Darkest Hour have announced a huge run of spring tour dates in North America. They’ll be touring with Machine Head, Suicide Silence, and Rise to Remain.

Check the dates below!

1/15 - Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
1/17 - Sauget, IL @ Pop’s
1/19 - St. Paul, MN @ Station 4
1/20 - Milwaukee, WI @ Rave Ballroom
1/21 - Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theater
1/22 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
1/24 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
1/26 - Portland, ME @ State Theater
1/27 - Montreal, QC @ Metropolis 
1/28 - Toronto, ON @ The Sound Academy
1/29 - Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
1/31 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE - Indoor Stage
2/1 - Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head Live
2/2 - Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
2/3 - New York, NY @ Best Buy Theater
2/4 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
2/6 - Norfolk, VA @ NorVa Theater
2/7 - Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
2/8 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
2/10 - New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
2/11 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues
2/12 - San Antonio, TX @ Backstage Live
2/13 - Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
2/15 - Farmington, NM @ Top Deck
2/16 - Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theater
2/17 - Hollywood, CA @ Avalon
2/18 - San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield 

Up for grabs is a sick Darkest Hour skate deck from Indie Merch, a copy of the latest Darkest Hour album and some Vans apparel including a pair of kicks, a tee and a hoodie. 3 lucky winners will be chosen at random when the contest ends on March 25th.

HOW TO ENTER:

- Send an e-mail to music.vans@gmail.com
- Enter DARKEST HOUR in the subject line
- Include you full name, mailing address, clothing size and shoe size (remember to specify Men’s or Women’s sizes)!

Good luck everyone!

From the band:

We’re stoked to offer this giveaway from Vans because some of us have been wearing Vans since we were little shredders. Vans has kept it real all along, and that’s why we still rock their shit!

Don’t forget to catch the guys on tour now:

02/25 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
02/26 Virginia Beach, VA – Skate High
02/27 Greensboro, NC – Greene St
02/28 Pittsburgh, PA – Diesel
03/01 Joliet, IL – Mojoes
03/02 Sauget, IL – Pop’s
03/03 Covington, KY – The Madhatter
03/04 Detroit, MI – Harpos
03/05 Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
03/06 St. Paul, MN – The Station
03/07 Iowa City, IA – Blue Moose
03/08 Omaha, NE – Sokol Underground
03/09 TBA, CO – TBA
03/10 Salt Lake City, UT – Club Sound
03/11 Reno, NV – The Alley
03/12 Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
03/13 Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
03/14 Seattle, WA – Studio Seven
03/15 Boise, ID – The Venue
03/17 Santa Clara, CA – The Avalon
03/18 Modesto, CA – Seasons Hall
03/19 Anaheim, CA – The Grove
03/20 Tucson, AZ – The Rock
03/22 Tulsa, OK – Marquee Theatre
03/24 Indianapolis, IN – Emerson Theatre
03/25 Dayton, OH – The Attic
03/26 Lancaster, PA – Chameleon Club
03/27 Albany, NY – Northern Lights

Darkest Hour’s new album The Human Romance is now available for pre-order until the February 17th release. There are 5 different packages offered in the DH store, some with limited edition items like a key bottle opener. All the options are listed here. European pre-orders have a different package available.

Package A) CD only

Package B) CD & exclusive tee

Package C) CD, exclusive tee, iPod/iPhone skin, “key” bottle opener keychain & 11”x17” poster

Package D) CD, exclusive zip-up hoodie, iPod/iPhone skin, “key” bottle opener keychain & 11”x17” poster

Package E) CD, exclusive tee, exclusive zip-up hoodie, iPod/iPhone skin, “key” bottle opener keychain & 11”x17” poster

Darkest Hour have been busy working on their new album The Human Romance and just released a video of some behind the scenes footage of the recording process. Ryan and John give you some insight on what to expect on the new album when it drops February 22nd. Check it out at the jump.

Darkest Hour and Dillinger Escape Plan were both at SXSW with us in Austin. We thought just throwing a microphone at them could turn out to be a good time. And it was indeed:

Darkest Hour and Bring Me The Horizon have both began working on new releases for next year.

Darkest Hour, who just got off tour with Trivium, are in the midst of finding a new label and are starting to write for an upcoming album during the process. They plan to start recording early in 2010. We wish them the best in finding an awesome label for the release!

For now we are waiting on the new music video for “The Tides.” It’s been shot and currently being edited.

Bring Me The Horizon seem to already have some material written and will be hitting the studio over the next few weeks with producer Fredrik Nordstom; he’s worked on albums with Dimmu Borgir and In Flames…so we know it’s legit.We can expect the album in summer 2010.

What Oli Sykes has to say about it:

It’s been one hell of a year, non-stop for us really! Our second album Suicide Season has taken us further than we ever thought was possible. I think we found our unique sound with that album and the next is going to be using Suicide Season as a base, but pushing it further in every single way imaginable.

It’s happening with Fredrick Nordstrom again, since he made us sound so amazing last time – all very exciting, stay tuned!

Want more BMTH? Their merch store is 50% off right now. CRAZY!