| Anvil | Still Going Strong | 2002 | Massacre | Power | Eric Compton | - | 1/26/2003 |
| Bathory | Nordland 1 | 2002 | Black Mark | Black | Troy Cole | - | 1/22/2003 |
| Cathedral | VIIth Coming | 2002 | Dream Catcher | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 4 | 1/26/2003 |
| Cave In | Antenna | 2003 | RCA Records | Nu/Rapcore | Nate Turpin | - | 1/30/2003 |
| Demons and Wizards | Demons and Wizards | 2000 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 2/5/2003 |
| Easy Rider | Regeneration | 2001 | Locomotive Music | Power | Eric Compton | - | 1/22/2003 |
| HammerFall | Crimson Thunder | 2002 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | - | 1/21/2003 |
| Hate Eternal | King of All Kings | 2002 | Earache | Death | Greg Watson | - | 2/7/2003 |
| In Flames | Reroute to Remain | 2002 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Guest | 4 | 1/21/2003 |
| Into Eternity | Dead Or Dreaming | 2001 | Century Media | Death | Greg Watson | - | 1/30/2003 |
| The Kovenant | SETI | 2003 | Nuclear Blast | Black | Nate Turpin | - | 2/11/2003 |
| LA Guns | Waking The Dead | 2002 | Spitfire | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 1/26/2003 |
| Leng Tch'e | Death by a Thousand Cuts | 2003 | The Spew Records | Death | Nate Turpin | - | 1/30/2003 |
| Lost Horizon | A Flame to the Ground Beneath | 2003 | Music for Nations | Power | Guest | 4 | 1/25/2003 |
| Lost Horizon | Awakening the World | 2001 | Music for Nations | Power | Guest | 4.5 | 1/24/2003 |
| Loudness | Biosphere | 2002 | Tokyo Japan Comm | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 1/21/2003 |
| Nightwish | Oceanborn | 1998 | Spinefarm | Power | Frank Hill | 2.5 | 1/31/2003 |
| Opeth | Deliverance | 2002 | Koch/Music For Nations | Death | Greg Watson | - | 1/27/2003 |
| Sinner | There Will Be Execution | 2003 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | - | 2/5/2003 |
| Slipknot | Disasterpieces DVD | 2002 | Roadrunner | Nu/Rapcore | Guest | - | 1/21/2003 |
| Steel Prophet | Unseen | 2002 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | - | 1/22/2003 |
| The Great Deceiver | A Venom Well Designed | 2002 | Candlelight | Death | Nate Turpin | 4.5 | 1/30/2003 |
| The Haunted | One Kill Wonder | 2003 | Earache | Death | Nate Turpin | - | 1/30/2003 |
| Vehemence | God Was Created | 2002 | Metal Blade | Death | Greg Watson | - | 2/7/2003 |
| Anorexia Nervosa | New Obscurantis Order | 2001 | Osmose Productions | Black | Nate Turpin | 3.5 | 2/18/2003 |
| Grave | Back From The Grave | 2002 | Century Media | Death | Troy Cole | - | 2/18/2003 |
| Children Of Bodom | Hate Crew Deathroll | 2003 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | - | 2/18/2003 |
| White Skull | The Dark Age | 2002 | Frontiers | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/18/2003 |
| Vicious Mary | Vicious Mary | 2002 | Frontiers | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 2/18/2003 |
| Chaingunn | Chaingunn | 2003 | Independent | Traditional | Josh Greer | - | 2/20/2003 |
| Scanner | Scantropolis | 2002 | Massacre | Power | Eric Compton | - | 2/20/2003 |
| Racer X | Getting Heavier | 2003 | Universal Japan | Power | Eric Compton | - | 2/20/2003 |
| Twilight Odyssey | The Sorcerer Sessions Vol. 1 | 2002 | Independent | Power | Josh Greer | - | 2/20/2003 |
| Big Dumb Face | Duke Lion Fights the Terror | 2001 | Flawless Records | Heavy/Extreme | AFS | - | 2/24/2003 |
| Cephalic Carnage | Halls of Amenti | 2003 | Willowtip | Doom/Stoner | AFS | - | 2/24/2003 |
| Sithlord | Return to Godless Times | 2002 | Barbarian Wrath | Thrash | Josh Greer | - | 2/24/2003 |
| BloodDuster | D.F.F. | 2003 | High Voltage Records | Traditional | Nate Turpin | - | 2/27/2003 |
| Carpathian Forest | We're Going to Hell For This | 2002 | Avantgarde Music | Black | Nate Turpin | - | 2/27/2003 |
| Gorelord | Zombie Suicide Part 666 | 2002 | Season of Mist | Death | Nate Turpin | - | 2/27/2003 |
| Hemdale | Rad Jackson | 2002 | Relapse | Death | Nate Turpin | - | 2/27/2003 |
| Immolation | Unholy Cult | 2002 | Metal Blade | Death | Nate Turpin | - | 2/27/2003 |
| Karaboudjan | Sbrodj | 2001 | Relapse | Heavy/Extreme | Nate Turpin | - | 2/27/2003 |
| Misery Index | MI/Commit Suicide Split | 2002 | Willowtip | Death | Nate Turpin | - | 2/27/2003 |
| Mondo Generator | Cocaine Rodeo | 2000 | Southern Lord | Heavy/Extreme | Nate Turpin | - | 2/27/2003 |
| Origin | Informis, Infinitas, Inhumanitas | 2002 | Relapse | Death | Nate Turpin | - | 2/27/2003 |
| Poisonblack | Escapexstacy | 2003 | Century Media | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | - | 2/27/2003 |
| Tiamat | Judas Christ | 2002 | Century Media | Doom/Stoner | Nate Turpin | 2.5 | 2/27/2003 |
| Dokken | Back For The Attack | 1987 | Elektra | Traditional | Anthony Burke | - | 2/28/2003 |
| Exmortem | Pestilence Empire | 2002 | Osmose Productions | Death | Troy Cole | - | 3/4/2003 |
| Disturbed | Believe | 2003 | Reprise | Nu/Rapcore | Guest | - | 3/5/2003 |
| Regurgitate | Hatefilled Vengeance | 2003 | Relapse | Death | Nate Turpin | 2.5 | 3/6/2003 |
| Ulver | Lyckantropen Themes | 2002 | Jester | Black | Nate Turpin | - | 3/6/2003 |
| Neck | Should My Fist Eye | 1999 | CHO'SIN | Heavy/Extreme | Nate Turpin | - | 3/6/2003 |
| Narziß | Hope dies last | 2002 | PerKoro/Circulation | Black | Nate Turpin | - | 3/6/2003 |
| Anthrax | We've Come For You All | 2003 | Sanctuary Records | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 3/7/2003 |
| Impellitteri | System X | 2002 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Eric Compton | - | 3/6/2003 |
| Twelfth Gate | Summoning | 2003 | Crash Music | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 3/7/2003 |
| Stratovarius | Intermission | 2001 | Nuclear Blast | Traditional | Frank Hill | 2 | 3/11/2003 |
| Cradle of Filth | Principle of Evil Made Flesh | 1994 | Cacophonous | Black | Nate Turpin | - | 3/11/2003 |
| Goatwhore | The Eclipse of Ages into Black | 2000 | Rotten Records | Heavy/Extreme | Nate Turpin | 5 | 3/11/2003 |
| December | The Lament Configuration | 2002 | Earache | Death | AFS | - | 3/11/2003 |
| Deranged | Plainfield Cemetery | 2002 | Listenable | Death | AFS | - | 3/11/2003 |
| Symphorce | Phorceful Ahead | 2003 | Metal Blade(de) | Power | Eric Compton | - | 3/19/2003 |
| Machine Head | Hellalive | 2003 | Roadrunner | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 3/19/2003 |
| Kataklysm | Victims of This Fallen World | 1998 | Hypnotic Records | Heavy/Extreme | Nate Turpin | - | 3/19/2003 |
| Norma Jean | Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child | 2002 | Solid State | Heavy/Extreme | AFS | - | 3/19/2003 |
| Commit Suicide | MI/Commit Suicide Split | 2002 | Willowtip | Death | Nate Turpin | - | 2/27/2003 |
| Kalibas | Kalibas/Rune Split | 2003 | Relapse | Death | Nate Turpin | - | 3/26/2003 |
| Rune | Kalibas/Rune Split | 2003 | Relapse | Death | AFS | - | 2/28/2003 |
| Dirty Power | Dirty Power | 2003 | Dead Teenager | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 4/2/2003 |
| Gun Barrel | Battle Tested | 2003 | Limb Music | Power | Eric Compton | - | 4/2/2003 |
| Seven Witches | Passage To The Other Side | 2003 | Sanctuary Records | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 4/2/2003 |
| Celestial Ode | Celestial Ode | 2001 | Independent | Power | Eric Compton | - | 4/3/2003 |
| Mudvayne | The End Of All Things To Come | 2002 | Epic Records | Nu/Rapcore | Guest | - | 4/3/2003 |
| Solace | 13 | 2003 | Meteor City | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 4/10/2003 |
| Helloween | Rabbit Don't Come Easy | 2003 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | - | 4/10/2003 |
| Overkill | Killbox 13 | 2003 | Spitfire | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 4/10/2003 |
| Agents of Oblivion | Agents of Oblivion | 2000 | Rotten Records | Black | Nate Turpin | 3.5 | 4/14/2003 |
| Warhorse | As Heaven Turns To Ash | 2000 | Southern Lord | Doom/Stoner | Nate Turpin | - | 4/14/2003 |
| Queensryche | Rage For Order | 1986 | EMI | Progressive | Frank Hill | 5 | 4/14/2003 |
| Seether | Disclaimer | 2003 | Wind-Up Records | Heavy/Extreme | Guest | - | 4/17/2003 |
| Nazareth | Hair of the Dog | 1975 | A&M | Traditional | Frank Hill | 4.5 | 4/20/2003 |
| Majesty | Sword & Sorcery | 2002 | Massacre | Power | Eric Compton | - | 4/22/2003 |
| Mark Boals | Edge of the World | 2002 | Frontiers | Power | Greg Watson | - | 4/24/2003 |
| Usurper | Twilight Dominion | 2003 | Earache | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 4/25/2003 |
| Ring of Fire | Dreamtower | 2002 | Frontiers | Power | Frank Hill | 2 | 4/29/2003 |
| Iron Maiden | Rock In Rio | 2002 | Sony Music | Power | Frank Hill | - | 4/30/2003 |
| Godflesh | Messiah | 2003 | Relapse | Heavy/Extreme | Nate Turpin | - | 4/29/2003 |
| Vaginal Carnage | Dildo Detention | 2002 | No Escape | Death | Nate Turpin | - | 4/29/2003 |
| Steel Attack | Predator Of The Empire | 2003 | Arise | Power | Eric Compton | - | 5/2/2003 |
| Advent | Valholl | 2003 | Independent | Black | Troy Cole | - | 5/5/2003 |
| Q5 | Steel the Light | 1984 | Albatross | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 5/5/2003 |
| Rawhead Rexx | Diary In Black | 2003 | AFM | Power | Eric Compton | - | 5/5/2003 |
| Circle II Circle | Watching In Silence | 2003 | AFM | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 5/6/2003 |
| Lamb of God | As the Palaces Burn | 2003 | Prosthetic | Metalcore/Hardcore | AFS | - | 5/12/2003 |
| Mortician | Darkest Day of Horror | 2002 | Relapse | Death | AFS | - | 5/12/2003 |
| East-West Blast Test | East-West Blast Test | 2003 | Relapse | Death | AFS | - | 5/12/2003 |
| Agoraphobic Nosebleed | Altered States of America | 2003 | Relapse | Death | AFS | 5 | 5/12/2003 |
| Rebellion | Born A Rebel | 2003 | Drakkar | Power | Eric Compton | - | 5/15/2003 |
| Widowmaker | Blood and Bullets | 1992 | Dead Line | Traditional | Frank Hill | - | 5/16/2003 |
| Dark Moor | Between Light and Darkness | 2003 | Arise | Power | Frank Hill | 4 | 5/22/2003 |
| Legend | Still Screaming | 2003 | Monster | Traditional | Frank Hill | - | 5/21/2003 |
| Ravage | Curse Of Heaven demo | 2003 | Independent | Power | Eric Compton | - | 5/22/2003 |
| Crematorium | For All Our Sins | 2002 | Prosthetic | Death | Troy Cole | - | 5/23/2003 |
| Masterplan | Masterplan | 2003 | AFM | Power | Guest | - | 5/23/2003 |
| Firewind | Between Heaven And Hell | 2002 | Leviathan Records | Power | Guest | - | 5/30/2003 |
| Wizard | Odin | 2003 | LMP Music | Power | Eric Compton | - | 5/30/2003 |
| Manowar | Fighting The World | 1987 | Atlantic | Power | Frank Hill | 4 | 5/30/2003 |
| Metallica | St. Anger | 2003 | Elektra | Thrash | Frank Hill | - | 6/12/2003 |
| Powergod | Bleed For The Gods | 2001 | Massacre | Heavy/Extreme | Frank Hill | - | 6/11/2003 |
| Cradle of Filth | Damnation And A Day | 2003 | Sony Music | Black | Greg Watson | - | 6/26/2003 |
| God Dethroned | Into The Lungs Of Hell | 2003 | Metal Blade | Death | Greg Watson | - | 6/26/2003 |
| Grave Digger | Rheingold | 2003 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | - | 6/27/2003 |
| Chateaux | Fight To The Last Anthology | 2003 | Sanctuary Records | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 6/27/2003 |
| Power of Omens | Rooms Of Anguish | 2003 | Metal Ages | Progressive | Frank Hill | - | 7/2/2003 |
| Dr. Butcher | Dr. Butcher | 1994 | Crash Music | Progressive | Frank Hill | - | 7/2/2003 |
| Valley's Eve | Deception of Pain | 2002 | Limb Music | Power | Greg Watson | - | 7/7/2003 |
| Black Label Society | The Blessed Hellride | 2003 | Spitfire | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | - | 7/7/2003 |
| Cage | Darker Than Black | 2003 | Fugitive Records | Power | Greg Watson | - | 7/8/2003 |
| Alchemy X | A Delicate Balance | 1999 | BMI | Progressive | Josh Greer | - | 7/8/2003 |
| Alchemy X | 11:59:59 | 2002 | Unisound Records | Progressive | Josh Greer | - | 7/8/2003 |
| Vyndykator | Heaven Sent From Hell | 2002 | Unisound Records | Power | Josh Greer | - | 7/9/2003 |
| Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin DVD | 2003 | Atlantic | Traditional | Frank Hill | - | 7/22/2003 |
| Sickspeed | Sickspeed demo | 2002 | Independent | Traditional | Frank Hill | - | 6/15/2003 |
| October 31 | Stagefright | 2003 | Thrash Corner | Heavy/Extreme | Josh Greer | - | 7/30/2003 |
| Conquest | No Boundaries | 2003 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 8/5/2003 |
| Johnny Lokke | Wrecking Ball | 2003 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 8/4/2003 |
| Pyn Siren | Slave To Your Master | 2003 | Kivel Records | Power | Eric Compton | - | 8/4/2003 |
| Ian Christe | The Complete Headbanging History Of Heavy Metal | 2003 | Harper-Collins Publishing | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | - | 8/2/2003 |
| Hammerwhore | Mercyless Brutality | 2003 | Independent | Thrash | Josh Greer | - | 8/13/2003 |
| Ed Gein | Ed Gein demo | 2003 | Independent | Death | Nate Turpin | 3 | 8/13/2003 |
| Pelican | Pelican | 2002 | Hydra Head Records | Death | Nate Turpin | 4.5 | 8/13/2003 |
| H.I.M. | Love Metal | 2003 | BMG | Heavy/Extreme | Nate Turpin | - | 8/13/2003 |
| Brainstorm | Soul Temptation | 2003 | Metal Blade | Power | Eric Compton | - | 8/21/2003 |
| The Chainsaw | Electric Wizards | 2002 | Independent | Power | Frank Hill | - | 8/22/2003 |
| Circle of Nero | Brutal Harvest Demo | 2003 | Independent | Nu/Rapcore | Frank Hill | - | 8/26/2003 |
| Goat Horn | Storming The Gates | 2003 | October 32 Records | Traditional | Greg Watson | - | 8/26/2003 |
| Ion Vein | Reigning Memories | 2003 | Majesphere Records | Progressive | Greg Watson | - | 8/26/2003 |
| Exawatt | 2K2 | 2002 | Independent | Progressive | Greg Watson | - | 8/28/2003 |
| Endless Time | Ancient Tales | 2002 | Independent | Progressive | Greg Watson | - | 8/28/2003 |
| Queensryche | Rage for Order (remaster) | 2003 | EMI | Progressive | Greg Watson | 5 | 8/28/2003 |
| Queensryche | EP (remaster) | 2003 | EMI | Power | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 8/28/2003 |
| Tiwanaku | Tiwanaku | 2003 | Independent | Death | Frank Hill | - | 8/29/2003 |
| Byfist | Adrenalin Demo | 2002 | Saba Records | Thrash | Frank Hill | - | 9/14/2003 |
| Agony Divine | Tomorrow Never Comes | 2003 | Independent | Thrash | Josh Greer | - | 9/15/2003 |
| Nicta | Dark Days Rip the Light | 2003 | Independent | Power | Frank Hill | - | 9/18/2003 |
| Iron Maiden | Dance of Death | 2003 | Sony Music | Power | Frank Hill | - | 9/19/2003 |
| Supervillain | Supervillain Demo | 2003 | Independent | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | - | 9/23/2003 |
| Black Sabbath | Mob Rules | 1981 | Warner Brothers | Traditional | Frank Hill | - | 9/23/2003 |
| Twisted Tower Dire | Crest of the Martyrs | 2003 | Remedy | Power | Josh Greer | - | 9/24/2003 |
| Shakra | Rising | 2003 | Point Music | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 9/23/2003 |
| Saint | Collection 1984-1999 | 2003 | Armor | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 9/25/2003 |
| Catch 22 | Awaken | 2003 | Molten Metal USA | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 9/26/2003 |
| SelfInflicted | SelfInflicted | 2003 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Frank Hill | - | 9/26/2003 |
| Queensryche | Live Evolution DVD | 2001 | EMI | Power | Frank Hill | 4 | 9/30/2003 |
| Iced Earth | Days of Purgatory | 1997 | Century Media | Power | Frank Hill | - | 9/30/2003 |
| Paragon | The Dark Legacy | 2003 | Remedy | Power | Eric Compton | - | 10/1/2003 |
| Inner Rage of Emotion | Inner Rage of Emotion | 2003 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Frank Hill | - | 10/7/2003 |
| Circle II Circle | Watching In Silence | 2003 | AFM | Traditional | Frank Hill | - | 10/7/2003 |
| Biomechanical | Eight Moons | 2003 | Revolver Records | Progressive | Frank Hill | - | 10/8/2003 |
| Godiva | Godiva | 2003 | Limb Music | Power | Eric Compton | - | 10/16/2003 |
| Fireball Ministry | The Second Great Awakening | 2003 | Nuclear Blast | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | - | 10/16/2003 |
| Dragonforce | Valley Of The Damned | 2003 | Noise Records | Power | Anthony Burke | - | 10/15/2003 |
| Bloodbath | Breeding Death/Resurrection Through Carnage | 2000 | Century Media | Death | Anthony Burke | - | 10/15/2003 |
| Sevendust | Seasons | 2003 | TVT Records | Nu/Rapcore | Eric Compton | - | 10/22/2003 |
| Thunderbolt | Demons And Diamonds | 2003 | Massacre | Power | Eric Compton | - | 10/23/2003 |
| Chainsnap | Chainsnap | 2003 | Independent | Thrash | Frank Hill | - | 10/22/2003 |
| Trick or Treat | Trick or Treat | 1986 | DeLaurentis | Traditional | Frank Hill | 2.5 | 10/24/2003 |
| Artension | New Discovery | 2003 | Frontiers | Power | Frank Hill | 2.5 | 10/29/2003 |
| The Graveyard Boulevard | Toe Tags and Body Bags | 2003 | Independent | Traditional | Frank Hill | - | 10/31/2003 |
| Helloween | Keeper of the Seven Keys--Part 1 | 1987 | Noise International | Power | Frank Hill | - | 10/30/2003 |
| Wycked Synn | The Vision | 2003 | Chavis | Power | Eric Compton | - | 11/3/2003 |
| Curriculum Mortis | Into Death Demo | 2003 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | - | 11/5/2003 |
| Morbid Angel | Heretic | 2003 | Earache | Death | Greg Watson | - | 11/5/2003 |
| Runemagick | Darkness Death Doom | 2003 | Aftermath | Death | Greg Watson | - | 11/5/2003 |
| Poema Arcanus | Iconoclast: Chapter XIII | 2003 | Aftermath | Doom/Stoner | Greg Watson | - | 11/5/2003 |
| Kilfast | Tragedy Essential | 2003 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | - | 11/5/2003 |
| Mourning Beloveth | The Sullen Sulcus | 2003 | Aftermath | Doom/Stoner | Greg Watson | - | 11/5/2003 |
| Rage | Soundchaser | 2003 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Eric Compton | - | 11/6/2003 |
| Steel Preacher | Route 666 | 2003 | Independent | Power | Eric Compton | - | 11/10/2003 |
| Victory | Instinct | 2003 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Eric Compton | - | 11/10/2003 |
| King Diamond | The Puppetmaster | 2003 | Metal Blade(de) | Power | Eric Compton | - | 11/11/2003 |
| Uncle Light | Uncle Light EP | 2003 | Independent | Traditional | Frank Hill | - | 11/20/2003 |
| Iced Earth | The Reckoning EP | 2003 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Frank Hill | - | 11/21/2003 |
| Lanfear | The Art Effect | 2003 | Massacre | Power | Frank Hill | - | 11/26/2003 |
| Evanesce | Schemes Of Subvertion | 2003 | No Face Records | Death | Eric Compton | - | 11/27/2003 |
| Assrockers | All Inputs | 2003 | The Living Room Records | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 11/28/2003 |
| Dream Weaver | Worlds Carved Within | 2003 | Secret Port Records | Power | Eric Compton | - | 11/28/2003 |
| Dungeon | A Rise To Power | 2003 | Limb Music | Power | Eric Compton | - | 12/2/2003 |
| Solemnity | King Of Dreams | 2003 | Remedy | Power | Eric Compton | - | 12/2/2003 |
| Crystal Eyes | Vengeance Descending | 2003 | DMP Sweden | Power | Eric Compton | - | 12/2/2003 |
| Malstrom | Demo 2003 | 2003 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 12/5/2003 |
| Rob Rock | Eyes Of Eternity | 2003 | Massacre | Power | Eric Compton | - | 12/5/2003 |
| Iced Earth | The Glorious Burden | 2003 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Anthony Burke | 4 | 12/11/2003 |
| Sludge! | Behavior Modification Theory | 1999 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Frank Hill | - | 12/10/2003 |
| Sinergy | To Hell And Back | 2000 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Anthony Burke | - | 12/19/2003 |
| Beautiful Creatures | Beautiful Creatures | 2001 | Warner Brothers | Traditional | Anthony Burke | - | 12/19/2003 |
| Masterplan | Masterplan | 2003 | AFM | Power | Anthony Burke | - | 12/19/2003 |
| Stryper | To Hell With the Devil | 1986 | Hollywood Records | Power | Frank Hill | - | 12/19/2003 |
| Guardians Of Time | Machines Of Mental Design | 2003 | Facefront Records | Power | Eric Compton | - | 12/31/2003 |
| Axenstar | Far From Heaven | 2003 | Arise | Power | Anthony Burke | - | 12/30/2003 |
| Duke | Escape From Reality | 2003 | Massacre | Power | Eric Compton | - | 12/30/2003 |
| Eidolon | Apostles Of Defiance | 2003 | Metal Blade | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 12/27/2003 |
| Savatage | Sirens | 1983 | Par Records | Power | Anthony Burke | - | 1/2/2004 |
| Mnemic | Mechanical Spin Phenomena | 2003 | Nuclear Blast | Industrial | Eric Compton | - | 1/5/2004 |
| Tad Morose | Modus Vivendi | 2003 | Century Media | Power | Eric Compton | - | 1/5/2004 |
| Machine Head | Through The Ashes Of Empires | 2003 | Roadrunner | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 1/5/2004 |
| Vhaldemar | I Made My Own Hell | 2003 | Arise | Power | Eric Compton | - | 1/14/2004 |
| Silent Scythe | Longing For Sorrow | 2003 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Anthony Burke | - | 1/13/2004 |
| Windseeker | By the Seed of the Same God | 2003 | Independent | Power | Frank Hill | - | 1/12/2004 |
| Iced Earth | The Glorious Burden | 2003 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 1/22/2004 |
| Thunderstone | The Burning | 2004 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Anthony Burke | - | 1/20/2004 |
| Metal Mental Meltdown | Heavy Metal Trivia board game | 2004 | JPW Metal Enterprises Inc. | Heavy/Extreme | Frank Hill | - | 1/22/2004 |
| Spinal Tap | This Is Spinal Tap | 2004 | MGM/Ua Studios | Traditional | Frank Hill | - | 1/26/2004 |
| Stalker | Zero Zone | 2003 | Independent | Power | Anthony Burke | - | 1/30/2004 |
| Sin Origin | Night Aeternal | 2003 | Independent | Black | David Loveless | - | 1/29/2004 |
| Sludge! | As A Man Thinketh | 2002 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Frank Hill | - | 2/2/2004 |
| Drillpoint | Snapper Head | 2003 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Frank Hill | - | 2/2/2004 |
| Beautiful Creatures | Beautiful Creatures | 2001 | Warner Brothers | Traditional | Frank Hill | - | 2/2/2004 |
| Halloween | Halloween 4.0: Tales From The Crypt | 2003 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 2/10/2004 |
| Attacker | Soul Taker | 2004 | Iron Glory | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 2/10/2004 |
| Hypocrisy | The Arrival | 2004 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Eric Compton | - | 2/10/2004 |
| Pharaoh | After the Fire | 2003 | Cruz Del Sur | Power | Josh Greer | - | 2/17/2004 |
| Whitesnake | Slide It In | 1984 | Geffen Records | Traditional | Frank Hill | - | 2/16/2004 |
| Edguy | King Of Fools | 2004 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | - | 2/17/2004 |
| Pink Cream 69 | Thunderdome | 2004 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Eric Compton | - | 2/20/2004 |
| Krisiun | Works of Carnage | 2003 | Century Media | Death | David Loveless | - | 2/20/2004 |
| Primal Fear | Devil’s Ground | 2004 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Anthony Burke | - | 2/20/2004 |
| In Flames | Trigger EP | 2003 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Frank Hill | - | 2/20/2004 |
| October 31 | Meet Thy Maker | 1999 | R.I.P. | Power | Frank Hill | - | 2/22/2004 |
| Grip Inc. | Incorporated | 2004 | SPV/Steamhammer | Heavy/Extreme | Frank Hill | - | 2/24/2004 |
| DevilDriver | DevilDriver | 2004 | Roadrunner | Heavy/Extreme | Frank Hill | - | 2/22/2004 |
| Slayer | War at the Warfield | 2003 | Universal | Death | Frank Hill | - | 2/22/2004 |
| Murdercycle | Victims | 2002 | Independent | Traditional | Frank Hill | - | 2/23/2004 |
| Nordheim | Total War | 2004 | Marquee | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 2/27/2004 |
| Fraise | Hellicornia | 2004 | Independent | Power | Eric Compton | - | 2/27/2004 |
| Dragonforce | Sonic Firestorm | 2004 | Noise Records | Power | Anthony Burke | - | 3/3/2004 |
| Defiled | Divination | 2003 | Season of Mist | Death | David Loveless | - | 3/3/2004 |
| Primal Fear | History Of Fear DVD | 2004 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | - | 3/3/2004 |
| Primal Fear | Devil's Ground | 2004 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | - | 3/3/2004 |
| Project: Failing Flesh | A Beautiful Sickness | 2004 | Karmageddon Records | Heavy/Extreme | Troy Cole | - | 4/14/2005 |
| Brides of Destruction | Here Come the Brides | 2004 | Sanctuary Records | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | - | 3/8/2004 |
| Probot | Probot | 2004 | Southern Lord | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 3/10/2004 |
| Asperity | The Final Demand | 2004 | Arise | Power | Eric Compton | - | 3/9/2004 |
| Deivos | Hostile Blood | 2003 | Butchery Music | Death | Greg Watson | - | 3/9/2004 |
| Secret Sphere | Scent of Human Desire | 2003 | Independent | Power | Greg Watson | - | 3/17/2004 |
| Into Eternity | Buried in Oblivion | 2004 | Century Media | Power | Greg Watson | - | 3/17/2004 |
| Doro | Für Immer | 2004 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Frank Hill | - | 3/17/2004 |
| Soul Reaper | Life Erazer | 2003 | Hammerheart Records | Death | Greg Watson | - | 3/17/2004 |
| Out of the Lair | Psychotears | 2003 | Independent | Power | Anthony Burke | - | 3/17/2004 |
| Edguy | Hellfire Club | 2004 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Anthony Burke | - | 3/23/2004 |
| Dew Scented | Impacted | 2003 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Greg Watson | - | 3/23/2004 |
| Opeth | Lamentations: Live at Shepherd's Bush Theatre | 2004 | Koch/Music For Nations | Death | Greg Watson | - | 3/23/2004 |
| Warrior | The Wars Of Gods And Men | 2004 | Reality Entertainment | Power | Eric Compton | - | 3/24/2004 |
| Fairyland | Of Wars In Osyrhia | 2003 | Arise | Power | Anthony Burke | - | 3/27/2004 |
| Dreamaker | Human Device | 2004 | Arise | Power | Frank Hill | - | 3/29/2004 |
| Hard Echo | Traded Secrets | 2004 | Independent | Power | Frank Hill | 4 | 4/1/2004 |
| Neverland | Neverland | 2004 | Independent | Progressive | Frank Hill | - | 4/1/2004 |
| Tesla | Into The Now | 2004 | Sanctuary Records | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | - | 4/7/2004 |
| Primal Fear | Nuclear Fire | 2001 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Vinaya Saksena | - | 4/5/2004 |
| Sinner | The End of Sanctuary | 2000 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Vinaya Saksena | - | 4/5/2004 |
| Mother Misery | grandiosity | 2004 | Greyhate Music | Traditional | Frank Hill | - | 4/6/2004 |
| Fear Factory | Archetype | 2004 | Liquid 8 | Industrial | MM | - | 4/14/2004 |
| Three Inches of Blood | Battlecry Under A Winter Sun | 2002 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Frank Hill | - | 4/14/2004 |
| Volbeat | Beat the Meat | 2003 | Independent | Power | Frank Hill | 5 | 4/14/2004 |
| Warrior | The Wars Of Gods And Men | 2004 | Reality Entertainment | Power | Anthony Burke | - | 4/13/2004 |
| Dark Moor | Dark Moor | 2004 | Arise | Power | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 4/14/2004 |
| Malc Macmillan | The NWOBHM Metal Encyclopedia | 2001 | Iron Pages | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 4/21/2004 |
| Force Of Evil | Force of Evil | 2003 | Diamond Records | Power | Eric Compton | - | 4/21/2004 |
| Soil | Redefine | 2004 | J Records | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | - | 4/21/2004 |
| TNA | Branded | 2004 | Kivel Records | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 4/21/2004 |
| Wiz | Shattered Mind Therapy | 2004 | Arise | Power | Anthony Burke | - | 4/21/2004 |
| Node | Das Kapital | 2004 | Scarlet | Death | Zerohour | - | 4/22/2004 |
| Shiva | Desert Dreams | 2004 | MTM Music | Hard Rock | Zerohour | - | 4/22/2004 |
| Black Label Society | Hangover Music Vol. VI | 2004 | Spitfire | Traditional | Greg Watson | - | 4/30/2004 |
| Hypocrisy | The Arrival | 2004 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Greg Watson | - | 4/30/2004 |
| I Hate Sally | Sickness of the Ages | 2004 | Blacula | Death | Greg Watson | - | 4/30/2004 |
| In Flames | Soundtrack to Your Escape | 2004 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Greg Watson | - | 4/30/2004 |
| Vehemence | Helping the World To See | 2004 | Metal Blade | Death | Greg Watson | - | 4/30/2004 |
| Big Tokyo | Keep It Loud! | 2002 | Independent | Hard Rock | Zerohour | - | 5/5/2004 |
| Blackstone Cherri | Rumormill | 2001 | Independent | Hard Rock | Psycho Sarah | - | 5/5/2004 |
| Silver Mountain | Breakin’ Chains | 2001 | Reality Entertainment | Power | Vinaya Saksena | - | 5/6/2004 |
| Yngwie Malmsteen | Attack!! | 2003 | Epic Records | Power | Vinaya Saksena | - | 5/6/2004 |
| Majesty | Reign In Glory | 2003 | Massacre | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | - | 5/4/2004 |
| Drowning Pool | Desensitize | 2004 | Wind-Up Records | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 5/7/2004 |
| Superchrist | Back & Black | 2003 | Black Planet/Metal Punk | Heavy/Extreme | Josh Greer | - | 5/12/2004 |
| Cryonic Temple | Blood, Guts, & Glory | 2003 | Limb Music | Power | Eric Compton | - | 5/12/2004 |
| Anthrax | Music Of Mass Destruction | 2004 | Noise Records | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 5/13/2004 |
| Gothic Knights | Up From The Ashes | 2003 | Limb Music | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 5/16/2004 |
| Devil To Pay | Thirty Pieces Of Silver | 2003 | Benchmark | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | - | 5/16/2004 |
| Midnite Snake | Midnite Snake | 2004 | Birdman | Doom/Stoner | Frank Hill | - | 5/16/2004 |
| Funerus | Festering Earth | 2003 | Ibex Moon | Death | Troy Cole | - | 5/20/2004 |
| Celesty | Legacy Of Hate | 2004 | Arise | Power | Anthony Burke | - | 5/20/2004 |
| Construcdead | Violadead | 2004 | Black Lodge | Death | Ajax | - | 5/20/2004 |
| Scala Mercalli | My Daemons | 2004 | Independent | Power | Zerohour | - | 5/20/2004 |
| Exodus | Tempo Of The Damned | 2004 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 5/21/2004 |
| Riot | Fire Down Under | 1981 | Metal Blade | Power | Eric Compton | - | 5/1/2004 |
| Ruthless | Discipline Of Steel | 1985 | Axe Killer | Power | Anthony Burke | - | 5/1/2004 |
| Jag Panzer | Ample Destruction | 1984 | Iron Works Records | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 5/1/2004 |
| Shok Paris | Steel and Starlight | 1987 | IRS Records | Power | Eric Compton | - | 5/1/2004 |
| TNT | Knights Of The New Thunder | 1984 | Polygram Records | Power | Eric Compton | - | 5/1/2004 |
| Jaw | Jaw | 2004 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Frank Hill | - | 5/25/2004 |
| Ebony Ark | Ebony Ark | 2004 | Independent | Power | Frank Hill | - | 5/25/2004 |
| Babylon Mystery Orchestra | On Earth As It Is In Heaven | 2004 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Frank Hill | - | 5/24/2004 |
| Evanescence | Fallen | 2003 | Wind-Up Records | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | - | 5/23/2004 |
| Bang The Union | American Dream | 2004 | Fastlane Records | Hard Rock | Psycho Sarah | - | 5/24/2004 |
| downBleed | Bleed For Me | 2004 | Independent | Traditional | Frank Hill | - | 5/28/2004 |
| Freakhouse | Beautiful Misery | 2004 | Reality Entertainment | Hard Rock | Psycho Sarah | - | 5/28/2004 |
| Thunderhead | Classic Killers Live | 1994 | Gun Records | Hard Rock | Vinaya Saksena | - | 5/28/2004 |
| UFO | You Are Here | 2004 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Vinaya Saksena | - | 5/28/2004 |
| Anthrax | Fistful Of Metal | 1984 | Megaforce | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 5/31/2004 |
| Leash Law | Dogface | 2004 | Black Lotus | Power | Eric Compton | - | 6/1/2004 |
| Cans | Beyond The Gates | 2004 | Noise Records | Power | Eric Compton | - | 6/1/2004 |
| Messiah's Kiss | Metal | 2004 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Eric Compton | - | 6/3/2004 |
| Madison Paige | Famous Last Words | 2004 | Independent | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | - | 6/4/2004 |
| H.I.M. | Razorblade Romance | 2003 | Universal | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 6/3/2004 |
| Stryper | 7: The Best Of | 2003 | Hollywood Records | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 6/3/2004 |
| Deep Purple | Bananas | 2004 | Sanctuary Records | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 6/3/2004 |
| W.A.S.P. | The Neon God - Part 1: The Rise | 2004 | Sanctuary Records | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 4 | 6/9/2004 |
| Kingcrow | Insider | 2004 | Independent | Progressive | Frank Hill | - | 6/9/2004 |
| Wolf | Evil Star | 2003 | Prosthetic | Power | Vinaya Saksena | - | 6/9/2004 |
| Epica | The Phantom Agony | 2004 | Transmission Records | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 6/9/2004 |
| Graveland | The Fire of Awakening | 2003 | No Colours Records | Black | David Loveless | - | 6/11/2004 |
| Amityville Whore | Amityville Whore | 2004 | Independent | Death | David Loveless | - | 6/11/2004 |
| David Shankle Group | Ashes to Ashes | 2004 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 6/11/2004 |
| Icon And The Black Roses | Icon And The Black Roses | 2004 | SPV/Steamhammer | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 6/11/2004 |
| Evanescence | Fallen | 2003 | Wind-Up Records | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 6/10/2004 |
| Force Of Evil | Force of Evil | 2003 | Diamond Records | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 6/16/2004 |
| Iced Earth | The Glorious Burden | 2003 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Ken Pierce | 4 | 6/16/2004 |
| W.A.S.P. | The Sting-DVD | 2002 | EMI | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 6/16/2004 |
| Skyfire | Spectral | 2004 | Arise | Death | Troy Cole | - | 6/16/2004 |
| Disarmonia Mundi | Fragments of D-Generation | 2004 | Scarlet | Death | Ajax | - | 6/16/2004 |
| Force Of Evil | Evil Comes….Alive! | 2004 | Escapi Music | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 6/22/2004 |
| Stryper | 7 Weeks: Live In America | 2003 | Fifty Three Five | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 6/22/2004 |
| Edge Of Forever | Feeding The Fire | 2004 | MTM Music | Hard Rock | Zerohour | - | 6/22/2004 |
| Van Helsing’s Curse | Oculus Infernum | 2003 | Koch/Music For Nations | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 6/22/2004 |
| Gamma Ray | Heading For The East | 2003 | Sanctuary Records | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 6/22/2004 |
| Queensryche | The Art of Live | 2004 | Sanctuary Records | Progressive | Frank Hill | 3 | 6/25/2004 |
| Metalium | Metalian Attack Pt. I: 1999-2001 | 2002 | Crash Music | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 6/25/2004 |
| Highlord | Medusa’s Coil | 2004 | Arise | Power | Anthony Burke | - | 6/25/2004 |
| Messiah's Kiss | Metal | 2004 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Anthony Burke | - | 6/25/2004 |
| Nova Lex | Resurgenic | 2004 | Testing Point | Progressive | MM | - | 6/25/2004 |
| Low Earth Orbit | Pushed | 2004 | Atomic | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | - | 6/29/2004 |
| Velvet Revolver | Contraband | 2004 | RCA Records | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 6/29/2004 |
| Jorn | Out To Every Nation | 2004 | AFM | Power | Vinaya Saksena | - | 6/30/2004 |
| U.D.O. | Nailed To Metal--The Missing Tracks | 2003 | AFM | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 6/29/2004 |
| Gary Moore | Live At The Monsters Of Rock 2003 | 2003 | Sanctuary Records | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 6/29/2004 |
| Marillion | Recital Of The Script | 2003 | EMI | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | 3.5 | 7/5/2004 |
| Lonewolf | Unholy Paradise | 2004 | Goi Music | Power | Eric Compton | - | 7/5/2004 |
| Iron Angel | Hellish Crossfire | 2004 | Marquee | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 7/5/2004 |
| Ministry | Houses Of The Molé | 2004 | Sanctuary Records | Industrial | MM | - | 7/6/2004 |
| Zaius | Zaius demo | 2004 | Independent | Doom/Stoner | Frank Hill | - | 7/9/2004 |
| Manowar | Hell on Earth III | 2004 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Josh Greer | - | 7/9/2004 |
| Judas Priest | Metalology | 2004 | Columbia Legacy | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 7/9/2004 |
| Dragonspoon | Dragonspoon | 2003 | Hook N Mouth Records | Industrial | Greg Watson | - | 7/13/2004 |
| Cyst | Concussion Symphony | 2003 | Hook N Mouth Records | Thrash | Greg Watson | - | 7/13/2004 |
| Brutal Mastication | Rage Uncontrolled | 2003 | Hook N Mouth Records | Death | Greg Watson | - | 7/13/2004 |
| Hatework | Thrash 'n' Roll | 2004 | Beer City | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 7/16/2004 |
| Spiral Madness | The Berserk Crowning | 2004 | Independent | Death | Eric Compton | - | 7/15/2004 |
| Radakka | Malice and Traquility | 1995 | Century Media | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | - | 7/19/2004 |
| Joe Stump | Armed And Ready | 2003 | Leviathan Records | Hard Rock | Vinaya Saksena | - | 7/19/2004 |
| Nightwish | Once | 2004 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Frank Hill | 4.5 | 7/20/2004 |
| Estuary | To Exist And Endure | 2004 | Ibex Moon | Death | Troy Cole | - | 7/23/2004 |
| Dimmu Borgir | Death Cult Armageddon | 2004 | Nuclear Blast | Black | Ken Pierce | - | 7/23/2004 |
| House of Lords | The Power and the Myth | 2004 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Jonah Haze | - | 7/23/2004 |
| De Lirium's Order | Victim No. 52 | 2004 | Woodcut | Death | Eric Compton | - | 7/27/2004 |
| Juggernott | Necessary Evil | 2004 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | - | 7/27/2004 |
| Feinstein | Third Wish | 2004 | SPV/Steamhammer | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 7/29/2004 |
| Brides of Destruction | Here Come the Brides | 2004 | Sanctuary Records | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | - | 7/28/2004 |
| Fabrizio Bonanno | Anthology | 2003 | AB Records | Progressive | Zerohour | - | 8/3/2004 |
| Schenker/ Pattison Summit | The Endless Jam | 2004 | Shrapnel Records | Hard Rock | Vinaya Saksena | - | 8/3/2004 |
| Destructor | Sonic Bullet | 2003 | Auburn | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 8/4/2004 |
| Acrid | Caveman | 2004 | Independent | Traditional | Frank Hill | 2.5 | 8/3/2004 |
| Devil In The Kitchen | Wizard's Walk | 2004 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Frank Hill | - | 8/5/2004 |
| Krokus | Rock the Block | 2004 | Reality Entertainment | Hard Rock | Jonah Haze | - | 8/6/2004 |
| Joe Lynn Turner | JLT | 2003 | Shrapnel Records | Hard Rock | Jonah Haze | - | 8/6/2004 |
| Mob Rules | Among the Gods | 2004 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Jonah Haze | - | 8/11/2004 |
| Fireaxe | Victory or Death | 2003 | Independent | Power | Eric Compton | - | 8/11/2004 |
| Anthrax | We've Come For You All | 2003 | Sanctuary Records | Thrash | Frank Hill | 4 | 8/10/2004 |
| Valley's Eve | Deception of Pain | 2002 | Limb Music | Power | Frank Hill | - | 8/16/2004 |
| Dokken | Hell To Pay | 2004 | Sanctuary Records | Hard Rock | Vinaya Saksena | - | 8/17/2004 |
| Insomnium | Since the day it all came down | 2004 | Candlelight | Black | Ajax | - | 8/17/2004 |
| Chapter VIII | Your Halo Is My Noose | 2004 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Troy Cole | - | 8/19/2004 |
| Ungodly | Hate Celebration | 2004 | Hellion Records | Death | Troy Cole | - | 8/20/2004 |
| Goatsnake | Trampled Under Hoof | 2004 | Southern Lord | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | - | 8/22/2004 |
| Anvil | Back To Basics | 2004 | Screaming Ferret | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 8/23/2004 |
| Scorpions | Unbreakable | 2004 | Sanctuary Records | Hard Rock | Jonah Haze | - | 8/24/2004 |
| Vox Tempus | Vox Tempus | 2004 | Independent | Progressive | Frank Hill | - | 8/30/2004 |
| Martin Popoff | The Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time | 2004 | ECW Press | Heavy/Extreme | Frank Hill | 4 | 8/31/2004 |
| Unleashed | Sworn Allegiance | 2004 | Century Media | Death | Eric Compton | - | 8/30/2004 |
| Grave | Fiendish Reggression | 2004 | Century Media | Death | Eric Compton | - | 8/30/2004 |
| Meliah Rage | Barely Human | 2004 | Screaming Ferret | Power | Eric Compton | - | 8/30/2004 |
| Skeletonwitch | At One With The Shadows | 2004 | Shredded Records | Power | Eric Compton | - | 9/10/2004 |
| Lilitu | The Delores Lesion | 2004 | The End | Death | Eric Compton | - | 9/10/2004 |
| Dream Evil | The Book Of Heavy Metal | 2004 | Century Media | Power | Jonah Haze | - | 9/10/2004 |
| After Forever | Invisible Circles | 2004 | Transmission Records | Power | Troy Cole | 3.5 | 9/10/2004 |
| Killswitch Engage | The End of Heartache | 2004 | Roadrunner | Metalcore/Hardcore | Frank Hill | - | 9/10/2004 |
| Jag Panzer | Chain Of Command | 2004 | Century Media | Power | Vinaya Saksena | - | 9/15/2004 |
| Metal Church | Weight Of The World | 2004 | SPV/Steamhammer | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 9/15/2004 |
| Saxon | Lionheart | 2004 | SPV/Steamhammer | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 9/15/2004 |
| Rhapsody of Fire | The Dark Secret | 2004 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | MetalKnight | - | 9/15/2004 |
| Imp | Ashes in the Hourglass | 2004 | NuParadigm Music | Progressive | Frank Hill | - | 9/14/2004 |
| Psychotron | Open The Gate | 2004 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 9/21/2004 |
| Final Dawn | Under A Bleeding Sky | 2004 | Candlelight | Death | Eric Compton | - | 9/22/2004 |
| Nightwish | From Wishes To Eternity | 2002 | Spitfire | Power | Ken Pierce | 5 | 9/21/2004 |
| Lamb of God | Ashes of the Wake | 2004 | Sony Music | Metalcore/Hardcore | David Loveless | - | 9/22/2004 |
| Jag Panzer | Casting The Stones | 2004 | Century Media | Power | Vinaya Saksena | - | 9/27/2004 |
| Dimmu Borgir | Death Cult Armageddon (reissue) | 2004 | Nuclear Blast | Black | Greg Watson | - | 9/26/2004 |
| Lamb of God | Ashes of the Wake | 2004 | Sony Music | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | - | 9/27/2004 |
| Shadows Fall | War Within | 2004 | Century Media | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | - | 9/27/2004 |
| Iron Angel | Winds Of War | 2004 | Marquee | Power | Eric Compton | - | 9/26/2004 |
| Dio | Master of the Moon | 2004 | Sanctuary Records | Traditional | Frank Hill | - | 9/29/2004 |
| Mnemic | The Audio Injected Soul | 2004 | Nuclear Blast | Industrial | Frank Hill | - | 9/29/2004 |
| Velvet Revolver | Contraband | 2004 | RCA Records | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | - | 9/28/2004 |
| King Diamond | Deadly Lullabyes (Live) | 2004 | Metal Blade | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 9/30/2004 |
| Krokus | Fire And Gasoline (Live) | 2004 | Warner Brothers | Hard Rock | MetalKnight | - | 9/29/2004 |
| Wintersun | Wintersun | 2004 | Nuclear Blast | Black | Eric Compton | - | 10/8/2004 |
| Beaten Back To Pure | The Burning South | 2004 | Devil Doll | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | - | 10/8/2004 |
| Potential Threat SF | Potential Threat SF | 2004 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 10/8/2004 |
| Occult | Elegy For The Weak | 2004 | Karmageddon Records | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 10/8/2004 |
| Dark Age | Dark Age | 2004 | Remedy | Death | Ajax | - | 10/7/2004 |
| Aina | Days Of Rising Doom | 2004 | Transmission Records | Power | Ken Pierce | 4 | 10/13/2004 |
| Tearabyte | Gloom Factory | 2004 | Screaming Ferret | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 10/12/2004 |
| Impellitteri | Pedal To The Metal | 2004 | Victor Entertainment | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 10/12/2004 |
| The Haunted | rEVOLVEr | 2004 | Century Media | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 10/15/2004 |
| Lullacry | Fire Within EP | 2004 | Century Media | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | - | 10/14/2004 |
| Unearth | The Oncoming Storm | 2004 | Nuclear Blast | Metalcore/Hardcore | Frank Hill | - | 10/13/2004 |
| Medusa | Migliore Attore Non Protagonista | 2004 | Dracma | Heavy/Extreme | Zerohour | - | 10/18/2004 |
| Demonoid | Riders of the Apocalypse | 2004 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Ajax | - | 10/18/2004 |
| Nashville Pussy | Say Something Nasty | 2002 | Artemis | Hard Rock | Psycho Sarah | - | 10/17/2004 |
| Iron Savior | Battering Ram | 2004 | Noise International | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 10/19/2004 |
| Otep | Sevas Tra | 2002 | Capitol | Death | Psycho Sarah | - | 10/18/2004 |
| Theocracy | Theocracy | 2003 | Metal Ages | Power | Eric Compton | - | 10/22/2004 |
| Katagory V | A New Breed Of Rebellion | 2004 | Metal Ages | Progressive | Eric Compton | - | 10/22/2004 |
| Division | Trinity | 2004 | Metal Ages | Power | Eric Compton | - | 10/22/2004 |
| Lost Fate | Where Dreams Have No End | 2004 | Secret Port Records | Power | Eric Compton | - | 10/22/2004 |
| Eternal Flight | Positive Rage | 2004 | Cruz Del Sur | Power | Eric Compton | - | 10/21/2004 |
| Megadeth | The System Has Failed | 2004 | Sanctuary Records | Thrash | Vinaya Saksena | - | 10/25/2004 |
| Annihilator | All For You | 2004 | AFM | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 11/1/2004 |
| Shepherd | The Coldest Day | 2004 | Exile On Mainstream | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | - | 11/1/2004 |
| Scavenger | Madness To Your Method | 2004 | Sentinel Records | Power | Eric Compton | - | 11/1/2004 |
| W.A.S.P. | The Neon God - Part 2: The Demise | 2004 | Sanctuary Records | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | 4 | 11/1/2004 |
| Rhapsody of Fire | Symphony Of Enchanted Lands II – The Dark Secret | 2004 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | MetalKnight | - | 11/1/2004 |
| Age Of Silence | Acceleration | 2004 | The End | Progressive | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 11/4/2004 |
| Z02 | Tuesdays And Thursdays | 2004 | Independent | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 11/4/2004 |
| H.I.M. | Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights | 2004 | Universal | Gothic/Symphonic | Ken Pierce | - | 11/4/2004 |
| I.C.E. | Apocalyptic End In White | 2004 | Crash Music | Black | Axeman | - | 11/4/2004 |
| Polterchrist | Engulfed By The Swarm | 2004 | Season of Mist | Black | Axeman | - | 11/4/2004 |
| Valume Nob | The Most High | 2004 | Crash Music | Metalcore/Hardcore | Axeman | - | 11/4/2004 |
| Doro | Classic Diamonds | 2004 | AFM | Hard Rock | MetalKnight | - | 11/4/2004 |
| Chris Caffery | Faces | 2005 | Black Lotus | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 11/4/2004 |
| Necrodemon | Allegiance To The End | 2003 | Reaper Records | Death | David Loveless | - | 11/12/2004 |
| Jungle Rot | Fueled By Hate | 2004 | Olympic Recordings | Death | David Loveless | - | 11/12/2004 |
| Internal Bleeding | Onward To Mecca | 2004 | Olympic Recordings | Death | David Loveless | - | 11/12/2004 |
| Steel Attack | Enslaved | 2004 | Arise | Power | Eric Compton | - | 11/12/2004 |
| Slowlife | Slowlife | 2004 | Worston Records | Death | Eric Compton | - | 11/12/2004 |
| Jamie. St. James | Americanman | 2001 | Melodic Mayhem Music | Hard Rock | Psycho Sarah | - | 11/12/2004 |
| Marillion | Marbles | 2004 | Independent | Hard Rock | Psycho Sarah | - | 11/12/2004 |
| House of Shakira | Lint | 1997 | Pulse | Hard Rock | Psycho Sarah | - | 11/12/2004 |
| Nightwish | Once | 2004 | Nuclear Blast | Power | MetalKnight | 3.5 | 11/12/2004 |
| Neurosis | The Eye of Every Storm | 2004 | Neurot | Gothic/Symphonic | David Loveless | - | 11/12/2004 |
| Judas Priest | Electric Eye DVD | 2003 | Columbia Legacy | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 11/23/2004 |
| Valkija | Avengers Of Steel | 2004 | Sonic Age | Power | Eric Compton | - | 11/23/2004 |
| Tartharia | Abstract Nation | 2004 | Crash Music | Death | Axeman | - | 11/23/2004 |
| Throcult | Stormbringer: Conjuration Of The Nighthorde | 2004 | Crash Music | Black | Axeman | - | 11/23/2004 |
| Wolf's Moon | Keep Metal Alive | 2004 | MDD | Power | Eric Compton | - | 11/23/2004 |
| Dark Ruin | The Settlement | 2003 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | - | 11/23/2004 |
| Mine | Mine | 2004 | Independent | Progressive | Frank Hill | - | 11/23/2004 |
| Conquestador | Unconscious Tales | 2004 | Independent | Power | Eric Compton | - | 11/23/2004 |
| Goatsnake | I + Dog Days | 2004 | Southern Lord | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | - | 11/23/2004 |
| Vixen | Rev It Up | 2004 | EMI | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 11/29/2004 |
| Six Feet Under | Graveyard Classics 2 | 2004 | Metal Blade | Death | Ken Pierce | - | 11/29/2004 |
| The Project Hate | Hate Dominate Congregate Eliminate | 2004 | Threeman Recordings | Death | David Loveless | - | 11/29/2004 |
| Murder Squad | Ravenous Murderous | 2004 | Threeman Recordings | Death | David Loveless | - | 11/29/2004 |
| Arch Enemy | Dead Eyes See No Future | 2004 | Century Media | Death | Axeman | - | 11/29/2004 |
| Incantation | Decimate Christendom | 2004 | Olympic Recordings | Death | Axeman | - | 11/29/2004 |
| U.D.O. | Thunderball | 2004 | AFM | Power | Eric Compton | - | 11/29/2004 |
| Jorn | Out To Every Nation | 2004 | AFM | Power | Eric Compton | - | 11/29/2004 |
| Steel Preacher | Start Raising Hell | 2004 | Independent | Power | Eric Compton | - | 11/29/2004 |
| Haunted By Angels | Season Of Death | 2004 | Independent | Gothic/Symphonic | Ken Pierce | - | 12/6/2004 |
| October 31 | No Survivors | 2004 | Thrash Corner | Traditional | Josh Greer | - | 12/6/2004 |
| Anthrax | The Greater Of Two Evils | 2004 | Sanctuary Records | Thrash | Troy Cole | - | 12/7/2004 |
| Within Temptation | The Silent Force | 2004 | Gun Records | Gothic/Symphonic | MetalKnight | - | 12/6/2004 |
| Silent Force | Worlds Apart | 2004 | Noise Records | Power | Vinaya Saksena | - | 12/6/2004 |
| The Last Act | No Good Deed Goes Unpunished | 2004 | Independent | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | - | 12/14/2004 |
| The Lizards | Cold Blooded Kings | 2004 | Hyperspace Records | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | - | 12/14/2004 |
| Acheron | Rebirth: Metamorphosing Into Godhood | 2004 | Black Lotus | Death | Axeman | - | 12/14/2004 |
| Ironhorse | Bring It On | 2004 | Compendia Music Group | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 12/14/2004 |
| Negative Creeps | Mutual Annihilation | 2004 | Black Lotus | Death | Axeman | - | 12/14/2004 |
| Overlorde | Return Of The Snow Giant | 2004 | Sonic Age | Power | Eric Compton | 5 | 12/14/2004 |
| Evanescence | Anywhere But Home | 2004 | Wind-Up Records | Gothic/Symphonic | Ken Pierce | - | 12/13/2004 |
| Rage | From The Cradle To The Stage | 2004 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Eric Compton | - | 12/14/2004 |
| Slayer | Still Reigning | 2004 | American Recordings | Death | Ken Pierce | - | 12/14/2004 |
| UFO | You Are Here | 2004 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 12/13/2004 |
| Agnostic Front | Another Voice | 2004 | Nuclear Blast | Metalcore/Hardcore | Psycho Sarah | - | 12/15/2004 |
| Blind Guardian | Imaginations Through the Looking Glass | 2004 | Century Media | Power | Frank Hill | 5 | 12/25/2004 |
| Trans-Siberian Orchestra | Christmas Eve & Other Stories | 1996 | Lava Records | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 12/20/2004 |
| Three Inches of Blood | Advance & Vanquish | 2004 | Roadrunner | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 12/29/2004 |
| Perzonal War | Faces | 2004 | AFM | Power | Eric Compton | - | 12/29/2004 |
| Made of Iron | Made Of Iron | 2004 | Sonic Age | Power | Eric Compton | - | 12/29/2004 |
| Anger | The Bliss | 2005 | Armageddon | Nu/Rapcore | Eric Compton | - | 12/29/2004 |
| Seventh One | What Should Not Be | 2004 | Armageddon | Power | Eric Compton | - | 12/29/2004 |
| Chris Caffery | Music Man | 2004 | Black Lotus | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 12/29/2004 |
| Jackyl | Live At The Full Throttle Saloon | 2004 | Sanctuary Records | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 12/28/2004 |
| The 7 Method | The 7 Method | 2004 | Independent | Hard Rock | Psycho Sarah | - | 1/6/2005 |
| Blue Tears | Blue Tears | 1990 | MCA | Hard Rock | Psycho Sarah | - | 1/6/2005 |
| Hanzel Und Gretyl | Scheissmessiah | 2004 | Metropolis Records | Hard Rock | Psycho Sarah | - | 1/6/2005 |
| Behemoth | Demigod | 2004 | Regain | Death | Axeman | - | 1/7/2005 |
| Krisiun | Bloodshed | 2004 | Century Media | Death | Axeman | - | 1/7/2005 |
| Tsjuder | Desert Northern Hell | 2004 | Season of Mist | Black | David Loveless | - | 1/11/2005 |
| Karmakanic | Wheel Of Life | 2004 | The End | Progressive | Vinaya Saksena | - | 1/11/2005 |
| Angra | Temple Of Shadows | 2004 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 1/11/2005 |
| The Hidden Hand | Mother, Teacher, Destroyer | 2004 | Southern Lord | Doom/Stoner | Psycho Sarah | - | 1/17/2005 |
| Tad Morose | Modus Vivendi | 2003 | Century Media | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 1/17/2005 |
| Jigsore Terror | World End Carnage | 2004 | Listenable | Death | Greg Watson | - | 1/16/2005 |
| Uhrilehto | Viimeinen Vitutus | 2004 | Century Media | Black | Greg Watson | - | 1/16/2005 |
| Japanische Kampfhorspiele | Hardcore aus der ersten welt | 2004 | Bastardized | Death | Greg Watson | - | 1/16/2005 |
| Cryme | Scene Of The Cryme | 2004 | Painkiller | Hard Rock | Zerohour | - | 1/19/2005 |
| Rush | Contents Under Pressure | 2003 | ECW Press | Progressive | Ken Pierce | - | 1/20/2005 |
| Twisted Sister | Still Hungry | 2004 | Spitfire | Traditional | Ken Pierce | - | 1/19/2005 |
| Tristania | Ashes | 2005 | SPV/Steamhammer | Gothic/Symphonic | Ken Pierce | - | 1/19/2005 |
| Creed | Greatest Hits | 2004 | Wind-Up Records | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 1/19/2005 |
| Triumph | A Night Of Triumph | 2004 | TML Entertainment | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 1/19/2005 |
