Lion's Share Re-release Dark Hour

The re-release of LION’S SHARE’s classic album “Dark Hours” is due out on 28 August via Metalville

Following the release of their critically acclaimed comeback album Inferno earlier this year, Swedish heavy metal veterans LION'S SHARE now return to one of the landmark releases of their career with a long-awaited reissue of their classic 2009 album Dark Hours.

Never before available on vinyl, Dark Hours has become one of the most requested albums in the band's catalogue among collectors and longtime fans.

Originally released to outstanding international reviews, the album will finally be available on CD, classic black vinyl and limited yellow vinyl via Metalville on August 28, 2026.

Upon its original release, Dark Hours was hailed as one of the strongest traditional heavy metal albums of the year. The album was nominated for Album of the Year at the Swedish Metal Awards and earned outstanding reviews from media around the world.

Musically, Dark Hours delivers everything that has made LION'S SHARE one of Sweden's most respected melodic heavy metal bands: crushing riffs, soaring melodies, powerhouse vocals and world-class musicianship. The album features vocalist Nils Patrik Johansson, guitarist Lars Chriss and bassist Sampo Axelsson (formerly of the Glenn Hughes Band), along with a guest guitar solo from Michael Romeo (SYMPHONY X). It was mixed and mastered by acclaimed producer Jens Bogren (OPETH, ARCH ENEMY, AMON AMARTH, KREATOR) at Fascination Street Studios.

Lyrically, Dark Hours explores some of the darkest chapters of the late 1960s. Rather than celebrating the optimism of the decade, the album draws inspiration from historical events and controversial figures including the Vietnam War, Charles Manson, Martin Luther King Jr., Che Guevara, the Prague Spring and the moon landing conspiracy theories, creating a powerful thematic thread throughout the album.

Seventeen years after its original release, Dark Hours remains one of the defining albums in LION'S SHARE's catalogue and is ready to be rediscovered by longtime fans and experienced for the first time by a whole new generation of listeners.

TRACK LISTING

01 Judas Must Die

02 Phantom Rider

03 Demon In Your Mind

04 Heavy Cross To Bear

05 The Bottomless Pit

06 Full Metal Jacket

07 The Presidio 27

08 Barker Ranch

09 Napalm Nights

10 Space Scam

11 Behind The Curtain