hi mark!!!and hi leon!!! I'm fan annihilator too, since '94 . I play on guitar and jeff waters was for me example always.three years ago he was in warsaw...that was amazing for me, big annihilator fan... good luck in new gpro season!!!
I must say though I like their current sound less than their beginning period. But I got more than 10 albums of them, so they must have appealed a lot to me at some point. ;o)
What I find about the good metal bands is they are far better at the start, and then the hype of fame turns them crap and all slow soft rock which is just crap.
Look at the bands on their 1st few albums, so good to listen to in your bedroom imo!!! However some later songs by them also rock!!!
Slipknot - [Sic]
Slipknot - Eyeless
System Of A Down - Prison Song
A Day To Remember - Mr. Highway's Thinking About The End
System Of A Down - B.Y.O.B
Best album ever released is Slipknot's eponymous album from 1999. What a masterpiece!