Damnation A.D. - No More Dreams of Happy Endings (1995)^{Release ID: 33816}

Damnation A.D. is another early metalcore band, releasing two albums in the 90s, and then disbanding for nearly a decade before reforming for a couple more releases. The lo-fi production is certainly an issue, as is the occasional lean into the industrial-ish alt-metal of Helmet. Both problems have caused many of the tracks to suffer loss in quality.

There are only a couple surviving highlights, with one of them, "No More Dreams" being one of the darkest and heaviest songs I've heard in metalcore. "The Hanged Man" would've been a highlight if not for the painful vocals and lyrics that drag it down into the sh*t abyss. Those fortunately never appear in the 10-minute acoustic cover of Chopin's "Funeral March", which is as great as the Skycamefalling "10.21" instrumental. So I enjoy a couple of the longer tracks. The other songs can be hanged and damned....

Favorites (only songs I like): "No More Dreams", "Funeral March"