DARK ANGEL first began to spread their wings at suburban L.A.'s Downey High School in 1981. Sophomore students Jim Durkin (guitar), Don Doty (vocals) and Rob Yahn (bass) led the charge, releasing their first demo recording later that year. The tape was a promising assembly of youthful enthusiasm and aggression, though songs like "Demons Domain" reflected only a fraction of the relentlessness to come. The material was heavily influenced by the "New Wave of British Heavy Metal", a sound/ideology that the founding members of DARK ANGEL firmly embraced. Late '82/early '83 saw the release of the "We Have Arrived" demo, which included songs that would later appear on the bands debut: "We Have Arrived" and "Hells On Its Knees", as well as one that remains in obscurity, "Gonna Burn".
last.fm page