Best Annihilator Albums

In my opinion this debut full length is the best Thrash album not released by the big 4. Superior even to Exodus's Bonded by Blood. The album starts with a bona fide classic track Alison Hell (after the short acoustic piece Crystal Ann) then just takes off from there, the songs getting better and better as the album progresses. It's a generic Thrash album in the best possible way, choc full of that signature Thrash guitar chugging.

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The quintessential Annihilator album. I was blown away when I heard it.

Great album from a great and underrated band.

It's difficult to say who invented technical thrash because:

1) Annihilator released demos in 1985 and 1986 with songs like Alison Hell, Human Insecticide (then titled Lust of Death), Welcome To Your Death, Phantasmagoria, and other songs later included in their first albums (1989, 1990).

2) I am a massive Coroner fan, too, but their demo came out in 1986 and Annihilator win.

3) However, Watchtower released their demo Meltdown in 1984, so they were before Coroner and Annihilator. To me this demo is more prog than thrash but still counts (it sounds closer to Coroner than Annihilator because Watchtower and Coroner had more Rush influences). - Metal_Treasure

While Alice is the clear winner, this gives it a heck of a close run for its money. It further develops Annihilator's brand of technical thrash. Both are staples of the subgenre. And by the way, Annihilator did not invent technical thrash; Coroner did with their 1987 RIP album. And Megadeth with Dave's innovative guitar playing and Ellefson's progressive basslines, especially its early work, laid the foundation for technical thrash.

Technical thrash was probably invented by Watchtower in 1984 (a demo). Annihilator released a demo in 1985, Coroner - in 1986. - Metal_Treasure

I actually enjoyed this album more than Alice in Hell. Both incredible albums.

This album is better than Alice in Hell in my opinion - ThePierrasse

Kind of a throwback to Alice and Never. 1 Alice 2 Never 3 Criteria 4 World on Fire.

I love this album. My favorite songs on it would have to be Set The World on Fire, Snake in The Grass, Knight Jumps Queen, The Edge, and Don't Bother Me. This hole album is great though.

A lot chiller than 'Alice' and 'Neverland'. The songwriting is great and at times cheesey (Knight jumps Queen) which makes it even cooler. Its not necassarly better than 'Alice' and 'never', because all 3 albums are badass. - BronzeWolf96

Best album by far! To bad they don’t play any of the songs live because all my favourite are on this album.

Total metal

Better than KotK.

This should be in the top 3. One of the best and most underrated albums ever

One of the best Annihilator albums full stop

Best modern Annihilator album - BossDj0

Underrated as hell, If this same album were released between Alice in Hell and Never, Neverland it would be WORSHIPPED.