Jahrgang 1997
Januar 1997 (Maynard Keenan / TOOL)
1 MINDSET Mindset 4.80 Album Of The Month
2 EVEREVE Seasons 4.50
2 ST. MUCUS Am I Blood 4.50
4 LOVE IN REVERSE I Was Here 4.20
5 IMPELLITTERI Screaming Symphony 4.10
6 PYOGENESIS Unpop 4.00
7 CIVIL DEFIANCE The Fishers For Souls 3.90
7 PRESIDENTS OF THE USA II 3.90
9 SUBLIME Sublime 3.80
10 DAEMON Seven Deadly Sins 3.70
10 SPITINK DEVILS For Buttsuckers And Other Fuckers 3.70
12 WRAITH Schizophrenia 3.60
13 EARTH CRISIS Gomorrah’s Season Ends 3.50
13 LEVIATHAN Riddles Questions Poetry & Outrage 3.50
15 LION’S SHARE II 3.30
15 MORBID ANGEL Entangled In Chaos 3.30
15 PIKE Lack Of Judgement 3.30
15 POKERFACE Life’s A Gamble 3.30
15 WORLD OF SILENCE Window Of Heaven 3.30
20 RINDERWAHNSINN Vor zur Hölle 3.20
21 BLITZKRIEG Ten 3.10
22 TOTENMOND Lichtbringer 2.90
23 MERCURY RISING Upon Deaf Ears 2.70
24 PERPETUAL DEMISE Arctic 2.60
25 THE ABYSS Summon The Beast 2.40
TRANS SIBIRIAN ORCHESTRA Christmas Eve And Other Stories Special Tip
Februar 1997 (SILVERCHAIR)
1 SILVERCHAIR Freak Show 5.30 Album Of The Month
2 KARMA TO BURN Karma To Burn 4.70
2 POTHEAD Learn To Hypnotize 4.70
4 REDD CROSS Show World 4.40
5 GURD D-Fect 4.30
5 THE URGE Receiving The Gift Of Flavor 4.30
7 XIII Serpentyne 4.20
8 CHANNEL ZERO Black Fuel 4.10
8 GRIP INC. Nemesis 4.10
10 JACK FROST Elsewhere 3.90
11 59 TIMES THE PAIN Twenty Percent Of My Hand 3.70
11 KILL II THIS Another Cross II Bare 3.70
11 STRAPPING YOUNG LAD City 3.70
14 EINHERJER Dragons Of The North 3.60
14 FORBIDDEN Green 3.60
16 ARCH ENEMY Black Earth 3.50
16 SAVIOUR MACHINE Legend Part. 1 3.50
18 GLENN TIPTON Baptism Of Fire 3.40
19 AXXIS Voodoo Vibes 3.20
19 ENOLA GAY Pressure 3.20
19 KILLINGCULTURE Killingculture 3.20
19 SAVAGE Babylon 3.20
23 SANVOISEN Soul Season 2.80
23 SCANNER Ball Of The Damned 2.80
23 SINNER Judgement Day 2.80
V/A A Tribute To Queen: Dragon Attack Special Tip
März 1997 (Gwen Stefani / NO DOUBT)
1 SHIHAD Shihad 5.20 Album Of The Month
2 DARKSEED Spellcraft 4.90
3 VERUCA SALT Eight Arms To Hold You 4.80
4 ENTOMBED To Ride Shoot Straight And Speak The Truth 4.70
5 ALASTIS The Other Side 4.60
5 PAIN Pain 4.60
7 ELEVEN PICTURES Initials 4.50
7 PURITY Built 4.50
7 SICK OF IT ALL Built To Last 4.50
10 BODY COUNT Violent Demise 4.30
10 GRAVITY KILLS Gravity Kills 4.30
10 KYYRIA Alien 4.30
13 ISRAELVIS Eurosis 4.00
13 MELLOWSHIP World Processor 4.00
15 HUNDRED YEARS Shyhook 3.90
15 L7 The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum 3.90
17 NUNO Schizophonic 3.80
18 ICEKALT Das kalte Herz 3.60
19 UNREST Watch Out 3.50
20 SODOM Til Death Do Us Unite 3.40
20 THRESHOLD Exit Instinct 3.40
22 COAL CHAMBER Coal Chamber 3.30
23 N.O.W. Tabloid Crush 3.10
24 TREASURE ISLAND Questions 2.90
25 ULVER Nattens Madrigial 2.30
V/A Crossing All Over Vol.5 Special Tip
April 1997 (SEPULTURA)
1 HELMET Aftertaste 5.10 Album Of The Month
