Album of the Month
Moonspell: Alpha Noir/Omega White (Napalm Records)
Best Of
Gothic/Dark/Electro
Ordeal By Fire: All is lost (Innermost Phobia)
Cadaveria: Horror metal (Bakerteam Records)
Gothic Metal
Synful Ira: Between hope and fear (Logic(Il)Logic)
New Wave
And One: S.T.O.P. (Synthetic Symphony/SPV)
A.O.R./Melodic Rock/Class Metal
Hardline: Danger Zone (Frontiers Records)
Metal/Doom/Epic
Circus Maximus: Nine (Frontiers Records)
Crystal Viper: Crimen excepta (AFM Records)
Rock/Garage/Stoner/Alternative
El Thule: Zenit (Go Down Records)
Progressive Rock/Progressive Metal
Bjorkenheim–Laswell–Agren: Blixt (Cuneiform Records)
Live Album
Twelfth Night: Live at the Target *reissue* (Festival Music)
Best Italian – Nominations
Valkiria
The Splatters
