but Darkest Hour actually manages to take each song to different levels. They show that they do not have a limited number of permutations for their songs, and they throw in enough new techniques to make this an actual progression from their previous album.

To all American Metal Bands: you can keep your style and sound and come up with new material. No need to "experiment" with more mainstream sounds; Darkest Hour just proved that with this new release. I highly recommend this album!

5.0 out of 5 stars The Eternal Return, September 17, 2011

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davephatbuds - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eternal Return (Audio CD)

This album is brutal! It shows Darkest Hour hasn't strayed much from their sound. Which makes me wonder why so many people scorned this album. Well those people have no idea what they're talking about. This is one of Darkest Hour's best albums. I haven't stopped listening to it since I first heard it. "No God" has become my favorite Darkest Hour song so far.