Annihilator’s brand-new album “For The demented” promises to
pack a premier punch. Th/Heavy Metal Legends to release 16th
studio album on November 3rd, 2017 Since 1989, Canada’s
ANNIHILATOR have not stopped putting out records and touring the
world. Despite the ever-changing climate of the Metal World (and
releasing a series of “different” Metal records with various
lineups along the way), Jeff Waters and company have consistently
delivered strong albums since the band’s debut “Alice In Hell”.
Then there was 1990’s best-selling “Never, Neverland”, 1995’s
“King of The Kill”, “Schizo Deluxe” in 2005 and many other
critically-accled releases up until 2015’s “Suicide Society.”
The ‘under-the-radar’ influence of this band and
writer/guitarist/vocalist Jeff Waters, has been felt throughout
the entire realm of the metal world by a ton of well-known
musicians and bands; that influence even stretching into the hard
rock and instrumentalist genre. ANNIHILATOR’s main man Jeff
Waters, in his usual humble manner, offers this in response:
“ANNIHILATOR’s music has been influenced by a good hundred of my
favorite bands and musicians; you can hear their contributions to
what I have been doing all throughout ANNIHILATOR’s catalogue.
It’s a bonus and an honor when bands and musicians I love mention
that I had something to do with their playing or songs!” Which
all leads to the fact that ANNIHILATOR’S 16th studio release,
“For The Demented”, is certainly their most complete and
definitive statement yet. “It was time to analyze what a lot of
fans over the years have kept telling me,” says Waters. “It was
time to sit down and figure out “why” ANNIHILATOR’s early
“th-meets-melodic” caught the ears of so many AND to try to
sweep the “fan” part of my writing/playing/singing out the door
and welcome back the mostly-original Waters writing that was to
be the first four ANNIHILATOR albums.” Waters didn’t venture back
alone, while looking back through ANNIHILATOR’S history. “I was
well aware that trying to re-capture the past usually fails, or
at least won’t come close. So, I decided to bring in fresh ears,
both musically and physically with Rich Hinks, my bassist for the
last few years. And doing most all of the records by myself,
including writing and playing most all on my own, as well as
mixing, mastering, engineering, etc…, well it can become routine
and can often hinder you from being objective and more creative.
Rich came in and co-wrote the music with me, as well as
co-produced the beginning stages of the record. His background of
classic th metal meets a newer “math” metal style was the
perfect combination for me to simply ask, “what do you think of
this?” He would most-often reply with “not the ANNIHILATOR style
I like”, so we would keep going until we both felt that core
ANNIHILATOR riffing and writing style presented itself. “Bottom
line, “For The Demented” captures some feel from ANNIHILATOR’s
1985-87 demos mixed with the first 4 ANNIHILATOR records. Back to
the th meets melody but with some pure Waters guitar riffing,
up-graded lead guitar shredding and vocals back to the demo-days
meets the “King of The Kill” record. Lyrically, I placed a theme
on the record: the human mind and all of its glory, complexity,
diversity, weaknesses and insanity! Pretty much the craziness of
the music is matched by the lyrics.” “I think Metal Fans are
going to hear much of what they have been waiting for from
ANNIHILATOR.” FOR THE DEMENTED will be released via Neverland
Music/Silver Lining Music on November 3rd, 2017 and will be
available in a Limited Edition Digipack with a Lenticular cover,
a jewel-case CD, a 12” 180gms coloured vinyl in a gatefold and
digital download.