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Dark Angel is a highly acclaimed American ThrashMetal formed in 1981. Best known in their early days as "the L.A. Caffeine machine" and living by the motto "too fast, my ass", Dark Angel stood out from the wide variety of bay area thrash metal bands for taking the genre UpToEleven in terms of tempos and musicality before setting foot on a path to one of thrash's many stories of musical maturing.
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Dark Angel is a highly acclaimed American ThrashMetal formed in 1981. Best known in their early days as "the L.A. Caffeine machine" and living by the motto "too fast, my ass", Dark Angel stood out from the wide variety of bay area thrash metal bands for taking the genre UpToEleven up to eleven in terms of tempos and musicality before setting foot on a path to one of thrash's many stories of musical maturing.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Darkness Descends'', compared to both ''We Have Arrived'' and their later work; it's heavier, being one of the few ThrashMetal albums that sometimes reaches a 10 on the MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness, and it's also arguably somewhat darker lyrically.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Darkness Descends'', compared to both ''We Have Arrived'' and their later work; it's heavier, being one of the few ThrashMetal albums that sometimes reaches a 10 on the MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness, and it's also arguably somewhat darker lyrically.
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[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Has nothing to do with]] the SpaceMarine [[Literature/DarkAngels chapter]] of TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} or [[Series/DarkAngel the series Dark Angel]]. Also should not be confused with Death Angel (another bay area thrash band) or Music/MorbidAngel.
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* ContinuityNod: The album covers of ''Leave Scars'' and ''Time Does Not Heal'' apparently represent the same girl, transformed from a frightened child on the earlier album to a streetwalker on the later one.
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After a flurry of drummer switches cumulating in the recruitment of Gene Hoglan, the band produced a better disrtibuted second album, ''Darkness Descends'', in 1986. This album brought about a transformation into a much crazier, completely twisted and brutal sound that thrashers still seek out today. Along with albums like Music/{{Kreator}}'s ''Pleasure to Kill'', Music/{{Metallica}}'s ''Music/MasterOfPuppets'', Music/{{Slayer}}'s ''Reign in Blood'' and Music/{{Megadeth}}'s ''Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?'', it is seen as one of the reasons 1986 was a landmark year for thrash.
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* MetalScream: Doty in particular was a master at this on ''Darkness Descends'', namely with the massive belt he lets out on "The Burning of Sodom".
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* MetalScream: Doty in particular was a master at this on ''Darkness Descends'', namely with the massive belt he lets out on "The Burning of Sodom". Rineheart also does a lot of this, but on ''Time Does Not Heal'' these are mostly of the type 4 variety.
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The band split up in 1992. They have since gotten back together twice. The first reunion was in 2002 with Rinehart, Meyer, Hoglan and bassist Danyael Williams. This incarnation recorded a version of Music/{{Metallica}}'s "Creeping Death" for a tribute album. In 2005, Rinehart suffered an injury and was recommended by doctors not to sing, forcing the band to split up again. The second reunion was announced in 2013 for both touring and new material with the complete ''Leave Scars'' lineup save Eriksen, but with Jim Durkin.
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The band split up in 1992. They have since gotten back together twice. The first reunion was in 2002 with Rinehart, Meyer, Hoglan and bassist Danyael Williams. This incarnation recorded a version of Music/{{Metallica}}'s "Creeping Death" for a tribute album. In 2005, Rinehart suffered an injury and was recommended by doctors not to sing, forcing the band to split up again. The second reunion was announced in 2013 for both touring and new material with the complete ''Leave Scars'' lineup save Eriksen, but with Jim Durkin.
Durkin. They are currently working on their fifth album.
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* IAmTheBand: Hoglan starting with ''Leave Scars'' is an odd example of this trope not being done with a founding member.
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'''Dark Angel''' is a highly acclaimed American ThrashMetal formed in 1981. Best known in their early days as "the L.A. Caffeine machine" and living by the motto "too fast, my ass", Dark Angel stood out from the wide variety of bay area thrash metal bands for taking the genre UpToEleven in terms of tempos and musicality before setting foot on a path to one of thrash's many stories of musical maturing.
