TOP 50 ALBUMS
OF THE ISSUE
1) MYTHOLOGICAL COLD TOWERS “Remoti
Meridiani Hymni (Towards The
Magnificent Realm Of The Sun)”
2)NARGATHROND “Carnal Lust And Wolfen
Hunger”
3) BLAZING ETERNITY “Times And Unknown
Waters”
4) MIDNIGHT SYNDICATE “Realm Of Shadows”
5) NIGHTWISH “Wishmaster”
6) VICIOUS CIRCLE “The Unbroken”
7) DARK TRANQUILLITY “Haven”
8) DOOM “Eternity”
9) ROOT “The Book”
10) MARAUDER “1821”
11) SYMBOLS "Call To The End"
12) ASHEN LIGHT “Ñòàðû Áûëèíû”
13) VENOM “Resurrection”
14) SAD HARMONY “Elektrula”
15) SATANIC SLAUGHTER “Afterlife
Kingdom”
16) DAMNATION “Resist”
17) SILENT STREAM OF GODLESS ELEGY
“Themes”
18) PENITENT “Roses By Chaos Spawned”
19) ORPLID “Orplid”
20) DREAM INTO DUST “The World We
Have Lost”
21) TULUS “Evil 1999”
22) K2 "Metal Dysplasia" / "The Rust"
23) KOROZY “Long Road To The Land Of
Black”
24) OPERA IX “The Black Opera. Symphoniae
Mysteriorum In Laudem Tenebrarum”
25) WINDIR “Arntor”
26) UNMOORED “Kingdoms Of Greed”
27) UNHOLA “Inferno”
28) MISTELTEIN “Rape In Rapture”
29) DARKNESS ETERNAL “Dawn Of The Suffering”
30) GLOOMY GRIM “Life?”
31) THY PRIMORDIAL “The Heresy Of An
Age Of Reason”
32) FALL OF THE LEAFE “August Wernicke”
33) NIGHTSKY BEQUEST “Of Sea, Wind
And Farewell”
34) VASSAGO “Knights From Hell”
35) GOSPEL OF THE HORNS “Eve Of
The Conqueror”
36) MENTAL HOME “Upon The Shores Of
Inner Seas”
37) SANCTIFICA "Spirit Of Purity"
38) INHUMATE “Growth”
39) SIEGED MIND “Lost Life In Evidence”
40) SORB – I – TOL “Piste”
41) RUNNING WILD “Victory”
42) VENERAL DISEASE “Verdicts”
43) ALKONOST “Songs Of The Old Oak”
44) DISCIPLES OF MOCKERY “Prelude To
Apocalypse”
45) TEARS OF DECAY “Redemption”
46) OLD FUNERAL “The Older Ones”
47) SEPSISM “Purulent Decomposition”
48) LIAR SYMPHONY “Affair Of Honour”
49) DYING BREED “Fleshflower”
50) UNLEASHED POWER “Absorbed”
BEST WORK
IN THE SHAPE OF DEMO
1) MORBIT “Remorphium”
2) BLOODSIMPLE “Demo ‘99”
3) TINTAGEL “Existence”
4) MORIA “Nocte”
5) BLACK COUNTESS "Blood, Desire
And Dead Nenuphars"
6) SIMONIA “In Embrace Of Evil”
7) CROWHEAD “Love Letter”
8) SFAGNUM “Duistere Nacht Van De Ziel”
9) ONE LAST SIN “Bustin’ Mad Nutz”
10) ENEMYNSIDE “From The Cradle
To The Way”
as well as “The Storms...” by BLIZZARD
BEST COMPILATION
1) A TRIBUTE TO MASTER’S HAMMER
(Redblack Productions)
BEST NEWCOMER
(a little note: “newcomer” means the
band who have just released it’s debut either demo or CD / MC (like ALKONOST,
for instance). They could exist for decades before that; doesn’t matter)
Russia
1) NARGATHROND
2) DOOM
3) TINTAGEL
4) SIMONIA
5) ALKONOST
Abroad
1) BLAZING ETERNITY (Denmark)
2) KOROZY (Bulgaria)
3) SAD HARMONY (Czechia)
4) WINDIR (Norway)
5) UNHOLA (Finland)
6) BLOODSIMPLE (USA)
7) DARKNESS ETERNAL (Canada)
8) MARAUDER (Brazil)
9) CROWHEAD (Norway)
10) SFAGNUM (Belgium)
BEST NON-METAL
BAND
1) NARGATHROND
2) MIDNIGHT SYNDICATE
3) DREAM INTO DUST
4) PENITENT
5) ORPLID
6) SORB–I–TOL
7) PLASMA POOL
8) VINTERRIKET
9) –
10) –
MOST INNOVATIVE
EFFORT (metal acts only)
1) MORBIT “Remorphium” (demo)
2) UNHOLA “Inferno”
3) WINDIR “Arntor”
4) BLAZING ETERNITY “Times And Unknown
Waters”
5) VICIOUS CIRCLE “The Unbroken”
6) DOOM “Eternity”
7) GLOOMY GRIM “Life?”
