Darkness Descends
by Dark Angel

Darkness Descends by Dark Angel
Year: 1986
Overall rank: 28,036th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 36 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (368th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (3,519th)
Award Best albums of all time (28,036th)

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Darkness Descends is ranked as the best album by Dark Angel.

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Darkness Descends rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 28,036th | 1980s rank: 3,519th | 1986 rank: 368th
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2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 198634/1003
2026UntitledTop 25 Music Albums of 198615/252
2026saltysurpriseTop 52 Music Albums of 19866/525
2026 LedZepMetal - Holy Wars, Strongholds & The Thousand Lakes70/95 -
2026 LedZepTop 99 Music Albums of the 1980s88/992
2025 LedZepMetal albums not in BEA's top 1000038/99 -
2025 MW19704UMetal On Metal: The Hitchhiker's Guide To Heavy Metal26/100 -
2025vruslovTop 91 Music Albums of 198628/914
2025JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1986 - Metal Storm11/20 -
2025 RepoTop 100 Music Albums of 198671/1002
2024 DingerbellTop 10 Music Albums of 19867/102
2024 Graeme2Top 52 Music Albums of 198644/521
2024 Repo1986: Metal14/61 -
2024LosWochosTop 98 Music Albums of 198624/984
2023GuigouTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s96/1001
2023 MW19704UThe Hitchhiker's Guide To Thrash Metal15/100 -
2023 FischmanMy Top Metal Albums of 198610/10 -
2023 MW19704UTop 100 Music Albums of 198611/1005
2020 SpyglassTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s96/100 -
2020 SpyglassTop Thrash Metal Albums25/40 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 28
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 31
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72/100 (from 36 votes)
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11/18/2025 03:24 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,65270/100
 
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04/10/2025 17:57 CaptainPain  Ratings distribution  3,30661/100
 
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09/11/2024 10:50 Dingerbell  Ratings distribution  4,00362/100

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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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From 04/10/2025 18:00 | #308452
As for me,here is slotting. The drummer hammers powerfully, but somewhat monotonously.
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