Opening with the title track, the riffing a little wonky and sharp as it builds. Once the speed picks up it has pleasant familiar energy. The vocals don't have a ton of energy but the snarl hits with lowkey force still. Solid chunky gallop as it moves through the midpoint. Nothing too crazy but an easy going groove.
"Syn. Kill 1" moves in with a decent groovy build, nothing too crazy but pleasant. It gets a little bouncier as it moves, probably would hit live. I like the snarl ... read more
It's better than King of the Kill efinitely, but it doesn't reach the heights that this band have reached in the past. It focuses a bit more on the thrashy style as opposed to the more traditional metal focus on the previous two albums, and the result is, for the most part, kinda hit or miss. It has a few decent tracks tbf to it, but the rest of this album is just kinda meh, completely uninteresting. Jeff Waters still remains my least favourite Annihilator vocalist so far, though it ... read more
| 1 | Refresh the Demon 5:26 | |
| 2 | Syn. Kill 1 4:32 | |
| 3 | Awaken 0:53 | |
| 4 | The Pastor of Disaster 5:00 | |
| 5 | A Man Called Nothing 5:59 | |
| 6 | Ultraparanoia 4:29 | |
| 7 | City of Ice 4:18 | |
| 8 | Anything for Money 3:37 | |
| 9 | Hunger 5:20 | |
| 10 | Voices and Victims 4:18 | |
| 11 | Innocent Eyes 5:03 |