The Dark is the second full-length album released by Metal Church. It was released on 6 October 1986 and was the last album featuring the group's classic lineup of David Wayne, Kurdt Vanderhoof, Kirk Arrington, Duke Erickson, and Craig Wells. 1999's Masterpeace album reunited the former four, with John Marshall replacing Wells.
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The Dark talks of somber themes, such as assassination, death, struggle, rituals, and the supernatural: the lyrics from "Line of Death", for example, were based on Libyan hostilities in the Gulf of Sidra. "Watch the Children Pray" became the band's first music video. The album was dedicated to the late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton, who died nine days before its release. In order to promote The Dark, Metal Church supported Metallica and Anthrax on the Damage, Inc. Tour. They also opened for King Diamond.
Reviews for The Dark have been mostly positive. Allmusic's Eduardo Rivadavia awards the album two-and-a-half stars out of five, and states that it "contained some of the group's best material." In 2005, the album was ranked number 389 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.
While in Wales visiting her husband James (Sean Bean), Adélle (Maria Bello) tries to fix her relationship with her daughter Sarah (Sophie Stuckey). By the side of a cliff, they see a strange memorial with evidence of a plate missing and with the name "Annwyn" marked on it. A local man Dafydd (Maurice Roëves) explains that, according to traditional Welsh mythology, Annwyn is a sort of afterlife.
Later, Sarah vanishes on the beach, and another similar looking girl, named Ebrill (Abigail Stone) ("Ebrill" is Welsh for "April"), appears in her place. Ebrill is the long-dead daughter of a local shepherd who also served as the town's pastor fifty years prior. When Ebrill, who was a sickly child, died, her father gave her to the ocean, sending her to Annwyn. He then convinced his followers to throw themselves into the ocean, claiming that it was the way to Paradise, while he privately hoped that their sacrifice would return Ebrill to him from Annwyn. Ebrill did come back, but, something came back with her. Her father tried to draw the evil out of her, through trepanning and locking her in her room. Dafydd was one of the followers who did not throw himself off the cliff, though both his parents did. Ebrill's father took him in, and when Dafydd could no longer bear witnessing the shepherd hurting Ebrill, he set her free, which in turn allowed the evil within her to lash out and shove her father over the cliff.
‘DARK STRANGER: Part II’ - Grieve for the ones you love. Judas finds himself stuck in between Dark Stranger and a tough place... Is mercy on the cards?
Synopsis: Dark Stranger is a heightened mystery thriller that follows the events of a singular week, throughout which a once-thought dead enforcement agent returns to a city uncovering its heinous crimes.
Starring Deji Adeniyi as "Judas"
Starring Joseph Ikhinmwin as "Dark Stranger"
Director - Joseph Ikhinmwin
Producer- Joseph Ikhinmwin
Producer - Sach Harshan
Writer - Sach Harshan
Executive Producers - Raven Delgado, Sam Ajih
Cinematography - Max Roberts
Editor - Max Roberts
Editor - Jignesh Kareliya
Sound Design - Max Roberts
Sound Design - Jignesh Kareliya
For Exclusive information on Dark Stranger and what's coming in Pa...
published: 14 Feb 2024
DARK STRANGER: PART ONE
‘DARK STRANGER’ - a depiction of a dystopian society, where a formidable entity chooses to solve the problems and issues of a city as he sees fit.
Episode 1 is a 4-minute monologue detailing the activities of the titular character who prepares himself for the aforementioned crimes in his urban sanctuary.
Director - Joseph Ikhinmwin
Producer - Sach Harshan
Producer - Cherelle Taylor
Writer - Sach Harshan
Executive Producers - Raven Delgado, Sam Ajih
Director of Photography - Max Roberts
Music - Hampus Naeselius
Editor - Max Roberts
Editor - Jignesh Kareliya
For more information on Dark Stranger Part 1 and whats coming in Part 2 become a Youtube Member.
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published: 27 Sep 2023
Billie Jo Spears Tall Dark Stranger
published: 10 Mar 2014
Boogie Times Tribe - The Dark Stranger (Q-Bass Remix)
Boogie Times Tribe - The Dark Stranger (Q-Bass Remix).