1 MACHINE HEAD The More Things Change The More They Stay The Same 5.10
3 SUNDOWN Design 19 4.90
4 HANDSOME Handsome 4.80
4 LAKE OF TEARS A Crimson Cosmos 4.80
4 ROLLINS BAND Come In And Burn 4.80
7 SECRET DESCOVERY Slave 4.78
8 CEMETARY Last Confessions 4.70
8 WALTARI Space Avenue 4.70
10 DOUGHBOYS Turn Me On 4.30
10 OBITUARY Back From The Dead 4.30
10 QUEENSRYCHE Hear In The Now Frontier 4.30
13 COLLECTIVE SOUL Disciplined Breakdown 4.20
13 EDGE OF SANITY Infernal 4.20
15 CONCEPTION Flow 4.00
15 TEN FOOT POLE Unleashed 4.00
17 CAUSE FOR ALARM Cheaters And The Cheated 3.90
18 U.D.O. Solid 3.80
19 W.A.S.P. Kill Fuck Die 3.60
20 FATAL OPERA The Eleventh Hour 3.40
20 HEAVEN’S CRY Food For Thought Substitute 3.40
22 ELDRITCH Headquake 3.30
23 IMMORTAL Blizzard Beasts 3.20
24 ALLIANCE Alliance 3.00
25 FLAMBOOKEY ? 2.90
V/A Soundtrack Command & Conquer Alarmstufe Rot Special Tip
Mai 1997 (Nick Holmes / PARADISE LOST)
1 TIAMAT A Deeper Kind Of Slumber 5.30 Album Of The Month
2 DIE KRUPPS Paradise Now 4.90
2 THUMB Exposure 4.90
4 TRIBE AFTER TRIBE Pearls Before Swine 4.80
5 MOTHER SUPERIOR The Mothership Has Landed 4.60
5 PENNYWISE Full Circle 4.60
7 FATES WARNING A Pleasant Shade Of Gray 4.50
7 KONG Earmined 4.50
7 LEFT HAND SOLUTION Fevered 4.50
7 3 COLOURS RED Pure 4.50
11 TRANSPORT LEAGUE Superevil 4.40
11 X-RATED Who’s In Charge 4.40
13 INCHTABOKATABLES Quiet! 4.30
13 PINK CREAM 69 Food For Thought 4.30
15 PRETTY MAIDS Spooked 4.10
16 BRUCE DICKINSON Accident Of Birth 4.00
16 MEATHEAD Protect Me From What I Want 4.00
18 MINDFEED Perfect Life? 3.90
18 STRATOVARIUS Episode 3.90
20 CLOCKWISE Nostalgia 3.50
21 GWAR Carnival Of Chaos 3.40
21 RAVEN Everything Louder 3.40
23 HATE SQUAD Psyco! 3.30
23 L.A. GUNS American Hardcore 3.30
25 HELHEIM Av Norron Aett 2.50
V/A Beauty In Darkness Vol.2 Special Tip
Juni 1997 (Dave Mustaine / MEGADETH)
1 THE GATHERING Nighttime Birds 5.50 Album Of The Month
2 MEGADETH Cryptic Writings 5.40
3 FAITH NO MORE Album Of The Year 5.30
4 LARD Pure Chewing Satisfaction 5.10
5 QUORTHON Purity Of Essence 5.00
6 DIMMU BORGIR Enthrone Darkness Triumphant 4.90
7 FOO FIGHTERS Colour And The Shape 4.60
8 RYKER’S A Lesson In Loyality 4.40
8 SKINLAB Bound Gagged And Blindfolded 4.40
10 FLOTSAM & JETSAM High 4.30
11 NAPALM DEATH Inside The Torn Apart 4.20
11 SLICK Electric Bäbyländ 4.20
13 SAXON Unleash The Beast 4.10
13 THIRD EYE BLIND Third Eye Blind 4.10
15 BOO-YAA T.R.I.B.E. Angry Samoans 4.00
16 DARK TRANQUILLITY The Mind’s Eye 3.90
16 INTEGRITY Seasons In The Size Of Days 3.90
16 MISFITS American Psycho 3.90
19 DISBELIEF Disbelief 3.60
19 KINGDOM COME Master Seven 3.60
19 RICHTHOFEN Seelenwalzer 3.60
22 ELEGY State Of Mind 3.50
23 AXEL RUDI PELL Magic 3.30
24 CHASTAIN In Dementia 3.20
24 VOODOO GLOW SKULLS Dalle de los Lobos 3.20
V/A The OzzFest Live Album Special Tip
