1. Edguy - Hellfire Club
2. Exodus - Tempo of the Damned
3. Tad Morose - Modus Vivendi
4. Nightwish - Once
5. Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden
6. Megadeth - The System Has Failed
7. Shadows Fall - The War Within
8. Saxon - Lionheart
9. Dionysus - Anima Mundi
10. Thunderstone - The Burning
11. Metal Church - The Weight of the World
12. Cans - Beyond the Gates
13. Primal Fear - Devil's Ground
14. Dio - Master of the Moon
15. Death Angel - The Art of Dying
16. Cradle of Filth - Nymphetamine
17. Satyricon - Volcano
18. Sonata Arctica - Reckoning Night
19. God Forbid - Gone Forever
20. TNT - My Religion
21. W.A.S.P. - The Neon God Part 2
22. Blaze - Blood & Belief
23. Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake
24. Tesla - Into The Now
25. Scorpions - Unbreakable
26. W.A.S.P. - The Neon God Part 1
27. Seven Witches - Year of the Witch
28. Metalium - Chapter 4 As One
29. Rhapsody - Symphony of Enchanted Lands Part 2 ~ The Dark Secret
30. Dream Evil - The Book of Heavy Metal
Other albums I enjoyed this year include Probot, "You Are Here" by UFO, "Here Come The Brides" by Brides of Destruction, "Scars of the Crucifix" by Deicide, and "Contraband" by Velvet Revolver. The new Dokken album "Hell To Pay" was a step in the right direction but they still aren't quite where I want them. It was an improvement from "Long Way Home".
The one thing that sucks about this year is there are still alot of albums I am yet to own. I am usually on top of this stuff but this year fell behind with a few bands so unfortunetly they were not able to be considered for my countdown. I do however have "Casting The Stones" by Jag Panzer, "The Inner Circle" by Evergrey, "Evil Star" by Wolf", "Epic" by Borknagor, and "Unlimited" by Susperia on order right now. I will also soon be getting the new albums from Jon Oliva's Pain, Angra, Behemoth, Distant Thunder, Dismember, Motorhead, Fates Warning, Kataklysym, Cannibal Corpse, Into Eternity, and Chris Caffery. Also what is cool is some albums can go both ways because you get them in 2004 but they aren't officially released until 2005 so I will be able to count the new Behemoth and Angra cd's towards my year end 2005.
