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2024-02-04

Annihilator – Refresh the Demon – 1996

For those familiar with Canadian Annihilator’s earlier albums, the sound on Refresh the Demon won’t come as a surprise. Most elements are recognizable but still relatively fresh, and Jeff Waters manages to be innovative with the guitars once again. Already during the intro of the first song – the title track Refresh the Demon, you get a taste of originality, nothing extraordinary, just a guitar panning in stereo, but it works excellently as an atmospheric...

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Annihilator – King of the Kill – 1994

There was a time when I thought King of the Kill was the best album ever made! It was music perfectly tailored to me—fast guitars, innovative riffs, and simply put a quite classic Heavy Metal sound. I later explored a few more albums with Annihilator, and even though they naturally differ a bit, there is a common denominator. You can easily hear which band it is, even if Jeff Waters surrounds himself with different musicians...