From 2014 (or thereabouts), a panel of Annihilator, published by Legendary comics, written by Grant Morrison.
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Oh, I forgot to post the progress on my Annihilator Prime!
He's a test piece for the Pro Acryl metallics I ordered recently, so he doesn't exactly match the rest of my Stormies. I think I'm going to paint all of my Annihilators in this scheme, but all the other members of my army will be done in the same Citadel palette as Neave Blacktalon.
This is a couple of days worth of work, with about a week in between to avoid painting and do some cleaning. Depending on how I feel, he may be finished up (sans base) tomorrow.
[@skinslip: still painting!]
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Annihilator - Alice in Hell 17/04/1989
ALICE IN HELL (1989) Facts - read til the end for surprise!):
- ANNIHILATOR: ALICE IN HELL was the 1st Gold Record for Roadrunner Records & the band.
- All songs written between 1984-1987 in Ottawa, Canada.
- All songs from "ALICE" (as well as most songs/riffs from 1990's "NEVER, NEVERLAND") were demoed via 3 cassette demos:
1) 1985 WELCOME TO YOUR DEATH (crystal ann, wtyd, lust of death-turned-human insecticide, buzzsaw blade, i am in command, back to the crypt)
Freed From The Pit (Road To Ruin)
2) 1986 PHANTASMAGORIA (alison hell, gallery-turned neverland and stonewall, phantasmagoria, ligeia)
Mayhem (Reduced to Ash) and I Love The Dead (Kraf Dinner) were demoed in the same session but didn't get on the officially-released version)
3) 1987 "SHOPPING DEMO" (wicked mystic, imperilled eyes, word salad). For record labels only.
- The WTYD demo 85 was reviewed around the world, while the Phantasmagoria demo 86 landed in the Top 4 circulated cassette demos in Metal music. Tape trading/dubbing was big then!
- While Jeff Waters wrote all the drums, Paul Malek played on most of the song demos; Jeff Waters played drums on 3 songs.
- Jeff Waters moved to Vancouver, Aug 1987 and started recording the record, off and on, from late 87-88.
- Studio engineer Paul Blake not only worked on ANNIHILATOR's records 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6, he also taught Jeff basic recording techniques and helped equip the 1st Watersound Studios on Maple Ridge, BC in 1994.
- AIH is cited as an influence by members of bands like Opeth, COB, In Flames, Slipknot, Trivium, Lamb Of God to Nickelback and Three Doors Down (Crystal Ann/Here Without You); and many more.
- David Ellefson (and Nick Menza) stated that: "The Rust In Peace lineup would crank up the ALICE IN HELL cassette everyday, to and from our writing and recording sessions for (their classic) the Rust In Peace record."
- Waters guitar playing on this record is said to be a major influence on the Scandinavian metal scene
- The next record, NEVER, NEVERLAND, surpassed ALICE in sales.
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