Dark Angel - We Have Arrived
| Release date: | 5 November 1985 |
| Style: | Bay Area thrash metal |
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01. We Have Arrived
02. Merciless Death
03. Falling From The Sky
04. Welcome To The Slaughterhouse
05. No Tomorrow
06. Hell's On Its Knees
07. Vendetta
02. Merciless Death
03. Falling From The Sky
04. Welcome To The Slaughterhouse
05. No Tomorrow
06. Hell's On Its Knees
07. Vendetta
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Lyrics Although Gene Hoglan appears in the booklet, Jack Schwartz was the one who played the drums on this album (this is also mentioned in the booklet).
Record at Track Record, Hollywood
Engineered by Bill Metoyer
Produced by Dark Angel
In 1997 the French recording label Axe Killer re-released the album in a 2,000 number limited edition with a different cover.
The vinyl release also had a different cover.
Rating:
7.3
7.3
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Rating: 7.3 |
Dark Angel was just another second-tier thrash metal band from California like Death Angel, Exodus, Testament, and others. After recording three demo tapes in two years (1983-1984), they recorded their first album entitled We Have Arrived in 1985. Here we have a pretty standard, raw thrash CD of the eighties. The first thing that caught my attention was the vocals, which I really found ridiculous at times. Don Doty, who was the vocalist at the time, tries to combine the regular screaming vocals with high-pitched, sometimes clean singing, which he really doesn't excel in. Actually a very annoying thing is that he would change the style of singing (sometimes very unexpectedly and out of place) for some separate words on songs like "We Have Arrived", "Welcome To The Slaughterhouse", "Falling From The Sky". Besides on "We Have Arrived," the verses are sung in regular clean voice, and it just sounds stupid. The only song on which the voice variations do sound harmonized is "No Tomorrow." In my opinion, Don Doty would sound better without improvising too much because he tries to reach some notes an octave higher with his screaming, but he just hits the wrong note many times, so singing in his regular voice, which very nicely fits the music, would be a better choice. Read more ›› |
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| pkillerjp Posts: 122  |
Their worst album, and that says a lot. Pure horrific Kill em All ripoff that came out way too late and made absolutely no impact. Not even worth a listen- bland riffs, horrific vocalist, bottom of the barrel songwriting, and even some ripped off riffs thrown in a package with horrible production. Stay far away.
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| Guib Thrash Talker Posts: 3220  |
Written by pkillerjp on 06.03.2014 at 17:34 Lol what a pile of shit.
---- - Headbanging with mostly clogged arteries to that stuff - Guib's List Of Essential Albums - Also Thrash Paradise Thrash Here
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| me<3mertl Posts: 139  |
Written by pkillerjp on 06.03.2014 at 17:34 You post hate comments on all of their albums...damn why are you such a big hater?
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| JOPE OF STEELE Steelemeister Posts: 3333  |
Not very good but not that bad either. I'd agree with pkillerjp on this album having no impact, it can easily be skipped for other thrash albums.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62012  |
This is based on youth entusiasm to play metal and influences what had before, we have risen as metal comunity, seems new bands has much more to listen and be influenced. If you're thrash maniac you will listen it, I did because of love to metal.
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