Artist: Annihilator
Title: Double Live Annihilation
Released: 2003
Russ’ Notes
My hard work in FREAKS BY NATURE paid off in 1999 when I became the touring bassist for ANNIHILATOR. I was present for the cycles of the albums “Criteria for a Black Widow”, “Carnival Diablos” and “Waking The Fury”. I tracked one song on bass (Nothing to Me) for the “Waking The Fury” album. I played on all the “Double Live Annihilation” album. I left the band in 2003 but came back and toured from 2005 – 2007.
I did a lot of really cool stuff with Jeff Waters and the boys – great players and performers, good memories. I think I played 25 countries with them, including Russia, Greece and Japan.
We toured and played festivals with the likes of OVERKILL, NEVERMORE, TESTAMENT, HAMMERFALL, MOONSPELL, TYPE O NEGATIVE, ANTHRAX, DIO, DOKKEN, IRON MAIDEN, SEPULTURA, and many many more. Cool shit!