Leave Scars

Leave Scars
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 24, 1989
RecordedMay–July 1988
StudioSpace Station Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre
Length50:06
LabelCombat
ProducerMichael Monarch, Dark Angel
Dark Angel chronology
Darkness Descends
(1986)
Leave Scars
(1989)
Live Scars
(1990)

Leave Scars is the third studio album released by the American thrash metal band, Dark Angel, released on January 24, 1989. It was their first album with vocalist Ron Rinehart and bassist Mike Gonzalez (who joined just prior to the release of Darkness Descends), and the last to feature guitarist Jim Durkin, although he would receive posthumous songwriting credits for their 2025 comeback album Extinction Level Event. Leave Scars was Dark Angel's most successful release, peaking at number 159 on the Billboard 200.