The Crew’s Top Album Lists

At the end of every year, the Metal Express Radio crew makes their lists of the best Rock and Metal albums of the year. Here you will find all the lists from 2004 until today. Click on the names to expand their lists.

2023

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  1. Metallica – 72 Seasons
    Sacred Outcry – Towers of Gold
  1. Invasion – Invasion
  2. Angra – Cycles of Pain
  3. Redemption – I Am the Storm
  4. Prong – State of Emergency
  5. Winger – Seven
  6. Withering Scorn – Prophets Of Demise
    Big City – Sunwind Sails
  1. Primal Fear – Code Red
    Archon Angel – II
    Metal Church – Congregation of Annihilation

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  1. Invasion – Invasion
  2. Sacred Outcry – Towers of Gold
  3. Helms Deep – Treacherous Ways
  4. 66crusher – Limbo
  5. Winger – Seven
  6. Girish And The Chronicles – Back On Earth
  7. Redemption – I Am the Storm
  8. Dyspläcer – Temple Heights
  9. AGORA – Empire
  10. Electric Boys – Grand Explosivos
  11. Withering Scorn – Prophets of Demise

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  1. Archon Angel – II
  2. Metallica – 72 Seasons
  3. Redemption – I Am the Storm
  4. Withering Scorn – Prophets Of Demise
  5. Mystic Prophecy – Hellriot
  6. Savage Grace – Sign Of The Cross
  7. Invasion – Invasion
  8. Kikimora – For A Broken Dime
  9. George Lynch – Guitars At The End of the World
  10. Ashrain – Requiem Reloaded
  11. Big City – Sunwind Sails

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  1. Primal Fear – Code Red
  2. U.D.O. – Touchdown
  3. DGM – Life
  4. Angra – Cycles of Pain
  5. Nita Strauss – The Call Of The Void
  6. Elegant Weapons – Horns for a Halo
  7. Winterage – Nekyia
  8. Immortal Guardian – Unite And Conquer
  9. Robin McAuley – Alive
  10. Excalion – Once Upon A Time
  11. Sacred Dawn – Dismal Swamp

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  1. Sacred Outcry – Towers of Gold
  2. Skálmöld – Ýdalir
  3. Vulture Industries – Ghosts From The Past
  4. Big City – Sunwind Sails
  5. Angra – Cycles Of Pain
  6. Apocalyptica – Live in Helsinki – St John’s Church
  7. Sortilège – Apocalypso
  8. Floor Jansen – Paragon
  9. Mass Hysteria – Tenace – Part 1.
  10. Beyond The Black – Beyond The Black
  11. Theocracy – Mosaic

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  1. Metallica – 72 Seasons
  2. Frozen Soul – Glacial Domination
  3. Immortal – War Against All
  4. Hellripper – Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
  5. DevilDriver – Dealing with Demons Vol. II
  6. Cannibal Corpse – Chaos Horrific
  7. Unearth – The Wretched; The Ruinous
  8. Cavalera Conspiracy – Morbid Visions
  9. Death Ray Vision – No Mercy From Electric Eyes
  10. Prong – State of Emergency
  11. Dethklok – The Dethalbum IV

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  1. Metal Church – Congregation of Annihilation
  2. Overkill – Scorched
  3. Prong – State of Emergency
  4. Night Demon – Outsider
  5. Danko Jones – Electric Sounds
  6. Fires in the Distance – Air Not Meant For Us
  7. Skinner – The Dark Design
  8. Winger – Seven
  9. King Kraken – MCLXXX
  10. Stargazer – Life Will Never Be the Same
  11. Obituary – Dying of Everything

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2022

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  1. Machine Head – Of Kingdom and Crown
  2. Blind Guardian – The God Machine
  3. Megadeth – The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!
  4. Amorphis – Halo
  5. Cloven Hoof – Time Assassin
  6. Arch Enemy – Deceivers
  7. Threshold – Dividing Lines
  8. Lamb Of God – Omens
  9. Hammerfall – Hammer of Dawn
  10. Amon Amarth – The Great Heathen Army
  11. Stratovarius – Survive

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  1. Monuments – In Stasis
  2. Fit For An Autopsy – Oh What The Future Holds
  3. Ashes Of Ares – Emperors And Fools
  4. Blind Guardian – The God Machine
  5. Obsidious – Iconic
  6. Fallujah – Empyrean
  7. Hammerfall – Hammer of Dawn
  8. Queenrÿche – Digital Noise Alliance
  9. Threshold – Dividing Lines
  10. Soilwork – Övergivenheten
  11. Evergrey – A Heartless Portrait (The Orphéan Testament)

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  1. Lorna Shore – Pain Remains
  2. Black Anvil – Regenesis
  3. Lamb Of God – Omens
  4. Allegaeon – Damnum
  5. Slipknot – The End, So Far
  6. Megadeth – The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!
  7. Machine Head – Of Kingdom And Crown
  8. Deathspell Omega – The Long Defeat
  9. Darkthrone – Astral Fortress
  10. Behemoth – Opvs Contra Natvram
  11. Devil Master – Ecstasies of Never Ending Night

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  1. Machine Head – Of Kingdom and Crown
  2. Wolfheart – King Of The North
  3. Megadeth – The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!
  4. Arch Enemy – Deceivers
  5. Amorphis – Halo
  6. Venom Inc. – There’s Only Black
  7. Riot City – Electric Elite
  8. Amon Amarth – The Great Heathen Army
  9. Defacing God – The Resurrection of Lilith
  10. Night Demon – Year Of The Demon
  11. Within Temptation – Don’t Pray For Me

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  1. Graham Bonnet – A Day Out In Nowhere
  2. Ozzy Osbourne – Patient Number 9
  3. Udo Dirkschneider – My Way
  4. Michael Schenker Group – Universal
  5. Joe Satriani – The Elephants of Mars
  6. Hammerfall – Hammer of Dawn
  7. Derek Sherinian – Vortex
  8. Stratovarius – Survive
  9. After Lapse – Face the Storm
  10. Saxon – Carpe Diem
  11. Fraser Edwards – The Reckoning

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  1. Malemort – Château Chimères
  2. Blind Guardian – The God Machine
  3. Amorphis – Halo
  4. Cloven Hoof – Time Assassin
  5. Sabaton – The War To End All War
  6. Coheed and Cambria – Vaxis II: A Window Of The Waking Mind
  7. Beriedir – AQVA
  8. Visions of Atlantis – Pirates
  9. Star One – Revel In Time
  10. Planeswalker – Tales Of Magic
  11. Avatarium – Death Where Is Your Sting

