Oooh, I just downloaded some newer Annihilator than I had heard. Me rikey!
I did have Alice in Hell, which I believe is a very early, if not their first, album. Which was pretty cool, even if the singer was funny. The later stuff is way harder.
Bloody PEM again Spawny Dimmu Borgir are like the CoF of black metal. Not that it's a bad thing, more black metal bands should take themselves less seriously and PEM isn't a bad album. Yes it is quite catchy...for about 4 listens. It ain't ground-breaking. There's nothing hugely spectacular about it.
Spawny, I used to listen to PEM quite a bit. But that album is like candy. It's great the first few times you listen but then you get tired of it. After a few months it'll get stacked to the back of your CD shelf and you'll forget you ever had it.
Do CoF suck? Short answer, yes. Well, I can listen to them but they're not really the type of band you can take seriously - this includes the purchase of CoF merchandise.