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Annihilator - Alice in Hell Annihilator - Alice in Hell Scritto da Gianluca Livi Venerdì 01 Gennaio 2021 13:59 Ci entraAlice di diritto, in Hell, nella categoria "masterpiece". Questo favolosoAnnihilator escedebutto nel discografico1989 e fa capire dei canadesi ai signori del thrash statunitense che in Nord America ci sono allievi perfettamente in grado di superare i maestri. Il pezzo Alisonche trascina Hell" rappresenta l'album,Spanish "il perfetto" Flydi Eddieconnubio Van, rendetra Halen aspirazioni l'introRide Theacustico "da Lightning classifica di robetta" e altissima per adolescenti qualità esecutivamaldestri. e compositiva, ed è anticipato da un arpeggio di chitarra acustica che, rivaleggiando con " La mini suiteSchizo " (Are", divisa Never in due Alone) parti, anticiperebbe di poco la nascita del prog metal a vocazione durissima se non fosse che il combo lo condisce con del sano techno thrash, giusto per far capire chi è che comanda effettivamente. Tutto il restoAnthrax dell'album per la strada riesceJoe Belladonna (cona ,seminare la la cui sola voceSlayer eccezioneimpietosamente è effettivamente, in quanto di Megadeth gliad un aggressività, ,traguardo per ciò che inarrivabile e concerne per i cambi ogni dialtro tempo, gruppo e lo thrash) fa con ela a disinvoltura rivaleggiare di con chi ilè meglioperfettamente di capace di passare da uno stille all'altro con consapevole determinazione e sicurezza. Anche ilAlice titolo inè da". Wonderland manuale, efficace, come è, nel suo parodiare " Questo non è un album di thrash, ma l'album di thrash per eccellenza, il cui unico difetto, rispetto ai lavori discografici dei gruppi sopra citati, è quello di essere uscito fuori tempo massimo, a ridosso dell'esplosione grunge, quindi ben lontano dall'inventare un genere, limitandosi semplicemente a perfezionarlo, ancorché in termini eccelsi. La band si perderà per strada, purtroppo, sfornando sempre opere di alto valore, ma talvolta disorganiche, anche a causa di una mancanza di identità sempre minata dai continui cambi di formazione. Jeff Waters: chitarre, cori Randy: voce, Rampage cori Anthony: chitarre Brian Greenham Wayne: basso, Darley cori Ray :Hartmann batteria guest: Dennis: tastiere, Dubeau cori Anno: 1989 Label: Roadrunner Records Genere: Thrash metal 1 / 2 Annihilator - Alice in Hell Scritto da Gianluca Livi Venerdì 01 Gennaio 2021 13:59 Tracklist: 01. Crystal Ann – 1:41 02. Alison Hell – 5:01 03. W.T.Y.D. – 3:56 04. Wicked Mystic – 3:38 05. Burns Like a Buzzsaw Blade – 3:33 06. Word Salad – 5:50 07. Schizos (Are Never Alone), Pts. 1 & 2 – 4:32 08. Ligeia – 4:48 09. Human Insecticide – 4:50 2 / 2.
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