(compiled
by Herr Stalhammar)
TOP 50 ALBUMS
OF THE ISSUE
1) MELECHESH "Djinn"
AUTUMN TEARS "Love Poems For Dying
Children… Act III:
Winter And The Broken Angel"
2) EVE TO ADAM "Auburn Slip"
ROB ROCK "Rage Of Creation"
3) SOILWORK "A Predator's Portrait"
RHAPSODY "Dawn Of Victory"
4) AUTUMN TEARS "Promotional Sampler
Compilation"
HOLLENTHON "With Vilest Of Worms To
Dwell"
5) ELVIRA MADIGAN "Black Arts"
DIES IRAE "Immolated"
6) CARPATHIAN FOREST "Morbid Fascination
Of Death"
ETERNAL DEFORMITY "In The Abyss Of
Dreams… Furious Memories"
7) ORK "Blessed By Evil"
BAD SECTOR "Dolmen Factory"
8) ANTAIOS / STIGMATIC CHORUS "God;
The Fake Artist" / "Waters Of Styx"
THY SERPENT "Death"
9) SHAPE OF DESPAIR "Shades Of…"
HELHEIM "Terrorveldet" / "Blod &
Ild"
10) ASTROFAES "Dying Emotions Domain"
IRON YOUTH "Respect / Defend / Create"
11) DIMMU BORGIR "Puritanical Euphoric
Misanthropia"
THE DREAMSIDE "Mirror Moon"
12) ANAAL NATHRAKH "Total Fucking Necro"
VIKING CROWN "Innocence From Hell"
13) SILENCER "Death - Pierce Me"
ENTHRONED "Armoured Bestial Hell"
14) SOULREAPER "Written In Blood"
GUERRILLA "On Target"
15) TENHI "Airut: Ciwi"
VADER "Reign Forever World"
16) DISBELIEF "Worst Enemy"
HIM "Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights"
17) WARMEN "Unknown Soldier"
ANCIENT RITES "Dim Carcosa"
18) DARKNESS ENSHROUD "Totenhanz"
ICED EARTH "Horror Show"
19) DIVINA ENEMA "At The Conclave"
FORGOTTEN SILENCE "KaBaAch"
20) AETERNUS "Shadows Of Old"
BUTTERFLY TEMPLE "Koleso Chernoboga"
21) NIGHTWISH "Over The Hills And Far
Away"
DARK FUNERAL "Diabolis Interium"
22) MODUS VIVENDI "The Power Of Suggestion"
BRAINDANCE "Redemption"
23) ARGAR "CWN ANNWN"
SAINTS EVERLASTING REST "The Dusk Of
Millennium"
24) BARATHRUM "Okkult"
THE RAVENOUS "Assembled In Blasphemy"
25) FALCONER "Falconer"
KHANATE "Khanate"
26) NOZZLE "Winter"
SATHANAS "Thy Dark Heavens"
27) ALASTIS "Unity"
AMORPHIS "Am Universum"
28) FLAUROS "Suicide"
KALMAH "Swamplord"
29) LULLACRY "Be My God"
PARAGON OF BEAUTY "Comfort Me, Infinity"
30) GOD DETHRONED "Ravenous"
THE BLACK LEAGUE "The Doomsday Sun
EP"
31) DEISEAL "Relationship Of Hate"
ILLDISPOSED "Kokaiinum"
32) DESDEMONIA "Paralyzed"
VICIOUS CRUSADE "Messiah… Isn't It
Me?"
33) ANCIENT "God Loves The Dead"
SHELLYZ RAVEN "Desolation"
34) SILENTIUM "Altum"
ARGENTUM "Stigma Mortuorum"
35) GIRLS UNDER GLASS "Frozen"
BRAVE "Waist Deep In Dark Waters"
36) BROKEN EDGE "Nofamenonamenoshame"
IMMOLATION "Close To A World Below"
37) WYKKED WYTCH "Angelic Vengeance"
LUCIFUGUM "Instinct Prevelance"
38) ISIS "SGNL > 5"
INFESTDEAD "Hellfuck / Killing Christ"
39) AURORA BOREALIS "Northern Lights"
ELYSIUM "Dreamscapes"
40) HELLOWEEN "The Dark Ride"
ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW "Chaotic Beauty"
41) SALACIOUS GODS "Askengris"
COMMA "Elusive Dreams"
42) CORNERSTONE "Arrival"
IN THE NURSERY "Engel"
43) GOREROTTED "Mutilated In Minutes…"
LEGION "Conqueror"
44) SOILS OF FATE "Sandstorm"
CORONA BOREALIS "Corona Borealis"
45) AMON AMARTH "The Crusher"
KIBOSH SYBIL KISMET "Sulphurous Domain"
46) THRONEAEON "Neither Of Gods"
BEATEN BACK TO PURE "Southern Apocalypse"
47) GUILSTEIN "Original Soundtrack"
SEPTICEMIA "Hopeless Age"
48) 3RD HOUSE OF BEEF "Low Cycle"
TALES OF DARKNORD "Dismissed"
49) MYSTIC CIRCLE "The Great Beast"
PUNISHED EARTH "Frankenstein"
50) SHUTDOWN "Pray For War"
SACRED SIN "Translucid Dream Mirror"
BEST CD (black
metal genre)
1) MELECHESH "Djinn"
2) CARPATHIAN FOREST "Morbid Fascination
Of Death"
3) ORK "Blessed By Evil"
4) HELHEIM "Terrorveldet" / "Blod &
Ild"
5) ASTROFAES "Dying Emotions Domain"
BEST CD
(semi-black)
1) SOILWORK "A Predator's Portrait"
2) HOLLENTHON "With Vilest Of Worms
To Dwell"
3) ELVIRA MADIGAN "Black Arts"
4) THY SERPENT "Death"
5) DIVINA ENEMA "At The Conclave"
BEST CD
(dark ambient / rhythm noise, etc.)
