Month: December 2004

Moonspell – Devil Red – Darkness and Hope – Century Media
Megadeth – Kick The Chair – The System Has Failed – Sanctuary
Hatesphere – Blank Eyes – Ballet Of The Brute – Century Media
Skyfire – Conjuring The Thoughts – Spectral – Arise
Within Y – Face Down – Extended Mental Dimensions – Karmageddon
God Dethroned – Rusty Nails – The Lair Of The White Worm – Metal Blade
Insision – Grotesque Plague Mass – Revealed and Worshipped – Earache
Napalm Death – Vermin – Enemy Of The Music Business – Dreamcatcher
Poisonblack – Exciter – Escapextacy – Century Media
Eternal Oath – Preserve The Emotions – Righteous – GAR
Nasum – The Smallest Man – Shift – Burning Heart
Dream Evil – Losing You – Dragonslayer – Century Media
#20 Insomnium – Death Walked the Earth – Since The Day It All Came Down – Candlelight
#19 Suffocation – To Weep Once More – Souls To Deny – Relapse
#18 Killswitch Engage – And Embers Rise – The End of Heartache – Roadrunner
#17 The Haunted – Burnt To A Shell – Revolver – Century Media
#16 Lamb of God – Remorse Is For The Dead – Ashes Of The Wake – Century Media
#15 Finntroll – Nattfödd – Nattfödd – Spinefarm
#14 Shadows Fall – Act Of Contrition – The War Within – Century Media
#13 God Forbid – Washed Out World – Gone Forever – Century Media
#12 Withering Surface – Urban Glasses – Force The Pace – Scarlet
#11 Orphanage – Prophecies Of Fame – Driven – Nuclear Blast
#10 Dismember – Tragedy Of The Faithful – Where Ironcrosses Grow – Karmageddon
#9 Disarmonia Mundi – Swallow The Flames – Fragments Of D Generation – Scarlet
#8 In Flames – My Sweet Shadow – Soundtrack To Your Escape – Nuclear Blast
#7 After Forver – Beautiful Emptiness – Invisible Circles – The End Records
#6 Anata – Built On Sand – Under A Stone With No Inscript – Wicked World
#5 Exodus – Tempo Of The Damned – Tempo Of The Damned – Nuclear Blast
#4 Amoral – Distract – Wound Creations – Spikefarm
#3 Nightwish – Ghost Love Score – Once – Nuclear Blast
#2 Enter Chaos – Troublemaker – Aura Sense – Metal Mind
#1 Bloodbath – Feeding The Undead – Nightmares Made Flesh – Century Media
#1 Bloodbath – Outnumbering The Day – Nightmares Made Flesh – Century Media

Soilwork – Stabbing The Drama – Stabbing The Drama – Nuclear Blast
#20 Numen – Eskualdunak – Basoaren Semeak – GOI
#19 Hypocrisy – New World – The Arrival – Nuclear Blast
#18 Finntroll – Trollhamaren – Nattfödd – Spinefarm
In Flames – Square Nothing – Clayman – Nuclear Blast
#17 The Haunted – Who Will Decide – Revolver – Century Media
#16 Hatesphere – Warhead – Ballet Of The Brute – Scarlet
#15 Within Y – God In Silence – Extended Mental Dimensions – Karmageddon
Best Demo Face Down – Heretic – Demo 2004
#14 Lamb of God – What I’ve Become – Ashes Of The Wake – Century Media
#13 Cipher System – What If – Central Tunnel Eight – Lifeforce
Arch Enemy – Enemy Within – Wages Of Sin – Century Media
Best Compilation Dark Tranquillity – The Wonders At Your Feet – Exposures – Century Media
#12 Withering Surface – This View – Force The Pace – Scarlet
#11 God Forbid – Gone Forever – Gone Forever – Century Media
Opeth – Hope Leaves – Damnation – Music For Nations
In Flames – Reroute To Remain – Reroute To Remain – Nuclear Blast
#10 Shadows Fall – Those Who Cannot Speak – The War Within – Century Media
#9 Bloodbath – Draped In Disease – Nightmares Made Flesh – Century Media
#8 Capharnaum – Refusal – Fractured – Willowtip
Storm Of Sorrows – And When The Rain Begins To Fall – Count The Faceless
Detonation – Crawling Through Vile – An Epic Defiance – Osmose
Dimmu Borgir – Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse – Death Cult Armageddon – Nuclear Blast
Soilwork – Cranking The Sirens – Figure Number Five – Nuclear Blast
#7 Skyfire – Void Of Hope – Spectral – Arise
#6 In Flames – Dead Alone – Soundtrack To Your Escape – Nuclear Blast
#5 Insomnium – The Day It All Came Down – Since The Da It All Came Down – Candlelight
#4 Omnium Gatherum – The Fall Went Right Through Here – Years In Waste – Nuclear Blast
Best Unsigned Carcariass – Watery Grave – Killing Process
Kreator – Under A Total Blackened Sky – Enemy Of God – SPV
#3 Orphanage – Driven – Driven – Nuclear Blast
#2 Disarmonia Mundi – Come Forth My Dreadful One – Fragments Of D Generation – Scarlet
#1 Enter Chaos – One Day Hero – Aura Sense – Metal Mind
#1 Enter Chaos – No Name – Aura Sense – Metal Mind