| Eternal Flight | Positive Rage | 2004 | Cruz Del Sur | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 1/23/2005 |
| Betrayer | Rusted Icons | 2001 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 1/24/2005 |
| Dark Tranquillity | Character | 2005 | Century Media | Death | Eric Compton | - | 1/25/2005 |
| Napalm Death | Leaders Not Followers Pt.II | 2004 | Century Media | Death | Axeman | - | 1/24/2005 |
| Sonata Arctica | Reckoning Night | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Progressive | Ken Pierce | - | 1/24/2005 |
| Angra | Temple Of Shadows | 2004 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Ken Pierce | 4 | 1/26/2005 |
| John Oliva's Pain | Tage Mahal | 2005 | SPV/Steamhammer | Progressive | Ken Pierce | - | 1/27/2005 |
| Mercenary | 11 Dreams | 2005 | Century Media | Progressive | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 1/28/2005 |
| Azrael's Bane | Wings of Innocence | 2004 | Independent | Power | Al Kikuras | - | 1/1/2005 |
| Avenue F | Avenue F | 2004 | Independent | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 1/1/2005 |
| Black Destiny | In Neo Noir | 2004 | Independent | Power | Eric Compton | - | 1/1/2005 |
| Fifth Cross | Fifth Cross | 2004 | Independent | Power | Eric Compton | - | 1/1/2005 |
| Feared Creation | Five Reasons to Hate | 2004 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 1/1/2005 |
| Legion | Legion demo | 2004 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 1/1/2005 |
| Malstrom | Obligated By Obscurity | 2004 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 1/1/2005 |
| Of Infinity | Of Infinity | 2004 | Independent | Gothic/Symphonic | Ken Pierce | - | 1/1/2005 |
| Vox Tempus | In the Eye of Time | 2004 | Independent | Progressive | Frank Hill | - | 1/1/2005 |
| Milkweed | body floss | 2004 | Independent | Nu/Rapcore | Frank Hill | - | 2/4/2005 |
| Metallica | Some Kind of Monster | 2005 | Paramount Home Video | Heavy/Extreme | Frank Hill | - | 2/4/2005 |
| Kinetic | The Chains That Bind Us | 2004 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 2/3/2005 |
| Children Of Bodom | Trashed, Lost & Strung Out | 2005 | Century Media | Power | Troy Cole | - | 2/4/2005 |
| Code Black | Penetration | 2004 | Arctic Music | Traditional | Troy Cole | - | 2/3/2005 |
| Paradise Lost | Evolve | 2004 | Music for Nations | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | - | 2/2/2005 |
| Crowbar | Lifesblood For The Downtrodden | 2005 | Candlelight | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | - | 2/3/2005 |
| Scenteria | Act Of Aggression | 2005 | Karmageddon Records | Death | Eric Compton | - | 2/3/2005 |
| Bloody Sign | Vana Vigala Loits | 2004 | Ibex Moon | Death | Kazimierez | - | 2/9/2005 |
| Cradle To Grave | Cradle To Grave | 2004 | Power Play | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | - | 2/9/2005 |
| God Dethroned | Lair Of The White Worm | 2005 | Metal Blade | Death | Greg Watson | - | 2/9/2005 |
| Gods Of Fire | Wrath Of The Gods | 2004 | Black Thirteen | Power | Eric Compton | - | 2/9/2005 |
| Helgrind | Denial | 2005 | Independent | Thrash | Greg Watson | - | 2/9/2005 |
| Image | Razor's Edge | 2004 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 2/9/2005 |
| Ligeia | Gloria | 2004 | Iron Glory | Power | Eric Compton | - | 2/9/2005 |
| Motley Crue | Red, White and Crue | 2005 | Hip-O | Hard Rock | Psycho Sarah | - | 2/10/2005 |
| The New Breed | Bound By The Thread | 2004 | Independent | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 2/9/2005 |
| Usurper | Cryptobeast | 2005 | Earache | Death | Greg Watson | - | 2/9/2005 |
| Audiovision | The Calling | 2005 | Rivel Records | Power | Eric Compton | - | 2/17/2005 |
| Rottweiller | Rage Of War | 2004 | Hellion Records | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 2/17/2005 |
| The Mighty Nimbus | The Mighty Nimbus | 2005 | Threeman Recordings | Doom/Stoner | Susan Wright | - | 2/17/2005 |
| Fozzy | All That Remains | 2005 | Ash | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 2/18/2005 |
| Motley Crue | Red, White and Crue | 2005 | Hip-O | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 2/17/2005 |
| Fozzy | All That Remains | 2005 | Ash | Hard Rock | Psycho Sarah | - | 2/17/2005 |
| The Apocalyptic Riders | Samurai | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | - | 2/28/2005 |
| Divine Fire | Glory Thy Name | 2005 | Rivel Records | Power | Eric Compton | - | 2/28/2005 |
| Masterplan | Aeronautics | 2005 | AFM | Power | Eric Compton | - | 2/28/2005 |
| Entombed | Unreal Estate | 2005 | Threeman Recordings | Death | Timmy D | - | 2/28/2005 |
| G3 | Live in Denver | 2004 | Sony Music | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 2/26/2005 |
| Miles Beyond | Miles Beyond | 2004 | Independent | Traditional | Frank Hill | - | 2/27/2005 |
| The Jim Best Project | Never Keep | 2004 | Independent | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 3 | 2/27/2005 |
| Anvil | Back To Basics | 2004 | Screaming Ferret | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | 3.5 | 2/27/2005 |
| Nightwish | Century Child | 2002 | Century Media | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 2/26/2005 |
| Blood Red Throne | Altered Genesis | 2005 | Earache | Death | Axeman | - | 3/4/2005 |
| Dark Moor | Beyond The Sea | 2005 | Arise | Power | Anthony Burke | - | 3/4/2005 |
| Damien | Every Dog Has Its Day | 2004 | Power Play | Power | Eric Compton | - | 3/4/2005 |
| Dreamaker | Enclosed | 2005 | Arise | Power | Frank Hill | - | 3/4/2005 |
| Grave Digger | The Last Supper | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | - | 3/4/2005 |
| Kings X | Live All Over The Place | 2004 | Metal Blade | Hard Rock | Vinaya Saksena | - | 3/4/2005 |
| Lost Soul | Chaostream | 2005 | Wicked World | Death | Axeman | - | 3/4/2005 |
| Belef | Infection Purification | 2005 | Candlelight | Black | Timmy D | - | 3/9/2005 |
| Crionics | Armageddon's Evolution | 2005 | Candlelight | Black | Timmy D | - | 3/9/2005 |
| Hellfueled | Volume 1 | 2004 | Black Lodge | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | - | 3/9/2005 |
| Various Artists | The Stoner Rock Collection | 2004 | High Times Records | Doom/Stoner | Susan Wright | - | 3/9/2005 |
| Kamelot | The Black Halo | 2005 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Edwin | - | 3/9/2005 |
| Requiem Aeternam | Philosopher | 2005 | ICorp Records | Death | Timmy D | - | 3/9/2005 |
| Mercenary | 11 Dreams | 2005 | Century Media | Progressive | Frank Hill | 4.5 | 3/9/2005 |
| Impaled | Death After Life | 2005 | Century Media | Death | Axeman | - | 3/9/2005 |
| Judas Priest | Angel Of Retribution | 2005 | Epic Records | Power | Eric Compton | - | 3/10/2005 |
| Veni Domine | IIII: The Album of Labour | 2005 | Rivel Records | Power | Pandemonium55 | - | 3/9/2005 |
| Corrosion Of Conformity | In The Arms of God | 2005 | Sanctuary Records | Thrash | Susan Wright | - | 3/17/2005 |
| Judas Priest | Angel Of Retribution | 2005 | Epic Records | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 3/17/2005 |
| Loudblast | Planet Pandemonium | 2004 | Boycott | Death | Eric Compton | - | 3/16/2005 |
| Maze Of Torment | Hammers Of Mayhem | 2004 | Black Lodge | Death | Gregory Maupin | - | 3/17/2005 |
| Soilwork | Stabbing The Drama | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Troy Cole | - | 3/17/2005 |
| Various Artists | The Sweet Tribute | 2005 | Rivel Records | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 3/16/2005 |
| Various Artists | Armageddon Over Wacken | 2005 | Armageddon | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | - | 3/17/2005 |
| Jesu | Heartache EP | 2004 | Spitfire | Death | Nate Turpin | - | 3/16/2005 |
| Korpiklaani | Voice of Wilderness | 2005 | Napalm | Power | Veritas | - | 3/16/2005 |
| Seige of Hate | Subversive By Nature | 2004 | Candlelight | Death | Axeman | - | 3/16/2005 |
| Astral Doors | Evil Is Forever | 2005 | Locomotive Music | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 3/24/2005 |
| Dirt | Dirt | 2005 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | Nakia Melody | - | 3/23/2005 |
| Hibria | Defying The Rules | 2004 | Remedy | Power | Eric Compton | - | 3/24/2005 |
| Sabaton | Primo Victoria | 2005 | Black Lodge | Power | Eric Compton | - | 3/24/2005 |
| Shatterpoint | Consequences | 2004 | Independent | Thrash | Pandemonium55 | - | 3/23/2005 |
| Yyrkoon | Occult Medicine | 2005 | The End | Death | Axeman | - | 3/24/2005 |
| Vicious Circle | The Art of Agony | 2005 | Neoblast | Death | Axeman | - | 3/24/2005 |
| Strikelight | Strikelight | 2005 | Eat Metal Records | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 3/23/2005 |
| Tarot | Suffer The Pleasures | 2004 | Metal Blade | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 3/24/2005 |
| Exmortem | Nihilistic Contentment | 2005 | Earache | Death | Greg Watson | - | 4/1/2005 |
| Heartcry | Lightmaker | 2005 | Rivel Records | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 4/1/2005 |
| Hellfire | Requiem For My Bride | 2005 | Sonic Age | Power | Eric Compton | - | 4/1/2005 |
| Immolation | Harnessing Ruin | 2005 | Listenable | Death | Axeman | - | 4/1/2005 |
| Iron Maiden | Part 1: The Early Days | 2004 | Columbia Legacy | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 4/1/2005 |
| Mechanical Poet | Woodland Prattlers | 2004 | Aural Music | Progressive | Ken Pierce | - | 4/1/2005 |
| Soulscar | Victim Impact Statement | 2004 | Galy Records | Thrash | Ajax | - | 4/1/2005 |
| Suidakra | Command To Charge | 2005 | Armageddon | Death | Eric Compton | - | 4/1/2005 |
| Car Bomb | Carbomb Promo | 2005 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Kazimierez | - | 4/1/2005 |
| Desire Black | Last Call for Decadence | 2005 | Excalibur Records | Hard Rock | Kazimierez | - | 4/1/2005 |
| Icarus Witch | Roses On White Lace | 2004 | Magick Records | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 4/7/2005 |
| Carina Alfie | Transmission | 2004 | Independent | Power | Edwin | - | 4/7/2005 |
| Angtoria | Angtoria Demo | 2004 | Independent | Power | Edwin | - | 4/7/2005 |
| Nevermore | Enemies Of Reality (remix) | 2005 | Century Media | Power | Axeman | - | 4/8/2005 |
| Apocalyptica | Reflections | 2003 | Nuclear Blast | Heavy/Extreme | Veritas | 3.5 | 4/7/2005 |
| Chuck Schuldiner | Zero Tolerance | 2005 | Candlelight | Death | Troy Cole | - | 4/7/2005 |
| Overkill | RelixIV | 2005 | Spitfire | Thrash | Susan Wright | - | 4/7/2005 |
| John Sykes | Bad Boy Live! | 2005 | Independent | Hard Rock | Vinaya Saksena | - | 4/7/2005 |
| Wolverine | The Window Purpose | 2005 | Earache | Progressive | Veritas | - | 4/7/2005 |
| the missing: | bLEEd | 2004 | Independent | Industrial | Frank Hill | - | 4/8/2005 |
| Bloodbath | Nightmares Made Flesh | 2004 | Century Media | Death | Gregory Maupin | - | 4/14/2005 |
| Ravensthorn | Hauntings And Possessions | 2005 | Hellion Records | Traditional | Axeman | - | 4/14/2005 |
| Darkthrone | Sardonic Wrath | 2005 | The End | Black | Pandemonium55 | - | 4/14/2005 |
| Mystic Prophecy | Never-Ending | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Greg Watson | - | 4/14/2005 |
| Overkill | Wrecking Everything | 2002 | Spitfire | Thrash | Ken Pierce | - | 4/1/2005 |
| Overkill | Wrecking Everything Live | 2002 | Spitfire | Thrash | Ken Pierce | - | 4/1/2005 |
| Brainstorm | Liquid Monster | 2005 | Metal Blade | Power | Eric Compton | - | 4/15/2005 |
| Dungeon | One Step Beyond | 2005 | Limb Music | Power | Eric Compton | - | 4/13/2005 |
| Diecast | Tearing Down Your Blue Skies | 2004 | Century Media | Metalcore/Hardcore | Pandemonium55 | - | 4/13/2005 |
| Black Zodiac | Black Zodiac | 2004 | Independent | Death | Frank Hill | - | 4/13/2005 |
| Overlord's Perpetual | Overlord's Perpetual | 2005 | Sonic Age | Power | Eric Compton | - | 4/13/2005 |
| Crimson Moonlight | Veil Of Remembrance | 2005 | Rivel Records | Black | Timmy D | - | 4/23/2005 |
| Cemetary | Phantasma | 2005 | Black Mark | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | - | 4/23/2005 |
| Argument Soul | Reviving The Truth | 2004 | Lights Out | Power | Eric Compton | - | 4/23/2005 |
| Behemoth | Demigod | 2004 | Regain | Death | Ken Pierce | - | 4/22/2005 |
| Antares | Made In Fear | 2005 | Independent | Death | Timmy D | - | 4/22/2005 |
| Stormwarrior | Northern Rage | 2005 | Magick Records | Power | Eric Compton | - | 4/23/2005 |
| Metalium | Demons Of Insanity: Ch5 | 2005 | Armageddon | Power | Eric Compton | - | 4/23/2005 |
| Epoch Of Unlight | The Continuum Hypothesis | 2005 | The End | Death | Timmy D | - | 4/23/2005 |
| Force Of Evil | Black Empire | 2005 | Escapi Music | Power | Eric Compton | - | 4/23/2005 |
| Backyard Babies | Tinnitus | 2005 | LiquorAndPoker Music | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 4/23/2005 |
| Marduk | Plague Angel | 2005 | Candlelight | Black | Axeman | - | 4/29/2005 |
| Severe Torture | Bloodletting | 2005 | Candlelight | Death | Axeman | - | 4/29/2005 |
| Various Artists | Blackmore's Castle Vol. 2 | 2005 | Lion Music | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 4/29/2005 |
| Chaoswave | Chaoswave | 2004 | Independent | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 4/28/2005 |
| Crisis | Like Sheep Led To Slaughter | 2005 | The End | Nu/Rapcore | Timmy D | - | 4/29/2005 |
| Oathean | Fading Away From The Grave Of Nothingness | 2005 | The End | Black | Timmy D | - | 4/29/2005 |
| Alex Skolnick Trio | Transformation | 2005 | Magnatude Records | Nu/Rapcore | Ken Pierce | - | 4/29/2005 |
| Freedom Call | Circle Of Life | 2005 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Eric Compton | - | 4/29/2005 |
| Novembers Doom | The Pale Haunt Departure | 2005 | The End | Doom/Stoner | Gregory Maupin | - | 4/29/2005 |
| Dio | Evil Or Divine: Live | 2004 | Spitfire | Traditional | Ken Pierce | - | 4/28/2005 |
| HammerFall | Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | - | 4/3/2005 |
| Rob Rock | Holy Hell | 2005 | AFM | Power | Susan Wright | - | 5/4/2005 |
| God Fear None | Envy | 2005 | Sonic Age | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | - | 5/5/2005 |
| Boomerang | Balance Of Hate | 2005 | Trance Music | Power | Eric Compton | - | 5/5/2005 |
| Plastic Earth | S.E.A.M-01 | 2005 | World Chaos | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | - | 5/5/2005 |
| Sarissa | Masters Of Sin | 2004 | Black Lotus | Power | Susan Wright | - | 5/5/2005 |
| Derek Sherinian | Mythology | 2004 | InsideOut | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 5/4/2005 |
| Derek Sherinian | Mythology | 2004 | InsideOut | Power | Vinaya Saksena | - | 5/4/2005 |
| Pure Inc | Pure Inc | 2004 | AFM | Hard Rock | Susan Wright | - | 5/4/2005 |
| Bleed The Sky | Pardigm In Entropy | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | - | 5/4/2005 |
| Omegalord | Hammer Down | 2004 | Independent | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | - | 5/16/2005 |
| Bruce Dickinson | Tyranny Of Souls | 2005 | Sanctuary Records | Traditional | MetalKnight | 4 | 5/17/2005 |
| Meshuggah | Catch 33 | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Death | MetalKnight | - | 5/17/2005 |
| Axis Of Perdition | Deleted Scenes From The Transition Hospital | 2005 | Code666 | Black | Timmy D | - | 5/16/2005 |
| Frantic Bleep | The Sense Apparatus | 2005 | Elitist Records | Progressive | Veritas | - | 5/15/2005 |
| Drunkard | Hellish Metal Dominate | 2004 | Blackmetal.com | Black | Timmy D | - | 5/16/2005 |
| Magica | Lightseeker | 2004 | Divenia | Power | Veritas | - | 5/16/2005 |
| Lord Gore | Resickened | 2004 | Razorback Rrecords | Death | AFS | - | 5/16/2005 |
| Axel Rudi Pell | The Ballads III | 2004 | SPV/Steamhammer | Hard Rock | Vinaya Saksena | 3 | 5/15/2005 |
| Soul SirkUS | Worldplay | 2005 | Independent | Hard Rock | Vinaya Saksena | - | 5/17/2005 |
| Chastain | In An Outrage | 2004 | Leviathan Records | Power | Eric Compton | - | 5/26/2005 |
| Debris Inc. | Debris Inc. | 2005 | Candlelight | Doom/Stoner | Pandemonium55 | - | 5/26/2005 |
| Fire Alley | Scorcher | 2004 | Independent | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | - | 5/26/2005 |
| Holy Moses | Strength, Power, Will, Passion | 2005 | Armageddon | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 5/26/2005 |
| Joe Stump | Shredology | 2005 | Leviathan Records | Power | Vinaya Saksena | - | 5/25/2005 |
| Kinrick | Sense Your Darkness | 2005 | Leviathan Records | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 5/26/2005 |
| Kryoburn | Enigmatic Existence | 2005 | Candlelight | Power | Eric Compton | - | 5/26/2005 |
| Operatika | Dreamworld | 2005 | Independent | Gothic/Symphonic | Ken Pierce | - | 5/26/2005 |
| On the Outside | On the Outside | 2004 | Lost Glory Records | Thrash | Frank Hill | - | 5/25/2005 |
| Paragon | Revenge | 2005 | Magick Records | Power | Eric Compton | - | 5/26/2005 |
| Swallow The Sun | The Morning Never Came | 2005 | Century Media | Doom/Stoner | Troy Cole | - | 5/26/2005 |
| Strapping Young Lad | Alien | 2005 | Century Media | Thrash | Frank Hill | - | 5/26/2005 |
| Thunderblast | Warzone | 2004 | Independent | Power | Eric Compton | - | 5/26/2005 |
| System Of A Down | Mezmerize | 2005 | Sony Music | Heavy/Extreme | Nakia Melody | - | 5/27/2005 |
| Ignitor | Take To The Sky | 2004 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 6/9/2005 |
| Iced Earth | Gettysburg DVD | 2005 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 6/9/2005 |
| Dog Faced Gods | Stone Council | 2005 | Voodoo Nation | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 6/8/2005 |
| Gizmachi | The Imbuing | 2005 | Sanctuary Records | Nu/Rapcore | Ken Pierce | - | 6/9/2005 |
| Bruce Dickinson | Tyranny Of Souls | 2005 | Sanctuary Records | Traditional | Frank Hill | 4 | 5/9/2005 |
| Biomechanical | Empires of the Worlds | 2005 | Earache | Heavy/Extreme | Frank Hill | - | 6/12/2005 |
| Samael | Reign Of Light | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Industrial | Troy Cole | - | 6/9/2005 |
| Firewind | Forged In Fire | 2005 | Century Media | Power | Eric Compton | - | 6/9/2005 |
| Ramesses | We Will Lead You To Glorious Times | 2004 | Devil Doll | Doom/Stoner | Kazimierez | - | 6/9/2005 |
| Callenish Circle | Forbidden Empathy | 2005 | Candlelight | Death | Troy Cole | - | 6/8/2005 |
| Sinisthra | Last Of The Stories Of Long Past Glories | 2005 | Arise | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | - | 6/16/2005 |
| Raintime | Tales From Sadness | 2005 | Arise | Progressive | Eric Compton | - | 6/16/2005 |
| In Flames | Lunar Strain/Subterranean (Reissues) | 2005 | Candlelight | Death | Eric Compton | - | 6/17/2005 |
| Fastkill | Infernal Thrashing Holocaust | 2005 | Satanic Lust Records | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 6/15/2005 |
| Babylon | Tales Of Doom: Ch1 | 2005 | Man In Black Music | Power | Eric Compton | - | 6/15/2005 |
| Axenstar | The Inquisition | 2005 | Arise | Power | Eric Compton | - | 6/16/2005 |
| Grand Magus | Wolf's Return | 2005 | Epic Records | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | - | 6/16/2005 |
| Tommy Funderburk | Anything For You | 2005 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Jonah Haze | - | 6/16/2005 |
| Impiety | Paramount Evil | 2005 | Paragon | Death | Axeman | - | 6/16/2005 |
| Burden Of Grief | Fields Of Salvation | 2005 | Magick Records | Death | Eric Compton | - | 6/16/2005 |
| Throes of Dawn | Quicksilver Clouds | 2004 | Avantgarde Music | Black | Veritas | - | 6/16/2005 |
| Shade Empire | Sinthetic | 2004 | Avantgarde Music | Black | Veritas | - | 6/16/2005 |
| Slumber | Fallout | 2004 | Karmageddon Records | Doom/Stoner | Veritas | - | 6/16/2005 |
| Pro-Pain | Prophets Of Doom | 2005 | Candlelight | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | - | 6/16/2005 |
| Potential Threat SF | 2.0 EP | 2005 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 6/16/2005 |
| Megadeth | Back To The Start: Greatest Hits | 2005 | Capitol | Thrash | Ken Pierce | - | 6/25/2005 |
| Def Leppard | Rock Of Ages: The Definitive Collection | 2005 | Universal | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 6/25/2005 |
| Kaliban | The Tempest Of Thoughts | 2005 | Crash Music | Power | Vinaya Saksena | - | 6/24/2005 |
| Callenish Circle | Forbidden Empathy | 2005 | Candlelight | Death | Troy Cole | - | 6/25/2005 |
| Nightrage | Descent Into Chaos | 2005 | Century Media | Power | Troy Cole | - | 6/25/2005 |
| Green Carnation | The Quiet Offspring | 2005 | The End | Doom/Stoner | Pandemonium55 | - | 6/25/2005 |
| Hatesphere | The Killing EP | 2005 | SPV/Steamhammer | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 6/25/2005 |
| Ivory Knight | Unconscience | 2005 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 6/24/2005 |
| Black Label Society | Mafia | 2005 | Artemis | Hard Rock | Susan Wright | - | 6/25/2005 |
| Break the Silence | Merciless Mercenary | 2003 | Demonzend Records | Death | MetalKnight | - | 6/24/2005 |
| Biss | Face-Off | 2005 | AOR Heaven | Hard Rock | MetalKnight | 3.5 | 1/6/2005 |
| Disbelief | 66Sick | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Eric Compton | - | 6/25/2005 |
| Groundcrew | Civilizations | 2005 | Independent | Power | Eric Compton | - | 6/25/2005 |
| Embraze | Katharsis | 2005 | Century Media | Gothic/Symphonic | Eric Compton | - | 6/25/2005 |
| Iron Maiden | The Essential Iron Maiden | 2005 | Sony Music | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 6/25/2005 |
| Defleshed | Reclaim The Beat | 2005 | Candlelight | Death | Eric Compton | - | 6/25/2005 |
| Dew Scented | Issue VI | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 6/26/2005 |
| Blind Stare | Symphony Of Delusions | 2005 | Arise | Death | Eric Compton | - | 6/27/2005 |
| Rudra | Brahmavidya: Primordial 1 | 2005 | Demonzend Records | Death | MetalKnight | - | 6/27/2005 |
| Raging Speedhorn | How The Great Have Fallen | 2005 | SPV/Steamhammer | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | - | 6/25/2005 |
| Godiva | Call Me Under 666 | 2005 | Limb Music | Power | Eric Compton | - | 6/27/2005 |
| Astarte | Sirens | 2005 | Magick Records | Black | Pandemonium55 | - | 6/26/2005 |
| Manntis | Sleep In Your Grave | 2005 | Century Media | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | - | 7/7/2005 |
| Agents Of Man | Count Your Blessings | 2005 | Century Media | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | - | 7/7/2005 |
| Thunderstone | Tools Of Destruction | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | - | 7/7/2005 |
| Hate Eternal | I, Monarch | 2005 | Earache | Death | Eric Compton | - | 7/7/2005 |
| Mirador | The Azrael Tales | 2005 | Rivel Records | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | - | 7/7/2005 |
| System Of A Down | Mezmerize | 2005 | Sony Music | Heavy/Extreme | Ken Pierce | - | 7/7/2005 |
| Vanguard | Succumbra | 2005 | Armageddon | Gothic/Symphonic | Eric Compton | - | 7/7/2005 |
| Python | Good & Evil | 2004 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 7/7/2005 |
| Sothis | Sothis | 2005 | Independent | Black | Veritas | - | 7/7/2005 |
| Graveworm | [N]Utopia | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Troy Cole | - | 7/7/2005 |
| Naglfar | Pariah | 2005 | Century Media | Black | Ken Pierce | - | 7/25/2005 |
| Amorphis | Far From The Sun | 2004 | Nuclear Blast | Doom/Stoner | Ken Pierce | 4 | 7/25/2005 |
| Lamb of God | Killadelphia | 2005 | Epic Records | Metalcore/Hardcore | Ken Pierce | - | 7/25/2005 |
| God Among Insects | World Wide Death | 2004 | Candlelight | Death | Axeman | - | 7/25/2005 |
| Vicious Art | Fire Falls and the Waiting Waters | 2005 | Candlelight | Death | Axeman | - | 7/25/2005 |
| Nevermore | This Godless Endeavor | 2005 | Century Media | Progressive | Axeman | - | 7/26/2005 |
| Nevermore | This Godless Endeavor | 2005 | Century Media | Progressive | Troy Cole | - | 7/27/2005 |
| Crystal Eyes | Confessions Of The Maker | 2005 | Heavy Fidelity | Power | Eric Compton | - | 7/25/2005 |
| Maximum Overdrive | Maximum Overdrive | 2004 | Independent | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | - | 7/25/2005 |
| Brand New Sin | Recipe For Disaster | 2005 | Century Media | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | - | 7/25/2005 |
| Communic | Conspiracy Mind | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Progressive | Eric Compton | - | 7/25/2005 |
| Ektomorf | Instinct | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 7/25/2005 |
| Darkane | Layers Of Lies | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Eric Compton | - | 7/25/2005 |
| Slough Feg | Atavism | 2005 | Cruz Del Sur | Power | Veritas | - | 7/25/2005 |
| Labyrinth | Freeman | 2005 | Arise | Progressive | MetalKnight | - | 7/24/2005 |
| Twisted Sister | Live At Wacken | 2005 | Spitfire | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 7/25/2005 |
| Subterranean Masquerade | Suspended Animation Dreams | 2005 | The End | Heavy/Extreme | Veritas | - | 7/25/2005 |
| Testament | Seen Between The Lines | 2005 | Megaforce | Thrash | Ken Pierce | 3.5 | 7/25/2005 |
| Sentenced | The Funeral Album | 2005 | Century Media | Gothic/Symphonic | Guest | - | 7/25/2005 |
| Dark Funeral | De Profundis Clamavi ad te Domine | 2005 | Regain | Death | Veritas | - | 7/25/2005 |
| Goddess Of Desire | Awaken Pagan Gods | 2005 | Armageddon | Power | Eric Compton | - | 8/4/2005 |
| Unchained | Unchained | 2005 | Sound Riot | Power | Eric Compton | - | 8/4/2005 |
| Unshine | Earth Magick | 2005 | Crash Music | Gothic/Symphonic | Eric Compton | - | 8/4/2005 |
| Relentless | Tempest Of Torment | 2005 | Crash Music | Death | Eric Compton | - | 8/4/2005 |
| Kult ov Azazel | The World, The Flesh & The Devil | 2005 | Crash Music | Black | Eric Compton | - | 8/4/2005 |
| Rebellion | Sagas Of Iceland | 2005 | Massacre | Power | Eric Compton | - | 8/5/2005 |
| Circus Maximus | The 1st Chapter | 2005 | Sensory Records | Progressive | Frank Hill | - | 8/5/2005 |
| Overkill | Taking Over | 1986 | Atlantic | Thrash | Anthony Burke | - | 7/10/2005 |
| Svartsyn | Destruction of Man | 2003 | Sound Riot | Black | Veritas | - | 8/8/2005 |
| Taake | ...Doedskvad | 2005 | Dark Essence | Black | Veritas | - | 8/8/2005 |
| Dynamic Lights | Shape | 2005 | DVS | Progressive | Veritas | - | 8/8/2005 |
| Voyager | Element V | 2005 | DVS | Power | Veritas | - | 8/8/2005 |
| Secrets She Kept | Requiems to Midnight, Woe | 2005 | Mordib Souls Music | Black | Veritas | - | 8/8/2005 |
| Nuse | Hungwell | 2005 | No Joke Records | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 8/11/2005 |
| Evemaster | MMIV Lacrimae Mundi | 2005 | Crash Music | Black | Eric Compton | - | 8/11/2005 |
| Slik Helvetika | Slik Helvetika | 2005 | Independent | Power | Susan Wright | - | 8/11/2005 |
| Monolithe | Monolithe II | 2005 | Candlelight | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | - | 8/11/2005 |
| Arch Enemy | Doomsday Machine | 2005 | Century Media | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 8/13/2005 |
| Horna | Envaatnags Eflos Solf Esgantaavne | 2005 | The End | Black | Veritas | - | 8/12/2005 |
| Supagroup | Supagroup | 2005 | Foodchain Records | Hard Rock | Susan Wright | - | 8/12/2005 |
| Thunderstone | Tools Of Destruction | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 8/12/2005 |
| Meshuggah | Catch 33 | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Ken Pierce | - | 8/12/2005 |
| Gemini 5 | Babylon Rockets | 2005 | Cleopatra | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 8/12/2005 |
| Samael | Reign Of Light | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Industrial | Ken Pierce | - | 8/10/2005 |
| Soilwork | Stabbing The Drama | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Ken Pierce | - | 8/10/2005 |
| Leaves Eyes | Lovelorn | 2004 | Napalm | Gothic/Symphonic | Ken Pierce | - | 8/10/2005 |
| Yngwie Malmsteen | Unleash The Fury | 2005 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | MetalKnight | - | 8/13/2005 |
| Prowler Inc. | Pay The Fiddler | 2005 | Man In Black Music | Power | Eric Compton | - | 8/17/2005 |
| Yngwie Malmsteen | Unleash The Fury | 2005 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Vinaya Saksena | - | 8/17/2005 |
| U.D.O. | 24/7 | 2005 | AFM | Power | Eric Compton | - | 8/17/2005 |
| Helloween | Mrs. God | 2005 | Victor Entertainment | Power | Eric Compton | - | 8/18/2005 |
| Overkill | Hellish Videos | 2005 | Sanctuary Records | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 8/17/2005 |
| Sebastian Bach | Forever Wild | 2004 | Eagle Vision | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 8/16/2005 |
| Epica | We Will Take You With Us | 2005 | The End | Gothic/Symphonic | Veritas | - | 8/17/2005 |
| Ritual Killer | Upon the Threshold of Hell | 2005 | Independent | Black | Veritas | - | 8/16/2005 |
| Dam | Purity-The Darwinian Paradox | 2005 | Black Mark | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | - | 8/16/2005 |
| Iommi/Hughes | Fused | 2005 | Sanctuary Records | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 8/29/2005 |
| Gaia | The Final Question | 2005 | Independent | Gothic/Symphonic | Pandemonium55 | - | 8/29/2005 |
| Hypocrisy | Virus | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Eric Compton | - | 8/30/2005 |
| The Father Panic Riot Orchestra | Death Of The Last New Beginning | 2004 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | - | 8/29/2005 |
| Killing Spree | Deception Betrayal Revenge | 2005 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 8/29/2005 |
| Frameless Scar | No Season Fits My Surroundings | 2005 | Independent | Death | Eric Compton | - | 8/29/2005 |
| Stryper | Reborn | 2005 | Big Three | Hard Rock | Anthony Burke | - | 9/14/2005 |
| LA Guns | Tales From The Strip | 2005 | Shrapnel Records | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 9/16/2005 |
| Cryonic Temple | In Thy Power | 2005 | Limb Music | Power | Eric Compton | - | 9/15/2005 |
| Power Quest | Magic Never Dies | 2005 | Majestic Rock | Power | Anthony Burke | - | 9/15/2005 |
| Alice Cooper | Dirty Diamonds | 2005 | New West | Hard Rock | Anthony Burke | - | 9/14/2005 |
| Nightvision | Nightvision | 2005 | MTM Music | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 9/16/2005 |
| Cannon | The History | 2005 | Point Music | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 9/15/2005 |
| Manowar | Hell On Earth: Volume 4 | 2005 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 9/15/2005 |
| Thor | An-Thor-Logy | 2005 | Smog Veil | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 9/15/2005 |
| Fates Warning | Awaken The Guardian-Reissues | 2005 | Metal Blade | Progressive | Ken Pierce | - | 9/15/2005 |
| Devil Lee Rot | Devil Lee Rot | 2005 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 9/15/2005 |
| Construcdead | The Grand Machinery | 2005 | Black Lodge | Death | Eric Compton | - | 9/16/2005 |
| Widow | On Fire | 2005 | Cruz Del Sur | Power | Eric Compton | - | 9/15/2005 |
| Love Forsaken | Sex, War, & Prayers | 2005 | Independent | Gothic/Symphonic | Eric Compton | - | 9/15/2005 |
| Resurrecturis | The Cuckoo Clocks Of Hell | 2003 | Independent | Death | Eric Compton | - | 9/15/2005 |
| Wetwork | Synod | 2005 | Krankenhaus Records | Death | Eric Compton | - | 9/15/2005 |
| Impaled Nazarene | Death Comes in 26 Carefully Selected Pieces | 2005 | Osmose Productions | Black | Veritas | - | 9/15/2005 |
| Stars Of The Silverscreen | Drop Dead Alibi | 2004 | Independent | Hard Rock | Zerohour | - | 9/15/2005 |
| Sheavy | Republic | 2005 | Candlelight | Doom/Stoner | Susan Wright | - | 10/3/2005 |
| Exodus | Shovel Headed Kill Machine | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 10/5/2005 |
| Beautiful Creatures | Deuce | 2005 | Perris | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 3/14/2006 |
| Havochate | Cycle Of Pain | 2005 | Indecent Media | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 10/3/2005 |
| Holy Blood | Waves Are Dancing | 2005 | Total Armageddon Production | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | - | 10/3/2005 |
| Kings X | Ogre Tones | 2005 | InsideOut | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 10/3/2005 |
| Anthrax | Anthrology: No Hit Wonders | 2005 | Universal | Thrash | Ken Pierce | 4 | 10/4/2005 |
| Morgana Lefay | Grand Materia | 2005 | Black Mark | Power | Eric Compton | - | 10/5/2005 |
| Lullacry | Crucify My Heart | 2005 | Century Media | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 10/4/2005 |
| Edenbridge | Shine | 2005 | Massacre | Gothic/Symphonic | Ken Pierce | - | 10/4/2005 |
| Clutch | Robot Hive/Exodus | 2005 | Independent | Doom/Stoner | Ken Pierce | - | 10/4/2005 |
| Agents Of The Sun | Monarchs Of A Fallen Society | 2005 | DCide Records | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 10/3/2005 |
| Edguy | Superheroes | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 10/5/2005 |
| Edguy | Superheroes (dvd) | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 10/4/2005 |
| Iron Maidens | Iron Maidens | 2005 | DRZ | Power | Frank Hill | - | 10/4/2005 |
| Blitzkrieg | Sins And Greed | 2005 | Metal Nation | Hard Rock | Vinaya Saksena | - | 10/3/2005 |
| Scar Symmetry | Symmetric In Design | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Eric Compton | - | 10/4/2005 |
| A Lower Deep | Trinity | 2005 | Raven Flight Records | Power | Eric Compton | - | 10/4/2005 |
| Cathedral | The Garden Of Unearthly Delights | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Doom/Stoner | Stygian Steel | - | 10/14/2005 |
| Primal Fear | Seven Seals | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Stygian Steel | - | 10/14/2005 |
| Flotsam & Jetsam | Dreams Of Death | 2005 | Crash Music | Thrash | Stygian Steel | - | 10/14/2005 |
| Stratovarius | Stratovarius | 2005 | Sanctuary Records | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 10/14/2005 |
| The Scourger | To The Slayground | 2005 | Stay Heavy | Death | Eric Compton | - | 10/13/2005 |
| Municipal Waste | Hazardous Mutation | 2005 | Earache | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 10/13/2005 |
| Warchild | Preaching To The Converted | 2004 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 10/13/2005 |
| Nuclear Assault | Third World Genocide | 2005 | SPV/Steamhammer | Thrash | Stygian Steel | - | 10/14/2005 |
| Helloween | Keeper Of The Seven Keys: The Legacy | 2005 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Stygian Steel | - | 10/14/2005 |
| Painmuseum | Metal For Life | 2004 | Demolition Records | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 10/13/2005 |
| Nashville Pussy | Get Some | 2005 | Spitfire | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 10/13/2005 |
| Octavia Sperati | Winter Enclosure | 2005 | Candlelight | Doom/Stoner | Veritas | - | 10/13/2005 |
| To The Bone | To The Bone | 2004 | Independent | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | - | 10/13/2005 |
| Future is Tomorrow | The New Messiah | 2005 | Independent | Progressive | Veritas | - | 10/13/2005 |
| Loits | Vere Kuste Kohustab | 2004 | Ledo Takas Records | Black | Veritas | - | 10/21/2005 |
| Mercyful Fate | Melissa (Remastered) | 2005 | Roadrunner | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 10/21/2005 |
| Lake Of Tears | Black Brick Road | 2004 | Sanctuary Records | Gothic/Symphonic | Ken Pierce | - | 10/20/2005 |
| Peccatum | The Moribund People | 2005 | The End | Heavy/Extreme | Veritas | - | 10/21/2005 |
| Edguy | Hall Of Flames | 2005 | AFM | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 10/21/2005 |
| Redemption | The Fullness of Time | 2005 | Sensory Records | Progressive | Veritas | - | 10/21/2005 |
| V:28 | Soul Saviour | 2005 | Vendlus Records | Industrial | Veritas | - | 10/20/2005 |
| The Atomic Bitchwax | 3 | 2005 | Meteor City | Doom/Stoner | Frank Hill | - | 10/27/2005 |
| Illuminatus | Aborted Revolutions | 2005 | Independent | Power | Frank Hill | - | 10/28/2005 |
| Disturbed | 10000 Fists | 2005 | Reprise | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | - | 10/28/2005 |
| Black Majesty | Silent Company | 2005 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Stygian Steel | - | 10/28/2005 |
| Pagan's Mind | Enigmatic Calling | 2005 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Stygian Steel | - | 10/28/2005 |
| Ironsword | Return Of The Warrior | 2004 | Miskatonic Foundation | Power | Eric Compton | - | 10/27/2005 |
| Eternal Reign | Forbidden Path | 2005 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Stygian Steel | - | 10/28/2005 |
| Dragonforce | Sonic Firestorm | 2004 | Noise Records | Power | Ken Pierce | - | 10/20/2005 |
| Black Label Society | Kings Of Damnation | 2005 | Spitfire | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | 4 | 10/9/2005 |
| Orphaned Land | Mabool | 2004 | Century Media | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 10/28/2005 |
| Dragonia | Resurrection | 2005 | Independent | Power | Zerohour | - | 11/3/2005 |
| Dark Black | The Barbarian's Hammer | 2005 | Hot Dog City | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 11/13/2005 |
| Before The Dawn | My Darkness | 2003 | Locomotive Music | Gothic/Symphonic | Ken Pierce | - | 11/3/2005 |
| Monster Magnet | Monolithic Baby | 2004 | SPV/Steamhammer | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 11/2/2005 |
| Russell Allen | Atomic Soul | 2005 | InsideOut | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 11/3/2005 |
| Evergrey | A Night To Remember | 2005 | InsideOut | Progressive | Ken Pierce | - | 11/4/2005 |
| Armored Saint | Lessons Not Well Learned | 2004 | Metal Blade | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | 3 | 11/3/2005 |
| H.I.M. | The Video Collection | 2004 | Universal | Gothic/Symphonic | Ken Pierce | - | 11/3/2005 |
| Crystal Fate | Celestial Prophecy | 2004 | Independent | Power | Eric Compton | - | 11/13/2005 |
| Distortion of Perception | Project One: ISO Birth | 2005 | Independent | Thrash | Anthony Burke | - | 11/13/2005 |
| Twilight Odyssey | Twilight Odyssey | 2005 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 11/13/2005 |
| Dirty Americans | Strange Generation | 2005 | LiquorAndPoker Music | Hard Rock | Vinaya Saksena | - | 11/17/2005 |
| Blood Thirsty Demons | Let The War Begin | 2005 | Independent | Black | Susan Wright | - | 11/17/2005 |
| Penetrator | Penetrator | 2005 | Sonic Age | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 11/17/2005 |
| Powergod | Long Live The Loud: That's Metal Lesson II | 2005 | Massacre | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 11/17/2005 |
| Winterfell | The Veil Of Summer | 2005 | Independent | Power | Stygian Steel | - | 11/17/2005 |
| ASG | Feeling Good is Good Enough | 2005 | Volcom Entertainment | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 4 | 11/17/2005 |
| Overloaded | Hail the Kingdom | 2005 | Independent | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 4 | 11/13/2005 |
| Bolt Thrower | Those Once Loyal | 2005 | Metal Blade | Death | Eric Compton | - | 11/30/2005 |
| Sun O))) | Black One | 2005 | Southern Lord | Black | Veritas | - | 11/29/2005 |
| Cannon | Back In Business | 2005 | Point Music | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 11/29/2005 |
| Ignarus | Ignarus | 2005 | Lito Records | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 11/29/2005 |
| 1349 | Hellfire | 2005 | Candlelight | Black | Veritas | 3.5 | 11/29/2005 |
| Forever Slave | Alice's Inferno | 2005 | Armageddon | Gothic/Symphonic | Eric Compton | - | 11/29/2005 |
| Casus Belli | In The Name Of The Rose | 2005 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Eric Compton | - | 11/29/2005 |
| The Firstborn | The Unclenching Of Fists | 2005 | Procon Media | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | - | 11/29/2005 |
| Gamma Ray | Majestic | 2005 | Sanctuary Records | Power | Eric Compton | - | 11/30/2005 |
| Shakra | Fall | 2005 | AFM | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 11/29/2005 |
| Fireball Ministry | Their Rock In Not Our Rock | 2005 | LiquorAndPoker Music | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 12/4/2005 |
| Hellfueled | Born II Rock | 2005 | Black Lodge | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 12/4/2005 |
| Children Of Bodom | Are You Dead Yet? | 2005 | Spinefarm | Thrash | Ken Pierce | - | 12/5/2005 |
| Barcode | Showdown | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | - | 12/3/2005 |
| Twilight | Twilight | 2005 | Southern Lord | Black | Eric Compton | - | 12/3/2005 |
| Charnel Valley | The Dark Archives | 2005 | Southern Lord | Black | Eric Compton | - | 12/3/2005 |
| Third Degree | Outstay | 2005 | SelfMadeGod | Death | Eric Compton | - | 12/3/2005 |
| Motley Crue | Carnival Of Sins | 2005 | CC Entertainment | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 12/12/2005 |
| Algol3 | Emotivamente Demo | 2004 | Independent | Progressive | Zerohour | - | 12/10/2005 |
| Unshine | Earth Magick | 2005 | Crash Music | Gothic/Symphonic | Veritas | - | 12/10/2005 |
| Shattersphere | In The Face Of Anger | 2005 | Independent | Power | Eric Compton | - | 12/11/2005 |
| Symphorce | Godspeed | 2005 | Metal Blade | Power | Stygian Steel | - | 12/11/2005 |
| Running Wild | Rogues En Vogue | 2005 | Gun Records | Power | Stygian Steel | - | 12/11/2005 |
| Savage Circus | Dreamland Manor | 2005 | Dockyard 1 | Power | Stygian Steel | - | 12/12/2005 |
| Images of Eden | Sunlight of the Spirit | 2005 | Independent | Progressive | Frank Hill | - | 12/13/2005 |
| Avenged Sevenfold | City of Evil | 2005 | Warner Brothers | Heavy/Extreme | Frank Hill | 4 | 12/15/2005 |
| Age Of Silence | Complications | 2005 | The End | Progressive | Veritas | - | 12/15/2005 |
| Ewigkeit | Conspiritus | 2005 | Earache | Heavy/Extreme | Veritas | - | 12/15/2005 |
| Vinterriket | Vinterriket/Northaunt Split | 2005 | Flood The Earth | Black | Veritas | - | 12/15/2005 |
| Arthemis | Back From The Heat | 2005 | Underground Symphony | Power | Eric Compton | - | 12/15/2005 |
| The Absence | From Your Grave | 2005 | Metal Blade | Death | Eric Compton | - | 12/15/2005 |
| Paths Of Possession | Promises In Blood | 2005 | Metal Blade | Death | Eric Compton | - | 12/15/2005 |
| Ghost Machinery | Haunting Remains | 2004 | Sound Riot | Power | Susan Wright | - | 12/15/2005 |
| Phantom X | Rise Of The Phantom | 2005 | Mausoleum | Power | Stygian Steel | - | 12/15/2005 |
| Annihilator | Schizo-Deluxe | 2005 | AFM | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 1/13/2006 |
| Damnation | Theater Control Law | 2005 | Independent | Death | Troy Cole | - | 1/2/2006 |
| Balatonizer | Occlused in Ottusity | 2005 | Devil Doll | Death | Nakia Melody | - | 1/2/2006 |
| System Of A Down | Hypnotize | 2005 | American Recordings | Heavy/Extreme | Nakia Melody | - | 1/2/2006 |
| Thrones | Day Late, Dollar Short | 2005 | Southern Lord | Heavy/Extreme | Nakia Melody | - | 1/2/2006 |
| Dechrist | Strong Men on Drugs | 2005 | Independent | Death | Nakia Melody | - | 1/2/2006 |
| Even X | Angry Mirror | 2005 | Sunland | Nu/Rapcore | Nakia Melody | - | 1/4/2006 |
| Mistress | In Disgust We Trust | 2005 | Earache | Death | Etiam | 3.5 | 1/3/2006 |
| Akercocke | Words That Go Unspoken… | 2005 | Earache | Death | Axeman | - | 1/2/2006 |
| Ramesses | The Tomb | 2005 | Invada Records | Doom/Stoner | Axeman | - | 1/3/2006 |
| GWAR | Live from Mt Fuji | 2005 | Independent | Thrash | Ken Pierce | 3 | 6/5/2005 |
| Testament | Live In London | 2005 | Spitfire | Thrash | Ken Pierce | - | 11/8/2005 |
| Bruce Dickinson | Tyranny Of Souls | 2005 | Sanctuary Records | Traditional | Ken Pierce | 4 | 11/13/2005 |
| Crystal Ball | Timewalker | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | - | 1/3/2006 |
| Spellbound | Incoming Destiny | 2005 | Armageddon | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 1/4/2006 |
| Cryogen | Premonition | 2005 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 1/4/2006 |
| Dreamland | Future's Calling | 2005 | Dockyard 1 | Power | Eric Compton | - | 1/4/2006 |
| Doomfoxx | Doomfoxx | 2005 | Armageddon | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 1/4/2006 |
| Earthride | Vampire Circus | 2005 | Southern Lord | Doom/Stoner | Susan Wright | - | 1/4/2006 |
| Gojira | From Mars To Sirius | 2005 | Listenable | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 3.5 | 1/4/2006 |
| Overmars | Affliction, Endocrine…Vertigo | 2005 | Candlelight | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 3.5 | 1/4/2006 |
| Ram-Zet | Intra | 2005 | Candlelight | Black | Etiam | 1.5 | 1/4/2006 |
| Vile | New Age of Chaos | 2005 | Unique Leader | Death | Etiam | 3.5 | 1/4/2006 |
| Infliction | The Silencer | 2005 | Cruz Del Sur | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 1/4/2006 |
| Wolfmother | Wolfmother | 2005 | Modular Records | Hard Rock | Nakia Melody | - | 1/5/2006 |
| Avulsed | Gorespattered Suicide | 2005 | Metal Age Prod. | Death | Axeman | - | 1/12/2006 |
| Urizen | Autocratopolis | 2005 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Axeman | - | 1/12/2006 |
| Antimatter | Planetary Confinement | 2005 | The End | Heavy/Extreme | Jason Murray | - | 1/12/2006 |
| So I Had To Shoot Him | Alpha Males and Popular Girls | 2005 | Crucial Blast | Heavy/Extreme | Jason Murray | - | 1/12/2006 |
| Asrai | Touch In The Dark | 2004 | Transmission Records | Gothic/Symphonic | Susan Wright | - | 1/12/2006 |
| Seven Witches | Amped | 2006 | Candlelight | Power | Eric Compton | - | 1/13/2006 |
| Define Divine | Suffer The Pain | 2005 | Independent | Nu/Rapcore | Anthony Burke | - | 1/12/2006 |
| F5 | A Drug For All Seasons | 2005 | Dead Line | Hard Rock | Ken Pierce | - | 1/13/2006 |
| Cathedral | The Garden Of Unearthly Delights | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Doom/Stoner | Ken Pierce | - | 1/18/2006 |
| Chain Collector | Masquerade | 2005 | Sound Riot | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | - | 1/18/2006 |
| Mastermind | Broken | 2005 | Independent | Progressive | Ken Pierce | - | 1/18/2006 |
| Midnight Idols | We Rule The Night | 2005 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 1/18/2006 |
| Skullshifter | Here In Hell | 2005 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | - | 1/18/2006 |
| The Classic Struggle | Feel Like Hell | 2005 | Metal Blade | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | - | 1/18/2006 |
| Celebratum | Instinct | 2005 | Metal Age Prod. | Black | Eric Compton | - | 1/18/2006 |
| Victory | Fuel To The Fire | 2005 | Armageddon | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 1/18/2006 |
| Epica | We Will Take You With Us | 2005 | The End | Gothic/Symphonic | Ken Pierce | - | 1/2/2006 |
| Dragonlord | Black Wings Of Destiny | 2005 | Escapi Music | Black | Ken Pierce | - | 1/17/2006 |
| Sinocence | Black Still Life Pose | 2005 | Co Pro/Casket | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 1/17/2006 |
| Mercenary | 11 Dreams | 2005 | Century Media | Progressive | Ken Pierce | 4.5 | 1/2/2006 |
| Epica | Consign To Oblivion | 2005 | The End | Gothic/Symphonic | Ken Pierce | - | 1/16/2006 |
| Bronx Casket Company | Hellectric | 2005 | Candlelight | Gothic/Symphonic | Ken Pierce | - | 1/18/2006 |
| Zero Down | Old Time Revival | 2005 | Independent | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 2/2/2006 |
| The Tenth Circle | Of War And Reflection | 2005 | Bled Out | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | - | 2/2/2006 |
| God Forbid | Constitution of Treason | 2005 | Century Media | Metalcore/Hardcore | Veritas | - | 2/2/2006 |
| Dogs Of Winter | Cut Down To The Quick | 2005 | Exotic Recordings | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 2/1/2006 |
| Torture Killer | Swarm! | 2006 | Metal Blade | Death | Eric Compton | - | 2/1/2006 |
| Gorefest | La Muerte | 2006 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Eric Compton | - | 2/1/2006 |
| Khold | Krek | 2006 | Candlelight | Death | Etiam | 2.5 | 2/1/2006 |
| Detonation | Portals To Uphobia | 2005 | Osmose Productions | Death | Troy Cole | - | 2/1/2006 |
| Motorhead | Stage Fright | 2006 | SPV/Steamhammer | Thrash | Ken Pierce | - | 2/5/2006 |
| Martin Popoff | The Collector’s Guide To Heavy Metal: Vol. 2 – The Eighties | 2005 | Metal Blade | Heavy/Extreme | Ken Pierce | - | 2/4/2006 |
| Vanquished | Black Northern Storm | 2005 | Krankenhaus Records | Black | Veritas | - | 2/18/2006 |
| Dismember | The God That Never Was | 2006 | Candlelight | Death | Eric Compton | - | 2/18/2006 |
| Dissimulation | Prakeikimas | 2005 | Ledo Takas Records | Death | Eric Compton | - | 2/18/2006 |
| Annihilator | Ten Years In Hell | 2006 | SPV/Steamhammer | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 2/20/2006 |
| Seven Witches | City Of Lost Souls | 2006 | Crash Music | Power | Eric Compton | - | 2/18/2006 |
| Nocturnal Rites | Grand Illusion | 2006 | Century Media | Power | Anthony Burke | - | 2/18/2006 |
| Callenish Circle | Pitch Black Effects | 2006 | Metal Blade | Death | Eric Compton | - | 2/19/2006 |
| Seven Witches | Second War In Heaven | 2006 | Crash Music | Power | Eric Compton | - | 2/18/2006 |
| Hate | Anaclasis | 2005 | Listenable | Death | Eric Compton | - | 2/18/2006 |
| Absolution | The Remission Of Sin | 2006 | Independent | Death | Anthony Burke | - | 2/18/2006 |
| Absu | Mythological Occult Metal | 2005 | Osmose Productions | Black | Axeman | - | 3/7/2006 |
| Beecher | This Elegy, His Autopsy | 2005 | Earache | Metalcore/Hardcore | Etiam | 4 | 3/7/2006 |
| Of Graves And Gods | Slit Throat Andromeda | 2006 | Candlelight | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | - | 3/7/2006 |
| Decapitated | Organic Hallucinosis | 2005 | Earache | Death | Eric Compton | - | 3/7/2006 |
| Machina | Dark Age Digital | 2004 | Independent | Power | Eric Compton | - | 3/7/2006 |
| Vader | The Art Of War | 2006 | Candlelight | Death | Eric Compton | - | 3/7/2006 |
| Saxon | Lionheart | 2004 | SPV/Steamhammer | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 3/7/2006 |
| End of Level Boss | Prologue | 2006 | Exile On Mainstream | Heavy/Extreme | Veritas | - | 3/7/2006 |
| Taunusheim | Nebelkampfe | 2005 | Schwardon Production | Black | Veritas | - | 3/7/2006 |
| In Flames | Come Clarity | 2006 | Ferret Records | Thrash | Frank Hill | - | 3/8/2006 |
| Early Man | Closing In | 2006 | Matador | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 3/15/2006 |
| Loudness | Rock Shocks | 2006 | Crash Music | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 3/15/2006 |
| Flotsam & Jetsam | Live In Japan | 2006 | Crash Music | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 3/15/2006 |
| Insense | Soothing Torture | 2006 | Candlelight | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | - | 3/14/2006 |
| From This Day | Proverbs Of Ashes | 2006 | Melee | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | - | 3/14/2006 |
| Sodom | Lords Of Depravity P1 | 2006 | SPV/Steamhammer | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 3/14/2006 |
| Grimfist | Ten Steps To Hell | 2005 | Candlelight | Thrash | Susan Wright | - | 3/14/2006 |
| Enforsaken | Sinners Intuition | 2006 | Crash Music | Death | Eric Compton | - | 3/15/2006 |
| Kataklysm | In The Arms of Devastation | 2006 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Etiam | 2.5 | 3/15/2006 |
| Amorphis | Eclipse | 2006 | Nuclear Blast | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | - | 3/21/2006 |
| Brother Hawk | Brother Hawk | 2005 | Independent | Hard Rock | Glittergirl | - | 3/30/2006 |
| Craft | Fuck the Universe | 2005 | Southern Lord | Black | Etiam | 4 | 3/30/2006 |
| End My Sorrow | A Mind Unsolved | 2006 | Independent | Gothic/Symphonic | Veritas | - | 3/30/2006 |
| Fallen Wisdom | Fallen Wisdom | 2005 | Independent | Thrash | Glittergirl | - | 3/30/2006 |
| Mental Care Foundation | Alcohol Anthems | 2005 | Crash Music | Heavy/Extreme | Glittergirl | - | 3/30/2006 |
| Pile of Heads | The Art of Suffering | 2004 | Independent | Nu/Rapcore | Vigatorix | - | 3/30/2006 |
| Second Shadow | Line Up-Execution Style | 2005 | Independent | Death | Anthony Burke | - | 3/30/2006 |
| Thryfing | Farsotstider | 2006 | Candlelight | Power | Veritas | - | 3/30/2006 |
| Totalisti | Slave to None | 2005 | Magna Carta | Progressive | Vigatorix | - | 3/30/2006 |
| Witchery | Don't Fear The Reaper | 2006 | Century Media | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 3/31/2006 |
| Edguy | Rocket Ride | 2006 | Nuclear Blast | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 3/31/2006 |
| Sepultura | Dante XXI | 2006 | SPV/Steamhammer | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 3/31/2006 |
| Saxon | Dogs Of War (Reissue) | 2006 | SPV/Steamhammer | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 3/31/2006 |
| Southern Black Sand | Southern Black Sand | 2006 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Glittergirl | - | 3/30/2006 |
| Powerglove | Total Pwnage | 2005 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Troy Cole | - | 3/30/2006 |
| Katatonia | The Great Cold Distance | 2006 | Candlelight | Death | Troy Cole | - | 4/7/2006 |
| Mother Misery | For the Crows | 2006 | Daredevil | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | - | 4/22/2006 |
| Blind Guardian | Fly | 2006 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Etiam | 2.5 | 4/21/2006 |
| Tandjent | No One Will Hear Us | 2005 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Heather O'Brien | - | 4/21/2006 |
| Cardinale | 31:13 | 2006 | Arclight | Heavy/Extreme | Heather O'Brien | - | 4/21/2006 |
| Babylon Mystery Orchestra | The Great Apostasy | 2006 | Massacre | Gothic/Symphonic | Heather O'Brien | - | 4/21/2006 |
| Blackmore's Night | The Village Lanterne | 2006 | SPV/Steamhammer | Gothic/Symphonic | Heather O'Brien | - | 4/21/2006 |
| Cannibal Corpse | Kill | 2006 | Metal Blade | Death | Eric Compton | - | 4/21/2006 |
| Intronaut | Null | 2006 | Goodfellow Records | Heavy/Extreme | Veritas | - | 4/20/2006 |
| Jorn | The Duke | 2006 | Candlelight | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 4/21/2006 |
| Poison | 20 years of Rock | 2006 | Capitol | Hard Rock | Psycho Sarah | - | 4/21/2006 |
