Annihilator discography

Annihilator discography
Annihilator performing in 2013
Studio albums17
EPs1
Live albums3
Compilation albums3
Singles18
Video albums2
Music videos10

The following is the discography of Annihilator, a Canadian thrash metal band founded in 1984 by guitarist, bassist, vocalist, songwriter and producer Jeff Waters, and former vocalist John Bates. They are the highest-selling heavy metal group from Canada,[1] having sold more than three million albums worldwide,[citation needed] although most of their sales have been generated outside of the band's home country.

Since its inception, Annihilator has released seventeen studio albums and has undergone many line-up changes. Waters is the only remaining original member left in the band, and usually assembles touring musicians to perform with him. Annihilator's first two studio albums—Alice in Hell (1989) and Never, Neverland (1990)—are considered to be influential Canadian heavy metal records.[2] Many of their later albums also received high praise from critics, and enjoyed some success in Europe and Japan.[3][4] Their latest studio album, Ballistic, Sadistic, was released in 2020.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
JPN
[5] 		GER
[6] 		FRA
[7] 		UK
[8][9][10] 		FIN
[11] 		SWI
[12] 		BEL (FL)
[13] 		BEL (WA)
[14]
Alice in Hell — — — — — — — —
Never, Neverland
  • Released: September 12, 1990
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Format: CD, CS, LP, DL[16]
 — — — 48 — — — —
Set the World on Fire
  • Released: August 24, 1993
  • Label: Epic/Roadrunner
  • Format: CD, CS, LP, DL[17]
 47 79 — — — — — —
King of the Kill 80 — — — — — — —
Refresh the Demon 84 — — — — — — —
Remains
  • Released: July 21, 1997
  • Label: CMC International
  • Format: CD, CS, LP, DL[20]
 — — — — — — — —
Criteria for a Black Widow
  • Released: June 1, 1999
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Format: CD, CS, LP, DL[21]
 — 79 — — — — — —
Carnival Diablos — 71 — — — — — —
Waking the Fury
  • Released: March 18, 2002
  • Label: SPV
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
 — — — — — — — —
All for You
  • Released: October 26, 2004
  • Label: AFM
  • Format: CD, LP
 179 — — — — — — —
Schizo Deluxe
  • Released: November 8, 2005
  • Label: AFM
  • Format: CD, LP
 183 — — — — — — —
Metal
  • Released: April 16, 2007
  • Label: SPV
  • Format: CD, LP, DL[24]
 96 — 190 — — — — —
Annihilator
  • Released: May 17, 2010
  • Label: Earache Records
  • Format: CD, LP, DL[25]
 169 49 142 193 — — — —
Feast
  • Released: August 23, 2013
  • Label: UDR
  • Format: CD, LP, DL[26]
 145 20 102 156 17 36 180 101
Suicide Society
  • Released: September 18, 2015
  • Label: UDR
  • Format: CD, LP, DL
 151 44 155 — — 33 157 52
For the Demented
  • Released: November 3, 2017
  • Label: UDR
  • Format: CD, LP, DL
 264 73 — — — 42 — 92
Ballistic, Sadistic
  • Released: January 24, 2020
  • Label: Neverland Music Inc.
  • Format: CD, LP, DL
 137 22 — — — 11 151 78
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title Album details
In Command
  • Released: November 5, 1996
  • Label: The All Blacks B.V
  • Format: CD, CS, DL[31]
Double Live Annihilation
  • Released: March 25, 2003
  • Label: AFM
  • Format: CD
Live at Masters of Rock
  • Released: October 30, 2009
  • Label: SPV
  • Format: CD, DVD, DL[32]

Compilation albums

Title Album details
Bag of Tricks
  • Released: July 21, 1994
  • Label: Far East Metal Syndicate
  • Format: CD
Total Annihilation
  • Released: September 22, 2010
  • Label: Earache
  • Format: free digital download
Triple Threat
  • Released: January 27, 2017
  • Label: UDR Music
  • Format: 2CD

Extended plays

Title Album details
The One
  • Released: April 26, 2004
  • Label: The All Blacks B.V
  • Format: LP

Singles

Title Year Album
"Word Salad" 1989 Alice in Hell
"The Fun Palace 1990 Never, Neverland
"Stone Wall" 1991
"Never, Neverland"
"Phoenix Rising" 1993 Set the World on Fire
"Set the World on Fire"
"Suicide Society" 2015 Suicide Society
"Creepin' Again (Parasomnia)"
"My Revenge"
"Snap"
"Sounds Good to Me (Acoustic)" 2017 Triple Threat
"Twisted Lobotomy" For the Demented
"One to Kill"
"I Am Warfare" 2019 Ballistic, Sadistic
"Psycho Ward"
"Armed to the Teeth"
"Dressed Up for Evil" 2020
"Downright Dominate"
(featuring Alexi Laiho, Dave Lombardo, Stu Block) 		2021 Metal II

Videos

Video albums

Title Album details
Ten Years in Hell
  • Released: November 5, 2006
  • Label: The All Blacks B.V
  • Format: CD, DVD
Live at Masters of Rock
  • Released: October 30, 2009
  • Label: SPV
  • Format: CD, DVD, DL

Music videos

Year Title Directed
1989 "Alison Hell"[33]
—
1990 "Stonewall"[34]
—
"The Fun Palace"[35]
—
1993 "Set the World on Fire"[36]
—
1994 "King of the Kill"[37]
—
"21"[38] Jeff Waters
"Only Be Lonely"[39]
—
1996 "Syn. Kill 1"[40]
—
2001 "Chicken and Corn"[41]
—
2004 "All for You"[42]
—
2013 "No Way Out"[43]
—
2015 "Suicide Society"[44]
—
"Snap"[45]
—
2017 "Twisted Lobotomy"[46]
—
"For the Demented"[47]
—
2019 "Psycho Ward"[48]
—
"Armed to the Teeth"[49]
—
2020 "Dressed Up for Evil"[50]
—
2021 "Downright Dominate"
(featuring Alexi Laiho, Dave Lombardo, Stu Block)
—
2022 "Couple Suicide"
(featuring Angela Gossow, Danko Jones (musician))
—
"Romeo Delight"
(featuring Dave Lombardo, Stu Block)
—

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