| 12 Stones 12 Stones | 4.0 |
| 12 Stones Potter's Field | 2.5 |
| 12 Stones Anthem For The Underdog | 3.5 |
| Adrenaline Mob Omerta | 3.0 |
| Adrenaline Mob Adrenaline Mob | 3.0 |
| Unoriginal stuff, but still enjoyable to listen to. |
| Alter Bridge Blackbird | 4.0 |
| Alter Bridge One Day Remains | 4.0 |
| Anthrax Among the Living | 4.0 |
| Anthrax Worship Music | 4.0 |
| Ash Meltdown | 3.5 |
| Blind Guardian A Night at the Opera | 4.0 |
| Bloodbath The Fathomless Mastery | 3.5 |
| Borknagar Universal | 3.5 |
| Borknagar Urd | 3.5 |
| Brain Drill Quantum Catastrophe | 3.5 |
| Brain Drill Apocalyptic Feasting | 3.5 |
| Cephalic Carnage Xenosapien | 3.5 |
| Circus Maximus Nine | 4.0 |
| An album absolutely brimming with melody and emotion, definitely one of the best albums to be released this year. |
| Crystal Eyes Confessions of the Maker | 3.5 |
| Not the most original album out there in terms of power metal, but the guitar riffs and solos in particular are very strong, having Daniel Heiman sing on this album won it for me. |
| Damageplan New Found Power | 3.5 |
| Dismal Lapse Eon Fragmentation | 3.0 |
| Dominici O3, A Trilogy Part 3 | 4.0 |
| Dominici O3: A Trilogy, Part 2 | 4.0 |
| Dream Theater When Dream and Day Unite | 3.0 |
| Dream Theater Images and Words | 4.5 |
| Dream Theater Awake | 4.0 |
| Dream Theater Falling into Infinity | 3.5 |
| Dream Theater Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory | 4.0 |
| Dream Theater A Change of Seasons | 4.0 |
| Dream Theater Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence | 4.0 |
| Dream Theater Train of Thought | 4.0 |
| Dream Theater Octavarium | 4.0 |
| Dream Theater Score | 4.5 |
| Dream Theater Black Clouds and Silver Linings | 4.0 |
| Dream Theater Systematic Chaos | 4.0 |
| Dream Theater Master of Puppets | 3.0 |
| Dream Theater The Number Of The Beast | 3.5 |
| The band is in top form as usual, Labrie's got a lot of flak for his vocals on here but I feel he did really well, far better than the MOP tribute, and he's hit several real high notes on this one. |
| Dream Theater A Dramatic Turn of Events | 3.5 |
| A real breath of fresh air, everyone sounds inspired and renewed. Myung can finally be heard in the mix and he even does some solos himself, his contributions are more apparent. A lot less wank on this album than on previous ones (although I am at the same time a sucker for technical wank), Petrucci and Rudess play some of the most tasteful solos in their career in Lost Not Forgotten, almost reminiscent of the solo tradeoff in Under A Glass Moon. Mangini did not have any creative input in the writing side of things, so I can't comment on that, but his playing on the album is solid. James sounds particularly renewed in my opinion, his vocals are more organic and his dynamics can be heard more than on previous releases. My minor nitpicks will be that this album is on the softer side, part of why I like DT so much is their metal side as well, what Portnoy brought to the table, and 3 ballads is one too many for any album imo, 2 works just fine for me. DT is far from done, and this album proves that. |
| Dream Theater Wither | 3.0 |
| Dream Theater A View from the Top of the World | 3.5 |
| Ensiferum From Afar | 4.0 |
| Equilibrium Rekreatur | 4.5 |
| Equilibrium Sagas | 4.5 |
| Exhumed Slaughtercult | 3.5 |
| First Fragment Dasein | 4.5 |
| Fleshgod Apocalypse Oracles | 4.0 |
| Fleshgod Apocalypse Mafia | 4.0 |
| Fleshgod Apocalypse Agony | 5.0 |
| Flying Colors Flying Colors | 4.0 |
| Showcases an eclectic range of styles and very tasteful playing from each member (as can be expected in a lineup of this calibre). |
| Gamma Ray To the Metal! | 3.0 |
| Not a bad album, but it doesn't sound entirely inspired either, production could be improved as well. There are a couple of strong tracks "Empathy" "All You Need To Know" "Mother Angel" "Deadlands" "Chasing Shadows". I picked up Majestic after this and the first two tracks beat anything off this one. |
| Gamma Ray Master of Confusion | 3.5 |
