Never, Neverland Explained

Never, Neverland
Type:studio
Artist:Annihilator
Cover:Never, Neverland.jpg
Released:September 12, 1990
Recorded:February–April 1990
Genre:
Length:43:59
Label:Roadrunner
Producer:Glen Robinson, Jeff Waters
Prev Title:Alice in Hell
Prev Year:1989
Next Title:Set the World on Fire
Next Year:1993

Never, Neverland is the second album by heavy metal band Annihilator. It was released on September 12, 1990, under the label Roadrunner. The album was re-released twice: in 1998 with three demo tracks as bonus tracks and again on September 9, 2003, in a two-disc compilation set along with Alice in Hell, entitled Alice in Hell/Never Neverland (as part of Roadrunner Records Two from the Vault series).[1]

Reception

Nick Griffiths of Select gave the album a two-out-of-five rating, and described it as a "patchwork of half-fulfilled promises, it threatens more than it delivers." He noted that "only when the lead axe spits caterwauling speedplay and the thrash rhythm do Annihilator finally wash their true colours in public" and that "elsewhere there's a tendency to steer into formularised ruts, escaping occasionally like on the ghoulish riffs of 'Sixes and Sevens'."

Alex Henderson of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, calling it "one of 1990's strongest metal releases".

Personnel

Band members
Production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Annihilator - Never, Neverland . May 17, 2012 . Encyclopaedia Metallum.