After a stellar first album released in 1985, Metal Church returned from the road and into the studio to record one of their best albums, The Dark. The music is fairly simple and catchy. Once you get to know the album it becomes hard to put down.There are no bad songs here. Of note are energetic opener “Ton of Bricks”, the extremely underrated “Method To Your Madness”, which contains an uncharacteristically laid-back, commercial feel, and the ageless heavy metal classic “Watch The Children Pray.”If you’re looking for a solid straight-ahead metal album from the mid 1980s, it’s hard to go wrong with The Dark.