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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 classic in the thrash genre.
Track listing
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"Darkness Descends" | Gene Hoglan | Jim Durkin, Gene Hoglan |
5:49 |
| 2. |
"The Burning of Sodom" | Durkin, Hoglan, Don Doty | Durkin, Eric Meyer |
3:16 |
| 3. |
"Hunger of the Undead" | Hoglan | Durkin, Hoglan, Meyer |
4:16 |
| 4. |
"Merciless Death" | Durkin, Doty | Durkin |
4:04 |
| 5. |
"Death Is Certain (Life Is Not)" | Hoglan | Durkin, Hoglan, Meyer, Rob Yahn |
4:15 |
| 6. |
"Black Prophecies" | Hoglan | Durkin, Hoglan |
8:29 |
| 7. |
"Perish in Flames" | Doty | Durkin |
4:49 |
1998 Century Media re-release
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"Merciless Death (Live)" | Durkin, Doty | Durkin |
3:44 |
| 9. |
"Perish in Flames / Darkness Descends (Live)" | Doty / Hoglan | Durkin / Durkin, Hoglan |
8:27 |
Credits
Studio
Live
Song Information
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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- Don Doty
- Jim Drabos
- Brett Eriksen
- Cris McCarthy
- Rob Yahn
- Danyael Williams
- Mike Andrade
- Jack Schwartz
- Bob Gourley
- Lee Rausch
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