| The Project Hate | Armageddon March Eternal | 2006 | Threeman Recordings | Death | Etiam | 2 | 4/21/2006 |
| Ephel Duath | Pain Necessary To Know | 2005 | Earache | Progressive | Etiam | 2 | 4/21/2006 |
| Lair Of The Minotaur | Ultimate Destroyer | 2006 | Southern Lord | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | - | 4/25/2006 |
| Codeon | On My Side | 2006 | Dies Irae | Death | Eric Compton | - | 4/25/2006 |
| 286 | Profiled | 2005 | Independent | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 5/4/2006 |
| Beyond Fear | Beyond Fear | 2006 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Eric Compton | - | 5/5/2006 |
| Nikki Puppet | Puppet On A String | 2005 | Armageddon | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | - | 5/4/2006 |
| Rage | Speak Of The Dead | 2006 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | - | 5/4/2006 |
| Upwards of Endtime | Upwards of Endtime | 2005 | Independent | Traditional | Veritas | - | 5/3/2006 |
| Wolves in the Throne Room | Diadem of 12 Stars | 2006 | Vendlus Records | Black | Veritas | - | 5/4/2006 |
| Thyrane | Travesty of Heavenly Essence | 2006 | Spinefarm | Black | Veritas | - | 5/4/2006 |
| Speeed | Powertrip Pigs | 2006 | Crash Music | Power | Eric Compton | - | 5/4/2006 |
| Fields Of The Nephilim | Mourning Sun | 2006 | SPV/Steamhammer | Gothic/Symphonic | Troy Cole | - | 5/4/2006 |
| Nightmare | Dominion Gate | 2006 | Candlelight | Power | Eric Compton | - | 5/4/2006 |
| Attacker | The Unknown | 2006 | Sentinel Steel | Power | Eric Compton | - | 5/16/2006 |
| Daylight Dies | Dismantling Devotion | 2006 | Candlelight | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | - | 5/16/2006 |
| Dark Funeral | Attera Totus Sanctus | 2005 | Regain | Black | Etiam | 3 | 5/16/2006 |
| Dimmu Borgir | Stormblast | 2006 | Nuclear Blast | Black | Anthony Burke | - | 5/15/2006 |
| Hell-Born | Legacy Of The Nephilim | 2006 | Conquer | Death | Eric Compton | - | 5/15/2006 |
| Pharaoh | The Longest Night | 2006 | Cruz Del Sur | Power | Eric Compton | - | 5/16/2006 |
| Scum | Gospels For The Sick | 2005 | DogJob | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 1.5 | 5/14/2006 |
| Shadows Fall | Fallout From The War | 2006 | Century Media | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | - | 5/16/2006 |
| Steep | Silence Is Not Golden | 2006 | Dies Irae | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | - | 5/15/2006 |
| The Berzerker | World of Lies | 2005 | Earache | Death | Etiam | 3.5 | 5/15/2006 |
| Dissection | Reinkaos | 2006 | The End | Black | Eric Compton | - | 5/25/2006 |
| Boris | Pink | 2006 | Southern Lord | Doom/Stoner | Etiam | 3.5 | 6/2/2006 |
| Clawfinger | Hate Yourself With Style | 2006 | Nuclear Blast | Nu/Rapcore | Eric Compton | - | 6/2/2006 |
| Cryptopsy | Once Was Not | 2005 | Century Media | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 3.5 | 6/2/2006 |
| Degree Absolute | Degree Absolute | 2006 | Sensory Records | Progressive | Etiam | 1.5 | 6/2/2006 |
| Event Horizon | Naked On The Black Floor | 2006 | Cruz Del Sur | Progressive | Etiam | 2.5 | 6/2/2006 |
| Green Carnation | The Acoustic Verses | 2006 | The End | Progressive | Etiam | 3.5 | 6/2/2006 |
| Leviathan/Sapthuran | Split CD | 2006 | Battle Kommand | Black | Etiam | 4 | 6/2/2006 |
| Moonspell | Memorial | 2006 | SPV/Steamhammer | Gothic/Symphonic | Troy Cole | - | 6/2/2006 |
| The Ocean | Aeolian | 2006 | Metal Blade | Heavy/Extreme | Veritas | - | 6/2/2006 |
| Valhalla | The Aftermath | 2005 | Independent | Power | Anthony Burke | - | 6/2/2006 |
| Viron | NWOGHM | 2006 | Sonic Age | Power | Eric Compton | - | 6/2/2006 |
| Vore | Maleficus | 2006 | Independent | Death | Eric Compton | - | 6/2/2006 |
| Helloween | The Time Of The Oath (Expanded) | 2006 | Sanctuary Records | Power | Eric Compton | - | 6/9/2006 |
| Helloween | Walls Of Jericho (Expanded) | 2006 | Sanctuary Records | Power | Eric Compton | - | 6/9/2006 |
| Hollywood Hairspray 5 | Hollywood Hairspray 5 | 2006 | Perris | Hard Rock | Glittergirl | - | 6/8/2006 |
| Judas Priest | The Essential Judas Priest | 2006 | Sony Music | Power | Frank Hill | - | 6/10/2006 |
| Manngard | Circling Buzzards | 2006 | Candlelight | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | - | 6/9/2006 |
| Phoenix Mourning | When Excuses Become Antiques | 2006 | Metal Blade | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | - | 6/8/2006 |
| Silver Dirt | Silver Dirt | 2006 | Silver Muzeek | Hard Rock | Glittergirl | - | 6/8/2006 |
| The Smackdown | Someone Has to Kill the Headwriter | 2006 | Goodfellow Records | Heavy/Extreme | Glittergirl | - | 6/8/2006 |
| The Smashup | Being and Becoming | 2005 | Warcon Enterprises | Metalcore/Hardcore | Glittergirl | - | 6/8/2006 |
| Warrant (Amer) | Born Again | 2006 | MTM Music | Hard Rock | Psycho Sarah | - | 6/9/2006 |
| Pyramaze | Legend Of The Bone Carver | 2006 | Nightmare Records | Progressive | Eric Compton | - | 6/20/2006 |
| Scar Symmetry | Pitch Black Progress | 2005 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Eric Compton | - | 6/23/2006 |
| Helloween | Better Than Raw (Expanded Edition) | 2006 | Sanctuary Records | Power | Eric Compton | - | 7/3/2006 |
| Helloween | Chameleon (Expanded Edition) | 2006 | Sanctuary Records | Power | Eric Compton | - | 7/3/2006 |
| Helloween | Master Of The Rings (Expanded Edition) | 2006 | Sanctuary Records | Power | Eric Compton | - | 7/3/2006 |
| Helloween | Pink Bubbles Go Ape (Expanded Edition) | 2006 | Sanctuary Records | Power | Eric Compton | - | 7/3/2006 |
| Ampast | Of Patterns | 2006 | Independent | Death | Veritas | - | 7/2/2006 |
| Bal-Sagoth | The Chthonic Chronicles | 2006 | Candlelight | Black | Veritas | - | 7/3/2006 |
| Elvenking | The Winter Wake | 2006 | Candlelight | Power | Veritas | - | 7/3/2006 |
| Rhapsody of Fire | Live in Canada | 2006 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Veritas | - | 7/3/2006 |
| The Wake | Death-A-Holic | 2006 | Candlelight | Death | Eric Compton | - | 7/2/2006 |
| Vreid | Pitch Black Brigade | 2006 | Candlelight | Black | Veritas | 2.5 | 7/2/2006 |
| Rhapsody of Fire | Live in Canada | 2006 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Anthony Burke | - | 7/3/2006 |
| Communic | Waves Of Visual Decay | 2006 | Nuclear Blast | Progressive | Eric Compton | - | 7/3/2006 |
| Mabon | Eye For An Eye | 2006 | Quam Libet Records | Thrash | MetalKnight | - | 7/12/2006 |
| Imagika | My Bloodied Wings | 2006 | Crash Music | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 7/12/2006 |
| Cavalar | As A Metal Of Fact | 2006 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 7/17/2006 |
| Deep Purple | Rapture of the Deep | 2005 | Eagle Records | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | - | 7/20/2006 |
| Athanator | Earth Of Blood | 2005 | Independent | Thrash | Anthony Burke | - | 7/21/2006 |
| Body Count | Live In LA DVD | 2005 | Escapi Music | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | - | 7/19/2006 |
| Cataract | Kingdom | 2006 | Metal Blade | Death | Eric Compton | - | 7/20/2006 |
| Candlemass | Documents Of Doom | 2003 | Metal Blade | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | - | 7/20/2006 |
| Desperado | Ace | 2006 | Dead Line | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 7/21/2006 |
| Down Factor | Murder The World | 2005 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 7/21/2006 |
| Dream Or Nightmare | Light Burning Bright Til The Dawn | 2004 | Independent | Gothic/Symphonic | Anthony Burke | - | 7/20/2006 |
| Hirax | Thrash 'Til Death | 2006 | Black Devil | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 7/20/2006 |
| Nicodemus | Vanity Is A Virtue | 2005 | Sonic Age | Gothic/Symphonic | Anthony Burke | - | 7/20/2006 |
| Speed/Kill/Hate | Acts Of Insanity | 2006 | Escapi Music | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 7/21/2006 |
| The Sword | Age Of Winters | 2006 | Kemado Records | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | - | 7/21/2006 |
| Steel Attack | Diabolic Symphony | 2006 | Massacre | Power | Eric Compton | - | 7/25/2006 |
| 8th Sin | Sinners Inc | 2004 | Black Lodge | Industrial | Anthony Burke | - | 8/4/2006 |
| Bludgeon | World Controlled | 2006 | Magic Circle Music | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | - | 8/5/2006 |
| Candlemass | Curse Of Candlemass | 2005 | Escapi Music | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | - | 8/5/2006 |
| Crazy World | Crazy World | 2005 | Spinefarm | Hard Rock | Glittergirl | - | 8/5/2006 |
| Dio | Holy Diver: Live | 2006 | Eagle Records | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 8/5/2006 |
| Dreams of Damnation | Epic Tales of Vengence | 2006 | Independent | Thrash | Frank Hill | - | 8/5/2006 |
| Hate Profile | Opus I: The Khaos Hatefile | 2006 | Cruz Del Sur | Black | Etiam | 2.5 | 8/5/2006 |
| Stormcrow | Wounded Skies | 2006 | Dwell | Black | Eric Compton | - | 8/5/2006 |
| Severe Torture | Fall of Despised | 2005 | Earache | Death | Etiam | 3 | 8/5/2006 |
| The Furor | Advance Australia Warfare | 2005 | Prime Cuts Music | Black | Etiam | 3 | 8/5/2006 |
| The Strongest Proof | One Percent | 2005 | Independent | Traditional | Glittergirl | - | 8/5/2006 |
| TK-421 | Disengaged | 2005 | Independent | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | - | 8/5/2006 |
| Abysmal Dawn | From Ashes | 2006 | Crash Music | Death | Eric Compton | - | 8/20/2006 |
| Apiary | Lost In Focus | 2006 | Metal Blade | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | - | 8/20/2006 |
| Non-Human Level | Non-Human Level | 2006 | Listenable | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 8/20/2006 |
| Sun Descends | Incinerating The Meek | 2006 | Twilight | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 8/20/2006 |
| The Deviant | Ravenous Deathworship | 2006 | Candlelight | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 8/20/2006 |
| Yyrkoon | Unhealthy Opera | 2006 | The End | Death | Eric Compton | - | 8/20/2006 |
| Poisonblack | Lust Stained Despair | 2006 | Century Media | Gothic/Symphonic | Eric Compton | - | 8/20/2006 |
| Ensoph | Project X-Katon | 2006 | Cruz Del Sur | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | - | 8/31/2006 |
| Black Crucifixion | The Fallen One Of Flames | 2005 | Paragon | Black | David Loveless | - | 8/31/2006 |
| Upon Infliction | To Escape is to Suffer | 2006 | Crash Music | Death | Veritas | - | 8/31/2006 |
| House of Lords | World Upside Down | 2006 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Jonah Haze | - | 8/31/2006 |
| Dawn of Azazel | Sedition | 2006 | Ibex Moon | Heavy/Extreme | Veritas | - | 8/31/2006 |
| Firewind | Allegiance | 2006 | Century Media | Power | Eric Compton | - | 8/31/2006 |
| Royal Hunt | Paper Blood | 2005 | Frontiers | Power | Veritas | - | 8/31/2006 |
| Spawn of Possession | Noctambulant | 2006 | Neurotic | Death | Etiam | 4 | 8/31/2006 |
| Theater of Tragedy | Storm | 2006 | Massacre | Gothic/Symphonic | Veritas | - | 8/31/2006 |
| Vader | Impressions in Blood | 2006 | Regain | Death | Etiam | 3.5 | 8/31/2006 |
| Michael Orlando | Sonic Stomp | 2006 | Independent | Hard Rock | Vinaya Saksena | - | 8/31/2006 |
| Before Silence | The Screaming Wolves | 2004 | Independent | Power | Anthony Burke | - | 9/8/2006 |
| Cult of Luna | Somewhere Along The Highway | 2006 | Earache | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 4 | 9/8/2006 |
| Fragments of Unbecoming | Sterling Black Icon | 2006 | Metal Blade | Death | Etiam | 2 | 9/8/2006 |
| Gorgoroth | Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam | 2006 | Regain | Black | Veritas | - | 9/8/2006 |
| Jotunspor | Gleipnirs Smeder | 2006 | Candlelight | Black | Etiam | 3 | 9/8/2006 |
| Suzukiton | Service Repair Handbook | 2005 | Crucial Blast | Heavy/Extreme | Anthony Burke | - | 9/8/2006 |
| Unsilent Phenomenon | The Renouncement | 2005 | Independent | Death | Anthony Burke | - | 9/8/2006 |
| Vengeance | Back In The Ring | 2006 | MTM Music | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 9/8/2006 |
| Bloodbound | Nosferatu | 2006 | AOR Heaven | Power | Eric Compton | - | 9/19/2006 |
| Smohalla | Smolensk Combustion | 2006 | Independent | Black | Etiam | 3 | 9/18/2006 |
| Warrant (Amer) | Born Again | 2006 | MTM Music | Hard Rock | Glittergirl | - | 9/21/2006 |
| Azure | King of Stars… | 2005 | Deathgasm Records | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 3 | 9/22/2006 |
| Destruction | Inventor Of Evil | 2005 | AFM | Thrash | Anthony Burke | - | 9/10/2006 |
| Motorhead | Another Perfect Day | 2006 | Sanctuary Records | Thrash | Glittergirl | - | 9/22/2006 |
| Space Odyssey | The Astral Episode | 2005 | Candlelight | Progressive | Veritas | - | 9/22/2006 |
| She Said Destroy | Times Like Vines | 2006 | Candlelight | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 3.5 | 9/23/2006 |
| White Lion | Anthology 83-89 | 2006 | Dead Line | Hard Rock | Glittergirl | - | 9/21/2006 |
| Swashbuckle | Crewed by the Damned | 2006 | Bald Freak Music | Thrash | Veritas | - | 9/29/2006 |
| Iron Maiden | A Matter Of Life And Death | 2006 | Sanctuary Records | Power | Eric Compton | 5 | 9/30/2006 |
| Iron Maiden | A Matter Of Life And Death | 2006 | Sanctuary Records | Power | Frank Hill | 4 | 9/29/2006 |
| Hydrogyn | Bombshell | 2006 | Chavis | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | - | 9/29/2006 |
| Dendura | New Life | 2006 | Independent | Hard Rock | Axeman | - | 10/3/2006 |
| Uhrilehto | Ihmivisan Eliitti | 2006 | Schwardon Production | Black | Etiam | 2.5 | 10/3/2006 |
| Svartsyn | Bloodline | 2005 | Sound Riot | Black | Etiam | 3 | 10/3/2006 |
| The Furor | Invert Absolute | 2004 | Prime Cuts Music | Black | Etiam | 3 | 10/3/2006 |
| Nachtmystium | Instinct: Decay | 2006 | Battle Kommand | Black | Etiam | 3 | 10/3/2006 |
| HammerFall | Threshold | 2006 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | - | 10/4/2006 |
| Amon Amarth | With Oden On Our Side | 2006 | Metal Blade | Death | Eric Compton | - | 10/13/2006 |
| Psycroptic | Symbols of Failure | 2006 | Neurotic | Death | Etiam | 3 | 10/13/2006 |
| Sahg | Sahg I | 2006 | Regain | Doom/Stoner | Etiam | 3.5 | 10/13/2006 |
| Scary Manilow | Thrill Ride to the Apocalypse | 2005 | Independent | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | - | 10/12/2006 |
| Skid Row | Revolutions Per Minute | 2006 | SPV/Steamhammer | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 10/13/2006 |
| Time Requiem | Optical Illusion | 2006 | Regain | Progressive | Etiam | 3.5 | 10/13/2006 |
| Warface | Insanity of the Obsessed | 2005 | Deathquake Records | Death | Etiam | 1 | 10/12/2006 |
| Xasthur/Leviathan | Split CD | 2005 | Battle Kommand | Black | Etiam | 3.5 | 10/13/2006 |
| Ynis Vitrin | A Dark Land | 2005 | Independent | Progressive | Frank Hill | - | 10/13/2006 |
| Blind Guardian | A Twist in the Myth | 2006 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Frank Hill | - | 10/27/2006 |
| Agalloch | Ashes Against The Grain | 2006 | The End | Heavy/Extreme | Veritas | 4.5 | 10/27/2006 |
| Fleshgore | May God Strike Me Dead | 2005 | This Dark Reign Records | Death | Etiam | 3 | 10/27/2006 |
| From the Grave | Hope, It's The Devil's Favorite Poison | 2006 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 2.5 | 10/27/2006 |
| Mouth of the Architect | The Ties That Bind | 2006 | Translation Loss | Doom/Stoner | Etiam | 4 | 10/27/2006 |
| Shadows Within | Suffering of Truth | 2005 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Frank Hill | - | 11/2/2006 |
| Vicious Rumors | Warball | 2006 | Mascot | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 11/9/2006 |
| Woodtemple | Voices Of Pagan Mountains | 2006 | No Colours Records | Black | David Loveless | - | 11/9/2006 |
| Black Crucifixion | Faustian Dream | 2006 | Paragon | Black | Etiam | .5 | 11/9/2006 |
| Burialmound | Devil's Work | 2006 | Sound Riot | Black | Veritas | - | 11/9/2006 |
| John Oliva's Pain | Maniacal Renderings | 2006 | AFM | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 11/9/2006 |
| I | Between Two Worlds | 2006 | Nuclear Blast | Black | Etiam | 3.5 | 11/29/2006 |
| Skyforger | Kauja Pie Saules | 2006 | Paragon | Black | Veritas | - | 11/29/2006 |
| Municipal Waste | Hazardous Mutation | 2005 | Earache | Thrash | Weasel | - | 11/29/2006 |
| Hurt | Vol. 1 | 2006 | Capitol | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | - | 11/29/2006 |
| Wolf | The Black Flame | 2006 | Century Media | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 11/29/2006 |
| Wednesday 13 | Fang Bang | 2006 | Rykodisc | Hard Rock | Glittergirl | - | 11/29/2006 |
| The Ruins of Beverast | Unlock the Shrine | 2006 | Battle Kommand | Black | Etiam | 4 | 11/29/2006 |
| Zero Hour | Specs of Pictures Burnt Beyond | 2006 | Sensory Records | Progressive | Veritas | - | 12/8/2006 |
| Death Breath | Stinking Up The Night | 2006 | Relapse | Death | Death Metal Shawn | - | 12/8/2006 |
| Jeff Walker und Die Fluffers | Welcome To Carcass Cuntry | 2006 | Fractured Transmitter | Death | Death Metal Shawn | - | 12/8/2006 |
| Stiff Donut | I Did It All For The Cookie | 2006 | Independent | Death | Death Metal Shawn | - | 12/7/2006 |
| Abominant | Triumph Of The Kill | 2006 | Deathgasm Records | Death | Death Metal Shawn | - | 12/8/2006 |
| Pretty Maids | Wake Up To The Real World | 2006 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 12/8/2006 |
| Rhapsody of Fire | Triumph or Agony | 2006 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Etiam | 3 | 12/8/2006 |
| Pump | Breakdown To Breakthrough | 2006 | Metal Heaven | Power | Eric Compton | - | 12/8/2006 |
| Razorthroat | White Death | 2006 | Black Sun 666 | Heavy/Extreme | Josh Greer | - | 12/22/2006 |
| Impaled Nazarene | Pro Patria Finlandia | 2006 | Osmose Productions | Heavy/Extreme | Death Metal Shawn | - | 12/22/2006 |
| Anata | The Conductor's Departure | 2006 | Earache | Death | Death Metal Shawn | - | 12/22/2006 |
| Setherial | Death Triumphant | 2006 | Regain | Black | Etiam | 2.5 | 12/22/2006 |
| Belphegor | Pestapokalypse VI | 2006 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Etiam | 4.5 | 12/22/2006 |
| Striborg | Embittered Darkness/Isle de Morts | 2006 | Southern Lord | Black | Etiam | 2 | 12/22/2006 |
| The Abominable Iron Sloth | The Abominable Iron Sloth | 2006 | Goodfellow Records | Doom/Stoner | Etiam | 3 | 1/3/2007 |
| The Finals | Plan Your Getaway | 2006 | Immortal Records | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | - | 1/3/2007 |
| Jungle Rot | Warzone | 2006 | Crash Music | Death | Weasel | - | 1/3/2007 |
| Enochian Crescent | Black Church | 2006 | Woodcut | Black | Veritas | - | 1/3/2007 |
| Battle Bratt | Battle Bratt | 2006 | Battle Cry | Hard Rock | Glittergirl | - | 1/2/2007 |
| Myon | Ghost in Paradise | 2005 | Low Frequency Records | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | - | 1/2/2007 |
| Wastefall | Self Exile | 2006 | Sensory Records | Progressive | Etiam | 2 | 1/3/2007 |
| Oblomov | Mighty Cosmic Dances | 2005 | Radiation Noise Productions | Death | Etiam | 3 | 1/3/2007 |
| Thy Majestie | Jeanne D' Arc | 2005 | Scarlet | Power | Death Metal Shawn | - | 1/4/2007 |
| Amputated | Gargling With Infected Semen | 2006 | Sevared Records | Death | Death Metal Shawn | - | 1/16/2007 |
| Zoroaster | Zoroaster | 2006 | Battle Kommand | Doom/Stoner | Etiam | 1.5 | 1/16/2007 |
| Semargl | Attack On God | 2006 | Deathgasm Records | Black | Etiam | 2.5 | 1/16/2007 |
| TK-421 | Disengaged | 2005 | Independent | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | - | 1/16/2007 |
| Isis | In The Absense Of Truth | 2006 | Ipecac | Heavy/Extreme | Baphomet | - | 1/16/2007 |
| Mastodon | Blood Mountain | 2006 | Warner Brothers | Traditional | Baphomet | - | 1/16/2007 |
| Pelican | The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw | 2005 | Hydra Head Records | Heavy/Extreme | Baphomet | - | 1/16/2007 |
| Outworld | Outworld | 2006 | Replica | Progressive | Frank Hill | - | 1/16/2007 |
| Rotting Christ | Theogonia | 2007 | Season of Mist | Black | Baphomet | - | 2/1/2007 |
| Satyricon | Now, Diabolical | 2006 | Roadrunner | Black | Baphomet | - | 2/1/2007 |
| Eyes of Ligeia | A Fever Which Would Cling To Thee Forever | 2006 | Paragon | Black | Etiam | 3.5 | 2/1/2007 |
| Teeth of the Hydra | Greenland | 2006 | Tee Pee | Doom/Stoner | Etiam | 3 | 2/1/2007 |
| Eighteen Visions | Eighteen Visions | 2006 | Trustkill | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 2/1/2007 |
| Twinball | Slave | 2006 | Spiritual Beast | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 2/1/2007 |
| Intronaut | Void | 2006 | Goodfellow Records | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 3.5 | 2/23/2007 |
| Insomnium | Above The Weeping World | 2006 | Candlelight | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 3 | 2/23/2007 |
| Cult of Daath | The Grand Torturers of Hell | 2006 | Deathgasm Records | Black | Etiam | 2.5 | 2/23/2007 |
| Biolich | The Space Between Home And Today | 2005 | Autopsy Kitchen | Death | Al Kikuras | - | 2/23/2007 |
| Evergrey | Monday Morning Apocalypse | 2006 | InsideOut | Progressive | Kim Thore | - | 2/23/2007 |
| Lupara | Lupara | 2006 | Crash Music | Metalcore/Hardcore | Etiam | 1 | 2/23/2007 |
| Venom | Metal Black | 2006 | Sanctuary Records | Black | Al Kikuras | - | 2/23/2007 |
| Lesbian Bed Death | I Use My Powers For Evil | 2006 | Psychophonic | Hard Rock | Weasel | - | 2/23/2007 |
| Deep Purple | The Deep Purple Story | 2004 | ECW Press | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | - | 2/23/2007 |
| Machine Head | The Blackening | 2007 | Roadrunner | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | - | 2/23/2007 |
| Obtest | Iš Kartos Á Kartr | 2005 | Ledo Takas Records | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 2.5 | 3/9/2007 |
| Sathanas | Entering the Diabolic Trinity | 2005 | Pulverised | Black | Etiam | 1.5 | 3/9/2007 |
| Stalaggh | Nihilistik Terror | 2006 | Autopsy Kitchen | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 2 | 3/9/2007 |
| The Haunted | The Dead Eye | 2006 | Century Media | Thrash | Weasel | - | 3/9/2007 |
| Lordi | The Arockalypse | 2006 | The End | Hard Rock | Death Metal Shawn | - | 3/9/2007 |
| Dream Evil | United | 2006 | Century Media | Power | Etiam | 3 | 3/9/2007 |
| Audrey Horne | No Hay Banda | 2005 | Candlelight | Hard Rock | Etiam | 2.5 | 3/29/2007 |
| Escape The Fate | Dying Is Your Latest Fashion | 2007 | Epitaph | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 3/29/2007 |
| Manowar | The Day The Earth Shook | 2006 | Magic Circle Music | Power | Death Metal Shawn | - | 3/29/2007 |
| Panzerchrist | Battalion Beast | 2006 | Neurotic | Black | Etiam | 3.5 | 3/29/2007 |
| The Showdown | Temptation Comes My Way | 2007 | Mono Vs Stereo | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 3/29/2007 |
| Winger | IV | 2006 | Shrapnel Records | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 3/29/2007 |
| Cheva | Nameless EP | 2006 | Independent | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | - | 3/29/2007 |
| Fleshgore | Killing Absorption | 2003 | This Dark Reign Records | Death | David Loveless | - | 3/29/2007 |
| Sadus | Out For Blood | 2006 | Mascot | Thrash | David Loveless | - | 3/29/2007 |
| Sun O))) | Altar | 2006 | Southern Lord | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | - | 3/29/2007 |
| Angra | Aurora Consurgens | 2006 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Etiam | 3.5 | 4/16/2007 |
| Brand New Sin | Tequila | 2006 | Century Media | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | - | 4/16/2007 |
| Demise | Torture Garden | 2006 | Crash Music | Death | Etiam | 1 | 4/16/2007 |
| Darkness Eternal | Misanthropic Annihilation | 2005 | Autopsy Kitchen | Death | Al Kikuras | - | 4/16/2007 |
| Destruction | Thrash Anthems | 2007 | Candlelight | Thrash | Death Metal Shawn | - | 4/15/2007 |
| Extium | Outsourcing Morality | 2006 | Deepsend Records | Death | Death Metal Shawn | - | 4/15/2007 |
| Megadeth | Live In Buenos Aires | 2007 | Image Entertainment | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 4/16/2007 |
| Middian | Age Eternal | 2007 | Metal Blade | Doom/Stoner | David Loveless | - | 4/16/2007 |
| Nachtmystium | Nachtmystium | 2003 | Battle Kommand | Black | Etiam | 2 | 4/15/2007 |
| Starkweather | Croatoan | 2006 | Candlelight | Metalcore/Hardcore | Etiam | 2 | 4/15/2007 |
| Better Left Unsaid | The Silencing | 2007 | Independent | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 5/7/2007 |
| Celtic Frost | Monotheist | 2006 | Century Media | Heavy/Extreme | Troy Cole | - | 5/7/2007 |
| Kotipelto | Serenity | 2007 | Candlelight | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 5/7/2007 |
| Lecherous Nocturne | Adoration of the Blade | 2006 | Deepsend Records | Death | Etiam | 3 | 5/7/2007 |
| Loss | Life Without Hope...Death Without Reason | 2006 | Deathgasm Records | Doom/Stoner | Etiam | 2 | 5/7/2007 |
| Malstrom | The World Will Be Lost | 2006 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Troy Cole | - | 5/7/2007 |
| Metalium | Nothing To Undo: Chapter Six | 2007 | Crash Music | Power | Eric Compton | - | 5/7/2007 |
| Quest of Aidance | Fallen Man Collection | 2006 | Pulverised | Death | Etiam | 3.5 | 5/7/2007 |
| Steve Cone | Distortion | 2006 | Independent | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | - | 5/6/2007 |
| Urkraft | The Inhuman Aberration | 2006 | Earache | Death | Etiam | 2 | 5/7/2007 |
| Centinex | World Declension | 2005 | Candlelight | Death | Troy Cole | - | 5/30/2007 |
| Dawnbringer | In Sickness and In Dreams | 2006 | Battle Kommand | Traditional | Etiam | 4.5 | 5/30/2007 |
| Gaza | I Don't Care Where… | 2006 | Metal Blade | Black | Etiam | 4.5 | 5/30/2007 |
| Handful of Hate | Gruesome Splendour | 2006 | Cruz Del Sur | Black | Etiam | 3 | 5/30/2007 |
| Megadeth | United Abominations | 2007 | Roadrunner | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 5/30/2007 |
| Phazm | Antebellum Death n' Roll | 2006 | Osmose Productions | Death | Death Metal Shawn | - | 5/30/2007 |
| Skullflower | Tribulation | 2006 | Crucial Blast | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 3 | 5/30/2007 |
| Twisted Into Form | Then Comes Affliction… | 2006 | Sensory Records | Progressive | Al Kikuras | - | 5/29/2007 |
| Urgehal | Goatcraft Torment | 2006 | Southern Lord | Black | Al Kikuras | - | 5/30/2007 |
| Warmachine | The Beginning of the End | 2006 | Nightmare Records | Traditional | Al Kikuras | - | 5/29/2007 |
| Melechesh | Emissaries | 2006 | Osmose Productions | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 4 | 6/20/2007 |
| Satyricon | Now, Diabolical | 2006 | Roadrunner | Black | Etiam | 3.5 | 6/20/2007 |
| Antiquus | Eleutheria | 2006 | Cruz Del Sur | Traditional | Etiam | 3 | 6/19/2007 |
| Fu Manchu | We Must Obey | 2007 | Century Media | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | - | 6/20/2007 |
| Stonegard | Arrows | 2006 | Candlelight | Hard Rock | Etiam | 1.5 | 6/20/2007 |
| Clown Alley | Circus Chaos | 2006 | Southern Lord | Thrash | Kim Thore | - | 7/6/2007 |
| Diagnose: Lebensgefahr | Transformalin | 2006 | Autopsy Kitchen | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 4 | 7/6/2007 |
| Firewind | Allegiance | 2006 | Century Media | Power | Etiam | 3 | 7/6/2007 |
| Grave Digger | Liberty or Death | 2006 | Locomotive Music | Power | Vinaya Saksena | - | 7/6/2007 |
| Hardcore Superstar | Hardcore Superstar | 2005 | Gain Records | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 4 | 7/6/2007 |
| Lost Eden | Cycle Repeats | 2007 | Candlelight | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | - | 7/6/2007 |
| Swallow The Sun | Hope | 2007 | Spinefarm | Doom/Stoner | Etiam | 4 | 7/6/2007 |
| Southern Gentleman | Third Time Is The Charm | 2006 | Leviathan Records | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 2.5 | 7/21/2007 |
| With Passion | In The Midst Of Bloodied Soil | 2005 | Earache | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | - | 7/20/2007 |
| Threat Signal | Under Reprisal | 2006 | Nuclear Blast | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 3.5 | 7/21/2007 |
| Onslaught | Killing Peace | 2007 | Candlelight | Thrash | Al Kikuras | - | 7/20/2007 |
| Battered | Battered | 2006 | Tabu | Thrash | Etiam | 2.5 | 7/21/2007 |
| Hammers of Misfortune | The Locust Years | 2006 | Cruz Del Sur | Progressive | Etiam | 4 | 7/20/2007 |
| Omnium Gatherum | Stuck Here On Snakes Way | 2007 | Candlelight | Death | Eric Compton | - | 7/21/2007 |
| Terry Sullivan | THEERTHMOOVS AROUNDTHESUN | 2005 | Good Charamel | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 5 | 7/20/2007 |
| Throne of Katarsis | An Eternal Dark Horizon | 2007 | Candlelight | Black | David Loveless | 4 | 7/21/2007 |
| It Will Come | 47 | 2006 | December's Ghost | Doom/Stoner | Etiam | 2 | 7/21/2007 |
| 286 | 286 | 2007 | Independent | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 3 | 8/2/2007 |
| Dream Theater | Score | 2006 | Rhino Records | Progressive | Kim Thore | 3.5 | 8/3/2007 |
| In This Moment | Beautiful Tragedy | 2007 | Century Media | Metalcore/Hardcore | Wils | - | 8/3/2007 |
| Naglfar | Harvest | 2007 | Century Media | Black | David Loveless | 4.5 | 8/3/2007 |
| Redemption | The Origin Of Ruin | 2007 | InsideOut | Progressive | David Loveless | 5 | 8/3/2007 |
| Finntroll | Ur Jordens Djup | 2007 | Century Media | Traditional | Etiam | 3.5 | 8/3/2007 |
| Warbringer | One By One the Wicked Fall | 2006 | Independent | Thrash | Frank Hill | 4 | 8/17/2007 |
| Mord | Christendom Perished | 2006 | Southern Lord | Black | Etiam | 1.5 | 8/17/2007 |
| Saxon | The Inner Sanctum | 2007 | SPV/Steamhammer | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 8/17/2007 |
| Across Tundras | Dark Songs of the Prairie | 2006 | Crucial Blast | Traditional | Etiam | - | 8/17/2007 |
| Iron Savior | Megatropolis | 2007 | Dockyard 1 | Power | Eric Compton | - | 8/17/2007 |
| Static-X | Cannibal | 2007 | Reprise | Industrial | Wils | 4.5 | 8/17/2007 |
| Masterplan | MK II | 2007 | Candlelight | Power | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 8/17/2007 |
| Manticore | For Rats and Plague | 2006 | Deathgasm Records | Black | Etiam | 1.5 | 8/17/2007 |
| Dew Scented | Incinerate | 2007 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Etiam | 3.5 | 8/17/2007 |
| Grayceon | Grayceon | 2007 | Vendlus Records | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 3.5 | 8/17/2007 |
| Lord Belial | Seal Of Belial | 2005 | Candlelight | Death | Troy Cole | - | 8/24/2007 |
| Mindgrinder | Riot Detonator | 2005 | Candlelight | Death | Troy Cole | - | 8/24/2007 |
| Blood Tsunami | Thrash Metal | 2007 | Candlelight | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 8/24/2007 |
| Necrophobic | Hrimthursum | 2006 | Regain | Black | Etiam | 3 | 8/24/2007 |
| Semargl | Satanogenesis | 2006 | Deathgasm Records | Black | Etiam | - | 8/24/2007 |
| The Chronicles of Israfel | Starborn, Tome I | 2007 | Bridge of Hands | Progressive | David Loveless | 5 | 9/14/2007 |
| Sabaton | Attero Dominatus | 2006 | Black Lodge | Power | Etiam | 3 | 9/14/2007 |
| Madking Ludwig | Madking Ludwig | 2005 | Gaia Disk | Progressive | Etiam | 3 | 9/14/2007 |
| Crescent Shield | The Last of My Kind | 2007 | Cruz Del Sur | Traditional | Etiam | 3 | 9/14/2007 |
| Catch 22 | Soulreaper Vol.1 | 2007 | Independent | Power | Troy Cole | 4 | 9/21/2007 |
| Black Sabbath | The Dio Years | 2007 | Rhino Records | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 9/21/2007 |
| Old Man's Child | Vermin | 2005 | Century Media | Black | Troy Cole | - | 9/20/2007 |
| Merciless Death | Evil In The Night | 2007 | Heavy Artillery | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 9/20/2007 |
| Zyklon | Disintegrate | 2005 | Candlelight | Death | Troy Cole | - | 9/20/2007 |
| Shakra | Infected | 2007 | AFM | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | - | 9/20/2007 |
| Dezperadoz | The Legend And The Truth | 2006 | AFM | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 4 | 9/28/2007 |
| Marduk | Rom 5:12 | 2007 | Blooddawn Productions | Black | David Loveless | 3 | 9/28/2007 |
| Cruachan | The Morrigan's Call | 2007 | AFM | Power | Etiam | 2 | 9/28/2007 |
| Grenouer | Try | 2006 | Siberian League | Death | Etiam | 1.5 | 10/18/2007 |
| Blood of the Black Owl | Blood of the Black Owl | 2007 | Bindrune | Black | David Loveless | 4.5 | 10/19/2007 |
| Nagelfar | Virus West | 2006 | Man In Black Music | Black | Etiam | 4 | 10/19/2007 |
| Incrave | The Escape | 2007 | Ulterium | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 4 | 10/19/2007 |
| Abigail Williams | Legend | 2007 | Candlelight | Black | David Loveless | 3 | 10/18/2007 |
| Helloween | Gambling with the Devil | 2007 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Frank Hill | 4 | 10/19/2007 |
| Gentlemens Pistols | Gentlemens Pistols | 2007 | Candlelight | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 4 | 11/9/2007 |
| Therion | Gothic Kabbalah | 2007 | Nuclear Blast | Gothic/Symphonic | Etiam | 4.5 | 11/9/2007 |
| White Willow | Signal to Noise | 2006 | Laser's Edge | Progressive | Etiam | 3.5 | 11/9/2007 |
| Almah | Almah | 2007 | Candlelight | Power | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 11/9/2007 |
| Mendeed | The Dead Live By Love | 2007 | Nuclear Blast | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | - | 11/9/2007 |
| Dissection | Maha Kali | 2004 | Escapi Music | Black | Etiam | - | 11/9/2007 |
| Ihsahn | The Adversary | 2006 | Candlelight | Heavy/Extreme | Troy Cole | 1 | 11/9/2007 |
| Loch Vostok | Destruction Time Again! | 2006 | Escapi Music | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 3 | 11/21/2007 |
| Scarve | The Undercurrent | 2007 | Listenable | Death | Eric Compton | - | 11/21/2007 |
| Witchhammer | 1487 | 2005 | Dazed & Confused | Thrash | Etiam | 3 | 11/21/2007 |
| Black Elk | Black Elk | 2006 | Crucial Blast | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 2.5 | 11/21/2007 |
| Darkness Eternal | Misanthropic Annihilation | 2005 | Autopsy Kitchen | Death | David Loveless | 4 | 11/21/2007 |
| American Angel | Vanity | 2007 | Chavis | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 3.5 | 11/21/2007 |
| Gamma Ray | Land Of The Free II | 2007 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Frank Hill | 4 | 11/30/2007 |
| Satariel | Hydra | 2005 | Regain | Death | Etiam | 3.5 | 11/30/2007 |
| Trouble | Psalm 9 | 2006 | Escapi Music | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 11/30/2007 |
| Trouble | The Skull | 2006 | Escapi Music | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 11/30/2007 |
| Passion | The Fierce Urgency of Now | 2006 | Goodfellow Records | Metalcore/Hardcore | Etiam | 2 | 11/30/2007 |
| Chrome Division | Doomsday Rock 'N Roll | 2006 | Nuclear Blast | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 4 | 11/29/2007 |
| Pantera | 3 Vulgar Videos from Hell | 2006 | Rhino Records | Power | Frank Hill | 4 | 12/19/2007 |
| Hammerhawk | Break Loose | 2006 | Rusty Cage Records | Traditional | Etiam | 2 | 12/19/2007 |
| Immolation | Shadows in the Light | 2007 | Century Media | Death | Etiam | 4 | 12/19/2007 |
| Textures | Drawing Circles | 2007 | Listenable | Progressive | David Loveless | 4.5 | 12/19/2007 |
| Mother Misery | All Eyes On You | 2006 | Daredevil | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 12/19/2007 |
| Five Finger Death Punch | The Way of the Fist | 2007 | Firm Music | Metalcore/Hardcore | Frank Hill | 4 | 1/2/2008 |
| Within Temptation | The Heart of Everything | 2007 | Roadrunner | Gothic/Symphonic | Frank Hill | 4 | 1/2/2008 |
| Mithras | Behind the Shadows Lie Madness | 2007 | Candlelight | Death | Etiam | 3.5 | 1/2/2008 |
| The Prophecy | Revelations | 2006 | No Face Records | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | - | 1/1/2008 |
| Divine Empire | Method Of Execution | 2005 | Crash Music | Death | Troy Cole | - | 1/1/2008 |
| Gotthard | Domino Effect | 2007 | Nuclear Blast | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 2.5 | 1/11/2008 |
| Masterplan | MK II | 2007 | Candlelight | Power | Etiam | 3 | 1/11/2008 |
| Amorphis | Silent Waters | 2007 | Nuclear Blast | Doom/Stoner | Etiam | 3 | 1/11/2008 |
| Hacride | Deviant Current Signal | 2005 | Listenable | Death | David Loveless | 4 | 1/11/2008 |
| Pentacle | Under the Black Cross | 2007 | Ibex Moon | Death | Al Kikuras | 4 | 1/23/2008 |
| Hard Echo | Mouth of the Sun | 2007 | Independent | Traditional | Frank Hill | 4 | 1/23/2008 |
| Katrina Johansson | Love, Surrender, Forgiveness | 2007 | Independent | Traditional | Frank Hill | 4 | 1/23/2008 |
| Meshuggah | Nothing | 2007 | Nuclear Blast | Heavy/Extreme | Al Kikuras | 2.5 | 1/23/2008 |
| Necrodemon | Ice Fields Of Hyperion | 2006 | Open Grave Records | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 4.5 | 1/23/2008 |
| Nominon | Recremation | 2005 | Deathgasm Records | Death | Etiam | 3.5 | 1/23/2008 |
| Rob Zombie | Rombie Zombie Live | 2007 | Geffen Records | Industrial | Kim Thore | 4 | 1/23/2008 |
| Since the Day | Mensajero No Es Importante | 2005 | Bastardized | Metalcore/Hardcore | Nakia Melody | 4 | 1/23/2008 |
| Cage | Hell Destroyer | 2007 | MTM Music | Power | David Loveless | 3.5 | 2/1/2008 |
| Overloaded | Regeneration | 2007 | Independent | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 2/1/2008 |
| Exodus | The Atrocity Exhibition: Exhibit A | 2007 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 2/1/2008 |
| Biomechanical | Cannabalised | 2007 | Earache | Heavy/Extreme | Frank Hill | 4 | 2/1/2008 |
| Antigama | Zeroland | 2005 | SelfMadeGod | Death | Nakia Melody | 1.5 | 2/1/2008 |
| ASG | Win Us Over | 2007 | Volcom Entertainment | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 4 | 2/8/2008 |
| Iced Earth | Framing Armageddon | 2007 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Etiam | 3.5 | 2/8/2008 |
| Sonic X | Thirteen | 2007 | Chavis | Hard Rock | Vinaya Saksena | 2 | 2/8/2008 |
| Manes | How The World Came To An End | 2007 | Candlelight | Black | Etiam | 3.5 | 2/8/2008 |
| Tears | Falling Certainty | 2005 | Independent | Gothic/Symphonic | Etiam | 1.5 | 2/8/2008 |
| Aborted | Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture | 2007 | Century Media | Death | Al Kikuras | 3.5 | 2/15/2008 |
| Abruptum | Evil Genius | 2007 | Southern Lord | Heavy/Extreme | Al Kikuras | 3.5 | 2/15/2008 |
| Denial Fiend | They Rise | 2007 | Ibex Moon | Death | Al Kikuras | 5 | 2/15/2008 |
| Warner Drive | Fully Loaded | 2006 | Independent | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 5 | 2/15/2008 |
| Monster Magnet | 4-Way Diablo | 2007 | SPV/Steamhammer | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 5 | 2/22/2008 |
| Transmission 0 | Memory of a Dream | 2006 | Go-Kart Records | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 2.5 | 2/22/2008 |
| Dark Tranquillity | Fiction | 2007 | Century Media | Death | Etiam | 3.5 | 2/22/2008 |
| Retrospective | Spectrum Of The Green Morning | 2007 | Independent | Progressive | David Loveless | 4 | 2/22/2008 |
| Wuthering Heights | The Shadow Cabinet | 2006 | Sensory Records | Power | Etiam | 4 | 2/22/2008 |
| Daylight Dies | Dismantling Devotion | 2006 | Candlelight | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 4.5 | 2/29/2008 |
| Kamelot | Ghost Opera | 2007 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Vinaya Saksena | 3 | 2/29/2008 |
| Trenchfoot | Bleeding for the Sake of Bleeding | 2005 | Independent | Thrash | Nakia Melody | 4.5 | 2/29/2008 |
| Glorior Belli | Manifesting The Raging Beast | 2007 | Southern Lord | Black | Etiam | 3.5 | 2/29/2008 |
| Blut Aus Nord | Odinist: The Destruction of Reason by Illumination | 2007 | Candlelight | Black | David Loveless | 3.5 | 3/14/2008 |
| In Flames | The Mirror's Truth | 2008 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Frank Hill | 4 | 3/14/2008 |
| Lipstick Magazine | Lipstick Magazine-Live in New York | 2007 | Independent | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 4.5 | 3/14/2008 |
| Malevolent Creation | Doomsday X | 2007 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Al Kikuras | 4 | 3/14/2008 |
| Unleashed | Midvinterblot | 2006 | SPV/Steamhammer | Death | David Loveless | 3.5 | 3/14/2008 |
| Dark Funeral | Diabolis Interium | 2007 | Regain | Black | Etiam | 3.5 | 3/21/2008 |
| Freedom Call | Dimensions | 2007 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Vinaya Saksena | 2.5 | 3/21/2008 |
| Kruger | Redemption Through Looseness | 2007 | Listenable | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | - | 3/20/2008 |
| Striborg | Nefaria/A Tragic Journey Towards the Light | 2006 | Southern Lord | Black | David Loveless | 2 | 3/21/2008 |
| Hardcore Superstar | Dreamin in a Casket | 2007 | Gain Records | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 4 | 4/4/2008 |
| Ulcerate | Of Fracture and Failure | 2006 | Neurotic | Death | Etiam | 3.5 | 4/4/2008 |
| Vreid | I Krig | 2007 | Candlelight | Black | David Loveless | 3.5 | 4/4/2008 |
| David Galas | Cataclysm | 2007 | Vendlus Records | Gothic/Symphonic | Etiam | 1.5 | 4/4/2008 |
| Throneum | The Unholy Ones | 2007 | Deathgasm Records | Death | Etiam | 2.5 | 4/4/2008 |
| Zero Down | Good Times at the Gates of Hell | 2008 | Independent | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 4 | 4/4/2008 |
| Blood Red Throne | Come Death | 2007 | Earache | Death | Al Kikuras | 3.5 | 4/11/2008 |
| Severe Torture | Sworn Vengeance | 2007 | Earache | Death | Al Kikuras | 2.5 | 4/11/2008 |
| Griffin | The Ultimate Demise | 2007 | Burning Star | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 4/11/2008 |
| Kingcrow | Timetropia | 2006 | Lucretia Records | Progressive | Kim Thore | 4 | 4/12/2008 |
| Spektr | Near Death Experience | 2006 | Candlelight | Black | Etiam | 3 | 4/25/2008 |
| Volbeat | Rock The Rebel / Metal The Devil | 2007 | Mascot | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 4.5 | 4/25/2008 |
| Avichi | The Divine Tragedy | 2007 | Independent | Black | Etiam | 2 | 4/25/2008 |
| Marduk | Those of the Unlight | 1993 | Regain | Black | Etiam | 3 | 4/25/2008 |
| Sonata Arctica | Unia | 2007 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Vinaya Saksena | 3 | 4/25/2008 |
| JR Ewing | Maelstrom | 2006 | Dim Mak | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 4.5 | 5/9/2008 |
| Dismember | Dismember | 2008 | Regain | Death | Etiam | 3.5 | 5/9/2008 |
| The Wonderfools | Too Late To Die Young | 2008 | Wild Kingdom | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 3 | 5/9/2008 |
| Funeral | From These Wounds | 2006 | Tabu | Doom/Stoner | Etiam | 3.5 | 5/9/2008 |
| Hearse | In These Veins | 2006 | Dental Records | Traditional | Etiam | 3 | 5/16/2008 |
| Nation Beyond | The Aftermath Odyssey | 2008 | Sanctuary Records | Progressive | Frank Hill | 3 | 5/16/2008 |
| Fight | The War of Words-Demos | 2007 | Metal God Entertainment | Traditional | Kim Thore | 5 | 5/16/2008 |
| Gorefest | Rise To Ruin | 2007 | Candlelight | Death | David Loveless | 4.5 | 5/16/2008 |
| Kings X | XV | 2008 | InsideOut | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 5 | 5/30/2008 |
| Faith And Fire | Accelerator | 2007 | Independent | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 2 | 5/28/2008 |
| Monarch | Dead Men Tell No Tales | 2007 | Crucial Blast | Doom/Stoner | Etiam | 2.5 | 5/30/2008 |
| Venom | Metal Black | 2006 | Sanctuary Records | Black | Josh Greer | 2 | 5/28/2008 |
| Randy Ellefson | The Firebard | 2004 | Independent | Traditional | Frank Hill | 3 | 5/29/2008 |
| Randy Ellefson | Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid | 2007 | Independent | Traditional | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 5/30/2008 |
| In Flames | A Sense of Purpose | 2008 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Frank Hill | 3 | 6/12/2008 |
| Volbeat | Rock The Rebel / Metal The Devil | 2007 | Mascot | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 5 | 6/12/2008 |
| Sworn Enemy | Maniacal | 2008 | Century Media | Thrash | Sinnercorp | 4 | 6/12/2008 |
| Architect | All Is Not Lost | 2007 | Black Market Activities | Metalcore/Hardcore | David Loveless | 5 | 6/12/2008 |
| Himsa | Summon in Thunder | 2007 | Century Media | Thrash | Etiam | 2.5 | 6/12/2008 |
| Crystal Eyes | Dead City Dreaming | 2006 | Heavy Fidelity | Power | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 6/12/2008 |
| Blood Red Throne | Come Death | 2007 | Earache | Death | Etiam | 3 | 6/25/2008 |
| Marduk | Opus Nocturne | 1994 | Regain | Black | Etiam | 3 | 6/25/2008 |
| Diecast | Internal Revolution | 2006 | Century Media | Metalcore/Hardcore | Sinnercorp | 3.5 | 6/25/2008 |
| Soilwork | Sworn to a Great Divide | 2007 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Sinnercorp | 3.5 | 6/25/2008 |
| Hellveto | In The Glory Of Heroes | 2006 | Pulverised | Black | Etiam | 3 | 6/25/2008 |
| Depressed Mode | Ghosts of Devotion | 2007 | Firebox | Doom/Stoner | David Loveless | 4 | 6/25/2008 |
| Keep of Kalessin | Armada | 2006 | Candlelight | Black | David Loveless | 4.5 | 7/3/2008 |
| Temple Of Blood | Prepare for the Judgment of Mankind | 2005 | Independent | Thrash | Anthony Burke | 1.5 | 7/3/2008 |
| Nominon | Remnants of a Diabolical History | 2006 | Pulverised | Death | Etiam | 3.5 | 7/3/2008 |
| Ensiferum | Victory Songs | 2007 | Nuclear Blast | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 4 | 7/3/2008 |
| Echoes of Eternity | The Forgotten Goddess | 2007 | Nuclear Blast | Gothic/Symphonic | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 7/3/2008 |
| Sebastian Bach | Angel Down | 2007 | Independent | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 3.5 | 7/3/2008 |
| Zero Hour | A Fragile Mind | 2005 | Sensory Records | Progressive | Anthony Burke | 4.5 | 7/3/2008 |
| Hell N' Diesel | Passion for Power | 2008 | Locomotive Music | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 7/11/2008 |
| Keldian | Journey Of Souls | 2008 | Perris | Power | Raising Iron | 3.5 | 7/11/2008 |
| Keldian | Journey Of Souls | 2008 | Perris | Power | Brad Caplan | 3.5 | 7/11/2008 |
| Kings X | XV | 2008 | InsideOut | Hard Rock | Al Kikuras | 4.5 | 7/11/2008 |
| Destynation | Rising Up | 2006 | Sonic Age | Power | Anthony Burke | 3 | 7/11/2008 |
| Moonspell | Night Eternal | 2008 | SPV/Steamhammer | Gothic/Symphonic | Devil Dave | 5 | 7/11/2008 |
| Pathosray | Pathosray | 2007 | Sensory Records | Progressive | Etiam | 3.5 | 7/11/2008 |
| Keep of Kalessin | Kolossus | 2008 | Nuclear Blast | Black | Raising Iron | 4 | 7/11/2008 |
| Diamond Dogs | Up The Rock | 2008 | Locomotive Music | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 5 | 7/25/2008 |
| Frosthardr | Varg | 2007 | Momentum Scandinavia | Black | David Loveless | 4 | 7/25/2008 |
| Magica | Hereafter | 2007 | AFM | Gothic/Symphonic | Sinnercorp | 3 | 7/25/2008 |
| God Dethroned | The Toxic Touch | 2006 | Metal Blade | Death | Al Kikuras | 4 | 7/25/2008 |
| Unleashed | Hammer Battalion | 2008 | SPV/Steamhammer | Death | Raising Iron | 4 | 7/25/2008 |
| Lair Of The Minotaur | War Metal Battle Master | 2008 | Southern Lord | Thrash | Raising Iron | 3.5 | 7/25/2008 |
| Gorgoroth | Live Grieghallen | 2008 | Regain | Black | Devil Dave | 2.5 | 7/25/2008 |
| Spheric Universe Experience | Mental Torments | 2005 | Replica | Progressive | Anthony Burke | 4 | 7/25/2008 |
| Biolich | The Space Between Home And Today | 2005 | Autopsy Kitchen | Death | Etiam | 2.5 | 7/24/2008 |
| Mongrel | Fear, Lies and Propaganda | 2008 | Screaming Ferret | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 4 | 7/25/2008 |
| Opeth | Watershed | 2008 | Roadrunner | Progressive | Anthony Burke | 5 | 8/1/2008 |
| Heresi | Psalm II - Infusco Ignis | 2006 | Hydra Head Records | Black | Etiam | 3 | 8/1/2008 |
| U.D.O. | Metallized - Best of | 2007 | AFM | Power | Sinnercorp | 4 | 8/1/2008 |
| Night Ranger | Hole in the Sun | 2008 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 8/1/2008 |
| Distorted | Voices From Within | 2008 | Candlelight | Gothic/Symphonic | Raising Iron | 4 | 8/8/2008 |
| Sahg | II | 2008 | Regain | Hard Rock | Etiam | 3 | 8/8/2008 |
| Mass Extinction | Creations Undoing | 2007 | Sentinel Records | Thrash | Kim Thore | 4 | 8/8/2008 |
| Blackmore's Night | Secret Voyage | 2008 | SPV/Steamhammer | Traditional | Raising Iron | 4 | 8/8/2008 |
| Pathology | Incisions of Perverse Debauchery | 2008 | Grindhead Records | Death | Al Kikuras | 3.5 | 8/8/2008 |
| Dantesco | Pagano | 2008 | Cruz Del Sur | Traditional | Raising Iron | 3.5 | 8/8/2008 |
| Kamelot | Ghost Opera: The Second Coming | 2008 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Raising Iron | 2.5 | 8/8/2008 |
| Alkemyst | Through Painful Lanes | 2008 | Nightmare Records | Power | Brad Caplan | 4 | 8/8/2008 |
| Averse Sefira | Advent Parallax | 2008 | Candlelight | Black | David Loveless | 3.5 | 8/8/2008 |
| Bloody Sign | Explosion of Elements | 2007 | Ibex Moon | Death | Etiam | 3.5 | 8/8/2008 |
| Glenn Hughes | Music for the Divine | 2006 | Demolition Records | Hard Rock | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 8/22/2008 |
| Tesla | Comin Atcha Live | 2008 | Independent | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 5 | 8/22/2008 |
| Nachtmystium | Assassins: Black Meddle Pt 1 | 2008 | Century Media | Black | Raising Iron | 4.5 | 8/22/2008 |
| Severe Torture | Sworn Vengeance | 2007 | Earache | Death | Etiam | 3 | 8/22/2008 |
| Woodtemple | Sorrow Of The Wind | 2008 | Folk Produktion | Black | David Loveless | 3.5 | 8/22/2008 |
| Testament | The Formation of Damnation | 2008 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Hail and Kill | 5 | 8/22/2008 |
| Orthodox | Amanecer en Puerta Oscura | 2007 | Southern Lord | Doom/Stoner | Etiam | 3.5 | 8/22/2008 |
| Shining Star | Enter Eternity | 2006 | Nightmare Records | Power | Anthony Burke | 4.5 | 9/7/2008 |
| I Shalt Become | In the Falling Snow | 2008 | No Colours Records | Black | Al Kikuras | 3.5 | 9/8/2008 |
| Tiamat | Amanathes | 2008 | Nuclear Blast | Gothic/Symphonic | Raising Iron | 5 | 9/8/2008 |
| Sodom | The Final Sign of Evil | 2007 | SPV/Steamhammer | Thrash | Vinaya Saksena | 1.5 | 9/8/2008 |
| Bilocate | Sudden Death Syndrome | 2008 | Independent | Doom/Stoner | Raising Iron | 4 | 9/8/2008 |
| Daylight Dies | Lost to the Living | 2008 | Candlelight | Doom/Stoner | Sinnercorp | 3.5 | 9/8/2008 |
| Spheric Universe Experience | Anima | 2007 | Replica | Progressive | Etiam | 3 | 9/8/2008 |
| Ride The Sky | New Protection | 2007 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Vinaya Saksena | 3 | 9/8/2008 |
| Agalloch | The White EP | 2008 | Vendlus Records | Heavy/Extreme | Raising Iron | 4 | 9/19/2008 |
| Impaled Nazarene | Manifest | 2007 | Osmose Productions | Black | Al Kikuras | 4 | 9/19/2008 |
| Dark Funeral | Vobiscum Satanas | 1998 | Regain | Black | Etiam | 2.5 | 9/19/2008 |
| Kataklysm | Prevail | 2008 | Nuclear Blast | Heavy/Extreme | Hail and Kill | 4.5 | 9/19/2008 |
| Cockpit | Mission to Rock | 2008 | Independent | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 5 | 9/19/2008 |
| 40 Below Summer | Side Show Freaks | 2008 | Driven Music | Nu/Rapcore | Sinnercorp | 3 | 9/19/2008 |
| Gutted With Broken Glass | Beaten to a Bloody Pulp | 2007 | Grindhead Records | Death | Al Kikuras | 2 | 9/19/2008 |
| Rosetta | Wake/Lift | 2007 | Translation Loss | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 3 | 9/19/2008 |
| Martin Popoff | Ye Olde Metal: 1968 to 1972 | 2007 | Power Chord Press | Traditional | Raising Iron | 4.5 | 9/19/2008 |
| Deceiver | Holov Posen Tro May Trot | 2006 | Iron Fist Productions | Thrash | Anthony Burke | 3 | 10/6/2008 |
| Evergrey | Torn | 2008 | SPV/Steamhammer | Progressive | Kim Thore | 5 | 10/6/2008 |
| Mortiis | Some Kind Of Heroin | 2007 | Earache | Industrial | David Loveless | 1.5 | 10/6/2008 |
| Ost Est Ima | A Few For The Dead | 2007 | Independent | Thrash | David Loveless | 4.5 | 10/6/2008 |
| Father Befouled | Obscurus Nex Cultus | 2008 | Gasmask Productions | Death | Al Kikuras | 3.5 | 10/6/2008 |
| Demonic Symphony | Frozen Tears | 2006 | Nevermore | Power | David Loveless | 3.5 | 10/6/2008 |
| Zero Hour | Dark Deceiver | 2008 | Sensory Records | Progressive | Kim Thore | 4.5 | 10/6/2008 |
| The Obsessed | Lunar Womb | 1991 | Meteor City | Hard Rock | Etiam | 3.5 | 10/6/2008 |
| Annihilator | Metal | 2007 | SPV/Steamhammer | Thrash | Vinaya Saksena | 2.5 | 10/17/2008 |
| Aetherius Obscuritas | Viziok | 2007 | Paragon | Black | David Loveless | 4 | 10/17/2008 |
| Trivium | Shogun | 2008 | Roadrunner | Thrash | Hail and Kill | 5 | 10/17/2008 |
| Nominon | Terra Necrosis | 2007 | Konqueror Records | Black | Etiam | 3 | 10/17/2008 |
| Pop Evil | Lipstick on the Mirror | 2008 | Pazzo Music | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 5 | 10/17/2008 |
| Witchfinder General | Resurrected | 2008 | Buried By Time & Dust | Doom/Stoner | Raising Iron | 4 | 10/17/2008 |
| Metallica | Death Magnetic | 2008 | Warner Brothers | Thrash | Devil Dave | 4 | 10/17/2008 |
| Cradle of Filth | Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder | 2008 | Roadrunner | Heavy/Extreme | Devil Dave | 4.5 | 10/17/2008 |
| Pyramaze | Immortal | 2008 | Locomotive Music | Power | Raising Iron | 3.5 | 10/17/2008 |
| Lord Belial | Revelation: The 7th Seal | 2007 | Regain | Black | David Loveless | 3 | 10/17/2008 |
| Blood Haven | Religious Suffocation | 2005 | Independent | Black | David Loveless | 3 | 10/17/2008 |
| Straight Line Stitch | When Skies Wash Ashore | 2008 | Koch/Music For Nations | Metalcore/Hardcore | Sinnercorp | 5 | 10/31/2008 |
| Arvas/Hordagaard | Dawn of Satan | 2008 | Azermedoth | Black | Hail and Kill | 4 | 10/31/2008 |
| Last Stone Cast | Last Stone Cast | 2007 | A&S | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 5 | 10/31/2008 |
| Burzum | Anthology | 2008 | Candlelight | Black | Devil Dave | 3 | 10/31/2008 |
| Marduk | Warschau | 2005 | Blooddawn Productions | Black | Etiam | 2 | 10/31/2008 |
| Manilla Road | Voyager | 2008 | My Graveyard | Hard Rock | Raising Iron | 4.5 | 11/7/2008 |
| Communic | Payment of Existence | 2008 | Nuclear Blast | Progressive | Raising Iron | 4.5 | 11/7/2008 |