The band initially formed under the name Shellshock. Composed of guitartist Jim Durkin, vocalist Don Doty, bassist Rob Yahn and drummer Mike Andrade, they would not adopt the Dark Angel monkier until 1983. Some time spent recording demos, a second guitarist Eric Meyer and a new drummer Jack Schwartz later, the band appeared on the Metal Massacre IV compilation and released their first album, ''We Have Arrived'', in 1985. Although seen as primitive (albeit probably moreso today than at release), the debut did bring the promise for better material in the future.
After a flurry of drummer switches cumulating in the recruitment of Gene Hoglan, the band produced a better disrtibuted second album, ''Darkness Descends'', in 1986. This album brought about a transformation into a much crazier, completely twisted and brutal sound that thrashers still seek out today. Along with albums like Music/{{Kreator}}'s ''Pleasure to Kill'', Music/{{Metallica}}'s ''Music/MasterOfPuppets'', Music/{{Slayer}}'s ''Reign in Blood'' and Music/{{Megadeth}}'s ''Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?'', it is seen as one of the reasons 1986 was a landmark year for thrash.
Rob Yahn left after the album was recorded (replaced by Mike Gonzales, who was credited on ''Descends'' but did not perform) and Don Doty left after the tour. Three years, a new vocalist in Ron Rinehart, and Hoglan permanently stepping in as the band's leader later, 1989's ''Leave Scars'' was another acclaimed album that marked the band's evolution into a more complex thrash band. Jim Durkin left by the end of the year and was replaced by Brett Eriksen. 1991's follow-up, ''Time Does Not Heal'', was a far more progressive album than even ''Scars'' with developed psychological lyrics from Hoglan and longer, more experimental songs. Sporting a memorable "9 Songs, 67 Minutes, 246 Riffs!" billing, it was highly acclaimed and seen as a pinnacle of ProgressiveMetal-styled thrash, but did not sell that well and over the next year, various disputes came up amongst the members.
The band split up in 1992. They have since gotten back together twice. The first reunion was in 2002 with Rinehart, Meyer, Hoglan and bassist Danyael Williams. This incarnation recorded a version of Music/{{Metallica}}'s "Creeping Death" for a tribute album. In 2005, Rinehart suffered an injury and was recommended by doctors not to sing, forcing the band to split up again. The second reunion was announced in 2013 for both touring and new material with the complete ''Leave Scars'' lineup save Eriksen, but with Jim Durkin.
Although they still have a strong cult following in the metal community, Dark Angel is probably best known these days for being the band where now-legendary drummer Gene Hoglan got his start. After their original disbanding, it became seemingly his mission to play with as many bands as possible: Music/{{Death}}, Music/DevinTownsend (both his solo work and in Strapping Young Lad), Music/FearFactory, Music/{{Testament}}, Music/{{Forbidden}} and even [[WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}} Dethklok]], among ''many'' others, have all had the joy of the man at the kit.
[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Has nothing to do with]] the SpaceMarine [[Literature/DarkAngels chapter]] of TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} or [[Series/DarkAngel the series Dark Angel]]. Also should not be confused with Death Angel (another bay area thrash band) or Music/MorbidAngel.
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!!Members (current)
* Jim Durkin - guitars (1981-1989, 2013-present)
* Eric Meyer - guitars (1984-1992, 2002-2005, 2013-present)
* Gene Hoglan - drums, lyrics (1984-1992, 2002-2005, 2013-present)
* Mike Gonzales - bass (1986-1992, 2013-present)
* Ron Rinehart - vocals (1987-1992, 2002-2005, 2013-present)
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!!Members (past; only listed are ones that have appeared on some type of recording)
* Don Doty - vocals (1981-1987)
* Rob Yahn - bass (1981-1986)
* Mike Andrade - drums (1981-1983)
* Jack Schwartz - drums (1983-1984)
* Brett Eriksen - guitars (1989-1991)
* Danyael Williams - bass (2002-2005)
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!!Discography (studio albums unless stated otherwise):
* 1983 - ''Into the Inferno'' demo tape (notably the only thing they released as Shellshock)
* 1983 - ''Gonna Burn'' demo tape (first release as Dark Angel)
* 1984 - ''Hell's On Its Knees'' demo tape
* 1985 - ''We Have Arrived''
* 1986 - ''Darkness Descends''
* 1989 - ''Leave Scars''
* 1990 - ''Live Scars'' live [=EP=]
* 1991 - ''Time Does Not Heal''
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!Tropes
* AlliterativeName: Oddly enough, both of best-known their vocalists - Don Doty and Ron Rinehart.
