The Dark

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The Dark
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Length
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Release Date
30 September 1986
The Dark is the second full length album released in 1986 by the American heavy metal band Metal Church. It was also the last album in which the line-up of Wayne, Vanderhoof, Arrington, Wells and Erickson performed, until 1999's Masterpeace album. This album talks of dark themes, such as assassination, death, struggle, and rituals (for example, the lyrics from "Line of Death" were most likely based on Libyan hostilities in the Gulf of Sidra). One song from this album, "Watch the Children Pray", turned into the band's first music video. This album is one… read more
The Dark is the second full length album released in 1986 by the American heavy metal band Metal Church. It was also the last album in which the line… read more
The Dark is the second full length album released in 1986 by the American heavy metal band Metal Church. It was also the last album in which the line-up of Wayne, Vanderhoof, Arrington, … read more

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Tracklist

Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Play track Ton of Bricks
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 2:59 32,078 listeners
2 Play track Start the Fire
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 3:45 34,238 listeners
3 Play track Method to Your Madness
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 4:53 17,670 listeners
4 Play track Watch the Children Pray
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 5:55 39,090 listeners
5 Play track Over My Dead Body
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 3:46 17,917 listeners
6 Play track The Dark
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 4:12 19,416 listeners
7 Play track Psycho
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 4:20 16,005 listeners
8 Play track Line of Death
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 4:41 14,796 listeners
9 Play track Burial at Sea
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 5:00 14,047 listeners
10 Play track Western Alliance
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 13,512 listeners

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Metal Church is an American band. They originally formed in San Francisco, California in 1980 and then relocated to Aberdeen, Washington the following year and briefly using the name Shrapnel. Led by guitarist and songwriter Kurdt Vanderhoof, the band has released twelve studio albums, and is often credited as a formative influence on the subgenre, melding the aesthetics of the new wave of British heavy metal and American with "incredibly tight musicianship" and "piercingly screeched" vocals. They are also considered to be an in… read more
Metal Church is an American band. They originally formed in San Francisco, California in 1980 and then relocated to Aberdeen, Washington the following year and briefly using the… read more
Metal Church is an American band. They originally formed in San Francisco, California in 1980 and then relocated to Aberdeen, Washington the following year and briefly using the name Shrapnel. Led by guitarist and songwrite… read more

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