1) AUTUMN TEARS "Love Poems For
Dying Children… Act III:
Winter And The Broken Angel"
2) AUTUMN TEARS "Promotional Sampler
Compilation"
3) BAD SECTOR "Dolmen Factory"
4) TENHI "Airut: Ciwi"
5) DARKNESS ENSHROUD "Totenhanz"
BEST CD
(doom / gothic / dark wave)
1) ETERNAL DEFORMITY "In The Abyss
Of Dreams… Furious Memories"
2) THE DREAMSIDE "Mirror Moon"
3) SHAPE OF DESPAIR "Shades Of…"
4) HIM "Deep Shadows And Brilliant
Highlights"
5) FORGOTTEN SILENCE "KaBaAch"
BEST CD
(death / grind)
1) DIES IRAE "Immolated"
2) IRON YOUTH "Respect / Defend / Create
3) VADER "Reign Forever World"
4) DISBELIEF "Worst Enemy"
5) THE RAVENOUS "Assembled In Blasphemy"
BEST CD
(heavy / power / prog)
1) ROB ROCK "Rage Of Creation"
2) RHAPSODY "Dawn Of Victory"
3) WARMEN "Unknown Soldier"
4) MODUS VIVENDI "The Power Of Suggestion"
5) FALCONER "Falconer"
BEST CD
(other)
1) EVE TO ADAM "Auburn Slip"
2) GUERRILLA "On Target"
3) NOZZLE "Winter"
4) BROKEN EDGE "Nofamenonamenoshame"
5) CORNERSTONE "Arrival"
BEST SPLIT-CD
ANTAIOS / STIGMATIC CHORUS "God; The
Fake Artist" / "Waters Of Styx"
BEST SELF-RELEASED
CD
ELVIRA MADIGAN "Black Arts"
BEST WORK
IN THE SHAPE OF DEMO
1) PHANTASMAGORY "Odd Sounds" (Ukraine)
2) STILLIFE "Raining December" (Russia)
3) CONSTRUCDEAD "God After Me" (Sweden)
4) DEATHGUY "Introduction" (Thailand)
5) THIS TANGLED WEB "Rehearsal Tape
2001" (Australia)
6) SERAPH / NETHEREALM "Promo" (Austria
/ Singapore)
7) MIND ECLIPSE "In The Light Of Eclipse
Coming" (Russia)
8) NEST "Fabled Lore" (Finland)
9) EFFLUVIUM "Genesis Of Our Conquest"
(Philippines)
10) BLIND FAD "Blind Fad" (Italy)
BEST UNSIGNED
BAND
1) PHANTASMAGORY
2) ELVIRA MADIGAN
3) ANTAIOS
4) GUERRILLA
5) MODUS VIVENDI
BEST COMPILATION
I AM VENGEANCE "The Revenge Biography:
The Official MeteorCity
Soundtrack" (MeteorCity)
BEST NEWCOMER
(a little note: "newcomer" means the
band who have just released their
debut either demo or CD. They could
exist for decades before that;
doesn't matter)
Russia (and CIS
countries)
1) PHANTASMAGORY
2) DIVINA ENEMA
3) STILLIFE
4) STIGMATIC CHORUS
5) MIND ECLIPSE
Abroad
1) EVE TO ADAM (USA)
2) ELVIRA MADIGAN (Sweden)
3) ORK (Bulgaria)
4) DIES IRAE (Poland)
5) ANTAIOS (Norway)
6) SHAPE OF DESPAIR (Finland)
7) ANAAL NATHRAKH (UK)
8) ETERNAL DEFORMITY (Poland)
9) SILENCER (Sweden)
10) SOULREAPER (Sweden)
11) GUERRILLA (Germany)
12) THE RAVENOUS (USA)
13) KALMAH (Finland)
14) FALCONER (Sweden)
15) KHANATE (USA)
BEST NON-METAL
BAND / PROJECT
1) AUTUMN TEARS
2) BAD SECTOR
3) STILLIFE
4) TENHI
5) DARKNESS ENSHROUD
MOST INNOVATIVE
EFFORT (metal acts only)
1) MELECHESH "Djinn"
2) DIVINA ENEMA "At The Conclave"
3) HOLLENTHON "With Vilest Of Worms
To Dwell"
4) ETERNAL DEFORMITY "In The Abyss
Of Dreams… Furious Memories"
5) RAM-ZET "Pure Therapy"
NOSTALGIA
AWARD
POSTMORTEM (Est)
MOST WEIRD
PROJECT
"Songs Of Despair" (PENITENT)
MOST VIOLENT
WORK
1) ANAAL NATHRAKH "Total Fucking
Necro"
2) VIKING CROWN "Innocence From Hell"
3) SILENCER "Death - Pierce Me"
4) CARPATHIAN FOREST "Morbid Fascination
Of Death"
5) THE RAVENOUS "Assembled In Blasphemy"
MOST PATHETIC
WANNABES
1) SEVERNIE VRATA
2) CHILDREN OF BODOM
3) USER NE
4) PARADOX (UK)
5) T.H.R.O.N.
