(compiled
by Herr Stalhammar)
TOP 30 ALBUMS
OF THE ISSUE
1) UNEXPECT "Utopia"
MAGO DE OZ "Finisterra"
2) LANA LANE "Queen Of The Ocean"
SCARIOT "Deathforlorn"
3) EVOKEN "Embrace The Emptiness"
GARDENIAN "Soulburner"
4) IN FLAMES "Clayman"
AURORA "Devotion"
5) CARPATHIAN FOREST "Strange Old
Brew"
PENETRALIA "Seelenkrank"
6) MAYHEM "Grand Declaration Of War"
ATROX "Contentum"
7) BESEECH "Black Emotions"
PALE FOREST "Of Machines And Men"
8) HELLYOUSINNATION "HellYouSinNation"
AZTEC JADE "Paradise Lost"
9) THE BLOODLINE "Opium Hearts"
CRUACHAN "The Middle Kingdom"
10) GHOST IN THE MACHINE "The Haunting
Begins…"
MOON OF STEEL "Beyond The Edges"
11) BORKNAGAR "Quintessence"
ETERNAL OATH "Through The Eyes Of Hatred"
12) HERESIARH "Mythical Beasts And
Mediaeval Warfare"
VAGTAZO HALOTTKEMEK "Naptanc - Galloping
Coroners -
Dancing With The Sun"
13) AZEROTH "Live In Polygon"
GOTHICA "Night Thoughts"
14) ASTERIUS "As Descendants Of Stars…"
EIBON "The Garden Of Theophrastus"
15) RAGNAROK "Diabolical Age"
FOREST OF IMPALED "Demonvoid"
16) CALLENISH CIRCLE "Graceful… Yet
Forbidding"
HATEPLOW "The Only Law Is Survival"
17) ARSYN "Degeneration"
MOTIVE "Damned If You Do… Dead If You
Don't"
18) DER GERWELT "Revelation 666" /
NARGATHROND "Carnal Lust…"
ABRAXAS "Tomorrow's World"
19) STEVE VON TILL "As The Crow Flies"
GARDEN OF SHADOWS "Oracle Moon"
20) FUNERAL RITES "Necroeater"
TRISTITIA "The Last Grief"
21) UNLORD "Gladiator"
HYPOCRISY "Into The Abyss"
22) AUTUMNBLAZE "Bleak"
FLAUROS "Monuments Of Total Holocaust"
23) CRIMSON MOONLIGHT "Eternal Emperor"
BLACKHOUSE "Dreams Like These"
24) OPUS FORGOTTEN "Demon Of Destruction"
VIOLATION "Moonlight's Child"
25) HIN ONDE "Songs Of Battle"
KING DIAMOND "House Of God"
26) AGHORA "Aghora"
LANA LANE "Secrets Of Astrology"
27) BLOODSIMPLE "From The Darkness
Into The Abyss"
OVERSUN "Tragedy Of Time"
28) ENFORCE "Campfire Night"
EMBER "Concession And Anthology"
29) CJSS "Kings Of The World"
DISGORGE "She Lay Gutted"
30) CORPUS CHRISTII "Saeculum Domini"
LEVIATHAN "Cold Caress"
BEST CD
(black metal genre)
1) UNEXPECT "Utopia"
2) MAYHEM "Grand Declaration Of War"
3) CARPATHIAN FOREST "Strange Old Brew"
BEST CD
(semi-black)
1) IN FLAMES "Clayman"
2) AURORA "Devotion"
3) PENETRALIA "Seelenkrank"
BEST CD
(dark ambient / noise / industrial / tribal / experimental)
1) VAGTAZO HALOTTKEMEK "Naptanc…"
2) GOTHICA "Night Thoughts"
3) STEVE VON TILL "As The Crow Flies"
BEST CD
(doom / goth / dark wave)
1) ATROX "Contentum"
2) PALE FOREST "Of Machines And Men"
3) BESEECH "Black Emotions"
BEST CD
(death / grind)