* CoverVersion: "[[Music/LedZeppelinIII Immigrant Song]]" by Music/LedZeppelin on ''Leave Scars'' and the aforementioned "[[Music/RideTheLightning Creeping Death]]" for a Music/{{Metallica}} tribute album.
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Darkness Descends'', compared to both ''We Have Arrived'' and their later work.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: ''We Have Arrived'', among other things, does not feature Gene Hoglan. The pre-''Arrived'' demos are often even weirder.
* EpicRocking: Much of ''Leave Scars'' and practically all of ''Time Does Not Heal''; the latter has no songs under five minutes, and only one is under six. Even before then ''Darkness Descends'' had "Black Prophecies" at 8:27.
* HarshVocals: Much of Don Doty's singing, as well as Rinehart on ''Leave Scars''. ''Time Does Not Heal'' largely used clean singing.
* HeavyMeta: "We Have Arrived". "Merciless Death" too, to a degree.
* IAmTheBand: Hoglan starting with ''Leave Scars'' is an odd example of this trope not being done with a founding member.
* {{Instrumentals}}: ''Leave Scars'' has "Cauterization" and "Worms".
* LeadDrummer: Gene Hoglan is a highly well known drummer in the metal community due to his skill and [[WolverinePublicity increasingly long list of appearances in other bands]] and as early as ''Darkness Descends'' was the main lyrical force. In their second era, he was effectively the driving force behind the band.
* LighterAndSofter: ''Leave Scars'' has better production values than ''Descends'' and is somewhat less of a nonstop blaster musically. ''Time Does Not Heal'' keeps these traits and also had more melodic vocals than the albums before.
* LiveAlbum: More like live [=EP=], but ''Live Scars'' counts. Later releases added more songs to make it closer to a proper live album.
* MetalScream: Doty in particular was a master at this on ''Darkness Descends'', namely with the massive belt he lets out on "The Burning of Sodom".
* MinisculeRocking: On the other side of song lengths, their cover of "Immigrant Song" is only 1:47 and there's the 2:15 instrumental "Worms".
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally around 8-9. Also on ''Descends', they are one of the best known thrash metal bands capable of climbing up to 10, particularly with "The Burning of Sodom" with its insane 300+ BPM speed.
* MotorMouth: Often used for vocal delivery, probably [[SerialEscalation peaking]] on "The Burning of Sodom".
* NewSoundAlbum: ''Leave Scars'', which introduced their more ProgressiveMetal-influenced sound. ''Time Does Not Heal'' took this side of them even further and was more melodic, especailly in terms of vocals.
** ''Time Does Not Heal'' was more melodic overall, not only due to the mid-paced tempos but Rinehart's HarshVocals (which were already softer than Doty's) being largely replaced with clean singing. It also took the more technical style of ''Scars'' way up with massive EpicRocking and an endless sea of riffs.
* ProgressiveMetal: ''Leave Scars'' leans towards this, while ''Time Does Not Heal'' is completely unabashed about it.
* RevolvingDoorBand: In addition to the above members, they've had quite a few members who joined and left the band before recording anything. Most notably, in the three years before Hoglan they had gone through ''four'' drummers, three of those in 1984 alone. The band has also had points with no founding members in the lineup - by 1987 Durkin was the only one left, and he left in 1989 and did not particpate in the first reunion. Eric Meyer is the only person to appear on all of their albums.
* RiseFromYourGrave: The cover of ''Darkness Descends'', although ''what'' is rising out is hard to tell.
* SerialEscalation: The band's increasingly-technical approach to songwriting often ended up invoking this. ''Darkness Descends'' has 50 riffs in about half an hour. ''Time Does Not Heal'' has '''246''' in over an hour (to give you an idea, with 9 songs, that record averages ''27 riffs a song'').
* ThrashMetal: Often regarded as, along with Music/{{Slayer}} and Music/{{Possessed}}, one of the poster children for the American brand of hyper aggressive, evil, proto-DeathMetal thrash. Later a good example of its more technical side.
* TitleTrack: Used on all four albums.
