1.KAMELOT "Black Halo" (****1/2)
2.E.S.T. "Rise!" (****1/2)
3.MECHANICAL POET "Woodland Prattlers" (****1/2)
4.ASTRAL DOORS "Evil Is Forever" (****1/2)
5.IVAN TSAREVICH s/t (****1/2)
6.MORGANA LEFAY "Grand Materia" (****1/2)
7.Bruce Dickinson "Tyranny Of Souls" (****1/2)
8.OVERKILL "ReliXIV" (****1/2)
9.LABEL OF BLACK "Stepping Over The Edge" (****1/2)
10.NOCTURNAL RITES "Grand Illusion" (****1/2)
11.KREATOR "Enemy Of God" (****)
12.JUDAS PRIEST "Angel Of Retribution" (****)
13.KIPELOV "Rivers Of Time" (****)
14.TWILIGHT ODYSSEY s/t (****)
15.GRAVE DIGGER "The Last Supper" (****)
16.MASTERPLAN "Aeronautics" (****)
17.Chris Caffery "W.A.R.P.E.D." (****)
18.ROYAL HUNT "Paper Blood" (****)
19.BRAINSTORM "Liquid Monster" (****)
20.ANGRA "Temple Of Shadows" (****)
2005 BEST SONGS COUNTDOWN
30. VOLBEAT "Rebel Monster"
29. Chris Caffery "Erase"
28. CIRCUS MAXIMUS "Glory of the Empire"
27. NEVERMORE "Sentient 6"
26. TWILIGHT ODYSSEY "Onward to the Games"
25. SAVAGE CIRCUS "Evil Eyes"
24. FIREWIND "Tyranny"
23. KIPELOV "Prophet"
22. BRAINSTORM "Worlds Are Coming Through"
21. Rob Rock "I'm a Warrior"
20. DEMONS & WIZARDS "Love's Tragedy Asunder"
19. CANDLEMASS "Black Dwarf"
18. NOCTURNAL RITES "Never Trust"
17. FALCONER "Purgatory Time"
16. Bruce Dickinson "Power of The Sun"
15. ROYAL HUNT "Kiss of Faith"
14. OVERKILL "Pound of Your Flesh"
13. RUNNING WILD "Cannonball Tongue"
12. MASTERPLAN "Black in the Burn"
11. LABEL OF BLACK "Label of Black"
10. ASTRAL DOORS "Stalingrad"
9. CALLISTO "The Bells" (demo)
8. KREATOR "Suicide Terrorist"
7. ANGRA featuring Kai Hansen "Temple of Hate"
6. IVAN TSAREVICH "Don't Steal"
5. KAMELOT "This Pain"
4. MORGANA LEFAY "I Roam"
3. MECHANICAL POET "Sirens from the Underland"
2. E.S.T. "Wild in the Fields"
1. JUDAS PRIEST "Worth Fighting for"
SPECIAL NOTICE:
ARIA feat. Russian All-Stars "Will And Reason-05"
2005 AWARDS
BEST DEBUT: MECHANICAL POET
BEST SIDE PROJECT:
Max Samosvat's MECHANICAL POET / Bruce Dickinson
BEST TRADITIONAL / POWER ALBUM:
ASTRAL DOORS "Evil Is Forever"
BEST PROG / POWER-PROG ALBUM:
KAMELOT "The Black Halo"
BEST EXTREME ALBUM:
Nightrage "Descent Into Chaos"
BEST THRASH / POWER-THRASH ALBUM:
OVERKILL "ReliXIV"
BEST NON-TRADITIONAL ALBUM:
MECHANICAL POET "Woodland Prattlers"
BEST CONCEPT ALBUM:
MECHANICAL POET "Woodland Prattlers" / MORGANA LEFAY "Grand Materia"
BEST ALBUM COVER:
Isabel de Amorim (ANGRA "Temple Of Shadows") / Lee Nicholson (MECHANICAL POET "Woodland Prattlers")
BEST SURPRISE:
MECHANICAL POET "Woodland Prattlers"
HAPPIEST EVENT:
Mattias Blad rejoining FALCONER
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT:
DEMONS & WIZARDS "Touched By The Crimson King"
COMEBACK OF THE YEAR:
MORGANA LEFAY "Grand Materia"
LIFETIME ACCOMPLISHMENT AWARD:
OVERKILL
BEST MALE VOCALS:
Khan (KAMELOT) / Max Samosvat (MECHANICAL POET)
BEST FEMALE VOCALS:
Pamela Berlinghof (TWILIGHT ODYSSEY)
BEST GUITAR:
Thom Youngblood (KAMELOT)
BEST GUITAR DUO:
Joachim Nordlund / Martin Haglund (ASTRAL DOORS)
BEST BASS:
Fredrik Lundberg (MORGANA LEFAY)
BEST KEYBOARDS:
Lex Plotnikoff (MECHANICAL POET)
BEST DRUMS:
Scott Travis (JUDAS PRIEST)
BEST LYRICS:
Lex Plotnikoff & Tom Tokmakoff (MECHANICAL POET)
BEST RIFF:
GRAVE DIGGER "Grave In The No Man's Land" / CANDLEMASS "Black Dwarf"
BEST PRODUCER:
Andy Sneap (KREATOR, MASTERPLAN, NEVERMORE)