page_title: Annihilator
hierarchical_section_title: Annihilator
caption_attribution_description: Thrash metal-band Annihilator playing live at Sentrum Scene in Oslo, Norway. From L to R: Jeff Waters, Brian Daemon and Dave Padden. Alex Landenburg on drums in the back.
context_page_description: Annihilator are a Canadian thrash metal band from Ottawa, Ontario.
  Annihilator was formed in 1984 by lead singer Jeff Waters. He met John Bates and they recorded the song Annihilator together. Waters and Bates recruited drummer Paul Malek and bassist Dave Scott into the band but Bates and Scott left a year later.
  The band released their first studio album Alice in Hell on April 17, 1989. They released their second studio album Never, Neverland on September 12, 1990. Both Alice in Hell and Never, Neverland are considered masterpieces of Canadian heavy metal.
  Annihilator is the highest selling heavy metal artist in Canadian history, even though most of the sales have not been in the band's home country.
context_section_description: Annihilator are a Canadian thrash metal band from Ottawa, Ontario.
  Annihilator was formed in 1984 by lead singer Jeff Waters. He met John Bates and they recorded the song Annihilator together. Waters and Bates recruited drummer Paul Malek and bassist Dave Scott into the band but Bates and Scott left a year later.
  The band released their first studio album Alice in Hell on April 17, 1989. They released their second studio album Never, Neverland on September 12, 1990. Both Alice in Hell and Never, Neverland are considered masterpieces of Canadian heavy metal.
  Annihilator is the highest selling heavy metal artist in Canadian history, even though most of the sales have not been in the band's home country.
caption: Annihilator performing at Sentrum Scene in Oslo, Norway; 2007
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