Darkness Descends
by Dark Angel
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Dark Angel bestography
Darkness Descends is ranked as the best album by Dark Angel.
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Darkness Descends track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Darkness Descends rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 34/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | LosWochos | Top 97 Music Albums of 1986 | 24/97 | 4 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 52 Music Albums of 1986 | 6/52 | 5 |
| 2026 | Untitled | Top 25 Music Albums of 1986 | 15/25 | 2 |
| 2026 |  LedZep | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 90/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | LedZep | Metal - Holy Wars, Strongholds & The Thousand Lakes | 70/95 | - |
| 2025 | LedZep | Metal albums not in BEA's top 10000 | 38/99 | - |
| 2025 |  MW19704U | Metal On Metal: The Hitchhiker's Guide To Heavy Metal | 26/100 | - |
| 2025 | vruslov | Top 91 Music Albums of 1986 | 28/91 | 4 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1986 - Metal Storm | 11/20 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 28 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 31 | |||
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Darkness Descends ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/29/2026 19:45 | Untitled | 1,806 | 77/100 |
| ! | 11/18/2025 03:24 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,616 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/28/2025 09:06 |  MetalMan67 | 6,215 | 71/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.3/100, a mean average of 72.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.
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Forum mentions
Anti 05/07/2024 20:25 in The Great Revisitation Project: 2023-24 Edition
mickilennial 12/29/2023 09:19 in Rank 'Em: The Beach Boys Anti 06/24/2023 23:53 in Albums You Added To Your Collection TodayDarkness Descends comments
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CaptainPain 04/10/2025 18:00 | #308452
As for me,here is slotting. The drummer hammers powerfully, but somewhat monotonously. (Edited)
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