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  1. Hypermass – Empyrean
  2. Machine Head – Of Kingdom And Crown
  3. Crowbar – Zero And Below
  4. Dropkick Murphys – This Machine Still Kills Fascists
  5. Megadeth – The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!
  6. Terror – Pain Into Power
  7. Amon Amarth – The Great Heathen Army
  8. Behemoth – Opvs Contra Natvram
  9. Lamb Of God – Omens
  10. Abbath – Dread Reaver
  11. Ghost – Impera

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  1. Threshold – Dividing Lines
  2. Ignite – Ignite
  3. Blind Guardian – The God Machine
  4. Thunder – Dopamine
  5. Shinedown – Planet Zero
  6. Satan – Earth Infernal
  7. Voivod – Synchro Anarchy
  8. Audrey Horne – Devil’s Bells
  9. Kreator – Hate Über Alles
  10. Xentrix – Seven Words
  11. Amorphis – Halo

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  1. The Halo Effect – Days of the Lost
  2. Starchaser – Starchaser
  3. Crashdïet – Automaton
  4. Ginevra – We Belong to the Stars
  5. Arch Enemy – Deceivers
  6. Borealis – Illusions
  7. Nordic Union – Animalistic
  8. Stratovarius – Survive
  9. Evergrey – A Heartless Portrait (The Orphéan Testament)
  10. Induction – Born From Fire
  11. Girish And The Chronicles – Hail to the Heroes

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2021

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  1. The Dead Daisies – Holy Ground
  2. Todd La Torre – Rejoice in the Suffering
  3. Dream Theater – A View From the Top of the World
  4. Existance – Wolf Attack
  5. Exodus – Persona Non Grata
  6. KK’s Priest – Sermons of the Sinner
  7. NorthTale – Eternal Flame
  8. Gojira – Fortitude
  9. Flotsam And Jetsam – Blood In The Water
  10. Epica – Omega

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  1. Silver Talon – Decadence and Decay
  2. Todd La Torre – Rejoice in the Suffering
  3. The Dead Daisies – Holy Ground
  4. The Quill – Earthrise
  5. Existance – Wolf Attack
  6. Dream Theater – A View From the Top of the World
  7. Flotsam And Jetsam – Blood in the Water
  8. Electric Boys – Upside Down
  9. Tony Mitchell – Hot Endless Summer Nights
  10. Odd Dimension – The Blue Dawn
  11. Voodoo Circle – Locked & Loaded

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  1. Gus G. – Quantum Leap
  2. Todd La Torre – Rejoice In The Suffering
  3. Dream Theater – A View From The Top Of The World
  4. The Dead Daisies – Holy Ground
  5. NorthTale – Eternal Flame
  6. Joe Stump – Diabolical Ferocity
  7. Walk The Walk – Walk The Walk
  8. Flotsam And Jetsam – Blood In The Water
  9. Secret Alliance – Revelation
  10. Existance – Wolf Attack
  11. Temple Balls – Pyromide

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  1. Erra – Erra
  2. Liquid Tension Experiment – LTE3
  3. Born of Osiris – Angel or Alien
  4. The Dead Daisies – Holy Ground
  5. Canvas Solaris – Chromosphere
  6. Vola – Witness
  7. Interloper – Search Party
  8. Domkraft – Seeds
  9. John 5 – Sinner
  10. Tomahawk – Tonic Immobility
  11. Between The Buried And Me – Colors II

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  1. Dee Snider – Leave A Scar
  2. Exodus – Persona Non Grata
  3. Resurrection Kings – Skygazer
  4. KK’s Priest – Sermons of the Sinner
  5. Godslave – Positive Aggressive
  6. SHOW-YA – Showdown
  7. Marty Friedman – Tokyo Jukebox 3
  8. Beast in Black – Dark Connection
  9. Blackened Blood – Black Dawn Rising
  10. Bloody Hell – The Bloodening
  11. Xenos – The Dawn of Ares

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  1. Manimal – Armageddon
  2. Light The Torch – You Will Be The Death Of Me
  3. Infinite & Divine – Silver Lining
  4. Of Mice & Men – Echo
  5. Bloodbound – Creatures of the Dark Realm
  6. Our Hollow, Our Home – Burn In The Flood
  7. Todd La Torre – Rejoice In The Suffering
  8. Memphis May Fire – Left For Dead
  9. Ronnie Atkins – One Shot
  10. Evergrey – Escape of the Phoenix
  11. Venues – Solace

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  1. Dropkick Murphys – Turn Up That Dial
  2. Exodus – Persona Non Grata
  3. Iotunn – Access All Worlds
  4. Trivium – In The Court Of The Dragon
  5. Rivers of Nihil – The Work
  6. Gojira – Fortitude
  7. Cannibal Corpse – Violence Unimagined
  8. Capra – In Transmission
  9. Go Ahead And Die – Go Ahead And Die
  10. Mouth for War – Life Cast In Glass
  11. Iron Maiden – Senjutsu

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  1. The Dead Daisies – Holy Ground
  2. Eclipse – Wired
  3. SickWalt – Shove n’ Love
  4. Todd Michael Hall – Sonic Healing
  5. Ricky Warwick – When Life Was Hard & Fast
  6. W.E.T. – Retransmission
  7. Signal Red – Alien Nation
  8. Sweet Oblivion Feat. Geoff Tate – Relentless
  9. Chez Kane – Chez Kane
  10. Laurenne/Louhimo – The Reckoning
  11. Save The World – Two

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  1. Helloween – Helloween
  2. Immortal Guardian – Psychosomatic
  3. Dream Theater – A View From the Top of the World
  4. U.D.O. – Game Over
  5. Brainstorm – Wall of Skulls
  6. Burning Witches – The Witch of the North
  7. Northtale – Eternal Flame
  8. Michael Schenker Group – Immortal
  9. Labyrinth – Welcome to the Absurd Circus
  10. Secret Sphere – Lifeblood
  11. Epica – Omega

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  1. Ravenous E.H – Hubris
  2. Amon Sethis – Part 0: The Queen with Golden Hair
  3. Blaze Bayley – War Within Me
  4. Thy Row – Unchained
  5. Kryptos – Force of Danger
  6. Gojira – Fortitude
  7. KK’s Priest – Sermons of the Sinner
  8. Existance – Wolf Attack
  9. Epica – Omega
  10. Mustasch – A Final Warning – Chapter 1
  11. Moonspell – Hermitage

