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‘Made In Tribute’ is subtitled ‘A Tribute To The Best Band In A Whole Goddamn World!’ and this record has the double merit of being the very first tribute album to Iron Maiden and sporting an original cover illustration by Derek Riggs himself. It was originally released only in Japan by a company called Toy's Factory in 1997 and features – with one exception – only extreme metal bands from Sweden. Most of these bands all went on to became big acts in the metal genre and this nowadays rare cd have become very hard to find and collectable by fans of the below bands. Arch Enemy and In Flames do a pretty good job here, whereas Dark Tranquillity seem to have some real problems with their version of '22 Acacia Avenue'. Incidentally, it is quite amazing to hear how much In Flames and Dark Tranquillity sound alike on this tribute album: very similar sound with the guitars tuned in the same way, same doom vocals… It could be the same band playing both song, except that 'Murders In The Rue Morgue' still sounds pretty good, whereas '22 Acacia Avenue' is a complete massacre! Nocturnal Rites and Decameron succeed in reproducing quite well Maiden's original songs in their own way, and '2 Minutes To Midnight' seems to be the best cover on this album, due to the singer's voice that combines efficiently both aggression and melody, like on the original song. Track listing: 1. Arch Enemy-Aces High 2. Decameron-2 Minutes To Midnight 3. Therion-Children Of The Damned 4. Armageddon-Die With Your Boots On 5. Nocturnal Rites-Wasted Years 6. Sadist-Wrathchild 7. Lord Belial-The Trooper 8. Naglfar-The Evil That Men Do 9. Dark Tranquillity-22 Acacia Avenue 10. In Flames-Murders In The Rue Morgue