Refresh The Demon

This is the fifth Annihilator album released in 1996 and is their second album released on Music For Nations Records. Once again Jeff Waters handles vocals and most of the instrumentation except for a few guest lead breaks by Dave "Gloverson" Davis. Randy Black is on the drum kit again and even has some writing credits on the album. The speed and heaviness are back and Annihilator sound like a well oiled machine of Pure Metal Mayhem!! In my humble opinion this album is better than its predecessor "King of the Kill" and the art work is amazing with its sinister demonic face unflinchingly staring out at you. There are very few Annihilator releases that I don't have and its not because I don't want them, its because they are as rare as rocking horse droppings. Be assured that should I come across these missing gems I will definitely snap them up! If you love Thrash Metal then you need everything that has the Annihilator logo on it!!!

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Annihilator's remastered Refresh the Demon is absolutely worth buying if you lost the album back in the 90ies. Supreme album.

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If Canada’s Annihilator are an underrated band, and their albums after the classic first debut and sophomore releases, (such as albums three & four; Set The World On Fire and King Of The Kill) are underrated by the media, then the albums after that are a triple-threat of underrated, being underrated by even their fanbase.The best among those for me, is the Refresh The Demon album. The 1996 follow up to King Of The Kill, was the second album in a row where after a period of line-up instability, guitarist Jeff Waters took on vocal duties as well. This makes it the first studio album in their career to have the same singer as the previous album.Stylistically; the album is very much a sequel to King Of The Kill. There are even some direct analogues, such as both having brief guitar based instrumentals, both having ballads, both having a few groove metal tracks that raise eye brows among the older fans, both having a ‘Knight Jumps Queen’/’Brain Dead’ style song with an in/out guitar line and rhythmic vocals, and a couple of true blue classic thrashers that raise horns with older fans.This is a brilliant album, better than a Thrash album from 1996 is likely to be for most bands. Its arguably an even tighter, well rounded version of King Of The Kill and if you that album, this one is a must own. You can consider them a pair. They’re the two albums with Jeff singing but a live drummer and no drum machine (unlike the next album, 1997’s Remains).Highlights include the speedy title track, its pure Waters-Thrash, the kind of thing that could have fit on the first two albums, ‘Pastor Of Disaster’ which is the aforementioned ‘Brain Dead’-style fun one, and ‘City Of Ice’ which is like a blend of ‘80s Judas Priest and ‘70s Van Halen.If you are a big Thrash fan, there’s a lot of albums released in the ‘90s that are disappointing. Refresh The Demon ‘aint one of ‘em. Not by a long shot.

ANNIHILATOR / ACCEPT Vinyl ReissuesAnother batch in the SPV / Steamhammer 25th birthday celebrations, and it's more metal manna all round with this set. First up, some classic Jeff Waters.ANNIHILATOR - King Of The KillThis is quite an odd one in Annihilator history, as it's to all intents and purposes a Jeff Waters solo album, as he stepped up to the microphone for the first time, with only drummer Randy Black for company. So there was no room for anyone called Randy Rampage, Freddy Fury or Andy Aggrieved this time around.I'm not a huge fan of Waters vocals, so this isn't an album I've played a lot over the years, although, to be fair, there is some muscular metal on offer, as Waters takes out his frustrations on the world, and his ex record company. Listening again, after all this while, I am impressed with `The Box', the title track and `In The Blood', so I reckon it will get a few more spins this time around.Released as a lovely double album in gatefold sleeve, it also comes with two bonus tracks in the shape of `Only Be Lonely' and `Slates' as well as some spoken comments from Jeff Waters, filling out Side 4 of the album, as it makes its debut on vinyl.ACCEPT - BreakerAlbum number three from the German metallers, this originally came out back in 1981, and was an album chock full of anger, if vocalist Udo Dirkschneider is to be believed. Well, breaking three microphones and writing a song about your record company called `Son Of A Bitch' isn't exactly indicative of a fluffy bunny record.This was the record that really started to break Accept internationally, as they toughened up their sound into what became an instantly recognisable style. Songs like the title track, `Burning' and `Midnight Highway' still sound good after all these years, and after the band headed out with Judas Priest on tour, their name became known across Europe.It's by far the best of the early accept albums and is out in a spiffy gatefold sleeve.ANNIHILATOR - Refresh The Demon1996 wasn't a good year for metal, and Annihilator were no exception, as Jeff Waters struggled to replicate his early glories. The best that could be said for this album was that it was loud. And this double album, heavy duty vinyl reissue is even louder. So I suppose that counts as a good thing.You have to make your way all the way through to Side 3 before you happen across a good track in the guise of `Hunger', and on to Side 4 for the other goodie, `Innocent Eyes'. Waters would struggle for quite some time before putting out another classic ("Metal", since you ask), and this was simply marking time.However, it is a very nice gatefold, 2 LP package, with Side 4 being filled out with `The Box' and `Riff Raff', making it a package fans will want.This lot average out at a healthy 4 out of 5.

This was the first Annihilator album i got... and wasnt dissapointed. Theriffage of the title track and 'Pastor of Disastor' is just brutal, andthe over-all delverance brilliant. The first 6 songs are just pure thrashmetal indulgence... but the remaining songs trail off a bit. The remainingsongs are a bit more punk-edged. The last song is a melody, and im up fora melody, but this one is a bit to lovey-dovey sounding for my liking.Still these songs are good, and the album is a definate 'buy'.