Quels sont les groupes qui étaient initialement plus ou moins des collaborations à part entière avec plusieurs musiciens ayant droit au chapitre, et qui avec le temps sont devenus de purs groupes/projets solo où seul le leader décide de tout?
Quelques exemples : Annihilator donc, Running Wild la caricature du genre vu qu'il enregistre tout seul, Iced Earth certainement, d'autres diraient Megadeth mais c'est peut-être moins le cas depuis que Ellefson est revenu...
Jeff Waters a écrit :"From the outside, especially the North American fans that are either just discovering us or hear rumors or things on social media or whatever, [they probably think], 'Look at how many musicians this guy's had. He must be a real jerk, dictator, blah blah blah,'" he continued. "[The] Europeans who've seen us over there every year know, 'Oh, I see. It's basically a solo project and Waters hires the guys to go on the tour, but he hires really killer musicians most of the time. And we'll buy this album, 'cause we like it, and maybe we don't like the next one, but we're gonna check out the one after that.'"
He added: "That's kind of the nutshell thing about ANNIHILATOR: It's kind of a solo project behind the scenes and in the studio, and it's a full, real band when you see us touring, 'cause it's not like the 'Waters show' — it's the opposite; it's a band."