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2020

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  1. Testament – Titans Of Creation
  2. Sons Of Apollo – MMXX
  3. John Petrucci – Terminal Velocity / Lamb Of God – Lamb Of God
  1. Sepultura – Quadra
  2. Dynazty – The Dark Delight
  3. Vandenberg – 2020
  4. Primal Fear – Metal Commando
  5. Nightmare – Aeternam
  6. Burning Witches – Dance With The Devil
  7. DGM – Tragic Separation / Firewind – Firewind

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  1. Sons Of Apollo – MMXX
  2. Firewind – Firewind
  3. H.E.A.T – II
  4. Vandenberg – 2020
  5. DGM – Tragic Separation
  6. Nightmare – Aeternam
  7. Testament – Titans Of Creation
  8. John Petrucci – Terminal Velocity
  9. Burning Witches – Dance With The Devil
  10. Paralydium – Worlds Beyond
  11. Wolf – Feeding The Machine

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  1. Igorrr – Spirituality and Distortion
  2. Sons Of Apollo – MMXX
  3. John Petrucci – Terminal Velocity
  4. The Ocean – Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic / Cenozoic
  5. Pallbearer – Forgotten Days
  6. Testament – Titans Of Creation
  7. Enslaved – Utgard
  8. Sepultura – Quadra
  9. Finntroll – Vredesvävd
  10. Derek Sherinian – The Phoenix
  11. My Dying Bride – The Ghost of Orion

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  1. Primal Fear – Metal Commando
  2. Burning Witches – Dance With The Devil
  3. John Petrucci – Terminal Velocity
  4. Nightmare – Aeternam
  5. Dynazty – The Dark Delight
  6. Paralydium – Worlds Beyond
  7. DGM – Tragic Separation
  8. Deep Purple – Whoosh!
  9. Biff Byford – School of Hard Knocks
  10. Fraser Edwards – The Architect
  11. Nightfear – Apocalypse

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  1. Fates Warning – Long Day Good Night
  2. Two Minutes To Late Night – Covers Vol. 1-6
  3. Testament – Titans Of Creation
  4. Kvelertak – Splid
  5. Sepultura – Quadra
  6. Lamb Of God – Lamb Of God
  7. Hazzerd – Delirium
  8. Blue Öyster Cult – The Symbol Remains
  9. Havok – V
  10. Armored Saint – Punching The Sky
  11. Nightwish – Human :II: Nature

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  1. Dynazty – The Dark Delight
  2. H.E.A.T – II
  3. Lamb Of God – Lamb Of God
  4. Pyramaze – Epitaph
  5. Magnus Karlsson’s Free Fall – We Are The Night
  6. Soilwork – A Whisp of the Atlantic
  7. Dark Tranquillity – Moment
  8. Primal Fear – Metal Commando
  9. Testament – Titans Of Creation
  10. Firewind – Firewind
  11. Dirty Shirley – Dirty Shirley

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  1. Metallica – S&M2
  2. Testament – Titans Of Creation
  3. Body Count – Carnivore
  4. Devildriver – Dealing with Demons Pt. 1
  5. Lamb Of God – Lamb Of God
  6. Sepultura – Quadra
  7. Mindwars – The Fourth Turning
  8. Warbringer – Weapons of Tomorrow
  9. Hatebreed – Weight of the False Self
  10. Deadrisen – Deadrisen
  11. Ozzy Osbourne – Ordinary Man

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  1. Stryper – Even the Devil Believes
  2. Thundermother – Heat Wave
  3. H.E.A.T – II
  4. Traveler – Termination Shock
  5. Lionheart – The Reality of Miracles
  6. Deadrisen – Deadrisen
  7. Palace – Rock and Roll Radio
  8. L.A. Guns – Renegades
  9. Wreck-Defy – Powers That Be
  10. Jeff Scott Soto – Wide Awake in My Dreamland
  11. Milan Polak – Can’t Please Everyone

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2019

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  1. Dream Theater – Distance Over Time
  2. Tygers of Pan Tang – Ritual
  3. Queensrÿche – The Verdict
  4. SOTO – Origami
  5. Slipknot – We Are Not Your Kind
  6. Candlemass – The Door to Doom
  7. Evergrey – The Atlantic / Flotsam and Jetsam – The End of Chaos / Death Angel – Humanicide
  1. Whitesnake – Flesh & Blood
  2. Walls Of Blood – Imperium

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  1. Tygers of Pan Tang – Ritual
  2. SOTO – Origami
  3. Dream Theater – Distance Over Time
  4. Joe Stump – Symphonic Onslaught
  5. Lord Divine – Facing Chaos
  6. Walls Of Blood – Imperium
  7. Whitesnake – Flesh & Blood
  8. Stargazer – The Sky Is The Limit
  9. Diviner – Realms Of Time
  10. Toxikull – Cursed And Punished
  11. Astralium – Land Of Eternal Dreams

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  1. Tool – Fear Inoculum
  2. Periphery – Periphery IV: HAIL STAN
  3. Opeth – In Cauda Venenum
  4. KORN – The Nothing
  5. Evergrey – The Atlantic
  6. Candlemass – The Door to Doom
  7. Spidergawd – Spidergawd V
  8. Jordan Rudess – Wired for Madness
  9. Marco Sfogli – Homeland
  10. Queensrÿche – The Verdict
  11. Devin Townsend – Empath

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  1. As I Lay Dying – Shaped By Fire
  2. CyHra – No Halos in Hell
  3. Beast In Black – From HELL with LOVE
  4. Killswitch Engage – Atonement
  5. The Ferrymen – A New Evil
  6. Pretty Maids – Undress Your Madness
  7. Alter Bridge – Walk the Sky
  8. Upon A Burning Body – Southern Hostility
  9. Crashdïet – Rust
  10. Any Given Day – Overpower
  11. The Dark Element – Songs the Night Sing

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  1. Slipknot – We Are Not Your Kind
  2. Clutch – Bad Decisions
  3. L.A. Guns – The Devil You Know
  4. Whitesnake – Flesh & Blood
  5. Flotsam and Jetsam – The End of Chaos
  6. Dream Theater – Distance Over Time
  7. Steel Panther – Heavy Metal Rules
  8. Alter Bridge – Walk The Sky
  9. Anthem – Nucleus
  10. Sabaton – The Great War
  11. Diviner – Realms of Time

