All for You

Artist: Annihilator
Label: The End Records
Category: Music

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Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD

UPC: 654436408123
EAN: 0654436408123
ASIN: B0006210X8

Release Date: 2004-10-26

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Best thrash metal since 2000 (yes, it's alive and well)
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Tracks:

All For You
Dr. Psycho
Demon Dance
The One
Bled
Both Of Me
Rage Absolute
Holding On
The Nightmare Factory
The Sound Of Horror

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Customer Reviews:

emo this.......2006-07-11

This sounds like emo or screamo, whatever you call it, and done bad. Even though the title track is engaging the rest is almost embarrassing. It sounds like a insecure desperate album trying to hit a new generation of fans. It fails! Just as shocking Jeff Waters and the same signer Dave Padden rebound a year later and release my favorite Annihilator album in a long, long time 'Schizo Deluxe'. How they make probably their worst album 'All For You' then the next year make one of their best is beyond me.

Half-decent thrash metal, half thrash parody. Just buy Alice in Hell instead........2006-05-21

If I'm not mistaken, this is Annihilator's 10th studio release. The truly amazing thing about this is not that the band still exists after 15 years of activity, but that the band has never again reached the quality or creativity that their debut album possessed. 1989's "Alice in Hell" may have dated somewhat, but it's still an excellent example of guitar driven thrash, showcasing the breathtaking instrumental talent that is guitarist Jeff Waters, and subjecting listeners to a wicked nightmare world. The band has gone through many line-up changes over the years, but Jeff Waters still remains, which is why I find it so hard to understand the varying degree of quality on all proceeding albums. "All For You" is a fairly good representation of an Annihilator album. It contains three common ingredients. Some ripping thrash songs, a few immature comedic moments and a couple of soppy love ballads.

Let's start with the good. Annihilator have always been able to thrash. The majority of the tracks on "All For You" have some great moments of ripping metal, with "Both of Me", "Demon Dance" and "Nightmare Factory" being solid examples. If the band could focus its energies on creating a 40 minute thrash-fest, I'd probably be telling you all to go buy the new Annihilator album. Unfortunately, they choose to inject some truly childish behaviour into their music just when things are going well. Now I'm all for having fun and experimenting in the studio, but singing "Baa, baa black sheep..." at the very end of what would otherwise be an album highlight track ("Nightmare Factory") is just ridiculous, not to mention the "dance, pooh, dance, pooh" section at the end of "Demon Dance" (I must admit to finding this amusing a couple of times).

Then there are the ballads. "The One" is perfectly listenable and in fact, I think it's one of the better parts of the album. "Holding On" on the other hand is atrociously soppy and cliche. So I guess all of this leads me to the conclusion that Annihilator is just not happy to be a thrash metal band and I guess I respect that. It's just really unfortunate that being a thrash metal band is what they do really well. The other aspects of their music, be it rap, nu-metal, pop or sesame street garbage, just don't work very well.

Now where did I put that "Alice in Hell" CD?

Great record.......2005-03-05

The other reviewers have done a great job of reviewing this disc. They are on the money with their views about Dave Padden's vocal style. He fails to deliver the goods here. His voice just dosen't seem to gel with Jeff's style. The only song in my opinion where Padden sounds great is the song "The One". But that song is peppered with "na na"!! WTF??? There ain't no place for Na Na's on an Annihilator record in my books. Musically, the record kicks ass. It is definitely not the best Annihilator record out there but it sure gets 4 stars. Jeff Waters will blow you away. The instrumental on this one is not as great as some of the earlier one's but still manages to end the whole experience well. I for one would like to see the next record with Joe Comeau manning the vocal department. He is the perfect Annihilator vocalist. Check out the awesome Carnival Diablos. Mike Mangini absolutely rocks. Great great drummer. I have followed him from his days in Extreme. Hope he is on board on the next record as well. In a nutshell "All For You"
Artwork = 10/10
Production = 9/10
Music = 10/10
Vocals = 6/10
Upsides--Demon Dance, Rage Absolute, Both of Me and The One
Flipsides--All For You (surprisingly), Bled

give it time.......2004-11-13

I've been waiting for this album to be released in the states for so long i'm so glad its finally available. anyway, this album needs time to grow on you. i'll be the first to admit that dave padden is a bit of a clown in the vocal department but if you get used to his unusual approach then you realise that he does actually deliver the goods. Jeff Waters as always is amazing, the riffs this man writes and the solos he pulls off always bring a wide grin to my face. The heavy songs on here are so fast and so heavy its sick and the soft songs are well done and dave's clean voice is really nice. Mike Mangini is the most amazing drummer i've ever heard and his playing really helps to put this album over the top. so basically if you're an Annihilator fan you'll probably like this. if you're not then this is a good place to start it'll give a good idea of the different sides of Jeff's writing.

Hit & Miss.......2004-11-11

I've followed & supported Jeff Waters' band since "Alice in Hell". I found that after the first three albums, you didn't know what you were getting when an Annihilator cd was purchased. I'm not talking about musical style or musical abilities. Jeff Waters is probably the most diverse & skilled guitarist in the metal realm, which is why I keep shelling out cash for his music. I find myself, quite often, questioning his reasoning as far as allowing input in the song writing department. Several albums sound like ideas were repeated many times over. After listening to "Waking the Fury", I felt that perhaps Annihilator was back in full force (considering the same line-up was actually used for 2 albums in a row was another selling feature to me). I think if songs were written as a collaberated effort (whether from his band or from an outside influence) and Jeff didn't take on all aspects of the song writing process, the quality of the songs would improve immensely. I'm not slammimg Jeff Waters as a song writer considering he's written some incredible songs over the years, but he's only human. I gave the album three stars because I expected more from the songs. Once again, while the musicianship is outstanding, the overall effect of the cd was disappointing to me (especially the "Talking Head" vocal style in Devil Dance).

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