Kanadyjska grupa thrashmetalowa założona w 1984 r. w stolicy kraju przez multiinstrumentalistę Jeffa Watersa i ówczesnego wokalistę Johna Batesa. Do dnia dzisiejszego Annihilator pozostaje najlepiej sprzedająca się kapelą metalową w Kanadzie z liczbą ponad 3 mln sprzedanych płyt.
Pomimo thrashmetalowej muzycznej podstawy, zespół nigdy nie unikał mariażu z innymi podgatunkami jak heavy, groove, czy metal progresywny.
Najdłużej urzędującym w zespole wokalistą był Dave Padden (2003 - 2014), a po jego odejściu stanowisko objął sam Waters i stan ten trwa do dziś.
Skład:
Jeff Waters - Guitars, Bass (1984-present), Vocals (1994-1996, 2015-present) ex-Savatage (live)
Aaron Homma - Guitars (2015-present) Killitorous, Erimha (live), ex-Immersed, ex-Vital Remains, ex-Today I Caught the Plague
Rich Hinks - Bass (2017-present) Aeon Zen, ex-Timefall
Fabio Alessandrini - Drums (2017-present) Gengis Khan, Nitehawks, Vescera, ex-Surge Assault (live)
Paul Malek - Drums (1984-1985) ex-Ivory Knight
John Bates - Vocals (1984-1985) ex-Bates Motel, ex-Ligeia, ex-Big John Bates & the Voodoo Dollz
Richard Death - Drums (1985)
Ray Hartmann - Drums (1987-1992, 1999-2001) Random Damage, ex-Assault, ex-Nemesis, ex-Speeed, ex-Stress Factor 9, ex-Live She Cries
Dennis Dubeau - Vocals (1987-1988)
Anthony Greenham - Guitars (1988-1990) ex-Stress Factor 9, ex-Dirty Rhythm
K.C. Toews - Guitars (rhythm) (1988)
Randy Rampage - Vocals (1988-1989, 1999-2000) (R.I.P. 2018) ex-Requiem, ex-Iron Gypsy, ex-Stress Factor 9, ex-D.O.A., ex-Fake It Big Time, ex-Ground Zero, ex-Rampage, ex-Riff Raff, ex-The 45s
Wayne Darley - Bass (1989-1993) ex-Agent, ex-Messenger, ex-Raid, ex-White Hot
Dave Scott Davis - Guitars (1989-1990, 1993-2001) ex-Meatwagon
Coburn Pharr - Vocals (1989-1992) ex-Prisoner, ex-Omen
Aaron Randall - Vocals (1992-1994) Wreck-Defy, ex-Speeed, ex-Randall Frost Project
Mike Mangini - Drums (1993, 2004-2005, 2007) Dream Theater, John Petrucci (live), ex-Mullmuzzler, ex-James LaBrie, ex-Stygia, ex-Extreme, ex-Steve Vai
Randy Black - Drums (1993-1996, 2001-2003) Destruction, Duskmachine, Level 10, ex-Deception, ex-Primal Fear, ex-Rebellion, ex-W.A.S.P. (live)
Neil Goldberg - Guitars (1993)
Cam Dixon - Bass (1994-1995, 2015) Magnetic, ex-Metalist
Lou Bujdoso - Bass (1996) ex-Meatwagon
Russell Bergquist - Bass (1999-2003, 2005-2007) Duskmachine, Lalu, White Wolf (live), ex-Freaks by Nature, The Thick of It, Touch the Sun, ex-Don Wolf
Joe Comeau - Vocals (2000-2003) Duskmachine, Liege Lord, ex-Ramrod, ex-Overkill, ex-Tad Morose
Curran Murphy - Guitars (2002-2005) Shatter Messiah, Sunless Sky, ex-Faustus, ex-H.A.T.E., ex-Aggression Core, ex-Nevermore (live)
Dave Padden - Vocals, Guitars (rhythm) (2003-2014) Third Ion, ex-Silent Strain
Sandor de Bretan - Bass (2004) Sudden Thunder
Robert Falzano - Drums (2004-2005, 2005-2007) Shatter Messiah, Tenebrae, Hellspeak (live), ex-Fires of Babylon, Blood for Blood, Ramallah, Sinners & Saints, ex-Alientropy, ex-Blind Billy and the Spectacles, ex-Brittany Gray, ex-Dr. Humble, ex-Ebenezer Blood, ex-Legacy Uprising, ex-Liquid Nerve, ex-Monkey Pox, ex-Mortifera (USA), ex-Orphans of Chaos, ex-Room 237
