2000
1. Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite
2. Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World
3. Annihilator - Criteria For A Black Widow
4. Jag Panzer - Thane To The Throne
5. Nightwish - Wishmaster
6. Black Label Society - Stronger Than Death
7. Armored Saint - Revelation
8. Halford - Resurrection
9. Pantera - Reinventing The Steel
10. Iron Maiden - Brave New World
Honorable Mention:
Overkill - Bloodletting
2001
1. Annihilator - Carnival Diablos
2. Iced Earth - Horror Show
3. Evergrey - In Search Of Truth
4. Gamma Ray - No World Order
5. Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
6. Jag Panzer - Mechanized Warfare
7. Lost Horizon - Awakening The World
8. Balance Of Power - Perfect Balance
9. Kreator - Violent Revolution
10. Megadeth - The World Needs A Hero
Honorable Mention:
Bronx Casket Co. - Sweet Home Transylvania, Dragonlord - Rapture, Soilwork - A Predator's Portrait
2002
1. Nightwish - Century Child
2. Black Label Society - 1919 Eternal
3. Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done
4. Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
5. Eidolon - Coma Nation
6. Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos
7. Symphony X - The Odyssey
8. Down - Down II: A Bustle In Your Hedgerow
9. Kamelot - Karma
10. Arch Enemy - Wages Of Sin
Honorable Mention:
Amon Amarth - Versus The World, Cannibal Corpse - Gore Obsessed, Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines
2003
1. Overkill - Killbox 13
2. Pagan's Mind - Celestial Entrance
3. Nevermore - Enemies Of Reality
4. Evergrey - Recreation Day
5. Type O Negative - Life Is Killing Me
6. Brainstorm - Soul Temptation
7. Cage - Darker Than Black
8. Lost Horizon - A Flame To The Ground Beneath
9. Black Label Society - The Blessed Hellride
10. Kamelot - Epica
Honorable Mention:
Agent Steel - Order Of The Illuminati, Anthrax - We've Come For You All, Arch Enemy - Anthems Of Rebellion, Rage - Soundchaser
2004
1. Exodus - Tempo Of The Damned
2. Threshold - Subsurface
3. Dreamscape - End Of Silence
4. Symphorce - Twice Second
5. Jag Panzer - Casting The Stones
6. Megadeth - The System Has Failed
7. Joacim Cans - Beyond The Gates
8. Death Angel - The Art Of Dying
9. Overlorde - Return Of The Snow Giant
10. Wuthering Heights - Far From The Madding Crowd
Honorable Mention:
Dream Evil - The Book Of Heavy Metal, Evergrey - The Inner Circle
2005
1. Pagan's Mind - Enigmatic Calling
2. Kamelot - The Black Halo
3. Dark Tranquillity - Character
4. Lanfear - aNother gOlden rAge
5. Communic - Conspiracy In Mind
6. Brainstorm - Liquid Monster
7. Overkill - ReliXIV