Northern Kings – Take On Me (A-Ha Cover) – Rethroned – Warner

Redemption – Walls – Snowfall on Judgment Day – InsideOut

Fleshgod Apocalypse – Embodied Deception – Oracles – Candlelight

Shadows Fall – Embrace Annihilation – Retribution – Black Industries

Insomnium – Against The Stream – Across The Dark – Candlelight

Slowmotion Apocalypse – Caterpillar – Mothra – Scarlet

Finntroll – Under Bergets Rot – Nifelvind – Century Media

The Few Against Many – One With The Shadow – Sot – Pulverised

Winter Of Life – Form Of Egotism – Mother Madness – Casket New Comers of the year

Hatecode – Disappear – As I See – Independent Unsigned band of the year

Dark Tranquillity – Dream Oblivion – We Are The Void – Century Media

Behemoth – Transmigrating Beyong Realms Ov Amenti – Evangelion – Nuclear Blast No 20

Augury – Aetheral – Fragmentary Evidence – Nuclear Blast No 19

Susperia – The One After All – Attitude – Candlelight No 18

Gory Blister – The Hatch Opens – Graveyard of Angels – Mascot No 17

Entwine – Lost In My Denial – Painstained – Spinefarm No 16

Between the Buried and Me – Obfuscation – The Great Misdirect – Victory No 15

Nightrage – A Grim Struggle – Wearing A Martyr’s Crown – Lifeforce No 14

Epica – Deconstruct – Design Your Universe – Nuclear Blast No 13

Miseration – Sulphury Sun – The Mirroring Shadow – Lifeforce No 12

Hatesphere – To the Nines – To the Nines – Napalm No 11

Trail Of Tears – The Feverish Alliance – Bloodstained Endurance – Napalm No 10

The Bereaved – Parasitic Sleep – Daylight Deception – Megaphon No 9

Kreator – Demon Prince – Hordes Of Chaos – SPV No 8

Disarmonia Mundi – Losing Ground – The Isolation Game – Coroner No 7

Hypocrisy – Sky’s Falling Down – A Taste Of Extreme Divinity – Nuclear Blast No 6

Riverside – Hyperactive – Anno Domini High Definition – InsideOut No 5

Scar Symmetry – A Parenthesis In Eternity – Dark Matter Dimensions – Nuclear Blast No 4

Arch Enemy – The Immortal – The Root Of All Evil – Century Media No 3

Katatonia – Ashen – Night Is The New Day – Peaceville No 2

Within Y – The Predictable End – The Cult – Gain (Album of 2008)

Amorphis – Silver Bride – Skyforger – Nuclear Blast No 1 Album of 2009

Amorphis – From The Heaven Of My Heart – Skyforger – Nuclear Blast No 1 Album of 2009

Trail of Tears – In The Valley Of Ashes – Bloodstained Endurance – Napalm

Submission – Imaginary Freedom – Code Of Conspiracy – Blistering

Darkness Dynamite – By My Own – The Astonishing Fury Of Mankind – Candlelight

Spoil Engine – Breathe – Antimatter – Roadrunner

Chimaira – Frozen In Time – The Infection – Nuclear Blast

Lunatica – The Chosen Ones – New Shores – Napalm

The Bereaved – Skeleteen – Daylight Deception – Megaphon

Machinery – The Passing – The Passing – Regain

God Forbid – War Of Attrition – Earthsblood – Century Media

Tyr – Into The Storm – By the Light of the Northern Star – Napalm

Winds of Plague – Our Requiem – The Great Stone War – Century Media

Devin Townsend Project – Bend It Like Bender! – Addicted – InsideOut

Amorphis – Course Of Fate – Skyforger – Nuclear Blast

Destinity – Escaping Reality – The Inside – Lifeforce

Hatecode – Guilty Stench – As I See EP – Independent

Insomnium – Into The Woods – Across The Dark – Candlelight

Riverside – Driven To Destruction – Anno Domini High Definition – InsideOut

Susperia – Live My Dreams – Attitude – Candlelight

Epica – Martyr Of The Free Word – Design Your Universe – Lifeforce

Degradead – Everlasting Hatred – Out of Body Experience – Dockyard 1

Wine From Tears – Feeding The Angel – Through The Eyes Of A Mad – Bad Mood Man Music

