Perform an outstanding feat and win fame, as in An ambitious man, he longed to set the world on fire with his inventions. This hyperbolic expression uses set on fire in the sense of "arouse excitement in." Also see set on fire, def. 2.
Aaron Randall advises his listeners to prepare for attack, but by then the battle has already commenced, as guitarists Jeff Waters and Goldberg roll out the usual power chords and the rhythm section of Wayne Darley and Mike Mangini piledrive every beat. Annihilator bring a certain efficiency to garden-variety speed metal, never wasting time, which, in a genre defined by excess, gives them a certain elegance. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Neil Goldberg (Guitar), Annihilator (Vocals (Background)), Len Rooney (Logo), Norm Gordon (Vocals (Background)), Mark Leialoha (Photography), Ray Hartmann (Drums), The Annihilettes (Vocals (Background)), Marc LaFrance (Vocals (Background)), Andre Lukacsy (Mixing), Paul Blake (Mixing), Jeff Waters (Vocals (Background)), Monte Conner (Art Direction), Paul Blake (Engineer), Carole Segal (Photography), Max Norman (Engineer), Steve Royea (Engineer), John Webster (Keyboards), Aaron Randall (Vocals), Laura Michaels (Design), Mike Mangini (Drums), Joel Van Dyke (Mixing), Wayne Darley (Bass), Randy Staub (Mixing), Jeff Waters (Mixing), Ursula Coyote (Cover Photo), Eddy Schreyer (Mastering), David Steele (Vocals (Background)), Steve Royea (Vocals (Background)), Jeff Waters (Guitar), Rick Fedyk (Drums), Jeff Waters (Producer)