Best of 2004
Best Concerts
Nightwish @ Phantasy Ballroom - Lakewood, OH 8/23/04
Nightwish @ The Opera House - Toronto, ONT, Canada 12/18/04
Ozzfest 2004 @ DTE Energy Music Theatre - Clarkston, MI 8/17/04
MTV Headbanger's Ball Tour Show w/Cradle of Filth + Guests @ Harpo's Detroit, MI 12/10/04
Megadeth @ State Theatre Detroit, MI 11/17/04
Best Industrial Album
The Retrosic - God of Hell
Runners Up
Rammstein - Reise, Reise
Icon of Coil - Machines are Us
Best Cover Song
The Forsaken - Metallica's Blackened
Best 2003 album in 2004
Belphegor - Lucifer Incestus
Best Local Metal
Kenshiro - Promo 2004
Morbid Ceremony - The Sound of Death
Sauron - Thrash Assault
Best 5 Songs Not on Top 15 of Year Albums
5. God Forbid - Antihero
4. The Haunted - All Against All
3. Into Eternity - Spiralig into Depression
2. Enforsaken - Tales of Bitterness
1. Amaran - Atropine
Most Wanted in 2004 Not Heard
Turisas - Battle Metal
Amaran - Pristie in Bondage
Nattefrost - Solo Debut Album
Dead Can Dance Tribute (2CD)
God Forbid - Gone Forever
Best of 2004 Runnersup
Disillusion - Back to Times of Splendor
Enforsaken - The Forever Endeavor
1349 - Beyond the Apocalypse
Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake
Finntroll - Nattfodd
Lilitu - The Delores Lesion
Cataract - With Triumph Comes Loss
Insomnium - Since the Day It All Came Down
Dead to Fall - Villainy & Virtue
Best 15 Albums of 2004
15. Borknagar - Epic
14. Heaven Shall Burn - Antigone
13. Shadows Fall - The War Within
12. Megadeth - The System has Failed
11. Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden
10. Rhapsody - Symphony of Enchanted Lands II:The Dark Secret
9. Susperia - Unlimited
8. Unearth - The Oncoming Storm
7. Winds - The Imaginary Direction of Time
6. Evergrey - The Inner Circle
5. Sirenia - An Elixir for Existence
4. Leaves Eyes - Lovelorn
3. Amon Amarth - Fate of Norns
2. Nightwish - Once
1. Cradle of Filth - Nymphetamine