Darker Days Ahead
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Darker Days Ahead is the second album by Terrorizer
. It was released in 2006 on Century Media, seventeen years after their 1989 debut World Downfall
. Darker Days Ahead is Terrorizer's final album recorded with guitarist, Jesse Pintado
, who died five days after its release due to liver failure. The album has been received coldly because of the non-classic line up and the overall sound, which leans more on death metal
than grindcore
.
Production
Terrorizer
Terrorizer is an American grindcore and death metal band formed in 1986 in Los Angeles, California. After disbanding, its members gained recognition by playing in influential extreme metal bands, such as Morbid Angel , Napalm Death and Nausea...
. It was released in 2006 on Century Media, seventeen years after their 1989 debut World Downfall
World Downfall
World Downfall is the debut album by the American grindcore band Terrorizer. It was released on Earache Records in 1989.-Album information:...
. Darker Days Ahead is Terrorizer's final album recorded with guitarist, Jesse Pintado
Jesse Pintado
Jesse Pintado was a lead guitar player born in Mexico who at an early age moved to the US. He started in the band Terrorizer where he recorded the grindcore album World Downfall, the first album to feature Pete Sandoval who would later leave the band to join Morbid Angel...
, who died five days after its release due to liver failure. The album has been received coldly because of the non-classic line up and the overall sound, which leans more on death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
than grindcore
Grindcore
Grindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....
.
Track listing
- All Songs Written By Rezhawk/Pintado/Sandoval, except where noted.
Personnel
Terrorizer- Anthony Rezhawk - vocals
- Jesse PintadoJesse PintadoJesse Pintado was a lead guitar player born in Mexico who at an early age moved to the US. He started in the band Terrorizer where he recorded the grindcore album World Downfall, the first album to feature Pete Sandoval who would later leave the band to join Morbid Angel...
- guitar - Tony Norman - bass
- Pete SandovalPete SandovalPete Sandoval is an American death metal drummer. Born in Santa Ana, El Salvador, he is known for his accomplishments in the world of extreme metal drumming. His first significant stint as a drummer was for the grindcore band Terrorizer, formed in 1986, where he began to demonstrate some of his...
- drums, piano on track 12
Production
- Produced, Engineered, Mixed & Mastered By Juan "Punchy" Gonzalez