Dark Angel

Dark Angel first split up in September 1992. According to Voices from the Darkside , they were supposed to reform in 1999 (with Jim Durkin , Eric Meyer and Gene Hoglan participating) and heavy metal magazines in Europe went as far as to report that a tour with Ancient Rites was in the works. However, plans were called off due to Durkin and Meyer having no interest in touring, as well as logistical issues. Meyer, Hoglan and Ron Rinehart eventually reformed the band in 2002 with new bassist Danyael Williams . Plans were made to tour and record new music, but by mid-2003, Ron Rinehart had suffered an accident, which caused him severe spinal injury and eventually forced the act to disband again. The injury was apparently so serious that if Rinehart continued to sing, it could've resulted in him being unable to walk. Despite this, Dark Angel had managed to record a cover of "Creeping Death" for the Metallica tribute album Metallic Attack: The Ultimate Tribute . Hoglan confirmed the band's end in November 2005. On August 10th, 2013, it was reported that Dark Angel would reform for a performance at the Keep It True XVII festival, which took place on April 25th-26th, 2014 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. As of a press statement released on Wednesday, September 4th, 2013, as per Maria Ferrero : "Due to the rumor-inducing statements made by estranged ex-Dark Angel singer Don Doty , the band is forced to offer a premature release of information. Dark Angel will reform for a limited number of appearances in 2014 in the US & select festivals in Europe. These dates are still pending & have not yet been booked at this time. The confirmed line-up for these rare & unique select 2014 shows features Gene Hoglan (drums), Jim Durkin (guitar), Ron Rinehart (vocals) & Mike Gonzalez (bass). All future official statements will come from Dark Angel's management." On October 13th, 2013, Dark Angel posted a 17-second rehearsal clip that read "DFA is back!". On the band's Facebook page was posted a picture of the reunion lineup , featuring four out five members of the Leave Scars lineup; it was later revealed that all five members of that lineup were part of the reunion. This lineup was intact until early 2023 when Jim Durkin died, though he had technically not been present for any Dark Angel live shows since at least 2020, with Gene Hoglan 's wife Laura Christine filling in for him. After Durkin's death, Christine was announced as a permanent member of the band. Unreleased recording: - Atrocity Exhibition (demo, 1992, only one copy exists; recorded by Gene Hoglan in 1992 for what was to be their fifth album. The songs had not been heard by the band, as they were just about broken up at the time): 1. I Have No Mouth and I Have to Scream 2. Synchronized Horror Ballet 3. Proud Flesh 4. Dark Obsessive Bonds 5. Tragedy as a Teacher Unofficial discography: - Falling from the Sky (live LP recorded at Reseda Country Club 19.09.85, limited to 200 copies) Compilation appearances: - "Welcome to the Slaughterhouse" on Metal Massacre VI ( Metal Blade Records , 1985) - "The Burning of Sodom" (alternate version w/o scream) on Bullets Volume One ( Combat Records , 1986) - "The Burning of Sodom" on A "Way Way" Large Compilation From Relativity / Combat / Combat Core Records ( Relativity Records , 1986) - "We Have Arrived" on L.A. Steel (Rockcity Records Inc., 1986) - "Welcome to the Slaughterhouse" on Metal Massacre Volume III - VI ( Steamhammer , 1986) - "Death Is Certain (Life Is Not)" on Combat/Camelot Records Sampler Cassette ( Relativity Records , 1987) - "Death Is Certain (Life Is Not)" on Who Is Guy R Brewer? ( Relativity Records , 1987) - "Merciless Death" on Speed Kills III (A Catalogue of Destruction) ( Music for Nations , 1987) - "Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin cover)" on Concrete Reinforcements / Strategic Recruits ( Relativity Records , 1988) - "Welcome to the Slaughterhouse" on The Best of Metal Massacre ( Metal Blade Records , 1988) - "Death of Innocence" on High Voltage [89-11] (Westwood One, 1989) - "Death of Innocence" on Metal Vision - Volume 3 VHS (Retail Vision, 1989) - "Death of Innocence" on Speed Kills...But Who's Dying? Volume 4 of the Ultimate in Thrash ( Under One Flag , 1989) - "The Promise of Agony" and "Never to Rise Again" on Combat Sampler ( Combat Records , 1989) - "The Promise of Agony" and "Never to Rise Again" on Relativity - In-Effect - Combat ( Relativity Records , 1989) - "Merciless Death" (live) on Sumthin' for Nuthin' - The Relativity Combat In-Effect Freebie Sampler ( Relativity Records / Combat Records / In-Effect , 1990) - "The Burning of Sodom" on Speed Kills 5 (Head Crushing Metal) ( Under One Flag , 1990) - "We Have Arrived" (live) and "The Burning of Sodom" (live) on Relativity Combat In-Effect Sampler ( Relativity Records , Combat Records , and In-Effect co-released, 1990) - "Act of Contrition" on Metalshop - Radio’s Weekly Metal Magazine (Week Of March 15, 1991) (MJI Broadcasting, 1991) - "We Have Arrived -Three Way Thrash" on L' Aventure Commence VHS (WMD, 1991) - "We Have Arrived" on Metal Rock Thrash & Speed (Diamond, 1991) - "A Subtle Induction" on Speed Kills 6 (Violence of the Slams) (Under One Flag, 1992) - "Merciless Death" on Metal Without Mercy Volume 1 ( Black Dragon Records , 1992) - "A Subtle Induction" on Speed Kills ( Armando Curcio Editore , 1993) - "Merciless Death" on The Legend Of Dragon Noir - The Power And The Glory ( Metal Hammer , 1997) - "Hell's on its Knees" on Blade Flash (Scopus, 1998) - "We Have Arrived" on Black Flight (Scopus, 1998) - "Welcome to the Slaughterhouse" on Grim Harvest: Complete Metal Massacre Volumes I-XII ( Metal Blade Records , 1998) - "Darkness Descends (Version Remasterisée)" on Hard Rock #40 (Hard Rock, 2000) - "Creeping Death" on Metallic Attack: The Ultimate Tribute (Big Deal, 2004) - "We Have Arrived" on Rock - 5CD - 100 Titres (Warner, 2008) - "Creeping Death" on Metallica Metallic Attack the Ultimate Tribute (Platinum Records, 2009) Unknown date: - "Merciless Death" on The Legend of Dragon Noir (Metal Hammer & Heavy Metal, date unknown) - "We Have Arrived" on Embrace the Hate Vol. 2 VHS - "We Have Arrived" on Raise Your Axe - Le Sampler Collector D'Axe Killer (Axe Killer, date unknown) Bootleg/Unofficial Releases: - Combat Sampler (Cassette) promo split ( Combat Records , 1989)