Friday 31st January, 2003

Amorphis – Forever More – AM Universum – Nuclear Blast
The Haunted – D.O.A. – One Kill Wonder – Earache
Flowing Tears – Serpentine – Serpentine – Century Media
Rammstein – Feuer Frei – XXX OST – Universal
Mercyful Fate – Egypt – In The Shadows – Music For Nations
Farmakon – Sanctuary In Solitud – Elitist Compilation – Elitist
Tiamat – Vote For Love – Judas Christ – Century Media
Diabolical Masquerade – 13th Movement – Death’s Design – Avantgarde
Immortal Souls – Welcome To North – Ice Upon The Night – Fear Dark
The Crown – Drugged Unholy – Crowned In Terror – Metal Blade
Eternal Oath – Preserve The Emotions – Righteous – G.A.R.
Dark Tranquillity – White Noise / Black Silence – Damage Done – Century Media
Angel Dust – Forever – Of Human Bondage – Century Media
The Haunted – Shadow World – One Kill Wonder – Earache
Borknagar – Soul sphere – Empiricism – Century Media
Trivium – Fugue – Demo
Dark Funeral – The Arrival Of Satan’s Empire – Diabolis Interium – No Fashion
In Flames – Episode 666 – Whoracle – Nuclear Blast
Dawn Of Relic – Bowels Of Murder – Lovecraftian Dark – Season Of Mist
Shadows Fall – Thoughts Without Words – The Art Of Balance – Century Media
Scarve – Capsized – Luminiferous – Listenable
Detonation – Crawling Through Vile – An Epic Defiance – Detonation
Nightwish – End Of All Hope – Century Child – Spinefarm
Diabolical Masquerade – All Onboard The Perdition Hearze – Nightwork – Avantgarde
Enter Chaos – Chaos – Dreamworker – Metal Mind
Children Of Bodom – Silent Scream – Hate Crew Deathroll – Spinefarm
The Haunted – Shithead – One Kill Wonder – Earache

Friday 24th January, 2003

Construcdead – I’ve Come To Rule – Repent – Cold
Witchery – Shallow Grave – Simphony For The Devil – Music For Nations
Shadows Fall – Idle Hands – The Art Of Balance – Century Media
Edge Of Sanity – Not Of This World – Cryptic – Black Mark
Soilwork – Burn
Children Of Bodom – Sixpounder – Hate Crew Deathroll – Spinefarm
Death – Crystal Mountain – Symbolic – Roadrunner
Mindlapse – As I Do – Demo
Old Man’s Child – Sacrifice Of Vengeance – In Defiance Of Existence – Century Media
Hatesphere – Disbeliever – Bloodred Hatred – Scarlet
In Flames – Resin – Colony – Nuclear Blast
Final Conflict OST
The Haunted – D.O.A. – One Kill Wonder – Earache
Moonspell – Nocturna – Darkness and Hope – Century Media
Testament – Demonic Refusal – Demonic – Spitfire
Darkane – Parasites Of The Unexplained – Expanding Senses – Nuclear Blast
Lacuna Coil – Daylight Dancer – Comalies – Century Media
Old Man’s Child – The Soul Receiver – In Defiance Of Existence – Century Media
Pro-Pain – Substance – Round 6 – Nuclear Blast
Dark Tranquillity – Monochromatic Stains – Damage Done – Century Media
Dawn Of Relic – Bowels Of Murder – Lovecraftian Dark – Season Of Mist
The Provenance – Climbing Ideals – Still At Arms Length – Scarlet
Nail Within – Dirty Coloured Knife – Nail Within – Listenable
Detonation – The Collision Of Despair – An Epic Defiance – Detonation
Old Man’s Child – Agony Of Fallen Grace – In Defiance Of Existance – Century Media
Nightwish – Fee For You – Century Child – Spinefarm
Arcturus – Collapse Generation – The Sham Mirrors – Ad Astra
Dimension Zero – Through The Virgin Sky – Silent Night Fever – Regain

Friday 17th January, 2003

Pain – On Your Knees (Again) – Pain – Nuclear Blast
Manowar – The Dawn Of Battle – Warriors Of The World – Nuclear Blast
Borknagar – Soul Sphere – Empiricism – Century Media
Anthrax – Nobody Knows Anything – We’ve Come For You All – Nuclear Blast
Dimension Zero – Not Even Dead – Silent Night Fever – Regain
The Haunted – Shadow World – One Kill Wonder – Earache
Old Man’s Child – Black Seed Of Virgin Soil – In Defiance Of Existence – Century Media
Detonation – Forever Buried Pain – An Epic Defiance – Detonation
King Diamond – Eye Of The Witch – The Eye – Roadrunner
Children Of Bodom – Chockehold (Cocked & Loaded) – Hate Crew Deathroll – Spinefarm
In Flames – Jotun – Whoracle – Nuclear Blast
Grave – Behold The Flames – Back From The Grave – Century Media
Callenish Circle – Witness Your Oblivion – Flesh Power Dominion – Metal Blade
Darkane – Innocence Gone – Expanding Senses – Nuclear Blast
Dawn Of Relic – Through The Cavern Of Flame – One Night In Carcosa – Wicked World
Dawn Of Relic – Masquerade Of Sickness – Lovecraftian Dark – Season Of Mist
Strapping Young Lad – Aftermath – SYL – Century Media
Arch Enemy – Ravenous – Wages Of Sin – Century Media
Death – Sacred Serenity – Symbolic – Roadrunner
The Haunted – Shithead – One Kill Wonder – Earache
Theory In Practice – Conspiracy In Cloning – Colonizing The Sun – Listenable
Detonation – The Collision Of Despair – An Epic Defiance – Detonation
Emperor – Empty – Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire and Demise – Candlelight
Soilwork – Asylum Dance – A Predator’s Portrait (Japanese release) – Toys Factory
Apocalyptica – No Education – Reflections – Mercury
Detonation – An Epic Defiance – An Epic Defiance – Detonation

