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