US-based metallers DARKEST HOUR have issued thew following update:

"Darkest Hour is stoked to jam hard, party hard, and hang hard with all the bands, fans, bros and brodettes on this years Sounds Of The Underground! We look forward to partying in parking lots all over the US - so come out to the shows bring a six pack and find our BBQ cause we want to party with YOU! Sounds will be our first US tour on the Deliver Us record, as well as the first time we play many of these songs live. We can't wait to share these tunes with everyone out there! Keep checking our MySpace page and our website for updates - details about the new record will be slowly unraveling. Producer Devin Townsend put us through the ringer on this record, and we couldn't be more thankful. His heart and passion were the greatest gift we could have gotten, and we can't wait to share that feeling of these songs with you on this year's Sounds Of The Underground!"

Other bands on the Sounds Of The Underground bill include SHADOWS FALL, CHIMAIRA, EVERY TIME I DIE, AMON AMARTH, THE ACACIA STRAIN, GOATWHORE, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, THIS IS HELL, NECRO, 2 CENTS, HEAVY HEAVY LOW LOW and THE NUMBER 12 LOOKS LIKE YOU.

Dates include:

July

6 - Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom
7 - Corpus Christi, TX - Concrete St. Amphitheatre
8 - Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theatre
10 - Orlando, FL - UCf Arena
11 - Myrtle Beach, SC - House Of Blues
13 - Worcester, MA - Palladium
14 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom Outside
15 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
16 - Winston-salem, NC - Millennium Center
18 - Toronto, ON - Koolhaus Complex
19 - Detroit, MI - State Theatre
20 - Milwuakee, WI - Eagles Ballroom
21 - Cleveland, OH - Time Warner Cable Amphitheater At Tower City
22 - Columbus, OH - Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
23 - Chicago, IL - Congress Theatre
24 - Minneapolis, MN - Myth
27 - Calgary, AB - Macewan Hall
28 - Edmonton, AB - Shaw Conference Center
30 - Portland, OR - Expo Hall

August

1 - Salt Lake City, UT - Salt Air Pavilion
3 - San Jose, CA - Events Center AT San Jose Univ.
4 - Irvine, CA - Irvine Meadows Side Stage
5 - Mesa, AZ - Mesa Amphitheatre
6 - Las Vegas, NV - House Of Blues
8 - Denver, CO - Fillmore