Friday 10th January, 2003

Testament – DNR (Do Not Resucitate) – The Gathering – Spitfire
Callenish Circle – Suffer My Disbilief – Flesh Power Dominion – Metal Blade
Beseech – Between The Lines – Souls Highway – Napalm
Arcturus – Radical Cut – The Sham Mirrors – Ad Astra
Children Of Bodom – Sixpunder – Hate Crew Deathroll – Spinefarm
Tiamat – Spine – Judas Christ – Century Media
Shadows Fall – A Fire In Babylon – The Art Of Balance – Century Media
Rotting Christ – Thou Art Blind – Khronos – Century Media
Arch Enemy – Ravenous – Wages Of Sin – Century Media
Detonation – Sword-carved Skin – An Epic Defiance – Detonation
Apocalyptica – No Education – Reflections – Mercury
In Flames – Minus – Reroute To Remain – Nuclear Blast
Satyricon – Fuel For Hatred – Volcano – Capitol
Opeth – Bleak – Blackwater Park – Music For Nations
Children Of Bodom – Lil’ Bloodred Ridin’ Hood – Hate Crew Deathroll – Spinefarm
Scarve – Serpent Speech – Luminiferous – Listenable
Old Mans Child – Felonies Of The Christian Art – In Defiance Of Existance – Century Media
Lacuna Coil – Unspoken – Comalies – Century Media
Dies Irae – Sculpted In Stone – Naive – Oz
The Haunted – Hollow Ground – The Haunted Made Me do It – Earache
Dark Tranquillity – The Wonders at Your Feet – Haven – Century Media
Children Of Bodom – Angels Don’t Kill – Hate Crew Deathroll – Spinefarm
Area 54 – Overload – No Visible Scars – Dream Catcher
Dream Evil – Made Of Metal – Evilized – Century Media
Withering Surface – Separation – Walking On Phantom Ice – Copro
Amon Amarth – Death In Fire – Versus the World – Nuclear Blast
Tiamat – Fireflower – Judas Christ – Century Media
Children Of Bodom – Needled 24/7 – Hate Crew Deathroll – Spinefarm

Friday 3rd January, 2003

Anorexia Nervosa – Mother Anorexia – New Obscurantis Order – Osmose
Arcturus – Kinetic – The Sham Mirrors – Ad Astra
Edge Of Sanity – No Destiny – Cryptic – Black Mark
Corporation 187 – Perfection In Pain – Perfection In Pain – Wicked World
Lacuna Coil – Swamped – Comalies – Century Media
Rapture – Transfixion (for the butterflies of joy) – Songs For The Withering – Spinefarm
Dark Tranquillity – Single Part Of Two – Damage Done – Century Media
Opeth – The Amen Corner – My Arms, Your Hearse – Candlelight
Bolt Thrower – Lament – Who Dares Wins – Earache
Evenfall – Overcast Sky – Cumbersome – Century Media
Sirenia – In A Manica – At Sixes And Sevens – Napalm
Bloodrose – In Death Lies My Destiny – Into Oblivion – Retribute
Kalmah – Principle Hero – They Will Return – Spinefarm
In Flames – Embody The Invisible – Colony – Nuclear Blast
Bloodbath – Death Delirium – Resurrection Through Carnage – Century Media
Pain – It’s Only Them – Nothing Remains The Same – Stockholm
Within Y – Lost In Solitude – Feeble & Weak – Demo
Hypocrisy – Destroyed – Catch 22 – Nuclear Blast
Children Of Bodom – You’re Better Off Dead – Single – Spinefarm
After Forever – Monolith Of Doubt – Decipher – Transmission
Beyond The Embrace – The Bending Sea – Against The Elements – Metal Blade
Kreator – Golden Age – Endorama – Drakkar
Satyricon – With Ravenous Hunger – Volcano – Capitol
Kalmah – Swamphell – They Will Return – Spinefarm
In Flames – Reroute To Remain – Reroute To Remain – Nuclear Blast
Immolation – Reluctant Messiah – Unholy Cult – Listenable
Numen – Darkness Of Times – Galdutako Itxaropenaren Eresia – Goi

Listeners Top 20 albums of 2002

Here’s the list again, your favourite albums of 2002:

1- In Flames "Reroute to Remain" Nuclear Blast
2- Lacuna Coil "Comalies" Century Media
3- Arch Enemy "Wages Of Sin" Century Media
4- Dark Tranquillity "Damage Done" Century Media
5- Soilwork "Natural Born Chaos" Nuclear Blast
6- Opeth "Deliverance" Music For Nations
7- Nightwish "Century Child" Spinefarm
8- Nile "In Their Darkened Shrines" Relapse
9- The Crown "Crowned In Terror" Metal Blade
10- Hypocrisy "Catch 22" Nuclear Blast
11- Sirenia "At Sixes Snd Sevens" Napalm
12- Arcturus "The Sham Mirrors" Ad Astra
13- Sentenced "The Cold White Light" Century Media
14- NonExist "Deus Deceptor" New Hawen
15- Theory In Practice "Colonizing The Sun" Listenable
16- Insomnium "In The Halls Of Awaiting" Candlelight
17- Immortal
"Sons Of Northern Darkness" Nuclear Blast
18- Kalmah "They Will Return" Spinefarm
19- Eternal Oath "Righteous" GAR
20- Dimension Zero "Silent Night Fever" Regain

The "Top Albums" button now takes you to my Top 20 Albums of 2002. Many congratulations to all the bands, most especially In Flames. Here’s to another year of great music!