| SOS | A Guide to Better Living | 2006 | Independent | Hard Rock | Sinnercorp | 2.5 | 11/7/2008 |
| Epica | The Divine Conspiracy | 2007 | Nuclear Blast | Gothic/Symphonic | Vinaya Saksena | 2.5 | 11/7/2008 |
| Vulture Industries | The Dystopia Journals | 2007 | Dark Essence | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 3.5 | 11/7/2008 |
| Intronaut | The Challenger | 2007 | Translation Loss | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 3.5 | 11/7/2008 |
| Catch 22 | Soulreaper: Evilution/Devilution | 2008 | Metal On Metal | Power | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 11/14/2008 |
| Metallica | Death Magnetic | 2008 | Warner Brothers | Thrash | Frank Hill | 4 | 11/14/2008 |
| Psycroptic | Ob(servant) | 2008 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Raising Iron | 3 | 11/14/2008 |
| Holy Moses | Agony of Death | 2008 | Wacken Records | Thrash | Hail and Kill | 4 | 11/14/2008 |
| To-Mera | Transcendental | 2006 | Candlelight | Progressive | Etiam | 2.5 | 11/14/2008 |
| Puscifer | V is for Viagra | 2008 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Devil Dave | 2.5 | 11/13/2008 |
| Armory | The Dawn Of Enlightenment | 2007 | Independent | Power | Frank Hill | 4 | 11/21/2008 |
| Nifelheim | Envoy of Lucifer | 2007 | Regain | Black | Etiam | 4 | 11/21/2008 |
| Midnight Idols | Nightrulers | 2008 | Metal Blade | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/21/2008 |
| Kreator | At the Pulse of Kapitulation | 2008 | SPV/Steamhammer | Thrash | Vinaya Saksena | 2.5 | 11/20/2008 |
| Moonshine | Eternal | 2008 | Dope Entertainment | Heavy/Extreme | Hail and Kill | 4 | 11/29/2008 |
| Daniel Ekeroth | Swedish Death Metal | 2008 | Bazillion Points | Heavy/Extreme | Raising Iron | 4 | 11/29/2008 |
| Embalming Theatre | D-Composition | 2007 | Grindhead Records | Death | Al Kikuras | 4 | 11/29/2008 |
| Hacksaw Surgery | D-Composition | 2007 | Grindhead Records | Death | Al Kikuras | 4 | 11/29/2008 |
| Chrome Division | Booze, Broads and Beelzebub | 2008 | Nuclear Blast | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 3 | 11/29/2008 |
| To-Mera | Delusions | 2008 | Candlelight | Progressive | Raising Iron | 4 | 11/29/2008 |
| Saxon | Into The Labyrinth | 2008 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 11/29/2008 |
| Bloodbath | The Fathomless Mastery | 2008 | Peaceville | Death | Raising Iron | 4 | 11/29/2008 |
| Godhead | At the Edge of the World | 2008 | Driven Music | Gothic/Symphonic | Kim Thore | 4 | 12/5/2008 |
| Axel Rudi Pell | Diamonds Unlocked | 2007 | SPV/Steamhammer | Hard Rock | Vinaya Saksena | 1.5 | 12/5/2008 |
| Souls Of We | Let The Truth Be Known | 2008 | Union Entertainment | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 12/5/2008 |
| Irepress | Samus Octology | 2007 | Translation Loss | Black | Etiam | 3.5 | 12/5/2008 |
| Equilibrium | Sagas | 2008 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Etiam | 3 | 12/12/2008 |
| Evolution | Marcator Project | 2007 | Independent | Traditional | Hail and Kill | 5 | 12/12/2008 |
| Virgin Black | Requiem: Fortissimo | 2008 | The End | Doom/Stoner | Raising Iron | 4.5 | 12/12/2008 |
| After Forever | After Forever | 2007 | Nuclear Blast | Gothic/Symphonic | Vinaya Saksena | 3 | 12/12/2008 |
| Martin Popoff | Ye Olde Metal: 1973 to 1975 | 2007 | Power Chord Press | Traditional | Raising Iron | 4 | 12/22/2008 |
| Grave | Dominion VIII | 2008 | Regain | Death | Etiam | 3.5 | 12/22/2008 |
| The Lamp of Thoth | Portents, Omens, and Dooms | 2008 | Miskatonic Foundation | Doom/Stoner | Raising Iron | 4.5 | 12/22/2008 |
| Grave Digger | Ballads Of A Hangman | 2009 | Napalm | Power | Eric Compton | 2 | 1/13/2009 |
| Iced Earth | The Crucible of Man | 2008 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Raising Iron | 3 | 1/13/2009 |
| Various Artists | Bang Your Head!!! Fest | 2007 | Locomotive Music | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 1/13/2009 |
| Trinacria | Travel Now Journey Infinitely | 2008 | Season of Mist | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 4 | 1/13/2009 |
| Intolerant | Reasons For Unrest | 2008 | Solid Shape | Heavy/Extreme | Hail and Kill | 4 | 1/13/2009 |
| Bullet For My Valentine | Scream Aim Fire | 2008 | Sony Music | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 5 | 1/13/2009 |
| Celestia | Frigidiis Apotheosia : Abstinencia Genesiis | 2008 | Paragon | Black | Etiam | 3 | 1/23/2009 |
| The Ruins of Beverast | Rain Upon The Impure | 2008 | Ancient Dreams | Black | David Loveless | 4.5 | 1/23/2009 |
| Gojira | The Way Of All Flesh | 2008 | Prosthetic | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 3.5 | 1/23/2009 |
| Sinner | Crash & Burn | 2008 | AFM | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 1/23/2009 |
| Medieval Steel | The Dungeon Tapes | 2005 | Independent | Power | Raising Iron | 4 | 1/23/2009 |
| Uriah Heep | Wake The Sleeper | 2008 | Universal | Traditional | Raising Iron | 4 | 2/9/2009 |
| Mouth of the Architect | Quietly | 2008 | Translation Loss | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 3 | 2/9/2009 |
| Mar De Grises | Draining the Waterheart | 2008 | Firebox | Doom/Stoner | Etiam | 3.5 | 2/9/2009 |
| Bible Of The Devil | Freedom Metal | 2008 | Cruz Del Sur | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/9/2009 |
| Alestorm | Leviathan | 2009 | Napalm | Power | Raising Iron | 4.5 | 2/9/2009 |
| Celestiial | Desolate North | 2006 | Bindrune | Doom/Stoner | David Loveless | 4.5 | 2/9/2009 |
| Psycroptic | Ob(servant) | 2008 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Etiam | 3.5 | 2/9/2009 |
| Iron Fire | To The Grave | 2009 | Napalm | Power | Eric Compton | 5 | 2/20/2009 |
| Deadsea | Deadsea | 2007 | Chrome Leaf | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 3.5 | 2/20/2009 |
| Kreator | Hordes of Chaos | 2009 | SPV/Steamhammer | Thrash | Raising Iron | 4 | 2/20/2009 |
| Kiuas | The New Dark Age | 2008 | Spinefarm | Heavy/Extreme | Raising Iron | 4.5 | 2/20/2009 |
| Dead Man | Euphoria | 2008 | Crusher | Hard Rock | Etiam | 3.5 | 2/20/2009 |
| Vengeance | Soul Collector | 2009 | Metal Heaven | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 3/6/2009 |
| Elvenking | The Scythe | 2007 | AFM | Power | Vinaya Saksena | 2 | 3/6/2009 |
| Son of Eric | Epiphany | 2008 | Independent | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 2.5 | 3/6/2009 |
| Amon Amarth | Twilight of the Thunder God | 2008 | Metal Blade | Death | Raising Iron | 4 | 3/6/2009 |
| Poisonblack | A Dead Heavy Day | 2008 | Century Media | Gothic/Symphonic | Raising Iron | 3 | 3/6/2009 |
| Samothrace | Life's Trade | 2008 | 20 Buck Spin | Doom/Stoner | Etiam | 3.5 | 3/6/2009 |
| End of Man | Power, Corruption, and Lies | 2008 | Pit of Death | Thrash | Hail and Kill | 3.5 | 3/6/2009 |
| Place Of Skulls | The Black Is Never Far | 2006 | Exile On Mainstream | Doom/Stoner | Raising Iron | 4.5 | 3/6/2009 |
| Soil | Throttle Junkies | 2007 | Crash Music | Hard Rock | Sinnercorp | 4 | 3/6/2009 |
| Slough Feg | Hardworlder | 2007 | Cruz Del Sur | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 3/13/2009 |
| Miseration | Your Demons, Their Angels | 2007 | Lifeforce Records | Death | Etiam | 3.5 | 3/13/2009 |
| Cursed | Three: Architects of Troubled Sleep | 2008 | Goodfellow Records | Metalcore/Hardcore | Etiam | 4 | 3/13/2009 |
| HammerFall | Steel Meets Steel: 10 Years Of Glory | 2008 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | 5 | 3/13/2009 |
| Edguy | Tinnitus Sanctus | 2008 | Nuclear Blast | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 3 | 3/27/2009 |
| Sin | Audio Summoned Flesh | 2008 | Tower of Doom | Thrash | Hail and Kill | 4 | 3/27/2009 |
| Suidakra | Crogacht | 2009 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Raising Iron | 4.5 | 3/27/2009 |
| Luna Mortis | The Absence | 2009 | Century Media | Progressive | Raising Iron | 3.5 | 3/27/2009 |
| UFOmammut | Idolum | 2008 | Supernatural Cat | Doom/Stoner | Etiam | 3.5 | 3/27/2009 |
| Various Artists | Metalmania 07 | 2007 | Metal Mind Productions | Heavy/Extreme | Sinnercorp | 5 | 3/27/2009 |
| Decapitated | Human's Dust | 2008 | Metal Mind Productions | Death | David Loveless | 4.5 | 3/27/2009 |
| Papa Roach | Metalmorphosis | 2009 | Interscope | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 4/7/2009 |
| Coffins | Buried Death | 2008 | 20 Buck Spin | Death | Etiam | 3.5 | 4/7/2009 |
| Sabaton | The Art of War | 2008 | Black Lodge | Power | Raising Iron | 4 | 4/7/2009 |
| The More I See | The Unholy Feast | 2008 | Transcend Media | Thrash | Hail and Kill | 5 | 4/7/2009 |
| Faded Hope | All That Ever Was - All That Never Will Be | 2008 | Independent | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 4 | 4/7/2009 |
| Verdunkeln | Einblick in den Qualenfall | 2007 | Van | Black | Etiam | 3 | 4/7/2009 |
| Wolfgate | Howling Lament | 2008 | Independent | Black | Raising Iron | 4 | 4/7/2009 |
| Unearth | III - In The Eyes of Fire | 2006 | Metal Blade | Metalcore/Hardcore | Sinnercorp | 4 | 4/6/2009 |
| Samael | Above | 2009 | Nuclear Blast | Black | Raising Iron | 4 | 5/5/2009 |
| Winterfylleth | The Ghost of Heritage | 2008 | Profound Lore | Black | Raising Iron | 4 | 5/5/2009 |
| Ihsahn | Angl | 2008 | Century Media | Black | David Loveless | 4.5 | 5/5/2009 |
| Nasty Idols | Boys Town | 2009 | Metal Heaven | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 5/5/2009 |
| Eighteen Wheels Burning | Tweak'd Out, Strung Up and Redlined | 2008 | Meteor City | Doom/Stoner | Kim Thore | 2.5 | 5/5/2009 |
| Dark Funeral | Secrets of the Black Arts | 2007 | Regain | Black | Etiam | 3 | 5/5/2009 |
| Something Beautiful | States of Being | 2006 | Independent | Gothic/Symphonic | Raising Iron | 3 | 5/5/2009 |
| Yngwie Malmsteen | Angels of Love | 2009 | Rising Force | Traditional | Brad Caplan | 3.5 | 5/5/2009 |
| Battleroar | To Death and Beyond… | 2008 | Cruz Del Sur | Power | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 5/15/2009 |
| Mustasch | Latest Version of the Truth | 2007 | Regain | Hard Rock | Etiam | 3.5 | 5/15/2009 |
| Wolf | Ravenous | 2009 | Century Media | Traditional | Raising Iron | 4.5 | 5/15/2009 |
| My Dying Bride | For Lies I Sire | 2009 | Peaceville | Gothic/Symphonic | Raising Iron | 3.5 | 5/15/2009 |
| HammerFall | No Sacrifice, No Victory | 2009 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Hail and Kill | 4 | 5/15/2009 |
| Candlemass | Death Magic Doom | 2009 | Nuclear Blast | Doom/Stoner | Raising Iron | 5 | 5/15/2009 |
| Akercocke | Antichrist | 2008 | Earache | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 5 | 5/30/2009 |
| Magica | Wolves And Witches | 2008 | AFM | Gothic/Symphonic | Raising Iron | 3 | 5/30/2009 |
| Farmakon | Robin | 2008 | Candlelight | Death | Brad Caplan | 3 | 5/30/2009 |
| Absu | Absu | 2009 | Candlelight | Black | Etiam | 4 | 5/30/2009 |
| In This Moment | The Dream | 2008 | Century Media | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 3 | 5/30/2009 |
| Lair Of The Minotaur | War Metal Battle Master | 2008 | Southern Lord | Thrash | David Loveless | 4.5 | 5/30/2009 |
| Katharsis | Fourth Reich | 2009 | Norma Evangelium Diaboli | Black | Blackgrass | 4 | 6/16/2009 |
| Sotajumala | Teloitus | 2007 | Woodcut | Death | Etiam | 3.5 | 6/16/2009 |
| Icarus Witch | Songs For The Lost | 2007 | Cleopatra | Hard Rock | Etiam | 3 | 6/16/2009 |
| Alestorm | Black Sails At Midnight | 2009 | Napalm | Hard Rock | Raising Iron | 4 | 6/16/2009 |
| Crescent Shield | The Stars of Never Seen | 2009 | Cruz Del Sur | Progressive | Raising Iron | 4 | 6/16/2009 |
| Something Beautiful | Songs About Angels | 2009 | Independent | Progressive | Raising Iron | 3.5 | 6/16/2009 |
| Elvenking | Two Tragedy Poets… | 2009 | AFM | Hard Rock | Raising Iron | 4 | 6/16/2009 |
| Crown The Lost | Blind Faith Loyalty | 2009 | Cruz Del Sur | Thrash | Hail and Kill | 4 | 6/16/2009 |
| Darkane | Demonic Art | 2008 | Massacre | Thrash | Raising Iron | 3 | 7/2/2009 |
| Strapping Young Lad | The New Black | 2006 | Century Media | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 4 | 7/2/2009 |
| Caliban | The Awakening | 2007 | Century Media | Metalcore/Hardcore | David Loveless | 3.5 | 7/2/2009 |
| Nachtmystium | Doomsday Derelicts | 2009 | Battle Kommand | Heavy/Extreme | Raising Iron | 4 | 7/2/2009 |
| DC4 | Explode | 2009 | Chavis | Hard Rock | Vinaya Saksena | 3 | 7/2/2009 |
| Orthodox | Gran Poder | 2006 | Alone | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 3 | 7/2/2009 |
| Raven | Walk Through Fire | 2009 | King Records | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 5 | 7/2/2009 |
| Uli Jon Roth | Under a Dark Sky | 2008 | SPV/Steamhammer | Hard Rock | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 7/17/2009 |
| Amorphis | Skyforger | 2009 | Nuclear Blast | Progressive | Raising Iron | 5 | 7/17/2009 |
| Giant Squid | The Ichthyologist | 2009 | Independent | Progressive | Etiam | 3 | 7/17/2009 |
| Skates and Ernst | Get Thrashed: The Story Of Thrash Metal | 2008 | Lightyear Entertainment | Thrash | Eric Compton | 5 | 7/17/2009 |
| Steel Attack | Carpe DiEnd | 2008 | Locomotive Music | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 2.5 | 7/17/2009 |
| Rudra | Brahmavidya: Transcendental I | 2009 | Trinity Records HK | Heavy/Extreme | Hail and Kill | 4 | 7/17/2009 |
| Suspyre | When Time Fades | 2008 | Sensory Records | Progressive | Raising Iron | 3.5 | 8/12/2009 |
| Dread the Forsaken | Unbound | 2009 | Independent | Power | Hail and Kill | 3 | 8/12/2009 |
| Sister Sin | Switchblade Serenades | 2008 | Victory | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 8/12/2009 |
| Suffocation | Blood Oath | 2009 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Raising Iron | 3.5 | 8/12/2009 |
| Dark Castle | Spirited Migration | 2009 | At A Loss | Doom/Stoner | Raising Iron | 4 | 8/12/2009 |
| Earthen Grave | Dismal Times | 2009 | Independent | Doom/Stoner | Raising Iron | 4.5 | 8/12/2009 |
| Blaze Bayley | The Night That Will Not Die | 2009 | Independent | Traditional | Troy Cole | 4.5 | 8/28/2009 |
| Cage | Science of Annihilation | 2009 | Musicbuymail | Power | Raising Iron | 4 | 8/28/2009 |
| Endstille | Verführer | 2009 | Regain | Black | Etiam | 3 | 8/28/2009 |
| Electric Wizard | Witchcult Today | 2007 | Rise Above | Doom/Stoner | Etiam | 3 | 8/28/2009 |
| Cauldron | Chained To The Nite | 2009 | Earache | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | 3 | 8/28/2009 |
| Enforcer | Into The Night | 2009 | Heavy Artillery | Traditional | Raising Iron | 4.5 | 8/28/2009 |
| Primal Fear | 16.6 (BTDKYD) | 2009 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Raising Iron | 2.5 | 9/18/2009 |
| Withered | Folie Circulaire | 2008 | Prosthetic | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 3.5 | 9/18/2009 |
| Impellitteri | Wicked Maiden | 2009 | Victor Entertainment | Power | Hail and Kill | 3.5 | 9/18/2009 |
| Megadeth | Endgame | 2009 | Roadrunner | Thrash | Maya Ahuja | 5 | 9/19/2009 |
| Leaves Eyes | Njord | 2009 | Napalm | Gothic/Symphonic | Raising Iron | 4 | 10/16/2009 |
| Be'lakor | Stone's Reach | 2009 | Prime Cuts Music | Heavy/Extreme | Hail and Kill | 3 | 10/15/2009 |
| Black Label Society | Skullage | 2009 | Eagle Records | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 3.5 | 10/16/2009 |
| Baroness/Unpersons | A Grey Sigh In A Flowers Husk | 2007 | At A Loss | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 2.5 | 10/30/2009 |
| Decadence | Chargepoint | 2009 | Spiritual Beast | Thrash | Hail and Kill | 3.5 | 10/30/2009 |
| Shadow Demon | Grimoire of Ruin | 2006 | Darkhaven Records | Traditional | Raising Iron | 3.5 | 10/30/2009 |
| Children Of Bodom | Skeletons In The Closet | 2009 | Spinefarm | Power | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 11/7/2009 |
| Richie Kotzen | Peace Sign | 2009 | Independent | Hard Rock | Maya Ahuja | 4 | 11/7/2009 |
| Colosseum | Chapter 1: Delirium | 2007 | Firebox | Doom/Stoner | Raising Iron | 4.5 | 11/7/2009 |
| Pharaoh | Be Gone | 2008 | Cruz Del Sur | Power | Vinaya Saksena | 3 | 11/21/2009 |
| Throneum | Decade of Necrostuprumical Madness | 2006 | Deathgasm Records | Death | David Loveless | 4 | 11/21/2009 |
| Them Crooked Vultures | Them Crooked Vultures | 2009 | Independent | Hard Rock | Maya Ahuja | 5 | 11/21/2009 |
| Dimension F3H | Does The Pain Excite You? | 2007 | Dark Essence | Black | Etiam | 1.5 | 12/16/2009 |
| Witches Mark | A Grim Apparition | 2009 | Heaven and Hell Records | Traditional | Raising Iron | 4 | 12/16/2009 |
| Thryfing | Hels Vite | 2008 | Regain | Black | Etiam | 4 | 12/16/2009 |
| Indighost | The Yang Collection | 2009 | Independent | Progressive | Maya Ahuja | 4 | 12/16/2009 |
| Katatonia | Night Is The New Day | 2009 | Peaceville | Gothic/Symphonic | Raising Iron | 5 | 12/16/2009 |
| Martyr | Fear the Universe | 2009 | Rusty Cage Records | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | 2.5 | 1/7/2010 |
| To-Mera | Delusions | 2008 | Candlelight | Progressive | Etiam | 2 | 1/7/2010 |
| Wolfmother | Cosmic Egg | 2009 | Modular | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 5 | 1/7/2010 |
| Deadbird | Twilight Ritual | 2008 | At A Loss | Doom/Stoner | Etiam | 3 | 1/7/2010 |
| Crystal Viper | Metal Nation | 2009 | Spiritual Beast | Power | Hail and Kill | 3.5 | 1/7/2010 |
| At War | Infidel | 2009 | Heavy Artillery | Thrash | Hail and Kill | 4 | 1/7/2010 |
| Steel Panther | Feel The Steel | 2009 | Universal | Hard Rock | Chris Kincaid | 4.5 | 2/8/2010 |
| Leif Edling | Songs of Torment, Songs of Joy | 2008 | Independent | Doom/Stoner | Raising Iron | 3 | 2/8/2010 |
| Nashville Pussy | From Hell to Texas | 2009 | Spitfire | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 3.5 | 2/8/2010 |
| Iced Earth | The Crucible of Man | 2008 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Etiam | 2.5 | 2/8/2010 |
| Paradise Lost | Faith Divides Us-Death Unites Us | 2009 | Century Media | Gothic/Symphonic | Raising Iron | 4 | 2/8/2010 |
| Lurker of Chalice | Lurker of Chalice | 2008 | Southern Lord | Black | Etiam | 4.5 | 3/5/2010 |
| Charred Walls of the Damned | Charred Walls of the Damned | 2010 | Metal Blade | Traditional | Al Kikuras | 4.5 | 3/4/2010 |
| Ihsahn | After | 2010 | Candlelight | Black | Raising Iron | 4.5 | 3/4/2010 |
| White Wizzard | Over The Top | 2010 | Earache | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 3/4/2010 |
| Powerdrive | Freedom of Speech | 2009 | Killzone Records | Traditional | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 3/4/2010 |
| Insomnium | Across The Dark | 2009 | Candlelight | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 3/4/2010 |
| Lacrimas Profundere | Songs for the Last View | 2008 | Napalm | Gothic/Symphonic | Raising Iron | 3 | 3/4/2010 |
| Dark Tranquillity | We Are The Void | 2010 | Century Media | Thrash | Eric Compton | 5 | 3/5/2010 |
| Wolves in the Throne Room | Black Cascade | 2009 | Southern Lord | Black | David Loveless | 5 | 3/18/2010 |
| Blaze Bayley | Promise And Terror | 2010 | Independent | Traditional | Chris Kincaid | 4.5 | 3/18/2010 |
| Slayer | World Painted Blood | 2009 | American Recordings | Thrash | Ben McCraw | 4.5 | 3/18/2010 |
| Stratovarius | Polaris | 2009 | Victor Entertainment | Power | Vinaya Saksena | 3 | 3/18/2010 |
| Skull Fist | Heavier Than Metal | 2010 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | 5 | 3/18/2010 |
| Ratt | Infestation | 2010 | Roadrunner | Hard Rock | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 3/18/2010 |
| Crazy Lixx | New Religion | 2010 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/18/2010 |
| Treat | Coup De Grace | 2010 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Chris Kincaid | 4 | 4/2/2010 |
| Cathedral | The Guessing Game | 2010 | Nuclear Blast | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 1.5 | 4/2/2010 |
| Abigail Williams | In the Shadow of A Thousand Suns | 2008 | Candlelight | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 4/2/2010 |
| Scar Symmetry | Dark Matter Dimensions | 2009 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Hail and Kill | 4.5 | 4/2/2010 |
| Cauldron | Chained To The Nite | 2009 | Earache | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 4/2/2010 |
| Overmaster | Madness of War | 2010 | Cruz Del Sur | Power | Chris Kincaid | 4 | 4/2/2010 |
| John Oliva's Pain | Festival | 2010 | AFM | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 4/2/2010 |
| The Few Against Many | Sot | 2009 | Pulverised | Death | Etiam | 3.5 | 4/2/2010 |
| Deathspell Omega | Veritas Diaboli… | 2008 | Norma Evangelium Diaboli | Black | David Loveless | 4.5 | 4/2/2010 |
| Thornafire | Exacerbated Gnostic Manifestation | 2007 | Ibex Moon | Death | David Loveless | 3 | 4/2/2010 |
| Hans Dalen | Back to Life | 2009 | Independent | Hard Rock | Maya Ahuja | 4.5 | 4/2/2010 |
| Los Sin Nombre | Blind Leading Blind | 2009 | Vicisolum Productions | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4 | 4/16/2010 |
| Nile | Those Whom The Gods Detest | 2009 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 4/16/2010 |
| Hypocrisy | A Taste of Extreme Divinity | 2009 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 4/16/2010 |
| Nightmare | Insurrection | 2009 | AFM | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 4/16/2010 |
| Katatonia | Night Is The New Day | 2009 | Peaceville | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 4/16/2010 |
| Bitchfire | Bitchfire | 2009 | Savage Entertainment | Hard Rock | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 4/16/2010 |
| Oceano | Depths | 2009 | Earache | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 4/16/2010 |
| Lynch Mob | Smoke and Mirrors | 2009 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Chris Kincaid | 3 | 4/16/2010 |
| Orphaned Land | The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR | 2010 | Century Media | Progressive | Raising Iron | 5 | 4/16/2010 |
| Mob Rules | Radical Peace | 2009 | AFM | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 4/16/2010 |
| Corpus Christi | The Darker Shades of White | 2008 | Victory | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 4/16/2010 |
| Warbringer | Waking Into Nightmares | 2009 | Century Media | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 4/16/2010 |
| Crazy Lixx | New Religion | 2010 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 5/1/2010 |
| Annihilator | Annihilator | 2010 | Earache | Thrash | Chris Kincaid | 4 | 5/2/2010 |
| Volbeat | Live "Sold Out" | 2008 | Mascot | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 5 | 5/2/2010 |
| Pretty Maids | Pandemonium | 2010 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 5/1/2010 |
| Dark Tranquillity | We Are The Void | 2010 | Century Media | Thrash | Raising Iron | 3 | 5/1/2010 |
| Secrets of the Moon | Privilegivm | 2009 | Lupus Lounge | Black | Etiam | 3 | 5/1/2010 |
| Rammstein | Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da | 2009 | Universal | Industrial | Ben McCraw | 3.5 | 5/2/2010 |
| Nevermore | The Obsidian Conspiracy | 2010 | Century Media | Progressive | Hail and Kill | 4.5 | 5/3/2010 |
| Skull Fist | Heavier Than Metal | 2010 | Independent | Traditional | Chris Kincaid | 4 | 5/17/2010 |
| Godsmack | The Oracle | 2010 | Republic | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 5/18/2010 |
| Overkill | Ironbound | 2010 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 5/18/2010 |
| Masterplan | Time To Be King | 2010 | AFM | Hard Rock | Chris Kincaid | 4 | 5/19/2010 |
| Napalm Death | Time Waits For No Slave | 2009 | Century Media | Death | Ben McCraw | 4.5 | 5/24/2010 |
| Cannibal Corpse | Evisceration Plague | 2009 | Metal Blade | Death | Ben McCraw | 5 | 5/24/2010 |
| Winger | Karma | 2010 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Jonah Haze | 4 | 5/27/2010 |
| Hooded Menace | Never Cross The Dead | 2010 | Profound Lore | Doom/Stoner | Raising Iron | 4 | 5/27/2010 |
| Dokken | Greatest Hits 2 | 2010 | Cleopatra | Hard Rock | Chris Kincaid | 3 | 6/14/2010 |
| Borknagar | Universal | 2010 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Raising Iron | 4.5 | 6/15/2010 |
| Avantasia | The Wicked Symphony | 2010 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Chris Kincaid | 4 | 6/14/2010 |
| Jackyl | When Moonshine And Gasoline Collide | 2010 | Mighty Loud Ent. | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 6/15/2010 |
| Axel Rudi Pell | The Crest | 2010 | SPV/Steamhammer | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 6/25/2010 |
| Burzum | Belus | 2010 | Byelobog Productions | Black | Ben McCraw | 4 | 6/24/2010 |
| The Vision Bleak | Set Sail To Mystery | 2010 | Prophecy | Death | Raising Iron | 4 | 6/25/2010 |
| Enforcer | Diamonds | 2010 | Heavy Artillery | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 6/25/2010 |
| Ozzy Osbourne | Scream | 2010 | Epic Records | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 7/2/2010 |
| Scorpions | Sting In The Tail | 2010 | Universal | Power | Jonah Haze | 4 | 7/1/2010 |
| Demonica | Demonstrous | 2010 | Massacre | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4 | 7/15/2010 |
| Steel Assassin | In Hellfire Forged | 2009 | High Roller | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 7/15/2010 |
| Funeral Mist | Maranatha | 2009 | Norma Evangelium Diaboli | Black | Etiam | 3.5 | 7/16/2010 |
| Jeff Scott Soto | One Night In Madrid | 2009 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Chris Kincaid | 3 | 7/16/2010 |
| Divine Heresy | Bringer Of Plagues | 2009 | Century Media | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/21/2010 |
| Keel | Streets Of Rock & Roll | 2010 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Chris Kincaid | 3 | 7/20/2010 |
| Immolation | Majesty and Decay | 2010 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Ben McCraw | 5 | 7/20/2010 |
| White Wizzard | Over The Top | 2010 | Earache | Traditional | Greg Watson | 5 | 8/9/2010 |
| Soilwork | The Panic Broadcast | 2010 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/9/2010 |
| Grand Magus | Hammer Of The North | 2010 | Roadrunner | Traditional | Eric Compton | 5 | 8/24/2010 |
| Black Majesty | In Your Honour | 2010 | Limb Music | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 8/23/2010 |
| DesDemon | The Awakening | 2010 | Frontiers | Gothic/Symphonic | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 8/22/2010 |
| Burden Of Grief | Follow The Flames | 2010 | Massacre | Death | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 9/3/2010 |
| Heavenly | Carpe Diem | 2010 | AFM | Power | Chris Kincaid | 3 | 9/3/2010 |
| Baroness | Blue Record | 2009 | Relapse | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 3.5 | 9/3/2010 |
| Iron Fate | Cast In Iron | 2010 | Massacre | Power | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 9/4/2010 |
| Rush | Beyond the Lighted Stage | 2010 | Banger Films | Progressive | Kim Thore | 4 | 10/1/2010 |
| Fear Factory | Mechanize | 2010 | Candlelight | Heavy/Extreme | Ben McCraw | 4 | 9/30/2010 |
| Exodus | Exhibit B: The Human Condition | 2010 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Ben McCraw | 4.5 | 9/30/2010 |
| Akuma | Under A Killing Moon | 2009 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/29/2010 |
| Halloween | Victims Of The Night | 2010 | Pure Steel | Traditional | Eric Compton | 5 | 10/29/2010 |
| My Own Grave | Necrology | 2009 | Pulverised | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 10/28/2010 |
| Corporation 187 | Newcomers of Sin | 2008 | Anticulture | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 4 | 11/12/2010 |
| ReinXeed | Majestic | 2010 | Liljegren | Power | Chris Kincaid | 5 | 11/12/2010 |
| Dimmu Borgir | Abrahadabra | 2010 | Nuclear Blast | Black | Ravana | 2.5 | 12/10/2010 |
| Shrinebuilder | Shrinebuilder | 2009 | Neurot | Doom/Stoner | Etiam | 3 | 12/9/2010 |
| Séance | Awakening of the Gods | 2009 | Pulverised | Death | Etiam | 3.5 | 12/17/2010 |
| Melechesh | The Epigenesis | 2010 | Nuclear Blast | Heavy/Extreme | Ravana | 4.5 | 1/7/2011 |
| Dark Moor | Ancestral Romance | 2010 | Scarlet | Power | Anthony Burke | 3 | 1/6/2011 |
| Alestorm | Captain Morgan's Revenge | 2008 | Napalm | Traditional | Etiam | 2 | 1/6/2011 |
| Mastercastle | Mastercastle | 2010 | Lion Music | Hard Rock | Guest | 4 | 1/31/2011 |
| Bullet | Highway Pirates | 2011 | Black Lodge | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 2/1/2011 |
| Early Man | Death Potion | 2010 | Myspace Music | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 2/1/2011 |
| Jag Panzer | Scourge Of The Light | 2011 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 2/2/2011 |
| Motorhead | The Wörld is Yours | 2011 | Future plc | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/3/2011 |
| Lemmy | Lemmy DVD | 2011 | E1 Entertainment | Traditional | Frank Hill | 4 | 2/4/2011 |
| Korpiklaani | Ukon Wacka | 2011 | Nuclear Blast | Traditional | Ravana | 3.5 | 2/16/2011 |
| Emerald Sun | Regeneration | 2011 | Pitch Black | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 2/15/2011 |
| Crystal Viper | Legends | 2011 | AFM | Power | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 2/24/2011 |
| Ektomorf | Redemption | 2010 | AFM | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 2/25/2011 |
| Scheepers | Scheepers | 2011 | Frontiers | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 3/4/2011 |
| Vicious Rumors | Razorback Killers | 2011 | SPV/Steamhammer | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 3/11/2011 |
| Red Line Chemistry | Dying For a Living | 2010 | Independent | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 4 | 3/10/2011 |
| Om | Pilgrimage | 2007 | Southern Lord | Doom/Stoner | Etiam | 2 | 3/9/2011 |
| Grave Digger | The Clans Will Rise Again | 2010 | Napalm | Power | Eric Compton | 2 | 3/10/2011 |
| Elvenking | Red Silent Tides | 2010 | AFM | Traditional | Ravana | 4 | 4/1/2011 |
| Lazarus A.D. | Black Rivers Flow | 2011 | Metal Blade | Heavy/Extreme | Anthony Burke | 4.5 | 4/1/2011 |
| The Crown | Doomsday King | 2010 | Century Media | Death | Eric Compton | 4 | 4/1/2011 |
| Killing Joke | Absolute Dissent | 2010 | Spinefarm | Industrial | Ben McCraw | 4.5 | 4/1/2011 |
| Shakra | Back On Track | 2011 | AFM | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 4/13/2011 |
| Steel Seal | Redemption Denied | 2010 | Underground Symphony | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 4/13/2011 |
| Mercenary | Metamorphosis | 2011 | Prosthetic | Progressive | Eric Compton | 5 | 4/14/2011 |
| Scale The Summit | Carving Desert Canyons | 2009 | Prosthetic | Heavy/Extreme | Chris Kincaid | 3 | 4/12/2011 |
| The Showdown | Blood In The Gears | 2010 | Solid State | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 4 | 4/29/2011 |
| Dragonsfire | Metal Service | 2010 | Pure Steel | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 4/29/2011 |
| Ulcerate | The Destroyers Of All | 2011 | Willowtip | Death | David Loveless | 5 | 5/13/2011 |
| Cruachan | Blood on the Black Robe | 2011 | Candlelight | Black | Ravana | 4.5 | 5/13/2011 |
| Cauldron | Burning Fortune | 2011 | Earache | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 5/13/2011 |
| Cradle of Filth | Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa | 2010 | Peaceville | Black | Ben McCraw | 3 | 6/2/2011 |
| Amorphis | The Beginning Of Times | 2011 | Nuclear Blast | Progressive | Eric Compton | 4 | 6/3/2011 |
| Anvil | Juggernaut Of Justice | 2011 | The End | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/3/2011 |
| HammerFall | Infected | 2011 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Chris Kincaid | 2.5 | 6/3/2011 |
| Warrant (Amer) | Rockaholic | 2011 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 6/15/2011 |
| Ofermod | Tiamtü | 2008 | Norma Evangelium Diaboli | Black | Etiam | 2 | 6/15/2011 |
| Krokus | Hoodoo | 2010 | Sony Music | Hard Rock | Vinaya Saksena | 2.5 | 6/15/2011 |
| Poisonblack | Drive | 2011 | Hype | Gothic/Symphonic | Eric Compton | 4 | 6/16/2011 |
| Arch Enemy | Khaos Legions | 2011 | Century Media | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/1/2011 |
| Saxon | Call To Arms | 2011 | EMI | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 7/2/2011 |
| Axenstar | Aftermath | 2011 | Ice Warrior | Power | Anthony Burke | 3.5 | 6/30/2011 |
| Wicked Sensation | Crystallized | 2010 | Metal Heaven | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 7/1/2011 |
| Wizard | Of Wairwulfs And Bluotvarwes | 2011 | Massacre | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/14/2011 |
| Mean Streak | Declaration Of War | 2011 | Black Lodge | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 7/14/2011 |
| Kinlin | End of Dissent | 2009 | Independent | Hard Rock | Chris Kincaid | 3 | 7/13/2011 |
| Wolf | Legions Of Bastards | 2011 | Century Media | Traditional | David Loveless | 4.5 | 7/15/2011 |
| Iced Earth | Festivals of the Wicked | 2011 | Century Media | Power | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/5/2011 |
| In Flames | Sounds of a Playground Fading | 2011 | Century Media | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 8/5/2011 |
| Wino | Punctuated Equilibrium | 2009 | Southern Lord | Hard Rock | Etiam | 2.5 | 8/4/2011 |
| Enforcer | Diamonds | 2010 | Heavy Artillery | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 8/3/2011 |
| Unsun | Clinic For Dolls | 2010 | Mystic Productions | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 8/18/2011 |
| Votum | Metafiction | 2009 | Mystic Productions | Progressive | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 8/18/2011 |
| Arch Enemy | Khaos Legions | 2011 | Century Media | Thrash | Greg Watson | 5 | 8/18/2011 |
| Burn Halo | Up From The Ashes | 2011 | Rawkhead Records | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 5 | 8/19/2011 |
| Electric Boys | And Them Boys Done Swang | 2011 | Escape Music | Hard Rock | Jonah Haze | 4.5 | 9/19/2011 |
| Marduk | Dark Endless | 2007 | Regain | Black | Etiam | 3 | 9/19/2011 |
| The Rods | Vengeance | 2011 | Niji Entertainment | Traditional | Jonah Haze | 2 | 9/19/2011 |
| Destrophy | Cry Havoc | 2011 | Victory | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 9/19/2011 |
| Black Veil Brides | Set The World On Fire | 2011 | Universal | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/30/2011 |
| Seven Witches | Call Upon The Wicked | 2011 | Screaming Ferret | Traditional | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 9/30/2011 |
| Motley Crue | Saints of Los Angeles | 2008 | Eleven Seven | Hard Rock | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 9/29/2011 |
| Cairn | Raise the Cairn | 2011 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Ravana | 4 | 10/25/2011 |
| Consfearacy | Consfearacy | 2011 | Massacre | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 10/22/2011 |
| Iced Earth | Dystopia | 2011 | Century Media | Power | Greg Watson | 4 | 10/23/2011 |
| HammerFall | Infected | 2011 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 10/20/2011 |
| U.D.O. | Rev Raptor | 2011 | AFM | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 10/23/2011 |
| Steel Panther | Balls Out | 2011 | Universal | Hard Rock | Chris Kincaid | 5 | 11/9/2011 |
| White Wizzard | Flying Tigers | 2011 | Dream Catcher | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 11/8/2011 |
| Deicide | To Hell With God | 2011 | Century Media | Death | Ben McCraw | 5 | 11/8/2011 |
| Five Finger Death Punch | American Capitalist | 2011 | Prospect Park | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 4 | 12/2/2011 |
| Falling In Reverse | The Drug In Me Is You | 2011 | Epitaph | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 5 | 12/2/2011 |
| Sebastian Bach | Kicking & Screaming | 2011 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Chris Kincaid | 2.5 | 12/1/2011 |
| Unanimated | In the Forest of the Dreaming Dead | 2008 | Regain | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 3.5 | 12/1/2011 |
| Lechery | In Fire | 2011 | Metal Heaven | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 12/16/2011 |
| Outloud | Love Catastrophe | 2011 | AOR Heaven | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 12/16/2011 |
| Rammstein | Made In Germany 1995-2011 | 2012 | Universal | Heavy/Extreme | Ben McCraw | 3.5 | 1/5/2012 |
| Ammotrack | Come Die With Us | 2011 | Gain Records | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 1/6/2012 |
| Thunderblast | Invaders From Another World | 2011 | Pure Steel | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 1/12/2012 |
| Electric Sister | The Lost Art Of Rock And Roll | 2011 | Independent | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 1/13/2012 |
| Cradle of Filth | Evermore Darkly | 2011 | Nuclear Blast | Black | Greg Watson | 2 | 1/29/2012 |
| Mondvolland | d'Olde Roop | 2010 | Apollon | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 1/29/2012 |
| Loudness | Eve To Dawn | 2011 | Tokuma Communications | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 1/30/2012 |
| Primal Fear | Unbreakable | 2011 | Frontiers | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 1/30/2012 |
| Ghost | Opus Eponymous | 2011 | Metal Blade | Hard Rock | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 2/10/2012 |
| Tokyo Blade | Thousand Men Strong | 2011 | Fastball Media | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 2/9/2012 |
| Ronny Munroe | Lords Of The Edge | 2011 | Rat Pak | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/17/2012 |
| Iron Savior | The Landing | 2011 | AFM | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/16/2012 |
| Lecherous Nocturne | The Age of Miracles Has Passed | 2008 | Unique Leader | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 3 | 2/16/2012 |
| Blessed By A Broken Heart | Feel The Power | 2012 | Tooth And Nail | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 2/24/2012 |
| Hysterica | The Art of Metal | 2012 | Black Lodge | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 2/23/2012 |
| Alcoholator | Coma | 2011 | EBM Records | Thrash | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 3/2/2012 |
| Brainstorm | On the Spur of the Moment | 2011 | AFM | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/1/2012 |
| Midnight Chaser | Rough And Tough | 2011 | Heavy Artillery | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 3/15/2012 |
| Devil's Train | Devil's Train | 2012 | Escape Music | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 3/14/2012 |
| Scale The Summit | Carving Desert Canyons | 2009 | Prosthetic | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 3 | 3/14/2012 |
| Hellveto | Neoheresy | 2008 | Pulverised | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 3 | 3/14/2012 |
| Overkill | The Electric Age | 2012 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Chris Kincaid | 5 | 3/23/2012 |
| Lacuna Coil | Dark Adrenaline | 2012 | Century Media | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 4 | 3/22/2012 |
| Borknagar | Urd | 2012 | Century Media | Black | Greg Watson | 5 | 3/30/2012 |
| Unleashed | Odalheim | 2012 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 3/28/2012 |
| Sinner | One Bullet Left | 2011 | AFM | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 4/11/2012 |
| Van Halen | A Different Kind Of Truth | 2012 | Universal | Hard Rock | Jonah Haze | 4 | 4/13/2012 |
| Marduk | Nightwing | 2008 | Regain | Black | Etiam | 3 | 5/3/2012 |
| Celleste | Ready to Fly | 2012 | Mighty Music | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 4 | 5/3/2012 |
| Rage | 21 | 2012 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/3/2012 |
| Jack Blades | Rock 'N Roll Ride | 2012 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 5 | 5/4/2012 |
| Shinedown | Amaryllis | 2012 | Atlantic | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 5/16/2012 |
| Necronomicon | Invictus | 2012 | Massacre | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 5/17/2012 |
| Casablanca | Apocalyptic Youth | 2012 | Rocket Songs | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 5 | 5/18/2012 |
| Unisonic | Unisonic | 2012 | Ear Music | Power | Eric Compton | 2 | 5/18/2012 |
| Lonewolf | Army Of The Damned | 2012 | Napalm | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 6/4/2012 |
| Sunstorm | Emotional Fire | 2012 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Jonah Haze | 5 | 6/5/2012 |
| Steelwing | Zone Of Alienation | 2012 | Noise Records | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/4/2012 |
| Havok | Point of No Return | 2012 | Candlelight | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4 | 6/5/2012 |
| Nile | At the Gate of Sethu | 2012 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 6/22/2012 |
| Kreator | Phantom Antichrist | 2012 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4 | 6/20/2012 |
| Fox | 2012 | 2012 | Sony Music | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 6/20/2012 |
| Oz | Burning Leather | 2012 | AFM | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 6/21/2012 |
| Sophicide | Perdition Of The Sublime | 2012 | Willowtip | Death | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 7/13/2012 |
| Delain | We Are The Others | 2012 | Roadrunner | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 7/13/2012 |
| Running Wild | Shadowmaker | 2012 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Eric Compton | 2 | 7/12/2012 |
| Dear Superstar | Damned Religion | 2012 | Global Music | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 2 | 7/12/2012 |
| Testament | Dark Roots of Earth | 2012 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/18/2012 |
| In This Moment | Blood | 2012 | Century Media | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/18/2012 |
| Hyde Abbey | Hall of Shame | 2012 | Suspiria | Death | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 9/7/2012 |
| Synasthasia | Style Collector | 2012 | Independent | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/6/2012 |
| Rise To Fall | Defying The Gods | 2012 | Coroner | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/6/2012 |
| The Hounds of Hasselvander | The Ninth Hour | 2011 | Black Widow | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 9/6/2012 |
| Oceans of Night | Domain | 2011 | Independent | Progressive | Frank Hill | 4 | 9/27/2012 |
| Grave Digger | Clash Of The Gods | 2012 | Napalm | Power | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 9/26/2012 |
| Arthemis | We Fight | 2012 | Hydrant Records | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/25/2012 |
| Icarus Witch | Rise | 2012 | Cleopatra | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 9/28/2012 |
| T&N | Slave To The Empire | 2012 | Rat Pak | Hard Rock | Chris Kincaid | 2 | 10/19/2012 |
| Austaras | Under the Abysmal Light | 2011 | Independent | Black | Etiam | 3.5 | 10/19/2012 |
| Dynazty | Sultans Of Sin | 2012 | Stormvox | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 10/19/2012 |
| Adrenaline Mob | Omerta | 2012 | Century Media | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 10/20/2012 |
| Perzonal War | Captive Breeding | 2012 | Metalville | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4 | 11/30/2012 |
| Sky Of Rage | Sky Of Rage | 2012 | Metalville | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 11/30/2012 |
| Miss May I | At Heart | 2012 | Rise Records | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/29/2012 |
| All That Remains | A War You Cannot Win | 2012 | Razor & Tie | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/29/2012 |
| Orden Ogan | To The End | 2012 | AFM | Power | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 12/28/2012 |
| As I Lay Dying | Awakened | 2012 | Metal Blade | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 12/27/2012 |
| Dokken | Broken Bones | 2012 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 12/28/2012 |
| Wolves in the Throne Room | Celestial Lineage | 2011 | Southern Lord | Black | Etiam | 3.5 | 12/27/2012 |
| Nightmare | The Burden Of God | 2012 | AFM | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 1/10/2013 |
| God Forbid | Equlibrium | 2012 | Victory | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 4 | 1/11/2013 |
| Loudness | 2.0.1.2 | 2012 | Tokuma Communications | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 1/11/2013 |
| Prototype | Catalyst | 2012 | Nightmare Records | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 1/11/2013 |
| Herman Frank | Right In The Guts | 2012 | Metal Heaven | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/19/2013 |
| Blynd | Punishment Unfolds | 2012 | Pitch Black | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 2/19/2013 |
| Threshold | March of Progress | 2012 | Nuclear Blast | Progressive | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 2/19/2013 |
| Bloodbound | In The Name Of Metal | 2012 | AFM | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 2/18/2013 |
| Voivod | Target Earth | 2013 | Century Media | Progressive | Vinaya Saksena | 4.5 | 3/2/2013 |
| Engel | Blood Of The Saints | 2012 | Season of Mist | Industrial | Eric Compton | 4 | 3/1/2013 |
| Axewound | Vultures | 2012 | The End | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/1/2013 |
| Three Days Grace | Transit Of Venus | 2012 | RCA Records | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 3/1/2013 |
| Amaranthe | Amaranthe | 2011 | Spinefarm | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 3/13/2013 |
| Holy Grail | Ride The Void | 2013 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/14/2013 |
| Flotsam & Jetsam | Ugly Noise | 2013 | Metal Blade | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/13/2013 |
| Avatar | The Black Waltz | 2012 | Gain Records | Death | Greg Watson | 5 | 3/15/2013 |
| Soilwork | The Living Infinite | 2013 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 3/24/2013 |
| Amorphis | Circle | 2013 | Nuclear Blast | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 3/25/2013 |
| Bring Me The Horizon | Sempiternal | 2013 | Epitaph | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 4/12/2013 |
| Sevendust | Black Out The Sun | 2013 | 7 Bros. | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 4/10/2013 |
| Hypocrisy | End Of Disclosure | 2013 | Nuclear Blast | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 4/11/2013 |
| Axel Rudi Pell | Circle Of The Oath | 2012 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 4/10/2013 |
| Paragon | Force Of Destruction | 2012 | Napalm | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 4/25/2013 |
| Saxon | Sacrifice | 2013 | UDR | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 4/26/2013 |
| Iced Earth | Live In Ancient Kourion | 2013 | Century Media | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 5/10/2013 |
| Earthrise | Eras Lost | 2012 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 4.5 | 5/10/2013 |
| Killswitch Engage | Disarm The Descent | 2013 | Roadrunner | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/10/2013 |
| Scelerata | The Sniper | 2012 | Nightmare Records | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/10/2013 |
| Queensryche | Queensryche | 2013 | Century Media | Progressive | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 6/29/2013 |
| Pilgrim | Misery Wizard | 2012 | Metal Blade | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 6/27/2013 |
| Xanthochroid | Blessed He With Boils | 2012 | Erthe and Axen | Black | Greg Watson | 5 | 6/28/2013 |
| God Forbid | Equlibrium | 2012 | Victory | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 4 | 6/26/2013 |
| Fatal Smile | 21st Century Freaks | 2012 | GMR Music | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 7/18/2013 |
| Hatebreed | The Divinity of Purpose | 2013 | Razor & Tie | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 7/16/2013 |
| Six Feet Under | Unborn | 2013 | Metal Blade | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/17/2013 |
| Amon Amarth | Deceiver of the Gods | 2013 | Metal Blade | Death | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 7/19/2013 |
| Ashes of Ares | Ashes of Ares | 2013 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Greg Watson | 4 | 9/13/2013 |
| Asking Alexandria | From Death to Destiny | 2013 | Sumerian | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 9/12/2013 |
| The Order | 1986 | 2012 | Massacre | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 9/11/2013 |
| The Defiled | Daggers | 2013 | Nuclear Blast | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 5 | 9/14/2013 |
| Monster Magnet | Last Patrol | 2013 | Napalm | Hard Rock | Kim Thore | 5 | 10/9/2013 |
| Warbringer | IV-Empires Collapse | 2013 | Century Media | Thrash | Greg Watson | 5 | 11/1/2013 |
| Mercenary | Through Our Darkest Days | 2013 | Prosthetic | Power | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 10/31/2013 |
| Testament | Dark Roots of Thrash | 2013 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Greg Watson | 5 | 10/31/2013 |
| Deicide | In the Minds of Evil | 2013 | Century Media | Death | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 12/17/2013 |
| Heart of a Coward | Severance | 2013 | Century Media | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 5 | 12/18/2013 |
| Avatarium | Avatarium | 2013 | Nuclear Blast | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 4.5 | 12/18/2013 |
| Pretty Maids | Motherland | 2013 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/7/2014 |
| Kvelertak | Meir | 2013 | Roadrunner | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4 | 1/7/2014 |
| Watain | The Wild Hunt | 2013 | Century Media | Black | Greg Watson | 5 | 1/8/2014 |
| Unanimated | Ancient God of Evil | 2008 | Regain | Black | Etiam | 3 | 1/6/2014 |
| Hirax | Immortal Legacy | 2014 | SPV/Steamhammer | Thrash | TJ Fowler | 4 | 2/19/2014 |
| Primal Fear | Delivering The Black | 2014 | Frontiers | Power | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 2/20/2014 |
| Annihilator | Feast | 2013 | UDR | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 2/20/2014 |
| Behemoth | The Satanist | 2014 | Metal Blade | Black | TJ Fowler | 3 | 2/20/2014 |
| Iced Earth | Plagues of Babylon | 2014 | Century Media | Power | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 2/21/2014 |
| Tad Morose | Revenant | 2013 | Despotz | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 2/20/2014 |
| Deficiency | The Prodigal Child | 2013 | Fantai'zic Productions | Thrash | Greg Watson | 5 | 3/7/2014 |
| Architects | Lost Forever/Lost Together | 2014 | Epitaph | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 5 | 3/28/2014 |
| Ektomorf | Retribution | 2014 | AFM | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 4 | 3/27/2014 |
| Anti-Mortem | New Southern | 2014 | Nuclear Blast | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 5/1/2014 |
| Hellyeah | Blood for Blood | 2014 | Eleven Seven | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 4 | 5/2/2014 |
| Helstar | This Wicked Nest | 2014 | AFM | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4 | 5/1/2014 |
| Sabaton | Heroes | 2014 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 5/2/2014 |
| Daniel Trigger | Army of One | 2014 | Independent | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 5/12/2014 |
| Bigelf | Into the Maelstrom | 2014 | InsideOut | Hard Rock | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 5/12/2014 |
| Avatar | Hail the Apocalypse | 2014 | Entertainment One | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 5/14/2014 |
| Vallenfyre | Splinters | 2014 | Century Media | Gothic/Symphonic | Eric Compton | 4 | 5/13/2014 |
| Lacuna Coil | Broken Crown Halo | 2014 | Century Media | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 5/14/2014 |
| Audrey Horne | Youngblood | 2014 | Napalm | Hard Rock | Greg Watson | 5 | 5/13/2014 |
| Cauldron | Tomorrow's Lost | 2012 | Earache | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 1/1/2014 |
| Modern Day Escape | Under The Gun | 2012 | Standby | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/1/2014 |
| Primal Fear | Delivering The Black | 2014 | Frontiers | Power | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 1/1/2014 |
| RAM | Death | 2012 | Metal Blade | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/1/2014 |
| Wretched | Cannibal | 2014 | Victory | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4 | 6/12/2014 |
| Sinner Sinners | XI | 2014 | Cadavra | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/11/2014 |
| Hatriot | Dawn Of The New Centurion | 2014 | Massacre | Thrash | Troy Cole | 4 | 6/11/2014 |
| Ghost | Infestissumam | 2013 | Loma Vista | Traditional | Greg Watson | 4 | 6/10/2014 |
| Arch Enemy | War Eternal | 2014 | Century Media | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 6/12/2014 |
| Tesla | Simplicity | 2014 | Independent | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 6/27/2014 |
| Septicflesh | Titan | 2014 | Prosthetic | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 6/26/2014 |
| Vader | Tibi Et Igni | 2014 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Eric Compton | 4 | 6/25/2014 |
| Insomnium | Shadows of the Dying Sun | 2014 | Century Media | Death | T. Ray Verteramo | 3 | 6/24/2014 |
| Devil You Know | The Beauty Of Destruction | 2014 | Nuclear Blast | Metalcore/Hardcore | Troy Cole | 4 | 7/3/2014 |
| Blood Label | Skeletons | 2014 | Mighty Music | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/2/2014 |
| Skinfather | None Will Mourn | 2014 | Streetcleaner | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 7/1/2014 |
| Reign | Now & Forever | 2014 | Divebomb | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/1/2014 |
| The More I See | Disappearing Humans | 2014 | Earache | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/11/2014 |
| The Hell | Groovehammer | 2014 | Prosthetic | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 7/10/2014 |
| Grave Digger | Return of the Reaper | 2014 | Napalm | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 7/9/2014 |
| Aphyxion | Earth Entangled | 2014 | Mighty Music | Death | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 7/8/2014 |
| Laethora | March of the Parasite | 2007 | Unruly Sounds | Death | Etiam | 3 | 7/14/2007 |
