Darkness Descends

1.	Darkness Descends	05:53	Show lyrics
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2.	The Burning of Sodom	03:18	Show lyrics
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3.	Hunger of the Undead	04:19	Show lyrics
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4.	Merciless Death	04:08	Show lyrics
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5.	Death Is Certain (Life Is Not)	04:18	Show lyrics
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6.	Black Prophecies	08:34	Show lyrics
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7.	Perish in Flames	04:52	Show lyrics
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Mike Gonzalez never actually played on this album even though he is mentioned in the credits as well as the inlay photos and the promo photos at the time. The bass parts were actually played by Rob Yahn, who left the band right after the album was finished.

Recorded at Music Grinder Studios & Mad Dog Studios.
Mixed at Mad Dog Studios. Mastered at Capital Studios.

Reissued in 1998 by Century Media.
This reissue includes two bonus tracks:
8. Merciless Death (live) (3:44)
9. Perish in Flames / Darkness Descends (live) (8:30)
These are taken from The Ultimate Revenge 2.

Again reissued by Century Media in 2008, subtitled "The Black Edition", in an oversize digipack containing 8 bonus tracks:
Live at the Trocadero, Philadelphia, October 23 1988 (The Ultimate Revenge 2 show) (the order for this portion is wrong on the cover, correct order below)
8. The Burning of Sodom [3:19]
9. Death Is Certain (Life Is Not) [3:37]
10. Merciless Death [3:44]
11. Perish in Flames [5:05]
12. Darkness Descends [3:21]
Live at the Country Club, Reseda, CA, April 22, 1989 (Live Scars show)
13. We Have Arrived [3:55]
14. The Burning of Sodom [3:29]
15. Death Is Certain (Life Is Not) [3:53]

A slightly alternate version of "The Burning of Sodom" is featured on the 1986 Bullets Vol. 1 compilation from Combat Records, recorded without the scream near the beginning.