Quality 1993 remix from Dan Donnely (Q Bass) of his original track made with D'Cruze and a version I havent seen up on YT at present. This probably didn't get played as much as the Origin Unkown remixes but its still a quality version.
published: 24 Jan 2010
Buck Owens & The Buckaroos "Tall Dark Stranger" on The Ed Sullivan Show
Buck Owens & The Buckaroos "Tall Dark Stranger" on The Ed Sullivan Show, March 29, 1970. Subscribe now to never miss an update: https://ume.lnk.to/EdSullivanSubscribe
Buck Owens & The Buckaroos' special performance on The Ed Sullivan Show was a unique setting: rather than the theater, the group performed an inspired set in front of wounded soldiers being treated at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.
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published: 03 Sep 2021
Boogie Times Tribe - Dark Stranger ( Origin Unknown Remix )
Boogie Times Tribe - Dark Stranger ( Origin Unknown Remix )
published: 08 Nov 2009
Rose Brennan : Tall Dark Stranger
Rose Brennan's 1961 single "Tall Dark Stranger"
published: 26 Mar 2018
The Dark Stranger
A new foe emerges, the plot thickens.
Discord: https://discord.gg/RbWMfkC
published: 28 Jul 2019
Susan Jacks - Tall Dark Stranger (1986 VHS)
Susan Jacks - Tall Dark Stranger (1986 VHS)
published: 28 Apr 2022
Tall Dark Stranger- "It's Over" Live at Soul Vibes
Dee Allen performs "It's Over" from the TDS album "Contra Mundum" at the Soul Vibes show (Hutton Hotel, Nashville TN)
‘DARK STRANGER: Part II’ - Grieve for the ones you love. Judas finds himself stuck in between Dark Stranger and a tough place... Is mercy on the cards?
Synops...
‘DARK STRANGER: Part II’ - Grieve for the ones you love. Judas finds himself stuck in between Dark Stranger and a tough place... Is mercy on the cards?
Synopsis: Dark Stranger is a heightened mystery thriller that follows the events of a singular week, throughout which a once-thought dead enforcement agent returns to a city uncovering its heinous crimes.
Starring Deji Adeniyi as "Judas"
Starring Joseph Ikhinmwin as "Dark Stranger"
Director - Joseph Ikhinmwin
Producer- Joseph Ikhinmwin
Producer - Sach Harshan
Writer - Sach Harshan
Executive Producers - Raven Delgado, Sam Ajih
Cinematography - Max Roberts
Editor - Max Roberts
Editor - Jignesh Kareliya
Sound Design - Max Roberts
Sound Design - Jignesh Kareliya
For Exclusive information on Dark Stranger and what's coming in Part 3 become a Youtube Member and be in for a chance to become an Execitive Producer.
#darkstranger #shortfilm #thriller
‘DARK STRANGER: Part II’ - Grieve for the ones you love. Judas finds himself stuck in between Dark Stranger and a tough place... Is mercy on the cards?
Synopsis: Dark Stranger is a heightened mystery thriller that follows the events of a singular week, throughout which a once-thought dead enforcement agent returns to a city uncovering its heinous crimes.
Starring Deji Adeniyi as "Judas"
Starring Joseph Ikhinmwin as "Dark Stranger"
Director - Joseph Ikhinmwin
Producer- Joseph Ikhinmwin
Producer - Sach Harshan
Writer - Sach Harshan
Executive Producers - Raven Delgado, Sam Ajih
Cinematography - Max Roberts
Editor - Max Roberts
Editor - Jignesh Kareliya
Sound Design - Max Roberts
Sound Design - Jignesh Kareliya
For Exclusive information on Dark Stranger and what's coming in Part 3 become a Youtube Member and be in for a chance to become an Execitive Producer.
#darkstranger #shortfilm #thriller
‘DARK STRANGER’ - a depiction of a dystopian society, where a formidable entity chooses to solve the problems and issues of a city as he sees fit.
Episode 1 is...
‘DARK STRANGER’ - a depiction of a dystopian society, where a formidable entity chooses to solve the problems and issues of a city as he sees fit.
Episode 1 is a 4-minute monologue detailing the activities of the titular character who prepares himself for the aforementioned crimes in his urban sanctuary.
Director - Joseph Ikhinmwin
Producer - Sach Harshan
Producer - Cherelle Taylor
Writer - Sach Harshan
Executive Producers - Raven Delgado, Sam Ajih
Director of Photography - Max Roberts
Music - Hampus Naeselius
Editor - Max Roberts
Editor - Jignesh Kareliya
For more information on Dark Stranger Part 1 and whats coming in Part 2 become a Youtube Member.
