"Leave Scars - Ltd. Deluxe Ed." is the definitive reissue of Dark Angel's legendary 1989 thrash metal masterpiece, presented in a deluxe CD format by Century Media. This expanded edition features remastered audio for maximum sonic impact, bonus tracks including rare live recordings and demos, as well as an extensive booklet packed with liner notes and archival photos. "Leave Scars" marked a pivotal moment in Dark Angel?s career, showcasing their technical prowess and aggressive songwriting that helped define late-80s American thrash metal. The album includes standout tracks like "The Death of Innocence" and "Never to Rise Again," cementing its status among genre classics. Dark Angel are revered for their intense musicianship and complex compositions; they have influenced countless bands within the extreme metal scene since forming in Los Angeles in 1981. Century Media, renowned for championing heavy music worldwide since 1988, has built a reputation on high-quality releases from some of the most influential names in metal.
The most stand out quality of this album is undoubtedly the work of Gene behind the kit. Phenomenal double bass work which cuts through the mix and sets the feel of the whole album.
Yuriy P. - 17/Feb/2019
On “Leave Scars,” Californian threshers continue the line of super heavy Thrash. By the end of the eighties, Dark Angel's creative beginning acquired progressive outlines, maintaining the same speed and intensity. The stinging riffs performed at the episode tempo were added with complicated structures with long instrumental parts and all sorts of tricks, and the new vocalist Ron Reinhart hastily spat out the longest texts in Thrash Metal, which this time are devoted to the dark side of the subconscious, psychological traumas, world vision. and other perversions - so after all, with a quick glance at the bright cover, where the tear-stained blonde baby wakes up from a nightmare, and a giant-sized teddy hare looks at all this and ofigevaet, it is clear that the "Leave Scars" is not easy to get off. With the greater variability of the scale, it is an order of magnitude more difficult to withstand the chaotic onslaught of the third album “Angels” than the straightforward face of “Darkness Descends”, moreover, the sound of the instruments is again drowned in the mush mix. For the second time, potential masterpieces of Dark Angel are burying poor-quality production. Of course, even the presence of an inhuman cover on Led Zeppelin did not guarantee the commercial success of the album with long, performed at supersonic speeds, songs, and even with a difficult lyrical background. However, technical skills and the ability to compose multilayer compositions Dark Angel does not hold. Classic Brutal Thrash Metal
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