Annihilation Principle

Annihilation Principle
Studio album by Lȧȧz Rockit
Released	February 8, 1989
Recorded	August – September 1988
Studio	Prairie Sun Recorders, Cotati, California, USA
Genre	Thrash metal
Label	Roadrunner/Enigma Records
Producer	Roy M. Rowland
Lȧȧz Rockit chronology
Know Your Enemy (1987) Annihilation Principle (1989) Nothing's Sacred (1991)

Professional ratings

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Source	Rating
Allmusic
Rock Hard

Annihilation Principle is the fourth studio album by American thrash metal band Lȧȧz Rockit. It was released in 1989 on Roadrunner Records/Enigma Records. This is the final album featuring the classic line-up. A music video was filmed for "Fire in the Hole".

Track listing

All songs written by Lȧȧz Rockit, unless otherwise stated.

Side A

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Fire in the Hole"	3:50
2.	"Mob Justice"	5:00
3.	"Chain of Fools"	4:16
4.	"Shadow Company"	6:19
5.	"Holiday in Cambodia" (Dead Kennedys cover)	3:46

Side B

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Bad Blood"	4:36
7.	"Chasin' Charlie"	4:41
8.	"Mirror to Madness"	5:09
9.	"The Omen"	6:38
Total length:		44:15

1989 Roadrunner bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Euroshima" (Live, from 1988 Dynamo Open Air)	4:25
2.	"Spared from Fire" (Live, from 1988 Dynamo Open Air)	6:07
Total length:		54:47

1990 Japanese bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Prelude to Death" (Live)	4:07
2.	"Forced to Fight" (Live)	4:54
Total length:		53:16

Note

• The 2009 re-issue by Massacre Records contains a DVD of the band's live show at the Dynamo Open Air in Eindhoven on May 23, 1988
• Professional wrestler Sting appears in the "Fire in the Hole" music video

Personnel

• Michael Coons – vocals
• Phil Kettner – guitars
• Aaron Jellum – guitars
• Willy Lange – bass
• Victor Agnello – drums

Production

• Dave Plastic – Photography
• Jeff "Ski" Sadowski – Album concept, Cover art
• John Harrell – Photography
• Mark DeVito – Layout (re-created)
• Marc Reyburn – Engineering (assistant)
• Dwayne Cavanas – Photography
• Wayne Marsala – Producer (DVD)
• George Horn – Mastering
• William Hames – Photography
• Jeff Weller – Executive producer, Album concept
• Neil Zlozower – Photography
• Jodi Summers – Photography
• Gene Ambo – Photography
• Andre Verhuysen – Executive producer (DVD)
• Eric de Haas – Photography
• Ace Cook – Producer (DVD)
• Dave Luke – Mixing (assistant)
• Alex Solca – Photography
• Roy Rowland – Producer, Engineering, Mixing
• Juan Urteaga – Remastering
• Jay Ginnini – Photography
• Steve Gross – Design