top 10 albums

Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
Death - Human
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys pt.2
Iced Earth - Alive In Athens
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Moonsorrow - Voimasta ja Kunniasta
Nevermore - Politics of Ecstasy
Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
The Devin Townsend Band - Accelerated Evolution
 
sactuary - itmb
neve´rmore - poe
opeth - still life
death - SoP
atheist - elements
iced earth - burnt offerings
SYL - city
nevermore - dreaming neon black
devin - terria
ian melrose - a scottish legacy
 
Symphony X - The Odyssey
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Devin Townsend - Infinity
Pain of Salvation - One Hour By the Concrete Lake
Cynic - Focus
Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black
Angra - Holy Land
Meshuggah - Destroy/Erase/Improve
Queensryche - Rage For Order
Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray



runners up:
Opeth - Life Life
maudlin of the Well - Leaving Your Body Map/Bath
Crimson Glory - Transcendance
Soilwork - A Predator's Portrait
Psychotic Waltz - A Social Grace
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Carcass - Heartwork
etc....