Best of 2008

1- Within Y
“The Cult”
Gain
Within Y - The Cult

3- Storm Of Sorrows
“Slave To The Slaves”
Independent
Storm Of Sorrows - Slave To The Slaves

5- Moonspell
“Night Eternal”
Lifeforce
Moonspell - Night Eternal

7- Becoming the Archetype
“Dichotomy”
Solid State
Becoming the Archetype - Dichotomy

9- Textures
“Silhouettes”
Listenable
Textures - Silhouettes

11- Amon Amarth
“Twilight of the Thunder God”
Metal Blade
Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God

13- In Flames
“A Sense Of Purpose”
Nuclear Blast
In Flames - A Sense Of Purpose

15- The Faceless
“Planetary Duality”
Victory
The Faceless - Planetary Duality

17- Misery Speaks
“Catalogue Of Carnage”
Drakkar
Misery Speaks - Catalogue Of Carnage

19- Divinity
“Allegory”
Nuclear Blast
Divinity - Allegory

2- Cynic
“Traced In Air”
Season Of Mist
Cynic - Traced In Air

4- Opeth
“Watershed”
Roadrunner
Opeth - Watershed

6- Scar Symmetry
“Holographic Universe”
Nuclear Blast
Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe

8- Hateform
“Dominance”
7.45
Hateform - Dominance

10- Diablo
“Icaros”
Sakara
Diablo - Icaros

12- Evocation
“Dead Calm Chaos”
Cyclone Empire
Evocation - Dead Calm Chaos

14- Zonaria
“The Cancer Empire”
Century Media
Zonaria - The Cancer Empire

16- Miseration
“Your Demons – Their Angels”
Lifeforce
Miseration - Your Demons - Their Angels

18- Nervecell
“Preaching Venom”
Music Master
Nervecell - Preaching Venom

20- Dagoba
“Face The Colossus”
Season Of Mist
Dagoba - Face The Colossus


Compilation Album Of The Year:
Various Artists
“Century Media: Covering 20 Years of Extremes”
Century Media
Century Media: Covering 20 Years of Extremes

Newcomers of the Year:
Degradead
“Til Death Do Us Apart”
Dockyard
Degradead - Til Death Do Us Apart

Friday 26th December, 2008 – Listeners Top 20

Heaven Shall Burn – Black Tears – Iconoclast – Century Media

All That Remains – Two weeks – Overcome – Prosthetic

Unleashed – Black Horizon – Hammer Battalion – Steamhammer/ SPV

Napalm Death – Work To Rule – Time Waits for No Slave – Century Media

Sepultura – We`ve Lost You! – A-Lex – SPV

Keep of Kalessin – Against The Gods – Kolossus – Nuclear Blast

Kreator – Demon Prince – Hordes Of Chaos – SPV

Moonspell – Scorpion Flower – Night Eternal – SPV

Ihsahn – Unhealer – Angl – Candlelight

Belphegor – Armageddon’s Raid – Bondage Goat Zombie – Nuclear Blast

Pain – I’m Going In – Cynic Paradise – Nuclear Blast No 20

Demiurg – The Apocalyptic – The Hate Chamber – Mascot No 19

Storm Of Sorrows – Sweet Secrets – Slave To The Slaves – Independent No 18

Textures – Messengers – Silhouettes – Listenable No 17

Evocation – Angel Of Torment* – Dead Calm Chaos – Cyclone Empire No 16

Within Y – Facing Reality – The Cult – Gain No 15

Bloodbath – Drink from the cup of Heresy – The Fathomless Mastery – Peaceville No 14

Miseration – Foul Invective – Your Demons – Their Angels – Lifeforce No 13

In Flames – Disconnected – A Sense Of Purpose – Nuclear Blast No 12

In Mourning – Grand Denial – Shrouded Divine – Aftermath No 11

Hieronymus Bosch – Fingerprint Labyrinth – Equivoke – CD Maximum No 10

"Chuck Billy, Jonathan Donais, Scott Ian, John Tempesta, Chris Wyse" – Silent Night – We Wish You A Metal Xmas…And A Headbanging New Year – Eagle

Amon Amarth – Guardians Of Asgaard – Twilight of the Thunder God – Metal Blade No 9

