Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives

Jim Durkin (Dark Angel) has passed away.

Moderator: Site moderators

Forum Index » Music Talk » Metal Discussion

Author

Message Previous topic | Next topic

Kalaratri
Veteran

Joined: Wed Aug 05, 2020 3:22 pm
Posts: 2881

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 5:49 pm

Quote:

DARK ANGEL guitarist Jim Durkin has died at the age of 58.

Jim's passing was confirmed by his wife Annie on his Facebook page earlier today (Friday, March 10). She wrote: "With a broken and heavy heart, I want to share that the love of my life, my best friend and husband, Jimmy, passed away Wednesday morning. He was not alone as I was with him along with a few close friends until the end. He will be truly missed and no one can ever replace the love I have for him. May he rest in peace.

"Ever Thine, Ever Mine, Ever Ours……. My Immortal Beloved. I will see you again."

Durkin had been sitting out some of DARK ANGEL's recent gigs. He was replaced at the shows by drummer Gene Hoglan's wife Laura Christine.

Source:https://blabbermouth.net/news/dark-angel-guitarist-jim-durkin-dies-at-58

I was aware that Jim was sitting out some of the recent Dark Angel live shows but this is a huge shock. Needless to say he was an integral part of the band and one of the best songwriters in thrash. May he rest in peace.

Top

colin040
Metal freak

Joined: Sat Dec 08, 2007 6:00 pm
Posts: 7627
Location: Netherlands

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 6:06 pm

Death is certain, life is not. Time to blast Darkness Descends this weekend. RIP!

Top

Required Fields
Metalhead

Joined: Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:32 pm
Posts: 1248
Location: Canada

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 6:12 pm

Horrendous news. R.I.P. Jim Durkin.

_________________
Required Fields on YouTube

Top

Crossover_Kid
Metal newbie

Joined: Sun Mar 08, 2015 10:03 pm
Posts: 50

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 7:17 pm

This is absolutely devastating, Dark Angel was one of the main bands that got me into thrash metal. Rest in power Jim!

Top

MetlaNZ
Veteran

Joined: Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:45 pm
Posts: 2721
Location: Lost in Necropolis

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 7:30 pm

R.I.P. Jim Durkin. You were responsible for 2 of the greatest metal albums to exist and your music has been a part of my life for the past 32 years and will continue to be til I go deaf or die.
Time to go blast some Dark Fuckin Angel!

Top

NuclearThrashBastard
Mallcore Kid

Joined: Tue Feb 28, 2023 6:20 pm
Posts: 11
Location: United States

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 7:40 pm

Damn. What a bummer. Definitely time to rerun through those DA records.

Top

RainyTheBusinessPerson
Metal newbie

Joined: Sat Oct 29, 2016 10:50 pm
Posts: 184
Location: Southern Hemisphere

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:22 pm

Man, this sucks, there have been so many deaths of great musicians lately... May he rest in peace, he will never be forgotten.

_________________

~Guest 361478 wrote:

Ignoring the OP for a second, and going by the thread title - David Lee Roth intimidates the hell out of me - any man that can do jumping splits in spandex ? Yikes.

GreatWhiteSnake wrote:

The pit. You know me. I'll be down front tossin' vagina boys like midgets.

Top

idunnosomename
Metalhead

Joined: Sun Dec 25, 2016 9:47 pm
Posts: 635
Location: England

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:34 pm

So bizarre to hear about death of Josua Madsen, drummer on last 4 Artillery albums (45, road accident) and then a couple hours later this! just shocked all round.

Top

jose_G
Metalhead

Joined: Mon May 11, 2020 1:02 pm
Posts: 493

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:49 pm

sad!!! rip legend

Top

Slater922
Metalhead

Joined: Tue Apr 14, 2020 6:24 pm
Posts: 2352

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 9:05 pm

That fucking sucks. Definitely gonna be blasting Dark Angel's first three albums this weekend in memory of him.

_________________
Under a serpent sun... we shall all live as one! - "Under a Serpent Sun" by At The Gates
Check out my reviews

Top

UnholyCrusada
Metal newbie

Joined: Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:19 pm
Posts: 33

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 10:16 pm

I remember when he stepped away from touring with Dark Angel last year, Gene said something like "Jim let us know when we first got back together that there might be sometime in the future he'll have to take a break from the band." Here I figured it was just family stuff. Looks like it was something much more serious.

