Alice in Hell: Difference between revisions

* Fiasco Bros. Studios, [[New Westminster]], B.C., Canada

'''''Alice in Hell''''' is the debut studio album by Canadian [[thrash metal]] band [[Annihilator (band)|Annihilator]], released on April 17, 1989, bythrough [[Roadrunner Records]]. This was the only Annihilator album hasfor soldten overyears 1to millionfeature copies[[Randy Rampage]] on vocals, until he returned for their seventh studio album ''[[Criteria for a Black Widow]]'' worldwide(1999).

Although the album's insert lists five members, Annihilator was a three-piece ([[Randy Rampage]], [[Jeff Waters]] and Ray Hartmann) at the time of its recording in 1988. In addition to guitar, Waters provides bass and backing vocals on the album, produced it and wrote all the songs, with the exception of "Crystal Ann". Although Anthony Brian Greenham and Wayne Darley are noted on the album's insert as playing guitar and bass respectively, this was a mistake and they did not join Annihilator until after ''Alice in Hell'' was finished;<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rockdetector.com/artist/canada/british+columbia/vancouver/annihilator |title=ArchivedMusicMight copy:: Artists :: ANNIHILATOR |access-date=2016-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709163316/http://www.rockdetector.com/artist/canada/british+columbia/vancouver/annihilator |archive-date=2016-07-09 |dead-url-status=yes |df=dead }}</ref> Darley does, however, provide backing vocals on the album. Waters has explained in interviews the reason Greenham and Darley were listed in the credits was at the behest of Roadrunner.<ref>http://lyricsmetal.xyz/album/annihilator-alice-hell-lyrics/</ref>{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

To promote ''Alice in Hell'', Annihilator supported [[Onslaught (band)|Onslaught]] internationally on their ''[[In Search of Sanity]]'' tour, and [[Testament (band)|Testament]] (along with [[Wrathchild America]]) in the United States on their ''[[Practice What You Preach]]'' tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metallipromo.com/on.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-10-13 |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |archiveurl=https://archive.istoday/20130128170555/http://www.metallipromo.com/on.html |archivedate=2013-01-28 |df= }}</ref> and [[Testament (band)|Testament]] (along with [[Wrathchild America]]) in the United States on their ''[[Practice What You Preach]]'' tour. After the tour was over, the band began preparations for their next album ''[[Never, Neverland]]''.

The album was re-released twice: 1998 with 3three demo tracks as bonus tracks and again on September 9, 2003, in a two-disc [[compilation album|compilation]] set along with ''[[Never, Neverland]]'', entitled ''Two Fromfrom Thethe Vault''. One of the demo tracks, "Powerdrain", serves as the base of the song "Sonic Homicide" on Annihilator's 1999 album ''[[Criteria for a Black Widow]]''.

==Reception and legacy==

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web | url = {{AllmusicAllMusic|class=album|id=alice-in-hell-mw0000204025|pure_url=yes}}| title = Review of ''Alice in Hell'' | work = [[AllMusic]] | publisher = [[All Media Network]] | first = Eduardo | last = Rivadavia | accessdate = February 23, 2018}}</ref>

| rev2 = ''[[Classic Rock Hard (magazine)|Classic Rock Hard]]''

| rev2Scorerev2score = 9.0/10{{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="ClassicRock">{{Cite journalmagazine |last=StratmannEwing |first=HolgerJerry |titledate=ReviewJuly Album: Annihilator2000 —|title=Déjà AliceVu in Hell |url=https://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen/6259-alice-in-hell.html|journal=[[RockClassic HardRock (magazine)|RockClassic HardRock]]|language=German |yearpublisher=1989[[Future plc]] |issue=3116 |access-datepage=February 23, 201878}}</ref>

''Alice in Hell'' has received mostly positive reviews. [[Allmusic]]'s Eduardo Rivadavia gave it three stars out of five, and states that "Annihilator's brand of technical, thinking man's thrash metal garnered many fans with this fine debut, arguably the best release of the band's career."<ref name="allmusic"/> Adam McCann of Metal Digest referred to ''Alice in Hell'' as "a real classic thrash metal album", and wrote, "For a debut album, Annihilator blasted it out of the park, the Canadian band hit the ground running with one of thrash metal's best albums, tracks such as 'Human Insecticide', 'W.T.Y.D. (Welcome to Your Death)' and 'Alison Hell' in particular still stand tall today as thrash metal anthems as Jeff Waters demonstrated his prowess on guitar backed up by the indomitable vocals of the late Randy Rampage which drove ''Alice in Hell'' into [[MTV]]'s heavy rotation."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metal-digest.com/2022/04/17/annihilator-alice-in-hell/|title=Annihilator – 'Alice in Hell' – Metal Digest – The Normless Magazine|publisher=metal-digest.com|access-date=April 23, 2022}}</ref>

''Alice*In in2014, Hell'' was ranked number nine in ''[[Loudwire]]'''s topranked tenthe listalbum ofthe "Thrash9th Albumsbest NOTthrash Releasedalbum not released by the Big 4"Four.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rivadavia|first=Eduardo|url=httphttps://loudwire.com/top-10best-thrash-albums-not-released-by-the-big-4/ |title=Top10 10Best Thrash Albums NOT Released by the Big 4 |publisherwebsite=[[Loudwire|Loudwire.com]] |date=OctoberMay 815, 2015 2014|accessdateaccess-date=OctoberMarch 916, 20152022}}</ref>

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*Dennis[[Randy DubeauRampage]]&nbsp;– Vocalslead (backgroundvocals, & bridge on trackbacking 2)vocals

*WayneAnthony DarleyBrian Greenham&nbsp;– Bassrhythm guitar <small>(credited, but does not perform), Vocals (background)</small>

*FrankPaul DonofrioBlake&nbsp;– Engineerengineer

*VictorFrank DezsoDonofrio&nbsp;– Photographyengineer

*ChrisVictor GehringerDezso&nbsp;– Remasteringphotography

*JodyChris WeilGehringer&nbsp;– Liner Notesremastering

*MarieSatoshi NishimoriKobayashi&nbsp;– Linerreissue Notesdesign

*SatoshiLen KobayashiRooney&nbsp;– Reissuelogo, Designcover art