The Faceless – Coldly Calculated Design – Planetary Duality – Victory No 8

Opeth – The Lotus Eater – Watershed – Roadrunner No 7

Scar Symmetry – The Missing Coordinates – Holographic Universe – Nuclear Blast No 6

Becoming the Archetype – Deep Heaven – Dichotomy – Solid State No 5

Forefather – Theodish Belief – Steadfast – Seven Kingdoms No 4

Gojira – ALL THE TEARS – The Way of All Flesh – Listenable No 3

Testament – Henchman Ride – The Formation Of Damnation – Nuclear Blast No 2

Cynic – Evolutionary Sleeper – Traced In Air – Season Of Mist No 1

Cynic – King Of Those Who Know – Traced In Air – Season Of Mist

Album of the year 2008 on the show

One more year it’s been a lot of fun doing the Top 20 albums of the year show

Many congratulations to Within Y for winning Album of 2008 on Sex to 9 with The Cult

Merry Christmas everyone!

Friday 19th December, 2008 – Maria’s Top 20

John Sloman – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – Metal Christmas – MCA

Anathema – Deep – Judgement – Music For Nations

In Flames – Satelites And Astronauts – Clayman – Nuclear Blast

Arch Enemy – Heart of darkness – Wages of Sin – Toys Factory

Soilwork – Cranking The Sirens – Figure Number Five – Nuclear Blast

Enter Chaos – D.Evil Inside – Aura Sense – Metal Mind

Scar Symmetry – The Kaleidoscopic God – Pitch Black Progress – Nuclear Blast

Degradead – Resemblance Of The Past – Til Death Do Us Apart – Dockyard New comers 2008

Dark Tranquillity – Broken – Century Media: Covering 20 Years of Extremes – Century Media Compilation of the year

Fear My Thoughts – Soul Consumer – Vulcanus – Century Media

Amorphis – Black River – Silent Waters – Nuclear Blast

Dagoba – The World In Between – Face The Colossus – Season Of Mist No 20

Divinity – Plasma – Allegory – Nuclear Blast No 19

Nervecell – Vicious Circle of Bloodshed – Preaching Venom – Music Master No 18

Misery Speaks – Fall Of Envy – Catalogue Of Carnage – Drakkar No 17

Miseration – Chain-Work Soul – Your Demons – Their Angels – Lifeforce No 16

The Faceless – Ancient Covenant – Planetary Duality – Victory No 15

Zonaria – From The Abysmal Womb – The Cancer Empire – Century Media No 14

In Flames – Alias – A Sense Of Purpose – Nuclear Blast No 13

Evocation – Antidote – Dead Calm Chaos – Cyclone Empire No 12

Amon Amarth – Live For The Kill – Twilight of the Thunder God – Metal Blade No 11