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  1. SOTO – Origami
  2. Dream Theater – Distance Over Time
  3. Michael Schenker Fest – Revelation
  4. Queensrÿche – The Verdict
  5. King Diamond – The Institute
  6. Death Angel – Humanicide
  7. Dave Ellefson – Sleeping Giants
  8. Hammerfall – Dominion
  9. Dragonforce – Extreme Power Metal
  10. Tygers of Pan Tang – Ritual
  11. UFO – Strangers in the Night

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  1. Lord Dying – Mysterium Tremendum
  2. Candlemass – The Door to Doom
  3. Cloak – The Burning Dawn
  4. Death Angel – Humanicide
  5. Slipknot – We Are Not Your Kind
  6. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Infest the Rats’ Nest
  7. Spirit Adrift – Divided By Darkness
  8. Angel Witch – Angel of Light
  9. Lo-Pan – Subtle
  10. Alcest – Spiritual Instinct
  11. Wormwitch – Heaven That Dwells Within

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2018

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  1. Judas Priest – Firepower
  2. Saxon – Thunderbolt
  3. Michael Romeo – War Of The Worlds // PT. 1
  4. Borealis – The Offering
  5. Michael Schenker Fest – Resurrection
  6. Ascendant – A Thousand Echoes
  7. Seventh Wonder – Tiara
  8. Dynazty – Firesign
  9. Bonfire – Temple of Lies
  10. My Regime – Peek Through the Pines
  11. Tad Morose – Chapter X

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  1. Voivod – The Wake
  2. Ascendant – A Thousand Echoes
  3. Sin Theta – No Allegiance
  4. Dark Hound – The Awakening
  5. Witherfall – A Prelude To Sorrow
  6. My Regime – Peek Through The Pines
  7. Sonic Prophecy – Savage Gods
  8. Against Evil – All Hail the King
  9. Last Pharaoh – The Mantle of Spiders
  10. Fantasy Opus – The Last Dream
  11. Judas Priest – Firepower / Dee Snider – For The Love of Metal / Lizzy Borden – My Midnight Things

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  1. Michael Schenker Fest – Resurrection
  2. Saxon – Thunderbolt
  3. U.D.O. – Steel Factory
  4. Judas Priest – Firepower
  5. Seventh Wonder – Tiara
  6. Impellitteri – The Nature of the Beast
  7. Riot V – Armor of Light
  8. Kamelot – The Shadow Theory
  9. Stratovarius – Enigma: Intermission II
  10. Sirenia – Arcane Astral Aeons
  11. Graham Bonnet Band – Meanwhile Back in the Garage

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  1. Borealis – The Offering
  2. W.E.T – Earthrage
  3. Light The Torch – Revival
  4. Manimal – Purgatorio
  5. Our Hollow, Our Home – In moment/ /In memory
  6. Parkway Drive – Reverence
  7. Dynazty – Firesign
  8. Judas Priest – Firepower
  9. Primal Fear – Apocalypse
  10. LANDMVRKS – Fantasy
  11. Tad Morose – Chapter X

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  1. Between the Buried and Me – Automata II
  2. Icefish – Human Hardware
  3. DevilDriver – Outlaws ‘Til The End, Vol. 1
  4. TesseracT – Sonder
  5. Judas Priest – Firepower
  6. Amorphis – Queen of Time
  7. Tad Morose – Chapter X
  8. Saxon – Thunderbolt
  9. Borealis – The Offering
  10. Alien Weaponry – Tū
  11. Bonfire – Temple of Lies

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  1. Michael Romeo – War Of the Worlds // PT. 1
  2. Fifth Angel – The Third Secret
  3. Saxon – Thunderbolt
  4. Judas Priest – Firepower
  5. Dream Child – Until Death Do We Meet Again
  6. Michael Schenker Fest – Resurrection
  7. Dee Snider – For The Love Of Metal
  8. Brainstorm – Midnight Ghost
  9. Halcyon Way – Bloody But Unbowed
  10. Lipz – Scaryman
  11. Leader Of Down – Cascade Into Chaos

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  1. Michael Romeo – War of the Worlds // PT. 1
  2. Electric Boys – The Ghost Ward Diaries
  3. Judas Priest – Firepower
  4. Saxon – Thunderbolt
  5. Ascendant – A Thousand Echoes
  6. Bonfire – Temple of Lies
  7. Borealis – The Offering
  8. The Dead Daisies – Burn It Down
  9. Tomorrow’s Eve – Mirror Of Creation III – Project Ikaros
  10. Conception – My Dark Symphony
  11. Striker – Play To Win

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  1. Sleep – The Sciences
  2. YOB – Our Raw Heart
  3. Judas Priest – Firepower
  4. High On Fire – Electric Messiah
  5. Sundrifter – Visitations
  6. Corrosion of Conformity – No Cross No Crown
  7. Anvil – Pounding the Pavement
  8. All Them Witches – ATW
  9. Satan – Cruel Magic
  10. Black Viper – Hellions of Fire
  11. My Regime – Peek Through The Pines

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  1. C.T.P. (Christian Tolle Project) – Point Blank
  2. Perfect Plan – All Rise
  3. Radiant – Radiant
  4. Seventh Wonder – Tiara
  5. Luca Princiotta Band – Rough Blue
  6. Dynazty – Firesign
  7. Lords Of Black – Icon Of The New Days
  8. Michael Romeo – War Of The Worlds // PT. 1
  9. Axel Rudi Pell – Knights Call
  10. Marty Friedman – One Bad M.F. Live!!
  11. Sunstorm – Road To Hell

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2017

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  1. Adrenaline Mob – We The People
  2. Tony MacAlpine – Death Of Roses
  3. Sons Of Apollo – Psychotic Symphony
  4. L.A. Guns – The Missing Peace
  5. Wraith – Revelation
  6. Firewind – Immortals
  7. Striker – Striker
  8. Gods Of Silence – Neverland
  9. Masqued – The Light In The Dark
  10. Jeff Scott Soto – Retribution

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  1. Adrenaline Mob – We The People
  2. Bloodbound – War Of Dragons
  3. Alice Cooper – Paranormal
  4. Pretty Boy Floyd – Public Enemies
  5. John 5 – Season Of The Witch
  6. Deep Purple – Infinite
  7. Cellador – Off The Grid
  8. Suicide Bombers – Suicide Idols
  9. Rex Brown – Smoke On This
  10. Black Star Riders – Heavy Fire

