''Suicide Society'' is the fifteenth album by the Canadian heavy metal band Annihilator. It was released on September 18, 2015 by UDR Music, and is the first album to feature guitarist and bandleader

Jeff Waters Jeff Waters (born February 13, 1966) is a Canadian guitarist and the founder and bandleader of the metal band Annihilator. He was born and resides in Ottawa, Ontario. Waters has owned Watersound Studios Inc. since 1994 (where it was in Maple ...

performing lead vocals on all tracks since 1997's ''

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'', due to the departure of vocalist and rhythm guitarist

Dave Padden David James Padden (born February 13, 1976) is a Canadian musician, best known as the former vocalist and rhythm guitarist for thrash metal band Annihilator from 2003 to 2014. In 2006, Padden co-founded the industrial thrash metal band Silen ...

in December 2014. It also marks the return of bassist Cam Dixon, who toured with the band from 1994 to 1995, as well as the addition of new guitarist Aaron Homma, both of whom are credited with providing backing vocals in the liner notes. On this album, Jeff Waters handled all instrumental work in the studio apart from the drums, played by returning drummer Mike Harshaw. The album marks the final studio appearance of Harshaw, who announced via his Facebook page in May 2016 that he had parted ways with the band in order to spend more time with his family and pursue other musical interests. A music video for the title track was released on July 31, 2015. A lyric video for the song "Creepin' Again" was released on August 17. Another single was released, "My Revenge" on September 15, 2015. "Snap" released another music video on October 1, 2015. The song "Break, Enter" was penned about a personal experience Waters had chasing down criminals who had broken into his home. The bonus disc "The Ravenstreet Sessions" is a typical Annihilator concert setlist that was recorded with vocalist/guitarist Dave Padden still in the band before heading to Europe for their 2013 summer tour.

Track listing

Personnel

;Annihilator *

– lead vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass, production, engineering, mixing, mastering *Mike Harshaw – drums, backing vocals *Aaron Homma – backing vocals, live rhythm guitar *Cam Dixon – backing vocals, live bass ;Production *Gyula Havancsák – cover art, artwork, design

Charts

References

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