End of 2005 Poll

35,601 total entries
photo   Question 1: How do you rank 2005 for metal releases?

1: 1.40%
2: 3.90%
3: 22.52%
4: 45.75%
5: 26.43%



photo   Question 2: Biggest tragedy in 2005?

Brian 'Head' Welch quiting Korn 29.60%
Voivod guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour dies 
Mike IX of EYEHATEGOD being arrested and thrown in jail 
Nightwish kicking Tarja out 
Barry Stern (Trouble, Debris Inc.) dies 



photo   Question 3: Best Metalcore Album of 2005?

bloodsimple - 'A Cruel World'  31.82%
A Dozen Furies - 'A Concept From Fire' 
A Perfect Murder - 'Strength Through Vengeance' 
Trivium - 'Ascendancy'  18.81%
The Red Chord - 'Clients'  
Caliban - 'The Split Program II'  
Darkest Hour - 'Undoing Ruin' 
As I Lay Dying - 'Shadows are Security'  12.89%
Norma Jean - 'O God The Aftermath'  



photo   Question 4: Best Doom Album of 2005?

Candlemass - 'Candlemass'  
Grand Magus - 'Wolf's Return' 
Confessor - 'Unraveled'  
The Mighty Nimbus - 'The Mighty Nimbus'  
SunnO))) - 'Black One'  
Boris - 'Akima No Uta'  



photo   Question 5: Best Black Metal Album of 2005?

Children of Bodom - 'Are You Dead Yet?'  44.30%
1349 - 'Hellfire'  
Belphegor - 'Goatreich - Fleshcult'  
Impaled Nazarene - 'Death Comes In 26 Carefully Selected Pieces'  
Nattefrost - 'Terrorist (Nekronaut, Pt. 1) '  
Mork Gryning - 'Mork Gryning'  



photo   Question 6: Best Hardcore Album of 2005?

Avenged Sevenfold - 'City of Evil'  24.66%
As I Lay Dying - 'Shadows are Security'  
Comeback Kid - 'Wake the Dead'  
Bury Your Dead - 'Alive'  
Nodes of Ranvier - 'The Years To Come'  
Bloodlined Calligraphy - 'They Want You Silent'  
Everytime I Die - 'Gutter Phenomenon'  
Between the Buried and Me - 'Alaska'  



photo   Question 7: Best Thrash Album of 2005?

Byzantine - '...And They Shall Take Up Serpents'  28.50%
Summon - 'Fallen'  
Municipal Waste - 'Hazardous Mutation'  
Dew Scented - 'Issue VI'  



photo   Question 8: Best Death Metal Album of 2005?

Arch Enemy - 'Doomsday Machine'  28.03%
Opeth - 'Ghost Reveries'  
Behemoth - 'Demigod'  
Sentenced - 'The Funeral Album'  
Aborted - 'The Archaic Abattoir '  



photo   Question 9: Best Newcomer of 2005?

Through the Eyes of the Dead  32.08%
Gizmachi  
Jacknife  
The Red Death  
Allele  



  Question 11: Best Comeback? - Anthrax
Question 12: Best Guitarist? - Daron Malakian - System of a Down
Question 13: Best Vocalist? - Tim - bloodsimple
Question 14: Best Drummer? - Joey Jordison - Slipknot, Murderdolls
Question 15: Best Bassist? - Shavo Odadjian - System of a Down
Question 16: Best Tour/Festival? - Ozzfest
Question 17: Best Magazine? - Revolver
Question 18: Best Label? - Roadrunner Records
Question 19: Best Metal Show? - Headbanger's Ball




photo   Question 20: Best Band of 2005?

1. Mudvayne 
2. bloodsimple  
3. Trivium  
4. Through the Eyes of the Dead  
5. As I Lay Dying  
6. Children of Bodom  
7. Lamb of God  
8. Opeth  
9. Slipknot  
10. Confessor