Stream of Passion – In The End – The Flame Within – Napalm

Absu – Those of the Void Will Re-Enter – Absu – Soulfood

Kreator – Radical Resistance – Hordes Of Chaos – SPV

Between the Buried and Me – Desert of Song – The Great Misdirect – Victory

Disarmonia Mundi – Ties That Bind – The Isolation Game – Coroner

Nightrage – Futile Tears – Wearing A Martyr’s Crown – Lifeforce

Crematory – Infinity – Infinity – Massacre

The Few Against Many – Brand Mark – Sot – Pulverised

Behemoth – Ov Fire And The Void – Evangelion – Nuclear Blast

Pestilence – Horror Detox – Resurrection Macabre – Mascot

Dethklok – Dethsupport – Dethalbum II – Williams Street

Lacuna Coil – Wide Awake – Shallow Life – Century Media

Entwine – Strife – Painstained – Spinefarm

Delain – Come closer – April Rain – Roadrunner

Kiuas – Black Rose Withered – The New Dark Age – Spinefarm

Killswitch Engage – My Curse – As Daylight Dies – Roadrunner

Fear My Thoughts – Soul Consumer – Vulcanus – Century Media

Heaven & Hell – Double The Pain – The Devil You Know – Roadrunner

Dragonforce – A Flame For Freedom – Ultra Beatdown – Roadrunner

Darkest Hour – Black Sun – The Eternal Return – Victory

Opeth – Ghost Of Perdition – Ghost Reveries – Roadrunner

Katatonia – Idle Blood – Night Is The New Day – Peaceville

Unleashed – In Victory Or Defeat – Midvinterblot – SPV

The Crown – Total Satan – Deathrace King – Metal Blade

Disarmonia Mundi – The Isolation Game – The Isolation Game – Coroner

Demiurg – Wolves At The Gates – The Hate Chamber – Mascot

Spoil Engine – Seamless – Antimatter – Roadrunner

Kataklysm – In Shadows & Dust – Shadows & Dust – Nuclear Blast

Mnemic – Diesel Uterus – Sons Of The System – Nuclear Blast

One Without – Distance Between – Thoughts Of A Secluded Mind – Lifeforce

Arise – No Memory Of Light – The Reckoning – Regain

In Flames – Behind Space ’99 – Colony – Nuclear Blast

Trail Of Tears – Bloodstained Endurance – Bloodstained Endurance – Napalm

Raunchy – Warriors – Wasteland Discotheque – Lifeforce

Iced Earth – Burning times – Something Wicked This Way Comes – Century Media

Keep of Kalessin – Ascendant – Kolossus – Nuclear Blast

The Absence – Merciless – Riders Of The Plague – Metal Blade

Death – Secret Face – Human – Century Media

Dark Tranquillity – Final Resistance – Damage Done – Century Media

Devin Townsend Project – Universe In A Ball! – Addicted – Edel

Divine Heresy – Letter to mother – Bringer of Plagues – Soulfood

The Bereaved – Zero Of The Day – Daylight Deception – Megaphon

Slowmotion Apocalypse – "Forever, Works Just in Songs" – Mothra – Scarlet

Nightingale – Wounded Soul – White Darkness – Black Mark

Impious – Legions – Death Domination – Metal Blade

Disarmonia Mundi – Same Old Nails For A New Messiah – The Isolation Game – Coroner

Machinery – Decide My Pain – The Passing – Regain

Dogma – Broken Life – Sound Therapy – Casket

Caliban – Walk Like The Dead – Say Hello To Tragedy – Century Media

Evergreen Terrace – Not Good Enough – Almost Home – Metal Blade

Lacuna Coil – I Like It – Shallow Life – Century Media

Disarmonia Mundi – Across The Burning Surface – The Restless Memoirs EP – Coroner

Black Sun Aeon – A Song For My Demise – Darkness Walks Beside Me – Cyclone Empire