CLICHE AWARD
ABHOR
WORST ATTITUDE
1) Alvar Eldron / PARAGON OF BEAUTY
2) Janto "Rockstar" Garmannslund /
HADES ALMIGHTY
3) Kimberly Goss
MOST SELF-CONFIDENT BASTARD(S)
1) Alvar Eldron / PARAGON OF BEAUTY
2) Janto "Rockstar" Garmannslund /
HADES ALMIGHTY
3) SEVERNIE VRATA
MOST IMPRESSIVE
LYRICAL CANVAS
1) AUTUMN TEARS "Love Poems For
Dying Children… Act III:
Winter And The Broken Angel"
2) BAL SAGOTH "Atlantis Ascendant"
3) EPOCH OF UNLIGHT "Caught In The
Unlight"
4) DIVINA ENEMA "At The Conclave"
5) PARAGON OF BEAUTY "Comfort Me,
Infinity"
6) DIMMU BORGIR "Puritanical Euphoric
Misanthropia"
7) CRADLE OF FILTH "Bitter Suites To
Succubi"
8) PENITENT "Reflections Of Past Memories"
9) FALCONER "Falconer"
10) THE BLACK LEAGUE "The Doomsday
Sun EP"
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT
1) BAL SAGOTH
2) KATAKLYSM
3) CHILDREN OF BODOM
4) FAERGHAIL
5) CRADLE OF FILTH
6) RAKOTH
7) GODS TOWER
8) … AND OCEANS
9) DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER
10) BLOODTHORN
MOST SUCCESSFUL
"COMEBACK"
1) MELECHESH
2) SACRED SIN
3) THY SERPENT
4) THE DREAMSIDE
5) ANCIENT RITES
MOST PLEASANT
SURPRISE
1) EVE TO ADAM
2) TENHI
3) AMORPHIS
4) SOILWORK
5) AMON AMARTH
6) FALCONER
7) DEATHGUY
8) WARMEN
9) THE BLACK LEAGUE
10) DARK FUNERAL
MOST SUCCESSFUL
LABELS
1) Spinefarm Records
2) Metal Blade Records
3) Dark Symphonies
4) Hammerheart Records
5) Prophecy Productions
6) Century Media
7) Napalm Records
8) Nuclear Blast Records
9) Massacre Records
10) Avantgarde Music
BEST UNDERGROUND
'ZINE (printed)
BLACK LIGHT (Spain)
BEST SONG
FOR A HANGOVER
1) EVE TO ADAM - any song off "Auburn
Slip" CD
2) HIM "Pretending" (off "Deep Shadows…"
CD)
3) HIM "In Joy And Sorrow" (off "Deep
Shadows…" CD)
4) FALCONER "Per Tyssons Dottrar I
Vange" (off "Falconer" CD)
5) WARMEN "Devil's Mistress" (off "Unknown
Soldier" CD)
BEST CD /
MC APPEARANCE
(excluding the CDs I've received in
the shape of promo items due to
the fact they lack inlay and the back
cover)
1) AUTUMN TEARS "Love Poems For
Dying Children… Act III:
Winter And The Broken Angel"
2) CARPATHIAN FOREST "Morbid Fascination
Of Death"
3) RHAPSODY "Dawn Of Victory"
4) DIMMU BORGIR "Puritanical Euphoric
Misanthropia"
5) GOREROTTED "Mutilated In Minutes…"
6) DIABOLICUM "The Dark Blood Rising"
7) BAD SECTOR "Dolmen Factory"
8) SHELLYZ RAVEN "Desolation"
9) DARKNESS ENSHROUD "Totenhanz"
10) SILENCER "Death - Pierce Me"
11) ZORN "Schwarz Metall"
12) DAWN DESIREE' "Dawn Desiree'"
13) USER NE "Nibelum Das Uhort"
14) I AM VENGEANCE "The Revenge Biography:
The Official MeteorCity Soundtrack"
15) ISIS "SGNL > 5"
16) HELHEIM "Terrorveldet" / "Blod
& Ild"
17) BRAINDANCE "Redemption"
18) CRADLE OF FILTH "Bitter Suites
To Succubi"
19) HOLLENTHON "With Vilest Of Worms
To Dwell"
20) GOD DETHRONED "Ravenous"