![]() ![]() ![]() Great minds, yo!), yet it might not ever be heard by anybody, 'cause we could be entering WWIII today!" I remember thinking, "And here WE are, recording the soundtrack to the apocalypse (and indeed, I remember using that exact term. We started tracking drums at the world famous Music Grinder Studios in Hollywood (anyone remember that maudlin tune, "That's What Friends Are For"? by Stevie, Elton, Dionne and Gladys? Recorded there.) on April 14, 1986. I can remember EVERYTHING about this whole period, way too much to fit right here, I tell ya. I was 18 when we recorded it, 19 by the time it was released. I figured I'd take a moment and reflect a little bit about the record, which happened to be my vinyl drumming debut. The band's first CD since 1991's "Time Does Not Heal" will feature the lineup that has performed sporadic live shows since reuniting in 2013: Hoglan, Eric Meyer (guitar), Jim Durkin (guitar), Ron Rinehart (vocals) and Michael Gonzalez (bass).Y'know, somebody just mentioned that Darkness Descends came out 30 years ago TODAY?! Howling Christ, has it been that long? Well Jeez, I guess it has. Two years ago, Hoglan told LA Weekly that the "Darkness Descends" title track was the first metal song inspired by Judge Dredd, right before ANTHRAX did its own tribute to Dredd with "I Am The Law" on the 1987 album "Among The Living".Ī short YouTube clip pointing out the musical similarity between "One" and "Darkness Descends" can be found below.ĭARK ANGEL is continuing to work on material for its long-awaited comeback album. "He just flew straight through that," he told Songfacts. According to Rasmussen, Ulrich blasted out the double-bass machine gun section in one take. "One" was featured on METALLICA's fourth album, ".And Justice For All", which was the band's last LP to be engineered and co-produced by Flemming Rasmussen, who also worked on "Ride The Lightning" (1984) and "Master Of Puppets" (1986). Gene went on to say he never brought up the similarity to Ulrich despite the fact that he had toured with METALLICA many years later when he was a member of FEAR FACTORY. So, as soon as you hear it, you'd catch it." The first line in the whole thing is, 'Darkness…' And it comes right from 'Darkness Descends', opening track on the second record. And that's why I just thought it was kind of funny. ![]() They'll probably give you a hundred grand to shut you up.' And I was, like, 'I'm not gonna become the pariah of the metal scene by suing METALLICA.' Everybody's stolen METALLICA riffs."Īsked by Delray if he believes "One" was inspired by "Darkness Descends" in the drumming only or in "the musical part" as well, Hoglan responded: "The whole everything. And I was joking that, 'If they win the Grammy, I'm gonna sue.' totally joking. Gene continued: "We had soundman, 'Big' Mick, we had him on a tour, and METALLICA was up for the Grammy at the time, but it hadn't been announced or anything yet. And it's well known in the scene that as soon as put out 'One', I got so many phone calls going, 'You know those guys are ripping you off.'" When Delray brought up METALLICA's 1988 cut as an example of how the use of unison sextuplets between a wall of guitars and Lars Ulrich's aggressively EQ'd kick drums redefined the use of double-bass drums in metal, Hoglan said: "I'll flat out tell you, that comes from a DARK ANGEL song. The DARK ANGEL drummer revealed his band's musical connection to METALLICA while discussing the evolution of double-bass drumming during a recent appearance on Dean Delray's "Let There Be Talk" podcast. Gene Hoglan says that he once joked about suing the members of METALLICA for allegedly "ripping off" a DARK ANGEL song for their classic track "One". ![]()
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