Artist: ANNIHILATOR
Album: REMAINS (CD)

Release date: 1997
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. Murder
02. Sexecution
03. No love
04. Never
05. Human remains
06. Dead wrong
07. Wind
08. Tricks and traps
09. I want
10. Reaction
11. Bastiage
12. It's you
13. Words from Jeff Waters

LINE-UP:

Jeff Waters - Guitars, Bass, Vocals and Drums
John Bates - Some guitar on "No Love"
Dave Steele - Some vocals on "No Love" and "Wind"