Helloween - Heavy Metal Hamsters
I generally don't subscribe to the idea that the nineties were the Dark Ages of Heavy Metal, but if there is any sort of evidence to back this claim up, it can only come in the shape of Pink Bubbles Go Ape by Helloween. Put simply, it's Germans trying to be funny, and I don't need to say anything else.
Marius Danielsen - The Legend of Valley Doom
The grandeur that is Marius Danielsen's Legend of Valley Doom has made it to the semi finals without taking as much as a scratch. And here's the good news: A sequel album has just been released!
Yuri Fulone - Thunderstorm
When Antonio Giorgio turned out to be nothing but a poseur, and Metal Law ran into the contradiction of being lawbreakers, there was Yuri who towered above them all. A True Cimmerian Warrior of Steel, he took the hits but emerged undefeated all the way to the semi finals.
Victorius - Legend of the Power Saurus
So the idea of Prehistoric Metal, so bravely pioneered by Iron Maiden's Quest for Fire, is a recipe for success after all, at least if you put aliens and lasers to the mix. Why did it even take so long for someone to come up with this?