Metal Church   The Dark
4.0
excellent
Ranking: #34 for 1986

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4.0 excellentElmo | January 13th 22

gud ablum

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4.5 superbResident Metalhead Piranha | May 12th 17

The guitarwork on their debut already blew most of their brethren out of the water, but they step it up even further on The Dark. Many of these tunes are riff-driven, perhaps the closest to pure thrash they've ever gotten while anchoring power metal and traditional metal in the mix. The commanding, unique vocals of David Wayne are even grittier here, letting off some off-kilter screams and impressive singing. "Ton of Bricks," "Start The Fire," the title track, and "Watch The Children Pray" are some of their best and well known songs and make for an instant classic and another masterpiece in their impressive discography.

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4.0 excellentFirstStrikeIsDeadly | June 1st 14

The relentlessly 80s snare sound makes me wince just a little, completely unfitting for this album. Cool record though.

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4.0 excellentThrashK | December 19th 13

A great thrash album, but to be honest, rarely touches the debut. The song structures are less layered on this, and unfortunately not really for the better. Don't get me wrong, it's well worth hearing though.

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0.0 mandan | March 7th 13

I enjoyed the first one a tad more, but this is still badass stuff. Very underrated thrash.

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4.0 excellentFernando Alves STAFF | August 2nd 11

Probably their classic record. Ton of Bricks, Start the Fire and specially Watch the Children Pray are great songs.

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