Tony Chappelle - Drums (2005)
Alex Landenburg - Drums (2007-2008) Angels Cry, CyHra, Light & Shade, Mekong Delta, Starchild, Universal Mind Project, Kamelot (live), Timo Tolkki (live), Luca Turilli's Rhapsody, ex-Broken Grace, ex-Symfonia (live), ex-Broken Glass, ex-At Vance, ex-Axxis, ex-Masterplan (live), ex-Sandalinas (live), ex-Stratovarius (live), ex-21 Octayne, ex-Blind Faith, ex-Jamie's Gone, ex-Meera Fé, ex-Memento, ex-Philosophobia, ex-Bonfire (live)
Dave Sheldon - Bass (2008-2010) Exes for Eyes
Ryan Ahoff - Drums (2008-2010)
Mike Harshaw - Drums (2013-2016) Prismind, ex-Nexus, ex-Malacoda, ex-Mastery, ex-Profaner, ex-Philosofear
Brian Daemon - Bass (2007-2008) Aggressor, ex-Bëehler, Old James, ex-Skull Fist (live), ex-Sanctity, ex-Midnight Malice (live), ex-Toxicator
Alberto Campuzano - Bass, Vocals (backing) (2010-2014) Warmachine
Carlos Cantatore - Drums (2010-2011) MaterDea, OverMaster, Steel Raiser (live), ex-Eden Beast (live), ex-H-George, ex-Amethista, ex-Ivory, ex-Madwork, ex-Skylark, ex-Alltheniko (live), ex-Power
Flo Mounier - Drums (2011) Cryptopsy, ex-Necrosis, Digital Doomzday, ex-Nader Sadek, ex-Solium Fatalis, ex-Black Cloud, ex-Temple of Thieves
Mike Harshaw - Drums (2012-2013) Prismind, ex-Nexus, ex-Malacoda, ex-Mastery, ex-Profaner, ex-Philosofear
Oscar Rangel - Bass (2014-2015, 2015-2016) Barking Spider, Mastery, Obey the Moon, Operus, ex-AdllivyttumM
Rich Hinks - Bass (2015-2017) Aeon Zen, ex-Timefall
Coburn Pharr - Vocals (2015) ex-Prisoner, ex-Omen
Fabio Alessandrini - Drums (2016-2017) Gengis Khan, Nitehawks, Vescera, ex-Surge Assault (live)
1986 - Phantasmagoria [demo]
1986 - Welcome to Your Death [demo]
1988 - Alison Hell [demo]
1989 - Word Salad [single]
1989 - Alice in Hell
1989 - Never, Neverland pre-production demo [demo]
1990 - Never, Neverland pre-production demo II [demo]
1990 - The Fun Palace [single]
1990 - Never, Neverland
1991 - Never, Neverland [single]
1991 - Stonewall [single]
1991 - Set the World on Fire pre-production demo [demo]
1991 - Set the World on Fire pre-production demo II [demo]
1993 - Set the World on Fire [single]
1993 - Set the World on Fire
1993 - Phoenix Rising [single]
1994 - King of the Kill [single]
1994 - King of the Kill
1994 - Bag of Tricks [kompilacja]
1996 - Refresh the Demon
1996 - In Command (Live 1989-1990) [live]
1997 - Remains
1999 - Criteria for a Black Widow
2001 - Carnival Diablos
2002 - Waking the Fury
2003 - Double Live Annihilation [live]
2004 - All for You / Faces / Out to Every Nation [split]
2004 - The Best of Annihilator [kompilacja]
2004 - All for You
2004 - The One [EP]
2005 - Schizo Deluxe
2006 - Ten Years in Hell [video]
2007 - Metal
2009 - Live at Masters of Rock [live]
2009 - Live at Masters of Rock [video]
2010 - Annihilator
2010 - Total Annihilation [kompilacja]
2011 - Total Annihilation [boxed set]
2013 - Feast
2014 - Welcome to Your Death [kompilacja]
2015 - Suicide Society [single]
2015 - Suicide Society
2017 - Twisted Lobotomy [single]
2017 - Triple Threat [live]
2017 - For the Demented
MA: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Annihilator/140