Review by Sonny for Annihilator - Alice in Hell (1989)

A long time ago I vowed never to waste my time listening to another Annihilator album, so I'm kinda bummed out that I've had to endure them one more time for a Clan Challenge, but I have taken one for the team and listened to the Canadians' debut once more to refresh my memory. I was hoping that maybe time would make me more amenable to it, but no, I still find it insufferably insipid. The recycled Metallica riffs, the boring drumming, the bland songs, the horrible vocals and weak-ass solos are all still as tedious as they ever were. I find it inconceivable that a thrash album can't raise any excitement in me at all, I can usually pick out something about a release that I like, but the sheer banality of this renders me incapable of enjoying anything about it - and this is probably their best album!