ANNIHILATOR Frontman JEFF WATERS - "I Never Thought That Someday I Would Make A Life-Long Career Out Of Music I Love"
Jeff Waters, guitarist and vocalist for Canadian thrash legends Annihilator, recently spoke with the Ottawa Citizen for some hometown press. He discussed the new Wacken Open Air documentary, the band's new album Suicide Society, touring, and Annihilator's longevity. An excerpt from the interview is available below:
Q: You’ve just released your 15th album, and you’re on tour in Europe again. How does the album compare to your previous works?
Waters: "We just did 13 shows in 14 days and are in month two of the tour, fantastic. We have been lucky enough to have been successful in Europe since 1989, so coming back here for around our 1,000th show is mind-blowing, even at my ripe old age of 49.
I never thought, as a teen mowing my parents lawn in Ottawa with my old Sony Walkman and listening to Judas Priest, that someday I would tour with them, twice, and make a life-long career out of music I love, playing around the world. To have just released our 15th studio record is pretty insane for a relatively-unknown-in-Canada Canadian band. I have some hope that we can get some support in our own country and the USA and come back home for more touring.
The new CD is another journey through musical influences I have had in my life. Lucky for us, the new CD is our biggest-selling record since 1996. Looks like I will hit 50 years old and still be rockin’."
On October 16th, Annihilator performed in Belgrade, Serbia at Dorn Omladine in support of their new album, Suicide Society. Fan-filmed video from the show is available below.
The setlist on the night was as follows:
"King of the Kill"
"Snap"
"Suicide Society"
"Creepin' Again"
"No Way Out"
"Set the World on Fire"
"W.T.Y.D."
"Never, Neverland"
"Tricks and Traps"
"Bliss"
"Second to None"
"Refresh the Demon"
"Ultraparanoia"
"Brain Dance"
"Phantasmagoria"
"Chicken and Corn"
"Kraf Dinner" / "21" / "Reduced to Ash"
"Alison Hell"
Encore:
"Human Insecticide"
Suicide Society is Annihilator's 15th studio album. A full album stream can be found below.
As usual, guitar wizard Jeff Waters handles all songwriting duties, plays all guitar & bass, engineers, produces, mixes and masters Suicide Society… and Waters is also back commanding lead vocal duties, as he did on the critically acclaimed King Of The Kill (1994), Refresh The Demon (1996), Remains (1997) and other Annihilator albums over the years.
With Suicide Society, Annihilator goes headfirst into some of the most technically perfect, crisp, and crushingly taut, riffage Waters has ever produced. Although Waters’ vocals keep traces of stylings from his King Of The Kill album, they now evoke a surprising blend of legends such as Staley, Osbourne, Hetfield and Mustaine. This, in a twisted way, mirrors Waters’ signature blend of riffing, drums grooves and bass; all drawing from multiple sources and genres.
Waters has built a worldwide reputation as being a premier guitarist and songwriter; the conciseness and arrangement of “Creepin’ Again” is both an air-guitarist’s dream and a sharp reminder of this. The gloriously-brutal thrash of “My Revenge” calls up a vintage of ’85 with the technical chops of 2015. The neo-classic title track defiantly expresses anger at the state of world affairs, while offering up hope in closing. With the multi-layered power of the anthem “Snap”, Waters illustrates the diversity of Annihilator’s sound, without sacrificing one decibel of attack.
“Metal fans will likely sport evil, satisfied grins on their faces, when they hear this record”, chuckles Waters, “but in the words of Joe Perry: “Let the Music Do the Talking”!”
Tracklisting:
"Suicide Society"
"My Revenge"
"Snap"
"Creepin’ Again"
"Narcotic Avenue"
"The One You Serve"
"Break, Enter"
"Death Scent"
"Every Minute”
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to Family Ghost - да не стоит так парень, злобен ты. Jeff - скромен и очень убедителен. Дай Бог ему здоровья. Его риффы и оптимизм положительно заражают, Даже если не всегда однозначно захватывают. Талант должен быть голодным. И слава Богу он по-прежнему голодный! Jeff - пью за тебя рюмочку, потому что ты однозначно спасаешь, когда у меня хандра. Музыка, зажигающая душу - ни это ли самое главное!)) Rock-n-Roll мать Вашу!))))) Jeff велик!))
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