Impey 1. Lacuna Coil - Comalies "Gothic metal, supreme and epic" 2. Funeral For A Friend - Between Order And Model (review) "Energy-fused Emo-core" 3. The Cooper Temple Clause - See This Through And Leave "Indie-trance future stars" 4. Hatebreed - Perseverance (review) "Breath-taking, aggressive and brutal" 5. Down - II (review) "The return of classic metal"

Mike 1. Opeth - Deliverance "Not up to the usual high standards, but still a cracking album!" 2. Sentenced - The Cold White Light "Another step in the righ direction for Sentenced" 3. Paradise Lost - Symbol of Life (review) "Crunching industrial rock" 4. Queens of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf "Overwhelmingly catchy filled with funky pin-point riffs" 5. Lacuna Coil - Comalies "Sexy vocals and near perfect musical composition"

Costas 1. Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors (review) "Progressive music for the new millenium" 2. Ulver - Lyckanthropen Themes "A soundtrack for the friends of atmospheric electronica" 3. Godspeed You Black Emperor - Yanqui U.X.O. "Dramatic and intense post-rock" 4. Madder Mortem - Deadlands "If schizophrenia were a musician" 5. The 3rd And The Mortal - Memoirs "Trip-hop from Norway that would love to come from Bristol"

L HWG 1. Glassjaw - Worship And Tribute "A jawdropping amalgamation of urban aggression and sublime melody" 2. Hopesfall - The Satellite Years (review) "One of the most accomplished melodic hardcore recordings ever.. vastly spacious yet nail-bitingly groovy" 3. Coheed And Cambria - The Second Stage Turbine Blade "A truly original, adventurous, bold and inventive emo record" 4. Cave In - Tides of Tomorrow "A beautiful journey into angular melody and inventive song structures" 5. Audioslave - Audioslave " 2 of the best bands of the early 90's combine on one CD. Who could ask for more?"