Annihilator

I am just getting into these guys. Any album recommendations?

Alice in Hell.

Yes, Alice in Hell. Really good thrash album.

Great band!! Everything from ALICE ('89) up to and including WAKING THE FURY ('02) is pretty much gold in my book (with two possible exceptions: the commercial-leaning SET THE WORLD ON FIRE and the industrial tinged REMAINS. Both albums have their moments but they're not all time faves).

I hate the current vocalist so I haven't listened to anything they've put out since ALL FOR YOU in '04.

From Waking The Fury back you can't go wrong. I love the Joe Comeau era!

Wargod51

You HAVE to start with Alice In Hell and Never, Neverland. After that, like everyone has said, everything up to Waking The Fury is good stuff (minus Remains....I love Annihilator, but have never found anything on that album that perks my interest).

All For You is decent, but was quite uneven. Some good tunes, but some DEFINITE filler. Schizo Deluxe was a MUCH better effort, and has some SMASHING thrashers on it.

The first two records! and you can get them together for a good price...

http://www.amazon.com/Alice-Hell-Never-Neverland-Annihilator/dp/B0000C0FHU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1265882137&sr=8-1

Alice in Hell
Carnival Diablos
All for You


those are my three faves anyway. some nice variety there.

Listen to all these guys! Alice In Hell!!

"NeverNeverland" is their best disc.

"Alice in Hell" isn't too far behind though.

They're all good except for the last few with Dave Padden (that's his name,right?). His vocals are a little grating and take a while to get used to. Jeff Waters can still write some mean music though.

Never Neverland is my favorite. But I also like this compilation....

http://spectrefate.blogspot.com/2009/08/annihilation-absolute.html

SpectreFate wrote:

Never Neverland is my favorite. But I also like this compilation....

http://spectrefate.blogspot.com/2009/08/annihilation-absolute.html

Thanks bro! I am going to buy the album.

SpectreFate wrote:

Never Neverland is my favorite. But I also like this compilation....

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That's pretty cool. I might just download that set and get rid of my Annililator cd's. I just could never fully get into this band. Some good albums and some great songs, but overall I think it was the rotating door of vocalists over the years. No consistancy makes for a less-than-enjoyable listen for me.

Refresh The Demon is my favorite by them. And a very good place to start if you can't find anything before then.

Alice in Hell, Never Neverland, Waking the Fury... but Carnival Diablos is my personal favourite. Those two records Joe Comeau did with the band were amazing. Also check out the live album Double Live Annihilation.

I haven't picked up anything after Waking the Fury.

Alice in Hell & Never Neverland

Check out their new live album LIVE AT MASTERS OF ROCK, a killer live album really.

krokus wrote:

Check out their new live album LIVE AT MASTERS OF ROCK, a killer live album really.

I saw some of that show, and that's what got me hooked.

Jesusandmetal23 wrote:

krokus wrote:

Check out their new live album LIVE AT MASTERS OF ROCK, a killer live album really.

I saw some of that show, and that's what got me hooked.

Thats great. I only have the cd, not the dvd yet but will buy it soon because ANNIHILATOR gave a great show that day with a great set list.

Where can I get the CD?

Jesusandmetal23 wrote:

Where can I get the CD?

For exemple at EBAY:
http://shop.ebay.es/?_from=R40&fts=2&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_nkw=annihilator+masters&_sacat=See-All-Categories
You can find some editions with cd+dvd together. I didnt know that thats why i only bought the cd, but soon i will buy the dvd too.

I was just cranking some Annihilator today. Every time I hear them - it seems I like them more.

Does anyone else experience this also?

I have an Alison Hell vinyl import reserved for me on eBay!

For me Annihilator is an oddity. They have some KILLER riffs and passages, and some killer songs. Great playing. But their entire discography is littered with awkward lyrics and vocal deliveries, and lame songs. I mean some really stupid sounding stuff. Enough to where I have given up on them altogether, aside from the first two. I do like a good bit of what's on those albums. For me to want to own an album I have to like a large percentage of it, and can only stand very little dislike or annoyance. Annihilator gets bad enough that they are not worth the good, to me.