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CD Review - Annilator by DarkOneSkip
ANNIHILATOR “ Feast ” ( 3 Disc Re-Release )
Well , my Metal-Head Friends ...
One of my top 25 bands , Jeff Waters ’ ANNHILATOR , after 13 years and several member changes , has released a new installment called “ Feast ”.
A CD / DVD combo is included in this release too , once again no disappointment as they always pound the heart and senses with an amazing CD , and what a buy , with great tracks like “ Deadlock , No Surrender ”, “ Demon Code ” and “ Wrapped ”. The nine all-new tracks are very impressive . The band I still consider underrated has given us great new tracks , all of which I was as always impressed with - I highly recommend getting this three-disc set .
“ Feast ” sold around 800 copies in the United States in its first week of release . Which , as always , sold better , sad for the US , but nevertheless , Jeff Waters and Annihilator are one of the biggest thrash bands to come out of Canada ever !!
When plans hit for this re-release and Jeff was asked what made him re-release “ Feast ” so quickly after its original release , he replied ,
“ I guess a re-release usually happened if you have a big year like 10 years or whatever , but I think what really happened here was we had our deal for the record with UDR , they had a really great distributor with , I think it was EMI Records or something . Everything was set to go , and we had the double-edged sword .
The issue was that on the day of release the label called and said we have some good news and some bad news . I was like , “ What ’ s the good ?” They said , “ Well , you ’ ve sold out !” And they made up more copies than the previous company made for the last album and we sold out with all the pre-sales before the release date .
So when the release date came on a Friday last year ,
I was like , “ Woohoo , Great News ”! The bad news was , they were having issues with the distributor , so they couldn ’ t make another batch .
Imagine that you have a record that most of the critics in Europe are liking and enjoying , the fans are loving it and it ’ s sold out , and has sold more copies than our previous records for many years , and all of a sudden no one can get it . So it wasn ’ t anywhere ; unless you had pre-ordered it , it wasn ’ t for sale anywhere .
That sucked , but it wasn ’ t the label ’ s fault , it was just bad luck with the distributor , the label was really cool and got another distributor , but still so many people were saying they can ’ t get it , so the label said ,” Why don ’ t we re-release this ?” I thought it was a little late , but it means that people who want to get it - and I know there ’ s a lot of them - they can get it again .”
So now my friends , I say go out and get it ! It ’ s in my eyes one of their best but I have always loved the band , so check out a few tracks on Youtube - if you love ANNIHILATOR you will definitely enjoy this !! :
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