DER UNDERGROUND EMPiRE METAL MEGAZiNE TESTiNDEX 1998

Titel BP PQ BA TMS AL DOC PR Gesamt
SHADOW GALLERY - Tyranny  10,09,010,0   9,66
COVENANT - Nexus Polaris  9,09,510,0   9,50
VIRGIN STEELE - Invictus  9,59,59,5   9,50
JAG PANZER - The Age Of Mastery  9,09,59,5 9,5 9,38
NIGHTWISH - Angels Fall First     10,08,59,5   9,33
HAMMERFALL - Legacy Of Kings  9,09,59,5   9,33
RHAPSODY - Symphony Of Enchanted Lands  9,59,09,5   9,33
EDGUY - Vain Glory Opera  9,09,59,0   9,16
ANTONINI, EDDY - When Water Became Ice  9,59,09,0   9,16
SACRED STEEL - Wargods Of Metal  8,510,09,0   9,16
BLIND GUARDIAN - Nightfall In Middle Earth  8,09,59,5   9,00
ICED EARTH - Something Wicked This Way Comes  8,59,59,0   9,00
RAGE - XIII  9,09,09,0   9,00
TREASURE SEEKER - A Tribute To The Past  9,09,09,0   9,00
BORKNAGAR - The Archaic Curse  8,58,59,09,5  8,88
HALLOWEEN - Victims Of The Night  8,59,59,08,5  8,88
HELLOWEEN - Better Than Raw  8,59,09,0   8,83
NOCTURNAL RITES - Tales Of Mystery And Imagination  9,08,59,0   8,83
EXCITER - The Dark Command  8,59,09,0   8,83
STORMWITCH - Priest Of Evil  8,59,09,0   8,83
DESTINY'S END - Breathe Deep The Dark  8,59,09,0   8,83
LIMBONIC ART - Epitome Of Illusions  8,58,59,09,0  8,75
CRADLE OF FILTH - Cruelty And The Beast  7,59,09,5   8,66
BRAINSTORM - Unholy  8,09,09,0   8,66
KAMELOT - Siége Perilous  8,58,59,0   8,66
GRAVE DIGGER - Knights Of The Cross  8,59,08,5   8,66
DAYS OF YORE - The Mad God's Wage  8,09,09,0   8,66
SENTENCED - Frozen  8,58,59,0   8,66
ROUGH SILK - Mephisto  8,09,09,0   8,66
DICKINSON, BRUCE - The Chemical Wedding  8,58,59,08,5  8,63
STRATOVARIUS - Destiny  8,59,09,08,0  8,63
ARENA - The Visitor  9,08,08,5   8,50
DEATH - The Sound Of Perseverance 7,08,58,09,59,5  8,50
POWER OF OMENS - Eyes Of The Oracle  10,08,09,07,0  8,50
POSTMORTEM - Repulsion 8,5 8,08,59,0  8,50
SHADOWS OF STEEL - Twilight  8,08,59,0   8,50
BÖHSE ONKELZ - Viva Los Tioz (+/- KRITIK)  8,58,09,09,07,5 8,40
GATES OF ISHTAR - At Dusk And Forever  7,58,59,0   8,33
RUNNING WILD - The Rivalry  8,08,58,5   8,33
AGATHODAIMON - Blacken The Angel  7,58,59,0   8,33
LABYRINTH - Return To Heaven Denied  8,09,08,0   8,33
CHROMA KEY - Dead Air For Radios  9,08,08,0   8,33
BOLT THROWER - Mercenary    7,08,010,0 8,33
MUNDANUS IMPERIUM - The Spectral Spheres Coronation  8,08,08,5   8,16
PEGAZUS - Wings Of Destiny  8,58,08,0   8,16
OCTOBER 31 - The Fire Awaits You  7,58,58,5   8,16
RIOT - Inishmore  8,58,08,0   8,16
WEISSGLUT - Etwas kommt in Deine Welt  7,58,07,59,0  8,13
PINK CREAM 69 - Electrified  8,0    8,08,00
AYREON - Into The Electric Castle  8,58,08,57,0  8,00
CARNAL FORGE - Who's Gonna Burn     7,58,5 8,00
CENTAUR - God Complex  8,08,08,0   8,00
MYSTIC CIRCLE - Drachenblut  7,58,08,5   8,00
CHILDREN OF BODOM - Something Wild  7,08,58,5   8,00
DRAKKAR - Quest For Glory  7,58,58,0   8,00
SKULLVIEW - Legends Of Valor  7,09,07,5   7,83
NARNIA - Awakening  8,08,07,5   7,83
MITHOTYN - King Of The Distant Forest  7,08,08,5   7,83
IMPELLITTERI - Eye Of The Hurricane-Victim Of The System  8,58,08,06,5  7,75
PENTAGRAM - Anatolia  7,57,08,5   7,66
BIFROST - Mythistory 8,0  7,57,5  7,66
PROJECTO - Projecto  8,07,07,5   7,66
SLAYER - Diabolus In Musica  6,08,08,5   7,50
SEVENTH AVENUE - Southgate  7,08,07,5   7,50
MIND ODYSSEY - Nailed To The Shade  7,58,07,0   7,50
ANGRA - Fireworks  8,07,07,5   7,50
THE SYGNET - Children Of The Future  8,57,07,0   7,50
PATH OF DEBRIS - The Eyes Of The Basilisk 7,0  7,08,0  7,33
MASTER - Faith Is In Season 7,5   7,0  7,25
SHADOWS OF STEEL - Shadows Of Steel   7,57,0   7,25
ARCANE SUN - Arcane Sun 9,07,04,57,08,5  7,20
SINNER - The Nature Of Evil (+/- Kritik)  6,58,56,5   7,16
ROUGH SILK - Beyond The Sundown  7,07,57,56,5  7,13
IRON MAIDEN - Virtual XI  7,58,55,0   7,00
HEIMDALL - Lord Of The Sky  5,08,57,5   7,00
RADAKKA - Requiem For The Innocent  6,07,07,58,5  7,00
EVOKE - Dreaming The Reality 8,0 5,0 7,5  6,83
THE CLAY PEOPLE - The Clay People 6,0    7,5 6,75
16 VOLT - Super Cool Nothing 7,5  6,0   6,75
OBSCURITY - Damnations Pride 8,0 6,06,07,0  6,75
THERION - Vovin  7,56,06,5   6,66
HEADSTONE - Wings Of Eternity  6,07,56,5   6,66
EINHERJER - Odin Owns Ye All  6,57,06,5   6,66
MALEVOLENT CREATION - The Fine Art Of Murder (+/- KRITIK) 4,5  7,08,5  6,66
MOONSPELL - Sin - Pecado  8,55,06,0   6,50
U.D.O. - No Limits  5,08,06,5   6,50
DARE - Calm Before The Storm  8,55,06,0   6,50
AURA NOIR - Deep Tracts Of Hell 8,0 4,56,57,0  6,50
PRIMAL FEAR - Primal Fear  6,07,55,0   6,16
NOCTURNAL BREED - No Retreat... No Surrender 6,0      6,00
THE GATHERING - How To Measure A Planet?  6,55,06,55,5  5,88
TENEBRE - Grim Ride    5,06,5  5,75
CASTIGATE - Bring Me The Head Of Jesus Christ 6,0 5,05,56,0  5,63
SACRED STEEL - Reborn In Steel  5,06,55,0   5,50
OXIPLEGATZ - Sideral Journey  4,05,05,0   4,83
FORCED TO DECAY - Perkussive Perlokution 3,0   6,0  4,50
SPURGO - Pop Leibel's Guitar Wolf  5,0 4,0   4,50
GROINCHURN - Fink 3,01,0  3,5  2,50