Blackguard – In Time – Profugus Mortis – Nuclear Blast

Europe – The Beast – Last Look At Eden – Edel

Northern Kings – We Don’t Need Another Hero (Tina Turner Cover) – Reborn – Warner

Illdisposed – For The Record – To Those Who Walk Behind Us – Massacre

Hearse – The Ferocious Embrace – Single Ticket to Paradise – Vic

Scar Symmetry – Ascension Chamber – Dark Matter Dimensions – Nuclear Blast

Celtic Frost – Heroes – Vanity/Nemesis – Noise

Scorpions – Send Me an Angel – Berliner Philharmoniker: Moment of Glory –

Gory Blister – The Slum Of The Wretched Creatures – Graveyard of Angels – Mascot

Shadows Fall – Still I Rise – Retribution – Black Industries

Cannibal Corpse – Evisceration Plague – Evisceration Plague – Metal Blade

Skyfire – The Legacy of the Defeated – Esoteric – Pivotal

Sepultura – Strike – A-Lex – SPV

Sentenced – No one there – The Cold White Light – Century Media

Threat Signal – In Repair – Vigilance – Nuclear Blast

Arkaea – Black Ocean – Years In The Darkness – Century Media

Old Man’s Child – On The Devil’s Throne – Slaves Of The World – Century Media

Winter Of Life – As Back Then – Mother Madness – Casket

Akrea – Imperium – Lebenslinie – Drakkar

Hypocrisy – No Tomorrow – A Taste of Extreme Divinity – Nuclear Blast

Light This City – Sand and snow – Stormchaser – Soulfood

Holyhell – The Fall – Holyhell – Alive

Arch Enemy – The Immortal – The Root Of All Evil – Century Media

Annihilator – Alison Hell [remastered] – Bag of Tricks – Roadrunner

Impious – I Am The King – Death Domination – Metal Blade

Raintime – Flies & Lies – Flies & Lies – Lifeforce

Witchery – Plague Rider – Don’t Fear The Reaper – Century Media

Nevermore – Never Purify – Enemies Of Reality – Century Media

Raunchy – Somebody’s Watching Me – Wasteland Discotheque – Lifeforce

Soilwork – Stabbing The Drama – Stabbing The Drama – Nuclear Blast

Katatonia – Ashen – Night Is The New Day (Limited Edition) – Peaceville

Atreyu – Storm To Pass – Congregation Of The Damned – Roadrunner

Between the Buried and Me – Desert of Song – The Great Misdirect – Victory

Slayer – Human Strain – World Painted Blood – American Recordings

Overkill – Death Comes Out to to Play – Bloodletting – Metal-Is

The Old Dead Tree – Somewhere Else – The Nameless Disease – Season Of Mist

Disciples of Power – Cursing of Winter – In Dust We Rust – Mindtgash

Amorphis – Silver Bride – Skyforger – Nuclear Blast

The Devin Townsend Project – The Way Home! – Addicted – InsideOut

Alexisonfire – The Northern – Old Crows Young Cardinals – Roadrunner

Despised Icon – Diva Of Disgust – Day Of Mourning – Century Media

Epica – Burn To A Cinder – Design Your Universe_ – Nuclear Blast

Impious – As Death Lives In Me – Death Domination – Metal Blade

Sylosis – Oath Of Silence – Conclusion Of An Age – Nuclear Blast

Arch Enemy – Nemesis – Doomsday Machine – Century Media

The Haunted – D.O.A. – One Kill Wonder – Earache

Katatonia – Onward Into Battle – Night Is The New Day – Peaceville

Pain – Follow Me – Cynic Paradise – Nuclear Blast

Fragments of Unbecoming – The Exiled Choir – The Everhaunting Past: Chapter IV – A Splendid Retrospective – Cyclone Empire

Miseration – The Mirroring Shadow – The Mirroring Shadow – Lifeforce

Slowmotion Apocalypse – "Me, Kate and Other Bastard Sons of My Generation" – Mothra – Scarlet

Morbid Angel – God of the forsaken – Gateways to Annihilation – Earache

Black Elegy – Deconstruct Turning The Tides – Deconstruct : Reconstruct – Independent