1) SCARIOT "Deathforlorn"
2) GARDENIAN "Soulburner"
3) HELLYOUSINNATION "HellYouSinNation"
BEST CD
(thrash)
1) ARSYN "Degenerarion"
2) KISS OF DEATH "Stronger Than Before"
3) - - - - -
BEST CD
(heavy / power)
1) MAGO DE OZ "Finisterra"
2) LANA LANE "Queen Of The Ocean"
3) AZTEC JADE "Paradise Lost"
BEST CD
(other)
1) GHOST IN THE MACHINE "The Haunting
Begins…"
2) MOON OF STEEL "Beyond The Edges"
3) OVERSUN "Tragedy Of Time"
BEST LIVE
CD
AZEROTH "Live In Polygon"
BEST SPLIT-CD
DER GERWELT "Revelation 666" / NARGATHROND
"Carnal Lust…"
BEST SELF-RELEASED
CD
1) "Utopia" (UNEXPECT)
2) "As Descendants Of Stars…" (ASTERIUS)
3) "HellYouSinNation" (HELLYOUSINNATION)
BEST WORK
IN THE SHAPE OF DEMO
1) INFERNAL POETRY "Not Light… But
Rather Visible Darkness"
2) 10 EYES "II"
3) FALLEN "Fallen"
4) DISTORTED REALITY "Promo 2000"
5) STARDROWNED "Promo '99" / "Creatures
Of Abigor"
6) GRENOUER "Gravehead"
7) VAE SOLIS "The Blazing Shadows Beyond
Eternity"
8) ABSURD "Beyond The Dawn"
9) GOTHICA "Proserpina"
10) MINDALETH "Spiritual Rainessence"
11) BURIAL SHADES "To The Fleshes Of
My Livid Everything"
12) KIBOSH SYBIL KISMET "Sulphurous
Domain"
13) RAVENS OVER GOMORRAH "Darkly Melisma"
14) EZURATE "Infernal Dominatio"
15) ASMODEUS "As The Winter Moon
Bleeds"
BEST UNSIGNED
BAND
1) UNEXPECT
2) ASTERIUS
3) INFERNAL POETRY
4) HELLYOUSINNATION
5) 10 EYES
BEST COMPILATION
"Popkomm 2000"
(Hammer Muzik)
BEST NEWCOMER
(a little note: "newcomer" means the
band who have just released it's debut either demo or CD. They could exist
for decades before that; doesn't matter)
Russia (and
CIS countries)
1) VAE SOLIS
2) ABSURD
3) BURIAL SHADES
4) OVERSUN
5) ARYAN TERRORISM???
Abroad
1) UNEXPECT (Canada)
2) MAGO DE OZ (Spain)
3) SCARIOT (Norway)
4) INFERNAL POETRY (Italy)
5) ASTERIUS (Germany)
6) PALE FOREST (Norway)
7) HELLYOUSINNATION (USA)
8) VAGTAZO HALOTTKEMEK (Hungary)
9) FALLEN (USA)
10) 10 EYES (Germany)
11) GOTHICA (Italy)
12) THE BLOODLINE (Germany)
13) PENETRALIA (Germany)
14) DISTORTED REALITY (Germany / USA)
15) STARDROWNED (Greece)
BEST NON-METAL
BAND / PROJECT
1) VAGTAZO HALOTTKEMEK
2) GOTHICA
3) DISTORTED REALITY
4) STEVE VON TILL
5) BLACKHOUSE
MOST INNOVATIVE
EFFORT (metal acts only)
1) UNEXPECT "Utopia"
2) HELLYOUSINNATION "HellYouSinNation"
3) MAYHEM "Grand Declaration Of War"
4) OVERSUN "Tragedy Of Time"
5) CRUACHAN "The Middle Kingdom"
6) AURORA "Devotion"
7) MAGO DE OZ "Finisterra"
8) 10 EYES "II" (demo)
9) GARDENIAN "Soulburner"
10) SCARIOT "Deathforlorn"
11) LANA LANE "Queen Of The Ocean"
12) PENETRALIA "Seelenkrank"
13) AGHORA "Aghora"
