Track 2 from the 1989 album 'Alice In Hell'. Listen free to Annihilator – Alice in Hell (Crystal Ann, Alison Hell and more). 12 tracks (50:40). Alice in Hell is the debut studio album by Canadian thrash metal band Annihilator. It was recorded in 1988 and released on April 17, 1989 by Roadrunner Records. Containing 9 tracks. This album has sold over 250,000 copies worldwide. The album was re-released in1998 with 3 demo tracks as bonus.
Trivia:
- Schizos (Are Never Alone) Parts I & II was originally titled 'Fuck the Dead'.
- W.T.Y.D. stands for Welcome to Your Death.
- Alice in Hell was Roadrunner Records largest selling debut at the time selling over 250,000 records.
- Although original singer John Bates left Annihilator in 1985, he is credited as the co-writer of Alison Hell, W.T.Y.D., Burns like a Buzzsaw Blade and Human Insecticide.
- The sleeve pictures a five member line up. However, in interviews, Jeff Waters revealed that this was at the behest of the record label while actually he played the guitars and bass himself.
- Wayne Darley who is credited as a bassist on the insert did not play on this album but appears as one of the guest vocalists.
Music video:
- Alison Hell
Reissued by Roadrunner Records on September 9th 2003 as a part of Roadrunner's Two from the Vault series remastered along with Never, Neverland on 2 CD's, CD 1 has the same bonus tracks as the 1998 reissue.
Alice in Hell is a thrash metal music album recording by ANNIHILATOR released in 1989 on CD, LP/Vinyl and/or cassette. This page includes ANNIHILATOR Alice in Hell's: cover picture, songs / tracks list, members/musicians and line-up, different releases details, buy online: ebay and amazon, ratings and detailled reviews by some experts, collaborators and members. Annihilator - Ten Years in Hell 2006, Thrash metal, progressive metal, heavy metal, speed metal, groove metal, DVD9.torrent. Alice in Hell is the debut studio album by Canadian thrash metal band Annihilator. The album was released by Roadrunner Records and turned out to be a huge success selling over 1,250,000 copies.
Nimbus sans download. Recording information:
Recorded and mixed between Summer 1987 and Fall 1988 at Live West Productions, Fiasco Bros. Studios, New Westminster, B.C., Canada.
Mastered at Frankford/Wayne.
Identifiers:
Barcode: 016861948818
Matrix / Runout: RR9488 - A III WB871914.
Matrix / Runout: RR9488 - B WB871914
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| Released | April 17, 1989 | ||
| Recorded | 1988 | ||
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| Genre | Thrash metal, speed metal | ||
| Length | 37:27 | ||
| Label | Roadrunner | ||
| Producer | Jeff Waters | ||
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| Singles from Alice in Hell | |||
Alice in Hell is the debut studio album by Canadian thrash metal band Annihilator, released on April 17, 1989, by Roadrunner Records.
Album information[edit]
Although the album's insert lists five members, Annihilator was a three-piece (Randy Rampage, Jeff Waters and Ray Hartmann) at the time of its recording in 1988. In addition to guitar, Waters provides bass and backing vocals on the album, produced it and wrote all the songs, with the exception of 'Crystal Ann'. Although Anthony Brian Greenham and Wayne Darley are noted on the album's insert as playing guitar and bass respectively, this was a mistake and they did not join Annihilator until after Alice in Hell was finished;[1] Darley does, however, provide backing vocals on the album. Waters has explained in interviews the reason Greenham and Darley were listed in the credits was at the behest of Roadrunner.[citation needed]
Alice in Hell was the first of six Annihilator albums to feature songwriting contributions from former singer John Bates, who was credited as the (co-)writer of the songs 'Alison Hell', 'W.T.Y.D.', 'Burns Like a Buzzsaw Blade' and 'Human Insecticide'. Bates also co-wrote some songs on Never, Neverland (1990), King of the Kill (1994), Refresh the Demon (1996), Remains (1997) and Criteria for a Black Widow (1999).
To promote Alice in Hell, Annihilator supported Onslaught internationally on their In Search of Sanity tour,[2] and Testament (along with Wrathchild America) in the United States on their Practice What You Preach tour. After the tour was over, the band began preparations for their next album Never, Neverland.
The title track 'Alison Hell' was released as part of a DLC package for Rocksmith on April 16, 2019.
Reissues[edit]
The album was re-released twice: 1998 with three 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.
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [3] |
| Rock Hard | 9.0/10[4] |
Alice in Hell has received mostly positive reviews. Allmusic's Eduardo Rivadavia gave it three stars out of five, and states that '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.'[3]
Alice in Hell was ranked number nine in Loudwire's top ten list of 'Thrash Albums NOT Released by the Big 4'.[5]
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Track listing[edit]
All music is composed by Jeff Waters.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Total length: | 37:27 | ||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10. | 'Powerdrain' (Demo) | Waters | 2:49 |
| 11. | 'Schizos (Are Never Alone), Parts I & II' (Demo) | Waters | 4:18 |
| 12. | 'Ligeia' (Demo) | Waters | 4:56 |
| Total length: | 49:53 | ||
Credits[edit]
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Annihilator Alice In Hell Rare
- Jeff Waters – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, classical guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals, producer, mixing, lead vocals on bonus demo tracks
- Randy Rampage – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Ray Hartmann – drums
- Anthony Brian Greenham – rhythm guitar (credited, but does not perform)
- Wayne Darley – bass guitar (credited, but does not perform), backing vocals
Additional personnel
- Dennis Dubeau – lead vocals (bridge on 'Alison Hell'), backing vocals ('Alison Hell')
- Paul Blake – engineer
- Frank Donofrio – engineer
- Victor Dezso – photography
- Chris Gehringer – remastering
- Satoshi Kobayashi – reissue design
- Len Rooney – logo, cover art
- Recorded and mixed at Live West Productions, Fiasco Bros. Studios, New Westminster, Canada
Cover versions[edit]
- Cradle of Filth covered the song on their 2017 album Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness of Decay.
References[edit]
- ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2016-07-09. Retrieved 2016-06-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2012-10-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ abRivadavia, Eduardo. 'Review of Alice in Hell'. AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
- ^Stratmann, Holger (1989). 'Review Album: Annihilator — Alice in Hell'. Rock Hard (in German) (31). Retrieved February 23, 2018.
- ^'Top 10 Thrash Albums NOT Released by the Big 4'. Loudwire.com. October 8, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2015.