8) ROOT “The Book”
9) SILENT STREAM OF GODLESS ELEGY “Themes”
10) MYTHOLOGICAL COLD TOWERS “Remoti
Meridiani Hymni”
11) DARK TRANQUILLITY “Haven”
12) SAD HARMONY “Elektrula”
13) UNMOORED “Kingdoms Of Greed”
14) BLOODSIMPLE “Demo ‘99”
15) SFAGNUM “Duistere Nacht Van
De Ziel” (demo)
MOST WEIRD
PROJECT
1) K2
2) PLASMA POOL
3) SORB – I – TOL
4) MORBIT
5) DYING BREED
MOST PATHETIC
WANNABES
1) V.E.L.D.
MOST STUPID
IMAGE
1) WOLFSHADE
MOST SELF-CONFIDENT
BASTARDS
1) BEHEMOTH
2) SCREAM SILENCE
3) AION
MOST IMPRESSIVE
LYRICAL CANVAS
1) VICIOUS CIRCLE “The Unbroken”
MC
2) DARK TRANQUILLITY “Haven” CD
3) FALL OF THE LEAFE “August Wernicke”
CD
4) DREAM INTO DUST “The World We Have
Lost” CD
5) PENITENT “Roses…” CD / ARCANE
ART “The Cursed Artist” CD
6) THY PRIMORDIAL “The Heresy Of An
Age Of Reason”
7) PARAGON OF BEAUTY “Seraphine – Far
Gone Gleam” MCD
8) OPERA IX “The Black Opera” CD
9) MYTHOLOGICAL COLD TOWERS “Remoti
Meridiani Hymni”
10) SILENT STREAM OF GODLESS ELEGY
“Themes”
P.S. Due to my modesty (erh…), I won’t
put NARGATHROND’s name into this list.
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT
1) FORLORN
2) ROYAL QUEST
3) PARAGON OF BEAUTY
MOST PLEASANT
SURPRISE
1) CHAOS DIVINE
2) MYTHOLOGICAL COLD TOWERS
3) UNHOLA
4) DREAM INTO DUST
5) TULUS
MOST SUCCESSFUL
LABELS
1) Plasmatica Records / Icarus Productions
2) CDM Records / Avantgarde Music
3) Hammerheart Records / Prophecy Productions
4) Pulverised Records / Cudgel Agency
5) Redblack Productions / Somber
Music
bonus goes to Memento Mori / Dark Vinyl
and No Fashion Records
BEST UNDERGROUND
‘ZINE (printed)
1) Faceward ‘zine (Russia)
BEST SONG
FOR A HANGOVER
1) DOOM – “The Land Of Dreams” and
“Mindfuckers”
(both songs off “Eternity” MC)
2) DARK TRANQUILLITY – “The Wonders
At Your Feet”
(a song off “Haven” CD)
3) KOROZY – any song off
“Long Road To The Land Of Black” 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) MYTHOLOGICAL COLD TOWERS “Remoti
Meridiani Hymni (Towards The
Magnificent Realm Of The Sun)”
2) MIDNIGHT SYNDICATE “Realm Of Shadows”
3) FALL OF THE LEAFE “August Wernicke”
4) ORPLID “Orplid”
5) PENITENT “Roses…” / ARCANE ART
“The Cursed Artist”
6) BLAZING ETERNITY “Times And Unknown
Waters”
7) SILENT STREAM OF GODLESS ELEGY “Themes”
8) DAMNATION “Resist”
9) A TRIBUTE TO MASTER’S HAMMER
10) ROOT “The Book”
11) UNMOORED “Kingdoms Of Greed”
12) MARAUDER "1821"
13) EPHEL DUATH “Phormula”
14) DAMAGE "Hopes And Fears"
15) LIAR SYMPHONY "Affair Of Honour"
16) DARK TRANQUILLITY “Haven”
17) NIGHTSKY BEQUEST “Of Sea, Wind
And Farewell”
18) THY PRIMORDIAL “The Heresy Of An
Age Of Reason”
19) VICIOUS CRUSADE “The Unbroken”
20) MISTELTEIN “Rape In Rapture”