| Godsmack Awake | 3.5 |
| Godsmack Faceless | 4.0 |
| Godsmack IV | 3.0 |
| Godsmack The Oracle | 3.0 |
| HammerFall No Sacrifice, No Victory | 3.0 |
| Helloween Gambling with the Devil | 4.0 |
| Helloween Straight Out of Hell | 3.5 |
| Hour of Penance Paradogma | 4.0 |
| Hour of Penance The Vile Conception | 3.5 |
| Hour of Penance Sedition | 4.0 |
| Iced Earth Dystopia | 3.5 |
| In Flames Reroute to Remain | 3.5 |
| In Flames Soundtrack to Your Escape | 3.0 |
| In Flames Come Clarity | 3.5 |
| Iron Maiden A Matter of Life and Death | 3.5 |
| Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast | 4.0 |
| Iron Maiden The Final Frontier | 4.0 |
| James LaBrie Static Impulse | 4.0 |
| James LaBrie Elements Of Persuasion | 3.5 |
| John Petrucci Suspended Animation | 4.5 |
| Judas Priest Painkiller | 3.5 |
| Kamelot The Black Halo | 4.5 |
| One of the best power metal albums ever made, the melodies absolutely soar, definitely Kamelot's shining moment, Khan's voice suit's their style of power metal easily, without resorting to operatic wails, which are pretty much non existent on this album, it's a shame the following albums fall short, although they did have their moments. |
| Kiuas Lustdriven | 4.0 |
| Kiuas Reformation | 3.5 |
| Kiuas The New Dark Age | 4.5 |
| Kiuas The Spirit of Ukko | 4.0 |
| Kreator Hordes of Chaos | 4.0 |
| Kreator Enemy of God | 3.5 |
| Kreator Phantom Antichrist | 4.0 |
| A more musically diverse and very solid thrash metal album, even better than Hordes of Chaos. |
| Lamb of God Wrath | 4.0 |
| Limp Bizkit The Unquestionable Truth - Part I | 3.0 |
| Linkin Park Hybrid Theory | 4.0 |
| Liquid Tension Experiment Liquid Tension Experiment | 5.0 |
| Liquid Tension Experiment Liquid Tension Experiment 2 | 5.0 |
| Lost Horizon Awakening the World | 4.0 |
| Lost Horizon A Flame to the Ground Beneath | 4.0 |
| Malevolent Creation Invidious Dominion | 3.0 |
| Megadeth Endgame | 3.5 |
| Megadeth United Abominations | 3.0 |
| Megadeth Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! | 4.0 |
| Meshuggah obZen | 4.0 |
| Metallica St. Anger | 3.0 |
| Metallica Death Magnetic | 3.5 |
| Metallica ...And Justice for All | 4.5 |
| Metallica Beyond Magnetic | 3.0 |
| Metallica Metallica | 4.0 |
| Neal Morse Testimony 2 | 4.0 |
| Neal Morse Sola Scriptura | 4.5 |
| Neal Morse Momentum | 4.0 |
| Necrophagist Epitaph | 4.5 |
| Nile Annihilation of the Wicked | 4.0 |
| Omnium Gatherum Grey Heavens | 4.5 |
| Origin Informis Infinitas Inhumanitas | 3.5 |
| Origin Echoes of Decimation | 4.5 |
| Origin Antithesis | 4.0 |
| Origin Entity | 3.0 |
| Overkill The Electric Age | 4.5 |
| Planet X Quantum | 4.0 |
| Planet X MoonBabies | 3.5 |
| Queensryche Empire | 3.5 |
| Revocation Chaos of Forms | 4.0 |
| Slayer Reign in Blood | 3.5 |
| Slayer Christ Illusion | 3.0 |
| Slayer World Painted Blood | 3.5 |
| Sodom In War and Pieces | 3.5 |
| Staind Dysfunction | 3.5 |
| Staind Break The Cycle | 4.0 |
| Staind 14 Shades of Grey | 3.0 |
| Staind Chapter V | 2.5 |
| Staind Tormented | 3.0 |
| Stratovarius Polaris | 3.5 |
| Stratovarius Elysium | 3.5 |
| Symphony X The Divine Wings of Tragedy | 3.5 |
| Symphony X Twilight in Olympus | 3.5 |
| Symphony X V: The New Mythology Suite | 4.5 |
| Symphony X The Odyssey | 4.0 |
| Symphony X Paradise Lost | 4.0 |
| Testament The Formation of Damnation | 4.5 |
| Testament The Gathering | 3.5 |
| Testament Dark Roots of Earth | 4.0 |
| The Offspring Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace | 3.0 |
| The Offspring Splinter | 3.5 |
| The Offspring Conspiracy of One | 3.5 |
| The Offspring Americana | 4.0 |
| The Offspring Ixnay on the Hombre | 4.0 |
| The Offspring Smash | 4.0 |
| The Offspring Ignition | 4.0 |
| The Offspring The Offspring | 2.5 |
| Threshold Dead Reckoning | 4.0 |
| Threshold Subsurface | 3.5 |
| Threshold Critical Mass | 3.5 |
| Threshold Hypothetical | 4.5 |
| Threshold March of Progress | 4.5 |
| Transatlantic The Whirlwind | 4.0 |
| Trivium Shogun | 3.5 |
| Wintersun Wintersun | 4.5 |
