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Alice Has Left The Building . . .

Beth Nice | Port Charlotte, Florida | 05/21/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I just got this CD, and I couldn't put it away once I started listening to it. It's got the ussual great music done by guitar wizard Jeff Waters, which he covers everything from heavy metal to speed to thrash. A good variety as always and Dave Padden's vocals were ever so good, but as a bonus, Jeff has brought long-time Annihilator fans from members of bands like Trivium, Children Of Bodom, Lamb Of God, Arch Enemy and others (Alexi Laiho (Children Of Bodom), Danko Jones (Danko Jones), Michael Amott and Angela Gossow (Arch Enemy), Corey Beaulieu (Trivium), Willie Adler (Lamb Of God), Jeff Loomis (Nevermore), Jesper Strømblad (In Flames), Steve 'Lips` Kudlow (Anvil), Anders Bjørler (The Haunted), Mike Mangini (Vai, Extreme, Annihilator) and Jacob Lynam (Lynam))for back ground singers. METAL is a really good CD that every Annihilator fan should own.



TRACK LISTING

1. Clown Parade - feat. Jeff Loomis (Nevermore)

2. Couple Suicide - feat. Danko Jones (Danko Jones) & Angela Gossow (Arch Enemy)

3. Army Of One - feat. Steve 'Lips` Kudlow (Anvil)

4. Downright Dominate - feat. Alexi Laiho (Children Of Bodom)

5. Smothered - feat. Anders Bjørler (The Haunted)

6. Operation Annihilation - feat. Michael Amott (Arch Enemy)

7. Haunted - feat. Jesper Strømblad (In Flames)

8. Kicked - feat. Corey Beaulieu (Trivium)

9. Detonation - feat. Jacob Lynam (Lynam)

10. Chasing The High - feat. William Adler (Lamb Of God)





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Heavy metal as I remembered and loved growing up in the eigh

George Dionne | Cape Cod, MA | 01/23/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The Good

The Canadian thrash-metaller Jeff Waters returns with another Annihilator album. This time around his bringing some of the heaviest guitar players in metal today (appearance include members of Children of Bodom, Arch Enemy, Trivium, Lamb of God, In Flames, and The Haunted). Despite its goofy title, Clown Parade is a pure metal track that is no joke. A break-neck guitar run leads the charge. Nevermore guitarist Jeff Loomis tears it up with a blazing solo. Fellow Canadian rocker Danko Jones is the guest vocalist on "Couple Suicide." The classic rock groove is no big challenge for Jones, but it is certainly different territory for Annihilator.



"Army of One" may just be Water's anthemic battle cry, as he is one of the few classic metal artists out there doing the same thing he was doing in the beginning. Lyrically it's a tribute to his metal peers that came up with him. "Operation Annihilator" is dominated by monster riffs and blood-thirsty vocals, not to mention pounding drums. Waters takes aim at the "bands of the week" on this one. Who needs lyrics when you have some of the fastest speed metal guitar you'll ever hear on "Haunted." Let's see the popular acts of today pull this one off. "Chasing the High" continues the speed-of-light guitar work and adds more ferocious vocals and machine gun drums.



The Bad

Nothing



The Verdict

Waters says it himself on his website; Annihilator has made the album of its career. I couldn't agree more. This is heavy metal as I remembered and loved growing up in the eighties. Now if we could just turn back the clock 20 years, then Annihilator would have a hit record on their hands."