''Deliver Us'' is the fifth studio album by American

melodic death metal Melodic death metal (also referred to as melodeath) is a subgenre of death metal that employs highly melodic guitar riffs, often borrowing from traditional heavy metal (including New Wave of British Heavy Metal). The genre features the heavine ...

band Darkest Hour. It was released on July 10, 2007 through

Victory Records Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several record labels. It has featured many prominent artists including Thur ...

. The album debuted at number 110 on the Billboard album charts, with sales of 6,600.Blabbermouth.net
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, Posted July 18, 2007. "Sanctuary" is featured in the video game ''

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'', while "Demon(s)" is featured in ''

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'' and "Doomsayer" was made available in '' Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock'' through the ''Darkest Hour Track Pack'', the last to be released by Activision. The artwork was created by

John Baizley John Dyer Baizley is an American musician and painter most notable for being the vocalist and rhythm guitarist of Savannah, Georgia heavy metal band Baroness. He has also achieved critical praise for his artworks, some of which have been incorpo ...

who has also done art for bands such as

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and his own band

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. It is also the last album to feature lead guitarist

Kris Norris Kris Norris is the former lead guitarist for the heavy metal bands Scar the Martyr, Darkest Hour and the Canadian metalcore band Threat Signal. He is also known for his stints as touring guitarist for God Forbid and Straight Line Stitch. K ...

Track listing

Personnel

* John Henry –

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* Kris Norris –

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featu ...

Mike Schleibaum Darkest Hour is an American heavy metal band from Washington, D.C., formed in 1995. Though failing to break through early in their tenure, the band has received acclaim for their albums '' Undoing Ruin'', '' Deliver Us'', and '' The Eternal Ret ...

– rhythm guitar * Paul Burnette – bass * Ryan Parrish – drums Production *

Devin Townsend Devin Garrett Townsend (born May 5, 1972) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He founded extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad and was its primary songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist from 1994 to 2007. He has also ...

– producer, mixing, engineer, guitar ("Full Imperial Collapse") *Dean Maher – engineer *UE Nastasi – mastering *Marian Greksa – mix assistant, additional vocals ("The Light at the Edge of the World")

Use in media

* The song "Demon(s)" can be heard in the episode "Escape from Dragon House" of HBO's

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. It is also a playable track in

References

{{Authority control Darkest Hour (band) albums 2007 albums Victory Records albums Albums with cover art by John Dyer Baizley Albums produced by Devin Townsend