Золотой год металла (c)

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А вот аналогичный "коллектор-список" за 97 год:

194,ABLAZE MY SORROW,1997,The Plague,
73,AMORPHIS,1997,My Kantele,
195,ANGIZIA,1997,Das Tagebuch der Hanna Anikin,
225,ANGIZIA,1997,Die Kemenaten scharlachroter Lichter,
95,ARCTURUS,1997,La Masquerade infernale,
10003,AUTUMNBLAZE,1997,Dreaming Moonspark Fairylands,
71,CEMETARY,1997,Last Confessions,
250,CREMATORY,1997,Awake,
219,CRUACHAN,1997,Promo '97,
101,DARK TRANQUILLITY,1997,The Mind's I,
68,DARKSEED,1997,Spellcraft,
146,DISMAL EUPHONY,1997,Autumn Leaves - the Rebellion of Tides,
98,EDGE OF SANITY,1997,Cryptic,Irond Ltd.,2003,Death
130,EDGE OF SANITY,1997,Infernal,Irond Ltd.,2003,Death
102,EMPEROR,1997,Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk,
108,EMPYRIUM,1997,Songs of Moors & Misty Fields,
74,ENSLAVED,1997,Eld,
90,GAMMA RAY,1997,Somewhere out in Space,
93,IN FLAMES,1997,Whoracle,
307,KATATONIA,1997,Sounds of Decay,
78,KREATOR,1997,Outcast,
142,LACRIMOSA,1997,Stille,
76,LAKE OF TEARS,1997,A Crimson Cosmos,
221,LEGENDA,1997,Autumnal,
155,LORD BELIAL,1997,Enter the Moonlight Gate,
62,MACHINE HEAD,1997,The More Things Change...,
341,NAGELFAR,1997,Hunengrab im Herbst,
79,PARADISE LOST,1997,One Second,
85,PHLEBOTOMIZED,1997,Skycontact,
183,SKYCLAD,1997,The Answer Machine?,
97,SOLEFALD,1997,The Linear Scaffold,
72,THERION,1997,A'Arab Zaraq Lucid Dreaming,
124,Various Artists,1997,Made in Tribute - A Tribute to the Best Band in a Whole Goddamn World!,
370,WINDIR,1997,Soknardalr,
606,YEARNING,1997,With Tragedies Adorned,

Выходит немало. Так что уж если сравнивать, то скорее 96 и 97, а не 96 и 95.