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The band initially formed under the name Shellshock. Composed of guitartist Jim Durkin, vocalist Don Doty, bassist Rob Yahn and drummer Mike Andrade, they would not adopt the Dark Angel monkier until 1983. Some time spent recording demos, a second guitarist Eric Meyer and a new drummer Jack Schwartz later, the band appeared on the Metal Massacre IV compilation and released their first album, ''We Have Arrived'', in 1985. Although seen as primitive (albeit probably moreso today than at release), the debut did bring the promise for better material in the future.
After a flurry of drummer switches cumulating in the recruitment of Gene Hoglan, the band produced a better disrtibuted second album, ''Darkness Descends'', in 1986. This album brought about a transformation into a much crazier, completely twisted and brutal sound that thrashers still seek out today. Along with albums like Music/{{Kreator}}'s ''Pleasure to Kill'', Music/{{Metallica}}'s ''Music/MasterOfPuppets'', Music/{{Slayer}}'s ''Reign in Blood'' and Music/{{Megadeth}}'s ''Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?'', it is seen as one of the reasons 1986 was a landmark year for thrash.
Rob Yahn left after the album was recorded (replaced by Mike Gonzales, who was credited on ''Descends'' but did not perform) and Don Doty left after the tour. Three years, a new vocalist in Ron Rinehart, and Hoglan permanently stepping in as the band's leader later, 1989's ''Leave Scars'' was another acclaimed album that marked the band's evolution into a more complex thrash band. Jim Durkin left by the end of the year and was replaced by Brett Eriksen. 1991's follow-up, ''Time Does Not Heal'', was a far more progressive album than even ''Scars'' with developed psychological lyrics from Hoglan and longer, more experimental songs. Sporting a memorable "9 Songs, 67 Minutes, 246 Riffs!" billing, it was highly acclaimed and seen as a pinnacle of ProgressiveMetal-styled thrash, but did not sell that well and over the next year, various disputes came up amongst the members.
The band split up in 1992. They have since gotten back together twice. The first reunion was in 2002 with Rinehart, Meyer, Hoglan and bassist Danyael Williams. This incarnation recorded a version of Music/{{Metallica}}'s "Creeping Death" for a tribute album. In 2005, Rinehart suffered an injury and was recommended by doctors not to sing, forcing the band to split up again. The second reunion was announced in 2013 for both touring and new material with the complete ''Leave Scars'' lineup save Eriksen, but with Jim Durkin.
Although they still have a strong cult following in the metal community, Dark Angel is probably best known these days for being the band where now-legendary drummer Gene Hoglan got his start. After their original disbanding, it became seemingly his mission to play with as many bands as possible: Music/{{Death}}, Music/DevinTownsend (both his solo work and in Strapping Young Lad), Music/FearFactory, Music/{{Testament}}, Music/{{Forbidden}} and even [[WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}} Dethklok]], among ''many'' others, have all had the joy of the man at the kit.
[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Has nothing to do with]] the SpaceMarine [[Literature/DarkAngels chapter]] of TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} or [[Series/DarkAngel the series Dark Angel]]. Also should not be confused with Death Angel (another bay area thrash band) or Music/MorbidAngel.
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!!Members (current)
* Jim Durkin - guitars (1981-1989, 2013-present)
* Eric Meyer - guitars (1984-1992, 2002-2005, 2013-present)
* Gene Hoglan - drums, lyrics (1984-1992, 2002-2005, 2013-present)
* Mike Gonzales - bass (1986-1992, 2013-present)
* Ron Rinehart - vocals (1987-1992, 2002-2005, 2013-present)
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!!Members (past; only listed are ones that have appeared on some type of recording)
* Don Doty - vocals (1981-1987)
* Rob Yahn - bass (1981-1986)
* Mike Andrade - drums (1981-1983)
* Jack Schwartz - drums (1983-1984)
* Brett Eriksen - guitars (1989-1991)
* Danyael Williams - bass (2002-2005)
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!!Discography (studio albums unless stated otherwise):
* 1983 - ''Into the Inferno'' demo tape (notably the only thing they released as Shellshock)
* 1983 - ''Gonna Burn'' demo tape (first release as Dark Angel)
* 1984 - ''Hell's On Its Knees'' demo tape
* 1985 - ''We Have Arrived''
* 1986 - ''Darkness Descends''
* 1989 - ''Leave Scars''
* 1990 - ''Live Scars'' live [=EP=]
* 1991 - ''Time Does Not Heal''
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!Tropes
* AlliterativeName: Oddly enough, both of best-known their vocalists - Don Doty and Ron Rinehart.
