Canadian thrash legends Annihilator have released a video for a re-recorded version of one of their songs, "Downright Dominate", which features Dave Lombardo (formerly of Slayer) on drums and Stu Block (formerly of Iced Earth) on vocals. This track will appear on Metal II, an almost completely re-recorded version of their 2007 album Metal, which will be released on February 18th, 2022 via earMusic.




Guitarist, vocalist and founding member Jeff Waters commented: "Dave was in my favourite band ever (Slayer) and continues to evolve and play in many diverse bands, like Misfits, Suicidal Tendencies, Dead Cross, Mr. Bungle and many other projects. It was an honour to be on the same record as Lombardo. And he uses the Reign In Blood ride cymbal! Yes! The ACTUAL ride cymbal we hear on that classic record."

As for Stu Block's contribution, Waters said: "Stu has been the vocalist that I have (publicly) wanted to be Annihilator's singer, ever since I heard him in the Canadian band Into Eternity, but I never got the opportunity to get him! He is the next generation of amazing vocalists that is grabbing the microphone from such icons as Dickinson and Halford. And our paths SHOULD have crossed a long time ago, but we are here now!"

The guitarist concluded: "So I got a hold of them both and they both loved the tunes and both said 'FUCK YES'! And I said to Stu, 'you've got three takes', so there's blemishes and warts and fuck-ups everywhere. And I said the same to Dave, 'get it done'. And watching pros do this is mind-blowing because you don't have the best sounds, but you have the best players."

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