(by
Herr Stalhammar)
1) KOVENANT
"Animatronic"
2) DARK
TRANQUILLITY “Projector”
3) NAGELFAR
“Srontgorrth”
4) TESTAMENT
“The Gathering”
5) LOTHLORIEN
“The Primal Event”
6)
BEHEMOTH “Satanica”
7) DER
GERWELT “Revelation”
8)
BETRAY MY SECRETS “Betray My Secrets”
9) SINERGY
“Beware The Heavens”
10)
NOCTURNAL RITES “The Sacred Talisman”
11) EWIGKEIT
“Starscape”
12) LACRIMOSA
“Elodia”
13) MARDUK
“Panzer Division Marduk”
14) SUMMONING
“Stronghold”
15) RAGNAROK
“Domgeorn”
16) DEMENTOR
“The Art Of Blasphemy”
17) EMPEROR
“IX Equilibrium”
18)
ALLEGIANCE “Vrede”
19) AUTUMNBLAZE
“DammerElbenTragodie”
20)
INFEST DEAD “Jesusatan”
21) BURZUM
“Hildhskjalf”
22) THE
CROWN “Hell Is Here”
23) YOUR
SHAPELESS BEAUTY “Sycamore Grove”
24)
ENDLESS “Beauty, Tears And The Setting Sun”
25) ANATHEMA
“Judgement”
26)
OTYG “Sagovindars Boning”
27) POTENTIAM
“Balsyn”
28)
SOLEFALD “Neonism”
29) GAMMA
RAY “Powerplant”
30)
STORMLORD “The Supreme Art Of War”
+
the following bands whose latest works stand close to the ones mentioned
in “top 30” list:
1) MITHOTYN
“Gathered Around The Oaken Table”
2) GRIEVANCE
“The Phantom Novels”
3) THERION
“Crowning Of Atlantis”
4) CRYOGENIC
“Celephais”
5) MENHIR
“Thuringia”
6) ENOCHIAN
CRESCENT "Babalon Patrale De Teloclovim"
7) NEGURA
BUNGET "Sala Molksa"
8) SUNDOWN
"Glimmer"
9) SHUB
NIGGURATH "The Kinglike Celebration"
10) DEPRESY
"Sighting"
BEST
WORK IN THE SHAPE OF DEMO
1) BUTTERFLY
TEMPLE (Russia) “Veles”
2) AFTER
FOREVER (Netherlands) “Ephemeral”
3) MISCREATION
(Australia) “Debut Demo”
BEST
NEWCOMER (Russia)
1) DER
GERWELT
2) BUTTERFLY
TEMPLE
3) RADIGOST
4) ASHEN
LIGHT
5) -
- -
BEST
NEWCOMER (outside Russia)
1) BETRAY
MY SECRETS
2) SINERGY
3) AFTER
FOREVER
4) CRYOGENIC
5) NEGURA
BUNGET
MOST
SUCCESSFUL RECORD LABELS
1) SERENADES
Records (Germany)
CENTURY
MEDIA Records (Germany)
2) ELDETHORN
Records (UK)
AVANTGARDE
/ WOUNDED LOVE (Italy)
3) ARS
METALLI (Germany)
NAPALM
Records (Austria)
4) PROPHECY
Productions (Germany)
NO FASHION
Records (Sweden)
5) NUCLEAR
BLAST Records (Germany)
METAL
BLADE Records (USA)