* CoverVersion: "[[Music/LedZeppelinIII Immigrant Song]]" by Music/LedZeppelin on ''Leave Scars'' and the aforementioned "[[Music/RideTheLightning Creeping Death]]" for a Music/{{Metallica}} tribute album.
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Darkness Descends'', compared to both ''We Have Arrived'' and their later work.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: ''We Have Arrived'', among other things, does not feature Gene Hoglan. The pre-''Arrived'' demos are often even weirder.
* EpicRocking: Much of ''Leave Scars'' and practically all of ''Time Does Not Heal''; the latter has no songs under five minutes, and only one is under six. Even before then ''Darkness Descends'' had "Black Prophecies" at 8:27.
* HarshVocals: Much of Don Doty's singing, as well as Rinehart on ''Leave Scars''. ''Time Does Not Heal'' largely used clean singing.
* HeavyMeta: "We Have Arrived". "Merciless Death" too, to a degree.
* IAmTheBand: Hoglan starting with ''Leave Scars'' is an odd example of this trope not being done with a founding member.
* {{Instrumentals}}: ''Leave Scars'' has "Cauterization" and "Worms".
* LeadDrummer: Gene Hoglan is a highly well known drummer in the metal community due to his skill and [[WolverinePublicity increasingly long list of appearances in other bands]] and as early as ''Darkness Descends'' was the main lyrical force. In their second era, he was effectively the driving force behind the band.
* LighterAndSofter: ''Leave Scars'' has better production values than ''Descends'' and is somewhat less of a nonstop blaster musically. ''Time Does Not Heal'' keeps these traits and also had more melodic vocals than the albums before.
* LiveAlbum: More like live [=EP=], but ''Live Scars'' counts. Later releases added more songs to make it closer to a proper live album.
* MetalScream: Doty in particular was a master at this on ''Darkness Descends'', namely with the massive belt he lets out on "The Burning of Sodom".
* MinisculeRocking: On the other side of song lengths, their cover of "Immigrant Song" is only 1:47 and there's the 2:15 instrumental "Worms".
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally around 8-9. Also on ''Descends', they are one of the best known thrash metal bands capable of climbing up to 10, particularly with "The Burning of Sodom" with its insane 300+ BPM speed.
* MotorMouth: Often used for vocal delivery, probably [[SerialEscalation peaking]] on "The Burning of Sodom".
* NewSoundAlbum: ''Leave Scars'', which introduced their more ProgressiveMetal-influenced sound. ''Time Does Not Heal'' took this side of them even further and was more melodic, especailly in terms of vocals.
** ''Time Does Not Heal'' was more melodic overall, not only due to the mid-paced tempos but Rinehart's HarshVocals (which were already softer than Doty's) being largely replaced with clean singing. It also took the more technical style of ''Scars'' way up with massive EpicRocking and an endless sea of riffs.
* ProgressiveMetal: ''Leave Scars'' leans towards this, while ''Time Does Not Heal'' is completely unabashed about it.
* RevolvingDoorBand: In addition to the above members, they've had quite a few members who joined and left the band before recording anything. Most notably, in the three years before Hoglan they had gone through ''four'' drummers, three of those in 1984 alone. The band has also had points with no founding members in the lineup - by 1987 Durkin was the only one left, and he left in 1989 and did not particpate in the first reunion. Eric Meyer is the only person to appear on all of their albums.
* RiseFromYourGrave: The cover of ''Darkness Descends'', although ''what'' is rising out is hard to tell.
* SerialEscalation: The band's increasingly-technical approach to songwriting often ended up invoking this. ''Darkness Descends'' has 50 riffs in about half an hour. ''Time Does Not Heal'' has '''246''' in over an hour (to give you an idea, with 9 songs, that record averages ''27 riffs a song'').
* ThrashMetal: Often regarded as, along with Music/{{Slayer}} and Music/{{Possessed}}, one of the poster children for the American brand of hyper aggressive, evil, proto-DeathMetal thrash. Later a good example of its more technical side.
* TitleTrack: Used on all four albums.
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