Pop star and obvious hardcore fan Billie Eilish not too long ago blasted her greater than 110 million Instagram followers with some heavy riffs from Darkest Hour, whether or not they wished to listen to them or not.

We all know some of us get hung up on gatekeeping once they hear information like this, but it surely’s actually not shocking that the pop icon is a fan. Earlier this yr, she shared a clip of herself listening to another metalcore icons It Dies Immediately. She was streaming their 2004 monitor “A Threnody For Trendy Romance.” She additionally wore Rob Zombie and Cradle of Filth artwork on stage, carried out “Distress Enterprise” dwell with Paramore, and paid tribute to Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins on the Grammys. She’s clearly a fan of extra than simply high 40 pop.

Plus, no matter how Darkest Hour followers really feel about Eilish — or if some Eilish followers had been turned off by the intense metallic — that is nice free publicity for the band.

This crossover between alt pop and metalcore isn’t so shocking, as many millennials who take heed to Eilish and different pop additionally went by way of a metalcore part or nonetheless take heed to the style at the moment, and vice versa. Right here’s to hoping that Eilish loved jamming out—and Darkest Hour loved the additional consideration.

Initially hailing from D.C., Darkest Hour have been round since 1995 and are one of many pioneering metalcore bands. The Instagram story Eilish shared, which you’ll be able to see a display seize of under, featured Darkest Hour’s deep reduce “DEMON(S),” from their 2007 album Ship Us. The band responded by resharing this on their very own socials, seemingly displaying that they had been completely satisfied for the assist.

Should you’re additionally a Darkest Hour fan similar to Eilish, look out for his or her tenth studio album and first in seven years, Perpetual / Terminal, out by way of MNRK Heavy on February 23.