| Savage Messiah | Insurrection Rising | 2009 | Candlelight | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 7/14/2009 |
| Witchery | Witchkrieg | 2010 | Century Media | Thrash | Greg Watson | 3 | 7/14/2010 |
| Witchery | Witchkrieg | 2010 | Century Media | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 7/14/2010 |
| Edge of Paradise | Mask | 2011 | Mytone | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/14/2011 |
| Vengeance | Crystal Eye | 2012 | SPV/Steamhammer | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 7/14/2012 |
| Overkill | White Devil Armory | 2014 | Eone | Thrash | T. Ray Verteramo | 4.5 | 7/23/2014 |
| Fozzy | Do You Wanna Start A War | 2014 | Century Media | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 7/22/2014 |
| King of Asgard | Karg | 2014 | Metal Blade | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 7/21/2014 |
| Bloody Hammers | Under Satan's Sun | 2014 | Napalm | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 7/20/2014 |
| John Wesley | Disconnect | 2014 | InsideOut | Progressive | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 7/19/2014 |
| The Dead Daisies | The Dead Daisies | 2013 | Caroline | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 7/19/2014 |
| Miss May I | Rise of the Lion | 2014 | Rise Records | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 4 | 4/1/2014 |
| War Of Ages | Return To Life | 2012 | Facedown | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 4 | 4/1/2012 |
| Enforcer | Death By Fire | 2013 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4 | 6/1/2013 |
| Within the Ruins | Phenomena | 2014 | Entertainment One | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 7/30/2014 |
| Allegaeon | Elements of the Infinite | 2014 | Metal Blade | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/1/2014 |
| Dragonforce | Maximum Overload | 2014 | Metal Blade | Power | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/31/2014 |
| Ill Nino | Till Death, La Familia | 2014 | Victory | Nu/Rapcore | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/30/2014 |
| Parzival | Parzival | 2014 | Mighty Music | Heavy/Extreme | Nate Turpin | 3 | 8/4/2014 |
| Vile Regression | Empires | 2014 | Independent | Death | Nate Turpin | 3 | 8/5/2014 |
| Dead by Wednesday | Death of The Rockstar | 2014 | Ear One Productions | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/6/2014 |
| Veni Domine | Light | 2014 | Massacre | Progressive | Vinaya Saksena | 3 | 8/7/2014 |
| Illnath | Third Act in the Theater of Madness | 2011 | Pitch Black | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 8/14/2011 |
| Savage Messiah | The Fateful Dark | 2014 | Century Media | Power | Greg Watson | 5 | 5/1/2014 |
| Deadbird | Head and the Heart | 2004 | Earache | Doom/Stoner | Etiam | 3 | 8/11/2004 |
| Accept | Blind Rage | 2014 | Nuclear Blast | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 10/22/2014 |
| Reaper | An Atheist Monument | 2014 | Massacre | Power | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/21/2014 |
| Crystal Eyes | Killer | 2014 | Massacre | Power | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 8/28/2014 |
| Nervosa | Victim Yourself | 2014 | Napalm | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/27/2014 |
| Godflesh | Decline and Fall | 2014 | Avalanche | Industrial | Nate Turpin | 4.5 | 8/26/2014 |
| Crimson Shadows | Kings Among Men | 2014 | Napalm | Power | Frank Hill | 4.5 | 9/9/2014 |
| Alestorm | Sunset On the Golden Age | 2014 | Napalm | Power | T. Ray Verteramo | 4 | 9/12/2014 |
| Deathstars | The Perfect Cult | 2014 | Nuclear Blast | Industrial | T. Ray Verteramo | 3 | 8/29/2014 |
| Dark Fortress | Venereal Dawn | 2014 | Century Media | Black | T. Ray Verteramo | 4.5 | 9/10/2014 |
| October 31 | Bury the Hatchet | 2014 | Hell's Headbangers | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 9/11/2014 |
| Opeth | Pale Communion | 2014 | Roadrunner | Progressive | Greg Watson | 5 | 10/6/2014 |
| Striker | City of Gold | 2014 | Napalm | Traditional | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 10/5/2014 |
| Enforce | The Final Sign | 2014 | Divebomb | Progressive | Greg Watson | 4 | 10/4/2014 |
| Emperor | In the Nightside Eclipse: 20th Anniversary | 2014 | Black Mark | Black | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 10/3/2014 |
| Night Ranger | High Road | 2014 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Jonah Haze | 4 | 10/7/2014 |
| Upon a Burning Body | The World is My Enemy Now | 2014 | Sumerian | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3 | 10/10/2014 |
| Tyranex | Unable to Tame | 2014 | Black Lodge | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4 | 10/8/2014 |
| The Haunted | Exit Wounds | 2014 | Century Media | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 10/10/2014 |
| Decapitated | Blood Mantra | 2014 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 10/10/2014 |
| Warrant (Ger) | Metal Bridge | 2014 | Pure Steel | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 10/9/2014 |
| Heidra | Awaiting Dawn | 2014 | Mighty Music | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4 | 10/9/2014 |
| Edge of Haze | Illumine | 2014 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 10/8/2014 |
| In Flames | Siren Charms | 2014 | Sony Music | Progressive | Frank Hill | 3 | 10/20/2014 |
| Babymetal | Babymetal | 2014 | BMD Fox | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 10/22/2014 |
| Contrastic | Jarmo | 2014 | Metal Age Prod. | Death | Nate Turpin | 4 | 10/21/2014 |
| HammerFall | (r)Evolution | 2014 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 10/23/2014 |
| Sea | Sea | 2014 | Mighty Music | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 11/4/2014 |
| Ace Frehley | Space Invader | 2014 | Entertainment One | Hard Rock | Jonah Haze | 4 | 11/3/2014 |
| Born of Fire | Dead Winter Sun | 2014 | Pure Steel | Traditional | Frank Hill | 4 | 11/21/2014 |
| Superior | Deadly Alliance | 2014 | Divebomb | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/17/2014 |
| Attic | The Invocation | 2013 | Van | Traditional | Greg Watson | 4 | 11/16/2014 |
| Jesus Crost | 1986 | 2014 | Bones Brigade | Heavy/Extreme | Nate Turpin | 4 | 11/17/2014 |
| Anaal Nathrakh | Desideratum | 2014 | Metal Blade | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4 | 12/5/2014 |
| Animals as Leaders | The Joy of Motion | 2014 | Sumerian | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4 | 12/2/2014 |
| Chainfist | Scarred | 2014 | Mighty Music | Traditional | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 12/4/2014 |
| Bloodbath | Grand Morbid Funeral | 2014 | Century Media | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 12/3/2014 |
| Death Penalty | Death Penalty | 2014 | Rise Above | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 12/18/2014 |
| American Dog | Neanderthal | 2014 | Independent | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 12/18/2014 |
| Cognition | Spiral of Deception | 2014 | La Mazakuata | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 12/18/2014 |
| Armageddon | Captivity and Devourment | 2015 | Listenable | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 12/18/2014 |
| Caliban | Ghost Empire | 2014 | Century Media | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 4 | 1/5/2015 |
| Corrosion Of Conformity | IX | 2014 | Candlelight | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 1/7/2015 |
| Xerath | III | 2014 | Candlelight | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 1/6/2015 |
| Poets of the Fall | Jealous Gods | 2014 | Insomniac | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/8/2015 |
| Autere | Amal'l | 2014 | Inverse | Metalcore/Hardcore | T. Ray Verteramo | 4 | 1/16/2015 |
| Requiem for Oblivion | Dark Tales of Forgotten Mindscapes | 2014 | Independent | Progressive | T. Ray Verteramo | 2 | 1/14/2015 |
| Panzer | Send Them All To Hell | 2014 | Nuclear Blast | Traditional | Greg Watson | 4 | 1/15/2015 |
| Vyre | The Initial Frontier II | 2014 | Supreme Chaos | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 1/15/2015 |
| Slipknot | .5: The Gray Chapter | 2014 | Roadrunner | Nu/Rapcore | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 1/26/2015 |
| Angelus Apatrida | Hidden Evolution | 2015 | Century Media | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4 | 1/29/2015 |
| StoneWire | When the Crow Flies | 2014 | 22:11 Records | Hard Rock | Greg Watson | 5 | 1/28/2015 |
| Bonz | Broken Silence | 2015 | Pavement | Nu/Rapcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/27/2015 |
| Marduk | Frontschwein | 2015 | Century Media | Black | David Loveless | 4.5 | 2/6/2015 |
| Anima Morte | Upon Darkened Stains | 2014 | Transubstans | Gothic/Symphonic | Eric Compton | 4 | 2/17/2015 |
| Alkaloid | The Malkuth Grimoire | 2015 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | T. Ray Verteramo | 5 | 2/18/2015 |
| Messiah's Kiss | Get Your Bulls Out | 2014 | Massacre | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 2/15/2015 |
| Primordial | Where Greater Men Have Fallen | 2014 | Metal Blade | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4 | 2/16/2015 |
| Star Insight | Messera | 2014 | Inverse | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 3 | 3/2/2015 |
| Zero Down | No Limit to the Evil | 2014 | Minotauro | Traditional | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 3/3/2015 |
| Exhumation | Bread Buttered On Both Sides | 2014 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 3/2/2015 |
| U.D.O. | Decadent | 2014 | AFM | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 3/10/2015 |
| All That Remains | The Order of Things | 2015 | Razor & Tie | Hard Rock | Greg Watson | 3 | 3/10/2015 |
| Enslaved | In Times | 2015 | Nuclear Blast | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 3/13/2015 |
| Yesterday's Saints | Generation of Vipers | 2015 | Draconum | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4 | 3/14/2015 |
| Judas Priest | Defenders of the Faith Special 30th Anniversary | 2015 | Legacy | Traditional | T. Ray Verteramo | 3.5 | 3/21/2015 |
| Bloodbound | Stormborn | 2014 | AFM | Power | Greg Watson | 5 | 3/20/2015 |
| Scanner | The Judgement | 2015 | Massacre | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 3/20/2015 |
| Witch Meadow | Cry of the Wolf | 2014 | Divebomb | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 3/26/2015 |
| Motor Sister | Ride | 2015 | Metal Blade | Hard Rock | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 3/27/2015 |
| Solbrud | Jaertegn | 2015 | Mighty Music | Black | Greg Watson | 5 | 3/25/2015 |
| Concepts | Transitions | 2015 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 3/24/2015 |
| Black Star Riders | Killer Instinct | 2015 | Nuclear Blast | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 4/2/2015 |
| GosT | Behemoth | 2015 | Blood Music | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 4 | 4/3/2015 |
| Ensiferum | One Man Army | 2015 | Metal Blade | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 4/4/2015 |
| Salems Lott | Salems Lott | 2015 | Red Moon | Hard Rock | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 4/1/2015 |
| No Sky Today | No Sky Today | 2015 | Capitol City MF | Hard Rock | T. Ray Verteramo | 4 | 4/14/2015 |
| Revolution Saints | Revolution Saints | 2015 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Greg Watson | 4 | 4/12/2015 |
| Nightwish | Nightwish | 2015 | Nuclear Blast | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 4/15/2015 |
| Satan's Hallow | The Horror EP | 2015 | Independent | Traditional | Greg Watson | 5 | 4/13/2015 |
| Unleashed | Dawn of the Nine | 2015 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 4/21/2015 |
| Shattered | New Atlantis | 2015 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 4/20/2015 |
| Uli Jon Roth | Scorpions Revisited | 2015 | UDR | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 5/1/2015 |
| Lethal Saint | WWIII | 2015 | Pure Steel | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 4/30/2015 |
| Soilwork | Live In The Heart of Helsinki | 2015 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 5/8/2015 |
| The Gentle Storm | The Diary | 2015 | InsideOut | Progressive | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 5/9/2015 |
| Caleb Johnson | Testify | 2014 | Interscope | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 5/20/2015 |
| Texas in July | Bloodwork | 2014 | Redfield | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 4 | 5/19/2015 |
| Iron Kobra | Might & Magic | 2015 | Dying Victims | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/21/2015 |
| Faith No More | Sol Invictus | 2015 | Reclamation | Hard Rock | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 5/22/2015 |
| Lord Fist | Green Eyleen | 2015 | Ektro | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/8/2015 |
| Katatonia | Sanctitude | 2015 | Kscope | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3 | 6/9/2015 |
| Six Feet Under | Crypt of the Devil | 2015 | Metal Blade | Death | Greg Watson | 1 | 6/9/2015 |
| Beartooth | Disgusting | 2015 | Red Bull Records | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 6/10/2015 |
| Bullet Train Blast | Shake Rattle Racing | 2015 | Mighty Music | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/23/2015 |
| No Return | Fearless Walk To Rise | 2015 | Mighty Music | Thrash | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 6/23/2015 |
| Shredhead | Death Is Righteous | 2015 | Mighty Music | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 6/24/2015 |
| Unleash the Archers | Time Stands Still | 2015 | Napalm | Power | Frank Hill | 4.5 | 6/26/2015 |
| Shattered Sun | Hope Within Hatred | 2015 | Victory | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 4 | 6/24/2015 |
| Cradle of Filth | Hammer of the Witches | 2015 | Nuclear Blast | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 4 | 6/25/2015 |
| Gian | All Life Erased | 2015 | Inverse | Thrash | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 7/9/2015 |
| Jungle Rot | Order Shall Prevail | 2015 | Victory | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/10/2015 |
| Winter Calling | As Darkness Falls | 2015 | Independent | Progressive | T. Ray Verteramo | 3 | 7/8/2015 |
| Beardfish | +4626 - Comfortzone | 2015 | InsideOut | Progressive | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 7/11/2015 |
| Colossus | Drunk on Blood… | 2015 | Killer Metal | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/23/2015 |
| Sylosis | Dormant Heart | 2015 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 7/24/2015 |
| Children Of Bodom | I Worship Chaos | 2015 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Greg Watson | 3 | 8/5/2015 |
| Enforcer | From Beyond | 2015 | Nuclear Blast | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 8/4/2015 |
| Lamb of God | VII: Sturm und Drang | 2015 | Epic Records | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 8/6/2015 |
| Soulfly | Archangel | 2015 | Nuclear Blast | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 8/6/2015 |
| Nile | What Should Not Be Unearthed | 2015 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 8/20/2015 |
| Debauchery | Fuck Humanity | 2015 | Napalm | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 8/19/2015 |
| Symphony X | Underworld | 2015 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 8/20/2015 |
| Motorhead | Black Magic | 2015 | UDR | Heavy/Extreme | T. Ray Verteramo | 4.5 | 8/28/2015 |
| Divine Tragedy | Viscera Reaction | 2015 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3 | 8/27/2015 |
| Krisiun | Forged In Fury | 2015 | Century Media | Death | David Loveless | 3 | 9/2/2015 |
| Ghost | Meliora | 2015 | Loma Vista | Progressive | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 9/3/2015 |
| Ghost | Meliora | 2015 | Loma Vista | Progressive | T. Ray Verteramo | 3.5 | 9/3/2015 |
| Night Demon | Curse of the Damned | 2015 | SPV/Steamhammer | Traditional | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 9/2/2015 |
| Nihilistinen Barbaarisuus | The Child Must Die | 2015 | Infernal Kommando
Infernal Kommando | Black | Greg Watson | 5 | 9/18/2015 |
| Prowler | From the Shadows | 2015 | Slaney Records | Thrash | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 9/17/2015 |
| Black Book Lodge | Entering Another Measure | 2015 | Mighty Music | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 3 | 10/8/2015 |
| Meridian | The Awful Truth | 2015 | Victory | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3 | 10/8/2015 |
| Maxxxwell Carlisle | Visions of Speed and Thunder | 2015 | Independent | Power | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 10/9/2015 |
| Soilwork | The Ride Majestic | 2015 | Nuclear Blast | Progressive | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 10/9/2015 |
| Pentagram | Curious Volume | 2015 | Peaceville | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 10/22/2015 |
| Parkway Drive | Ire | 2015 | Epitaph | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 10/23/2015 |
| Queensryche | Condition Hüman | 2015 | Century Media | Progressive | Frank Hill | 4 | 11/6/2015 |
| Calabrese | Lust for Sacrilege | 2015 | Spookshow Records | Hard Rock | Greg Watson | 4 | 11/5/2015 |
| Green Death | Manufacturing Evil | 2015 | Independent | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 11/5/2015 |
| Next To None | A Light in the Dark | 2015 | InsideOut | Progressive | Greg Watson | 4 | 11/12/2015 |
| Honeymoon Disease | The Transcendence | 2015 | Napalm | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 4 | 11/13/2015 |
| Madame Torment | Lost Girl in the City | 2015 | Independent | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 4 | 11/25/2015 |
| Dead Alone | Nemesis | 2014 | Supreme Chaos | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 11/24/2015 |
| Danko Jones | Fire Music | 2015 | Bad Taste | Hard Rock | Bubba J | 3.5 | 12/17/2015 |
| Miellnir | Incineration Astern | 2014 | Stygian Crypt | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4 | 12/16/2015 |
| Inacave | Inacave | 2015 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 12/17/2015 |
| Denner-Sherman | Satan's Tomb | 2015 | Metal Blade | Traditional | T. Ray Verteramo | 3 | 12/18/2015 |
| Against The Grain | Roadwarriors | 2015 | Self Destructo | Hard Rock | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 1/14/2016 |
| Ambush | Desecrator | 2015 | High Roller | Traditional | Greg Watson | 5 | 1/15/2016 |
| Brainstorm | Scary Creatures | 2016 | AFM | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/4/2016 |
| Axel Rudi Pell | Game of Sins | 2016 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 2/4/2016 |
| Primal Fear | Rulebreaker | 2016 | Frontiers | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 2/4/2016 |
| Nordic Union | Nordic Union | 2016 | Frontiers | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/4/2016 |
| Entombed A.D. | Dead Dawn | 2016 | Century Media | Death | Eric Compton | 4 | 3/18/2016 |
| Varg | The End of All Lies | 2016 | Napalm | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/17/2016 |
| Miss May I | Deathless | 2015 | Rise Records | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 4 | 3/16/2016 |
| Voices of Ruin | Born of the Dark | 2015 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 5 | 3/19/2016 |
| Septagon | Deadhead Syndicate | 2016 | Cruz Del Sur | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 4/3/2016 |
| Delain | Lunar Prelude | 2016 | Napalm | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 4/5/2016 |
| For I Am King | We All Have Demons | 2016 | Redfield | Death | Greg Watson | 5 | 4/4/2016 |
| One Machine | The Final Cull | 2015 | Scarlet | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 4/14/2016 |
| Chastain | We Bleed Metal | 2015 | Leviathan Records | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 4/14/2016 |
| Amon Amarth | Jomsviking | 2016 | Metal Blade | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 5 | 4/16/2016 |
| Babymetal | Metal Resistance | 2016 | Metal Blade | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 2 | 4/15/2016 |
| Diamond Head | Diamond Head | 2016 | Dissonance Productions | Traditional | Eric Compton | 5 | 4/29/2016 |
| Monster Truck | Sittin' Heavy | 2016 | Mascot | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 4 | 4/28/2016 |
| Convictors | Envoys of Extinction | 2014 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 7/15/2014 |
| Barren Earth | On Lonely Towers | 2015 | Century Media | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 2/2/2015 |
| Heavy Demons | Twice | 2015 | Independent | Thrash | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 2/2/2015 |
| Hatebreed | The Concrete Confessional | 2016 | Nuclear Blast | Metalcore/Hardcore | David Loveless | 5 | 5/19/2016 |
| Voivod | Post Society EP | 2016 | Century Media | Progressive | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 5/20/2016 |
| Mystic Prophecy | War Brigade | 2016 | Massacre | Power | Greg Watson | 4 | 5/31/2016 |
| Cauldron | In Ruin | 2016 | The End | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 5/31/2016 |
| Blaze Bayley | Infinite Entanglement | 2016 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 5/31/2016 |
| InnerWish | InnerWish | 2016 | Ulterium | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 5/31/2016 |
| Asking Alexandria | The Black | 2016 | Sumerian | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 4 | 6/1/2016 |
| Black Stone Cherry | Kentucky | 2016 | Mascot | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 6/1/2016 |
| Schammasch | Triangle | 2016 | Prosthetic | Black | David Loveless | 5 | 6/1/2016 |
| Brick | Faceless Strangers | 2016 | Scarlet | Traditional | Greg Watson | 3 | 6/23/2016 |
| Hitten | State of Shock | 2016 | No Remorse | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/23/2016 |
| For I Am King | Daemons | 2016 | Redfield | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 5 | 6/25/2016 |
| Architects | All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us | 2016 | Epitaph | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/8/2016 |
| Now or Never | II | 2016 | Mighty Music | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 7/5/2016 |
| Monument of A Memory | Catharsis | 2016 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/15/2016 |
| Dark Funeral | Where Shadows Forever Reign | 2016 | Century Media | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 7/6/2016 |
| Metal Church | XI | 2016 | Rat Pak | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3 | 7/15/2016 |
| Death Angel | The Evil Divide | 2016 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3 | 7/15/2016 |
| Clark Ashton Smith | Inferno | 2016 | Cadabra Records | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 7/15/2016 |
| H.P. Lovecraft | The Lurking Fear | 2016 | Cadabra Records | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/14/2016 |
| Lacuna Coil | Delirium | 2016 | Century Media | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/16/2016 |
| Nihilistinen Barbaarisuus | Madness Incarnate | 2016 | Symbol of Domination | Black | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 7/16/2016 |
| Born of Fire | Heavy Metal Hot Sauce | 2016 | Independent | Traditional | Frank Hill | 4.5 | 7/23/2016 |
| Iron Savior | Titancraft | 2016 | AFM | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/21/2016 |
| Rage | The Devil Strikes Again | 2016 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 7/22/2016 |
| Crimson Moonlight | Divine Darkness | 2016 | Endtime | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/25/2016 |
| Wolfhorde | Towards the Gate of North | 2016 | Inverse | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 5 | 7/25/2016 |
| Evil Drive | The Land of the Dead | 2016 | Mighty Music | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 5 | 7/25/2016 |
| Borknagar | Winter Thrice | 2016 | Century Media | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/24/2016 |
| Genus Ordinis Dei | The Middle | 2016 | Mighty Music | Death | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 7/25/2016 |
| The Unguided | Lust and Loathing | 2016 | Napalm | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/24/2016 |
| Raise Hell | Written in Blood | 2015 | Black Lodge | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/19/2016 |
| Final Sign | Hold High The Flame | 2015 | Divebomb | Traditional | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/19/2016 |
| Midnight Eternal | Midnight Eternal | 2016 | Inner Wound | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 8/26/2016 |
| Eleventh Hour | Memory of a Lifetime Journey | 2016 | Independent | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/26/2016 |
| CB Murdoc | Here Be Dragons | 2016 | Vicisolum Productions | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3 | 8/26/2016 |
| Not Blood Paint | Believing Is Believing | 2016 | Independent | Progressive | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/26/2016 |
| Aftershok | Detonate | 2016 | Auburn | Traditional | Eric Compton | 5 | 9/9/2016 |
| Denner-Sherman | Masters Of Evil | 2016 | Metal Blade | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 9/12/2016 |
| Vicious Rumors | Concussion Protocol | 2016 | SPV/Steamhammer | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 9/13/2016 |
| Running Wild | Rapid Foray | 2016 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 9/23/2016 |
| Feared | Synder | 2015 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 9/10/2016 |
| Grimness | A Decade of Disgust | 2016 | The Goatmancer | Black | Greg Watson | 5 | 9/24/2016 |
| Noire | The Tracks of the Haunted | 2016 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 9/28/2016 |
| Operation: Mindcrime | Resurrection | 2016 | Frontiers | Progressive | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 9/28/2016 |
| Charred Walls of the Damned | Creatures Watching Over the Dead | 2016 | Metal Blade | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 3 | 9/28/2016 |
| Lethal Shock | Evil Aggressor | 2016 | Witches Brew | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/28/2016 |
| Pain | Coming Home | 2016 | Nuclear Blast | Industrial | Eric Compton | 4 | 10/14/2016 |
| Zeal & Ardor | Devil Is Fine | 2016 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 5 | 10/15/2016 |
| Third Ion | Biolith | 2016 | Glasstone | Progressive | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 11/2/2016 |
| Barb Wire Dolls | Desperate | 2016 | UDR | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 11/2/2016 |
| Backdawn | I Shall Burn Your Empire | 2016 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 11/11/2016 |
| Heidevolk | Velua | 2016 | Napalm | Traditional | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 11/10/2016 |
| High Hopes | Sights & Sounds | 2016 | Victory | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 11/28/2016 |
| Church of Disgust | Veneration of Filth | 2016 | Memento Mori | Death | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 11/29/2016 |
| Megadeth | À Tout Le Monde | 2016 | Unibroue | Thrash | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 12/5/2016 |
| Without Mercy | Mouichido EP | 2016 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 4 | 12/4/2016 |
| H.P. Lovecraft | Pickman's Model | 2016 | Cadabra Records | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 5 | 12/16/2016 |
| Lamb of God | The Duke EP | 2016 | Epic Records | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 12/15/2016 |
| Grave Digger | Healed by Metal | 2016 | Napalm | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 12/21/2016 |
| Violet Cold | Magic Night | 2016 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 12/21/2016 |
| HammerFall | Built to Last | 2016 | Napalm | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 12/20/2016 |
| Ashbringer | Yugen | 2016 | Avantgarde Music | Black | Greg Watson | 5 | 12/28/2016 |
| Vader | The Empire | 2016 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 12/27/2016 |
| Revocation | Great Is Our Sin | 2016 | Metal Blade | Thrash | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 12/27/2016 |
| The Pretty Reckless | Who You Selling For? | 2016 | Razor & Tie | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 12/29/2016 |
| Witchery | In His Infernal Majesty's Service | 2016 | Century Media | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/5/2017 |
| A Sound of Thunder | Who Do You Think We Are? | 2016 | Independent | Traditional | Frank Hill | 4 | 1/13/2017 |
| Xoth | Invasion of the Tentacube | 2016 | Creature of the Northwest | Death | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 1/12/2017 |
| Overkill | The Grinding Wheel | 2017 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Frank Hill | 4.5 | 1/17/2017 |
| Lords of the Trident | Frostburn | 2015 | Killer Metal | Power | Greg Watson | 4 | 1/10/2017 |
| Halestorm | ReAniMate 3.0: The CoVeRs eP | 2017 | Atlantic | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 2/1/2017 |
| Black Oak County | Black Oak County | 2017 | Mighty Music | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 2/2/2017 |
| Our Place of Worship Is Silence | The Emodiment of Hate | 2016 | Broken Limbs | Death | Greg Watson | 5 | 2/3/2017 |
| Sepultura | Machine Messiah | 2017 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | David Loveless | 4.5 | 2/2/2017 |
| Clark Ashton Smith | The Muse of Hyperborea | 2017 | Cadabra Records | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4 | 2/2/2017 |
| Stephen Pearcy | Smash | 2017 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 2/16/2017 |
| Jack Russells Great White | He Saw it Comin' | 2017 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 2/17/2017 |
| Overkill | The Grinding Wheel | 2017 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 2/15/2017 |
| Galactic Empire | Galactic Empire | 2017 | Warner-Tamerlane | Progressive | David Loveless | 5 | 3/9/2017 |
| Black Star Riders | Heavy Fire | 2017 | Nuclear Blast | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 2/27/2017 |
| Tulsadoom | Storms of the Netherworld | 2015 | Nihilistic Empire | Thrash | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 2/16/2016 |
| Crossbones | Rock the Cradle | 2016 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 2/16/2017 |
| Battlecross | Rise to Power | 2015 | Metal Blade | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/1/2015 |
| Blind Guardian | A Twist in the Myth | 2006 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 1/1/2015 |
| Blind Guardian | At the Edge of the World | 2010 | Metal Blade | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/1/2015 |
| Baby Snakes | Gunslinger | 2013 | Nihilistic Empire | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 1/1/2015 |
| Babylon Bombs | Babylon's Burning | 2009 | Trondercore | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/1/2015 |
| Virulent Depravity | Fruit of the Poisoned Tree | 2017 | The Artisan Era | Death | Greg Watson | 5 | 3/10/2017 |
| Glenn Hughes | Resonate | 2016 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 3/6/2017 |
| Nighon | Somme | 2017 | Inverse | Industrial | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 3/7/2017 |
| Graham Bonnet Band | Book | 2016 | Frontiers | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 3/8/2017 |
| Junius | Eternal Rituals For The Accretion Of Light | 2017 | Prosthetic | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 4.5 | 3/10/2017 |
| Crystal Viper | Queen of the Witches | 2017 | AFM | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 3/20/2017 |
| Ghost Bath | Starmourner | 2017 | Nuclear Blast | Black | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 3/20/2017 |
| Havok | Conformicide | 2017 | Century Media | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 3/20/2017 |
| Obituary | Obituary | 2017 | Relapse | Death | David Loveless | 5 | 3/20/2017 |
| Syron Vanes | Chaos from a Distance | 2017 | Mighty Music | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 3/23/2017 |
| Battle Beast | Bringer of Pain | 2017 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 3/23/2017 |
| Kreator | Gods of Violence | 2017 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4 | 3/23/2017 |
| Forgotten Woods | As The Wolves Gather+ | 2017 | Aeternitas Tenebrarum | Black | Greg Watson | 5 | 3/30/2017 |
| The Lightbringer | Heptanity | 2017 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4 | 3/30/2017 |
| Devilment | II-The Mephisto Waltzes | 2016 | Nuclear Blast | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 5 | 3/31/2017 |
| Blood Divisions | Cardinal One | 2017 | Metal Blade | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/31/2017 |
| Prime Creation | Prime Creation | 2017 | Mighty Music | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 4/6/2017 |
| Corpus Diavolis | Atra Lumen | 2017 | ATMF | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 4/11/2017 |
| Body Count | Bloodlust | 2017 | Century Media | Thrash | Nakia Melody | 5 | 4/12/2017 |
| Assassin | Breaking the Silence | 2011 | SPV/Steamhammer | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/5/2011 |
| Liege Lord | Freedom's Rise | 1985 | Black Dragon | Power | Guest | - | 5/15/2003 |
| Sanctuary | Refuge Denied | 1988 | Epic Records | Power | David Loveless | - | 8/14/2004 |
| Sacred Rite | Sacred Rite | 1984 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 9/15/2004 |
| Chastain | Ruler Of The Wasteland | 1986 | Shrapnel Records | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 10/10/2004 |
| Nasty Savage | Nasty Savage | 1985 | Metal Blade | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 1/12/2005 |
| Sampson | Shock Tactics | 1981 | Sanctuary Records | Traditional | MetalKnight | - | 2/1/2005 |
| Fastway | Fastway | 1983 | CBS | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | - | 4/10/2005 |
| Fifth Angel | Fifth Angel | 1986 | Shrapnel Records | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 7/5/2005 |
| Cannon | Thunder & Lightning | 1988 | 2XL Records | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 9/16/2005 |
| Flotsam & Jetsam | No Place For Disgrace | 1988 | Elektra | Thrash | Eric Compton | - | 9/30/2005 |
| Accept | Eat The Heat | 1989 | Epic Records | Traditional | Eric Compton | - | 12/5/2005 |
| Omen | Battle Cry | 1984 | Metal Blade | Power | Eric Compton | - | 6/5/2006 |
| Voivod | Dimension Hatross | 1988 | Noise Records | Progressive | David Loveless | - | 10/3/2007 |
| Savage | Loose 'N Lethal | 1983 | Ebony Records | Traditional | Raising Iron | 4.5 | 11/1/2007 |
| Crimson Glory | Transcendence | 1988 | Roadrunner | Progressive | Raising Iron | 5 | 12/1/2007 |
| Sea | The Grip of Time | 2017 | Mighty Music | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 4/19/2017 |
| Sanctuary | Inception | 2017 | Century Media | Thrash | David Loveless | 5 | 4/20/2017 |
| Nemus | Wald-Mensch | 2017 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 4/17/2017 |
| Sojourner | Empires of Ash | 2017 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 5 | 4/18/2017 |
| Astral Doors | Black Eyed Children | 2017 | Metalville | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 4/24/2017 |
| Ordoxe | Towards Eternity | 2017 | Horror Pain Gore Death | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 4/24/2017 |
| Danko Jones | Wild Cat | 2017 | AFM | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 4/25/2017 |
| Saille | Gnosis | 2017 | Code666 | Black | David Loveless | 5 | 4/25/2017 |
| Fen | Winter | 2017 | Code666 | Black | David Loveless | 4.5 | 5/1/2017 |
| D-Metal Stars | Metal Disney | 2017 | Walt Disney Records | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 5/2/2017 |
| Nhor | Wildflowers: Spring | 2017 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 5 | 5/2/2017 |
| Tainted Lady | How the Mighty Have Fallen | 2017 | Mighty Music | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 5/1/2017 |
| Axehammer | Windrider | 2005 | Sentinel Steel | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/5/2005 |
| August Burns Red | Leveler | 2011 | Solid State | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3 | 5/5/2011 |
| Atrocity | Okkult | 2013 | Napalm | Death | Eric Compton | 3 | 5/5/2013 |
| Atreyu | Lead Sails, Paper Anchor | 2007 | Hollywood Records | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 5/5/2007 |
| Amulance | The Rage Within and the Aftermath | 2007 | Stormspell | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/5/2007 |
| Angel Dust | Enlighten the Darkness | 2000 | Century Media | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 12/20/2004 |
| Albatross Overdrive | Albatross Overdrive | 2011 | Train Wreckords | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 4 | 9/20/2011 |
| All Too Human | Juggernaut | 2012 | Independent | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 8/12/2012 |
| Alpha Tiger | Man or Machine | 2011 | Sonic Attack | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 11/15/2011 |
| Altar | In the Name of the Father | 2000 | Pavement | Death | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 5/1/2004 |
| After All | This Violent Decline | 2006 | Dockyard 1 | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/1/2006 |
| Agent Steel | Order of the Illuminati | 2003 | Scarlet | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/1/2004 |
| Addictive | Kick 'Em Hard | 2014 | Divebomb | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/1/2014 |
| Adept | Death Dealers | 2011 | Panic & Action | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/1/2011 |
| Adler | Back from the Dead | 2012 | New Ocean | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 9/1/2012 |
| Accept | Blood of the Nations | 2010 | Nuclear Blast | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 9/1/2010 |
| Accept | Blind Rage | 2014 | Nuclear Blast | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 9/1/2014 |
| Plague Throat | The Human Paradox | 2017 | Transcending Obscurity India/Asia | Death | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 5/11/2017 |
| Violet Cold | Anomie | 2017 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 5/9/2017 |
| Demonic Resurrection | Dashavatar | 2017 | Transcending Obscurity India/Asia | Death | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 5/9/2017 |
| Ayreon | The Source | 2017 | Mascot | Progressive | Anthony Burke | 5 | 5/10/2017 |
| Black Veil Brides | Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones | 2017 | Universal | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 10/5/2013 |
| Bjarm | Imminence | 2014 | Foto Ltd | Black | Eric Compton | 3 | 8/1/2014 |
| Black Sunshine | Black Sunshine | 2010 | Breaksilence | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 6/1/2010 |
| Black League | Ghost Brothel | 2009 | Brain Bomber | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 4 | 9/1/2009 |
| Babylon Bombs | Cracked Open and Bruised | 2005 | Smilodon | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/1/2005 |
| Bullet For My Valentine | Temper Temper | 2013 | RCA Records | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 4 | 9/1/2013 |
| Bullet For My Valentine | Fever | 2010 | Sony Music | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 4 | 9/2/2010 |
| Beartooth | Disgusting | 2015 | Red Bull Records | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 4 | 9/5/2014 |
| Black League | Ichor | 2000 | Spinefarm | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/15/2005 |
| Battle Beast | Battle Beast | 2013 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/14/2013 |
| Battlore | Doombound | 2011 | Napalm | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/2/2011 |
| Below | Across the Dark River | 2014 | Metal Blade | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/26/2014 |
| Black Destiny | Black is Where Our Hearts Belong | 2000 | Iron Glory | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 9/25/2004 |
| Baltimoore | Quick Fix | 2009 | BLP | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 9/17/2009 |
| Banshee | Mindslave | 2012 | Snowblind | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 9/5/2012 |
| Bar 7 | The World is a Freak | 2007 | Sindrome | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/8/2007 |
| Battle Beast | Unholy Savior | 2015 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 9/3/2015 |
| Fen | Carrion Skies | 2014 | Code666 | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 9/14/2014 |
| Fragile Existence | Cataclysms and Beginnings | 2015 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 9/11/2015 |
| Product of Hate | Buried in Violence | 2016 | Napalm | Thrash | Greg Watson | 5 | 9/8/2016 |
| Tear Out the Heart | Dead, Everywhere | 2015 | Victory | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3 | 9/6/2015 |
| The Ugly | Decreation | 2015 | Vicisolum Productions | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 9/15/2015 |
| Danzig | Black Laden Crown | 2017 | AFM | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 5/25/2017 |
| Jorn | Life on Death Road | 2017 | Frontiers | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 5/23/2017 |
| Vials of Wrath | Days Without Names | 2015 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 6/4/2017 |
| Endless Voyage X | Those Whom Time Forgot | 2017 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 6/5/2017 |
| Les Chants Du Hasard | Les Chants Du Hasard | 2017 | I, Voidhanger | Black | Greg Watson | 5 | 6/6/2017 |
| Miss May I | Shadows Inside | 2017 | Sharptone | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 6/16/2017 |
| Night Demon | Darkness Remains | 2017 | Century Media | Traditional | Eric Compton | 5 | 6/15/2017 |
| Shadowflag | The Delusion Machine | 2017 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 6/23/2017 |
| Descent Into Maelstrom | Descent Into Maelstrom | 2017 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 6/28/2017 |
| Contaminated | Final Man | 2017 | Blood Harvest | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/9/2017 |
| Unleash the Archers | Apex | 2017 | Napalm | Power | Frank Hill | 4.5 | 7/18/2017 |
| Accept | The Rise of Chaos | 2017 | Nuclear Blast | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 7/29/2017 |
| Edguy | Monuments | 2017 | Nuclear Blast | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/20/2017 |
| Rage | Seasons of the Black | 2017 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 7/17/2017 |
| Venom Inc | Avé | 2017 | Nuclear Blast | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 7/28/2017 |
| Ravage | Return of the Spectral Rider | 2017 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 8/3/2017 |
| Alice Cooper | Paranormal | 2017 | Ear Music | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 8/4/2017 |
| Rex Brown | Smoke on This | 2017 | Entertainment One | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 8/9/2017 |
| In This Moment | Ritual | 2017 | Atlantic | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 8/10/2017 |
| Nhor | Wildflowers: Summer | 2017 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 5 | 8/11/2017 |
| Alestorm | No Grave But The Sea | 2017 | Napalm | Power | David Loveless | 4.5 | 8/15/2017 |
| Xanthochroid | Of Erthe and Axen: Act 1 | 2017 | Erthe and Axen | Black | Greg Watson | 5 | 8/16/2017 |
| Quiet Riot | Road Rage | 2017 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 8/17/2017 |
| Prong | Zero Days | 2017 | SPV/Steamhammer | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4 | 8/17/2017 |
| Mr. Big | Defying Gravity | 2017 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 8/22/2017 |
| Corey Taylor | America 51 | 2017 | Da Capo Press | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/23/2017 |
| King Fowley | Stay Ugly | 2017 | Burning Horse Media | Thrash | Josh Greer | 4.5 | 8/23/2017 |
| Belphegor | Totenritual | 2017 | Nuclear Blast | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/30/2017 |
| Nyss | Princesse Terre (Three Studies of Silence and Death) | 2017 | Avantgarde Music | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/31/2017 |
| The Haunted | Strength in Numbers | 2017 | Century Media | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4 | 9/1/2017 |
| Zornheym | Where Hatred Dwells & Darkness Reigns | 2017 | Non Serviam | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 5 | 9/8/2017 |
| Leprous | Malina | 2017 | InsideOut | Progressive | David Loveless | 5 | 9/8/2017 |
| Arch Enemy | Will to Power | 2017 | Century Media | Death | Eric Compton | 5 | 9/15/2017 |
| Throne of Heresy | Decameron | 2017 | The Sign | Death | Greg Watson | 5 | 9/14/2017 |
| Doom Side Of The Moon | Doom Side Of The Moon | 2017 | Independent | Doom/Stoner | David Loveless | 4.5 | 9/14/2017 |
| Fleurety | Inquietum | 2017 | Aesthetic Death | Black | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 9/14/2017 |
| Various Artists | British Steel: The Rising Force of British Heavy Metal | 2017 | Dissonance Productions | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 10/4/2017 |
| Fozzy | Judas | 2017 | Century Media | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 2 | 10/5/2017 |
| Seventh Genocide | Toward Akina | 2017 | Third I Rex | Black | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 10/3/2017 |
| Satyricon | Deep Calleth Upon Deep | 2017 | Napalm | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 10/11/2017 |
| Xanthochroid | Of Erthe and Axen: Act II | 2017 | Erthe and Axen | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 10/11/2017 |
| Párados | Catharsis | 2017 | Inverse | Black | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 10/10/2017 |
| Pink Mass | Necrosexual | 2017 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4 | 10/10/2017 |
| Gigan | Undulating Waves Of Rainbiotic Iridescence | 2017 | Willowtip | Death | David Loveless | 5 | 10/24/2017 |
| DSKNT | PhSPHR Entropy | 2017 | Clavis Secretorvm | Black | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 10/23/2017 |
| Unreqvited | Disquiet | 2016 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 10/22/2017 |
| Trepaningsritualen | Kainskult | 2017 | Tesco Organization | Black | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 10/23/2017 |
| Elder | Reflections Of A Floating World | 2017 | Armageddon | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 10/22/2017 |
| Darkenhold | Memoria Sylvarum | 2017 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 5 | 11/8/2017 |
| Primal Fear | Best of Fear | 2017 | Frontiers | Power | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 11/10/2017 |
| Nhor | Wildflowers: Autumn | 2017 | Independent | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 5 | 11/9/2017 |
| White Ward | Futility Report | 2017 | Debemur Morti | Black | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 11/8/2017 |
| Xaemora | Pandemonium's Ocean | 2017 | Black Market Metal | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 11/30/2017 |
| Rimthurs | Gravskrift | 2017 | Ketzer | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 12/1/2017 |
| Winds of Leng | Horrid Dominion | 2017 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 12/1/2017 |
| Nero Doctrine | II Interitus | 2017 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 11/30/2017 |
| The Offering | The Offering EP | 2017 | Century Media | Traditional | Greg Watson | 5 | 12/8/2017 |
| Nullingroots | Into the Grey | 2017 | Prosthetic | Black | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 12/6/2017 |
| Audrey Horne | Blackout | 2017 | Prosthetic | Hard Rock | Greg Watson | 4 | 12/7/2017 |
| Sar Isatum | Shurpu | 2017 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 5 | 12/22/2017 |
| Inconcessus Lux Lucis | The Crowning Quietus | 2017 | I, Voidhanger | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 12/22/2017 |
| WildeStarr | Beyond the Rain | 2017 | Scarlet | Traditional | Frank Hill | 4 | 12/23/2017 |
| Stahlsarg | Mechanisms of Misanthropy | 2017 | Non Serviam | Black | Greg Watson | 5 | 12/22/2017 |
| Myrholt | Med Samme Naal, Under Samme Maane | 2017 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 12/22/2017 |
| Corrosion Of Conformity | No Cross No Crown | 2018 | Nuclear Blast | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 1/5/2018 |
| Bloodway | A Fragile Riddle Crypting Clues | 2017 | I, Voidhanger | Black | Greg Watson | 5 | 1/3/2018 |
| Nhor | Wildflowers: Winter | 2017 | Independent | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 5 | 1/4/2018 |
| Machine Head | Catharsis | 2017 | Nuclear Blast | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 1/5/2018 |
| Niviane | The Druid King | 2017 | Pitch Black | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 1/11/2018 |
| Signatura Rerum | The Legend 1 | 2017 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 1/18/2018 |
| Saxon | Thunderbolt | 2018 | Silver Lining | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 1/25/2018 |
| Annihilator | For the Demented | 2018 | Silver Lining | Thrash | Troy Cole | 4 | 1/26/2018 |
| Halphas | Dawn of A Crimson Empire | 2017 | Folter Records | Black | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 2/2/2018 |
| S-Tool | Tolerance 0 | 2017 | Playground Music Finland | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 4 | 2/9/2018 |
| Nekrsov | The Mirror Void | 2017 | Prosthetic | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 3/2/2018 |
| Dirge | Alma | Baltica | 2017 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 5 | 3/9/2018 |
| Kosmogyr | Eviternity | 2018 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 5 | 3/19/2018 |
| Usurpress | Interregnum | 2018 | Agonia | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 3/15/2018 |
| Dreadnought | A Wake In Sacred Waves | 2017 | Sailor Records | Heavy/Extreme | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 3/23/2018 |
| Postcards From Arkham | Manta | 2018 | MetalGate | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 4/5/2018 |
| Revertigo | Revertigo | 2018 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 4/6/2018 |
| Babylon Bombs | Ten Things You Can't Live Without | 2011 | Independent | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 1/1/2010 |
| Atom Smash | Love is in the Missle | 2010 | Jive | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/1/2010 |
| Atomic Roar | The Warfare Merchants | 2009 | Crush Until Madness | Thrash | Eric Compton | 2 | 1/1/2010 |
| Anarion | Unbroken | 2006 | Majestic Rock | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 1/1/2010 |
| Angriff | War of Life | 2001 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | 2 | 1/1/2010 |
| Axis Powers | Marching Toward Destruction | 2009 | Pulverised | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/1/2010 |
| Axemaster | Death Before Dishonor | 2002 | Unisound Records | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/1/2010 |
| The Amity Affliction | Youngbloods | 2010 | Boomtown | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 1/1/2010 |
| Agressor | Victim of Yourself | 2006 | Dark Sun | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3 | 1/1/2010 |
| Alexisonfire | Old Crows/Young Cardinals | 2009 | Dine Alone | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/1/2010 |
| Alien Squad | From Alienation to An Alien Nation | 2000 | Anti-Corpos | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/1/2010 |
| Agressor | Medieval Rites | 2000 | Season of Mist | Death | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 1/1/2010 |
| Affliction | Execution is Necessary | 2007 | Poem Production | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/1/2010 |
| Affectus | Anathema | 2008 | Independent | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/1/2010 |
| Aethra | Time and Eternity | 2011 | Gravis | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/1/2010 |
| Adrenal | As Paradise Burns | 2011 | Independent | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/1/2010 |
| Abandoned | Thrash You | 2007 | Dockyard 1 | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/1/2010 |
| Addicted | Recipe for the Sick | 2008 | Nip-Down | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3 | 1/1/2010 |
| Adastra | The Last Sunset | 2007 | Violent Journey | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/1/2010 |
| Abstract | Concrete Visions | 2000 | Ethereal | Death | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 1/1/2010 |
| Abrasion | Abrasion | 2001 | Megahard | Power | Eric Compton | 2 | 1/1/2010 |
| Absolute | Absolute | 2007 | AFM | Nu/Rapcore | Eric Compton | 3 | 1/1/2010 |
| 8-Point Rose | Primigenia | 2010 | Escape Music | Power | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 5/1/2010 10:00:35 AM |
| Wild Side | Speed Devil | 2010 | Escape Music | Hard Rock | Chris Kincaid | 4 | 5/1/2010 11:55:12 AM |
| Bastardator | Identify the Dead | 2008 | Morbid Moon | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/1/2010 |
| Aborted | Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture | 2007 | Century Media | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 5/1/2010 2:11:40 PM |
| Ascension Theory | Answers | 2005 | Nightmare Records | Progressive | Anthony Burke | 4.5 | 5/1/2010 2:17:59 PM |
| Shredding The Envelope | The Call of the Flames | 2010 | Stand Still And Scream Music | Thrash | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 5/1/2010 3:36:48 PM |
| Atlantean Kodex | The Golden Bough | 2010 | Cruz Del Sur | Traditional | Chris Kincaid | 4 | 9/17/2010 8:14:35 PM |
| Fracture | Simple Chaos | 2010 | Nightmare Records | Progressive | Chris Kincaid | 2.5 | 9/25/2010 11:58:51 AM |
| Emerald | Re-Forged | 2010 | Pure Steel | Traditional | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 9/25/2010 12:54:21 PM |
| Oranssi Pazuzu | Muukalainen Purhuu | 2009 | Violent Journey | Black | David Loveless | 5 | 9/29/2010 7:29:10 AM |
