Canadian metal legends ANNIHILATOR are gearing up for studio album #14, simply titled Feast, to be released on August 23rd in Europe, August 26th in the UK, and August 27th in North America, via the UDR label. The deluxe ECO-book version will also feature a bonus CD containing a 15 song Best Of Annihilator tracklisting... a grand total of 24 songs in one package... with a 3D cover!

Jeff Waters and company tear through each release with honest, raw power and energy, along with excellent technical skill, giving the metal world the most-tasteful mixtures of huge, metal riffs with the idea of the perfect song and some legendary solo shredding as the icing on the cake. That’s why Jeff and Annihilator have been a major influence on countless well-known metal acts and musicians around the world. In fact, countless, successful non-metal acts and musicians cite Waters and Co. as an influence in their careers. Tours with everyone from JUDAS PRIEST to PANTERA to TRIVIUM, plus dozens of headlining tours and festivals around the world have been going on steady since 1989 for this band; no rest as the demand for this band never ends. Annihilator has been touted as one of the best live acts in metal music. High-end musicianship, tight playing and massive energy and fun are what these lads are known for. Their music? Honest melodic thrash and heavy metal, combined with traces of blues, classical and jazz. Hell, there is even some death and punk in there, too.

Annihilator is the biggest-selling Canadian heavy/thrash metal band in Canadian history with close to 2 million units sold. Says Waters “We truly are among the few bands with a long history, that have always waved the flag for honesty, integrity and perseverance in this hard-edge category of music.”

Feast tracklisting:

'Deadlock'

'No Way Out'

'Smear Campaign'

'No Surrender'

'Wrapped'

'Perfect Angel Eyes'

'Demon Code'

'Fight The World'

'One Falls, Two Rise'

Bonus CD - Re-Kill (best of re-recorded 2012):

'Fun Palace'

'Alison Hell'

'King Of The Kill'

'Never, Neverland'

'Set The World On Fire'

'Welcome To Your Death W.T.Y.D.'

'Nozone'

'Bloodbath'

'21'

'Stonewall'

'Ultra Motion'

'Time Bomb'

'Refresh The Demon'

'Word Salad'

'Brain Dance'

Feast will be available in the following formats:

• Limited Edition Eco-Book + Bonus Disc - Re-Kill (best of re-recorded 2012)

• CD Jewel Case

• LP Gatefold

• Digital Download

• D2C fan-package

Annihilator lineup:

Jeff Waters - guitars and vocals

Dave Padden - lead vocals

Mike Harshaw - drums

Alberto Campuzano - bass

Meanwhile, Waters checks in with the following update: "Home. Great fun and tour in South America. Amazing fans. Really die-hard metal heads. Some of the best food ever in most of those countries, too :)

"Now, next order of bizness: off to London for the Metal Hammer Awards, then a few weeks of press for the new Annihilator CD, Feast, a 2 CD package that, I think, is gonna be one of our best-ever releases.

"Then Nashville, Tennessee to play for the Epiphone anniversary. Then rehearsals and a warmup show in Ottawa at the Obsession club. Then off to Europe again for a month of festivals... probably the funniest part of touring! Then some guitar clinics; maybe a Europe clinic run and then a full-blown europe headline tour, where we can jam some new tunes, bring back a few from the dead and play some of our always-there faves!

"See many of you soon... But do check out the amazing new release that is dropping end-of-August. It has 24 songs of pure, honest and killer metal... We made a monster this time around!"