1990
1. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
2. Judas Priest - Painkiller
3. Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
4. Alice In Chains - Facelift
5. Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
6. Anthrax - Persistence Of Time
7. Queensryche - Empire
8. Nocturnus - The Key
9. Artillery - By Inheritance
10. Obituary - Cause Of Death
Honorable Mention: Annihilator - Never, Neverland, Flotsam & Jetsam - When The Storm Comes Down, Sanctuary - Into The Mirror Black
1991
1. Kreator - Coma Of Souls
2. Sepultura - Arise
3. Overkill - Horrorscope
4. Armored Saint - Symbol Of Salvation
5. Heathen - Victims Of Deception
6. Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
7. Guns & Roses - Use Your Illusion I
8. Corrosion Of Conformity - Blind
9. Death - Human
10. Vio-lence - Oppressing The Masses
Honorable Mention: Dark Angel - Time Does Not Heal, Iced Earth - Iced Earth, Metallica - Black album, Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger.
1992
1. Dream Theater - Images & Words
2. Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction
3. Alice In Chains - Dirt
4. Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power
5. WASP - The Crimson Idol
6. Iced Earth - Night Of The Stormrider
7. Running Wild - Pile Of Skulls
8. Manowar - The Triumph Of Steel
9. Malevolent Creation - The Ten Commandments
10. White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. #1
Honorable Mention: Edwin Dare - The Unthinkable Deed, KISS - Revenge, Testament - The Ritual, Widowmaker - Blood & Bullets
1993
1. Morbid Angel - Covenant
2. Nuclear Assault - Something Wicked
3. Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
4. Entombed - Wolverine Blues
5. Phantom Blue - Built To Perform
6. Gamma Ray - Insanity & Genius
7. Overkill - I Hear Black
8. Anthrax - The Sound Of White Noise
9. Tad Morose - Leaving The Past Behind
10. Dark Tranquillity - Skydancer
Honorable Mention: Angra - Angels Cry, Winter's Bane - Heart Of A Killer
1994
1. Dream Theater - Awake
2. Megadeth - Youthanasia
3. Testament - Low
4. Overkill - W.F.O.
5. Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies EP
6. Machine Head - Burn My Eyes
7. Carcass - Heartwork
8. Corrosion Of Conformity - Deliverance
9. Wicked Maraya - Cycles
10. Running Wild - Black Hand Inn
Honorable Mention: Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes, Pantera - Far Beyond Driven, Queensryche - Promised Land, Threshold - Psychedelicatessen
1995
1. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings
2. Death - Symbolic
3. Down - Nola
4. Meshuggah - Destroy, Erase, Improve
5. The Gathering - Mandylion
6. Fear Factory - Demanufacture
7. Paradise Lost - Draconian Times
8. Morbid Angel - Domination
9. Ozzy Osbourne - Ozzmosis
10. At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
Honorable Mention: Conception - In Your Multitude, Morgana Lefay - Sanctified, Nevermore - Nevermore, Suffocation - Pierced From Within
1996
1. Type O Negative - October Rust
2. In Flames - The Jester Race
3. Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
4. Nevermore - The Politics Of Ecstasy
5. Drain STH - Horror Wrestling
6. Overkill - The Killing Kind
7. Angra - Holy Land
8. Grave Digger - Tunes Of War
9. Amorphis - Elegy
10. Moonspell - Irreligious
Honorable Mention: Cradle Of Filth - Dusk & Her Embrace, Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery, Dimmu Borgir - Stormblast, Moonspell - Irreligious
1997
1. Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
2. Threshold - Extinct Instinct
3. In Flames - Whoracle
4. Overkill - From The Underground & Below
5. Gamma Ray - Somewhere Out In Space
6. Stratovarius - Visions
7. Strapping Young Lad - City
8. Conception - Flow
9. Immortal - Blizzard Beasts
10. Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth
Honorable Mention: Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant, Edguy - Theater Of Salvation, Flotsam & Jetsam - High, Jag Panzer - The Fourth Judgement, Megadeth - Cryptic Writings, Nightwish - Angels Fall First
1998
1. Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
2. Nightwish - Oceanborn
3. Stratovarius - Destiny
4. Symphony X - Twilight In Olympus
5. Fear Factory - Obsolete
6. Kamelot - Siege Perilous
7. Grave Digger - Knights Of The Cross
8. Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
9. The Gathering - Nighttime Birds
10. Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
Honorable Mention: Evergrey - The Dark Discovery, Hammerfall - Legacy Of Kings, Helloween - Better Than Raw, Lacuna Coil - Lacuna Coil EP
1999
1. Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black
2. Testament - The Gathering
3. Gamma Ray - Powerplant
4. Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory
5. In Flames - Colony
6. Kamelot - The Fourth Legacy
7. Overkill - Necroshine
8. Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder
9. Control Denied - The Fragile Art Of Existence
10. Drain STH - Freaks Of Nature
Honorable Mention: Agent Steel - Omega Conspiracy, Artillery - B.A.C.K., Crimson Glory - Astronomica, Dark Tranquillity - Projector, Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter, Soilwork - Steelbath Suicide