We Have Arrived
1985 studio album by Dark Angel
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We Have Arrived is the debut studio album by American thrash metal band Dark Angel, released in March 1985.[1] It is the only Dark Angel album to feature Jack Schwartz on drums, as Gene Hoglan replaced him as their drummer on subsequent albums.
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| Released | March 1985[1] | |||
| Recorded | August 1984[1] | |||
| Studio | Track Record Studios, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Thrash metal | |||
| Length | 33:33 | |||
| Label | Azra/Metal Storm | |||
| Producer | Dark Angel, Vadim Rubin, Mike Siegel | |||
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Background
We Have Arrived has been reissued at least two times. In 1986, it was re-released by the French recording label Axe Killer in a 2,000 number limited edition. It was then re-released once again in 1997 by Axe Killer. The label attached to the plastic wrap says that this is a remastered edition, but there is no indication of it in the booklet.[2]
One of the songs from this album, "Merciless Death", was re-recorded for their next album Darkness Descends.
The album's sound has been described as "amateurish" and its tracks as "uncultivated noise fests" lacking "technical discipline".[3]
Reception and legacy
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [4] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 5/10[5] |
The album was met with mixed reactions. Reviewer Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic gave the album a 1.5 of 5 saying "Dark Angel's arrogantly titled debut We Have Arrived is as primitive as it gets" and that it "will only interest serious thrash enthusiasts."[citation needed] Canadian journalist Martin Popoff compared the music on the album to the German thrash school and to early Slayer-style; he found sonic affinity with Death, but "loud, fast and crude in comparison".[5]
Dark Angel drummer Gene Hoglan has discredited the album, namely Don Doty's vocal performance. He said, "To be honest, I felt that the vocals on We Have Arrived were horrible — just bland and boring and it sounded like Don was singing through his nose. So I had no problem not having that voice in the band anymore [after Doty had left], and it gave us a shot to get somebody powerful."[6]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "We Have Arrived" | 4:07 |
| 2. | "Merciless Death" | 4:28 |
| 3. | "Falling from the Sky" | 4:23 |
| 4. | "Welcome to the Slaughter House" | 5:23 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 5. | "No Tomorrow" | 6:31 |
| 6. | "Hell's on Its Knees" | 4:14 |
| 7. | "Vendetta" | 4:27 |
Personnel
- Dark Angel
- Don Doty – vocals
- Jim Durkin – guitars
- Eric Meyer – guitars
- Rob Yahn – bass
- Jack Schwartz – drums
- Production
- Bill Metoyer – engineering
- Vadim Rubin, Mike Siegal – executive production