Alice in Hell
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Alice In Hell
- Artist: Annihilator
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- Release Date: 1989
- Total Time: 37:27
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Rock
Review
Annihilator's brand of technical, thinking man's thrash metal garnered many fans with this fine debut, arguably the best release of the band's career. A brief acoustic guitar piece called "Crystal Ann" introduces the excellent title track: a psychological murder thriller supposedly based on a disturbed young girl's true story. Leader Jeff Waters takes himself a little too seriously at times (see the Edgar Allan Poe-influenced "Ligeia" and his ridiculously erudite commentary on each song's lyrics), but he is equally prone to refreshing flashes of humor on "Word Salad" and "Schizos Are Never Alone." The spectacularly named Randy Rampage proves himself to be a versatile vocalist on "Wicked Mystic" and "Burns Like a Buzzsaw Blade" (seriously). The careening closer "Human Insecticide" is magnificent for its sheer speed. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, Rovi| Alice Gerrard & Mike Seeger (Album by Mike Seeger) | |
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| Studio album by Annihilator | ||||
| Released | September 5, 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1987–1989 Live West Productions, Fiasco Bros. Studios, New Westminster, B.C., Canada |
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| Genre | Thrash metal, progressive metal, speed metal | |||
| Length | 37:27 | |||
| Label | Roadrunner | |||
| Producer | Jeff Waters | |||
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Alice in Hell is the debut album by the Canadian thrash metal band Annihilator, released in 1989. The album was re-released twice: 1998 with 3 demo tracks as bonus tracks and again on September 9, 2003 in a two-disc compilation set along with Never, Neverland, entitled Two From The Vault. One of the demo tracks, "Powerdrain", serves as the base of the song "Sonic Homicide" on Annihilator's 1999 album Criteria for a Black Widow.
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Track listing
All music composed by Jeff Waters.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Length | |
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| 1. | "Crystal Ann" | instrumental | 1:40 | |
| 2. | "Alison Hell" | John Bates, Waters | 5:00 | |
| 3. | "W.T.Y.D." (Welcome to Your Death) | Bates, Waters | 3:56 | |
| 4. | "Wicked Mystic" | Waters, Jody Weil | 3:38 | |
| 5. | "Burns Like a Buzzsaw Blade" | Waters, Bates, Weil | 3:33 | |
| 6. | "Word Salad" | Waters | 5:49 | |
| 7. | "Schizos (Are Never Alone) Parts I & II" | Waters | 4:32 | |
| 8. | "Ligeia" | Waters | 4:47 | |
| 9. | "Human Insecticide" | Bates, Waters | 4:50 |
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| 10. | "Powerdrain" (Demo) | 2:49 | ||||||||
| 11. | "Schizos (Are Never Alone), Parts I & II" (Demo) | 4:18 | ||||||||
| 12. | "Ligeia" (Demo) | 4:56 | ||||||||
Credits
- Jeff Waters – Guitar, Bass, Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals (background), Producer, Guitar (Classical), Mixing, Cover Art Concept, Lyrics
- Randy Rampage – Vocals, Vocals (background)
- Dennis Dubeau – Vocals (background)
- Anthony Brian Greenham – Guitar
- Wayne Darley – Bass, Vocals (background)
- Ray Hartmann – Drums
Equip
- Paul Blake – Engineer
- Frank Donofrio – Engineer
- Victor Dezso – Photography
- Chris Gehringer – Remastering
- Jeff Kitts – Liner Notes
- Marie Nishimori – Liner Notes
- Satoshi Kobayashi – Reissue Design
- Len Rooney – Logo, Cover Art
- Recorded and mixed at Live West Productions, Fiasco Bros. Studios, New Westminster, B.C., Canada
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