''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 heavines ...

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

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. The album debuted at number 110 on the

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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 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

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Track listing

Personnel

* John Henry –

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* Kris Norris – guitar *

Mike Schleibaum Darkest Hour is an American melodic death metal/metalcore 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 ' ...

– guitar * Paul Burnette –

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* Ryan Parrish –

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Production *

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– 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

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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