Artist: ANNIHILATOR
Album: KING OF THE KILL (CD)

Release date: 1994
Media type: CD

Annihilator was started in Ottawa, Canada by Jeff Waters in 1984. Annihilator is a thrash metal band which debuted with the critically-acclaimed album, Alice in Hell. He wrote and recorded the song "Annihilator" (different than the track of the same name released on the 1994 album, King of the Kill), with singer John Bates. This original version of "Annihilator" was released on the 2005 album Schizo Deluxe.

Waters and Bates then recruited drummer Paul Malek and bassist Dave Scott. This lineup lasted two years and the tracks written in this period made up a good part of the band's first two albums. Before the release of their debut LP, John Bates and Dave Scott decided to leave the band, citing "artistic differences" and "personality conflicts". Waters relocated to Vancouver where he assembled a whole new line-up, including former D.O.A. member Randy Rampage. Waters has frequently changed Annihilator's line-up, throughout its run, and performed as lead vocalist himself between the albums King of the Kill and Remains.

TRACKLIST:

01. The box
02. King of the kill
03. Annihilator
04. Bad child
05. 21
06. Second to none
07. Hell is a war
08. Speed
09. In the blood
10. Catch the wind
11. Fiasco ("The Slate")
12. Fiasco
13. Bliss
14. Only be lonely
15. Comments from Jeff Waters / Slat es

LINE-UP:

Jeff Waters - Vocals, Guitars, Bass
Randy Black - Drums