Capping off a historic tour, thrash pillars Dark Angel recently lay waste to The Belasco Theater for the finale of their Extinction Level Event tour. The run marked the first domestic touring stretch for the band in some three decades - eclipse in significance only by the recent release of the band's first full length studio since 1991 with the arrival of, Extinction Level Event. 

Lead by extreme music's Atomic Clock in drummer extraordinaire Gene Hoglan, the veteran unit in Dark Angel shredded their way through a career-spanning set that refreshed tracks decades old with contemporary crush. Revisiting essentials from the band's early trilogy of thrash classics in Darkness Descends, Leave Scars and RTime Does Not Heal - that old school aggression proved alive, well and more potent as a result of it's time in hibernation. 

Assembling a line-up that functioned like a concisde, focused fest, Dark Angel topped a bill that included sets from OGs in Sacred Reich, Vio-lence and Hirax bringing out the battle vests, high tops and hair-whipping headbangers. Adding in the belligerent brutality of Midnight and the Southern heavy metal swagger of Interceptor, the lengthy parade of thrash resonated well with the rabid, raucous Los Angeles thrash diehards. 

Check the gallery of images recapping the show from Maurice Nunez

DARK ANGEL 

SACRED REICH

VIO-LENCE

HIRAX

MIDNIGHT

INTERCEPTOR