DARKEST HOUR Guitar-Lesson Videos Now Available

March 13, 2011

Music lesson web site PlayThisRiff.com is now featuring guitar and bass lesson videos with Mike Schleibaum (guitar),Paul Burnette (bass) and Mike "Lonestar" Carrigan (guitar) from DARKEST HOUR.

At PlayThisRiff.com you will find the following lesson videos by DARKEST HOUR:

* "Bass Warm-Up Exercises"
* "Beyond The Life You Know"
* "Convalescence (Bass Lesson)"
* "Demon(s) (Bass Lesson)"
* "Purgatory"
* "Savor The Kill"
* "The Last Dance Massacre"
* "The Last Dance Massacre (Part 2)"
* "The Tides (First Riff)"
* "The Tides (Pre-Chorus)"
* "The Tides (Chorus)"
* "The Tides (Mike's Solo)"
* "The Tides (Lonestar's Solo)"
* "The World Engulfed In Flames"
* "Your Every Day Disaster"

The "Beyond The Life You Know" preview lesson can be viewed in Flash and Quicktime HD format at this location.

The "Savor The Kill" preview lesson can be viewed in Flash and Quicktime HD format at this location.

The "The World Engulfed In Flames" preview lesson can be viewed in Flash and Quicktime HD format at this location.

PlayThisRiff.com is owned and operated by Bob Balch of FU MANCHU.

DARKEST HOUR's sixth album, "The Human Romance", sold around 3,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 185 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD landed at position No. 3 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

DARKEST HOUR's previous album, "The Eternal Return", opened with 4,700 units back in July 2009 to enter the chart at No. 104.

"The Human Romance" was released in Europe on March 7 via Century Media Records. The CD was recorded at a North Carolina studio with producer (and SOILWORK guitarist) Peter Wichers.

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