Top 25 Of 2004:
1] EXODUS Tempo Of The Damned (welcome back, well-deserved!)
2] LAMB OF GOD Ashes Of The Wake (tunes to annoy the neighbours)
3] SUSPERIA Unlimited (got me through til the next Testament)
4] SAXON Lionheart (how old are these guys again?)
5] JAG PANZER Casting The Stones (their best, heaviest ever)
6] FEAR FACTORY Archetype (lotsa Demanufacture, thank-you!)
7] VADER The Beast (never fail to disappoint)
8] MEGADETH The System Has Failed (a terrific swansong)
9] MONSTER MAGNET Monolithic Baby (the guitars are back!)
10] HELLFUELED Volume One (if Ozzy would do a serious metal album..)
11] UNEARTH The Oncoming Storm (here I was thinkin they were nu)
12] MINISTRY Houses Of The Mole (anti-Dubya message is cool for me)
13] INTO ETERNITY Buried In Oblivion (one of Canada's best)
14] MOTORHEAD Inferno (haven't released a stinker in 13+ years)
15] METAL CHURCH Weight Of The World (current incarnation rocks!)
16] PRO-PAIN Fistful Of Hate (perhaps their heaviest yet)
17] CANNIBAL CORPSE The Wretched Spawn (can do no wrong)
18] ICED EARTH The Glorious Burden (stop the balladry already)
19] WOLF Evil Star (old-school still reigning supreme)
20] SOULFLY Prophecy (a welcome flashback to Chaos A.D.)
21] GRIP INC. Incorporated (still have that highly original sound)
22] DISTANT THUNDER Welcome The End (anything by Rivera rocks!)
23] FU MANCHU Start The Machine (their best in a number of years)
24] ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY Fulton Hill (moonshine metal indeed)
25] KATAKLYSM Serenity In Fire (getting better and better)
1] EXODUS Tempo Of The Damned (welcome back, well-deserved!)
2] LAMB OF GOD Ashes Of The Wake (tunes to annoy the neighbours)
3] SUSPERIA Unlimited (got me through til the next Testament)
4] SAXON Lionheart (how old are these guys again?)
5] JAG PANZER Casting The Stones (their best, heaviest ever)
6] FEAR FACTORY Archetype (lotsa Demanufacture, thank-you!)
7] VADER The Beast (never fail to disappoint)
8] MEGADETH The System Has Failed (a terrific swansong)
9] MONSTER MAGNET Monolithic Baby (the guitars are back!)
10] HELLFUELED Volume One (if Ozzy would do a serious metal album..)
11] UNEARTH The Oncoming Storm (here I was thinkin they were nu)
12] MINISTRY Houses Of The Mole (anti-Dubya message is cool for me)
13] INTO ETERNITY Buried In Oblivion (one of Canada's best)
14] MOTORHEAD Inferno (haven't released a stinker in 13+ years)
15] METAL CHURCH Weight Of The World (current incarnation rocks!)
16] PRO-PAIN Fistful Of Hate (perhaps their heaviest yet)
17] CANNIBAL CORPSE The Wretched Spawn (can do no wrong)
18] ICED EARTH The Glorious Burden (stop the balladry already)
19] WOLF Evil Star (old-school still reigning supreme)
20] SOULFLY Prophecy (a welcome flashback to Chaos A.D.)
21] GRIP INC. Incorporated (still have that highly original sound)
22] DISTANT THUNDER Welcome The End (anything by Rivera rocks!)
23] FU MANCHU Start The Machine (their best in a number of years)
24] ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY Fulton Hill (moonshine metal indeed)
25] KATAKLYSM Serenity In Fire (getting better and better)
