1. (1) Sevendust – Truth Killer (Napalm Records)
2. (2) Department of Gloom – Department of Gloom (Andromeda Records)
3. (3) The Mighty Bard – Beyond The Gate (Epictronic)
4. (4) Voivod – Morgöth Tales (Century Media)
5. (5) Kent Hilli – Nothing Left To Lose (Frontiers Music)
6. (6) Cold Blooded Hearts – The Cold Light of Day (Cherry Red)
7. (7) Blindstone – Scars To Remember (Mighty Music)
8. (9) The Royal Beggars – Falling To New Heights (Desert Rambler Recordings)
9. (8) Various Artists – Steel Bars – A Rock Tribute To Michael Bolton (Frontiers Music)
10. (-) Shadow Smile – Signed In Blood (Own Label)
11. (11) Artanor – In Servitude of Darkness (Gutter Prince Cabal Records)
12. (10) Progenitor – Eldritch Supremacy (Own Label)
13. (12) Thunder Horse – After The Fall (Ripple Music)
14. (-) Velvet Insane – High Heeled Monster (Wild Kingdom)
15. (14) Nunslaughter –Red Is The Color Of Ripping Death (Hells Headbangers)
16. (13) Night Legion – Fight Or Fall (Massacre Records)
17. (18) Kind – Close Encounters (Ripple Music)
18. (15) Mystfall – Celestial Vision (Scarlet Records)
19. (16) The Bleeding – Monokrator (Redefining Darkness)
20. (-) Magnum – Great Adventure The Jet Years 1978-83 (HNE Recordings)
21. (19) Scream Maker – Land of Fire (Frontiers Music)
22. (29) Blackning – Awakening Rage (Black Lion Records)
23. (22) Ekrom – Uten Nådigst Formildelse (Edged Circle Productions)
24. (-) Mammoth WVH – Mammoth II (BMG)
25. (24) Persekutor – Snow Business (Blues Funeral Recordings)
26. (20) Voyager – Fearless In Love (Season Of Mist)
27. (25) Boys From Heaven – The Descendant (Target Records)
28. (30) Carbellion – Weapons of Choice (Eclipse Records)
29. (17) Fifth Angel – When Angels Kill (Nuclear Blast)
30. (26) Freedom Call – The M-E-T-A-L Fest (SPV/Steamhammer)

THIS TIME LAST YEAR:
1. Dynazty – Final Advent (AFM Records)
2. Cats In Space – Kickstart The Sun (Harmony Factory)
3. Hailmary – Disturbing The Peace (Eonian Records)
4. Anthrax – XL (Nuclear Blast)
5. Graveshadow – The Uncertain Hour (M-Theory Audio)