On January 27, 2017, Canadian thrash/heavy metal veterans ANNIHILATOR will release "Triple Threat", a three-disc collection of the band's music in a trio of very different scenarios. The main disc comprises a set of ANNIHILATOR's classics performed acoustically, with band leader/guitarist/ songwriter and vocalist Jeff Waters bringing together band members Aaron Homma and Richard Hinks, Vancouver drummer and friend Marc LeFrance plus Ottawa session player Pat Robillard. Recorded and mixed by Waters (with Marty Sobb), this quintet laid everything down live, off the floor and in single takes at Watersound Studios in Dunrobin, Canada during late May and early June, 2016, giving Waters one of the most challenging, satisfying and perhaps "electric" creative moments in his career. The second disc will feature ANNIHILATOR's vicious set from the 2016 Bang Your Head!!! festival, a set which illustrates the very best of what ANNIHILATOR is known for — tight, sharp, technically excellent and melodic thrash metal music. It will also contain some exclusive inside-ANNIHILATOR off-stage perspective, courtesy of Jeff Waters's own camera, which captures further elements, flavors and detail of the band which fans will flip over. "This was one of the coolest things I have done in my long career," says Jeff. "Having five people in a room, from all different backgrounds and talents, coming together to play songs from the past and to try to sound like we are one but totally live and with feel. "This was one of the biggest challenges that ANNIHILATOR has faced, musically, but what impressed me the most was how you can hear all the individual styles each player has and how we were able to glue the playing and feel together. Done all in one take and with all the musical blemishes and imperfections that I would never normally let slide! "This set covers some of the melodic songs, one even from 1984 (when a few of these guys were not even born!) and I just had to do this once in my life… to challenge myself and maybe show some others that it's not always just about the metal and the thrash! Rock 'n' roll and ballads are found everywhere in heavy metal. "ANNIHILATOR are made up of a helluva lot of styles, mixed into one. That's exactly what kind of musicians I put together for this set… a mixed bag of rockers and metalheads and they made our legacy proud! "Enjoy… we sure love this one." "Triple Threat" will be available in several formats, including DVD/2CDs, Blu-ray/2CDs, a 2CD audio-only and digital download. "Triple Threat" track listing: Unplugged: The Watersound Studios Sessions 01. Sounds Good To Me 02. Bad Child 03. Innnocent Eyes 04. Snake In The Grass 05. Fantastic Things 06. Holding On 07. Stonewall 08. In The Blood 09. Crystal Ann 10. Phoenix Rising Live At The Bang Your Head!!! Festival 01. King Of The Kill 02. No Way Out 03. Creepin’ Again 04. Set The World On Fire 05. W.T.Y.D. (Welcome To Your Death) 06. Never, Neverland 07. Bliss 08. Second To None 09. Refresh The Demon 10. Alison Hell 11. Phantasmagoria 12. Crystal Ann 13. Phoenix Rising An acoustic video for the song "Sounds Good To Me", the very first track to be released from disc one of the set, "Un-Plugged: The Watersound Studios Sessions", can be seen below.
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