Top 20 releases for 1999:

1. Nevermore - 'Dreaming Neon Black'

2. In Flames - 'Colony'

3. Edguy - 'Theater Of Salvation'

4. Evergrey - 'Solitude Dominance Tragedy'

5. Hollow - 'Architect Of The Mind'

6. Vanden Plas - 'Far Off Grace'

7. U.D.O. - 'Holy'

8. Grave Digger - 'Excalibur'

9. Metalium - 'Millennium Metal - Chapter One'

10. Balance Of Power - 'Ten More Tales Of Grand Illusion'

11. Nocturnal Rites - 'The Sacred Talisman'

12. Angel Dust - 'Bleed'

13. Destiny's End - 'Breathe Deep The Dark'

14. Gardenian - 'Soulburner'

15. Control Denied - 'Fragile Art Of Existence'

16. Majestic - 'Abstract Symphony'

17. Luca Turilli - 'King Of The Nordic Twilight'

18. Crimson Glory - 'Astronomica'

19. Agent Steel - 'Omega Conspiracy'

20. Vision Divine - 'Vision Divine'

Runners up:

Gamma Ray - 'Powerplant'

Sonata Arctica - 'Ecliptica'

Pretty Maids - 'Everything Worth Doing, Is Worth Overdoing'

Steel Attack - 'Where Mankind Fails'

Narnia - 'Long Live The King'

Primal Fear - 'Jaws Of Death'

Demons & Wizards - 'Demons & Wizards'

Soilwork - 'The Chainheart Machine'

New Eden - 'Obscure Master Plan'

At Vance - 'No Escape'

Symphorce - 'Truth To Promise'

Skullview - 'Kings Of The Universe'

Hades - '$avior$self'

Pegazus - 'Breaking The Chains'

Kenziner - 'The Prophecies'

Steel Prophet - 'Dark Hallucinations'

Seven Witches - 'Second War In Heaven'

Powergod - 'Evilution Part 1'

Freedom Call - 'Stairway To Fairyland'

Into Eternity - 'Into Eternity'

Eterna - 'Papyrus'

Dokken - 'Erase The Slate'

Silverspoon - 'Sink Or Swim'

Mortification - 'Hammer Of God'

Metal Church - 'Masterpeace'

Biggest disappointments:

Megadeth - 'Risk'

Queensrÿche - 'Q2K'

W.A.S.P. - 'Helldorado'