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  1. Marty Friedman – Wall of Sound
  2. Spidergawd – Spidergawd IV
  3. Sepultura – Machine Messiah
  4. Wintersun – The Forest Seasons
  5. Vintersorg – Till Fjälls, Del II
  6. Adagio – Life
  7. Pain of Salvation – In The Passing Light of Day
  8. Intervals – The Way Forward
  9. Rage – Seasons of the Black
  10. Operation: Mindcrime – The New Reality

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  1. Ayreon – The Source
  2. Beast In Black – Beserker
  3. Striker – Striker
  4. Santa Cruz – Bad Blood Rising
  5. Sweet & Lynch – Unified
  6. Place Vendome – Close To The Sun
  7. Firewind – Immortals
  8. Bloodbound – War Of Dragons
  9. Battle Beast – Bringer Of Pain
  10. Xandria – Theater Of Dimensions

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  1. Beyond the Black – Lost in Forever (Tour Edition)
  2. Beast in Black – Berserker
  3. Eskimo Callboy – The Scene
  4. Grumpynators – City Of Sin
  5. Adrenaline Rush – Soul Survivor
  6. Trivium – The Sin And The Sentence
  7. Unleash The Archers – Apex
  8. Starbynary – Divina Commedia: Inferno
  9. Xandria – Theater Of Dimensions
  10. White Skull – Will Of The Strong

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  1. Serious Black – Magic
  2. Pyramaze – Contingent
  3. Santa Cruz – Bad Blood Rising
  4. Sons of Apollo – Psychotic Symphony
  5. Nocturnal Rites – Phoenix
  6. Defecto – Nemesis
  7. Dead Daisies – Live and Louder
  8. Arch Enemy – Will To Power
  9. Warrant – Louder Harder Faster
  10. Mr. Big – Defying Gravity

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  1. Unleash The Archers – Apex
  2. Liv Sin – Follow Me
  3. Power Trip – Nightmare Logic
  4. Iron Flame – Lightning Strikes The Crown
  5. Sleazy Roxxx – Topless Suicide
  6. Threshold – Legends Of The Shires
  7. Dirty Thrills – Heavy Living
  8. Stormbringer – Born A Dying Breed
  9. Spirit Adrift – Curse Of Conception
  10. Demon Eye – Prophecies And Lies

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What a great year for Metal considering there were so few “legendary” acts with new material…I could name a dozen albums off the top of my head that I enjoyed nearly as much.

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  • Overkill – The Grinding Wheel
  • Pagan Altar – The Room of Shadows
  • Power Trip – Logic
  • The Obsessed – Sacred
  • Cannabis Corpse – Left hand Pass
  • Colour Haze – In Her Garden
  • Hellchamber – MKII
  • Cloak – To Venomous Depths
  • Magda Vega – Destroyer
  • Vulture Industries – Stranger Times

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  1. Cyhra – Letters To Myself
  2. The Dark Element – The Dark Element
  3. Eclipse – Monumentum
  4. Arch Enemy – Will To Power
  5. Trivium – The Sin and The Sentence
  6. Stone Sour – Hydrograd
  7. Oz – Transition State
  8. Jorn – Life On Death Road
  9. Cloven Hoof – Who Mourns For The Morning Star
  10. Brother Firetribe – Sunbound

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2016

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  1. Megadeth – Dystopia
  2. Metal Church – XI
  3. Resurrection Kings – Resurrection Kings
  4. Metallica – Hardwired…To Self-Destruct
  5. Glenn Hughes – Resonate
  6. Flotsam And Jetsam – Flotsam And Jetsam
  7. Gojira – Magma
  8. Fates Warning – Theories of Flight
  9. Fractal Cypher – The Human Paradox
  10. Utopia – Mood Changes

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  1. Resurrection Kings – Resurrection Kings
  2. Megadeth – Dystopia
  3. Section A – Wall Of Silence
  4. Anthrax – For All Kings
  5. Jim Breuer And The Loud & Rowdy – Songs From The Garage
  6. Iron Mask – Diabolica
  7. Flotsam And Jetsam – Flotsam And Jetsam
  8. InnerWish – InnerWish
  9. Graham Bonnet Band – The Book
  10. Metallica – Hardwired…To Self-Destruct

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  1. Gojira – Magma
  2. Hammerfall – Built to Last
  3. Metallica – Hardwired…To Self-Destruct
  4. Giordano Boncompagni – The Thread Generation
  5. Aunt Mary – New Dawn
  6. The New Roses – Dead Man’s Voice
  7. Primal Fear – Rulebreaker
  8. Anthrax – For All Kings
  9. Dario Mollo’s Crossbones – Rock The Cradle
  10. Megadeth – Dystopia

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  1. Anciients – Voice of the Void
  2. Devin Townsend Project – Transcendence
  3. Obscura – Akróasis
  4. Last in Line – Heavy Crown
  5. Megadeth – Dystopia
  6. Cult of Luna with Julie Christmas – Mariner
  7. Ihsahn – Arktis
  8. Dissona – Paleopneumatic
  9. Rhapsody of Fire – Into the Legend
  10. Abbath – Abbath

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  1. Far Beyond – A Frozen Flame Of Ice
  2. Dynazty – Titanic Mass
  3. Xandria – Sacrificium
  4. Sabaton – The Last Stand
  5. Freedom Call – Master Of Light
  6. Aeternitas – House Of Usher
  7. Stojar – At Twilight Of Battles By The Hammer Of Thunderstorms
  8. Hevidence – Nobody’s Fault
  9. The Kreoles – Psycho
  10. Deathless Legacy – Dance With Devils

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  1. Megadeth – Dystopia
  2. Freedom Call – Master of Light
  3. Sabaton – The Last Stand
  4. Metallica – Hardwired…To Self-Destruct
  5. Herman Frank – The Devil Riders Out
  6. Iron Mask – Diabolical
  7. Anthrax – For All Kings
  8. Far Beyond – A Frozen Flame of Ice
  9. Sixx:A.M. – Prayers For The Blessed
  10. Pretty Maids – Kingmaker

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  1. Fake Idols – Witness
  2. Meridian – Breaking The Surface
  3. Graham Bonnet Band – The Book
  4. Vanexa – Too Heavy To Fly
  5. Crystal Ball – Deja Voodoo
  6. Solitude – Reach For The Sky
  7. Amaranthe – Maximalism
  8. Inire – Cauchemar
  9. Aeternitas – House Of Usher
  10. Dumb Hole – Bravest Of The Galaxy

