Darkness Descends
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| Studio album by Dark Angel | ||||
| Released | November 17, 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Thrash metal | |||
| Length | 35:03 47:06 (Re-release) |
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| Label | Combat | |||
| Producer | Randy Burns | |||
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Darkness Descends is the second studio album by the American thrash metal band Dark Angel. The album is the first to feature drummer Gene Hoglan. Rob Yahn was replaced with Mike Gonzalez by the time this album was released, however, Gonzalez was given credit over Yahn on the album sleeve. Darkness Descends was also Dark Angel's final album to feature vocalist Don Doty. The album is considered a landmark in the thrash metal genre.
In August 2014, Revolver placed Darkness Descends on its "14 Thrash Albums You Need to Own" list.Decibel Magazine placed it 9th on its "50 Greatest Thrash Metal Albums of All Time."
Darkness Descends on Philiadelphia - DFA Live at the Trocadero, October 23, 1988
Darkness Descends on Resda - DFA Live at the Country Club April 22, 1989
The song "Darkness Descends" is about the comic book characters known as the Dark Judges from the Judge Dredd comic book series, and even contains their famous statement, "this city is guilty, the crime is life, the sentence is death."
"Black Prophecies" deals with Nostradamus.
"Perish In Flames" deals with a nuclear apocalypse.
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