16. Enuff Z'nuff - ?
Another great collection of songs from these Beatles inspired hard rockers. But as a hard core fan I would have loved some more new material.
17. Pyramaze - Melancholy Beast
One of this years best debuts. Power Metal with the fantastic Lance King on vocals.
18. Cans - Beyond the Gates
Hammerfall vocalist Joacim Cans created a surprisingly solid old-school heavy metal album. Good riffs and memorable songs made this is a very pleasant companion.
19. Persuader - Evolution Purgatory
Feel free to be blown away by this powerful piece of Heavy Metal. The huge vocals and extremely powerful music is bound to strike you down.
20. Heavenly - Dust to Dust
Heavenly's best album by far. This vampire concept story saw the band take a big step forward. I dare you not to jump up and down to Lust For Life.
Disappointment of the year:
Within Temptation - The Silent Force
After waiting for almost four years since the absolutely wonderful Mother Earth I found The Silent Force to be so not worth the wait. Going for a straight ahead commercial and catchy approach the band threw the long lasting appeal out the window and after 15 listens this album is no fun anymore.
1. Blind Guardian - Imaginations Through The Looking Glass DVD
2. Exodus - Tempo Of The Damned
3. Vandenberg - The Definitive Vandenberg
4. Iron Maiden - The History Of Iron Maiden - Part One: The Early Years DVD
5. Death Angel - The Art Of Dying
6. Nasty Savage - Psycho Psycho
7. Ayreon - The Human Equation
8. God Dethroned - The Lair Of The White Worm
9. Stryper - 7 Weeks: Live In America, 2003
10. Anthrax - The Greater Of Two Evils
11. Chris Caffery - Faces
12. Evil Masquerade - Welcome To The Show
13. Queen - Queen On Fire: Live At the Bowl DVD
14. TOC - Loss Angeles
15. Karl Sanders - Saurian Meditation
16. Therion - Lemuria/Sirius B
17. Esquarial - Inheritance
18. Megadeth - The System Has Failed
19. Alter Bridge - One Day Remains
20. The Brian Setzer Orchestra - The Ultimate Collection
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