DARK ANGEL Guitarist JIM DURKIN Dies At 58

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

Jim‘s passing was confirmed by his spouse Annie on his Fb web page earlier as we speak (Friday, March 10). She wrote: “With a damaged and heavy coronary heart, I wish to share that the love of my life, my finest pal and husband, Jimmy, handed away Wednesday morning. He was not alone as I used to be with him together with a couple of shut associates till the top. He might be actually missed and nobody can ever substitute the love I’ve for him. Might he relaxation in peace.

“Ever Thine, Ever Mine, Ever Ours……. My Immortal Beloved. I’ll see you once more.”

A short while later, DARK ANGEL additionally issued a press release on Durkin‘s passing, writing: “We within the DARK ANGEL Household are deeply saddened and crushed as we speak with the information of our brother and founder Jimmy Durkin passing away Wednesday morning.

“We want to thank his followers for his or her steady loyalty and assist. We’ll come out with a full assertion very quickly. We ask that you simply please respect the household’s privateness whereas we mourn the lack of this nice man.”

An unique member of DARK ANGEL, Durkin performed on the band’s first three albums — 1985’s “We Have Arrived”, 1986’s “Darkness Descends” and 1989’s “Go away Scars” — earlier than departing the group in 1989. He was a part of DARK ANGEL‘s lineup when the band reformed in 2013, and had been enjoying with them ever since.

Durkin had been sitting out a few of DARK ANGEL‘s current gigs. He was changed on the reveals by drummer Gene Hoglan‘s spouse Laura Christine.

DARK ANGEL, which has been touring intermittently since reforming a decade in the past, is scheduled to carry out its legendary album “Darkness Descends” in its entirety at three particular live shows subsequent month on the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles, California.

For a lot of the previous couple of years, Durkin and his bandmates had been engaged on materials for a brand new studio album.

DARK ANGEL‘s first CD since 1991’s “Time Does Not Heal” was imagined to characteristic the lineup that has carried out sporadic stay reveals since reuniting in 2013: Hoglan, Durkin, Eric Meyer (guitar),Ron Rinehart (vocals) and Michael Gonzalez (bass).

In February 2022, Hoglan stated throughout a Twitch livestream from his house that he and his DARK ANGEL bandmates had been “within the course of” of constructing a brand new album. “I’ve loads of work forward of me, and so does Jim Durkin,” Gene stated. “He is been sending over songs, riffs, stuff like that, [which has been] tremendous thrilling. We’re all the similar mindset of constructing this simply probably the most completely kick-ass DARK ANGEL report that we will.”

DARK ANGEL launched two albums with Don Doty on vocals — the aforementioned “We Have Arrived” and “Darkness Descends” — earlier than he exited the group and was changed by Rinehart (after a quick stint with Jim Drabos in 1987). The band issued two extra studio LPs — “Go away Scars” and “Time Does Not Heal” — earlier than calling it quits in 1992.