Criteria for a Black Widow

Criteria for a Black Widow
Studio album by Annihilator
Released	June 1, 1999
Recorded	Phantom Blitz Studios, Watersound Studios Inc., Ottawa, Canada
Genre	Thrash metal, speed metal, progressive metal
Length	50:50
Label	CMC International
Producer	Jeff Waters
Annihilator chronology
Remains (1997)Remains1997 Criteria for a Black Widow (1999) Carnival Diablos (2001)Carnival Diablos2001

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Criteria for a Black Widow is the seventh studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Annihilator, released on June 1, 1999 by Roadrunner Records. For this album, Jeff Waters reunited the Alice in Hell-era Annihilator line-up (with the exception of bass player Wayne Darley who declined to rejoin the band, and was replaced by Russ Bergquist).

Track listing

All music composed by Jeff Waters.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Bloodbath"	Jeff Waters, John Bates	5:21
2.	"Back to the Palace"	Waters, Bates	5:34
3.	"Punctured"	Waters, Bates	5:48
4.	"Criteria for a Black Widow"	Waters	5:57
5.	"Schizos (Are Never Alone) Part III" (4:26 on the 2010 reissue)	Instrumental	5:52
6.	"Nothing Left"	Waters, Bates	4:51
7.	"Loving the Sinner"	Waters	4:38
8.	"Double Dare"	Waters, Bates	5:26
9.	"Sonic Homicide"	Waters	4:28
10.	"Mending"	Instrumental	2:46
11.	"Loving the Sinner" (bonus track)	Waters	4:34
12.	"Jeff Waters Speaks" (bonus track)	Waters	11:57

Personnel

Band members

• Jeff Waters - guitar, vocals, producer, engineer, mixing, liner notes
• Randy Rampage - vocals
• David Scott Davis - guitar
• Russell Bergquist - bass
• Ray Hartmann - drums

Production

• Mike Rogerson - engineer
• Paul Blake - assistant engineer
• Craig Waddell - mastering

• Victor Dezso - photography
• Carol Sirna - model
• Robert Stefanowicz - digital imaging
• Ralph Alfonso - package design
• Tom Bagley - restoration, drawing, logo illustration