Darker Days Ahead is the second album by American deathgrind band Terrorizer. It was released on August 22, 2006, by 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.

Darker Days Ahead
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 22, 2006 (2006-08-22)
Recorded2006
GenreDeathgrind
Length39:22
LabelCentury Media
ProducerJuan "Punchy" Gonzalez
Terrorizer chronology
World Downfall
(1989)
Darker Days Ahead
(2006)
Hordes of Zombies
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Blabbermouth.net6.5/10[2]
Chronicles of Chaos7/10[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[4]
Metal.de6/10[5]
Rock Hard8.5/10[6]
Rock Sound7/10[7]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Anthony Rezhawk, Jesse Pintado and Pete Sandoval, unless noted otherwise

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Inevitable" (Intro)Pintado, Sandoval1:03
2."Darker Days Ahead"Tony Norman, Rezhawk, Sandoval3:46
3."Crematorium" 3:54
4."Fallout" 3:48
5."Doomed Forever" 3:23
6."Mayhem" 3:57
7."Blind Army" 3:06
8."Nightmare" 3:42
9."Legacy of Brutality" 2:25
10."Dead Shall Rise V.06" 3:32
11."Victim of Greed" 4:11
12."Ghost Train" (Outro)Sandoval2:34
Total length:39:22
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleLength
1."Doomed Forever" (Demo Version)3:13
Total length:42:35

Personnel

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Terrorizer

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Production

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References

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  1. ^ Darker Days Ahead at AllMusic
  2. ^ Blabbermouth (August 14, 2006). "Darker Days Ahead". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  3. ^ Smit, Jackie (July 20, 2006). "CoC : Terrorizer - Darker Days Ahead : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  4. ^ Popoff, Martin; Perri, David (2011). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 487. ISBN 9781-926592-20-6.
  5. ^ David (July 11, 2006). "Terrorizer - Darker Days Ahead Review". metal.de. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  6. ^ "Darker Days Ahead". Rock Hard (Vol. 232) (in German). Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  7. ^ Dominic, James (September 2006). "Reviews | Metal". Rock Sound. No. 88. UK: Rock Sound Ltd. p. 93.