Stress Factor 9 is clearly promoting its association with Annihilator (the band features vocalist Randy Rampage and drummer Ray Hartmann, both of whom appeared on the classic Alice In Hell album back in 1989), which in this case is probably not a bad thing, as early Annihilator is a decent musical reference point. There’s clearly more of a just-for-fun atmosphere here, most songs being speedy, accessible metal numbers with semi-jokey lyrics (as indicated by song titles such as “Suck-Cess”, “My Leech” (with its “bleed me dry” chorus), etc.), while “Road Rageacide” has a decent Megadeth snarl going for it. It’s all pleasant enough but not really very meaty – again, this seems more of a fun side project rather than a serious musical venture.