Waking the Fury

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Waking the Fury
Annihilator - Waking the Fury.jpg
Studio album by
Released18 March 2002
RecordedWatersound Studios, Maple Ridge, BC
Genre Thrash metal, power metal [1]
Length54:04
Label SPV
Producer Jeff Waters
Annihilator chronology
Carnival Diablos
(2001)
Waking the Fury
(2002)
Double Live Annihilation
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Waking the Fury is the ninth studio album by the Canadian heavy metal band Annihilator, released on March 18, 2002, by SPV. It was the last album with Joe Comeau on vocals and Russ Bergquist as the touring bassist.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jeff Waters, except where noted

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Ultra-Motion" 5:07
2."Torn"Joe Comeau5:02
3."My Precious Lunatic Asylum" Jeff Waters, Comeau5:47
4."Striker" 5:00
5."Ritual"Waters, Comeau5:16
6."Prime-Time Killing" 4:32
7."The Blackest Day"Comeau5:10
8."Nothing to Me" 4:34
9."Fire Power" 4:53
10."Cold Blooded"Comeau3:53
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsLength
11."Refresh the Demon" (Live) 5:32
12."Shallow Grave" (Live)Waters, Comeau5:08
13."Nothing to Me" (Radio Edit) 3:39

Personnel

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References

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