Juli 1997 Johan Edlund / TIAMAT
1 PARADISE LOST One Second 6.10 Album Of The Month
2 KREATOR Outcast 4.80
3 ARMAGEDDON DILDOS Speed 4.50
3 HAMMERFALL Glory To The Brave 4.50
3 TESTAMENT Demonic 4.50
6 SUGAR RAY Floored 4.40
7 MARY BEATS JANE Locust 4.30
8 IN THE WOODS… Omnio 4.20
9 GALACTIC COWBOYS The Horse The Bud Bought 4.10
9 SUGARTOOTH The Sound Of Solid 4.10
9 UNCLE MEAT Underneath 4.10
12 IRON SAVIOUR Iron Saviour 4.00
13 SEVEN MARY THREE Rockcrown 3.90
14 THE AUTOMANIC Flow 3.80
14 EMPEROR AnthemsTo The Welkin At Dusk 3.80
14 KONKHRA Weed Out The Weak 3.80
17 DR. DEATH Preapolactic Vision 3.70
17 ROLAND GRAPOW The Four Seasons Of Life 3.70
19 ROYAL HUNT Paradox 3.60
19 SCHWANENSEE Schwanensee 3.60
19 SHOOTYZ GROOVE Hipnosis 3.60
22 ACRIMONY Tumuli Shroomaroom 3.40
22 LIMP BIZKIT Three Dollar Bill Y’All $ 3.40
24 MÖTLEY CRÜE Generation Swine 3.00
25 DOKKEN Shadowlife 2.80
BLACKMORE’S NIGHT Shadow Of The Moon Special Tip
August 1997 *Namenswechsel in New Rock & Metal HAMMER* (Keith Flint / PRODIGY)
1 THOUGHT INDUSTRY Black Umbrella 5.20 Album Of The Month
2 GLUECIFER Ridin‘ The Tiger 4.70
3 PRIMUS Brown Book 4.50
4 BABYLON WHORES Cold Heaven 4.30
5 DBH Unwilling To Explain 4.10
5 GEEZER Black Science 4.10
5 NRA Leaded 4.10
8 GILBY CLARKE The Hangover 4.00
9 GOUDS THUMB Gouds Thumb 3.90
10 IVANHOE Polarized 3.80
10 M.E.L.T. Mother Earth Love Truth 3.80
10 SCRUB Wake Up! 3.80
10 SNOT Get Some 3.80
10 DIABOLIQUE Wedding The Grotesque 3.80
15 ANNIHILATOR Remains 3.78
16 MOGG/WAY Edge Of The World 3.70
16 ROTTING CHRIST A Dead Poem 3.70
18 SLAUGHTER Revolution 3.50
18 VOIVOD Phobos 3.50
18 WARHEAD Good Parth For Each 3.50
21 IAN CRICHTON Ghettos By Design 3.40
21 RED JASPER Anagrammy 3.40
23 SAGITTARIUS Jole‘ Joke 3.10
24 220 VOLT Lethal Illusion 3.00
25 DISMEMBER Death Metal 2.70
PRODIGY The Fat Of The Land Special Tip
September 1997 (Till Lindemann / RAMMSTEIN)
1 RAMMSTEIN Sehnsucht 5.30 Album Of The Month
2 B-THONG From Strength To Strength 5.00
2 SCHWEISSER Heiland 5.00
4 SAVATAGE The Wake Of Magellan 4.90
5 LIFE OF AGONY Soul Searching Sun 4.80
6 SKYCLAD The Answer Machine? 4.70
7 SAMIAM You Are Freaking Me Out 4.60
8 SIX FEET UNDER Warpath 4.50
8 SUBWAY TO SALLY Bannkreis 4.50
10 SWEET 75 Sweet 75 4.30
10 URBAN VOODOO Elegant Friction 4.30
12 CREMATORY Awake 4.20
12 DARK Seduction 4.20
14 FALL FROM GRACE Fall From Grace 4.10
14 LEADFOOT Bring It On 4.10
16 GAMMA RAY Somewhere Out In Space 4.00
17 COSMIC PSYCHOS Oh What A Lovely Pie 3.90
17 311 Transistor 3.90
19 SIRRAH Will Tomorrow Come? 3.70
20 BLACKSTAR Barbed Wire Soul 3.60
21 FORTE Destructive 3.50
21 (HED)PE (hed)pe 3.50
23 BORKNAGAR The Olden Domain 3.40
23 THE PHOIDS Marianne Doesn’t Know Yet 3.40
25 GORGOROTH Under The Sign Of Hell 2.70
V/A Spawn Soundtrack Special Tip
Oktober 1997 (COURTNEY LOVE)
1 HELLACOPTERS Payin‘ The Dues 5.20 Album Of The Month