14) IN FLAMES "Clayman"
15) MOTIVE "Damned If You Do…"
MOST WEIRD
PROJECT
1) GREEN CARNATION
2) LEAKH ( + INSTITUT)
3) ATROX
4) NOISECORE FREAK / MURDER BY STATIC
5) BLACKHOUSE
MOST VIOLENT
WORK
CORPUS CHRISTII "Saeculum Domini"
MOST PATHETIC
WANNABES
1) HROSSHARSGRANI
2) BERZANO
3) TODESKAMPF
WORST ATTITUDE
1) ARYAN TERRORISM
2) SHADOWBREED
3) VITAMIN F
MOST SELF-CONFIDENT
BASTARDS
BEHEADED (Malta)
MOST IMPRESSIVE
LYRICAL CANVAS
1) HERESIARH "Mythical Beasts And
Mediaeval Warfare"
2) KING DIAMOND "House Of God"
3) MAYHEM "Grand Declaration Of War"
4) UNEXPECT "Utopia"
5) AZEROTH "Live In Polygon" (studio
tracks)
6) PALE FOREST "Of Machines And Men"
7) MINDALETH "Spiritual Rainessence"
(promo)
8) CRYPTHOWL "Tragedies Beheld By The
Cemetery"
9) VAGTAZO HALOTTKEMEK "Naptanc…"
10) STEVE VON TILL "As The Crow
Flies"
11) CARPATHIAN FOREST "Strange Old
Brew"
12) MYRKSKOG "Deathmachine"
13) ETERNAL OATH "Through The Eyes
Of Hatred"
14) BESEECH "Black Emotions"
15) CRUACHAN "The Middle Kingdom"
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT
1) TROLL
2) CRYPTHOWL
3) LIMBONIC ART
4) GREEN CARNATION
5) KING DIAMOND
MOST SUCCESSFUL
"COMEBACK"
1) TRISTITIA
2) CALLENISH CIRCLE
3) - - - - -
MOST PLEASANT
SURPRISE
1) FALLEN
2) BESEECH
3) AZEROTH
4) HYPOCRISY
5) LEVIATHAN
MOST UNSURPRISING
SURPRISE
ARYAN TERRORISM
MOST SUCCESSFUL
LABELS
1) Demolition Records
2) Center Stage Management
3) Season Of Mist Productions
4) Pulverised Records
5) Red Stream Records
6) Hammerheart Records
7) Neurot Recordings
8) Century Media Records
9) Code666 Productions
10) Last Episode Productions
BEST UNDERGROUND
'ZINE (printed)
BACKDROP (Belgium)
BEST SONG
FOR A HANGOVER
1) BESEECH "Manmade Dreams" (off "Black
Emotions" CD)
2) BESEECH "Little Demonchild" (off
"Black Emotions" CD)
3) ARSYN (any song off "Degeneration"
CD)
BEST CD /
MC APPEARANCE
(excluding the CDs I've received in
the shape of "promos" due to the fact they lack inlay and the back cover)
1) UNEXPECT "Utopia"
2) PALE FOREST "Of Machines And Men"
3) VAGTAZO HALOTTKEMEK "Naptanc…
4) CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED compilation
5) PHANTOM LORDS compilation
6) BESEECH "Black Emotions"
7) MAYHEM "Grand Declaration Of War"
8) KING DIAMOND "House Of God"
9) AURORA "Devotion"
10) AGHORA "Aghora"
11) ABRAXAS "Tomorrow's World"
12) GOTHICA "Night Thoughts"
13) LANA LANE "Queen Of The Ocean"
14) ETERNAL OATH "Through The Eyes
Of Hatred"
15) MOON OF STEEL "Beyond The Edges"
PERSONALITY
OF THE ISSUE
(metal)
Nattefrost (CARPATHIAN FOREST)
(non-metal)
Kevin Scott Nash (WCW wrestler)