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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.nov-15-2013 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2013 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........cd1: 9 cd2: 15 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.annihilatormetal.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Annihilator Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Feast Label : EMI ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Jeff Waters has been at this whole technical ║ │
│║ thrash gig for a while now (almost 30 years to ║ │
│║ be exact), and now hitting studio album number ║ │
│║ 14, is showing zero signs of slowing down. Quite ║ │
│║ the contrary, the last couple of albums has seen ║ │
│║ the Canadian thrash outfit know affectionately ║ │
│║ as Annihilator returning to the speed obsessed ║ │
│║ character of their early days, albeit with a ║ │
│║ vocalist that has a uniquely modern take on ║ │
│║ gruff vs. clean vocalizations. In the beginning, ║ │
│║ Dave Padden's husky yet somewhat metalcore ║ │
│║ oriented voice was a bit of a liability that ║ │
│║ served to further aggravate an already troubled ║ │
│║ victim of an album in "All For You", but he has ║ │
│║ since become a far better fit for the style, and ║ │
│║ largely makes the otherwise cliche modern zombie ║ │
│║ apocalypse themed "Feast" the unique creature ║ │
│║ that it is. ║ │
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│║ One lesson that Waters seems to have taken to ║ │
│║ heart when it comes to putting together a thrash ║ │
│║ metal action is the need to start things off on ║ │
│║ a high note, and damned if "Deadlock" doesn't ║ │
│║ kick the listener square in the teeth in the ║ │
│║ process. For any longtime fans of "Alice In ║ │
│║ Hell", and particularly those who couldn't stop ║ │
│║ mangling their vertebrae to the mayhem that was ║ │
│║ "Human Insecticide", this is cut from the same ║ │
│║ high flying block and comes with a slightly less ║ │
│║ nasally vocal delivery. Interestingly enough, ║ │
│║ this tendency to kick things into overdrive ║ │
│║ proves to be a recurring theme in even a number ║ │
│║ of longer and otherwise groove or ballad-based ║ │
│║ offerings such as "Smear Campaign" and "Fight ║ │
│║ The World". The technical extravaganza largely ║ │
│║ comes in the form of blinding tremolo riffs and ║ │
│║ percussive, almost mechanical sounding low end ║ │
│║ groove riffs at a high tempo, but Waters ║ │
│║ definitely showcases his continuing ability to ║ │
│║ rip out a decent solo, though he's a bit less ║ │
│║ indulgent here than in the past. ║ │
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│║ Like with most Annihilator albums, there are a ║ │
│║ handful of bizarre moments that this album may ║ │
│║ have done well to either avoid or not dwell upon ║ │
│║ quite as much. The grossest offender of ║ │
│║ nightmarish debacles in genre splicing occurs ║ │
│║ throughout the duration of "No Surrender", which ║ │
│║ merges in some of the horrid Machine Head ║ │
│║ influences that Waters dabbled in back in the ║ │
│║ latter 90s into what can be best described as a ║ │
│║ funk-infused metal song that occasionally ║ │
│║ thrashes (particularly during the guitar solo), ║ │
│║ but otherwise just kind of coasts along and is ║ │
│║ way too comical sounding for its own good, ║ │
│║ especially considering that it's a song about ║ │
│║ drug addiction. But apart from this and some ║ │
│║ occasional nods to the smooth and slightly ║ │
│║ nostalgic balladry heard on "Set The World On ║ │
│║ Fire" that made its way onto the intros of "One ║ │
│║ Falls, Two Rise" and "Fight The World", and ║ │
│║ dominates most of "Perfect Angel Eyes", this is ║ │
│║ a fairly consistent thrasher that mostly listens ║ │
│║ like a late 80s venture stylistically speaking, ║ │
│║ though it's not hard to see the continual ║ │
│║ progressive quirks that probably went on to ║ │
│║ influence bands like Revocation in some of these ║ │
│║ songs. ║ │
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│║ Ultimately, this proves to be the best album ║ │
│║ that Waters has put out with Padden handling ║ │
│║ vocal duties, if for not any other reason than ║ │
│║ the fact that it is the least modern sounding of ║ │
│║ Annihilator's ventures since Jon Comeau left the ║ │
│║ fold. It doesn't quite ascend to the same level ║ │
│║ of sleazy yet majestic rage that Overkill has ║ │
│║ been pumping out over the past couple years, but ║ │
│║ this is definitely a decent offering that old ║ │
│║ school thrash maniacs can sink their teeth into, ║ │
│║ even when considering the fact that the zombies ║ │
│║ depicted on the album art are probably mere ║ │
│║ metaphorical representations of the mass ║ │
│║ stupidity that is continuing to consume Western ║ │
│║ Civilization. As it is in the song that kicks ║ │
│║ off this album, the idiots may well be breeding ║ │
│║ 20 to 1, but that doesn't mean we can't dream of ║ │
│║ them getting nuked into oblivion an ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ - CD1-Feast [ ] │
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│ 01 - Deadlock [04:23] │
│ 02 - No Way Out [05:20] │
│ 03 - Smear Campaign [04:16] │
│ 04 - No Surrender [05:37] │
│ 05 - Wrapped [03:48] │
│ 06 - Perfect Angel Eyes [04:27] │
│ 07 - Demon Code [06:22] │
│ 08 - Fight The World [06:55] │
│ 09 - One Falls, Two Rise [08:33] │
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│ - CD2-Re-Kill [ ] │
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│ 01 - Fun Palace [05:35] │
│ 02 - Alison Hell [05:09] │
│ 03 - King Of The Kill [03:16] │
│ 04 - Never, Neverland [05:23] │
│ 05 - Set The World On Fire [04:25] │
│ 06 - W.T.Y.D. [04:10] │
│ 07 - Nozone [02:50] │
│ 08 - Bloodbath [05:25] │
│ 09 - 21 [04:25] │
│ 10 - Stonewall [04:50] │
│ 11 - Ultra Motion [05:08] │
│ 12 - Time Bomb [04:32] │
│ 13 - Refresh The Demon [05:30] │
│ 14 - Word Salad [05:46] │
│ 15 - Brain Dance [04:50] │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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