RIP

Top

mynameishere
Metal newbie

Joined: Sun Sep 25, 2022 1:36 am
Posts: 73

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 3:58 am

I'm glad saw him back in 2018 with Dark Fucking Angel, R.I.P. Jim.

Top

des91
Metal newbie

Joined: Tue Nov 25, 2014 8:51 pm
Posts: 361
Location: United States

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 4:14 am

Sucks so much. Thank you Jim for forming Dark Angel and creating two of my favorite albums ever. RIP.

Top

kovner1972
Metalhead

Joined: Sun Jun 05, 2022 3:33 pm
Posts: 435

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 7:09 am

Darkness Descends was a pillar in my formative years as a teenager and a metalhead; thanks for making me feel so good and so unique with your music when and where everybody else had no clue.

Top

Dembo
Dumbo

Joined: Fri Apr 21, 2006 9:58 am
Posts: 2183

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 9:12 am

Dark Angel were definitely an ingredient in my early days of discovering metal and thrash in particular. Darkness Descends was an early one when I started buying albums.

R.I.P.

Top

Frank Booth
Can Bench 450

Joined: Fri Aug 31, 2012 9:29 pm
Posts: 1518
Location: United States

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 11:33 am

Absolute riff king who inspired so many people and helped write one of the greatest and most influential thrash albums of all time. RIP.

Top

kovner1972
Metalhead

Joined: Sun Jun 05, 2022 3:33 pm
Posts: 435

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 11:57 am

Dembo wrote:

Dark Angel were definitely an ingredient in my early days of discovering metal and thrash in particular. Darkness Descends was an early one when I started buying albums.

R.I.P.

I think it was the first extreme metal album I ever bought on vinyl at the age of 17 or so, and that album was a revelation to me...

Top

Reid
Metalhead

Joined: Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:33 pm
Posts: 584
Location: Canada

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 12:40 pm

RIP Jim. Thanks for writing some of the best brutal thrash songs of all time.

Top

traxan
Metalhead

Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2015 6:52 pm
Posts: 1434

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:48 pm

I still remember the ads Combat Records ran to hype DD: "We've stopped signing new bands. Because we won't find anything heavier than this."

A year later, Combat signed Death.

Top

MetlaNZ
Veteran

Joined: Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:45 pm
Posts: 2721
Location: Lost in Necropolis

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 6:25 pm

traxan wrote:

I still remember the ads Combat Records ran to hype DD: "We've stopped signing new bands. Because we won't find anything heavier than this."

A year later, Combat signed Death.

Hahaha, I think this is one of my favorite posts ever.
I dug those old Speed Kills comps (Someone reissue those comps on CD please!) they were my first exposure to Dark Angel and Death, The Burning Of Sodom and Open Casket if I remember correctly, it was love at first listen.
Combat had so many great bands and albums, very cool label.
In fact after I binged all 4 Dark Angel albums I chased them up with Forbidden and Exodus last night for a bit of a Combat fest. Absolutely timeless stuff that I'll never get tired of listening to.

Top

KaiKasparek
Metalhead

Joined: Sun Dec 19, 2021 5:06 pm
Posts: 981
Location: Suomi Finland Bukkake

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 7:44 pm

So much for that "new Dark Angel album" (we were never gonna get it, it was like whats his face dying before he could finish Berserk).

Cranked Darkness Descends earlier today. Still kills!

_________________

Lee Harrison wrote:

Haters of Maiden don’t like heavy metal

Period

The greatest post in M-A history:

~Guest 21181 wrote:

The Legions of the Teabagged:
vacantmind - DURR GOATSE IS FOONY (If you meet this guy, please pour hot lead down his anus).

Top

doomicus
Metalhead

Joined: Wed May 14, 2008 5:58 am
Posts: 1261
Location: United States

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 8:26 pm

Bummer, dude left his mark on a good number of legendary records.

_________________
Drink and drive, I drink and drive
Got mothers against me I'm still alive

Top

mynameishere
Metal newbie

Joined: Sun Sep 25, 2022 1:36 am
Posts: 73

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 9:02 pm

KaiKasparek wrote:

So much for that "new Dark Angel album" (we were never gonna get it, it was like whats his face dying before he could finish Berserk).

Cranked Darkness Descends earlier today. Still kills!

They still can carry on the new record; he didn't play in Times Does Not Heal, so not the first time he will not be part of a record.

