ANNIHILATOR - SUICIDE SOCIETY

ANNIHIDETH

Another year, another album from one of the most productive bands in the business. I'm of course talking about Annihilator and their 15th studio album Suicide Society. What's new in the Annihilator camp is that their vocalist Dave Padden has left the band after a decade as the bands frontman. This came to a shock to Jeff Waters and it was so close to the recording of the album so he decided to do the vocals himself this time.

I think that is a positive thing because I was never a fan of Dave Padden's modern approach to metal. The album has some Megadeth vibes, The hit song Suicide Society sounds a lot like Megadeth. Especially when Jeff Waters sings with a little more grit to his voice. The music is quite similar too, just like Megadeth, Annihilator puts a ton of focus on the guitars and vocals.

Worth noting is also the song My Revenge that sounds a lot like Metallica's Damage Inc. So similar that I would call it a ripoff.

Suicide Society is pretty decent for being an Annihilator album, at least I don't cringe and need to turn it off right away, which in this case is a compliment. Hopefully they are on the right path now, but there is still a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll to quote AC/DC. So, I give two axes out of five for the new Annihilator disc.

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