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2015

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  1. Annihilator – Suicide Society
  2. Lamb Of God – VII: Sturm Und Drang
  3. Symphony X – Underworld
  4. Queensrÿche – Condition Hüman
  5. Operation: Mindcrime – The Key
  6. Venom – From The Very Depths
  7. Level 10 – Chapter One
  8. Reverence – Gods Of War
  9. Divided Multitude – Divided Multitude
  10. Maya – The Prophecy Is Broken

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  1. Black Star Riders – The Killer Instinct
  2. Impellitteri – Venom
  3. Raven – ExtermiNation
  4. Blackwelder – Survival Of The Fittest
  5. Worldview – The Chosen Few
  6. Eldritch – Underlying Issues
  7. Reverence – Gods Of War
  8. Symphony X – Underworld
  9. The Winery Dogs – Hot Streak
  10. Joel Hoekstra’s 13 – Dying To Live

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  1. Voodoo Hill – Waterfall
  2. Chastain – We Bleed Metal
  3. Raven – ExtermiNation
  4. Diemonds – Never Wanna Die
  5. Slayer – Repentless
  6. Annihilator – Suicide Society
  7. Queensrÿche – Condition Hüman
  8. Helloween – My God-Given Right
  9. Black Star Riders – The Killer Instinct
  10. Motörhead – Bad Magic
  11. Trixter – Human Era

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  1. Leprous – The Congregation
  2. Periphery – Juggernaut: Alpha/Omega
  3. Blind Guardian – Beyond the Red Mirror
  4. Enslaved – In Times
  5. Slayer – Repentless
  6. Baroness – Purple
  7. Sikth – Opacities
  8. Motörhead – Bad Magic
  9. Faith No More – Sol Invictus
  10. Helloween – My God-Given Right

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  1. Gloryhammer – Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards
  2. Impellitteri – Venom
  3. Stryper – Fallen
  4. Nightwish – Endless Forms Most Beautiful
  5. Galneryus – Under The Force of Courage
  6. Stratovarius – Eternal
  7. Luca Turilli’s Rhapsody – Prometheus
  8. Lynch Mob – Rebel
  9. Primal Fear – Rulebreaker (the 2015 singles)
  10. Queensrÿche – Condition Hüman

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  1. Armored Saint – Win Hands Down
  2. Subsignal – The Beacons Of Somewhere Sometime
  3. Caligula’s Horse – Bloom
  4. Sadist – Hyena 9
  5. Riverside – Love, Fear And The Time Machine
  6. Pentagram – Curious Volume
  7. Agent Fresco – Destrier
  8. Year Of The Ghost – The Unspeakable
  9. Leprous – The Congregation
  10. Satan – Atom By Atom

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2014

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  1. Xerath – III
  2. Animals As Leaders – The Joy of Motion
  3. Sebastian Bach – Give ‘Em Hell
  4. Fallujah – The Flesh Prevails
  5. Insomnium – Shadows of the Dying Sun
  6. Machine Head – Bloodstone & Diamonds
  7. Of Mice & Men – Restoring Force
  8. Slipknot – .5: The Gray Chapter
  9. Devin Townsend Project – Z²
  10. Iced Earth – Plagues of Babylon

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  1. Winger – Better Days Comin’
  2. Cloven Hoof – Resist Or Serve
  3. Sebastian Bach – Give ‘Em Hell
  4. Exorcism – I Am God
  5. Teramaze – Esoteric Symbolism
  6. Dynazty – Renatus
  7. Kayser – Read Your Enemy
  8. Chrome Division – Infernal Rock Internal
  9. Skull Fist – Chasing The Dream
  10. Malrun – Two Thrones
  11. Night Ranger – High Road
  12. Slash ft Myles Kennedy – World On Fire
  13. Evenomed – Evil Unseen
  14. Darker Half – Never Surrender
  15. Judas Priest – Redeemer Of Souls
  16. Messiah’s Kiss – Get Your Ball Out!

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  1. Red Dragon Cartel – Red Dragon Cartel
  2. Adrenaline Mob – Men Of Honor
  3. Dynazty – Renatus
  4. Gus G. – I Am The Fire
  5. Brainstorm – Firesoul
  6. Epica – The Quantum Enigma
  7. Skull Fist – Chasing The Dream
  8. Night By Night – NxN
  9. Confess – Jail
  10. Amberian Dawn – Magic Forest
  11. Triosphere – The Heart Of The Matter
  12. Unisonic – Light Of Dawn
  13. Divine Ascension – Liberator

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2013

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  1. Steven Wilson – The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)
  2. The Dillinger Escape Plan – One of Us Is the Killer
  3. Man the Machete – Idiokrati
  4. Kvelertak – Meir
  5. Extol – Extol
  6. Alice In Chains – The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
  7. SAHG – Delusions of Grandeur
  8. Audrey Horne – Youngblood
  9. Killswitch Engage – Disarm the Descent
  10. Iwrestledabearonce – Late for Nothing

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  1. Alter Bridge – Fortress
  2. Kingdom Come – Outlier
  3. Annihilator – Feast
  4. Lawless – Rock Savage
  5. Karnya – Coverin’ Thoughts
  6. Queensrÿche – Queensrÿche
  7. Avenged Sevenfold – Hail To The King
  8. Artillery – Legions
  9. Audrey Horne – Youngblood
  10. Trouble – The Distorion Field

Not to forget the albums from: Deadlands, Deep Purple, DGM, Extrema, Heimdall, Jupiter Society, Saffire, Shatter Messiah, Shotgun Revolution, TesseracT, Vandroya

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2012

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  1. Borknagar – Urd
  2. Enslaved – RIITIIR
  3. Ihsahn – Eremita
  4. Gojira – L’Enfant Sauvage
  5. Devin Townsend Project – Epicloud
  6. Storm Corrosion – Storm Corrosion
  7. Meshuggah – Koloss
  8. Lamb of God – Resolution
  9. Katatonia – Dead End Kings
  10. Kråke – Conquering Death

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  1. Prong – Carved Into Stone
  2. Fatal Smile – 21st Century Freaks
  3. Lamb Of God – Resolution
  4. Van Halen – A Different Kind Of Truth
  5. Flying Colors – Flying Colors
  6. Herman Frank – Right In Your Gut
  7. Mos Generator – Nomads
  8. Stone Sour – House Of Gold And Bones pt1
  9. Adrenaline Mob – Omertà
  10. Trail Of Murder – Shades Of Art

