Annihilator - Metal

Another Annihilator album that doesn't really explore any new territory and doesn't really rekindle the Alice in Hell flame either. I have great respect for Jeff Waters, he's one of the most outstanding Riffers out there, but he really should have taken Dave Mustaine up on his offer to join Megadeth as it's clear Annihilator are running on empty, and have been doing so for a while.

The Canadian Thrash band have put out numerous albums with numerous different lineups, yet Alice in Hell, Never Neverland and Criteria for a Black Widow remain the only worthwhile efforts, OK and the title Track off King of the Kill too.

This new album titled Metal (great name for an album) contains what seems to be re-hashes of previous material and probably throwaway stuff which Jeff wouldn't really put out unless he was forced to.

Dave Padden's Vocals are really substandard, Jeff does much better on the albums he performs vocals on.

Jeff if Mustaine asks again, accept!
4/10