King of the Kill

King of the Kill Artist: Annihilator
Label: Sanctuary Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 060768628724
EAN: 0060768628724
ASIN: B00004SBR6


Release Date: 2000-04-18

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Tracks:

  1. THE BOX
  2. KING OF THE KILL
  3. ANNIHILATOR
  4. BAD CHILD
  5. 21
  6. BLISS
  7. SECOND TO NONE
  8. HELL IS A WAR
  9. SPEED
  10. IN THE BLOOD
  11. CATCH THE WIND
  12. FIASCO ('THE SLATE')
  13. FIASCO
  14. ONLY BE LONELY
  15. COMMENTS FROM JEFF WATERS
  16. SLATES

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Thrash Heads need not Apply.......2005-11-23

Simply because there isn't a 'thrash' song on the entire album. In order to be as creative as possible, Jeff Waters wrote and recorded all the parts on this album himself, not counting the drums. This makes for several cool metal songs such as King of the Kill, Annihilator, The Box, and Second to None, though none of them are really particularly fast or thrashy, except perhaps the title track. This album also features a number of bluesy AC/DC style rockers such as Speed, 21, and Fiasco. The ballad is represented here too, with Only Be Lonely, In the Blood, and the short Bliss. It's a well rounded metal album and cool to hear Waters on vox, but it's nowhere near the level of power on any of the other albums.

4 out of 5 stars I have heard this album but dont own it........2005-11-22

Ive actually got it coming on order. Annihilator IS the mst over looked thrash band ever. Possibly the best as well. 11 albums and every sinlge one different. This one was middle era and stands up to everthing else hes done as well. King of the Kill kicks ass, so does The Box. Every album is sprinkled with melody in just about every song. Every song he has ever done has something catchy in it and this album is no exception. Speed is catchy as hell and Bliss and Catch the Wind are great instrumentals.Just go buy this.

5 out of 5 stars Not just a metal band..........2004-08-17

I do not like heavy metal which merely is there to be loud. I actually prefer cheesy ballads and love songs. A friend of mine knowing this, once made me listen to 'phoenix rising' and 'sounds good to me', from the 'set the world on fire album' and, I loved these songs. I then slowly listened to the whole annihilator catalogue and found most of their songs were not merely thrash, but contained strong melodies and loads of different styles- the finger picking on many tracks and the change in textures and dynamics is excellent.
King of the kill is less thrashy. I love the heavy songs 'the box' and 'fiasco', but Waters can write ballads as good as any baladeer. 'Hell is a war' develops from a beautiful song into a multi-layered havy metal song, and is deep in meaning. 'In the blood' is one of the best ballads I've heard period and 'catch the wind' is a great guitar instrumental.
Why were songs like 'only be lonely' and 'it's you' (possibly greatest annihilator song EVER?) not on the original albums? Is it cos Waters thought thrashers wouldn't like a ballad? Well, I opened my mind to heavier music, there is no reason a lover of metal cannot do the same.

3 out of 5 stars Still trying to recover the energy of "Alice in Hell".......2004-04-10

Here's what you get when Jeff Waters finally gets sick of all those annoying "other guys" that make a band and just goes it alone (although he did get a drummer to help him record).
Not a bad effort although most of the songs still lack the energy that was present on Alice in Hell. The guitar work is starting to be subdued (for good or bad) and generally this album is kind of a strange one.
I find myself not really having too much of an opinion on it. It isn't great but doesn't really have anything overly wrong with it either.
As an Annihilator fan, you have to own it just to have the "Annihilator" song in your collection :)

3 out of 5 stars A mix between Never Never Land and Set the World on Fire.......2002-12-07

Whereas Alice in Hell and Never Never Land were all out thrash fests, King of the Kill is a more subdued, riff based and groove oriented album. Still 100% METAL though (could Annihilator be anything else?). There are some ballads here and there but they are mostly well done and rather cool in their simplicity. Towards the end more speed metal numbers are thrown in (Alice in Hell lite, ha) but my favorite songs are the heavier ones, like The Box or Annihilator. Cool cd.

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  6. Instinct ~ Ektomorf
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