REVIEW: ANNIHILATOR - NEVER, NEVERLAND - REMASTERED EDITION

 

ANNIHILATOR - NEVER, NEVERLAND - REMASTERED EDITION (Roadrunner Recs.)

Produced by Glen Robinson and Jeff Waters

Recorded at Vancouver Studios

Artwork by Len Rooney Creative

Tracks: 1- The Fun Palace, 2- Road To Ruin, 3- Sixes and Sevens, 4- Stonewall; 5- Never, Neverland, 6- Imperiled Eyes, 7- Kraf Dinner, 8- Phantasmagoria, 9- Reduced to Ash, 10- I Am In Command, 11- Kraf Dinner (demo); 12- Mayhem (demo of "Reduced to Ash"), 13- Freed From the Pit (demo of "Road To Ruin")

Here is a completely remastered edition of Annihilator´s second album. After appearing in the thrash scene with "Alice in Hell" this band developed their own style on this recording. Replacing Randy Rampage on vocals with Omen´s Coburn Pharr the band gained an extra edge and added some interesting hooks to the vocal lines. Also here is more clear the combination of clean and distorted guitars that made Annihilator famous. The thing that make this album interesting for those who have the original one are the demo tracks that are contained here, some of which ended as different songs on this album. An essential album in the history of metal.

Favorite tracks: "Stonewall", "Imperiled Eyes" and "Phantasmagoria".

Contact: www.roadrunnerrecords.com