Archives (Darkest Hour album)

Archives is a compilation album by Darkest Hour, released on October 3, 2006 through A-F Records.

Archives
Compilation album by Darkest Hour
Released	October 3, 2006
Recorded	May 1996 – 1999
Genre	Metalcore sludge metal
Length	67:30
Label	A-F
Producer	Darkest Hour Ken Olden Brian McTernan Howard Pyle
Darkest Hour chronology
Undoing Ruin (2005) Archives (2006) Deliver Us (2007)

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The disc includes tracks from the band's first two independent EPs, 1996's The Misanthrope and 1999's The Prophecy Fulfilled. The audio for this release was re-mastered from the original master tapes.

Tracks 1 to 6 are from The Prophecy Fulfilled, track 10 and is from a split EP with Groundzero, and tracks 11 to 16 are from The Misanthrope. Tracks 7 to 9 are alternate versions of songs from The Prophecy Fullfilled.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Choir of the Prophecy Fulfilled"	5:18
2.	"Reflections of Ruin"	3:49
3.	"Broken Wings, Pt. 1"	3:22
4.	"This Side of the Nightmare"	4:09
5.	"This Curse"	6:45
6.	"Coda XIII" (Instrumental)	5:03
7.	"This Side of the Nightmare" (Alternate Version)	3:30
8.	"Reflections of Ruin" (Alternate Version)	3:51
9.	"This Curse" (Alternate Version)	6:23
10.	"Faith Like Suicide"	6:19
11.	"Vise"	5:28
12.	"Looking Forward (To the End)"	3:42
13.	"The Misanthrope"	4:14
14.	"Fathom"	5:34
15.	"Keepsake 23"	6:15
16.	"Crossroads"	3:48

Personnel

• John Henry – vocals
• Mike Schleibaum – guitar
• Fred Ziomek – lead guitar (tracks 9 and 10)
• Billups Allen – bass (tracks 1 to 10)
• Raul Mayorga – bass (tracks 11 to 16)
• Matt Mabben – drums (tracks 1 to 8, 10 to 16)
• Ryan Parrish – drums (track 9)