1. Morbid Angel - Covenant
2. Nocturnus - The Key
3. Death - Scream Bloody Gore
4. Death - Leprosy
5. Obituary - Slowly We Rot
6. Possessed - Seven Churches
7. Death - Human
8. Obituary - Cause Of Death
9. Morbid Angel - Blessed Are The Sick
10. Immortal - Blizzard Beasts
Honorable Mention: Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant, Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia, Dimmu Borgir - Stormblast, Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk, Immortal - At The Heart of Winter, Malevolent Creation - The Ten Commandments
Melodic Death
1. In Flames - The Jester Race
2. Death - Symbolic
3. Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
4. In Flames - Whoracle
5. Dark Tranquillity - Character
6. In Flames - Colony
7. Soilwork - Natural Born Chao
8. Soilwork - Steelbath Suicides
9. Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder
10. Amon Amarth - Versus The World
DOOM/GOTH
1. Type O Negative - October Rust
2. Paradise Lost - Draconian Times
3. Down - Down II: A Bustle In Your Hedgerow
4. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
5. The Gathering - Mandylion
6. Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
7. Down - Nola
8. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans
9. Lacuna Coil - Comalies
10. Lacuna Coil - Unleashed Memories
FFEMALE VOCALS
1. Nightwish - Century Child
2. Nightwish - Oceanborn
3. Lacuna Coil - Comalies
4. Drain STH - Horror Wrestling
5. Arch Enemy - Anthems Of Rebellion
6. Phantom Blue - Built To Perform
7. Nightwish - Wishmaster
8. Warlock - Triumph & Agony
9. Lacuna Coil - Unleashed Memories
10. Arch Enemy - Wages Of Sin
GLAM
1. Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil
2. Def Leppard - Pyromania
3. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
4. Def Leppard - Hysteria
5. Bon Jovi - New Jersey
6. Whitesnake - Whitesnake
7. Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love
8. Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
"Intricate" Glam
1. WASP - The Crimson Idol
2. Dokken - Tooth & Nail
3. Skid Row - Skid Row
4. Tesla - Mechanical Resonance
5. Skid Row - Slave To The Grine
6. WASP - The Last Command
GRUNGE METAL
1. Alice In Chains - Facelift
2. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
3. Drain STH - Horror Wrestling
4. Alice In Chains - Dirt
5. Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies
6. Stone Temple Pilots - Core
7. Drain STH - Freaks Of Nature
HARD ROCK
1. AC/DC - Back In Black
2. Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation
3. Hardline - Double Eclipse
4. Guns & Roses - Appetite For Destruction
5. Guns & Roses - Use Your Illusion I
NWOBHM / TRADITIONAL
1. Judas Priest - Painkiller
2. Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
3. Armored Saint - Symbol Of Salvation
4. Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
5. Judas Priest - Stained Class
6. Armored Saint - March Of The Saint
7. Deep Purple - Machine Head
8. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
9. Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
10. Black Sabbath - Heaven & Hell
POWER
1. Running Wild - Black Hand Inn
2. Grave Digger - Knights Of The Cross
3. Brainstorm - Soul Temptation
4. Cage - Darker Than Black
5. Rage - Trapped!
6. Running Wild - Pile Of Skulls
7. Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King
8. Manowar - Kings Of Metal
9. Manowar - The Triumph Of Steel
10. Rage - Soundchaser
Heavy / Dark Power
1. Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World
2. Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
3. Iced Earth - Horror Show
4. Jag Panzer - Thane To The Throne
5. Jag Panzer - Casting The Stones
6. Sanctuary - Into The Mirror Black
7. Tad Morose - Leaving The Past Behind
8. Sanctuary - Refuge Denied
Melodic Power
1. Gamma Ray - Powerplant
2. Kamelot - The Fourth Legacy
3. Lost Horizon - A Flame To The Ground Beneath
4. Gamma Ray - No World Order
5. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 1
6. Kamelot - The Black Halo
7. Stratovarius - Visions
8. Gamma Ray - Somewhere Out In Space
9. Stratovarius - Destiny
10. Lost Horizon - Awakening The World
PROGRESSIVE
1. Dream Theater - Awake
2. Threshold - Subsurface
3. Fates Warning - No Exit
4. Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory
5. Dream Theater - Images & Words
6. Threshold - Extinct Instinct
7. Dreamscape - End Of Silence
8. Threshold - Hypothetical
9. Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian
10. Vanden Plas - Beyond Daylight
Power-Prog
1. Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite
2. Crimson Glory - Transcendence
3. Queensryche - Operation: Livecrime
4. Pagan's Mind - Celestial Entrance
5. Evergrey - In Search Of Truth
6. Balance Of Power - Perfect Balance
7. Conception - Flow
8. Evergrey - Recreation Day
9. Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
10. Pagan's Mind - Infinity Devine
THRASH
1. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
2. Overkill - The Years Of Deca
3. Kreator - Coma Of Souls
4. Sepultura - Arise
5. Overkill - Horrorscope
6. Anthrax - Among The Living
7. Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
8. Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
9. Exodus - Bonded By Blood
10. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Power-Thrash
1. Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black
2. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings
3. Nevermore - The Politics Of Ecstasy
4. Iced Earth - Night Of The Stormrider
5. Eidolon - Coma Nation