1. Meshuggah - Catch 33
2. Jesu - s/t
3. Cathedral - The Garden of Unearthly Delights
4. Deathspell Omega - Kenose
5. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
6. The Axis of Perdition - Deleted Scenes from the Transition Hospital
7. Burst - Origo
8. Candlemass - s/t
9. Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone
10. Red Sparowes - At The Soundless Dawn
11. Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked
12. Witchcraft - Firewood
13. Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
14. Sigh - Gallows Gallery
15. Blut Aus Nord - Thematic Emanation of Archetypal Multiplicity
16. Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution
17. Earth - Hex
18. High on Fire - Blessed Black Wings
19. Gojira - From Mars to Sirius
20. Sunn O))) - Black One
21. Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
22. 1349 - Hellfire
23. - Nouveau Gloaming
24. Reverend Bizarre - II: Crush the Insects
25. Municipal Waste - Hazardous Mutation
26. God Forbid - IV: Constitution of Treason
27. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
28. Capricorns - Ruder Forms Survive
29. Unsane - Blood Run
30. Ulver - Blood Inside
31. Strapping Young Lad - Alien
32. Napalm Death - The Code is Red...
33. Clutch - Robot Hive/Exodus
34. The Black Dahlia Murder - Miasma
35. Pelican - The Fire in our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw
36. System of a Down - Mesmerize/Hypnotize
37. Arcturus - Sideshow Symphonies
38. Every Time I Die - Gutter Phenomenon
39. Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine
40. Taint - The Ruin of Nova Roma

GAY

agreed. very gay.

Not as gay as Decibal's top list which had Pelican's new album @ #1...At least Terrorizer had Jesu right up there...I'm surprised Ocean didn't get a mention. They just gave their new album 8/10, which is rare for them. Prolly reviewed too late for this list.

I think Terrorizer is in extreme danger of going the way of Kerrang! magazine.

Once relevant, now random and tasteless.

I can tolerate Metal Maniacs (though not a British mag) occasional forays into the Metalcore gay bar because their black/death/thrash coverage is worthy.

I dunno - Deathspell Omega was my number one of the year. Can't really fuck with that.

Too much metalcore garbage on the list, and no I am not counting that Meshuggah, because it was great. Still, a lot of the albums there are good choices. I am shocked but happy that Cathedral ranked so high, but isn't it a UK mag (Jesu is UK too).

someone needs to tell the world that clutch fucking SUCKS BALLS!

I agree with Jesu...they aren't the most metal band in the world but god dammit they're original and write good music

Clutch sucks balls

'nuff said

Why does Clutch suck? I love that band.

yeah please explain how Clutch sucks.

other than that "Uh huh uh huh" song, which I didn't like, then grew on me, then got annoying. just don't judge em by that song.

Clutch rocks, man

to say they suck is a terrible misinterpretation of audibility

i saw them at sounds of the underground, and thought they sucked ass. i think what gets me most is how everyone speaks so highly of them but they are far from anything spectacular

i'm not into the whole stoner rock thing in general, but that does not make my opinion biased at all...nope

I like blut aus nord.