1-3 = Rohstoffverschwendung
4-6 = teilweise hörbar
7-8 = ganz gut geworden
9 = genial, überragend
10 = Klassiker (sehr seltene Bewertung)

PQ = Pirate Queen
BA = Battle Angel
TMS = The Mighty SCI!


Folgende CDs wurden nicht gewertet:

Best-Ofs:
ALCATRAZZ - The Best Of Alcatrazz
DORO - The Ballads
HELLOWEEN - Pumpkin Box
SENTENCED - Greatest Kills
Singles:
BLIND GUARDIAN - Mirror Mirror
HAMMERFALL - Heeding The Call
IRON MAIDEN - The Angel And The Gambler
IRON SAVIOR - Coming Home
RAGE - In Vain (Edition I), (Edition II), (Edition III)
RHAPSODY - Emerald Sword
Live-Alben:
DIO - Dio's Inferno - The Last In Live
JUDAS PRIEST - '98 Live Meltdown
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD - No Sleep 'till Badtime (Live In Australia)
STRATOVARIUS - Visions Of Europe - Live!
VADER - Live In Japan
EPs:
DIMMU BORGIR - Godless Savage Garden
GRAVEWORM - Underneath The Crescent Moon
MALEVOLENT CREATION - Joe Black
MORIFADE - Across The Starlit Sky
SAMAEL - Exodus
Sampler:
Powermad 1997
Roadkill
Japan-Importe:
HELLOWEEN - Better Than Raw
RIOT - Angel Eyes (EP)
RIOT - Inishmore
SCANNER - Hypertrace
YNGWIE JOHANN MALMSTEEN - Concerto For Eletric Guitar And Orchestra
Re-Releases:Urteil
ANGEL WITCH - Angel Witch(10,0)
ANTHRAX - Fistful Of Metal - Armed And Dangerous(8,5)
AXEHAMMER - Lord Of The Realm(9,0)
BROCAS HELM - Black Death(9,0)
BURNING STARR - BURNING STARR ("BEST OF")(8,0)
BURNING STARR - No Turning Back(10,0)
EMPEROR - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk(9,5)
EMPEROR - Emperor - Wrath Of The Tyrant(7,0)
EMPEROR - In The Nightshade Eclipse(8,5)
FIFTH ANGEL - Time Will Tell(9,0)
LIEGE LORD - Burn To My Touch(7,0)
LIEGE LORD - Master Control(9,5)
MALEVOLENT CREATION - Eternal(8,5)
MOAHNI MOAHNA - Temple Of Life(8,5)
OVERKILL - Feel The Fire(9,5)
SORTILÉGE - SORTILÉGE - MÉTAMORPHOSE (EP)(9,0)
W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children(10,0)
Verlorene Juwelen:
AGENT STEEL - Skeptics Apocalypse
EXXPLORER - Symphonies Of Steel
FORTE - Stranger Than Fiction
GOTHIC KNIGHTS - Gothic Knights
LEATHERWOLF - Leatherwolf (II)
LORD BANE - Age Of Elegance
POWERMAD - Absolute Power
WARLORD - Deliver Us / ...And The Cannons Of Destruction Have Begun
Über den Tellerrand geguckt:
ANTICHRISIS - A Legacy Of Love
JIM STEINMAN - Tanz der Vampire (Musical)
TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA - The Christmas Attic
XYTRAS - Passage
Combat Re-Releases:
ABATTOIR - Vicious Attack
AGENT STEEL - Skeptics Apocalypse
CRUMBSUCKERS - Life Of Dreams
DEATH - Leprosy
FORBIDDEN - Raw Evil: Live At The Budokan
POWERMAD - Absolute Power