Leaves’ Eyes – Les Champs de Lavande – Njord – Napalm

Gordian Knot – Reflections – Gordian Knot – Alive

Katatonia – Inheritance – Night Is The New Day (Limited Edition) – Peaceville

Dan Swano – Sun Of The Night – Moontower – Black Mark

In Flames – Leeches – Come Clarity – Nuclear Blast

Korpiklaani – Vodka – Karkelo – Nuclear Blast

Green Carnation – Between the Gentle Small and the Standing Tall – The Quiet Offspring – Season Of Mist

Mastodon – Divinations – Crack The Skye – Warner

Submission – Imaginary Freedom – Code Of Conspiracy – Blistering

One Without – Reign With Hate – Thoughts Of A Secluded Mind – Lifeforce

Hatesphere – Aurora – To the Nines – Napalm

Killswitch Engage – Take Me Away – Killswitch Engage – Roadrunner

Redemption – Another Day Dies – Snowfall on Judgment Day – InsideOut

Riverside – Through The Other Side – Rapid Eye Movement – InsideOut

Chimaira – On Broken Glass – The Infection – Nuclear Blast

In Flames – Colony – Colony – Nuclear Blast

Rise To Addiction – Sick Of Me – Some Other Truth – Mausoleum

Misery Speaks – Lay This Burden Down – Catalogue Of Carnage – Drakkar

Mercenary – Obscure Indescretion – The Hours That Remain – Century Media

Slowmotion Apocalypse – Caterpillar – Mothra – Scarlet

Armageddon – Grain Of Sand – Embrace The Mystery – Century Media

Darkest Hour – Death Worship – The Eternal Return – Victory

After Forever – Follow in the Cry – Prison Of Desire – Tranmission

Nahemah – Siamese – The Second Philosophy – Lifeforce

Evergrey – Misled – In Search Of Truth – SPV

Orphaned Land – Birth Of The Three – Mabool – Century Media

Paradise Lost – The Rise Of Denial – Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us – Century Media

Stream of Passion – In The End – The Flame Within – Napalm

Devin Townsend Project – Numbered! – Addicted – InsideOut

Autumn – Skydancer – Altitude – Metal Blade

Hypocrisy – Weed Out The Weak – A Taste of Extreme Divinity – Nuclear Blast

Six-Point Lead – Giveaway – General Anaesthesia EP – Independent

Katatonia – Day & Then The Shade – Night Is The New Day – Peaceville

Kreator – Radical Resistance – Hordes Of Chaos – SPV

Amoral – Sex N’ Satan – Show Your Colors – Spinefarm

Soulbreach – My Delight – My Dividing Line – Mascot

Success Will Write Apocalypse Across The Sky – A Path – The Grand Partition And The Abrogation Of Idolatry – Nuclear Blast

Dew Scented – That’s Why I Despise You – Incinerate – Nuclear Blast

Edge Of Sanity – Aftermath – Crimson II – Black Mark

The Red Chord – Face area solution – Fed Through The Teeth Machine – Metal Blade

Oceans Of Sadness – Them Bones – Mirror Palace – Scarlet

Slowmotion Apocalypse – The Blessing – Obsidian – Scarlet

Bloodbound – Sweet Dreams Of Madness – Tabula Rasa – Blistering

The Butterfly Effect – Windows And The Watcher – Final Conversation Of Kings – Roasdshow Music

Sonic Syndicate – Burn This City – The Rebellion Pack EP – Nuclear Blast

Slayer – Playing With Dolls – World Painted Blood – American

Overkill – Devils In The Mist – Immortalis – Bodog

Amon Amarth – Down The Slopes Of Death – Versus The World – Metal Blade

Forgery – Turn To Dirt – Harbouring Hate – Candlelight

Crematory – Remember – Pray – Massacre

Arch Enemy – Bridge Of Destiny – The Root Of All Evil – Century Media

Armageddon – Burn The Sun – Three – Century Media

Scar Symmetry – A Parenthesis In Eternity – Dark Matter Dimensions – Nuclear Blast

