1.CIRCLE II CIRCLE "Watching In Silence" (****1/2)
2.FALCONER "The Sceptre Of Deception" (****1/2)
3.TAROT "Suffer Our Pleasures" (****1/2)
4.RAGE "Soundchaser" (****1/2)
5.KAMELOT "Epica" (****1/2)
6.SINNER "There Will Be Execution" (****1/2)
7.BRAINSTORM "Soul Temptation" (****1/2)
8.FIREWIND "Burning Earth" (****1/2)
9.MASTERPLAN "Masterplan" (****1/2)
10.AT VANCE "Evil In You" (****1/2)
11.OVERKILL "KillBox 13" (****)
12.CHILDREN OF BODOM "Hatecrew Death Toll" (****)
13.ANTHRAX "We've Come For You All" (****)
14.E.S.T. "Evil Fate" (****)
15.MISANTHROPE "Sadistic Sex Daemon" (****)
16.GALLOGLASS "Legends From Now And Nevermore" (****)
17.ANTHRAX "We've Come For You All" (****)
18.GRAVE DIGGER "Rheingold" (****)
19.HELLOWEEN "Rabbit Don't Come Easy" (****)
20.ROYAL HUNT "Eye Witness" (***1/2)




2003 BEST SONGS COUNTDOWN

25.THYRANE "Dance In The Air"
24.SONATA ARCTICA "The Cage"
23.ANTHRAX "Refused To Be Denied"
22.MISANTHROPE "The Horns Walk"
21.MYSTIC PROPHECY "In Your Sins"
20.GRAVE DIGGER "Valhalla"
19.GALLOGLASS "Winter Tale"
18.DREAM EVIL "Invisible"
17.RAGE "Human Metal"
16.FIREWIND "You Have Survived"
15.ROYAL HUNT "Hunted"
14.EDGUY "King Of Fools"
13.VOIVOD "Gasmask Revival"
12.MASTERPLAN feat. Michael Kiske "Heroes"
10.E.S.T. "Dear Bandit Sirs"
10.CHILDREN OF BODOM "Needled 24/7"
9. OVERKILL "Damned"
8. FALCONER "Under The Sword"
7. BRAINSTORM "The Leading"
6. KAMELOT "Lost And Damned"
5. TAROT "Painless"
4. CIRCLE II CIRCLE "Watching In Silence"
3. SINNER "Black Monday (Thou Does Frighten Me In Dreams)"
2. HELLOWEEN "Open Your Life"
1. ARIA "Colloseum"

2003 AWARDS