Top

HeavenDuff
Metal freak

Joined: Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:35 pm
Posts: 5164
Location: Montréal

Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2023 5:57 pm

Another extremely talented musician who passed away too young... He was not even 60. I love his work with Dark Angel. Darkness Descends and Leaven Scars. Some of the most amazing thrash metal there is! May he rest in peace.

Top

Xeper
Mallcore Kid

Joined: Tue Mar 18, 2003 4:16 pm
Posts: 24

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2023 1:33 pm

RIP to a legend gone far too soon. For those unaware, Durkin also played guest lead guitar on Witchery's "One Foot in the Grave" from their Witchkrieg album. May his legacy live on.

Top

morbert
Metalhead

Joined: Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:36 am
Posts: 1277

Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2023 3:00 am

R.I.P. Durkin!

KaiKasparek wrote:

So much for that "new Dark Angel album"

Never say never, my fave D.A. album has the Meyer/Eriksen combo and Hoglan wrote most stuff anyway, A lot even with Eriksen.
No idea though if Eriksen still makes music or if he's even still alive.
But then again.... do I want a new Dark Angel album anyway or are the memories sufficient?

_________________
Magna res est vocis et silentii temperamentum.

Top

KaiKasparek
Metalhead

Joined: Sun Dec 19, 2021 5:06 pm
Posts: 981
Location: Suomi Finland Bukkake

Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 7:45 pm

The Dark Angel tour seems to be getting a lot of press and rave reviews, but am I the only one that finds it kind of exploitative? Like...you couldn't do this tour in 2016 while Durkin was alive?

_________________

Lee Harrison wrote:

Haters of Maiden don’t like heavy metal

Period

The greatest post in M-A history:

~Guest 21181 wrote:

The Legions of the Teabagged:
vacantmind - DURR GOATSE IS FOONY (If you meet this guy, please pour hot lead down his anus).

Top

MalignantTyrant
Metalhead

Joined: Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:27 pm
Posts: 1652
Location: United States

Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 8:41 pm

Is it just me or have a shit ton of metal musicians passed this year in particular? I mean obviously everyone has to die someday, but seriously, this year seems like it's been a doozy...

_________________
محارب البلاك ميتال

BastardHead wrote:

Of all the people want to bully like a 90s sitcom bully, Trunk is an easy top 3 finish. When I inevitably develop lung cancer I'm going to make my Make-A-Wish request to be to give him a swirly.

Top

Metal Shark
Metalhead

Joined: Tue Feb 25, 2014 9:54 am
Posts: 1066
Location: United States

Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 10:54 pm

MalignantTyrant wrote:

Is it just me or have a shit ton of metal musicians passed this year in particular? I mean obviously everyone has to die someday, but seriously, this year seems like it's been a doozy...

Does seem like it! I think that's part of getting older.

Top

Terri23
Veteran

Joined: Thu Sep 30, 2010 3:53 am
Posts: 3177

Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 11:14 pm

KaiKasparek wrote:

The Dark Angel tour seems to be getting a lot of press and rave reviews, but am I the only one that finds it kind of exploitative? Like...you couldn't do this tour in 2016 while Durkin was alive?

They did, internationally in 2019 at least.

_________________

metaldiscussor666 wrote:

American isn't a nationality

Riffs wrote:

It's been scientifically proven that appreciating Black Sabbath helps increase life expectancy, improves happiness, bumps your salary by 11 thousand dollars annually, helps fight cavities and increases penis size.

Top

morbert
Metalhead

Joined: Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:36 am
Posts: 1277

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 2:23 am

KaiKasparek wrote:

The Dark Angel tour seems to be getting a lot of press and rave reviews, but am I the only one that finds it kind of exploitative? Like...you couldn't do this tour in 2016 while Durkin was alive?

There have been several attempts at reviving DA. So no, I don't see the 'exploitative' in it no matter how I look at it.
Furthermore my fave DA line up had the Meyer/Eriksen tandem (I honestly don't know why Eriksen isn't with them since Durkin passed away) but Christine does a great job anyway so no real complaints here.

_________________
Magna res est vocis et silentii temperamentum.

Top

	Forum Index » Music Talk » Metal Discussion
Page 1 of 1 [ 31 posts ]

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Lord_Lexy, ThStealthK and 48 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Print view

Jim Durkin (Dark Angel) has passed away.

Who is online

Back to the Encyclopaedia Metallum