| Angst Skvadron | Sweet Poison | 2010 | Agonia | Black | David Loveless | 5 | 9/29/2010 7:58:48 AM |
| Blind Guardian | At the Edge of Time | 2010 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Frank Hill | 4 | 9/29/2010 11:28:19 AM |
| Abigail Williams | In the Abscence of Light | 2010 | Candlelight | Black | Ben McCraw | 4 | 9/29/2010 10:44:06 PM |
| Mistheria | Dragon Fire | 2010 | Lion Music | Progressive | Chris Kincaid | 4 | 10/1/2010 4:44:49 PM |
| Mastercastle | Last Desire | 2010 | Lion Music | Hard Rock | Chris Kincaid | 2.5 | 10/2/2010 12:33:15 PM |
| Joe Satriani | Black Swans And Wormhole Wizards | 2010 | Epic Records | Hard Rock | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 10/5/2010 5:08:31 PM |
| Darkwater | Where Stories End | 2010 | Ulterium | Progressive | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 10/8/2010 4:44:39 PM |
| Kataklysm | Heaven's Venom | 2010 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Ben McCraw | 4 | 10/11/2010 9:49:01 PM |
| Rezet | Have Gun, Will Travel | 2010 | Iron Kodex | Thrash | Chris Kincaid | 2.5 | 10/15/2010 4:30:31 PM |
| Scars | Devilgod Alliance | 2008 | Voice Music | Thrash | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 10/15/2010 6:38:17 PM |
| Avian | From The Depths Of Time | 2010 | Blinding Force | Power | Chris Kincaid | 3 | 10/16/2010 12:06:10 PM |
| Eternal Reign | The Dawn Of Reckoning | 2010 | Pure Steel | Power | Chris Kincaid | 2.5 | 10/22/2010 5:06:25 PM |
| Hellrazor | Soothsayer | 2010 | Independent | Thrash | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 10/23/2010 8:17:44 AM |
| Dread the Forsaken | Unbound | 2009 | Independent | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 11/12/2010 2:46:08 PM |
| Halcyon Way | Building The Towers | 2010 | Nightmare Records | Heavy/Extreme | Chris Kincaid | 4 | 11/12/2010 4:52:25 PM |
| The Burning | Hail The Horde | 2010 | Massacre | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 11/13/2010 7:46:37 AM |
| Symphorce | Unrestricted | 2010 | AFM | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 11/13/2010 8:04:48 AM |
| Ross The Boss | Hailstorm | 2010 | AFM | Traditional | Chris Kincaid | 4 | 11/22/2010 5:10:47 PM |
| Forbidden | Omega Wave | 2010 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Chris Kincaid | 4 | 11/26/2010 5:22:52 PM |
| The Commander In Chief | Battle for the Mind | 2010 | Independent | Hard Rock | Ben McCraw | 4.5 | 11/28/2010 12:06:49 PM |
| Acrid | If You Knew | 2010 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 12/1/2010 |
| Hackneyed | Death Prevails | 2008 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 12/14/2010 10:26:34 AM |
| Amorphis | Magic & Mayhem - Tales From the Early Years | 2010 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Ravana | 4 | 12/14/2010 5:22:31 PM |
| Birdflesh | Mongo Musicale | 2006 | Dental Records | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 2.5 | 12/21/2010 2:24:41 PM |
| Hardcore Superstar | Split Your Lip | 2010 | Nuclear Blast | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 4 | 1/7/2011 9:09:24 AM |
| Poison Sun | Virtual Sin | 2010 | Metal Heaven | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 1/10/2011 1:08:27 PM |
| Astral Doors | Testament Of Rock | 2011 | Metalville | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 1/10/2011 4:18:40 PM |
| Exciter | Death Machine | 2011 | Massacre | Thrash | Eric Compton | 1 | 1/10/2011 4:36:22 PM |
| Coldspell | Out From The Cold | 2011 | Escape Music | Hard Rock | Chris Kincaid | 4 | 1/14/2011 7:32:19 PM |
| Gallows End | Nemesis Divine | 2010 | Farvahar | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 1/15/2011 6:55:16 PM |
| Firewind | Days Of Defiance | 2010 | Century Media | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 1/17/2011 6:53:38 PM |
| Helstar | Glory Of Chaos | 2010 | AFM | Power | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 1/17/2011 8:37:37 PM |
| Lightning Swords of Death | The Extra Dimensional Wound | 2010 | Metal Blade | Black | Ravana | 4 | 1/20/2011 4:32:48 PM |
| Dirty Looks | I.C.U | 2010 | FNA | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 1/21/2011 10:56:30 AM |
| Powerdrive | Instinct | 2010 | Independent | Traditional | Chris Kincaid | 4 | 1/22/2011 9:53:49 AM |
| Powerworld | Human Parasite | 2010 | SPV/Steamhammer | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 1/22/2011 12:07:24 PM |
| Blood of the Black Owl | A Feral Spirit | 2008 | Bindrune | Doom/Stoner | Etiam | 2 | 1/25/2011 12:36:56 AM |
| Hardbone | Dirty 'N' Young | 2010 | Phantom | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 1/25/2011 10:50:06 AM |
| Lord Volture | Beast Of Thunder | 2010 | Independent | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 1/26/2011 9:52:48 AM |
| Leather Leone | II | 2018 | Divebomb | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 5/24/2018 |
| Axegressor | Bannerless | 2018 | Brutal Records | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3 | 5/22/2018 |
| Crystal Ball | Crystallizer | 2018 | Massacre | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/23/2018 |
| White Wizzard | Infernal Overdrive | 2018 | M-Theory | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/23/2018 |
| Dokken | Return to the East Live 2016 | 2018 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/24/2018 |
| Yob | Our Raw Heart | 2018 | Relapse | Doom/Stoner | David Loveless | 5 | 5/24/2018 |
| Cabal | Mark Of Rot | 2018 | Long Branch | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 3.5 | 5/22/2018 |
| Stryper | God Damn Evil | 2018 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | David Loveless | 4.5 | 5/24/2018 |
| The Clearing Path | Watershed Between Earth and Firmament | 2017 | I, Voidhanger | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 5/27/2018 |
| Domgard | Odelagt | 2017 | Carnal | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 5/27/2018 |
| Elysian Blaze | The Virtue Of Suffering | 2018 | Independent | Black | David Loveless | 4.5 | 5/31/2018 |
| Kataklysm | Meditations | 2018 | Nuclear Blast | Death | David Loveless | 3 | 5/30/2018 |
| Thorium | Blasphemy Awakes | 2018 | Mighty Music | Death | Eric Compton | 3 | 5/30/2018 |
| Blitzkrieg | Judge Not! | 2018 | Mighty Music | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/30/2018 |
| Aiden | Knives | 2009 | Victory | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 4 | 5/2/2010 7:23:58 AM |
| The Autumn Offering | Requiem | 2009 | Victory | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 4 | 5/2/2010 7:42:02 AM |
| Bang Camaro | II | 2010 | Black Sword | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 5/2/2010 9:50:48 AM |
| Wizard | Thor | 2009 | Zoom | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/2/2010 10:06:20 AM |
| Trick or Treat | Tin Soldiers | 2009 | Steelheart | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 5/2/2010 10:13:44 AM |
| Throwdown | Deathless | 2009 | E1 Entertainment | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 4 | 5/2/2010 10:18:28 AM |
| Anywhere | Prometiendo Volver | 2010 | Independent | Traditional | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 5/3/2010 8:46:31 PM |
| Perpetual Suffering | Perpetual Suffering | 2004 | Black Sheep | Black | Etiam | 1.5 | 5/4/2010 9:07:35 AM |
| Megasus | Megasus | 2009 | 20 Buck Spin | Doom/Stoner | Ben McCraw | 1 | 5/4/2010 11:58:31 AM |
| Necrophobic | Satanic Blasphemies | 2010 | Regain | Black | Ben McCraw | 4 | 5/4/2010 12:11:05 PM |
| Steevi Jaimz | My Private Hell | 2009 | 101 Distribution | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 5/4/2010 1:16:54 PM |
| House Of Heavy | House Of Heavy | 2010 | Metal Blade | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 5/8/2010 5:36:21 PM |
| Wicked Temptation | Seein Ain't Believin' | 2010 | Rhino Rock | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/8/2010 5:37:25 PM |
| Black Dawn | The Black Tides Of War | 2010 | Diminished Fifth | Thrash | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 5/8/2010 5:42:53 PM |
| Mama Kin | In The City | 2009 | Leon Music | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 5/10/2010 7:45:11 PM |
| Carach Angren | Death Came Through A Phantom ship | 2010 | Maddening Media | Black | David Loveless | 5 | 5/11/2010 6:55:22 AM |
| Blut Aus Nord | Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue With The Stars | 2009 | Candlelight | Black | David Loveless | 4 | 5/11/2010 7:05:25 AM |
| Dark Fortress | Ylem | 2010 | Century Media | Black | David Loveless | 5 | 5/11/2010 7:19:48 AM |
| Deftones | Diamond Eyes | 2010 | Reprise | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 5 | 5/11/2010 7:32:58 AM |
| Bloodthirst | Sanctity Denied | 2009 | Pagan | Thrash | Ben McCraw | 4.5 | 5/11/2010 7:03:54 PM |
| Gamma Ray | To The Metal | 2010 | EarMusic | Power | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 5/14/2010 1:34:13 PM |
| Guilt Machine | On This Perfect Day | 2009 | Mascot | Progressive | David Loveless | 4.5 | 5/17/2010 6:02:52 PM |
| InnerWish | No Turning Back | 2010 | Ulterium | Power | Chris Kincaid | 4 | 5/18/2010 6:49:15 PM |
| Bitter Frost | Bitter Frost | 2010 | Lord Erikson Studios | Black | Ben McCraw | 4.5 | 5/22/2010 10:52:59 PM |
| Necroblaspheme | Destination: Nulle Part | 2008 | Agonia | Death | Etiam | 3.5 | 5/25/2010 3:20:19 PM |
| Painside | Dark World Burden | 2010 | Inner Wound | Traditional | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 5/27/2010 8:18:30 PM |
| Kissin' Dynamite | Addicted To Metal | 2010 | AFM | Hard Rock | Chris Kincaid | 3 | 5/29/2010 6:57:53 PM |
| Shredding The Envelope | The Call of the Flames | 2010 | Stand Still And Scream Music | Thrash | Ben McCraw | 4.5 | 6/7/2010 10:34:17 PM |
| Kylesa | Static Tensions | 2009 | Prosthetic | Heavy/Extreme | Etiam | 3 | 6/10/2010 10:22:57 AM |
| Disavowed | Stagnated Existence | 2007 | Neurotic | Death | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 6/15/2010 1:39:49 PM |
| L.A. Guns | Covered In Guns | 2010 | Deadline | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 6/18/2010 8:56:01 AM |
| Wild Side | Speed Devil | 2010 | Escape Music | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/18/2010 9:10:10 AM |
| Dark Age | Acedia | 2009 | AFM | Gothic/Symphonic | Eric Compton | 3 | 6/18/2010 10:00:20 AM |
| The Poodles | Clash Of The Elements | 2009 | Blistering | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 6/18/2010 11:55:47 AM |
| Masquerade | Cybernetic Empire | 2010 | Steelheart | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 6/18/2010 12:29:08 PM |
| Phantom X | This Is War | 2010 | Perris | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 6/18/2010 12:45:16 PM |
| Phonomik | Soul Creeper | 2010 | Nightmare Records | Progressive | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/18/2010 12:59:53 PM |
| Helvetets Port | Exodus To Hell | 2010 | Pure Steel | Traditional | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 6/21/2010 6:23:42 AM |
| Holy Cross | Under The Flag | 2009 | Pure Steel | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 6/21/2010 6:33:27 AM |
| American Sixgun | The Devil In Your Bones | 2010 | Eulogy | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 6/21/2010 6:41:16 AM |
| Taunted | Bleeding Black | 2009 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/22/2010 1:26:58 PM |
| Forevers Edge | Chaotic Silence | 2010 | Nightmare Records | Power | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 6/25/2010 5:23:15 PM |
| Lord Belial | The Black Curse | 2008 | Regain | Black | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 6/26/2010 12:37:29 PM |
| Dark Celebration | Phlegethon: The Transcendence of Demon Lords | 2009 | Paragon | Death | Greg Watson | 1 | 6/26/2010 1:21:34 PM |
| Blasphemy Rites | Hideous Lord | 2010 | Pagan | Black | Ben McCraw | 4 | 6/26/2010 10:04:17 PM |
| Bloodbath | The Fathomless Mastery | 2008 | Peaceville | Death | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 7/9/2010 3:51:31 PM |
| Pantheon-I | The Wanderer and His Shadow | 2007 | Candlelight | Black | Greg Watson | 2 | 7/9/2010 4:06:46 PM |
| Hatesphere | The Sickness Within | 2005 | SPV/Steamhammer | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 7/9/2010 4:12:58 PM |
| Christ Inversion | Christ Inversion | 2008 | Housecore | Black | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 7/9/2010 4:20:59 PM |
| Arise | The Reckoning | 2009 | Regain | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 7/9/2010 4:27:11 PM |
| Seven Kingdoms | Seven Kingdoms | 2010 | Nightmare Records | Power | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 7/15/2010 4:00:06 PM |
| Kozeljnik | Deeper The Fall | 2010 | Paragon | Black | Ben McCraw | 2.5 | 7/16/2010 9:06:55 PM |
| Halloween | Don't Metal With Evil | 2010 | Pure Steel | Traditional | Eric Compton | 5 | 7/19/2010 6:57:47 AM |
| Gypsyhawk | Patience & Perseverance | 2010 | Creator-Destructor | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/20/2010 6:31:56 AM |
| Tony Harnell & The Mercury Train | Round Trip | 2010 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 7/20/2010 6:46:38 AM |
| Pertness | From The Beginning To The End | 2010 | Karthago | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 7/20/2010 7:03:11 AM |
| Danko Jones | Below The Belt | 2010 | Bad Taste | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 5 | 7/20/2010 8:01:22 AM |
| Loudness | King Of Pain | 2010 | Tokuma | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/20/2010 8:26:35 AM |
| Doomshine | The Piper At The Gates Of Doom | 2010 | Massacre | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/21/2010 9:25:54 AM |
| Fatal Embrace | The Empires Of Inhumanity | 2010 | Metal Blade | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 7/23/2010 11:58:21 AM |
| A Tortured Soul | Lucifer's Fate | 2010 | Pure Steel | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/23/2010 12:11:23 PM |
| Soul Collector | Soul Collector EP | 2010 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/26/2010 1:38:07 PM |
| Hellish Crossfire | Bloodrust Scythe | 2010 | I Hate Records | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/26/2010 2:03:00 PM |
| Abuser | Threats Of Fate | 2010 | My Graveyard | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 7/30/2010 5:49:44 AM |
| Hell's Thrash Horsemen | Going Sane | 2010 | Always At War | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/30/2010 6:32:41 AM |
| Armagedda | I Am | 2010 | Eisenwald/Nordvis | Black | Ben McCraw | 4.5 | 7/30/2010 10:43:38 PM |
| Greed | Burn It Down | 2010 | Independent | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 8/4/2010 6:47:44 AM |
| Steelwing | Lord Of The Wasteland | 2010 | Noise Art | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 8/4/2010 1:34:11 PM |
| Dawn Of Silence | Wicked Saint Or Righteous Sinner | 2010 | GHR Music | Power | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 8/4/2010 1:45:01 PM |
| Holy Grail | Improper Burial | 2010 | Prosthetic | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 8/5/2010 4:08:19 AM |
| Crosswinds | Opposing Forces | 2010 | Stormspell | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 8/6/2010 5:48:31 AM |
| Tornado | Fire At Will | 2009 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 8/6/2010 5:52:06 AM |
| National Suicide | The Old Family Is Still Alive | 2009 | My Graveyard | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 8/6/2010 9:05:14 AM |
| Primal Fear | Live In The U.S.A | 2010 | Frontiers | Power | Chris Kincaid | 5 | 8/6/2010 9:39:33 PM |
| Iron Maiden | The Final Frontier | 2010 | Sony Legacy | Power | Chris Kincaid | 4.5 | 8/16/2010 1:37:11 PM |
| Accept | Blood of the Nations | 2010 | Nuclear Blast | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 8/16/2010 8:52:21 PM |
| Sarah Jezebel Deva | A Sign of Sublime | 2010 | Candlelight | Black | Ben McCraw | 4 | 8/17/2010 5:28:40 PM |
| Sister Sin | True Sound Of The Underground | 2010 | Victory | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 4 | 8/20/2010 8:25:36 AM |
| RAM | Lightbringer | 2010 | AFM | Traditional | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 8/28/2010 10:47:09 AM |
| Korzus | Discipline of Hate | 2010 | AFM | Thrash | Chris Kincaid | 4 | 8/28/2010 11:11:41 AM |
| Distant Past | Alpha Draconis | 2010 | Independent | Traditional | Chris Kincaid | 2.5 | 8/28/2010 11:32:27 AM |
| Dragonsfire | Metal Service | 2010 | Pure Steel | Traditional | Chris Kincaid | 2.5 | 8/28/2010 12:03:49 PM |
| Ferreira | Better Run | 2010 | Escape Music | Hard Rock | Chris Kincaid | 3 | 9/2/2010 5:12:33 PM |
| Acid Bath | Paegan Terrorism Tactics | 2010 | Rotten | Black | Ben McCraw | 4.5 | 9/5/2010 12:13:43 AM |
| Tiago Della Vega | Hybrid | 2010 | SG Records | Heavy/Extreme | Ben McCraw | 5 | 9/8/2010 11:13:23 PM |
| Voices of Extreme | Break The Silence | 2010 | Independent | Hard Rock | Chris Kincaid | 3 | 9/12/2010 5:23:43 PM |
| Stratosphere | Fire Flight | 2010 | Escape Music | Hard Rock | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 9/17/2010 4:41:25 PM |
| Kiske Somerville | Kiske/Somerville | 2010 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Chris Kincaid | 3 | 9/17/2010 5:27:52 PM |
| King Lizard | Viva La Decadence | 2010 | Psycho Devito | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/26/2011 9:55:54 AM |
| Warcry | Revenge In Blood | 2010 | Pure Steel | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/29/2011 7:31:30 AM |
| The Ransack | Bloodline | 2011 | Raging Planet | Death | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 1/29/2011 7:37:33 AM |
| Onslaught | Sounds of Violence | 2011 | AFM | Thrash | Chris Kincaid | 4 | 1/30/2011 5:37:13 PM |
| Overdrive | Angelmaker | 2011 | Lion Music | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 2/2/2011 4:55:25 AM |
| Seven Thorns | Return To The Past | 2011 | Nightmare Records | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 2/6/2011 2:37:20 PM |
| Witchunter | Crystal Demons | 2010 | My Graveyard | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 2/6/2011 2:41:49 PM |
| Omnium Gatherum | New World Shadows | 2011 | Lifeforce Records | Death | Eric Compton | 4 | 2/11/2011 8:40:30 AM |
| Made Of Hate | Pathogen | 2011 | AFM | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 4 | 2/11/2011 9:02:51 AM |
| Bilocate | Sudden Death Syndrome | 2008 | Independent | Doom/Stoner | Ben McCraw | 3 | 2/12/2011 11:56:24 PM |
| Arthemis | Heroes | 2010 | Crash & Burn | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 2/14/2011 7:49:36 PM |
| Darkestrah | The Great Silk Road | 2008 | Paragon | Black | Etiam | 3 | 2/16/2011 8:59:21 AM |
| Havok | Time is Up | 2011 | Candlelight | Thrash | Chris Kincaid | 4 | 2/18/2011 2:16:48 PM |
| Skanners | Factory Of Steel | 2011 | SAOL | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 2/21/2011 7:53:18 AM |
| Malison Rogue | Malison Rogue | 2011 | Inner Wound | Progressive | Chris Kincaid | 2.5 | 2/22/2011 7:22:29 AM |
| Bad City | Welcome To The Wasteland | 2011 | Atlantic | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/26/2011 7:38:41 AM |
| Destruction | Day Of Reckoning | 2011 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 3/1/2011 2:34:28 PM |
| Essence | Lost In Violence | 2011 | Ultimhate | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/6/2011 4:58:59 PM |
| One Man Army And The Undead Quartet | The Dark Epic | 2011 | Massacre | Death | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 3/6/2011 5:09:12 PM |
| Aclla | Landscape Revolution | 2011 | Diehard | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/8/2011 2:06:19 PM |
| Universum | Mortuus Machina | 2010 | Riot | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/10/2011 9:18:21 AM |
| Symbolic | Scarvest | 2011 | Twilight Vertrieb | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/10/2011 2:22:44 PM |
| Yngwie Malmsteen | Relentless | 2010 | Rising Force | Traditional | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 3/22/2011 6:40:46 PM |
| Million | Sane And Insanity | 2011 | Metal Heaven | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/24/2011 5:02:20 AM |
| In This Moment | A Star-Crossed Wasteland | 2010 | Century Media | Metalcore/Hardcore | Frank Hill | 4 | 3/28/2011 10:54:46 AM |
| Underride | Distorted Nation | 2011 | Independent | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 3/29/2011 5:34:35 PM |
| Band of Spice | Feel Like Coming Home | 2010 | Cargo | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 3/29/2011 6:06:13 PM |
| Bloodbound | Unholy Cross | 2011 | AFM | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 4/1/2011 5:03:01 PM |
| Extinctionist | World Extinction | 2011 | Independent | Death | Chris Kincaid | 2.5 | 4/8/2011 9:43:29 AM |
| Orcustus | Orcustus | 2009 | Southern Lord | Black | Etiam | 3 | 4/10/2011 3:18:08 PM |
| Lazarus A.D | Black Rivers Flow | 2011 | Metal Blade | Thrash | Chris Kincaid | 4 | 4/26/2011 7:21:47 AM |
| talanas | The Waspkeeper | 2011 | Eulogy | Death | David Loveless | 5 | 5/1/2011 3:51:03 AM |
| Anomalous | OHMnivalent | 2011 | Brutal Bands | Death | David Loveless | 4.5 | 5/1/2011 7:46:26 PM |
| Artillery | My Blood | 2011 | Metal Mind Productions | Thrash | Chris Kincaid | 4 | 5/1/2011 8:27:37 PM |
| U.D.O. | Rev Raptor | 2011 | AFM | Power | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 5/6/2011 7:12:15 PM |
| Salem | In The Beginning | 2010 | High Roller | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | 3 | 5/6/2011 7:38:07 PM |
| TTDTE | Danza 3: The Series of Unfortunate Events | 2010 | Black Market Activities | Metalcore/Hardcore | David Loveless | 5 | 5/8/2011 6:25:38 AM |
| Worldecay | The Divide | 2010 | Independent | Death | David Loveless | 4 | 5/8/2011 7:39:49 AM |
| Backdraft | This Heaven Goes To Eleven | 2011 | GMR Music | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 5/14/2011 12:12:45 PM |
| Danger Zone | In The Line Of Fire | 2011 | Avenue Of Allies | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/14/2011 5:20:18 PM |
| Angelus Apatrida | Clockwork | 2010 | Century Media | Thrash | Eric Compton | 5 | 5/14/2011 5:46:46 PM |
| Artas | Riotology | 2011 | Napalm | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 5/14/2011 6:07:18 PM |
| Black 'N Blue | Hell Yeah! | 2011 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 5/14/2011 6:13:08 PM |
| Anvil | Juggernaut Of Justice | 2011 | The End | Traditional | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 5/16/2011 7:18:53 PM |
| Facebreaker | Infected | 2010 | Cyclone Empire | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/18/2011 6:44:42 AM |
| Hardcore Circus | Wake Up Call | 2011 | Silverside | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 5/18/2011 8:30:37 PM |
| Pompei Nights | Rather Die Than Livin' In Boundaries | 2011 | Street Symphonies | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 5/24/2011 1:30:34 PM |
| Aiden | Disguises | 2011 | Victory | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3 | 5/28/2011 2:18:33 PM |
| X-Piracy | Dodge City Limits | 2010 | Suncity | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 5/28/2011 2:27:11 PM |
| Abysmal Dawn | Leveling The Plane Of Existence | 2010 | Relapse | Death | Eric Compton | 4 | 5/29/2011 9:56:26 AM |
| Cypher Seer | Origins | 2011 | Nightmare Records | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/30/2011 9:50:00 AM |
| Asphalt Valentine | Strip Rock 'N Roll | 2010 | Chavis | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 6/5/2011 7:58:01 AM |
| Black Spiders | Sons Of The North | 2011 | Cargo | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/5/2011 4:33:34 PM |
| The Very End | Mercy And Misery | 2011 | SPV/Steamhammer | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/6/2011 1:25:07 PM |
| Triggersoul | Triggersoul | 2011 | Jamsync Music | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/7/2011 2:34:58 PM |
| Twisted Tower Dire | Make It Dark | 2011 | Cruz Del Sur | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/7/2011 2:46:09 PM |
| Stormwarrior | Heathen Warrior | 2011 | Massacre | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 6/12/2011 8:38:53 AM |
| Sandra Dee | Visions Of Pain | 2011 | Eonian | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/12/2011 8:44:14 AM |
| Renegade | W:A:R | 2010 | My Graveyard | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/12/2011 8:50:01 AM |
| Pure Inc. | IV | 2011 | Brownsville | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/14/2011 4:13:36 AM |
| Wolf | Legions Of Bastards | 2011 | Century Media | Traditional | Chris Kincaid | 4 | 6/15/2011 7:56:50 AM |
| Hell | Human Remains | 2011 | Nuclear Blast | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 6/20/2011 4:11:51 AM |
| Chainfist | Black Out Sunday | 2010 | SAOL | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 3 | 6/20/2011 4:15:23 AM |
| Nasty Nuns | Too Much Is Never Enough | 2010 | Devil Doll | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/20/2011 4:16:48 AM |
| Symfonia | In Paradisum | 2011 | Edel | Power | Vinaya Saksena | 3 | 6/20/2011 10:56:28 PM |
| Born Again | Neverending Fire/ One Question | 2010 | High Roller | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | 3 | 6/20/2011 11:00:43 PM |
| Nifelheim | Nifelheim | 2009 | Regain | Black | Etiam | 3.5 | 6/22/2011 10:44:08 AM |
| Fireforce | March On | 2011 | 7hard | Power | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 6/24/2011 10:07:03 AM |
| Interim Divine | House of the Broken | 2011 | Interscope | Hard Rock | David Loveless | 5 | 6/26/2011 4:14:21 PM |
| Caliban | Coverfield | 2011 | Century Media | Metalcore/Hardcore | David Loveless | 3 | 6/28/2011 4:54:50 PM |
| Seven Witches | Call Upon The Wicked | 2011 | Screaming Ferret | Traditional | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 7/12/2011 9:24:36 PM |
| Koritni | Game of Fools | 2009 | Bad Reputation | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 7/14/2011 1:11:10 PM |
| Chrome Division | 3rd Round Knockout | 2011 | Nuclear Blast | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 7/30/2011 5:38:39 AM |
| Blackstar Halo | Illuminated | 2010 | Artist Anonymous | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/30/2011 5:41:01 AM |
| Sonne Adam | Transformation | 2011 | Century Media | Death | David Loveless | 4 | 8/3/2011 12:48:32 AM |
| Morbid Angel | Illud Dominum Insanus | 2011 | Season of Mist | Death | Greg Watson | 2 | 8/3/2011 4:19:52 PM |
| The Treatment | This Might Hurt | 2011 | Powerage | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 8/9/2011 12:56:28 AM |
| Hail The Villain | Population Declining | 2010 | Roadrunner | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 8/9/2011 12:58:23 AM |
| Beyond the Vortex | One | 2010 | Non Stop Music | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 8/14/2011 12:31:08 PM |
| Byfrost | Black Earth | 2010 | Painkiller | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 8/14/2011 12:36:23 PM |
| Axis Powers | Marching Towards Destruction | 2010 | Pulverised | Death | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 8/14/2011 12:39:53 PM |
| Panychida | Moon, Forest, Blinding Snow | 2010 | Folter | Traditional | Greg Watson | 1 | 8/14/2011 12:43:46 PM |
| The Stone | Ympo | 2009 | Folter | Black | Greg Watson | 1.5 | 8/14/2011 1:05:56 PM |
| Suicide Silence | The Black Crown | 2011 | Century Media | Death | David Loveless | 3.5 | 8/17/2011 5:42:26 AM |
| Stone Dozer | Long Live The King | 2011 | Independent | Thrash | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 8/17/2011 8:55:32 AM |
| Steel Aggressor | From Ruins To Dust | 2011 | Stormspell | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 8/24/2011 6:45:36 PM |
| Six Reasons To Kill | Architects Of Perfection | 2011 | Massacre | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 8/24/2011 6:48:56 PM |
| Tormenter | Pulse of Terror | 2012 | EBM Records | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/3/2011 6:36:09 AM |
| Tankard | Volume 14 | 2010 | AFM | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/3/2011 6:39:35 AM |
| Signum A.D. | The Unsilenced | 2010 | Cage Rattle | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/3/2011 8:11:56 AM |
| Limp Bizkit | Gold Cobra | 2011 | Interscope | Nu/Rapcore | Eric Compton | 4 | 9/10/2011 5:38:16 AM |
| The Sorrow | The Sorrow | 2010 | Drakkar | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/10/2011 5:44:09 AM |
| Aesthesia | Shattered Idols | 2010 | Shotgun Generation | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/10/2011 5:51:27 AM |
| Anthrax | Worship Music | 2011 | Megaforce | Thrash | Chris Kincaid | 4.5 | 9/10/2011 10:22:21 AM |
| Bai Bang | Livin' My Dreams | 2011 | AOR Heaven | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 9/28/2011 6:10:55 AM |
| Crossfade | We All Bleed | 2011 | Eleven Seven | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/28/2011 6:14:47 AM |
| Alpha Tiger | Man or Machine | 2011 | Sonic Attack | Power | Frank Hill | 4.5 | 9/28/2011 |
| Catch 22 | Monumental | 2011 | Metal On Metal | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 10/8/2011 6:53:38 AM |
| Stargazery | Eye On The Sky | 2011 | Pure Legend | Power | Eric Compton | 2 | 10/8/2011 6:58:25 AM |
| Absolute Power | Absolute Power | 2011 | Feto | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 10/8/2011 7:04:17 AM |
| Downfire | Damnation | 2011 | Dig Metal World | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 3 | 10/8/2011 7:10:29 AM |
| Speed Kill Hate | Out For Blood | 2011 | Ham | Thrash | Eric Compton | 1 | 10/8/2011 7:17:30 AM |
| ReinXeed | Swedish Hitz Goes Metal | 2011 | Doolittle Group | Power | Chris Kincaid | 1.5 | 10/10/2011 5:37:53 PM |
| Warbringer | Worlds Torn Asunder | 2011 | Century Media | Thrash | David Loveless | 5 | 10/14/2011 11:57:31 PM |
| ICS Vortex | Storm Seeker | 2011 | Century Media | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 5 | 10/15/2011 12:18:44 AM |
| Stray From The Path | Rising Sun | 2011 | Sumerian Records | Metalcore/Hardcore | David Loveless | 4.5 | 10/15/2011 12:41:38 AM |
| Leprous | Bilateral | 2011 | InsideOut | Progressive | David Loveless | 5 | 10/15/2011 8:16:32 AM |
| Adrenaline Mob | Adrenaline Mob | 2011 | Independent | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 10/16/2011 3:51:24 PM |
| The Botanist | The Suicide Tree/A Rose From The Dead | 2011 | Tumult | Black | David Loveless | 4 | 10/19/2011 6:51:51 AM |
| Criminal | Akelarre | 2011 | Massacre | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 10/20/2011 4:46:54 PM |
| Zombie, Inc. | A Dreadful Disease | 2011 | Massacre | Death | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 10/20/2011 5:41:28 PM |
| Voodoo Six | Fluke | 2010 | Powerage | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 1 | 10/21/2011 4:30:15 PM |
| The Quill | Full Circle | 2011 | SPV/Steamhammer | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 10/25/2011 11:13:20 AM |
| Soulhealer | The Kings Of Bullet Alley | 2011 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 10/26/2011 9:28:58 AM |
| Hibria | Blind Ride | 2011 | King Records | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 10/29/2011 10:35:44 AM |
| Nightrage | Insidous | 2011 | Lifeforce Records | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3 | 10/29/2011 10:42:28 AM |
| Two Steps From Hell | Invincible | 2010 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Frank Hill | 4.5 | 11/2/2011 9:52:00 AM |
| Solar Fragment | In Our Hands | 2011 | Scarlet | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/6/2011 4:12:05 PM |
| Planet 9 | Planet 9 | 2011 | Jamsync Music | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 11/12/2011 7:15:46 AM |
| Vader | Welcome To The Morbid Reich | 2011 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/21/2011 4:53:54 PM |
| Dick Delicious And The Tasty Testicles | A Vulgar Display of Obscurity | 2011 | Slinging Pig | Thrash | Chris Kincaid | .5 | 11/23/2011 6:36:51 AM |
| Defuse | Bangkok Addiction | 2011 | Fastball Media | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/29/2011 8:20:00 PM |
| Pegazus | In Metal We Trust | 2011 | Black Leather | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 12/12/2011 7:52:01 PM |
| Confused Little Girl | Southern Gentlemen | 2011 | Rotten | Doom/Stoner | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 12/15/2011 11:26:25 AM |
| Iron Mask | Black As Death | 2012 | AFM | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 12/22/2011 9:12:33 PM |
| Cage | Supremacy Of Steel | 2011 | Music Buy Mail | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 12/25/2011 11:07:13 AM |
| Axehammer | Marching On | 2012 | Pure Steel | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/1/2012 |
| Communic | The Bottom Deep | 2011 | Nuclear Blast | Progressive | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/1/2012 12:33:51 PM |
| Animetal USA | Animetal USA | 2011 | Independent | Power | Eric Compton | 2 | 1/1/2012 12:38:04 PM |
| Primal Fear | Unbreakable | 2011 | Frontiers | Power | Chris Kincaid | 4 | 1/3/2012 9:39:46 AM |
| Hexfire | The Fires Of Redemption | 2011 | Nightmare Records | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 1/7/2012 8:15:22 PM |
| Holy Grail | Seasons Bleedings | 2011 | Prosthetic | Traditional | Frank Hill | 4.5 | 1/7/2012 10:38:37 PM |
| Cold Fate | Figures In Black | 2011 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | 2 | 1/22/2012 6:13:41 AM |
| King's Evil | Sacrosanct | 2011 | World Chaos | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/22/2012 6:19:13 AM |
| The Magnificent | The Magnificent | 2011 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 1/22/2012 6:27:19 AM |
| I Am Hunger | Odium | 2012 | Snapping Fingers Snapping Necks | Hard Rock | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 1/22/2012 6:32:45 PM |
| Soul Drainer | Heavens Gate | 2011 | Vicisolum Productions | Death | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 1/22/2012 6:37:11 PM |
| Threat Signal | Threat Signal | 2011 | Nuclear Blast | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 1/22/2012 6:42:24 PM |
| Decaying | Encirclement | 2012 | Hellthrasher | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 1/24/2012 7:04:32 PM |
| Walking With Strangers | Hardships | 2011 | Panic and Action | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 1/24/2012 7:11:03 PM |
| Krisiun | The Great Execution | 2011 | Century Media | Death | David Loveless | 4.5 | 1/28/2012 7:13:29 PM |
| Vallenfyre | A Fragile King | 2011 | Century Media | Death | David Loveless | 4 | 1/28/2012 7:25:42 PM |
| The Man-Eating Tree | Harvest | 2011 | Century Media | Gothic/Symphonic | David Loveless | 3.5 | 1/28/2012 7:50:20 PM |
| DragonLand | Under the Grey Banner | 2012 | AFM | Power | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 2/8/2012 7:03:00 PM |
| Iron Mask | Black As Death | 2012 | AFM | Power | Greg Watson | 4 | 2/8/2012 7:09:35 PM |
| Iron Savior | The Landing | 2011 | AFM | Power | Greg Watson | 4 | 2/8/2012 7:19:36 PM |
| Vendetta | Feed the Extermination | 2012 | Massacre | Thrash | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 2/8/2012 7:25:51 PM |
| Moloken | Rural | 2011 | Discouraged | Doom/Stoner | Greg Watson | 3 | 2/19/2012 12:59:12 PM |
| Exeloume | Fairytale of Perversion | 2011 | Vicisolum Productions | Thrash | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 2/19/2012 1:05:56 PM |
| Sectu | Inundate | 2011 | Vicisolum Productions | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 2/19/2012 1:14:20 PM |
| Imperial State Electric | Pop War | 2012 | Psychout | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 3/1/2012 12:26:02 PM |
| Armor Column | Maximum Collateral Damage | 2011 | EBM Records | Thrash | Chris Kincaid | 3.5 | 3/9/2012 5:48:27 PM |
| Cannibal Corpse | Torture | 2012 | Metal Blade | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 3/21/2012 5:58:52 PM |
| Spawn of Posession | Incurso | 2012 | Relapse | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 3/21/2012 6:04:22 PM |
| Vendetta | World Under Fire | 2012 | Lion Music | Traditional | Chris Kincaid | 2.5 | 3/27/2012 9:22:21 AM |
| BerserkerfoX | New World Murder EP | 2012 | Ovis Records | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 3/28/2012 2:20:13 PM |
| Asphyx | Deathhammer | 2012 | Century Media | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 3/28/2012 2:24:12 PM |
| The Devastated | The Devil's Messenger | 2012 | Century Media | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 2 | 3/28/2012 2:27:42 PM |
| Epica | Requiem for the Indifferent | 2012 | Nuclear Blast | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 4 | 3/28/2012 2:33:34 PM |
| De Profundis | The Emptiness Within | 2012 | Kolony | Progressive | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 4/8/2012 8:41:26 PM |
| 7 Horns 7 Eyes | The Falsehood of Affliction | 2012 | Century Media | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 4/8/2012 8:45:34 PM |
| Night Queen | For Queen and Metal | 2012 | Massacre | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 4/8/2012 8:49:22 PM |
| Last Kingdom | Chronicles of the North | 2012 | Limb Music | Power | Greg Watson | 4 | 4/8/2012 8:56:25 PM |
| Empires of Eden | Channelling The Infinite | 2012 | Music Buy Mail | Power | Chris Kincaid | 4 | 4/17/2012 8:56:40 PM |
| Caliban | I Am Nemesis | 2012 | Century Media | Metalcore/Hardcore | David Loveless | 4 | 4/18/2012 4:02:29 PM |
| Napalm Death | Utilitarian | 2012 | Century Media | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 5 | 4/18/2012 4:14:48 PM |
| Nifelheim | Devil's Force | 2009 | Regain | Black | Etiam | 3.5 | 4/26/2012 1:36:13 PM |
| Steel Assassin | WWII: Metal of Honor | 2012 | High Roller | Traditional | Chris Kincaid | 2.5 | 5/9/2012 1:45:37 PM |
| Sabaton | Carolus Rex | 2012 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 5/12/2012 9:21:24 AM |
| Phobia | Remnants of Filth | 2012 | Willowtip | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 2 | 5/12/2012 10:03:14 AM |
| Sonata Arctica | Stones Grow Her Name | 2012 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Greg Watson | 1.5 | 5/12/2012 10:06:28 AM |
| Disaffected | Rebirth | 2012 | Massacre | Progressive | Greg Watson | 4 | 6/4/2012 2:30:29 PM |
| Hexen | Being and Nothingness | 2012 | Pulverised | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4 | 6/4/2012 2:34:39 PM |
| The Murder of My Sweet | Bye Bye Lullaby | 2012 | AFM | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 2 | 6/4/2012 2:38:37 PM |
| Bury Tomorrow | The Union of Crowns | 2012 | Nuclear Blast | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 7/9/2012 3:00:12 PM |
| Fastkill | Bestial Thrashing Bulldozer | 2012 | Pulverised | Thrash | Greg Watson | 1 | 7/9/2012 3:03:04 PM |
| Dragony | Legends | 2012 | Independent | Power | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 7/10/2012 2:17:07 PM |
| Master | The New Elite | 2012 | Pulverised | Death | Greg Watson | 1 | 7/10/2012 2:20:37 PM |
| Thick As Blood | Living Proof | 2012 | Rise Records | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 7/10/2012 2:40:25 PM |
| Titans Eve | Life Apocalypse | 2012 | Independent | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/10/2012 2:47:05 PM |
| Usurpress | Trenches of the Netherworld | 2012 | SelfMadeGod | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 7/18/2012 6:49:04 PM |
| Marauder | Elegy of Blood | 2012 | Pitch Black | Power | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/18/2012 6:53:21 PM |
| Black Majesty | Stargazer | 2012 | Limb Music | Power | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/25/2012 2:52:33 PM |
| Mercury Tide | Killing Saw | 2012 | Limited Access | Progressive | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 7/25/2012 2:56:00 PM |
| Testament | Dark Roots of Earth | 2012 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Chris Kincaid | 4 | 7/31/2012 10:37:29 AM |
| Abhorrence | Completely Vulgar | 2012 | Svart | Death | Greg Watson | 2 | 8/2/2012 2:28:28 PM |
| Athlantis | M.W.N.D. | 2012 | Ice Warrior | Power | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/2/2012 2:41:31 PM |
| Embrace the Tide | Distances | 2012 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3 | 8/2/2012 2:50:00 PM |
| Suru | Catharsis | 2012 | Suspiria | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/6/2012 3:07:13 PM |
| Fall of Mirra | Circling The Wagons | 2012 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 4.5 | 8/17/2012 4:44:24 AM |
| Funerus | Return to Sludge | 2011 | Ibex Moon | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/19/2012 3:16:23 PM |
| Humangled | Odd Ethics | 2012 | Abyss | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 8/19/2012 3:19:47 PM |
| Tormenter | Pulse of Terror | 2012 | EBM Records | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/19/2012 3:34:14 PM |
| Toxic Trace | Torment | 2012 | EBM Records | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/19/2012 3:42:16 PM |
| American Dog | Poison Smile | 2012 | Bad Reputation | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 8/20/2012 6:41:42 AM |
| Evoken | Atra Mors | 2012 | Profound Lore | Doom/Stoner | David Loveless | 5 | 8/25/2012 2:12:29 AM |
| Bullet | Full Pull | 2012 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Greg Watson | 2 | 9/12/2012 2:19:30 PM |
| Daylight Dies | A Frail Becoming | 2012 | Candlelight | Traditional | Greg Watson | 4 | 9/12/2012 2:22:44 PM |
| Ektomorf | Black Flag | 2012 | AFM | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4 | 9/12/2012 2:26:01 PM |
| Masachist | Scorned | 2012 | SelfMadeGod | Death | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 9/12/2012 2:29:57 PM |
| Enslaved | Riitiir | 2012 | Nuclear Blast | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 10/4/2012 2:13:57 PM |
| Fear Factory | The Industrialist | 2012 | Candlelight | Industrial | Greg Watson | 3 | 10/4/2012 2:16:32 PM |
| Sacred Blood | Alexandros | 2012 | Pitch Black | Power | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 10/4/2012 2:20:15 PM |
| Sylosis | Monolith | 2012 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4 | 10/4/2012 2:23:22 PM |
| Vision Divine | Destination Set to Nowhere | 2012 | Ear Music | Progressive | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 10/4/2012 2:27:48 PM |
| Cloudscape | New Era | 2012 | Nightmare Records | Progressive | Greg Watson | 4 | 10/13/2012 9:23:24 PM |
| D.I.S. | Becoming Wrath | 2012 | Deep Six/Power Up | Thrash | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 10/13/2012 9:30:29 PM |
| Enemy Reign | Between Hell and Oblivion | 2012 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 4 | 10/13/2012 9:35:53 PM |
| Illdisposed | Sense the Darkness | 2012 | Massacre | Death | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 10/13/2012 9:44:02 PM |
| Seven Kingdoms | Fire Is Mine | 2012 | Nightmare Records | Power | Greg Watson | 2 | 10/17/2012 2:19:46 PM |
| A Life Once Lost | Ecstatic Trance | 2012 | Season of Mist | Metalcore/Hardcore | David Loveless | 5 | 10/28/2012 9:07:14 PM |
| Cradle of Filth | The Manticore and Other Horrors | 2012 | Nuclear Blast | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 11/11/2012 10:09:58 AM |
| Ikkadian | Of Alpha And Omega | 2012 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 11/11/2012 10:19:22 AM |
| The Sorrow | Misery Escape | 2012 | Napalm | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/13/2012 7:18:03 AM |
| Drone | For Torch And Crown | 2012 | Metalville | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/13/2012 6:53:04 PM |
| Bullet | Full Pull | 2012 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 11/16/2012 2:26:22 PM |
| Hellyeah | Band Of Brothers | 2012 | Eleven Seven | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/19/2012 1:19:54 PM |
| Black Moor | Lethal Waters | 2012 | Diminished Fifth | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 11/20/2012 3:54:17 PM |
| Blackberry Smoke | The Whippoorwill | 2012 | Southern Ground | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 11/21/2012 11:41:23 AM |
| Burning Point | The Ignitor | 2012 | Scarlet | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/22/2012 12:27:50 PM |
| Freedom Call | Land Of The Crimson Dawn | 2012 | SPV/Steamhammer | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/30/2012 8:36:25 AM |
| Adamon | Nightmare of my Dreams | 2012 | Independent | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 12/1/2012 |
| Striker | Armed To The Teeth | 2012 | Napalm | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 12/2/2012 12:16:37 PM |
| Dark Tranquility | Zero Distance EP | 2012 | Century Media | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 5 | 12/24/2012 3:21:33 PM |
| Scelerata | The Sniper | 2012 | Nightmare Records | Power | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 12/24/2012 3:28:04 PM |
| Undead Daredevil | Demo 2012 | 2012 | Independent | Death | David Loveless | 5 | 12/30/2012 5:35:35 AM |
| Ashes of Ares | Ashes of Ares | 2013 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 1/1/2013 |
| Zero Down | Looking To Start A Riot | 2012 | Independent | Traditional | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 2/7/2013 2:32:57 PM |
| Chariots of the Gods | Chariots of the Gods | 2012 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 4 | 2/25/2013 5:12:41 PM |
| Destruction | Spiritual Genocide | 2012 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 2/25/2013 5:17:16 PM |
| Wednesday 13 | The Dixie Dead | 2013 | Independent | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/10/2013 7:50:35 AM |
| Deuce | Nine Lives | 2012 | Five Seven Music | Nu/Rapcore | Eric Compton | 3 | 3/10/2013 8:00:49 AM |
| Attica Rage | 88 MPH | 2012 | Off Yer Rocka | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 3/10/2013 8:09:59 AM |
| White Skull | Under This Flag | 2012 | Dragonheart | Power | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 3/13/2013 3:41:18 PM |
| Attacker | Giants Of Canaan | 2013 | Metal On Metal | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 3/15/2013 8:19:17 AM |
| Witchburner | Bloodthirsty Eyes | 2013 | High Roller | Thrash | Eric Compton | 2 | 3/20/2013 5:11:30 PM |
| Six-Point Lead | Light Lies | 2012 | Buil2Kill | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/22/2013 2:49:06 PM |
| Parkway Drive | Atlas | 2012 | Epitaph | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/23/2013 6:51:47 PM |
| Hatriot | Heroes Of Origin | 2013 | Massacre | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/26/2013 5:12:51 PM |
| Giant X | I | 2013 | SPV/Steamhammer | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/28/2013 9:40:19 AM |
| Screamer | Phoenix | 2013 | High Roller | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 4/4/2013 3:09:30 PM |
| Ektomorf | The Acoustic | 2012 | AFM | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3 | 4/4/2013 3:14:05 PM |
| Rebellion | Arminius: Furor Teutonicus | 2012 | Massacre | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 4/9/2013 8:59:52 AM |
| Shakra | Powerplay | 2013 | AFM | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 4/15/2013 9:42:52 AM |
| Six Feet Under | Unborn | 2013 | Metal Blade | Death | David Loveless | 2.5 | 4/20/2013 5:02:17 AM |
| Agrypnie | Aetas Cineris | 2013 | Supreme Chaos | Black | David Loveless | 5 | 4/20/2013 5:15:14 AM |
| Carach Angren | Where The Corpses Sink Forever | 2012 | Season of Mist | Black | David Loveless | 5 | 4/20/2013 5:29:44 AM |
| Darkthrone | The Underground Resistance | 2013 | Peaceville | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 5 | 4/22/2013 4:31:45 AM |
| Densetsu Stream | Wicked City | 2013 | The Path Less Traveled | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 4.5 | 4/28/2013 6:52:02 AM |
| Aosoth | An Arrow In Heart | 2013 | Agonia | Black | David Loveless | 4 | 4/29/2013 4:56:01 AM |
| Shining | One One One | 2013 | Prosthetic | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 5 | 5/6/2013 5:20:16 AM |
| Bludvera | Terrorform | 2013 | EBM Records | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4 | 5/26/2013 9:55:18 PM |
| Defeated Sanity | Passages Into Deformity | 2013 | Willowtip | Death | Greg Watson | 2 | 5/26/2013 9:59:34 PM |
| Hideweaver | Silver Bullet | 2013 | EBM Records | Power | Greg Watson | 4 | 5/26/2013 10:05:55 PM |
| Damnation Angels | Bringer of Light | 2012 | Massacre | Power | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 6/14/2013 3:03:32 PM |
| Negator | Gates to the Pantheon | 2012 | Prosthetic | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 6/14/2013 3:06:36 PM |
| Suffocation | Pinnacle of Bedlam | 2013 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 6/14/2013 3:10:23 PM |
| Valor | The Yonder Answer | 2013 | Pitch Black | Power | Greg Watson | 4 | 6/14/2013 3:14:53 PM |
| Wormed | Exodromos | 2013 | Willowtip | Death | Greg Watson | 2 | 6/14/2013 3:17:55 PM |
| Azure Emote | The Gravity of Impermanence | 2013 | SelfMadeGod | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 6/19/2013 7:02:36 PM |
| Circle of Silence | The Rise of Resistance | 2013 | Massacre | Power | Greg Watson | 4 | 6/19/2013 7:11:03 PM |
| Deadlands | Evilution | 2013 | Massacre | Power | Greg Watson | 4 | 6/19/2013 7:17:51 PM |
| Riverside | Shrine of New Generation Slaves | 2012 | InsideOut | Progressive | Vinaya Saksena | 4.5 | 6/23/2013 10:02:41 PM |
| Enforcer | Death By Fire | 2013 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 6/23/2013 10:25:10 PM |
| Black Sabbath | 13 | 2013 | Vertigo | Doom/Stoner | David Hodges | 3.5 | 8/2/2013 2:05:12 PM |
| Devourment | Conceived in Sewage | 2013 | Relapse | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3 | 8/9/2013 6:40:38 PM |
| Havok | Unnatural Selection | 2013 | Candlelight | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/9/2013 6:44:47 PM |
| Sandstone | Delta Viridian | 2013 | Limb Music | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 8/13/2013 10:34:13 PM |
| Badhoven | Obsession | 2013 | ATS | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 9/1/2013 |
| Darkane | The Sinister Supremacy | 2013 | Prosthetic | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4 | 10/4/2013 7:58:27 PM |
| Grave | Morbid Ascent | 2013 | Century Media | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 10/4/2013 8:01:22 PM |
| While the Buried Sleep | In Defeat | 2013 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 10/4/2013 8:08:44 PM |
| Damnations Day | Invisible, The Dead | 2013 | Nightmare/Sony RED | Power | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 10/17/2013 6:12:49 PM |
| Eden's Curse | Symphony of Sins | 2013 | AFM | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 3 | 10/17/2013 6:15:25 PM |
| Deals Death | Point Zero Solution | 2013 | Spinefarm | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 10/17/2013 6:19:23 PM |
| War Torn Angel | Depth/Distance | 2013 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 4 | 10/17/2013 6:22:48 PM |
| Testament | Dark Roots of Thrash | 2013 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 10/18/2013 6:53:16 PM |
| Halestorm | ReAniMate 2.0 | 2013 | Atlantic | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 10/20/2013 5:29:58 PM |
| Svet Kant | Loneliness | 2013 | Independent | Progressive | Greg Watson | 4 | 10/22/2013 8:24:19 AM |
| Scale The Summit | The Migration | 2013 | Prosthetic | Progressive | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 10/22/2013 9:29:36 PM |
| Psychocalypse | Crying Moon | 2013 | Buil2Kill | Thrash | David Hodges | 4 | 11/1/2013 12:56:10 PM |
| Hell | Curse and Chapter | 2013 | Nuclear Blast | Black | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 11/7/2013 12:23:26 AM |
| Iron Mask | Fifth Son of Winterdoom | 2013 | Ice Warrior | Power | Greg Watson | 3 | 11/19/2013 3:08:42 PM |
| Tragedian | Decimation | 2013 | Ice Warrior | Power | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 11/19/2013 3:17:27 PM |
| Generation Kill | We're All Gonna Die | 2013 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 11/19/2013 3:27:04 PM |
| Accuser | Diabolic | 2013 | Redshift | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3 | 12/1/2013 |
| Eyes Set to Kill | Masks | 2013 | Century Media | Metalcore/Hardcore | Vinaya Saksena | 2 | 12/1/2013 11:09:22 PM |
| Pestilence | Obsideo | 2013 | Candlelight | Death | Etiam | 4 | 12/17/2013 8:41:50 AM |
| Audrey Horne | Youngblood | 2014 | Napalm | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 4.5 | 12/30/2013 |
| Ambush | Firestorm | 2014 | High Roller | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/1/2014 |
| Forever Storm | Tragedy | 2013 | EBM Records | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4 | 1/6/2014 3:30:53 PM |
| Iced Earth | The Plagues EP | 2013 | Century Media | Power | Greg Watson | 4 | 1/6/2014 3:38:05 PM |
| Aska | Fire Eater | 2013 | Pure Steel | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 1/14/2014 5:51:41 AM |
| Babylon Fire | Dark Horizons | 2012 | Rocksector | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 1/17/2014 6:46:14 AM |
| Arcanium | Ontogenesis | 2013 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/24/2014 10:36:25 AM |
| Fist Fight | Conflict | 2014 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3 | 1/24/2014 1:28:58 PM |
| Warstorm | Goatspell | 2014 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/9/2014 6:09:40 PM |
| Sex Slaves | Call Of The Wild | 2012 | Independent | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 2/9/2014 6:16:35 PM |
| Crystal Ball | Dawnbreaker | 2013 | Massacre | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/9/2014 6:28:45 PM |
| Doyle | Abominator | 2013 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 2/9/2014 6:41:29 PM |
| Ice Nine Kills | Predator Becomes The Prey | 2014 | Outerloop | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/9/2014 6:53:10 PM |
| Stryper | No More Hell To Pay | 2013 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 2/11/2014 7:20:36 PM |
