The votes are in and we have some top 3 picks from band members, staff and more here at InsideOut Music. Enjoy!
Devin Townsend (The Devin Townsend Band and Strapping Young Lad)
1. Misery Signals "Of Malice and the Magnum Heart"
2. Dillinger Escape Plan Miss Machine
3. Slipknot The Subliminal Verses
Henrik Danhage (Evergrey)
1. Machine Head "Trough the ashes of Empires"
2. Killswitch Engage "the end of heartache"
3. Damageplan New Found Power
Daniel Gildenlöw (Pain of Salvation & The Flower Kings)
1. Paatos - Kallocain
2. Ritual - Think Like a Mountain
3. Pain of Salvation - "BE"
Derek Sherinian (Planet X & Billy Idol)
1. Derek Sherinian - Mythology
2. Zakk Wylde- Hangover Music vol 1
3. Meshuggah - I
Taneli Kiljunen (TOC)
1. Auf der Maur : Auf der Maur
2. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds : Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
3. The Haunted : rEVOLVEr
Petronella from Paatos
1. Puckspony - People are Not for Killing. This years most beautiful and weird album without competiton!
2. Mono - Walking cloud and deep red sky, Flag fluttered and the sun shined.
3. Erika Janunger - Hazy
IO Staff USA
James Pitulski
1. Blow Up Hollywood Fake
2. Social Distortion Sex, Love, Rock and Roll
3. Blackfield s/t
Honorable Mention: The Original soundtrack to the motion picture "Master & Commander"
Eric Corbin
1. Social Distortion Sex, Love, Rock and Roll
2. The Wildhearts The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed
3. Blood For Blood Serenity
Maria Abril
1. Pale Divine "Eternity Revealed"
2. Crisis "Like Sheep Led To Slaughter"
3. Crisis "8 Convulsions"
Jennifer Johnson
1. Auf Der Maur Auf Der Maur
2. Paatos Kallocain
3. Stan Getz 1952-1953
Deron Blevins
1. Nightwish - Once
2. Mechanical Poet - Woodland Prattlers (Spec. Ed.)
3. Rhapsody - Symphony Of Enchanted Lands II - The Dark Secret
Honorable mentions:
Jag Panzer - Casting the Stones, Casting Crowns - S/T, Into Eternity - Buried In Obliveon, Riverside - Out of Myself
IO Staff Germany
Thomas Waber
1. Ben Folds - Speed Graphic
2. Ben Folds - Sunny 16
3. The Bens - The Bens
Michael Schmitz
1. Rush - Rush In Rio
2. Vast - Nude (European Version)
3. Dido - Life For Rent
Dirk Jacob
1. THE FLOWER KINGS: Adam & Eve
2. RITUAL: Superb Birth
3. AYREON: The Human Equation
Thomas Ewerhard
1. THE BONES - Straight Flush Getto
2. THE (INTERNATIONAL) NOISE CONSPIRACY - Armed Love
3. THE RASMUS - Dead Letters
Oliver Mensing
1. ASIA - Silent Nation
2. SAGA - Network
3. Dead Soul Tribe - The January Tree
Susanne Madaus
1. Interpol: Antics
2. Rammstein: Reise Reise
3. Pain of Salvation: Be
Devin Townsend (The Devin Townsend Band and Strapping Young Lad)
1. Misery Signals "Of Malice and the Magnum Heart"
2. Dillinger Escape Plan Miss Machine
3. Slipknot The Subliminal Verses
Henrik Danhage (Evergrey)
1. Machine Head "Trough the ashes of Empires"
2. Killswitch Engage "the end of heartache"
3. Damageplan New Found Power
Daniel Gildenlöw (Pain of Salvation & The Flower Kings)
1. Paatos - Kallocain
2. Ritual - Think Like a Mountain
3. Pain of Salvation - "BE"
Derek Sherinian (Planet X & Billy Idol)
1. Derek Sherinian - Mythology
2. Zakk Wylde- Hangover Music vol 1
3. Meshuggah - I
Taneli Kiljunen (TOC)
1. Auf der Maur : Auf der Maur
2. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds : Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
3. The Haunted : rEVOLVEr
Petronella from Paatos
1. Puckspony - People are Not for Killing. This years most beautiful and weird album without competiton!
2. Mono - Walking cloud and deep red sky, Flag fluttered and the sun shined.
3. Erika Janunger - Hazy
IO Staff USA
James Pitulski
1. Blow Up Hollywood Fake
2. Social Distortion Sex, Love, Rock and Roll
3. Blackfield s/t
Honorable Mention: The Original soundtrack to the motion picture "Master & Commander"
Eric Corbin
1. Social Distortion Sex, Love, Rock and Roll
2. The Wildhearts The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed
3. Blood For Blood Serenity
Maria Abril
1. Pale Divine "Eternity Revealed"
2. Crisis "Like Sheep Led To Slaughter"
3. Crisis "8 Convulsions"
Jennifer Johnson
1. Auf Der Maur Auf Der Maur
2. Paatos Kallocain
3. Stan Getz 1952-1953
Deron Blevins
1. Nightwish - Once
2. Mechanical Poet - Woodland Prattlers (Spec. Ed.)
3. Rhapsody - Symphony Of Enchanted Lands II - The Dark Secret
Honorable mentions:
Jag Panzer - Casting the Stones, Casting Crowns - S/T, Into Eternity - Buried In Obliveon, Riverside - Out of Myself
IO Staff Germany
Thomas Waber
1. Ben Folds - Speed Graphic
2. Ben Folds - Sunny 16
3. The Bens - The Bens
Michael Schmitz
1. Rush - Rush In Rio
2. Vast - Nude (European Version)
3. Dido - Life For Rent
Dirk Jacob
1. THE FLOWER KINGS: Adam & Eve
2. RITUAL: Superb Birth
3. AYREON: The Human Equation
Thomas Ewerhard
1. THE BONES - Straight Flush Getto
2. THE (INTERNATIONAL) NOISE CONSPIRACY - Armed Love
3. THE RASMUS - Dead Letters
Oliver Mensing
1. ASIA - Silent Nation
2. SAGA - Network
3. Dead Soul Tribe - The January Tree
Susanne Madaus
1. Interpol: Antics
2. Rammstein: Reise Reise
3. Pain of Salvation: Be
