Leave Scars (Dlx) [Import, Limited Edition]

Dark Angel, Dark Angel | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 28, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Limited Edition
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B001B0IPKK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #150,765 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Limited edition digitally remastered and expanded edition of the Thrash Metal band's 1989 album housed in a kingsized digipak in black matte/glossy-printed slip-sleeve. Includes four bonus live tracks plus a 20 page kingsize booklet that features new layouts, old photos and lyrics. Century Media. 2008.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Where's the love for this one?, October 4, 2004

By 

Jeremy Ulrey "Bangyrmfhead" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leave Scars (Audio CD)

For all the (well deserved) praise of "Darkness Descends" it seems to be criminally overlooked just how brilliant the follow up, "Leave Scars", actually was. Perhaps it was the change of vocalists, I'm not sure. Nonetheless, "Leave Scars" is one of the all time unrecognized classics. The album kicks off with "The Death of Innocence", a disturbing peek inside the mind of a child molester that speeds along at a breakneck pace that brings out the best in Ron Rinehart's tongue twisting capabilities. And talk about serious thrash, the side-one ending cover of "The Immigrant Song" must be heard to be believed.

Despite the strong consistency of side one, the latter half of the album is what puts this one over the top. Aside from the crushing atmospheric instro "Worms" the remaining three tracks are all ingenious clinics in the use of the almighty Riff. This is THE album I kept reflecting back on when I heard what Metallica were trying to do with "St. Anger". If you liked the way that album was headed but felt it floundered a bit in the execution, do yourself a favor and track down "Leave Scars". And yet, to focus too much on the riffology is to the detrement of the lyrics, which to this day I still consider some of the most thoughtful literate in the genre. "Older Than Time Itself" is a razor sharp dissection of the historical nature of selfishness, while "The Promise of Agony" puts a more sobering, less crybaby spin on the "my life is meaningless" angle that the emo kiddies are perpetrating these days. But it's the title track that ends the record with a bang (not to mention three back-to-back false endings!). Reversing the mopey "woe is me" of "Promise...", "Leave Scars" is an uplifting anthem to self empowerment that is easily as anthemic (not to mention more sharply written) than anything in the beloved Pantera catalog. Whoever owns the rights to Combat's old catalog should reissue this monster along with it's sequel, "Time Does Not Heal", pronto.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A HEAVY, DISTORTED, EVIL-SOUNDING THRASH ALBUM!, June 30, 2007

By 

metalman69 (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leave Scars (Audio CD)

A few moments after putting this one in my Hi-Fi CD player I was afraid I would destroy my system, even at moderate volume. This album is unbelievable. If you like loud, extremely fast, distorted HEAVY chainsaw guitars, this is the album for you. The ultimate extreme thrash band based on this recording alone. It reminds me somewhat of Venom's first album 'Welcome to Hell', which blew me away the first time I heard it back in the day. The rough recording quality, sheer heaviness and pure distortion noticeably overshadows the melody to be sure. But this is an over all very cathartic album. Of course I would say that 'Leave Scars' along with 'Darkness Descends' and 'Time Does Not Heal' (a much more clear and melodic album, although no less heavy) are the ones to get for anybody who needs a fix of pure bone-crushing, bludgeoning, mind-blowing musical assault. Oh did I say that a look at the lyrics reveals the most intelligent, literate and sophistical vocabulary every used in such brutal thrash metal music. From one of greatest extreme metal bands to grace the world of metal, this one's a sure-fire winner!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Where's the love for this one?, October 4, 2004

By 

Jeremy Ulrey (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leave Scars (Audio CD)

For all the (well deserved) praise of "Darkness Descends" it seems to be criminally overlooked just how brilliant the follow up, "Leave Scars", actually was. Perhaps it was the change of vocalists, I'm not sure. Nonetheless, "Leave Scars" is one of the all time unrecognized classics. The album kicks off with "The Death of Innocence", a disturbing peek inside the mind of a child molester that speeds along at a breakneck pace that brings out the best in Ron Rinehart's tongue twisting capabilities. And talk about serious thrash, the side-one ending cover of "The Immigrant Song" must be heard to be believed.

Despite the strong consistency of side one, the latter half of the album is what puts this one over the top. Aside from the crushing atmospheric instro "Worms" the remaining three tracks are all ingenious clinics in the use of the almighty Riff. This is THE album I kept reflecting back on when I heard what Metallica were trying to do with "St. Anger". If you liked the way that album was headed but felt it floundered a bit in the execution, do yourself a favor and track down "Leave Scars". And yet, to focus too much on the riffology is to the detrement of the lyrics, which to this day I still consider some of the most thoughtful literate in the genre. "Older Than Time Itself" is a razor sharp dissection of the historical nature of selfishness, while "The Promise of Agony" puts a more sobering, less crybaby spin on the "my life is meaningless" angle that the emo kiddies are perpetrating these days. But it's the title track that ends the record with a bang (not to mention three back-to-back false endings!). Reversing the mopey "woe is me" of "Promise...", "Leave Scars" is an uplifting anthem to self empowerment that is easily as anthemic (not to mention more sharply written) than anything in the beloved Pantera catalog. Whoever owns the rights to Combat's old catalog should reissue this monster along with it's sequel, "Time Does Not Heal", pronto.