BADLANDS 3rd and final studio album is actually a collection of unfinished studio demos recorded between 1992 and 1993. This
project was abandoned when their record company rejected these and the band disbanded shortly thereafter. After the untimely
death of vocalist Ray Gillen in 1993, these demos surfaced in bootleg trading circles in notably poorer quality. Japanese label
Pony Canyon remedied this by officially releasing this unfinished 3rd album in 1998.
I'll offer a "good" rating at best for Badlands fans who should be able to overlook the faults of this album, but it's probably
just an average record for the unacquainted. Much of the problem with DUSK is the dry, rather flat sounding production, which
reminds us again that these were "only demos" and not the finished product they'd intended. But there is also a lingering sense
that the band knew they were reaching their premature and very unfortunate end.
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