Canadian thrash legends Annihilator have posted the following update:

"Annihilator's Jeff Waters and bassist Rich Hinks working hard tonight on the next Annihilator record: studio CD #16 !! Sounding pretty friggin' thrashy; guitar sound is BIGGGGGG! Biggest, finally! Months of work to go on it but that's what happens when things are going well... too many shows, appearances, guitar clinics, hosting cruise jams, conventions, judging contests, festivals, Juno Awards coming up, Canadian tour announcement soon, etc. 

Metal Rules, and so do all the metal fans that buy the records, concert tix and merch! We love you all! Thanks for seeing us all this far!"

The Jamming With Waters In International Waters All-Star Jam, hosted by Annihilator frontman/founder Jeff Waters, hit the waves once again on the 2017 run of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise. Fan-filmed video of the on-stage mayhem featuring many of the artists on board can be viewed below.

The 2017 installment of the annual 70000 Tons Of Metal Cruise set sail February 2nd - 6th on board Royal Caribbean’s luxurious Independence Of The Seas, leaving from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to Labadee, situated on the northern coast of Haiti.

Bands performing during the cruise included: Amaranthe, Amorphis, Angra, Annihilator, Anthrax, Arch Enemy, Avatarium, Axxis, Carcass, Cattle Decapitation, Cruachan, Cryptex, Cryptopsy, Dalriada, Death Angel, Demolition Hammer, DevilDriver, Draconian, Dying Fetus, Edenbridge, Einherjer, Equilibrium, Ghost Ship Octavius, Grave Digger, Haggard, Kalmah, Kamelot, Manegarm, Marduk, Misery Loves Co., Moonsorrow, Mors Principium Est, Nightmare, Omnium Gatherum, Orden Ogan, Orphaned Land, Pain, PowerGlove, Psycroptic, Revocation, Saltatio Mortis, Scar Symmetry, Serenity, Stam1na, Striker, Stuck Mojo, Suffocation, Testament, Therion, Total Death, Touch The Sun, Trauma, Trollfest, Uli Jon Roth, Unleashed, Vreid, and Xandria.

Watch for more footage in the coming days, along with an overview from BraveWords.com's own Metal Tim Henderson. Check out the BraveWords photo gallery courtesy of Mark Gromen here.

Photo by Jas