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  1. Hysterica – The Art Of Metal
  2. Seven Kingdoms – The Fire Is Mine
  3. The Cult – Choice Of Weapon
  4. In This Moment – Blood
  5. Candlemass – Psalms For The Dead
  6. Testament – Dark Roots Of Earth
  7. Emerald – Unleashed
  8. Asylum Pyre – Fifty Years Later
  9. Dethklok – Dethalbum III
  10. Overkill – The Electric Age

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2011

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  1. Devin Townsend Project – Deconstruction
  2. Machine Head – Unto the Locust
  3. Opeth – Heritage
  4. Nergard – The Beginning (EP)
  5. Jolly – The Audio Guide To Happiness (Part 1)
  6. Benedictum – Dominion
  7. Magic Pie – The Suffering Joy
  8. Pagan’s Mind – Heavenly Ecstasy
  9. Mr. Big – What If…
  10. DevilDriver – Beast

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  1. Electric Boys – And Them Boys Done Swang
  2. Alice Cooper – Welcome 2 My Nightmare
  3. Myrath – Tales Of The Sands
  4. Tony MacAlpine – Tony MacAlpine
  5. Lance King – A Moment In Chiros
  6. Saxon – Call To Arms
  7. Pagan’s Mind – Heavenly Ecstasy
  8. Metallica – Beyond Magnetic
  9. Transit Poetry – The 5th Element
  10. Anthrax – Worship Music

Honorable Mention from 2011:

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2010

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  1. Alter Bridge – AB III
  2. Deftones – Diamond Eyes
  3. Blind Guardian – At The Edge Of Time
  4. Paul Gilbert – Fuzz Universe
  5. Opeth – In Live Concert At The Royal Albert Hall
  6. Therion – Sitra Ahra
  7. Ratt – Infestation
  8. Manifest – Written In Blood
  9. Pretty Maids – Pandemonium
  10. Accept – Blood Of The Nations

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  1. Rage – Strings To A Web
  2. Helloween – 7 Sinners
  3. Motörhead – The Wörld Is Yours
  4. Scorpions – Sting In The Tail
  5. Halford – Halford IV: Made Of Metal
  6. Powerglove – Saturday Morning Apocalypse
  7. Innerwish – No Turning Back
  8. Angra – Aqua
  9. Gamma Ray – To The Metal
  10. Krokus – Hoodoo

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2009

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  1. Votum – Time Must Have A Stop
  2. Parallel Or Ninety Degrees – A Can Of Worms
  3. Jolly – Forty-Six Minutes, Twelve Seconds Of Music
  4. Illusion Suite – Final Hour
  5. Riverside – Anno Domini High Definition
  6. Jorn – Spirit Black
  7. Vindictiv – Ground Zero
  8. Reece – Universal Language
  9. Daedalus – The Never Ending Illusion
  10. Beardfish – Destined Solitaire

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  1. Powerman 5000 – Somewhere On The Other Side Of Nowhere …
  2. Vinnie Moore – To The Core
  3. Halford – Halford 3: Winter Songs
  4. Slik Helvetika – Hafnium
  5. Rammstein – Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da
  6. Lion’s Share – Dark Hours
  7. Primal Fear – 16.6: (Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead)
  8. Tango Down – Damage Control
  9. Vision Divine – 9 Degrees West of the Moon
  10. Queensrÿche – American Soldier

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  1. Saxon – Into The Labyrinth
  2. Roswell Six – Terra Incognita – Beyond The Horizone
  3. Fair Warning – Aura
  4. Heel – Chaos And Greed
  5. Last Autumn’s Dream – Dreamcatcher
  6. Soul Doctor – Way Back To The Bone

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  1. Amorphis – Skyforger
  2. Place Vendome – Streets Of Fire
  3. Ravage – The End Of Tomorrow
  4. Hibria – The Skull Collector
  5. Suidakra – Crógacht
  6. Pretty Wild – All The Way
  7. Paradise Lost – Faith Divides Us Death Unites Us
  8. Mean Streak – Metal Slave
  9. God Dethroned – Passiondale
  10. Savage Messiah – Insurrection Rising

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2008

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  1. Opeth – Watershed
  2. Ephrat – No One’s Words
  3. Ivanhoe – Lifeline
  4. Nocturnal Breed – Fields Of Rot
  5. Zerozonic – Dead On Arrival
  6. Edenbridge – My Earth Dream
  7. Stonefuze – Stonefuze
  8. Keep Of Kalessin – Kolossus
  9. Manifest – Hedonism
  10. Neal Morse – Lifeline

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  1. Sylvan – Posthumous Silence The Show (DVD)
  2. Seven Steps To The Green Room – Step Into My World
  3. Silent Call – Creations From Another Path
  4. Tempestt – Break ‘em On
  5. Elevener – When Kaleidoscopes Collide
  6. Whitesnake – Good To Be Bad
  7. Tony Mills – Vital Designs
  8. Axxis – Doom Of Destiny
  9. Dark Sky – Empty Faces
  10. Judas Priest – Nostradamus

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  1. Guns N’ Roses – Chinese Democracy
  2. Alice Cooper – Along Came a Spider
  3. Lynam – Tragic City Symphony
  4. Mötley Crüe – Saints of Los Angeles
  5. Bullet for My Valentine – Scream, Aim, Fire
  6. Britney Spears – Circus
  7. Black Tide – Light from Above
  8. Tonight You Rock – All Comes Down to You
  9. Sammy Hagar – Cosmic Universal Fashion
  10. Buckcherry – Black Butterfly

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Metal

  1. Opeth – Watershed
  2. Dominici – O3 Part III
  3. 3 – The End Is Begun
  4. Anew Revolution – Rise

Rock

  1. Moon Safari – Blomljud
  2. The Tangent – Not As Good As The Book
  3. Neal Morse – Lifeline
  4. The Third Ending – The Third Ending
  5. Karmakanic – Who’s the Boss in the Factory
  6. RPWL – The RPWL Experience

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  • Metallica – Death Magnetic
  • Mötley Crüe – Saints of Los Angeles
  • Blaze Bayley – The Man Who Would Not Die
  • Exmortus – In Hatred’s Flames
  • Judas Priest – Nostradamus
  • Amon Amarth – Twilight Of The Thunder God