2 CLAWFINGER Clawfinger 5.10
3 MISERY LOVES CO. Not Like Them 4.90
4 ESKIMOS + EGYPT Kamikaze 4.80
5 DREAM THEATER Falling Into Infinity 4.70
5 FARMER BOYS Till The Cows Come Home 4.70
7 THE BLOOD DIVINE Mystica 4.60
7 FELINE Save Your Face 4.60
7 OVERKILL From The Underground And Below 4.60
10 CHINA DRUM Self Made Maniac 4.56
11 GUANO APES Proud Like A God 4.50
11 SHELTER Beyond Planet Earth 4.50
13 TURA SATANA Relief Through Release 4.40
14 GOLDFINGER Hang-Up 4.20
14 SKREW Angel Decay XXIII 4.20
16 BLACKSHINE Our Pain Is Your Pleasure 4.10
17 HYPOCRISY The Final Chapter 3.90
17 TALK SHOW Talk Show 3.90
19 DEARLY BEHEADED Chamber Of One 3.80
20 RINDERWAHNSINN Herrscher 3.70
21 LIVIN‘ PARAZITE Paranoia Chaos 3.50
21 JIM MARTIN Milk And Blood 3.50
23 PSYCO DRAMA Bent 3.40
24 SADUS Element Of Anger 3.30
25 DANTE’S VIEW Spacecore 3.10
V/A Crossing All Over Vol.6 (Cover), Spawn (Kritik) Special Tip
November 1997 (James Hetfield / METALLICA)
1 JUDAS PRIEST Jugulator 4.90 Album Of The Month
2 IN FLAMES Whoracle 4.70
2 SKIN Experience Electric 4.70
4 DEFTONES Around The Fur 4.60
4 KMFDM KMFDM 4.60
6 NO FUN AT ALL The Big Knockover 4.50
7 GREEN DAY Nimrod 4.40
8 SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS Plastic Seat Sweat 4.20
8 VANDERHOOF Vanderhoof 4.20
10 INCUBUS S.C.I.E.N.C.E. 4.10
11 ATROCITY Werk 80 4.00
11 LIT Tripping The Light Fantastic 4.00
11 SILICON HEAD Bash 4.00
14 ARCTURUS La Masquerade Infernale 3.80
14 DREAMS OF SANITY Komödia 3.80
14 VANDEN PLAS The God Thing 3.80
17 MIKE WATT Comtemplating The Engine Room 3.70
17 SACRAMENTUM The Coming Of Chaos 3.70
19 Y&T Endangered Species 3.60
20 EVERON Venus 3.50
20 KISS Carnival Of Souls 3.50
20 RHAPSODY Legendary Tales 3.50
23 DIVINE SIN Thirteen Souls 3.40
24 DEICIDE Serpents Of The Light 3.20
24 NIGHTFALL Lesbian Show 3.20
V/A Zensur?! Die Benefiz Compilation Special Tip
Dezember 1997 (BÖHSE ONKELZ)
1 D.A.D Simpatico 4.80 Album Of The Month
2 CONSOLIDATED Dropped 4.66
3 DILDO BROS. Pure 4.60
3 INSANE CLOWN POSSE The Great Milenko 4.60
3 NOFX So Long And Thanks For All The Shoes 4.60
3 SMASH MOUTH Fush Yu Mang 4.60
7 EFFIGY Effigy 4.30
7 SHOCK THERAPY No Fear Of Death 4.30
7 STAHLHAMMER Wiener Blut 4.30
10 WARZONE Fight For Justice 4.11
11 ROUGH SILK Mephisto 4.10
12 BATON ROUGE Baton Rouge 4.00
12 VENOM Cast In Stone 4.00
14 FACE DOWN The Twisted Rule The Wicked 3.90
14 SPIDER VIRUS Spider Virus 3.90
14 VASARIA Vasaria 3.90
17 KICKBACK Forever War 3.60
17 THE WILDHEARTS Endless Nameless 3.60
19 EDGE OF SANITY Cryptic 3.50
20 BONFIRE Rebel Soul 3.44
21 DANGER DANGER Four The Hard Way 3.40
22 THE COMPANY Frozen By Heat 3.22
23 CASKET Tomorrow 2.90
23 VADER Black To The Blind 2.90
25 ANCIENT Mad Grandiose Bloodfields 2.80
V/A Crossing All Over Vol.6 Special Tip
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