Group

Annihilator

Canadian thrash metal band

From: Ottawa, Canada
Since: 1984–present
Rating: ★ 4 (4 votes)
Releases: 56

thrash metal
heavy metal
speed metal
metal
technical thrash metal

About

Annihilator is a Canadian thrash metal band, formed in Ottawa, Ontario in 1984 by Jeff Waters. Waters is the band's sole constant member and has acted as its guitarist, bandleader, writer, producer, engineer, and occasional bassist and vocalist. Annihilator has released seventeen studio albums and has undergone many line-up changes, with Waters regularly assembling touring or session musicians to perform with him. Along with Sacrifice, Voivod and Razor, Annihilator has been referred to as one of the "Big Four" of Canadian thrash metal. They are also considered to be part of the "second wave" of thrash metal bands from the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Annihilator is the highest-selling Canadian heavy metal group, although most sales have been generated outside of Canada. The band's first two studio albums, Alice in Hell (1989) and Never, Neverland (1990), are considered influential Canadian metal records. Many of their subsequent albums — including their third and only major-label album Set the World on Fire (1993) — also received praise from critics and enjoyed success in Europe and Japan. Their most recent studio album of original material, Ballistic, Sadistic, was released in 2020.

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Members

Jeff Waters 1984–now · original member bass guitar, guitar, lead vocals
Big John Bates 1984–1985 · original member · former lead vocals
Paul Malek 1984–1985, 1986–1986 · original member · former drums (drum set)
Dave Scott Davis 1984–1985, 1989–1991, 1993–2001 · original member · former bass guitar, guitar
Richard Death 1985–1985 · former drums (drum set)
Dennis Dubeau 1987–1989 · former lead vocals
Ray Hartmann 1987–1992, 1999–2001 · former drums (drum set)
Randy Rampage 1988–1989, 1998–2000 · former lead vocals
Wayne Darley 1989–1993 · former bass guitar
Coburn Pharr 1990–1992 · former lead vocals
Neil Goldberg 1992–1993 · former guitar
Aaron Randall 1992–1994 · former lead vocals
Mike Mangini 1993–1993, 2004–2005, 2007–2007 · former drums (drum set)
Randy Black 1993–1996, 2001–2003 · former drums (drum set)
Cam Dixon 1994–1995 · former bass guitar
Lou Bujdoso 1995–1996 · former bass guitar
Dave Machander 1996–1996 · former drums (drum set)
Russell Bergquist 1999–2003, 2005–2007 · former bass guitar
Joe Comeau 2000–2003 · former lead vocals
Curran Murphy 2002–2005 · former guitar
Dave Padden 2003–2014 · former guitar, lead vocals
Sandor de Bretan 2004–2004 · former bass guitar
Robert Falzano 2004–2004 · former drums (drum set)
Tony Chappelle 2005–2005 · former drums (drum set)
Brian Stephenson 2007–2007 · former bass guitar
Alex Landenburg 2007–2008 · former drums (drum set)
Carlos Cantatore 2010–2010 · former drums (drum set)