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2007

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  1. Scariot – Momentum Shift
  2. Magnum – Princess Alice & The Broken Arrow
  3. Rush – Snakes & Arrows
  4. Sanctity – Road To Bloodshed
  5. Pathosray – Pathosray
  6. Fear My Thoughts – Vulcanus
  7. Dream Theater – Systematic Chaos
  8. Thunderstone – Evolution 4.0
  9. Divine Heresy – Bleed The Fifth
  10. Tribuzy – Execution Live Reunion

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  1. Nightwish – Dark Passion Play
  2. Saxon – The Inner Sanctum
  3. Jaded Heart – Sinister Mind
  4. Dream Theater – Systematic Chaos
  5. Sonata Arctica – Unia
  6. Rush – Snakes & Arrows
  7. MarysCreek – Some Kind Of Hate
  8. Frederiksen/Denander – Baptism By Fire
  9. Code – The Enemy Within
  10. Within Temptation – The Heart Of Everything

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  1. Pagan’s Mind – God’s Equation
  2. Dimmu Borgir – In Sorte Diaboli
  3. Circus Maximus – Isolate
  4. Kamelot – Ghost Opera
  5. Within Temptation – The Heart Of Everything
  6. Andre Matos – Time To Be Free
  7. Nightwish – Dark Passion Play
  8. Manowar – Gods Of War
  9. Helloween – Gambling With The Devil
  10. Pink Cream 69 – In10sity

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  1. Dimmu Borgir – In Sorte Diaboli
  2. Scorpions – Humanity
  3. Sabastian Bach – Angel Down
  4. Vintersorg – Solens Rötter
  5. Nightwish – Dark Passion Play

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  1. Nightwish – Dark Passion Play
  2. ASKA – Absolute Power
  3. Saxon – The Inner Sanctum
  4. Gamma Ray – Land of the Free II
  5. Primal Fear – New Religion
  6. Helloween – Gambling with the Devil
  7. Pink Cream 69 – In10sity
  8. Silent Force – Walk the Earth
  9. Iced Earth – Framing Armageddon
  10. Megadeth – United Abominations

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2006

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  1. Nightwish – End Of An Era (live)
  2. Whitesnake – Live In The Still Of The Night (DVD)
  3. Blind Guardian – A Twist In The Myth
  4. Slamer – Nowhere Land
  5. Jorn – The Duke
  6. Saxon – The Eagle Has Landed 3 (live)
  7. Fair Warning – Brother’s Keeper
  8. Axel Rudi Pell – Mystica
  9. Rage – Speak Of The Dead

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  1. A.C.T. – Silence
  2. Spock’s Beard – Spock’s Beard
  3. Gogol Bordello – Gypsy Punks Underdog World Strike
  4. 3 – Wake Pig
  5. Ureas – The Naked Truth
  6. Paatos – Silence of Another Kind
  7. Kim Wilde – Never Say Never
  8. Wig Wam – Hard to be a Rock’n Roller… in Tokyo
  9. Wuthering Heights – The Shadow Cabinet
  10. Mike Oldfield – New Times

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  1. Billy Talent – II
  2. Black Stone Cherry – Black Stone Cherry
  3. Empire – The Raven Ride
  4. Saga – Trust
  5. Danko Jones – Sleep Is The Enemy
  6. Sunstorm – Sunstorm
  7. Amplifier – Amplifier
  8. The Answer – Rise
  9. Jorn – The Duke
  10. Platitude – Silence Speaks
  11. Tool – 10 000 Days
  12. Benedictum – Uncreation
  13. Pearl Jam – Pearl Jam
  14. 30 Seconds To Mars – A Beautiful Lie
  15. Lordi – The Arockalypse
  16. Iron Maiden – A Matter Of Life And Death

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2005

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  1. Dark Tranquility – Character
  2. Dark Age – Dark Age
  3. Darkest Hour – Undoing Ruin
  4. Trivium – Ascendancy
  5. Nile – Annihilation Of The Wicked
  6. Dew Scented – Issue VI
  7. The Black Dahlia Murder – Miasma
  8. Nevermore – This Godless Endeavor
  9. Galloglass – Heavenseeker
  10. Annihilator – Schizo Deluxe
  11. Akercocke – Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone

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  1. Kreator – Enemy Of God
  2. System Of A Down – Mesmerize
  3. Bullet For My Valentine – The Poison
  4. Alice Cooper – Dirty Diamonds
  5. Helloween – Keeper Of The Seven Keys: The Legacy
  6. Dream Theater – Octavarium
  7. L.A. Guns – Tales From The Strip
  8. Hellacopters – Rock & Roll Is Dead
  9. Wednesday 13 – Transylvania 90210
  10. Stonegard – Arrows
  11. Hanoi Rocks – Another Hostile Takeover

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  1. Robert Plant – Mighty Rearranger
  2. Hanoi Rocks – Another Hostile Takeover
  3. Billy Idol – Devil’s Playground
  4. Dug – Emotional Animal
  5. King’s X – Ogre Tones
  6. Mötley Crüe – Red, White and Crüe
  7. Killswitch Engage – (Set This) World Ablaze (DVD)
  8. Hanoi Rocks – Lightnin’ Bar Blues – The albums (box set)
  9. Spock’s Beard – Octane
  10. Opeth – Ghost Reveries

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  1. Hanoi Rocks – Another Hostile Takeover
  2. Turbonegro – Party Animals
  3. Staind – Chapter V
  4. Queen Of The Stone Age – Lullabies To Paralyze
  5. System Of A Down – Mesmerize
  6. Tommy Lee – Tommyland: The Ride
  7. Candlemass – Candlemass
  8. Dream Theater – Octavarium
  9. TNT – All The Way To The Sun
  10. Stonegard – Arrows

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  1. Nocturnal Rites – Grand Illusion
  2. Kamelot – The Black Halo
  3. Disturbed – Ten Thousand Fists
  4. Children of Bodom – Are You Dead Yet?
  5. Sonata Arctica – Reckoning Night
  6. Gamma Ray – Majestic
  7. Sevendust – Next
  8. Helloween – Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy
  9. Nevermore – This Godless Endeavor
  10. Stratovarius – Stratovarius

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  1. Meshuggah – Catch Thirtythree
  2. Fear Factory – Transgression
  3. Dream Theater – Octavarium
  4. Opeth – Ghost Reveries
  5. Cloroform – Cracked Wide Open

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2004

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