#DarkStranger #ShortFilm #Thriller
‘DARK STRANGER’ - a depiction of a dystopian society, where a formidable entity chooses to solve the problems and issues of a city as he sees fit.
Episode 1 is a 4-minute monologue detailing the activities of the titular character who prepares himself for the aforementioned crimes in his urban sanctuary.
Director - Joseph Ikhinmwin
Producer - Sach Harshan
Producer - Cherelle Taylor
Writer - Sach Harshan
Executive Producers - Raven Delgado, Sam Ajih
Director of Photography - Max Roberts
Music - Hampus Naeselius
Editor - Max Roberts
Editor - Jignesh Kareliya
For more information on Dark Stranger Part 1 and whats coming in Part 2 become a Youtube Member.
#DarkStranger #ShortFilm #Thriller
Boogie Times Tribe - The Dark Stranger (Q-Bass Remix).
Quality 1993 remix from Dan Donnely (Q Bass) of his original track made with D'Cruze and a version I hav...
Boogie Times Tribe - The Dark Stranger (Q-Bass Remix).
Quality 1993 remix from Dan Donnely (Q Bass) of his original track made with D'Cruze and a version I havent seen up on YT at present. This probably didn't get played as much as the Origin Unkown remixes but its still a quality version.
Boogie Times Tribe - The Dark Stranger (Q-Bass Remix).
Quality 1993 remix from Dan Donnely (Q Bass) of his original track made with D'Cruze and a version I havent seen up on YT at present. This probably didn't get played as much as the Origin Unkown remixes but its still a quality version.
Buck Owens & The Buckaroos "Tall Dark Stranger" on The Ed Sullivan Show, March 29, 1970. Subscribe now to never miss an update: https://ume.lnk.to/EdSullivanSub...
‘DARK STRANGER: Part II’ - Grieve for the ones you love. Judas finds himself stuck in between Dark Stranger and a tough place... Is mercy on the cards?
Synopsis: Dark Stranger is a heightened mystery thriller that follows the events of a singular week, throughout which a once-thought dead enforcement agent returns to a city uncovering its heinous crimes.
Starring Deji Adeniyi as "Judas"
Starring Joseph Ikhinmwin as "Dark Stranger"
Director - Joseph Ikhinmwin
Producer- Joseph Ikhinmwin
Producer - Sach Harshan
Writer - Sach Harshan
Executive Producers - Raven Delgado, Sam Ajih
Cinematography - Max Roberts
Editor - Max Roberts
Editor - Jignesh Kareliya
Sound Design - Max Roberts
Sound Design - Jignesh Kareliya
For Exclusive information on Dark Stranger and what's coming in Part 3 become a Youtube Member and be in for a chance to become an Execitive Producer.
#darkstranger #shortfilm #thriller
‘DARK STRANGER’ - a depiction of a dystopian society, where a formidable entity chooses to solve the problems and issues of a city as he sees fit.
Episode 1 is a 4-minute monologue detailing the activities of the titular character who prepares himself for the aforementioned crimes in his urban sanctuary.
Director - Joseph Ikhinmwin
Producer - Sach Harshan
Producer - Cherelle Taylor
Writer - Sach Harshan
Executive Producers - Raven Delgado, Sam Ajih
Director of Photography - Max Roberts
Music - Hampus Naeselius
Editor - Max Roberts
Editor - Jignesh Kareliya
For more information on Dark Stranger Part 1 and whats coming in Part 2 become a Youtube Member.
#DarkStranger #ShortFilm #Thriller
Boogie Times Tribe - The Dark Stranger (Q-Bass Remix).
Quality 1993 remix from Dan Donnely (Q Bass) of his original track made with D'Cruze and a version I havent seen up on YT at present. This probably didn't get played as much as the Origin Unkown remixes but its still a quality version.
Looks like I've been here before But I don't remember places faces, just tell me that I've been Sing my song, every night But the answer lies between the line Chorus: Someone's knocking, on my door Is a stranger, who said that she had been here before But I never, never seen the look in such lies The cold, story That never cry Look at her vision On the wall Tell me, where I am tomorrow Down and weary But I don't, I don't see clearly The shape, of things to come Chorus Well I've seen your face Smile, warm embrace Ah make you, make it tonight yeah Well it looks like I've been here before But I don't, I don't-I don't remember Hoo-uoouooooo Solo