Arch Enemy – Dead Eyes See No Future – Anthems of Rebellion Century Media
The Haunted – Nothing Right – rEVOLVEr Century Media
Dawn of Relic – Bowels of Murder – Lovecraftian Dark Season of Mist
Nightrage – Hero – Sweet Vengeance Century Media
Withering Surface – State Of Emergency – Force The Pace Scarlet
Insomnium – The Moment Of Reckoning – Since the Day It All Came Down Candlelight
Omnium Gatherum – The Nolans Fati – Years In Waste Nuclear Blast
In Flames – My Sweet Shadow – Soundtrack To Your Escape Nuclear Blast
Dark Tranquillity – The New Build – Character Century Media
Skyfire – Effusion Of Strength – Spectral Arise
Soilwork – Stabbing The Drama – Stabbing The Drama Nuclear Blast
Enter Chaos – Sell Out – Aura Sense Metal Mind
Orphanage – My Master’s Master – Driven Nuclear Blast
Anata – Shackled To Guilt – Under A Stone With No Inscript Wicked World
Bloodbath – Brave New Hell – Nightmares Made Flesh Century Media
Darkane – Chaos vs. Order – Expanding Senses Nuclear Blast
Kreator – Murder Fantasies – Enemy Of God SPV
Disarmonia Mundi – Swallow the Flames Edited – Fragments of D-Generation Scarlet
Lacuna Coil – Unspoken – Comalies Century Media
God Forbid – Precious Life – Gone Forever Century Media
Finntroll – Eliytres – Nattfödd Spinefarm
Omnium Gatherum – It’s A Long Night – Years In Waste Nuclear Blast
Morgoth – Sold Baptism – Cursed Century Media
Amoral – Atrocity Evolution – Wound Creations Spikefarm
Carcariass – Winds Of Death – Killing Process
In Flames – Embody The Invisible – C.O.L.O.N.Y Nuclear Blast
Sorrow Of Tranquility – I Never Forget You – Empire From Darkness Tower
Necrophagist – Only Ash Remains – Epitaph Relapse
Inversion – Apocalyptic – The Nature Of Depravity
Voivod – Fix My Heart – The Outer Limits MCA
Martyr – Ostrogoth – Hopeless Hopes Sekhmet
Storm Of Sorrows – Feel The Pain – Count The Faceless

