King of the Kill
Studio album by
Annihilator
ReleasedOctober 10, 1994
Recorded1994
StudioWatersound Studios, Maple Ridge, Canada
GenreHeavy metal, thrash metal
Length69:29
LabelHypnotic/CMC International
ProducerJeff Waters
Annihilator chronology
Bag of Tricks
(1994) 		King of the Kill
(1994) 		Refresh the Demon
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rock Hard[2]

King of the Kill is the fourth album by Canadian heavy metal band Annihilator, released in 1994. This was the first Annihilator album not released on Roadrunner Records, and marked a return to the thrash metal sound of their earlier albums, Alice in Hell and Never, Neverland, after the commercial failure of its predecessor Set the World on Fire, while also retaining some of that album's radio-friendly sound. King of the Kill was also the first of three consecutive studio albums to feature guitarist and bandleader Jeff Waters on both lead vocals and bass.

Track listing

Original pressing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Box"Jeff Waters5:31
2."King of the Kill"Waters, John Bates3:12
3."Hell Is a War"Waters5:20
4."Bliss"Waters0:51
5."Second to None"Waters, Aaron Randall5:16
6."Annihilator"Waters, Bates4:28
7."21"Waters4:25
8."In the Blood"Waters, Ralph Murphy4:19
9."Fiasco ('The Slate')"Waters0:08
10."Fiasco"Waters3:55
11."Catch the Wind"Waters3:49
12."Speed"Waters4:37
13."Bad Child"Waters3:38
14."Only Be Lonely" (bonus track)Waters5:48
2000 reissue version
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Box"Jeff Waters5:31
2."King of the Kill"Waters, Bates3:12
3."Annihilator"Waters, Bates4:28
4."Bad Child"Waters3:38
5."21"Waters4:25
6."Bliss"Waters0:51
7."Second to None"Waters, Randall5:16
8."Hell Is a War"Waters5:20
9."Speed"Waters4:37
10."In the Blood"Waters, Murphy4:19
11."Catch the Wind"Waters3:49
12."Fiasco ('The Slate')"Waters0:08
13."Fiasco"Waters3:55
14."Only Be Lonely" (bonus track)Waters5:32
15."Comments from Jeff Waters" (bonus track)Waters10:24
16."Slates" (bonus track)Waters4:04

Credits

References

  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r316500
  2. ^ "RockHard: Review anzeigen" (in German). Rock Hard. Retrieved November 5, 2016.


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