Diablo – Bad Sign – Icaros – Sakara No 10

Textures – Awake – Silhouettes – Listenable No 9

Hateform – Bled – Dominance – 7.45 No 8

Becoming the Archetype – Dichotomy – Dichotomy – Solid State No 7

Scar Symmetry – Quantumleaper – Holographic Universe – Nuclear Blast No 6

Moonspell – Night Eternal – Night Eternal – SPV No 5

Opeth – Burden – Watershed – Roadrunner No 4

Storm Of Sorrows – Salvation Process – Slave To The Slaves – Independent No 3

Cynic – The Space For This – Traced In Air – Season Of Mist No 2

Within Y – The Cult – The Cult – Gain No 1

Within Y – The Predictable End – The Cult – Gain No 1

Friday 12th December, 2008

Charon – Ride On Tears – Songs For The Sinners – Spikefarm

Diablo – Chagrin – Icaros – Sakaras

Pain – Follow Me – Cynic Paradise – Nuclear Blast

Crematory – Remember – Pray – Massacre

Ayreon – Waking Dreams – 1011001 – SPV

The Faceless – Xenochrist – Planetary Duality – Victory

Heaven Shall Burn – Equinox – Iconoclast – Century Media

Heavenwood – Take My Hand – Redemption – Recital

Scar Symmetry – Morphogenesis – Holographic Universe – Nuclear Blast

Battlelore – The Great Gathering – The Last Alliance – Napalm

Before The Dawn – Fabrication – Soundscape Of Silence – Stay Heavy

In Mourning – Amnesia – Shrouded Divine – Ascendance

Darkane – Variations Of An Eye Crush – Demonic Art – Massacre

Darkane – Leaving Existence – Demonic Art – Massacre

Flowing Tears – Words Before You Leave – Thy Kingdom Gone – Ascendance

Omnium Gatherum – A Shadowkey – The Red Shift – Candlelight

Warrel Dane – Brother – Praises To The War Machine – Century Media

The Haunted – Rivers Run – Versus – Century Media

Becoming the Archetype – Self Existent – Dichotomy – Solid State

Communic – Unpredictables Of Life – Payment of Existence – Nuclear Blast

Unearth – My will be done – The March – Metal Blade

Tiamat – Lucienne – Amanethes – Nuclear Blast

The Faceless – Coldly Calculated Design – Planetary Duality – Victory

Unsun – Blinded By Hatred – The End Of Life – Century Media

Unleashed – Home Of The Brave – Hammer Battalion – SPV

Knights of the Abyss – Running Out Of Earthly Wealth – Shades – Ferret

The Defaced – In Solitude Entwined – Anomaly – SPV

Too Pure To Die – All In A Day – Confidence And Consequence – Trustkill

In Flames – Cloud Connected – Reroute To Remain – Nuclear Blast

The Faceless – Planetary Duality Ii (A Prophecies Fruition) – Planetary Duality – Victory

Deadlock – The Brave / Agony Applause – Manifesto – Lifeforce

Kalmah – Holy Symphony Of War – For The Revolution – Spinefarm

Degradead – Relations To The Humanity – Til Death Do Us Apart – Dockyard

Demiurg – The Terror Before Sleep – The Hate Chamber – Mascot

The Rotted – Body Tree – Get Dead Or Die Trying – Metal Blade

Divinity – Chasm – Allegory – Nuclear Blast

Friday 5th December, 2008

Cynic – Adam’s Murmur – Traced In Air – Season Of Mist

NB Allstars – Schizo (feat Peter TÃĪgtgren)] – Out Of The Dark – Nuclear Blast

Evergrey – Broken Wings – Torn – SPV

Battlelore – The Great Gathering – The Last Alliance – Napalm

Born from Pain – Wolves Are Loose – Survival – Metal Blade

Becoming the Archetype – End of the Age – Dichotomy – Solid State

Epicurean – Darkest Of Days – A Consequence of Design – Metal Blade

Opeth – Would? – Burden EP – Roadrunner

Dark Suns – The Chameleon Defect – Grave Human Genuine – Prosthetic

Anathema – Fragile Dreams – Hindsight – K-Scope

Gojira – ALL THE TEARS – The Way of All Flesh – Listenable

Keep of Kalessin – A New Empires Birth – Kolossus – Nuclear Blast

Hateform – As God As – Dominance – 7.45

Mercenary – Execution Style – Architect Of Lies – Century Media

The Arcane Order – Unleash The Tyrant – In The Wake Of Collisions – Metal Blade

Raunchy – Somewhere Along the Road – Wasteland Discotheque – Lifeforce

Kiuas – Conqueror – The New Dark Age – Spinefarm

Becoming the Archetype – Dichotomy – Dichotomy – Solid State

Mirrorthrone – Une existence dont plus personne ne jouit – Gangrene – Red Stream

Bloodbath – Slaughtering the will to live – The Fathomless Mastery – Peaceville

Misery Speaks – Guilty As A Sin – Catalogue Of Carnage – Drakkar

Sylosis – Withered – Conclusion Of An Age – Nuclear Blast

Destinity – Enemy Process – The Inside – Lifeforce

Miseration – Scattering The Few – Your Demons – Their Angels – Lifeforce

The Faceless – Legion Of The Serpent – Planetary Duality – Victory

Becoming the Archetype – Mountain of Souls – Dichotomy – Solid State

Nervecell – Flesh & Memories – Preaching Venom – Music Master

Evocation – Truth Will Come Clear – Dead Calm Chaos – Cyclone Empire

Storm Of Sorrows – Sweet Secrets – Slave To The Slaves – Independent

Norther – Tell Me Why – N – Century Media