The Haunted Everlasting – One Kill Wonder – Earache
Atreyu The Remembrance Ballad – The Curse – Victory
Amorphis Rusty Moon – Tuonela – Nuclear Blast
Nevermore Seed Awakening – Enemies Of Reality – Century Media
Samael Moongate – Reign Of Light – Regain
Skyfire Shivering Shade – Spectral – Arise
Omnium Gatherum Black Seas Cry – Years In Waste – Nuclear Blast
Nightwish The Phantom Of The Opera – Century Child – Spinefarm
Hearse Mountain of the Solar Eclipse – "Armageddon, Mon Amour" – Karmageddon
Damageplan Breathing New Life – New Found Power – Elektra
Within Y Remains of A Shattered Illusio – Extended Mental Dimensions – Karmageddon
Kreator Under A Total Blackened Sky – Enemy Of God – SPV
Lamb Of God Hourglass – Ashes Of The Wake – Century Media
Dark Tranquillity The Endless Feed – Character – Century Media
Disarmonia Mundi Morgue of Centuries Edited – Fragments of D-Generation – Scarlet
Lacuna Coil Daylight Dancer – Comalies – Century Media
Numen Suzko Hitzak – Basoaren Semeak – GOI
Poisonblack Love Infernal – Escapexstacy – Century Media
Bloodbath Outnumbering The Day – Nightmares Made Flesh – Century Media
Hatesphere What I See I Despise – Ballet of the Brute – Scarlet
God Forbid Washed-Out World – Gone Forever – Century Media
Martyr Endless Vortex Towards Erasing Destiny – Warp Zone – Sekhmet
Enter Chaos Aura Sense – Aura Sense – Metal Mind
Cipher System Central Tunnel Eight – Central Tunnel Eight – Lifeforce
Orphanage Dead Ground – Driven – Nuclear Blast
Face Down Heretic Edited – Demo 2004 – Unsigend
Theory in Practice This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us – Colonizing the Sun – Listenable
Necrophagist Only Ash Remains – Epitaph – Relapse
Atheist Piece Of Time – Piece Of Time – Music For Nations
Ten Masked Men Sledgehammer – The Phanten Masked Menace –
Carcariass Killing Process – Killing Process – Unsigned
Damageplan Soul Bleed – New Found Power – Elektra

Extol – Your Beauty Divine – Paralysis EP – Endtime Productions
The Defaced – A moment of clarity – Karma in Black – Scarlet
Lacuna Coil – Swamped – Comalies – Century Media
Trivium – Fugue (A Revelation) – Ember To Inferno – Lifeforce
Atreyu – The Crimson – The Curse – Victory
Disarmonia Mundi – Come Forth my Dreadful One – Fragments Of D Generation – Scarlet
Hypocrisy – Stillborn – The Arrival – Nuclear Blast
Charon – Drive – The Dying Daylight – Spinefarm
Killswitch Engage – Breathe Life – The End Of Heartache – Roadrunner
In Flames – Dial 595-Escape – Soundtrack To Your Escape – Nuclear Blast
Withering Surface – Hold The Line – Force The Pace – Scarlet
Skyfire – Cursed By Belief – Spectral – Arise
Cipher System – C.S.I. – Central Tunnel Eight – Lifeforce
Source – A Meeting at the Morgue – Left Alone – Goi
The Haunted – No Compromise – Revolver – Century Media
Suffocation – Infecting The Crypts – Effigy of the Forgotten – Roadrunner
The Forsaken – Blackened – Traces of the Past – Century Media
Arch Enemy – Symphony of Destruction – Dead Eyes See No Future EP – Century Media
Disarmonia Mundi – Oceangrave – Fragments Of D Generation – Scarlet
Entombed – Hollowman – Hollowman EP – Earache
Enter Chaos – No Name – Aura Sense – Metal Mind
Orphanage – The Sign – Driven – Nuclear Blast
No Return – Secret Face (Death’s Cover) – Machinery – Nuclear Blast
Alarum – Woven Imbalance – Eventuality – Willowtip
Detonation – An Epic Defiance – An Epic Defiance – Osmose
Intestine Baalism – Banquet In The Darkness – Banquet In The Darkness – Blackend
Kreator – Suicide Terrorist – Enemy Of God – SPV
Carcariass – Watery Grave – Killing Process – Unsigned
Capharnaum – Ingrained – Fractured – Willowtip
Disarmonia Mundi – Swallow the Flames – Fragments Of D Generation – Scarlet