| Lions Of The South | Chronicles Of Aggression | 2014 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/11/2014 7:35:46 PM |
| Black Wulf | Time Traveler | 2014 | Independent | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 4 | 2/11/2014 7:54:52 PM |
| Fallen Fate | Into the Black | 2014 | Independent | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4 | 2/25/2014 5:57:46 PM |
| Scent of Remains | Under A Blackened Sky | 2014 | Pavement | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3 | 2/25/2014 6:02:21 PM |
| Soreption | Engineering the Void | 2014 | Unique Leader | Death | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 2/25/2014 6:09:41 PM |
| Akissforjersey | New Bodies | 2014 | In Vogue | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3 | 3/24/2014 6:54:45 AM |
| Roarback | Echoes Of Pain | 2014 | Mighty Music | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/24/2014 7:20:23 AM |
| Mean Machine | Livin' Outlaw | 2014 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 3/24/2014 7:43:30 AM |
| Artillery | Legions | 2013 | Metal Blade | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3 | 3/24/2014 8:02:42 AM |
| Morbus Chron | Sweven | 2014 | Century Media | Death | Etiam | 4 | 3/24/2014 3:52:09 PM |
| Shadowdance | Future Negative Fantasy | 2014 | Rock It Up | Power | Greg Watson | 4 | 3/31/2014 5:42:21 PM |
| Shrapnel | The Virus Conspires | 2014 | Candlelight | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 3/31/2014 5:51:22 PM |
| Edguy | Space Police-Defenders of the Crown | 2014 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 5/1/2014 7:42:12 AM |
| Steel Panther | All You Can Eat | 2014 | Open E Music | Hard Rock | Greg Watson | 1 | 5/1/2014 7:54:50 AM |
| Kyng | Burn the Serum | 2014 | Razor & Tie | Doom/Stoner | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 5/1/2014 8:04:31 AM |
| Loudblast | Burial Ground | 2014 | Listenable | Death | Eric Compton | 4 | 5/2/2014 1:04:07 PM |
| Shores of Null | Quiescence | 2014 | Candlelight | Death | Eric Compton | 4 | 5/5/2014 6:56:44 AM |
| Ancient Ascendant | Echoes and Cinder | 2014 | Candlelight | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/5/2014 7:47:36 AM |
| Bloodhunter | Bloodhunter | 2014 | Suspiria | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/5/2014 10:29:50 AM |
| Romantic Rebel | Romantic Rebel | 2014 | Pavement | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 5/6/2014 9:56:48 AM |
| Kill Ritual | The Eyes of Medusa | 2014 | Golden Core | Thrash | Greg Watson | 1 | 5/6/2014 12:04:28 PM |
| Massacre | Back From Beyond | 2014 | Century Media | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 5/6/2014 2:12:44 PM |
| Meliah Rage | Warrior | 2014 | Metal On Metal | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4 | 5/6/2014 2:37:26 PM |
| Repaid in Blood | Born in a Lazarus Pit | 2014 | Independent | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/7/2014 9:34:09 AM |
| Nocturnal Breed | Napalm Nights | 2014 | Agonia | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4 | 5/9/2014 9:08:00 AM |
| Enthroned | Sovereigns | 2014 | Agonia | Black | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/9/2014 9:48:48 AM |
| Reverend Horton Heat | Rev | 2014 | Victory | Hard Rock | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 5/10/2014 11:18:15 PM |
| Annihilator | Feast - Limited Edition | 2014 | UDR | Thrash | Vinaya Saksena | 4.5 | 5/12/2014 8:24:22 PM |
| Sectu | Nefarious | 2014 | Vicisolum Productions | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 5/13/2014 9:01:48 AM |
| Souldrainer | Architect | 2014 | Vicisolum Productions | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 5/13/2014 1:53:40 PM |
| Gamma Ray | Empire of the Undead | 2014 | EarMusic | Power | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 5/13/2014 11:19:26 PM |
| Mirzadeh | Desired Mythic Pride | 2014 | Inverse | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 5/20/2014 8:52:30 AM |
| Den Saakaldte | Faen i Helvete | 2014 | Agonia | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 5/21/2014 9:20:38 AM |
| Ancient Bards | A New Dawn Ending | 2014 | Limb Music | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/21/2014 4:15:56 PM |
| Autopsy | Tourniquets, Hacksaws... | 2014 | Peaceville | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/22/2014 3:07:14 PM |
| Hour of Penance | Regicide | 2014 | Prosthetic | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 5/29/2014 2:14:41 PM |
| De Profundis | Frequencies | 2014 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 5/30/2014 7:01:09 AM |
| Necrosy | Necrosy | 2014 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 5/30/2014 8:10:51 AM |
| Axegressor | Last | 2014 | Listenable | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/2/2014 9:50:30 AM |
| Skinfather | None Will Mourn | 2014 | Streetcleaner | Death | Eric Compton | 4 | 6/3/2014 2:21:42 PM |
| La-Ventura | White Crow | 2013 | Ravenheart Music | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 4 | 6/12/2014 12:30:43 PM |
| Diamond Lane | Terrorizer | 2014 | Independent | Hard Rock | Troy Cole | 4 | 6/17/2014 7:21:23 PM |
| Scare Don't Fear | From the Ground Up | 2014 | KBB | Nu/Rapcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/18/2014 5:04:05 AM |
| Gladius | Age of Barbarism | 2014 | Stormspell | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 6/18/2014 10:11:00 AM |
| Seven Hard Years | No Place In Heaven | 2014 | Lynchburg | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/23/2014 11:52:13 AM |
| Gloryful | Ocean Blade | 2014 | Massacre | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/24/2014 8:54:19 AM |
| Tempt | Under My Skin | 2014 | Independent | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 6/24/2014 9:27:08 AM |
| Origin | Omnipresent | 2014 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 6/24/2014 10:07:48 AM |
| Dragon's Kiss | Barbarians of the Wasteland | 2014 | Killer Metal | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/25/2014 7:06:26 AM |
| God's Army A.D. | God's Army A.D. | 2014 | Massacre | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 6/25/2014 8:03:08 AM |
| Bloodevil | Infection | 2014 | EBM Records | Thrash | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 6/26/2014 9:15:46 AM |
| Sinister | The Post-Apocalyptic Servant | 2014 | Massacre | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/27/2014 5:54:03 AM |
| Art of Shock | Open the Cage | 2014 | Independent | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/27/2014 10:42:59 AM |
| Anette Olzon | Shine | 2014 | EarMusic | Gothic/Symphonic | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 6/29/2014 11:38:06 PM |
| Napalm Storm | Harmless Cruelty | 2014 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/1/2014 6:36:31 AM |
| Tankard | R.I.B. | 2014 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4 | 7/2/2014 11:58:08 AM |
| Gomorrah | To The Depths | 2014 | Independent | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/3/2014 9:04:24 AM |
| Diablery | Architect | 2014 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/3/2014 9:18:44 AM |
| For I Am King | Revengeance | 2014 | Independent | Death | Eric Compton | 3 | 7/5/2014 7:04:19 AM |
| Bane of Bedlam | Monument of Horror | 2014 | Independent | Thrash | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 7/6/2014 7:44:18 AM |
| Giant of the Mountain | Moon Worship | 2014 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Nate Turpin | 3 | 7/8/2014 10:19:38 AM |
| Illdisposed | With The Lost Souls... | 2014 | Massacre | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 7/9/2014 8:30:28 AM |
| Enfeeble | Encapsulate This Moment | 2014 | TWS Music | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3 | 7/10/2014 6:48:09 AM |
| Unisonic | For the Kingdom | 2014 | EarMusic | Power | Frank Hill | 3 | 7/10/2014 4:45:51 PM |
| The Dagger | The Dagger | 2014 | Century Media | Traditional | Troy Cole | 5 | 7/13/2014 7:59:03 AM |
| Kaine | The Waystone | 2014 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 7/13/2014 8:06:35 AM |
| Death Penalty | Sign of Times | 2014 | Rise Above | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 4.5 | 7/13/2014 6:20:24 PM |
| Unbreakable | Knockout | 2014 | Dark Star | Hard Rock | Greg Watson | 3 | 7/15/2014 6:41:09 AM |
| Adelita's Way | Stuck | 2014 | Virgin | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 7/16/2014 9:16:48 AM |
| Twilightfall | Energy of Soul | 2014 | Svarga | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/17/2014 7:24:25 AM |
| Sunless Sky | Firebreather | 2014 | Pure Steel | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 7/18/2014 6:23:08 AM |
| Meridian Dawn | Mixtape | 2014 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 7/20/2014 9:36:33 AM |
| Ichabod Krane | Day of Reckoning | 2014 | Pure Steel | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 7/21/2014 5:37:51 AM |
| Vanity Blvd | Wicked Temptation | 2014 | Skyfire Interactive | Hard Rock | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 7/21/2014 1:31:00 PM |
| Ocean of Plague | Final Chapter | 2014 | Redfield | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/22/2014 7:27:31 AM |
| Athena's Wake | The Contemplation | 2014 | Independent | Death | Troy Cole | 2.5 | 7/22/2014 7:35:11 AM |
| Wrong Way to Die | Ingrates | 2014 | Redfield | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3 | 7/24/2014 9:04:46 AM |
| Entrails | Resurrected From the Grave | 2014 | Metal Blade | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/24/2014 9:16:55 AM |
| Wo Fat | The Conjuring | 2014 | Small Stone | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 7/25/2014 6:29:29 PM |
| Black Book Lodge | Tundra | 2014 | Mighty Music | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 7/25/2014 11:19:54 PM |
| Project Terror | Conquistador | 2014 | Pure Steel | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/26/2014 1:20:58 PM |
| Game Over | Burst Into the Quiet | 2014 | Scarlet | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4 | 7/28/2014 7:18:19 AM |
| Sonic Syndicate | Sonic Syndicate | 2014 | Nuclear Blast | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3 | 7/28/2014 11:37:21 AM |
| Lehmann | Lehmanized | 2014 | Massacre | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 7/29/2014 6:05:13 AM |
| Overpower | Greatness Within | 2014 | Geenger | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/29/2014 6:22:04 AM |
| Deep in Hate | Chronicles of Oblivion | 2014 | Kaotoxin | Metalcore/Hardcore | Nate Turpin | 3 | 7/29/2014 6:34:24 AM |
| Adrenaline Rush | Adrenaline Rush | 2014 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/30/2014 7:20:48 AM |
| Hero's Last Rite | The Mirror's Face | 2014 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | Troy Cole | 4 | 7/31/2014 8:52:50 AM |
| Grace Disgraced | The Primal Cause | 2014 | More Hate Productions | Death | Eric Compton | 3 | 8/1/2014 8:19:41 AM |
| Unherz | Sturm Und Drang | 2014 | Massacre | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 8/4/2014 1:46:54 PM |
| Brimstone Coven | Brimstone Coven | 2014 | Metal Blade | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 3 | 8/5/2014 6:38:52 AM |
| Pilgrim | II: Void Worship | 2014 | Metal Blade | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 8/6/2014 7:56:50 PM |
| Belphegor | Conjuring the Dead | 2014 | Nuclear Blast | Black | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 8/7/2014 12:27:39 PM |
| War Of Ages | Supreme Chaos | 2014 | Facedown | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/10/2014 6:15:24 AM |
| Entombed A.D. | Back To the Front | 2014 | Century Media | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 8/12/2014 7:08:22 AM |
| J.D. Overdrive | Fortune Favors the Brave | 2014 | Metal Mind Productions | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 3 | 8/13/2014 9:26:49 AM |
| Alphakill | Unmitigated Disaster | 2012 | Independent | Thrash | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 8/18/2014 6:05:38 AM |
| AOV | Act of Violence | 2014 | Inverse | Thrash | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 8/18/2014 7:02:26 AM |
| Darkness Divided | Written In Blood | 2014 | Victory | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 8/20/2014 6:13:05 AM |
| Eluveitie | Origins | 2014 | Nuclear Blast | Gothic/Symphonic | Troy Cole | 3 | 8/21/2014 6:28:03 AM |
| Exhumed | Necrocracy | 2014 | Relapse | Death | Nate Turpin | 3.5 | 8/27/2014 9:49:55 AM |
| Dust Bolt | Awake the Riot | 2014 | Napalm | Thrash | Greg Watson | 3 | 8/29/2014 11:49:38 AM |
| Vermin Womb | Permanence | 2014 | Throatruiner | Death | Nate Turpin | 4.5 | 8/29/2014 12:01:36 PM |
| Astral Doors | Notes from the Shadows | 2014 | Metalville | Traditional | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/29/2014 12:02:58 PM |
| Astral Domine | Arcanum Gloriae | 2014 | Bakerteam | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/6/2014 7:27:32 AM |
| Agressor | Demise of Life | 2014 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3 | 9/10/2014 8:27:46 AM |
| Cripple Bastards | Nero In Metastasi | 2014 | Relapse | Death | Nate Turpin | 3 | 9/11/2014 7:23:32 AM |
| Evil United | Honored by Fire | 2014 | MVD Audio | Thrash | Troy Cole | 3.5 | 9/18/2014 1:28:59 PM |
| Machinae Supremacy | Phantom Shadow | 2014 | Spinefarm | Power | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 9/23/2014 12:06:01 AM |
| Ancillotti | Chain Goes On | 2014 | Pure Steel | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 10/3/2014 7:20:42 AM |
| Schammasch | Contradiction | 2014 | Prosthetic | Heavy/Extreme | Nate Turpin | 3.5 | 10/9/2014 6:55:50 AM |
| Aghast! | All the Rage | 2014 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 10/9/2014 3:13:38 PM |
| Blood God | Blood Is My Trademark | 2014 | Massacre | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 10/9/2014 3:31:32 PM |
| Burden Of Grief | Unchained | 2014 | Massacre | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 4 | 10/9/2014 3:42:40 PM |
| Midnight Sin | Sex First | 2014 | Bakerteam | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 10/10/2014 9:50:09 AM |
| Berserkers | Berserkers | 2014 | Dooweet | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 10/15/2014 6:47:08 AM |
| Johnny Touch | Inner City Wolves | 2014 | Shadow Kingdom | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 10/20/2014 6:21:57 AM |
| Texas Hippie Coalition | Ride On | 2014 | Carved | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 10/20/2014 6:36:16 AM |
| Blodsrit | Diktat Deliberi | 2012 | Unexploded | Black | Nate Turpin | 3.5 | 10/28/2014 11:03:35 AM |
| Evergrey | Hymns of the Broken | 2014 | AFM | Progressive | Greg Watson | 4 | 10/28/2014 11:09:31 AM |
| Kissin' Dynamite | Megalomania | 2014 | AFM | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 4 | 11/3/2014 2:40:32 PM |
| Engraved Disillusion | Eternal Rest | 2014 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3 | 11/4/2014 6:26:16 PM |
| Below | Across the Dark River | 2014 | Metal Blade | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 11/7/2014 5:06:15 AM |
| Freakings | Gladiator | 2014 | Independent | Thrash | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 11/7/2014 7:53:45 AM |
| Soilwork | Beyond The Infinite | 2014 | Nuclear Blast | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 11/10/2014 8:53:17 AM |
| Riot | Unleash the Fire | 2014 | Avalon | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/12/2014 11:17:05 AM |
| Wolf | Devil Seed | 2014 | Century Media | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 11/12/2014 11:22:30 AM |
| Invidiosus | Malignant Universe | 2014 | Tridroid | Death | Nate Turpin | 3 | 11/29/2014 1:52:47 PM |
| Foul Body Autopsy | So Close To Dehumanization | 2014 | Grindscene | Death | Nate Turpin | 3.5 | 11/29/2014 2:07:23 PM |
| Divine Circles | Oblivion Songs | 2013 | Paradigms Recordings | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 12/1/2014 5:43:04 PM |
| Avatarium | All I Want EP | 2014 | Nuclear Blast | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 2.5 | 12/2/2014 1:38:22 PM |
| Black Trip | Goin' Under | 2014 | Prosthetic | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 12/17/2014 12:28:09 AM |
| Bjarm | Imminence | 2014 | Foto Ltd | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 12/18/2014 3:43:27 PM |
| Star Insight | Messera | 2014 | Inverse | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 3 | 12/18/2014 3:53:59 PM |
| Bloodshot Dawn | Demons | 2014 | Independent | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/11/2015 12:08:40 PM |
| Cycle Beating | The Age of Depression | 2014 | Independent | Thrash | Greg Watson | 3 | 1/12/2015 2:12:16 PM |
| Ingested | The Architect of Extinction | 2015 | Century Media | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 1/13/2015 10:31:42 AM |
| The Crown | Death Is Not Dead | 2015 | Century Media | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 1/16/2015 2:09:55 PM |
| Napalm Death | Apex Predator-Easy Meat | 2015 | Century Media | Death | Nate Turpin | 3 | 1/19/2015 1:15:43 PM |
| Orange Goblin | Back from the Abyss | 2014 | Candlelight | Doom/Stoner | Nate Turpin | 3.5 | 1/19/2015 2:00:09 PM |
| Visigoth | The Revenant King | 2015 | Metal Blade | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/21/2015 11:58:22 AM |
| Crazy Lixx | Crazy Lixx | 2014 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/27/2015 11:18:04 AM |
| Hate | Crvsade:Zero | 2015 | Napalm | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 1/29/2015 4:59:03 PM |
| Hellion | Karma's A Bitch | 2014 | New Renaissance | Traditional | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 1/31/2015 3:58:24 PM |
| Malrun | Two Thrones | 2014 | Vicisolum Productions | Hard Rock | David Loveless | 4.5 | 2/1/2015 10:11:01 AM |
| Die No More | Elected Evil | 2014 | Rocksector | Thrash | Anthony Burke | 4.5 | 2/10/2015 2:50:20 PM |
| The Last Ten Seconds Of Life | Soulless Hymns | 2015 | Workhorse Music | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 5 | 2/14/2015 11:05:25 AM |
| Desolate Shrine | The Heart of the Netherworld | 2015 | Dark Descent | Death | David Loveless | 5 | 2/14/2015 12:03:36 PM |
| Blind Guardian | Beyond the Red Mirror | 2015 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Anthony Burke | 3.5 | 3/9/2015 |
| Red Hot Rebellion | The Mission | 2014 | Independent | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 3/10/2015 8:23:15 AM |
| Axemaster | Overture to Madness | 2015 | Pure Steel | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/11/2015 7:31:23 AM |
| Diablo Blvd. | Follow the Deadlights | 2015 | Nuclear Blast | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 3 | 3/11/2015 7:50:04 AM |
| Speedbreaker | Built for Speed | 2014 | Dying Victims | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/12/2015 6:59:57 AM |
| Sister Sin | Black Lotus | 2014 | Victory | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 4 | 3/18/2015 1:02:16 PM |
| Pandemia | At The Gates of Nihilism | 2015 | Mighty Music | Death | Greg Watson | 2 | 3/31/2015 2:46:51 PM |
| Chabtan | Kiss of Coatlicue | 2015 | Mighty Music | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 4/1/2015 6:15:32 AM |
| Level 10 | Chapter 1 | 2015 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 4/2/2015 7:09:53 AM |
| Lande/Holter | Dracula | 2015 | Frontiers | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 4/2/2015 7:33:47 AM |
| Impellitteri | Venom | 2015 | Frontiers | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 4/15/2015 1:15:04 PM |
| Evil | Shoot the Messenger | 2015 | Mighty Music | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 4/15/2015 1:29:32 PM |
| Acid King | Middle of Nowhere... | 2015 | Svart | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 4/16/2015 10:45:38 AM |
| Thunderheart | Night of the Warriors | 2015 | Killer Metal | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 4/16/2015 11:34:00 AM |
| Kings Destroy | Kings Destroy | 2015 | Warcrime | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 3 | 4/16/2015 5:32:14 PM |
| Goatsnake | Black Age Blues | 2015 | Southern Lord | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 6/1/2015 3:35:01 PM |
| Leave Scars | Chains of Redemption | 2015 | Malevolence Records | Thrash | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 6/8/2015 4:12:47 PM |
| Desolate Pathway | Valley Of The King | 2015 | Independent | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 3 | 6/10/2015 9:17:11 PM |
| Arthedain | Arias Exalted | 2014 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 6/17/2015 9:20:10 AM |
| Enforcer | From Beyond | 2015 | Nuclear Blast | Traditional | Greg Watson | 3 | 6/17/2015 9:27:37 AM |
| Deadiron | Into the Fray | 2015 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 6/17/2015 9:34:46 AM |
| Civil War | Gods and Generals | 2015 | Napalm | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 6/22/2015 6:09:22 AM |
| Entrails | Obliteration | 2015 | Metal Blade | Death | Eric Compton | 3 | 6/23/2015 8:06:55 AM |
| Exorcism | World of Sin | 2015 | Dream | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/24/2015 7:27:46 AM |
| Delirious | Moshcircus | 2015 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/25/2015 9:24:33 AM |
| Mammoth Mammoth | Volume IV - Hammered Again | 2015 | Napalm | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 3 | 7/8/2015 11:34:28 AM |
| Secrets Of The Sky | Pathway | 2015 | Metal Blade | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 7/8/2015 5:44:39 PM |
| Encyrcle | Encyrcle | 2015 | Unspeakable Axe | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 7/9/2015 9:44:35 PM |
| The Night Flight Orchestra | Skyline Whispers | 2015 | Coroner | Hard Rock | Greg Watson | 3 | 7/24/2015 12:34:48 PM |
| Kingcrow | Eidos | 2015 | Sensory Records | Progressive | Greg Watson | 3 | 7/24/2015 12:41:02 PM |
| Thy Art Is Murder | Holy War | 2015 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 7/24/2015 12:54:37 PM |
| Reanimator | Horns Up | 2015 | Independent | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/24/2015 12:57:59 PM |
| Stereo Nasty | Nasty by Nature | 2015 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 8/12/2015 9:24:50 AM |
| Erotikill | Virgin Speed | 2015 | Divebomb | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 8/14/2015 7:56:48 AM |
| Dew Scented | Intermination | 2015 | Prosthetic | Thrash | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 8/21/2015 1:35:10 PM |
| iwrestledabearonce | Hail Mary | 2015 | Artery | Metalcore/Hardcore | David Loveless | 4.5 | 8/22/2015 2:35:49 PM |
| Hate Eternal | Infernus | 2015 | Season of Mist | Death | David Loveless | 5 | 8/22/2015 2:52:16 PM |
| Cattle Decapitation | The Anthropocene Extinction | 2015 | Metal Blade | Death | David Loveless | 4 | 8/22/2015 3:09:47 PM |
| The Black Dahlia Murder | Abysmal | 2015 | Metal Blade | Death | David Loveless | 4.5 | 8/30/2015 1:22:29 PM |
| Ahab | The Boats Of The Glen Carrig | 2015 | Napalm | Doom/Stoner | David Loveless | 5 | 8/30/2015 2:11:10 PM |
| Black Trip | Shadowline | 2015 | Steamhammer | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | 3 | 9/22/2015 11:32:20 PM |
| Tad Morose | St. Demonius | 2015 | Despotz | Power | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 10/9/2015 2:59:31 PM |
| The Duskfall | Where the Tree Stands Dead | 2014 | Apostasy | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 11/25/2015 10:22:40 AM |
| Rise To Fall | End vs Beginning | 2015 | Coroner | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3 | 11/25/2015 10:34:33 AM |
| Feral | Where Dead Dreams Dwell | 2015 | Cyclone Empire | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 11/25/2015 10:49:47 AM |
| Mirror | Mirror | 2015 | Metal Blade | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 12/8/2015 9:39:40 PM |
| Darkest Era | Gods And Origins | 2015 | Cruz Del Sur | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | 3 | 12/19/2015 11:31:59 PM |
| Shadowbane | Facing the Fallout | 2015 | Pure Steel | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/26/2016 |
| Wulfhook | The Impaler | 2015 | Divebomb | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 1/26/2016 |
| The Sword | High Country | 2015 | Razor & Tie | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 2 | 1/26/2016 |
| Seven Witches | The Way of the Wicked | 2015 | Independent | Power | Eric Compton | 2 | 1/26/2016 |
| Brutality | Sea of Ignorance | 2016 | Ceremonial Records | Death | Eric Compton | 4 | 1/26/2016 |
| Exumer | The Raging Tides | 2016 | Metal Blade | Thrash | Eric Compton | 2 | 2/26/2016 |
| Shakra | High Noon | 2016 | AFM | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/29/2016 |
| Gehennah | Too Loud to Live... | 2016 | Metal Blade | Traditional | Eric Compton | 2 | 3/2/2016 |
| Lethal Steel | Legions of the Night | 2016 | High Roller | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 3/3/2016 |
| Anthrax | For All Kings | 2016 | Megaforce | Thrash | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 3/17/2016 |
| Vinterblot | Realms of the Untold | 2016 | Nemeton | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/17/2016 |
| Anvil | Anvil Is Anvil | 2016 | SPV/Steamhammer | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 3/17/2016 |
| Evil Drive | Land of the Dead | 2016 | Mighty Music | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3 | 3/17/2016 |
| Suppressive Fire | Bedlam | 2016 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 3/17/2016 |
| Holy Grail | Times of Pride & Peril | 2016 | Prosthetic | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 3/17/2016 |
| Omnium Gatherum | Grey Heavens | 2016 | Lifeforce Records | Death | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 3/17/2016 |
| Heresy of Dreams | Ante La Bestia | 2016 | Art Gates | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 3/23/2016 |
| Redwest | Crimson Renegade | 2016 | Bakerteam | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/24/2016 |
| Gygax | Critical Hits | 2016 | Creator-Destructor | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/29/2016 |
| Abigail Williams | The Accuser | 2016 | Candlelight | Black | Greg Watson | 2 | 3/31/2016 |
| Blood Ages | Godless Sandborn | 2016 | Mighty Music | Death | Eric Compton | 3 | 4/4/2016 |
| Walls of Jericho | No One Can Save You... | 2016 | Napalm | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 4/5/2016 |
| Phantasma | The Deviant Hearts | 2016 | Napalm | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 4/5/2016 |
| Hatchet | Fear Beyond Lunacy | 2015 | The End | Thrash | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 4/5/2016 |
| Brainstorm | Scary Creatures | 2016 | AFM | Power | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 4/5/2016 |
| Fleshgod Apocalypse | King | 2016 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Greg Watson | 2 | 4/5/2016 |
| My Dear Addiction | Kill the Silence | 2016 | Dead End Exit | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 2 | 4/5/2016 |
| Exmortus | Ride Forth | 2016 | Prosthetic | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4 | 4/5/2016 |
| Pictures Of Pain | World Demise | 2016 | Pitch Black | Heavy/Extreme | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 4/9/2016 |
| Highrider | Armageddon Rock | 2016 | The Sign | Heavy/Extreme | Vinaya Saksena | 3 | 4/9/2016 |
| Wicked Maraya | Lifetime in Hell | 2016 | Massacre | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 4/13/2016 |
| Amorphis | Under the Red Cloud | 2015 | Nuclear Blast | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 5 | 4/15/2016 |
| Iron Spell | Electric Conjuring | 2016 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 4/15/2016 |
| Diviner | Fallen Empires | 2016 | Ulterium | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 4/15/2016 |
| Bury Tomorrow | Earthbound | 2016 | Nuclear Blast | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 4/18/2016 |
| Vanir | Aldar Rock | 2016 | Mighty Music | Death | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 4/18/2016 |
| Abbath | Abbath | 2016 | Season of Mist | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 4/20/2016 |
| Caliban | Gravity | 2016 | Century Media | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 4/20/2016 |
| Nordjevel | Nordjevel | 2016 | Mighty Music | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 4/29/2016 |
| Cirith Gorgor | Visions of Exalted Lucifer | 2016 | Hammerheart Records | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 4/29/2016 |
| Witch Vomit | A Scream From The Tomb Below | 2016 | Headsplit | Death | David Loveless | 4 | 5/9/2016 |
| Artillery | Penalty by Perception | 2016 | Metal Blade | Thrash | Greg Watson | 3 | 5/10/2016 |
| Final Sign | Hold High The Flame | 2015 | Divebomb | Traditional | Greg Watson | 4 | 5/16/2016 |
| Vektor | Terminal Redux | 2016 | Earache | Thrash | David Loveless | 5 | 5/16/2016 |
| Oranssi Pazuzu | Värähtelijä | 2016 | Svart | Black | David Loveless | 5 | 5/21/2016 |
| Texas Local News | Momentum | 2016 | Redfield | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 2 | 5/26/2016 |
| Greenleaf | Rise Above The Meadow | 2016 | Napalm | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 5/26/2016 |
| Astrakahn | Reward In Purpose | 2016 | War On Music | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 5/27/2016 |
| Aborted | Termination Redux | 2016 | Century Media | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 5/31/2016 |
| Neverchrist | Anarcovomit | 2016 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 1.5 | 5/31/2016 |
| Rotting Christ | Rituals | 2016 | Season of Mist | Black | Greg Watson | 5 | 5/31/2016 |
| Destruction | Under Attack | 2016 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4 | 5/31/2016 |
| DevilDriver | Trust No One | 2016 | Napalm | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 5/31/2016 |
| Death Lullaby | Wormz | 2016 | Famined | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3 | 5/31/2016 |
| Nails | You Will Never Be One Of Us | 2016 | Nuclear Blast | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 4 | 5/31/2016 |
| Abnormality | Mechanisms of Omniscience | 2016 | Metal Blade | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 6/6/2016 |
| The Foreshadowing | Seven Heads Ten Horns | 2016 | Cyclone Empire | Doom/Stoner | Greg Watson | 2 | 6/10/2016 |
| Flotsam and Jetsam | Flotsam and Jetsam | 2016 | AFM | Thrash | Frank Hill | 4 | 7/1/2016 |
| Ghosts Again | The Closest Thing to Closure EP | 2016 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 2 | 7/2/2016 |
| Blizzen | Genesis Reversed | 2016 | High Roller | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 7/12/2016 |
| Game Over | Crimes Against Reality | 2016 | Scarlet | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/12/2016 |
| Gentleman's Pistols | Hustler's Row | 2016 | Nuclear Blast | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 7/12/2016 |
| Paragon | Hell Beyond Hell | 2016 | Remedy | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 7/12/2016 |
| For Today | Wake | 2015 | Nuclear Blast | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 7/12/2016 |
| Grand Magus | Sword Songs | 2016 | Nuclear Blast | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 7/12/2016 |
| Train | Train Does Led Zeppelin II | 2016 | Atlantic | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 4 | 7/14/2016 |
| Velocity | The King Will Die | 2016 | Independent | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/15/2016 |
| Speaking the King's | Carousel | 2015 | Nuclear Blast | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/15/2016 |
| The Treatment | Generation Me | 2016 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 7/15/2016 |
| Hollowstone | Walking Between Worlds | 2016 | Independent | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/15/2016 |
| Striker | Stand In The Fire | 2016 | Independent | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 7/18/2016 |
| Bastard Nation | Declaration Day | 2016 | Independent | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/26/2016 |
| Volbeat | Seal The Deal & Lets Boogie | 2016 | Universal | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 4 | 7/26/2016 |
| Death Angel | The Evil Divide | 2016 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | David Loveless | 4 | 8/6/2016 |
| The Algorithm | Brute Force | 2016 | FiXT | Industrial | David Loveless | 4.5 | 8/6/2016 |
| Fates Warning | Theories of Flight | 2016 | InsideOut | Progressive | David Loveless | 5 | 8/8/2016 |
| Architects | All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us | 2016 | Epitaph | Metalcore/Hardcore | David Loveless | 5 | 8/8/2016 |
| Korgonthurus | Vuohen Siunaus | 2016 | Woodcut | Black | David Loveless | 3.5 | 8/9/2016 |
| Gorguts | Pleiades Dust | 2016 | Season of Mist | Death | David Loveless | 3.5 | 8/9/2016 |
| Abhorrent | Intransigence | 2015 | Caroline | Death | Greg Watson | 2 | 8/25/2016 |
| All Out War | Dying Gods | 2015 | Organized Crime | Death | Greg Watson | 2 | 8/25/2016 |
| Arise In Chaos | Terminal Cognition | 2016 | Ellefson Music | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/25/2016 |
| The Browning | Isolation | 2016 | Spinefarm | Metalcore/Hardcore | David Loveless | 4 | 8/25/2016 |
| Arkaik | Lucid Dawn | 2015 | Unique Leader | Death | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 8/26/2016 |
| Coffin Dust | Everything Is Dead | 2016 | Unholy Anarchy | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 1 | 8/26/2016 |
| Denominate | Those Who Beheld The End | 2016 | Inverse | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/26/2016 |
| Extermination Temple | Lifeless Forms | 2016 | Apocalyptic Visions | Death | Greg Watson | 2 | 8/26/2016 |
| Gadget | The Great Destroyer | 2016 | Relapse | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 8/26/2016 |
| Twelve Foot Ninja | Outlier | 2016 | Volkanik | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 5 | 9/1/2016 |
| Stuck Mojo | Here Come the Infidels | 2016 | Stuck Mojo Music | Nu/Rapcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/12/2016 |
| Blasted to Static | Blasted to Static | 2016 | Metalapolis | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/12/2016 |
| Deja Vu | Ejected | 2016 | Inferno | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 9/12/2016 |
| Iron Fire | Among the Dead | 2016 | Crime | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/12/2016 |
| Eternity's End | The Fire Within | 2016 | Power Prog | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/12/2016 |
| Sabaton | The Last Stand | 2016 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/12/2016 |
| Helstar | Vampiro | 2016 | Ellefson Music | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 9/13/2016 |
| Gruesome | Dimensions of Horror | 2016 | Relapse | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 9/16/2016 |
| Wired Anxiety | The Delirium of Negation | 2016 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 9/16/2016 |
| Cult of Luna and Julie Christmas | Mariner | 2016 | Indie Recordings | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 9/16/2016 |
| Theatres des Vampires | Candyland | 2016 | Scarlet | Gothic/Symphonic | Eric Compton | 3 | 9/17/2016 |
| Crystal Ball | Deja-Voodoo | 2016 | Massacre | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/23/2016 |
| Vehemence | Forward Without Motion | 2015 | Battleground | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 9/23/2016 |
| Widow | Carved in Stone | 2016 | Pure Steel | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 9/26/2016 |
| Dawn of Disease | Worship the Grave | 2016 | Napalm | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 9/26/2016 |
| Dawn of Demise | The Suffering | 2016 | Unique Leader | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 9/26/2016 |
| Valdur | Pathetic Scum | 2015 | Bloody Mountain | Black | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 9/26/2016 |
| Kissin' Dynamite | Generation Goodbye | 2016 | AFM | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 4 | 9/26/2016 |
| Delain | Moonbathers | 2016 | Napalm | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 9/26/2016 |
| Gloria Morti | Kuebiko | 2016 | Caroline | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 10/10/2016 |
| Grey Wolf | Glorious Death | 2016 | Arthorium | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 10/10/2016 |
| Sacred Steel | Heavy Metal Sacrifice | 2016 | Cruz Del Sur | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 10/10/2016 |
| Imperium | Titanomachy | 2016 | United Massacre | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 10/10/2016 |
| Bloody Hammers | Lovely Sort of Death | 2016 | Napalm | Gothic/Symphonic | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 10/10/2016 |
| Ancient | Back To The Land of the Dead | 2016 | EMP/SoulSeller | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 10/14/2016 |
| Darkthrone | Arctic Thunder | 2016 | Peaceville | Black | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 10/14/2016 |
| Hryre | From Mortality to Infinity | 2016 | Code666 | Black | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 10/14/2016 |
| In the Woods… | Pure | 2016 | Debemur Morti | Black | Greg Watson | 2 | 10/14/2016 |
| King of Bones | Don't Mess with the King | 2016 | Independent | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 10/15/2016 |
| Opeth | Sorceress | 2016 | Nuclear Blast | Progressive | Greg Watson | 3 | 10/15/2016 |
| Inherit Disease | Ephemeral | 2016 | Unique Leader | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4 | 11/1/2016 |
| Bloodride | Planet Alcatraz | 2016 | Inverse | Thrash | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 11/1/2016 |
| Epica | The Holographic Principle | 2016 | Nuclear Blast | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 11/1/2016 |
| Aphyxion | Aftermath | 2016 | Prime Collective | Death | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 11/3/2016 |
| Shark Infested Daughters | These Tides, Our Tombs | 2016 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 2 | 11/3/2016 |
| Painted In Exile | The Ordeal | 2016 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 11/3/2016 |
| Pentacle | Ancient Death | 2016 | Vic | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 11/3/2016 |
| Internal Suffering | Cyclonic Void of Power | 2016 | Unique Leader | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 2 | 11/3/2016 |
| Feanor | We Are Heavy Metal | 2016 | Icarus Music | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 11/4/2016 |
| Miss Behaviour | Ghost Play | 2016 | AOR Heaven | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/4/2016 |
| Seedna | Forlorn | 2016 | Transcending Obscurity | Black | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 11/4/2016 |
| Them | Sweet Hollow | 2016 | Empire | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/4/2016 |
| Krepitus | The Eyes of the Soulless | 2016 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 11/5/2016 |
| Aephanemer | Memento Mori | 2016 | Primeval | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 11/5/2016 |
| Sirens Over Sumeria | Omelas | 2016 | Imminence | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 2 | 11/5/2016 |
| Endemise | Anathema | 2016 | Maple Metal | Black | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 11/5/2016 |
| Face of Oblivion | Cataclysmic Desolation | 2016 | Comatose Music | Death | Eric Compton | 2 | 11/5/2016 |
| Blaakyum | Line Of Fear | 2016 | Independent | Thrash | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 11/6/2016 |
| Sirenia | Dim Days of Dolor | 2016 | Napalm | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 2 | 11/6/2016 |
| Candlemass | Death Thy Lover | 2016 | Napalm | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 11/6/2016 |
| Nightfell | Darkness Evermore | 2015 | 20 Buck Spin | Doom/Stoner | Greg Watson | 4 | 11/12/2016 |
| Rezet | Reality Is A Lie | 2016 | Mighty Music | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3 | 11/12/2016 |
| Arriver | Emeritus | 2016 | Independent | Hard Rock | Greg Watson | 3 | 11/12/2016 |
| Gohrgone | Finis Ixion | 2016 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 11/12/2016 |
| Bloodride | Planet Alcatraz | 2016 | Inverse | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3 | 11/14/2016 |
| Ulcerate | Shrines of Paralysis | 2016 | Relapse | Death | David Loveless | 4.5 | 11/21/2016 |
| Car Bomb | Meta | 2016 | Solid Grey | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 5 | 11/21/2016 |
| John Wesley | A Way You'll Never Be | 2016 | InsideOut | Hard Rock | David Loveless | 5 | 11/22/2016 |
| Ion Dissonance | Cast The First Stone | 2016 | Good Fight | Metalcore/Hardcore | David Loveless | 4.5 | 11/22/2016 |
| Meshuggah | The Violent Sleep Of Reason | 2016 | Nuclear Blast | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 4.5 | 11/28/2016 |
| Witchwood | Handful of Stars | 2016 | Jolly Roger | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 3.5 | 12/1/2016 |
| Eteritus | Following The Ancient Path | 2016 | Godz Ov War | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 12/10/2016 |
| Dust Bolt | Mass Confustion | 2016 | Napalm | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3 | 12/12/2016 |
| Witchmaster/Voidhanger | Razing the Shrines of Optimism | 2016 | Third Eye Temple | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 12/13/2016 |
| The Agonist | Five | 2016 | Napalm | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 12/16/2016 |
| Dark Tranquillity | Atoma | 2016 | Century Media | Death | Eric Compton | 3 | 12/16/2016 |
| Insomnium | Winter's Gate | 2016 | Century Media | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 12/16/2016 |
| Alter Bridge | Show Me a Hero | 2016 | Napalm | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 12/16/2016 |
| Medevil | Conductor of Storms | 2016 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 12/17/2016 |
| Terra | Mors Secunda | 2016 | Independent | Black | David Loveless | 4.5 | 12/20/2016 |
| Ctulu | Ctulu | 2016 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 12/21/2016 |
| Grossty | Crocopter | 2016 | Transcending Obscurity | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 2 | 12/21/2016 |
| Echelon | The Brimstone Aggrandizement | 2016 | Transcending Obscurity | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 12/22/2016 |
| Sepulchral Curse | At the Onset of Extinction | 2016 | Transcending Obscurity | Death | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 12/22/2016 |
| Soulburn | Earthless Pagan Spirit | 2016 | Century Media | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 12/22/2016 |
| Sumerlands | Sumerlands | 2016 | Relapse | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 12/27/2016 |
| T.O.M.B. | Fury Nocturnus | 2016 | Peaceville | Industrial | Greg Watson | 1 | 12/29/2016 |
| Sound Storm | Vertigo | 2016 | Rockshots | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 2 | 12/29/2016 |
| Verwoed | Bodemloos | 2016 | Argento | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 1/1/2017 |
| Stench Price | Stench Price | 2016 | Transcending Obscurity | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 2 | 1/1/2017 |
| Bloodwraith | The Omnipresent Darkness Demos | 2016 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 1/1/2017 |
| Deserted Fear | Dead Shores Rising | 2017 | Century Media | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 1/16/2017 |
| Desecrate the Faith | Unholy Infestation | 2017 | Comatose Music | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 1/16/2017 |
| Avenged Sevenfold | The Stage | 2016 | Capitol | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/19/2017 |
| Crobot | Welcome to Fat City | 2016 | Wind-Up Records | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 4 | 1/19/2017 |
| In Flames | Battles | 2016 | Nuclear Blast | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 3 | 1/19/2017 |
| Testament | Brotherhood of the Snake | 2016 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 1/19/2017 |
| AC Angry | Appetite for Erection | 2016 | Steamhammer | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 1/20/2017 |
| Imperial State Electric | All Through the Night | 2016 | Psychout | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/20/2017 |
| Black Swamp Water | Chapter One | 2016 | Mighty Music | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 1/20/2017 |
| Jinjer | King of Everything | 2016 | Napalm | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 1/20/2017 |
| Pretty Maids | Kingmaker | 2016 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 1/21/2017 |
| Stomb | The Grey | 2016 | Dooweet Agency | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 5 | 1/22/2017 |
| Pestifer | Execration Diatribes | 2017 | Lavadome | Death | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 1/22/2017 |
| Scenario II | A New Dawn | 2017 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 1/22/2017 |
| Furia | Ksiezyc milczy luty | 2016 | Pagan | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 2/8/2017 |
| Mercyless | Pathetic Divinity | 2016 | Kaotoxin | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 2/9/2017 |
| Impalers | Styx Demon | 2017 | Crime | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/10/2017 |
| Aborted Fetus | The Art of Violent Torture | 2017 | Comatose Music | Death | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 2/11/2017 |
| Thrawsunblat | Metachthonia | 2016 | Ignifera | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 2/11/2017 |
| Moloch | Verwüstung | 2014 | Metallic Media | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 2/11/2017 |
| Dakhma | Suna Kulto | 2017 | Halo of Flies | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 2/14/2017 |
| The Furor | Cavalries of the Occult | 2017 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 2/15/2017 |
| Embrio | Karmadoom | 2017 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 3 | 2/16/2017 |
| Krokus | Big Rocks | 2017 | Sony | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/16/2017 |
| Faces of Cain | Along Corpse Roads | 2016 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 2/16/2017 |
| Killing Addiction | Shores of Oblivion | 2016 | Xtreem Music | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 2/16/2017 |
| Balfor | Black Sun Rising | 2016 | Drakkar | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 2/16/2017 |
| Bullcreek | Osschaert | 2017 | Raw Skullz | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/16/2017 |
| Noctem | Haeresis | 2016 | Prosthetic | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 2/16/2017 |
| Devilskin | Be Like the River | 2016 | Independent | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 2/16/2017 |
| Necronomicon | Advent of the Human God | 2017 | Season of Mist | Death | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 2/16/2017 |
| Torrefy | The Infinity Complex | 2016 | Independent | Thrash | Greg Watson | 3 | 2/22/2017 |
| Battlecross | War of Will | 2013 | Metal Blade | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/22/2017 |
| Battlecross | Pursuit of Honor | 2011 | Metal Blade | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/22/2017 |
| Blind Guardian | Beyond the Red Mirror | 2015 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 2/22/2017 |
| Bad Attitude | Prisoners of Rock | 2008 | Suncity | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 2/22/2017 |
| Baptized in Blood | Baptized in Blood | 2010 | Roadrunner | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/22/2017 |
| Battle Ram | Long Live the Ram | 2013 | My Graveyard | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/22/2017 |
| Battlewitch | Wessex Steel | 2009 | Black Wizard | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3 | 2/22/2017 |
| Beforce | Creation | 2005 | Goin | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 2/22/2017 |
| Black Tusk | Pillars of Ash | 2016 | Relapse | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 3 | 2/22/2017 |
| Grave Plague | The Infected Crypts | 2017 | Redefining Darkness | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 2/23/2017 |
| Wolves Scream | Vestiges | 2017 | Redfield | Metalcore/Hardcore | David Loveless | 4.5 | 2/23/2017 |
| Vermilion Whiskey | Spirit of Tradition | 2017 | 10 South | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/28/2017 |
| Sweet Lich | Never Satisfied | 2017 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 2/28/2017 |
| Rising Steel | Return of the Warlord | 2016 | Mighty Music | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 2/28/2017 |
| Black Anvil | As Was | 2017 | Relapse | Black | David Loveless | 4.5 | 2/28/2017 |
| Crossbones | WWIII | 2017 | Nadir | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/1/2017 |
| Tyketto | Reach | 2017 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/1/2017 |
| Dark Sarah | The Puzzle | 2017 | Inner Wound | Gothic/Symphonic | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/1/2017 |
| Jailbirds | Break the Silence | 2017 | Independent | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 3/1/2017 |
| Vastum | Carnal Law | 2011 | 20 Buck Spin | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 3/1/2017 |
| Tim Bowness | Lost In The Ghost Light | 2017 | InsideOut | Progressive | David Loveless | 4 | 3/6/2017 |
| Six Feet Under | Torment | 2017 | Metal Blade | Death | David Loveless | 3.5 | 3/6/2017 |
| Of The Sun | Before A Human Path | 2017 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 4 | 3/7/2017 |
| A Sun Traverse | A Sun Traverse | 2017 | Mighty Music | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/15/2017 |
| Sloth Herder | No Pity, No Sunrise | 2017 | Grimoire | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 3/15/2017 |
| Evocation | The Shadow Archetype | 2017 | Metal Blade | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 3/15/2017 |
| Extremity | Extremely Fucking Dead | 2017 | 20 Buck Spin | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 3/15/2017 |
| Rudra | Enemy of Duality | 2017 | Transcending Obscurity | Black | Greg Watson | 2 | 3/15/2017 |
| Orm | Orm | 2017 | Indisciplinarian | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 3/15/2017 |
| Immolation | Atonement | 2017 | Nuclear Blast | Death | David Loveless | 4 | 3/15/2017 |
| Hell Fire | Metal Masses | 2016 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/27/2017 |
| John Garcia | The Coyote Who Spoke in Tongues | 2017 | Napalm | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 4 | 3/27/2017 |
| Warbringer | Woe to the Vanquished | 2017 | Napalm | Thrash | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 3/27/2017 |
| Craven Idol | The Shackles of Mammon | 2017 | Dark Descent | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 3/27/2017 |
| Illimitable Dolor | Illimitable Dolor | 2017 | Transcending Obscurity | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 3/27/2017 |
| Emmure | Look At Yourself | 2017 | Sharptone | Metalcore/Hardcore | David Loveless | 4.5 | 3/27/2017 |
| Mord'A'Stigmata | Hope | 2017 | Pagan | Black | David Loveless | 3 | 3/27/2017 |
| [In Mute] | Gea | 2017 | Art Gates | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3 | 3/27/2017 |
| Lock Up | Demonization | 2017 | Listenable | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3 | 3/27/2017 |
| Arthemis | Blood-Fury-Domination | 2017 | Scarlet | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/27/2017 |
| Cemetery Winds | Unholy Ascensions | 2017 | Temple of Darkness | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/27/2017 |
| John 5 and The Creatures | Season of the Witch | 2017 | 60 Cycle Hum | Progressive | Greg Watson | 4 | 3/27/2017 |
| Cult of Erinyes | Tiberivs | 2017 | Code666 | Black | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 3/29/2017 |
| Equilibrium | Armageddon | 2016 | Nuclear Blast | Traditional | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 3/29/2017 |
| Mercy Brown | Mercy Brown | 2015 | Independent | Hard Rock | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 3/29/2017 |
| Cut Up | Wherever They May Rot | 2017 | Metal Blade | Death | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 3/29/2017 |
| Vescera | Beyond the Fight | 2017 | Pure Steel | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 3/29/2017 |
| With Our Arms to the Sun | Orenda | 2017 | Independent | Hard Rock | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 3/30/2017 |
| Soothsayer | At This Great Depth | 2016 | Transcending Obscurity | Doom/Stoner | Greg Watson | 4 | 3/30/2017 |
| Ashen Horde | The Alchemist | 2017 | Mandol | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 3/30/2017 |
| Katharos XIII | Negativity | 2017 | Loud Rage | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 3/30/2017 |
| All Else Fails | The Forever Lie | 2017 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 3/30/2017 |
| Mike Tramp | Maybe Tomorrow | 2017 | Mighty Music | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 3/30/2017 |
| Epi-Demic | Malformed Conscience | 2017 | Horror Pain Gore Death | Thrash | Eric Compton | 1.5 | 3/30/2017 |
| Harlott | Extinction | 2017 | Metal Blade | Thrash | Eric Compton | 2 | 3/30/2017 |
| Gurthang | Shattered Echoes | 2017 | Cimmerian Shade | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 3/30/2017 |
| Afar | Selfless | 2016 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 3/30/2017 |
| Tygers of Pan Tang | Tygers of Pan Tang | 2016 | Mighty Music | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 3/30/2017 |
| Arch Enemy | As the Stages Burn | 2017 | Century Media | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 4 | 3/30/2017 |
| Siniestro | Revelations in Mayhem | 2016 | Bleeding Heart Nihilist | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 4/5/2017 |
