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Former DARK ANGEL Bassist Resurfaces

December 8, 2009

Mike Gonzales, former bassist for legendary thrashers DARK ANGEL, is back! After a long hiatus, he's busy playing again, working on a new project, FOREVER ENDS, and interested in joining an established band.

DARK ANGEL was a thrash metal band from Los Angeles. Their over-the-top style (extremely fast, heavy, technical and lengthy songs with lots of tempo changes, lyrics and extended instrumental parts) earned them the nickname "the L.A. Caffeine Machine" and the motto "too fast, my ass." They released several demos before their full-length debut, "We Have Arrived", came out in 1985. In 1986, DARK ANGEL released its album "Darkness Descends" which joined "Master of Puppets" (METALLICA),"Reign in Blood" (SLAYER),"Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?" (MEGADETH),and "Pleasure to Kill" (KREATOR) as highly important thrash metal releases of the year and is now considered by many to be a seminal 1980s extreme metal album. Two more studio albums followed, "Leave Scars" (1989) and "Time Does Not Heal" (1991),showing increasingly progressive song structures (the latter album famously containing 246 riffs) and drummer Gene Hoglan's lyrics dealing with (especially for thrash metal) serious subject matter, often concerning psychological issues and traumas.

After breaking up in 1992, DARK ANGEL briefly reunited in 2002. However, singer Ron Rinehart's injury forced them to cancel tour plans and the band is presently on hold. Rinehart also formed the band OIL in 1997 after converting to Christianity.

You can check Mike out on his MySpace page at this location.

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