Annihilation Principle

Infobox Album
Name = Annihilation Principle
Type = Studio album
Artist = Lääz Rockit


Background = lightsteelblue
Released = 1989
Recorded = Aug – Sep, 1988
Prairie Sun Recorders,
Cotati, California, USA
Genre = Thrash metal
Length = 53:59
inc bonus live tracks
Label = Roadrunner Records/Enigma Records
Producer = Roy M. Rowland
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3bklu3e5an6k link]
Last album = "Know Your Enemy"
(1987)
This album = "Annihilation Principle"
(1989)
Next album = "Nothing'$ $acred"
(1991) |

"Annihilation Principle" is the fourth studio album from Californian thrash metal band, Lääz Rockit. It was released in 1989 on Roadrunner Records/Enigma Records and follows 1987's "Know Your Enemy". In 1991, a fifth album called "Nothing'$ $acred" was released which proved to be their final studio album to date.

The album includes a cover version of punk band Dead Kennedys' "Holiday in Cambodia", and European versions contain two bonus live tracks recorded at the Dynamo Open Air Festival in Holland.

Track listing

*All songs written by Lääz Rockit, unless otherwise stated
#"Fire in the Hole" – 3:49
#"Mob Justice" – 4:59
#"Chain of Fools" – 4:15
#"Shadow Company" – 6:17
#"Holiday in Cambodia" (Dead Kennedys) – 3:45
#"Bad Blood" – 4:36
#"Chasin' Charlie" – 4:40
#"Mirror to Madness" – 5:08
#"The Omen" – 6:35
#"Euroshima" – 4:25
#"Spared From the Fire" – 6:07
*Tracks 10 and 11 are live bonus tracks, recorded at the Dynamo Open Air Festival in 1988

Credits

* Michael Coons – vocals
* Phil Kettner – guitar
* Aaron Jellum – guitar
* Willy Lange – bass
* Victor Agnello – drums

* Recorded August – September, 1988 at Prairie Sun Recorders, Cotati, California, USA
* Bonus live tracks recorded at Dynamo Open Air Festival, 1988
* Produced, engineered, and mixed by Roy M Rowland
* Second engineered by Marc Reyburn
* Mixed in November, 1988 at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California, USA
* Second mix engineered by Dave Luke
* Mastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios
* Cover illustrations by Jeff Sadowski

External links

* [http://www.laazrockit.com/Media.html Lääz Rockit official website discography]
* [http://www.bnrmetal.com/v2/bandpage.php?ID=LaRo BNR Metal band page]