Metal Agen Records 1996 Fans Poll Results

BEST BAND

	FOREIGN	DOMESTIC
1.	METALLICA	ARIA
2.	AMORPHIS	MENTAL HOME
3.	SEPULTURA	KORROZIA METALLA
4.	MY DYING BRIDE	EPILEPSY BOUT
5.	MOONSPELL	D.I.V.

BEST ALBUM

	FOREIGN	DOMESTIC
1.	LOAD (Metallica)	VALE (Mental Home)
2.	ELEGY (Amorphis)	NIGHT IS SHORTER THAN DAY (Aria)
3.	THELI (Therion)	MADE IN RUSSIA (Aria)
4.	ROOTS (Sepultura)	LOST CONTROL (Epilepsy Bout)
5.	LIKE GODS OF THE SUN (My Dying Bride)	LUNAR POETRY (Nokturnal Mortum)

BEST GUITAR PLAYER

	FOREIGN	DOMESTIC
1.	K.HAMMETT (Metallica)	OLEG MISHIN (End Zone)
2.	T.KOIVUSARI (Amorphis)	V.HOLSTININ (Aria)
3.	G.McKINTOSH (Paradise Lost)	JEFF (Goresleeps)
4.	D.MURRAY (Iron Maiden)	S.TERENTYEV (Aria)
5.	A.KISSER (Sepultura)	S.SEDYKH (In Folio)

BEST BASS PLAYER

	FOREIGN	DOMESTIC
1.	J.NEWSTED (Metallica)	V.DUBININ (Aria)
2.	L.ROSENBERG (Therion)	S.TROITSKY (Korrozia Metalla)
3.	ADE (My Dying Bride)	A.GRANOVSKY (Master)
4.	S.HARRIS (Iron Maiden)	R.SENKIN (End Zone)
5.	T.ARAYA (Slayer)	L.BAZHORA (DAI)

BEST DRUM PLAYER

	FOREIGN	DOMESTIC
1.	L.ULRICH (Metallica)	A.MANYAKIN (Aria)
2.	I.CAVALERA (Sepultura)	A.BONDARENKO (ex-Korrozia Metalla, Chudo-Yudo)
3.	K.OWEN (Carcass)	A.SHATUNOVSKY (various bands)
4.	DOCENT (Vader)	I.DMITRIEV (Mental Home)
5.	N.McBRAIN (Iron Maiden)	GOBLIN (Death Vomit)

BEST KEYBOARD PLAYER

	FOREIGN	DOMESTIC
1.	K.RANTALA (Amorphis)	R.POVAROV (ex-Mental Home)
2.	MARTIN (My Dying Bride)	M.SMIRNOFF (Mental Home)
3.	C.JONSEN (Therion)	I.DMITRIEV (Mental Home)
4.	J.LORD (Deep Purple)	A.DRONOV (Valkyria, End Zone)
5.	SAMAEL	P.KARAMOFF (Skythrone)

BEST VOCAL

	FOREIGN	DOMESTIC
1.	J.HETFIELD (Metallica)	V.KIPELOV (Aria)
2.	OZZY OSBOURNE	S.VYSOKOSOV (Korrozia Metalla)
3.	KING DIAMOND	M.SERYSHEV (Master)
4.	N.HOLMES (Paradise Lost)	S.TAIDAKOV (D.I.V.)
5.	B.DICKINSON (ex-Iron Maiden)	DEE TROY (ex-Adolf Castle)

DEBUT OF THE YEAR

	FOREIGN	DOMESTIC
1.	SATYRICON	EPILEPSY BOUT
2.	MOONSPELL	NOKTURNAL MORTUM
3.	IN FLAMES	MENTAL HOME
4.	APOCALIPTICA	IN FOLIO
5.	SIRRAH	DAI

EVENT OF THE YEAR

	FOREIGN	DOMESTIC
1.	The release of LOAD (Metallica)	RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE gig in Moscow ("Learn To Swim" fest.)
2.	MONSTERS OF ROCK fest. in Donnington	DEEP PURPLE gig in Moscow ("Dynamo" stad.)
3.	KISS world tour in the original line-up	DEATHRIDER fest.
4.	The release of ROOTS (Sepultura)	Russian metal scene growing
5.	DYNAMO OPEN AIR fest. (Eindhoven, Holland)	Release of the new ARIA albums

DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE YEAR

	FOREIGN	DOMESTIC
1.	METALLICA	Cancelled gigs of NOFX in Moscow
2.	IRON MAIDEN	The delay of Metal Agen Recs. releases
3.	DYNAMO OPEN AIR fest.	Absence of foreign metal bands' gigs
4.	MINISTRY	KORROZIA METALLA
5.	SEPULTURA	IRON STREAM

HOPE OF HEAVY METAL

	FOREIGN	DOMESTIC
1.	TIAMAT	MENTAL HOME
2.	AMORPHIS	EPILEPSY BOUT
3.	PARADISE LOST	NOKTURNAL MORTUM
4.	SAMAEL	GODS TOWER
5.	MOONSPELL	GORESLEEPS

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