Misery Speaks – Sentiment Is Missing – Catalogue Of Carnage – Drakkar

In Mourning – Grand Denial – Shrouded Divine – Aftermath

Absu – Girra’s Temple – Absu – Soulfood

Hypocrisy – Sky’s Falling Down – A Taste Of Extreme Divinity – Nuclear Blast

Finntroll – Slaget Vid Blodsalv – Jaktens Tid – Century Media

Between the Buried and Me – Fossil Genera – The Great Misdirect – Victory

Charon – Bullet – Songs For The Sinners – Spikefarm

Kalmah – Towards The Sky – For The Revolution – Spinefarm

Skyfire – Linger in Doubt – Esoteric – Pivotal

Gory Blister – The Shining Hades – Graveyard of Angels – Mascot

Believer – The Brave – Gabriel – Metal Blade

Miseration – A Trail Blazed Through Time – The Mirroring Shadow – Lifeforce

Soilwork – The Mindmaker – Figure Number Five – Nuclear Blast

Devin Townsend Project – Universe In A Ball! – Addicted – InsideOut

Fragments of Unbecoming – "A Voice Says: ""Destroy!""" – The Everhaunting Past: Chapter IV – A Splendid Retrospective – Cyclone Empire

Light This City – The Unwelcome Savior – Facing the Thousand – Prosthetic

Katatonia – Liberation – Night Is The New Day – Peaceville

Avatar – Letters From Neverend – Schlacht – Gain

Savage Messiah – Silent Empire – Insurrection Rising – Candlelight

Megadeth – Headcrusher – Endgame – Roadrunner

Kragens – Darkness – Seeds Of Pain – Locomotive

System Shock – Mountains Of Madness – Escape – Mausoleum

Atreyu – Coffin Nails – Congregation Of The Damned – Roadrunner

Delain – On The Other Side – April Rain – Roadrunner

In Flames – Our Infinite Struggle – Come Clarity – Nuclear Blast

Gojira – From the Sky – From Mars To Sirius – Listenable

Oceans Of Sadness – Pride & Shame – Mirror Palace – Scarlet

Helloween – The Departed (Sun Is Going Down) – The Dark Ride – Nuclear Blast

Fear My Thoughts – Culture Of Fear – Vulcanus – Century Media

Anubis Gate – Waking Hour – Andromeda Unchained – Locomotive

Amon Amarth – Death In Fire – Versus The World – Metal Blade

Moonspell – Night Eternal – Night Eternal – SPV

Sigh – Finale: Hangman’s Hymn / In Paradisum / Das Ende – Hangman’s Hymn: Musikalische Exequien – Osmose

Amorphis – House Of Sleep – Eclipse – Nuclear Blast

The Few Against Many – Abider – SOT – Pulverised

Cynic – The Space For This – Traced In Air – Season Of Mist

Between the Buried and Me – Obfuscation – The Great Misdirect – Victory

Strapping Young Lad – Almost Again – The New Black – Century Media

Katatonia – Idle Blood – Night Is the New Day – Peaceville

Engel – Seven Ends – Absolute Design – SPV

Heaven Shall Burn – Like A Thousand Suns – Iconoclast – Century Media

Danzig – Mother – Danzig – Spony

Hateform – Bled – Dominance – 7.45

Fragments of Unbecoming – Vast – The Everhaunting Past: Chapter IV a Splendid Retro – Cyclone Empire

After Forever – Energize Me (Radio Edit) – Energize Me – Nuclear Blast

Slayer – Beauty Through Order – World Painted Blood – American

Psycroptic – Alpha Breed – Symbols Of Failure – Willowtip

Trivium – Into The Mouth Of Hell We March – Shogun – Roadrunner

Thine Eyes Bleed – Live To Die – In The Wake Of Separation – The End

Miseration – Sulphury Sun – The Mirroring Shadow – Lifeforce

the Red Chord – Embarassment legacy – Fed Through the Teeth Machine – Metal Blade

Suidakra – Revenant – Signs For The Fallen – Century Media

Mercyful Fate – Witches’ Dance – Time – Metal Blade