| Loom of Time | NihilReich | 2017 | ATMF | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 4/5/2017 |
| Ghölem | Matter Without Form, Body Without Soul | 2017 | MPTDO | Death | David Loveless | 4 | 4/6/2017 |
| Convulsions | Culture Shock | 2017 | Imminence | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4 | 4/6/2017 |
| Aversions Crown | Xenocide | 2017 | Nuclear Blast | Metalcore/Hardcore | David Loveless | 3 | 4/6/2017 |
| In Death… | The Devil Speaks | 2017 | Plastic Head | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 4/6/2017 |
| The Chronicles of Israfel | A Trillion Lights, Tome II | 2016 | Independent | Progressive | David Loveless | 5 | 4/9/2017 |
| Digir Gidim | I Thought There Was the Sun Awaiting My Awakening | 2017 | ATMF | Black | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 4/11/2017 |
| Ghost Horizon | The Erotics of Disgust | 2017 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 4/11/2017 |
| Tyranex | Death Roll | 2017 | GMR Music | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 4/14/2017 |
| The Devil's Music | The Devil's Music | 2017 | Coffee Jingle | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 4/14/2017 |
| Klabautamann | Smaragd | 2017 | Zeitgeister Music | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 4/14/2017 |
| Ofermod | Sol Nox | 2017 | Shadow Records | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 4/14/2017 |
| JD Miller | World War X | 2017 | Mighty Music | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 4/14/2017 |
| Vomit Remnants | Hyper Groove Brutality | 2017 | Unique Leader | Death | David Loveless | 4.5 | 4/16/2017 |
| Warcrab | Scars Of Aeons | 2016 | Black Bow | Doom/Stoner | David Loveless | 4.5 | 4/17/2017 |
| Set and Setting | Reflectionless | 2017 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Nate Turpin | 4.5 | 4/18/2017 |
| Mothership | High Strangeness | 2017 | Heavy Psych Sounds | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 4/19/2017 |
| Tehom | The Merciless Light | 2017 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 4/20/2017 |
| Vain | Rolling with the Punches | 2016 | Independent | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 4/20/2017 |
| Ninjaspy | Spuken | 2017 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | David Loveless | 4.5 | 4/21/2017 |
| Plasmodium | Entheognosis | 2017 | Independent | Black | David Loveless | 4 | 4/21/2017 |
| Artificial Brain | Infrared Horizon | 2017 | Profound Lore | Death | David Loveless | 5 | 4/21/2017 |
| Hate | Tremendum | 2017 | Napalm | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 4/27/2017 |
| Chontaraz | Rondamauh | 2017 | Mighty Music | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 4/27/2017 |
| Archivist | Construct | 2017 | Alerta Antifascita | Black | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 4/29/2017 |
| Sigil | Kingdom of the Grave | 2017 | Horror Pain Gore Death | Death | Greg Watson | 2 | 4/29/2017 |
| Royal Sin | Blinded by Lies | 2017 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3 | 5/1/2017 |
| Necromutilator | Ripping Blasphemy | 2017 | Terror From Hell | Death | Greg Watson | 2 | 5/1/2017 |
| Cipher | Deviance | 2017 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 5/2/2017 |
| Resist the Ocean | Heart of the Oak | 2017 | Bleeding Nose | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 5/3/2017 |
| Lucian Blaque | Beyond the Best | 2017 | Fervor | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/5/2017 |
| Chiral | Gazing Light Eternity | 2016 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 5/8/2017 |
| Jotnar | Connected/Condemned | 2017 | Massacre | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 5/9/2017 |
| Sacrificial Slaughter | Generation of Terror | 2017 | Horror Pain Gore Death | Death | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 5/9/2017 |
| Ancient Ascendant | Raise the Torch | 2017 | Candlelight | Heavy/Extreme | Troy Cole | 4 | 5/10/2017 |
| Svartsyn | In Death | 2017 | Agonia | Black | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 5/11/2017 |
| Totalitarian | De Arte Tragoediae Divinae | 2017 | Barren Void | Black | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 5/11/2017 |
| Father Befouled | Desolate Gods | 2017 | Dark Descent | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 5/11/2017 |
| Freddy and the Phantoms | Decline of the West | 2017 | Mighty Music | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/17/2017 |
| Crazy Lixx | Ruff Justice | 2017 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 5/19/2017 |
| Tokyo Motor Fist | Tokyo Motor Fist | 2017 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 5/19/2017 |
| Night Ranger | Don't Let Up | 2017 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/20/2017 |
| Screamer | Hell Machine | 2017 | High Roller | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/22/2017 |
| Adamantine | Heroes & Villains | 2017 | Allegiance | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 3 | 5/23/2017 |
| Ebrietor | Sound of Violence | 2017 | Independent | Death | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 5/23/2017 |
| Morfin | Consumed by Evil | 2017 | FDA | Death | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 5/23/2017 |
| Nightrage | The Venomous | 2017 | Despotz | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 4 | 5/23/2017 |
| Karkaos | Children of the Void | 2017 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 6/1/2017 |
| Unholy Baptism | On the Precipice of the Ancient Abyss | 2017 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 6/1/2017 |
| Paganizer | Land of the Weeping Souls | 2017 | Transcending Obscurity | Death | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 6/2/2017 |
| Satan's Hallow | Satan's Hallow | 2017 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 6/13/2017 |
| Dragonforce | Reaching Into Infinity | 2017 | Metal Blade | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 6/13/2017 |
| Heavy Justice | And So We Fall… | 2017 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3 | 6/13/2017 |
| Authority Zero | Broadcasting to the Nations | 2017 | Bird Attack | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/13/2017 |
| Burning Witches | Burning Witches | 2017 | Pledge Music | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/14/2017 |
| MRVTI | Negative Atonal Dissonance | 2017 | Transcending Obscurity | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 6/15/2017 |
| Moonaadem | Moonaadem | 2017 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 6/15/2017 |
| Ursinne | Swim With The Leviathan | 2017 | Transcending Obscurity | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 6/17/2017 |
| Norse | The Divine Light Of A New Sun | 2017 | Transcending Obscurity | Black | David Loveless | 4.5 | 6/17/2017 |
| Meatwound | Largo | 2017 | Magic Bullet | Metalcore/Hardcore | David Loveless | 4.5 | 6/17/2017 |
| Cloven Hoof | Who Mourns for the Morning Star | 2017 | High Roller | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 6/22/2017 |
| Bon Jovi | This House Is Not For Sale | 2017 | Island | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 6/22/2017 |
| Schammasch | The Maldoror Chants: Hermaphrodite | 2017 | Prosthetic | Black | David Loveless | 5 | 6/22/2017 |
| Selcouth | Heart is the Star of Chaos | 2017 | I, Voidhanger | Black | Greg Watson | 2 | 6/23/2017 |
| Suicide Forest | Descend Into Despair | 2017 | Folkvangr Records | Black | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 6/24/2017 |
| In Human Form | Opening of the Eye By the Death of the I | 2017 | I, Voidhanger | Black | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 6/25/2017 |
| Destructor | Decibel Casualties | 2017 | Pure Steel | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/27/2017 |
| Tombs | The Grand Annihilation | 2017 | Metal Blade | Death | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 6/27/2017 |
| Exist | So True, So Bound | 2017 | Prosthetic | Death | David Loveless | 5 | 6/28/2017 |
| Nocte Obducta | Totholz | 2017 | MDD | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 7/1/2017 |
| None | None | 2017 | Hypnotic Dirge | Black | David Loveless | 4 | 7/1/2017 |
| Decapitated | Anticult | 2017 | Nuclear Blast | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/1/2017 |
| Scalpel | Methods to Delusion | 2017 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 7/1/2017 |
| Witch Vomit | Poisoned Blood | 2017 | 20 Buck Spin | Death | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 7/1/2017 |
| Lascar | Absence/Depths | 2017 | ATMF | Black | David Loveless | 4 | 7/1/2017 |
| HeadCrusher | Death Comes With Silence | 2017 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/2/2017 |
| Adrenaline Mob | We the People | 2017 | Century Media | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/10/2017 |
| Deus Otiosus | Opposer | 2017 | Great Dane | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 7/11/2017 |
| God Dethroned | The World's Ablaze | 2017 | Metal Blade | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 7/11/2017 |
| Legacy of Emptiness | Over the Past | 2017 | Black Lion | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 7/11/2017 |
| Mavradoxa | Lethean Lament | 2017 | Hypnotic Dirge | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/11/2017 |
| God Root | Salt and Rot | 2017 | Horror Pain Gore Death | Doom/Stoner | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 7/11/2017 |
| Eshtadur | Mother Gray | 2017 | Bleeding Music | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 7/11/2017 |
| Soul Remnants | Ouroboros | 2017 | E-One/Lifeblood | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/11/2017 |
| Prezir | Contempt | 2017 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/11/2017 |
| Wizard | Fallen Kings | 2017 | Massacre | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 7/14/2017 |
| Bloody Hammers | Horrific Case of Bloody Hammers | 2017 | Napalm | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 4 | 7/14/2017 |
| Subservience | Forest of the Impaled | 2017 | Black Bow | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 7/14/2017 |
| Terrifier | Weapons of Thrash Destruction | 2017 | Test Your Metal | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/14/2017 |
| Engulfed | Engulfed in Obscurity | 2017 | Hellthrasher | Death | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 7/14/2017 |
| Somnium Nox | Terra Inanis | 2017 | Transcending Obscurity | Black | David Loveless | 4 | 7/15/2017 |
| Dephosphorus | Impossible Orbits | 2017 | SelfMadeGod | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3 | 7/20/2017 |
| Repulsive Vision | Look Past the Gore And See the Art | 2017 | Mighty Music | Death | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 7/20/2017 |
| Forthteller | Nihilist | 2017 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3 | 7/20/2017 |
| Arvas | Black Path | 2017 | Black | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 7/24/2017 |
| Perished | Kark | 2017 | Black | Black | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 7/28/2017 |
| BVDK | Architecture of Future Tribes | 2017 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 8/1/2017 |
| Vendetta | Brain Damage | 1988 | Massacre | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3 | 8/2/2017 |
| Poison Blood | Poison Blood | 2017 | Relapse | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 8/2/2017 |
| Byzantine | The Cicada Tree | 2017 | Metal Blade | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/2/2017 |
| Jesus Crost | Die Tonmeisterei Sessions | 2017 | Give Praise | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 8/2/2017 |
| Kavrila | Blight | 2017 | Backbite | Doom/Stoner | Greg Watson | 3 | 8/3/2017 |
| Whore of Bethlehem | Extinguish the Light | 2017 | Black Market Metal | Death | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 8/3/2017 |
| Papa Roach | Crooked Teeth | 2017 | Eleven Seven | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 8/4/2017 |
| Stallion | From the Dead | 2017 | High Roller | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 8/4/2017 |
| Electric Hellride | Praedam | 2017 | ElHell | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3 | 8/4/2017 |
| Doyle | Doyle II: As We Die | 2017 | EMP Label Group/Monsterman Records | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 8/4/2017 |
| One Master | Lycanthropic Burrowing | 2017 | Eternal Death | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/8/2017 |
| Esoctrilihum | Mystic Echo From A Funeral Dimension | 2017 | I, Voidhanger | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 8/8/2017 |
| The Acacia Strain | Gravebloom | 2017 | Rise Records | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3 | 8/8/2017 |
| Valle Crucis | Valle Crucis EP | 2017 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/10/2017 |
| Uncured | Medusa | 2017 | Independent | Progressive | Greg Watson | 3 | 8/10/2017 |
| Nethermancy | Magick Halls of Ascension | 2017 | 1980 | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 8/11/2017 |
| Thy Art Is Murder | Dear Desolation | 2017 | Nuclear Blast | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 8/11/2017 |
| Eluveitie | Evocation II - Pantheon | 2017 | Nuclear Blast | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 8/11/2017 |
| Marty Friedman | Wall of Sound | 2017 | Prosthetic | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 8/11/2017 |
| Shattered Sun | The Evolution of Anger | 2017 | Victory | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 8/11/2017 |
| Eighteen Visions | XVIII | 2017 | Rise Records | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 8/11/2017 |
| Thor | Beyond the Pain Barrier | 2017 | Deadline | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 8/11/2017 |
| Siamese | Shameless | 2017 | Artery | Hard Rock | David Loveless | 3.5 | 8/11/2017 |
| Nyn | Entropy: Of Chaos and Salt | 2017 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 8/11/2017 |
| Dead Cross | Dead Cross | 2017 | Ipecac | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 8/11/2017 |
| Municipal Waste | Slime and Punishment | 2017 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 8/11/2017 |
| Suffocation | ...Of The Dark Light | 2017 | Nuclear Blast | Death | David Loveless | 4 | 8/11/2017 |
| The Lurking Fear | Out of the Voiceless Grave | 2017 | Century Media | Death | Eric Compton | 3 | 8/11/2017 |
| Vallenfyre | Fear Those Who Fear Him | 2017 | Century Media | Death | David Loveless | 5 | 8/12/2017 |
| Warbeast | Enter the Arena | 2017 | Housecore | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 8/12/2017 |
| Oranssi Pazuzu | Farmakologinen | 2017 | 20 Buck Spin | Black | David Loveless | 5 | 8/12/2017 |
| Stone Sour | Hydrograd | 2017 | Roadrunner | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 8/13/2017 |
| Syn Ze Sase Tri | Zaul Mos | 2017 | Code666 | Black | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 8/14/2017 |
| Exterminator | Total Extermination | 2017 | Greyhaze | Death | Greg Watson | 1.5 | 8/15/2017 |
| Satanic | Architect of Chaos | 2016 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 8/16/2017 |
| Inanimate Existence | Underneath A Melting Sky | 2017 | The Artisan Era | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 8/17/2017 |
| Svartsyn | In Death | 2017 | Agonia | Black | David Loveless | 4 | 8/17/2017 |
| Persefone | Aathma | 2017 | Vicisolum Productions | Progressive | David Loveless | 4.5 | 8/18/2017 |
| Portrait | Burn The World | 2017 | Metal Blade | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 8/23/2017 |
| Bobaflex | Eloquent Demons | 2017 | Thermal Entertainment | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 8/23/2017 |
| Dzö-nga | The Sachem's Tales | 2017 | Avantgarde Music | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 8/27/2017 |
| Wage War | Deadweight | 2017 | Fearless | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3 | 8/28/2017 |
| The Quill | Born from Fire | 2017 | Metalville | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 4 | 8/30/2017 |
| Old James | Speak Volumes | 2017 | Independent | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 8/30/2017 |
| All Out War | Give Us Extinction | 2017 | Organized Crime | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 8/31/2017 |
| Void Ritual | Heretical Wisdom | 2017 | Throat Productions | Black | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 8/31/2017 |
| Dawn of Disease | Ascension Gate | 2017 | Napalm | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 8/31/2017 |
| End of Green | Void Estate | 2017 | Napalm | Gothic/Symphonic | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 8/31/2017 |
| In Twilight's Embrace | Vanitas | 2017 | Arachnophobia | Black | David Loveless | 5 | 8/31/2017 |
| M.O.D. | Busted, Broke & American | 2017 | Megaforce | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 8/31/2017 |
| Sepulchral Whore | Everlasting Morbid Delights | 2017 | Metal Ways | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 9/1/2017 |
| Necrotted | Worldwide Warfare | 2017 | Rising Nemesis | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 9/1/2017 |
| The Convalescence | This Is Hell | 2017 | Unique Leader | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4 | 9/1/2017 |
| Dark Avenger | The Beloved Bones: Hell | 2017 | Rockshots | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 9/2/2017 |
| Foreseen | Grave Danger | 2017 | 20 Buck Spin | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 4.5 | 9/3/2017 |
| Igorrr | Savage Sinusoid | 2017 | Metal Blade | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 4.5 | 9/4/2017 |
| Occasvs | Nocturnal Majestic Mysteria | 2017 | Unspeakable Axe | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 9/10/2017 |
| Cranely Gardens | House of Decay | 2017 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3 | 9/11/2017 |
| Midnight Ghost Train | Cypress Ave | 2017 | Napalm | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 9/11/2017 |
| Ctulu | Cultus In Tenebris | 2017 | Static Tension | Black | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 9/11/2017 |
| Shrapnel | Raised on Decay | 2017 | Spinefarm | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/13/2017 |
| Arallu | Six | 2017 | Transcending Obscurity | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 9/13/2017 |
| Cripper | Follow Me: Kill! | 2017 | Metal Blade | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4 | 9/14/2017 |
| Origin | Unparalleled Universe | 2017 | Nuclear Blast | Death | David Loveless | 4.5 | 9/14/2017 |
| Agony Kings | Agony Kings | 2017 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/14/2017 |
| From Oceans To Autumn | Ether-Return To Earth | 2017 | Argonauta | Progressive | David Loveless | 4.5 | 9/14/2017 |
| Josh Todd & The Conflict | Year Of The Tiger | 2017 | The Century Family | Hard Rock | David Loveless | 4.5 | 9/15/2017 |
| Motorhead | Under Cover | 2017 | Silver Lining | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 9/15/2017 |
| Phylactery | Necromancy Enthroned | 2017 | Unspeakable Axe | Death | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 9/27/2017 |
| Oracle | Beyond Omega | 2016 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 9/27/2017 |
| Affliktor | Affliktor | 2017 | Transcending Obscurity | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/27/2017 |
| Awaken I Am | Blind Love | 2017 | Victory | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 9/27/2017 |
| Necrolytic Goat Converter | Isolated Evolution | 2017 | Independent | Black | David Loveless | 3.5 | 9/27/2017 |
| Eyes Wide Open | And So It Begins | 2017 | Sony Music | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 4 | 9/27/2017 |
| Arisen from Nothing | Broken | 2017 | Collective Wave | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 10/1/2017 |
| Every Mother's Nightmare | Grind | 2017 | HighVol | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 10/1/2017 |
| Astaroth Incarnate | Omnipotence: The Infinite Darkness | 2017 | CDN | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3 | 10/1/2017 |
| Dyscarnate | With All Their Might | 2017 | Unique Leader | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4 | 10/1/2017 |
| Buried Realm | The Ichor Carcinoma | 2017 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 10/1/2017 |
| Arkaik | Nemethia | 2017 | Unique Leader | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 10/2/2017 |
| Morphosys | The Saw Is Family | 2017 | Witches Brew | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 10/3/2017 |
| Crafteon | Cosmic Reawakening | 2017 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 10/3/2017 |
| Highrider | Roll for Initiative | 2017 | The Sign | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 10/3/2017 |
| Alter Bridge | Live at the O2 Arena | 2017 | Napalm | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 10/5/2017 |
| Mason | Impervious | 2017 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4 | 10/5/2017 |
| Act of Defiance | Old Scars, New Wounds | 2017 | Metal Blade | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4 | 10/5/2017 |
| Jag Panzer | The Deviant Chord | 2017 | SPV/Steamhammer | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 10/5/2017 |
| Annihilation | The Undivided Wholeness of All Things | 2017 | Nice To Eat You | Death | Greg Watson | 1.5 | 10/10/2017 |
| Broken Hope | Mutilated and Assimilated | 2017 | Century Media | Death | David Loveless | 5 | 10/11/2017 |
| Doxa | Lust for Wonder | 2017 | Pitch Black | Gothic/Symphonic | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 10/11/2017 |
| Hexx | Wrath of the Reaper | 2017 | High Roller | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 10/13/2017 |
| Kickin Valentina | Imaginary Creatures | 2017 | Mighty Music | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 10/13/2017 |
| Bigfoot | Bigfoot | 2017 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 10/13/2017 |
| Samael | Hegemony | 2017 | Napalm | Industrial | Eric Compton | 3 | 10/13/2017 |
| Diablo Blvd | Zero Hour | 2017 | Nuclear Blast | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 10/13/2017 |
| Battle Dagorath | II-Frozen Light of Eternal Darkness | 2017 | Avantgarde Music | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 10/14/2017 |
| Overoth | The Forgotten Tome | 2017 | Hostile Media | Death | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 10/14/2017 |
| The Burning Dogma | No Shores of Hope | 2017 | Sliptrick | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 10/14/2017 |
| Tetrarch | Freak | 2017 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 10/14/2017 |
| Namazu | Works Cited | 2017 | Typhoon Killer | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 3 | 10/15/2017 |
| Imperialist | Cipher | 2017 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 10/15/2017 |
| Sacred Son | Sacred Son | 2017 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 10/16/2017 |
| The Hate Colony | Ascending | 2017 | Mighty Music | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 10/16/2017 |
| Wild Witch | The Offering | 2017 | Arthorium | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 10/16/2017 |
| Heretic | A Game You Cannot Win | 2017 | Dissonance Productions | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 10/17/2017 |
| Voids | No Character: No Crown | 2017 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 10/18/2017 |
| Nocturnal Rites | Phoenix | 2017 | AFM | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 10/19/2017 |
| Night Legion | Night Legion | 2017 | Massacre | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 10/19/2017 |
| Face Down Hero | False Evidence Appearing Real | 2017 | Yonah | Thrash | David Loveless | 4.5 | 10/19/2017 |
| Buried Above Ground | Birth EP | 2016 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 11/1/2017 |
| I, The Dreamer | Shadow Hearts | 2017 | Standby | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 11/1/2017 |
| Diktator | La Voie Du Sang | 2017 | Melancholia | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 11/1/2017 |
| Insurrection | Extraction | 2017 | Galy Records | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/1/2017 |
| Mekigah | Autexousious | 2017 | Aesthetic Death | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 11/1/2017 |
| Gloam | Death Is The Beginning | 2017 | Bloodharvest | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 11/1/2017 |
| Devangelic | Phlegethon | 2017 | Comatose Music | Black | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 11/1/2017 |
| Game Over | Claiming Supremacy | 2017 | Scarlet | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/2/2017 |
| Archange | Flashback | 2017 | Mighty Music | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/2/2017 |
| Panzer | The Fatal Command | 2017 | Nuclear Blast | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/2/2017 |
| Maharaja | Kali Yuga | 2017 | Independent | Doom/Stoner | David Loveless | 4.5 | 11/2/2017 |
| Powerman 5000 | New Wave | 2017 | Pavement | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 11/2/2017 |
| Terrible Old Man | Fungi From Yuggoth | 2017 | MDD | Hard Rock | David Loveless | 4 | 11/2/2017 |
| The Ruins of Beverast | Exuvia | 2017 | Van | Black | David Loveless | 5 | 11/2/2017 |
| Paradise Lost | Medusa | 2017 | Nuclear Blast | Gothic/Symphonic | David Loveless | 4 | 11/2/2017 |
| Dark Waters End | Submersion | 2017 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 11/6/2017 |
| Blood Freak | Total Destruction of the Human Form | 2017 | Horror Pain Gore Death | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 11/6/2017 |
| Greytomb | Monumental Microcosms | 2017 | Transcending Obscurity | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 11/6/2017 |
| WarCall | Invaders | 2017 | Plan B | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/6/2017 |
| National Suicide | Massacre Elite | 2017 | Scarlet | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/7/2017 |
| Crnkshft | Crnkshft | 2017 | Independent | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 11/7/2017 |
| Midnight Sin | One Last Ride | 2017 | Scarlet | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/8/2017 |
| Old Iron | Lupus Metallorum | 2017 | Good To Die | Doom/Stoner | David Loveless | 4 | 11/8/2017 |
| Fight the Fight | Fight the Fight | 2018 | Metal Blade | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 11/10/2017 |
| Appice | Sinister | 2017 | SPV/Steamhammer | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 11/10/2017 |
| Friendship | Hatred | 2017 | Sentient Ruin | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3 | 11/12/2017 |
| The Dahmers | In the Dead of Night | 2017 | Lovely | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/12/2017 |
| The Parity Complex | The Parity Complex | 2017 | Dead End Exit | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 11/12/2017 |
| Feral | Forever Resonating In Blood | 2017 | Horror Pain Gore Death | Black | Greg Watson | 2 | 11/12/2017 |
| Death Rattle | Volition | 2017 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3 | 11/12/2017 |
| Seeds of Mary | The Blackbird and the Dying Sun | 2017 | Klonosphere | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/12/2017 |
| Thrown into Exile | Safe Inside | 2017 | Urban Yeti | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 4 | 11/13/2017 |
| Until The Sky Dies | The Year Zero Blueprint | 2017 | Cimmerian Shade | Doom/Stoner | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 11/13/2017 |
| Bloodstrike | Execution of Violence | 2017 | Redefining Darkness | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 11/14/2017 |
| Coraxo | Sol | 2017 | Snow Wave | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 11/17/2017 |
| In-Defilade | Elude | 2017 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 5 | 11/17/2017 |
| Legend | Charging the Field | 2017 | Unholy Anarchy | Death | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 11/17/2017 |
| Enslaved | E | 2017 | Nuclear Blast | Black | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 11/17/2017 |
| Grey Wolf | The Beginning | 2017 | Arthorium | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 12/1/2017 |
| Wraith | Revelation | 2017 | Cargo | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 4 | 12/1/2017 |
| Bergrizen | Der Unsterbliche Geist | 2017 | Purity Through Fire | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 12/1/2017 |
| Morphine Social Club | Monolithic Gospel | 2017 | Independent | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 3 | 12/1/2017 |
| Blaze of Perdition | Conscious Darkness | 2017 | Agonia | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 12/1/2017 |
| The Stranger | The Stranger | 2017 | Independent | Progressive | David Loveless | 4 | 12/1/2017 |
| The Haxans | Party Monsters | 2017 | Century Media | Gothic/Symphonic | Eric Compton | 4 | 12/1/2017 |
| Signs of the Swarm | The Disfigurement of Existence | 2017 | Unique Leader | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 12/1/2017 |
| Atriarch | Dead As Truth | 2017 | Relapse | Black | Greg Watson | 2 | 12/14/2017 |
| Circle of Salt | Suffer the Cold | 2017 | Avantgarde Music | Black | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 12/15/2017 |
| The Petulant | Dictum | 2017 | Mighty Music | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4 | 12/16/2017 |
| No Return | The Curse Within | 2017 | Mighty Music | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 12/17/2017 |
| Putrescence | Voiding Upon the Pulverized | 2017 | Eclectic Productions | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 2 | 12/18/2017 |
| Deinonychus | Ode to Act of Murder, Dystopia and Suicide | 2017 | My Kingdom Music | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 12/18/2017 |
| Pink Cream 69 | Headstrong | 2017 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 12/19/2017 |
| Archons | Lords of Light and Thunder | 2017 | Independent | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 4 | 12/19/2017 |
| Band of Spice | Shadows Remain | 2017 | Scarlet | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 12/19/2017 |
| Overlorde | 2017 Demo | 2017 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 12/19/2017 |
| Jeff Scott Soto | Retribution | 2017 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 12/20/2017 |
| Savage Messiah | Hands of Fate | 2017 | Century Media | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 12/21/2017 |
| L.A. Guns | The Missing Peace | 2017 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 12/21/2017 |
| Azziard | Metempsychose | 2017 | Malpermesita | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 12/22/2017 |
| RAM | Rod | 2017 | Metal Blade | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 12/22/2017 |
| August Burns Red | Phantom Anthem | 2017 | Fearless | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3 | 12/22/2017 |
| Narcotic Wasteland | Delerium Tremens | 2017 | Megaforce | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4 | 12/22/2017 |
| Neuronspoiler | Second Sight | 2017 | Dissonance Productions | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 12/22/2017 |
| Prostitution | Egyptian Blue | 2017 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 1/3/2018 |
| The Fright | Canto V | 2017 | SPV/Steamhammer | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/5/2018 |
| Mystic Prophecy | Monuments Uncovered | 2018 | Massacre | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 1/11/2018 |
| Moonspell | 1755 | 2018 | Napalm | Gothic/Symphonic | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/19/2018 |
| Lady Beast | Vicious Beast | 2018 | Cruz Del Sur | Traditional | Eric Compton | 5 | 1/19/2018 |
| Sweet & Lynch | Unified | 2017 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/19/2018 |
| Axemaster | Crawling Chaos | 2017 | Pure Steel | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3 | 1/23/2018 |
| A Pale December | The Shrine of Primal Fire | 2017 | Avantgarde Music | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 1/25/2018 |
| Strangers | Tonight | 2017 | Life | Hard Rock | David Loveless | 4 | 1/26/2018 |
| Tyfon's Doom | Emperor's Path | 2017 | Gates of Hell | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/1/2018 |
| Shakra | Snakes and Ladders | 2017 | AFM | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/2/2018 |
| Grimtone | Memento Mori | 2017 | Rockshots | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 2/6/2018 |
| Batushka | Litourgia | 2017 | Witching Hour | Black | Greg Watson | 2 | 2/6/2018 |
| Grafvitnir | Keys to the Mysteries Beyond | 2017 | Carnal | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 2/6/2018 |
| Lyzzard | Savage | 2017 | Fighter | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/7/2018 |
| Voice | The Storm | 2017 | Massacre | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/7/2018 |
| Obscene | Sermon to the Snake | 2017 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 2 | 2/7/2018 |
| Thy Kingdom Slum | A History of Dissent | 2018 | Slum World | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/7/2018 |
| LaColpa | Mea Maxima Culpa | 2017 | Toten Schwan | Black | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 2/7/2018 |
| Nightshade | 1426 | 2018 | Marked Man | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 2/8/2018 |
| Mad Hatter | Mad Hatter | 2018 | Art Gates | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 2/8/2018 |
| Operation Mindcrime | The New Reality | 2017 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 2/9/2018 |
| Anvil | Pounding the Pavement | 2018 | Steamhammer | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 2/9/2018 |
| Erotic Pyscho | The Lost Boyz | 2018 | Art Gates | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 2/10/2018 |
| Jono | Life | 2017 | Frontiers | Progressive | Eric Compton | 3 | 2/11/2018 |
| Monads | IVIIV | 2017 | Aesthetic Death | Doom/Stoner | Greg Watson | 4 | 2/13/2018 |
| Saint Roch | Mojo | 2018 | Independent | Hard Rock | Frank Hill | 3 | 2/14/2018 |
| Renascent | Praise Of The Lord God Almighty | 2017 | Independent | Black | David Loveless | 5 | 2/14/2018 |
| Visions Of The Night | Supreme Act Of War | 2017 | Independent | Death | David Loveless | 4.5 | 2/15/2018 |
| Scaphism | Unutterable Horrors | 2018 | Horror Pain Gore Death | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 3/1/2018 |
| Gorgonea Prima | Brownfields | 2017 | MetalGate | Industrial | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 3/1/2018 |
| Guillotine | Guillotine | 2017 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 3/1/2018 |
| Ignitor | Haunted by Rock & Roll | 2017 | EMP | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 3/1/2018 |
| Minneriket | Anima Sola | 2018 | Akslen Black Art | Black | Greg Watson | 2 | 3/1/2018 |
| Hyvmine | Earthquake | 2018 | Seek and Strike | Progressive | Eric Compton | 3 | 3/2/2018 |
| Eisley/Goldy | Blood, Guts and Games | 2017 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/2/2018 |
| Witchery | I Am Legion | 2017 | Century Media | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4 | 3/2/2018 |
| Sacred Leather | Ultimate Force | 2018 | Cruz Del Sur | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/2/2018 |
| Black Veil Brides | Vale | 2018 | Universal | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 3/2/2018 |
| Mortiferum | Altar of Decay | 2017 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 2 | 3/10/2018 |
| Disaffected | The Trinity Threshold | 2017 | Chaosphere | Black | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 3/11/2018 |
| Ammunition | Ammunition | 2018 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 3/11/2018 |
| Twitching Tongues | Gaining Purpose Through… | 2018 | Metal Blade | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 3 | 3/12/2018 |
| The Stone | Teatar Apsurda | 2017 | Mizantropeon | Black | Greg Watson | 2 | 4/1/2018 |
| Tralineate | Ike Antz Leap | 2017 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 4/2/2018 |
| Towards Atlantis Lights | Dust of Aeons | 2018 | Transcending Obscurity | Doom/Stoner | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 4/2/2018 |
| Insolvency | Antagonism Of The Soul | 2018 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3 | 4/2/2018 |
| Terror Universal | Make Them Bleed | 2018 | Head | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 4/2/2018 |
| Lechery | We Are All Born Evil | 2018 | Bleeding Music | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 4/7/2018 |
| Loudness | Rise to Glory | 2018 | Ward | Traditional | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 4/9/2018 |
| Vyre | Weltformel | 2018 | Supreme Chaos | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 4/9/2018 |
| Gus G. | Fearless | 2018 | AFM | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 4/9/2018 |
| Blood of the Wolf | II: Campaign of Extermination | 2018 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 4/9/2018 |
| Sadistik Forest | Morbid Majesties | 2018 | Transcending Obscurity | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 4/9/2018 |
| Marco Mendoza | Viva La Rock | 2018 | Mighty Music | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 4/9/2018 |
| Mother Misery | Megalodon | 2018 | Transubstans | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 4/10/2018 |
| The Crown | Cobra Speed Venom | 2018 | Metal Blade | Death | Eric Compton | 4.5 | 4/10/2018 |
| None | Life Has Gone On Long Enough | 2018 | Hypnotic Dirge | Black | David Loveless | 4 | 4/18/2018 |
| Pestilence | Hadeon | 2018 | Hammerheart Records | Death | David Loveless | 4.5 | 4/18/2018 |
| Trespass | Footsteps in the Rock | 2018 | Mighty Music | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 4/23/2018 |
| Black Wizard | Livin' Oblivion | 2018 | Listenable | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 4/23/2018 |
| Susperia | The Lyricist | 2018 | Agonia | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 4/24/2018 |
| Ancst | Ghosts of the Timeless Void | 2018 | Lifeforce Records | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 4 | 4/24/2018 |
| Ssanahtes | Ssanahtes | 2018 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 4/24/2018 |
| Sol De Sangre | Sol De Sangre | 2018 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 4/25/2018 |
| Portal | Ion | 2018 | Profound Lore | Death | David Loveless | 5 | 4/28/2018 |
| King Witch | Under The Mountain | 2018 | Listenable | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 5/18/2018 |
| Iron Angel | Hellbound | 2018 | Mighty Music | Thrash | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 5/15/2018 |
| Estate | Mirrorland | 2018 | Mighty Music | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/16/2018 |
| Wolf King | Loyal to the Soil | 2018 | Rapture | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 2 | 5/15/2018 |
| De Profundis | The Blinding Light of Faith | 2018 | Transcending Obscurity | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 5/15/2018 |
| Begat the Nephilim | I: The Surreptitious Prophecy / Mother of the Blasphemy | 2018 | Unholy Anarchy | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 5/14/2018 |
| Animal Drive | Bite! | 2018 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 5/16/2018 |
| Throneless | Cycles | 2018 | Black Bow | Doom/Stoner | David Loveless | 4.5 | 5/17/2018 |
| Chris Bay | Chasing the Sun | 2018 | SPV/Steamhammer | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 2 | 5/15/2018 |
| Skindred | Big Tings | 2018 | Napalm | Nu/Rapcore | Eric Compton | 2 | 5/30/2018 |
| Marduk | Viktoria | 2018 | Century Media | Black | Greg Watson | 2 | 6/6/2018 |
| Marduk | Viktoria | 2018 | Century Media | Black | David Loveless | 5 | 6/6/2018 |
| Candlemass | House Of Doom EP | 2018 | Napalm | Doom/Stoner | David Loveless | 3 | 6/5/2018 |
| Iron Will | Life is Your Labyrinth | 2018 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/4/2018 |
| Sojourner | The Shadowed Road | 2018 | Avantgarde Music | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 6/3/2018 |
| None | Life Has Gone On Long Enough | 2018 | Hypnotic Dirge | Black | Greg Watson | 2 | 6/2/2018 |
| Amorphis | Queen of Time | 2018 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Eric Compton | 3 | 6/4/2018 |
| At the Gates | To Drink from the Night Itself | 2018 | Century Media | Death | Eric Compton | 4 | 6/4/2018 |
| Fallen Utopia | Disequilibrium | 2018 | Cursed | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 6/3/2018 |
| Barbarian Prophecies | Origin | 2018 | Hecatombe | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 6/3/2018 |
| Apathy Noir | Black Soil | 2018 | Independent | Doom/Stoner | Greg Watson | 2 | 6/3/2018 |
| Simon Šerc | Bora Scura | 2018 | Pharmafabrik | Heavy/Extreme | Frank Hill | 3 | 6/5/2018 |
| Dominant | The Summoning | 2018 | Lacerated Enemy | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 6/3/2018 |
| Cynabare Urne | In the Cremation Ground | 2018 | Helter Skelter | Death | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 6/3/2018 |
| Bullet | Dust to Gold | 2018 | SPV/Steamhammer | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 6/13/2018 |
| Morgengrau | Blood Oracle | 2018 | Unspeakable Axe | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 6/13/2018 |
| Chrch | Light Will Consume Us All | 2018 | Neurot | Doom/Stoner | Greg Watson | 4 | 6/14/2018 |
| Blood Tsunami | Grave Condition | 2018 | Soulseller | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/12/2018 |
| Begat the Nephilim | The Surreptitious Prophecy/Mother of the Blasphemy | 2018 | Unholy Anarchy | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 6/13/2018 |
| Bookakee | Ignominies | 2018 | Transcending Obscurity | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 3 | 6/12/2018 |
| Blood and Brutality | Decor Macabre | 2018 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 6/17/2018 |
| Lagrima | Gilgamesh (The Quest for Immortality) | 2018 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 6/18/2018 |
| Eliminator | Last Horizon | 2018 | Dissonance Productions | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/18/2018 |
| Sanhedrin | A Funeral For The World | 2018 | Cruz Del Sur | Traditional | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 6/20/2018 |
| Ophe | Litteras Ad Trista Maestrum Solitude | 2018 | My Kingdom Music | Black | David Loveless | 2 | 6/18/2018 |
| Lagrima | Gilgamesh (The Quest for Immortality) | 2018 | Independent | Black | David Loveless | 3.5 | 6/18/2018 |
| Primitai | The Calling | 2018 | Dissonance Productions | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/19/2018 |
| LIK | Carnage | 2018 | Metal Blade | Death | David Loveless | 4 | 6/19/2018 |
| Visitors | Crest | 2018 | Independent | Progressive | David Loveless | 5 | 6/23/2018 |
| Deadly Carnage | Through the Void, Above the Suns | 2018 | Aeternitas Tenebrarum Musicae Fundamentum | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 6/20/2018 |
| Comess | Botched and Flailed | 2018 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 6/28/2018 |
| Isenordal | Spectral Embrace | 2018 | Eternal Warfare | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 5 | 6/28/2018 |
| Down Among The Dead Men | And You Will Obey Me | 2018 | Metal Blade | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 6/26/2018 |
| Drudkh | They Often See Dreams About The Spring | 2018 | Season of Mist | Black | David Loveless | 4.5 | 6/26/2018 |
| Parkway Drive | Reverence | 2018 | Epitaph | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 6/29/2018 |
| Burn the Priest | Legion XX | 2018 | Epic Records | Hard Rock | Greg Watson | 4 | 6/29/2018 |
| Millennial Reign | The Great Divide | 2018 | Ulterium | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 6/26/2018 |
| Deathgrave | So Real, It's Now | 2018 | Tankcrimes | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 5 | 7/9/2018 |
| Abstracter | Cinereous Incarnate | 2018 | Sentient Ruin | Black | David Loveless | 4.5 | 7/8/2018 |
| Necrophobic | Mark of the Necrogram | 2018 | Century Media | Black | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/7/2018 |
| Nils Patrik Johansson | Evil Deluxe | 2018 | Metalville | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 7/10/2018 |
| Immortal | Northern Chaos Gods | 2018 | Nuclear Blast | Black | Eric Compton | 4 | 7/17/2018 |
| Micawber | Beyond The Reach of the Flame | 2018 | Prosthetic | Death | Greg Watson | 5 | 7/15/2018 |
| We Are Sentinels | We Are Sentinels | 2018 | SAOL | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 5 | 7/22/2018 |
| Motorjesus | Race to Resurrection | 2018 | Drakkar | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/15/2018 |
| Tremonti | A Dying Machine | 2018 | Napalm | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3 | 7/14/2018 |
| Tad Morose | Chapter X | 2018 | GMR Music | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 7/14/2018 |
| Angelus Apatrida | Cabaret de la Guillotine | 2018 | Century Media | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/15/2018 |
| Abhordium | Omega Prayer | 2018 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 7/13/2018 |
| Worry Blast | .44 | 2018 | Mighty Music | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 7/13/2018 |
| Refuge | Solitary Men | 2018 | Frontiers | Thrash | Eric Compton | 4 | 7/20/2018 |
| Greystone Canyon | While the Wheels Still Turn | 2018 | Rockshots | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 7/18/2018 |
| Coldbound | The Gale | 2018 | Moonlight Productions | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 7/19/2018 |
| DevilDriver | Outlaws 'Til the End, Vol 1 | 2018 | Napalm | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 2 | 7/21/2018 |
| Inhuman Remnants | Solipsis | 2018 | Eschatonic | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/19/2018 |
| Raven Throne | I Miortvym Snicca Zolak | 2018 | Non Serviam | Black | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 7/19/2018 |
| Barren Altar | Entrenched In The Faults of the Earth | 2018 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 8/1/2018 |
| Injector | Stone Prevails | 2018 | Art Gates | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 8/2/2018 |
| Hostia | Hostia | 2018 | Via Nocturna | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/2/2018 |
| Espionage | Digital Dystopia | 2018 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 8/3/2018 |
| Wolftooth | Wolftooth | 2018 | Blackseed | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 8/20/2018 |
| Sentient Horror | The Crypts Below | 2018 | Redefining Darkness | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 8/18/2018 |
| Khiral | Chained | 2018 | Inverse | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 8/17/2018 |
| Finnr's Cane | Elegy | 2018 | Prophecy Productions | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/21/2018 |
| Kaiser | 1st Sound | 2018 | Independent | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 3 | 8/19/2018 |
| Monument | Hellhound | 2018 | Rock of Angels | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 8/19/2018 |
| Lost Horizon | A Flame to the Ground Beneath | 2003 | Music for Nations | Power | Josh Greer | 5 | 4/14/2003 |
| Biss | Face-Off | 2005 | AOR Heaven | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 1/3/2005 |
| Cathedral | VIIth Coming | 2002 | Dream Catcher | Doom/Stoner | Josh Greer | 4 | 4/14/2003 |
| In Flames | Reroute to Remain | 2002 | Nuclear Blast | Death | Frank Hill | 4 | 2/4/2003 |
| Usurper | Twilight Dominion | 2003 | Earache | Black | Eric Compton | 3 | 5/2/2003 |
| Mordant Rapture | The Abnegation | 2018 | The Artisan Era | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 8/29/2018 |
| Briqueville | II | 2018 | Pelagic | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 4 | 8/29/2018 |
| Thunder Horse | Thunder Horse | 2018 | Independent | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 8/27/2018 |
| Arkheth | 12 Winter Moons Comes The Witches Brew | 2018 | Transcending Obscurity | Black | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 8/30/2018 |
| Stortregn | Emptiness Fills the Void | 2018 | Non Serviam | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 8/27/2018 |
| Sudden Death | Stillborn | 2018 | Art Gates | Death | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/11/2018 |
| U.D.O. | Steelfactory | 2018 | AFM | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 9/13/2018 |
| Primal Fear | Apocalypse | 2018 | Frontiers | Power | Eric Compton | 4 | 9/13/2018 |
| Woes | The Coldest Place Is Within Myself | 2018 | Independent | Metalcore/Hardcore | Greg Watson | 3 | 9/12/2018 |
| A Sound of Thunder | It Was Metal | 2018 | Independent | Traditional | Frank Hill | 4 | 9/14/2018 |
| Cauldron | New Gods | 2018 | The End | Traditional | David Loveless | 2.5 | 9/19/2018 |
| Dee Snider | For the Love of Metal | 2018 | Napalm | Traditional | Frank Hill | 4 | 9/20/2018 |
| Voivod | The Wake | 2018 | Century Media | Progressive | David Loveless | 5 | 9/28/2018 |
| Krisiun | Scourge Of The Enthroned | 2018 | Century Media | Death | David Loveless | 4.5 | 9/27/2018 |
| Alice In Chains | Ranier Fog | 2018 | BMG | Hard Rock | David Loveless | 4 | 9/27/2018 |
| Epica | Epica vs Attack on Titan Songs | 2018 | Nuclear Blast | Gothic/Symphonic | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 9/27/2018 |
| Revocation | The Outer Ones | 2018 | Metal Blade | Thrash | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 10/10/2018 |
| Autokrator | Hammer of the Heretics | 2018 | Krucyator Productions | Death | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 10/8/2018 |
| Death SS | Rock N Roll Armageddon | 2018 | Lucifer Rising | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 10/9/2018 |
| Brainstorm | Midnight Ghost | 2018 | AFM | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 10/11/2018 |
| Skeletonwitch | Devouring Radiant Light | 2018 | Prosthetic | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 3 | 10/26/2018 |
| Et Moriemur | Epigrammata | 2018 | Transcending Obscurity | Doom/Stoner | Greg Watson | 3 | 10/25/2018 |
| Depravity | Evil Upheaval | 2018 | Transcending Obscurity | Death | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 10/24/2018 |
| Vomitile | Pure Eternal Hate | 2018 | Satanath | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 10/25/2018 |
| Nihil Eyes | Black Path | 2018 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 10/25/2018 |
| Omenfilth | Hymns of Diabolical Treachery | 2018 | Nero One | Death | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 10/24/2018 |
| Solium Fatalis | Genetically Engineered to Enslave | 2018 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 10/24/2018 |
| The Browning | Geist | 2018 | Spinefarm | Metalcore/Hardcore | David Loveless | 3.5 | 11/13/2018 |
| Augury | Illusive Golden Age | 2018 | The Artisan Era | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 11/12/2018 |
| P.H.O.B.O.S. | Phlogiston Catharsis | 2018 | Transcending Obscurity | Black | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 11/13/2018 |
| pando | hiraeth | 2018 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 11/13/2018 |
| Benthic Realm | We Will Not Bow | 2018 | Independent | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 11/14/2018 |
| Evoken | Hypnagogia | 2018 | Profound Lore | Doom/Stoner | David Loveless | 5 | 11/15/2018 |
| Ted Nugent | The Music Made Me Do It | 2018 | Round Hill Music | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/18/2018 |
| Burning Witches | Hexenhammer | 2018 | Nuclear Blast | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/19/2018 |
| Ashes of Ares | Well of Souls | 2018 | Metal Blade | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3 | 11/17/2018 |
| Artillery | The Face of Fear | 2018 | Rock of Angels | Power | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 11/17/2018 |
| Infrared | Saviours | 2018 | Independent | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3 | 11/28/2018 |
| Into Eternity | The Sirens | 2018 | Independent | Progressive | Greg Watson | 2 | 11/27/2018 |
| Anaal Nathrakh | A New Kind of Horror | 2018 | Metal Blade | Black | Greg Watson | 2 | 11/27/2018 |
| Mule Skinner | Airstrike | 2018 | F.O.A.D. | Death | David Loveless | 4.5 | 12/4/2018 |
| Architects | Holy Hell | 2018 | Epitaph | Metalcore/Hardcore | David Loveless | 4.5 | 12/6/2018 |
| Striker | Play to Win | 2018 | Record Breaking | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 12/13/2018 |
| Them | Manor of the Se7en Gables | 2018 | Steamhammer | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 12/10/2018 |
| Metal Church | Damned If You Do | 2018 | Rat Pak | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 12/13/2018 |
| A Forest Of Stars | Grave Mounds and Grave Mistakes | 2018 | Prophecy | Black | David Loveless | 4 | 12/12/2018 |
| Meliah Rage | Idol Hands | 2018 | Metal On Metal | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 12/18/2018 |
| Venom | Storm the Gates | 2018 | Spinefarm | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 12/16/2018 |
| Unendlich | Misanthropic Sedition | 2018 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 12/17/2018 |
| Vanha | Melancholia | 2018 | Black Lion | Doom/Stoner | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 12/20/2018 |
| Vane | Black Vengeance | 2018 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 2 | 12/17/2018 |
| Horehound | Holocene | 2018 | Doom Stew | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 12/21/2018 |
| Hatred Reigns | Realm: I Affliction | 2018 | Independent | Death | Greg Watson | 1.5 | 1/8/2019 |
| Beneath the Silence | Phoenix | 2018 | Independent | Hard Rock | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 1/11/2019 |
| Night Crowned | Humanity Will Echo Out | 2018 | Black Lion | Black | David Loveless | 3.5 | 1/13/2019 |
| Purgatory | Purgatory (EP) | 2018 | Century Media | Traditional | Eric Compton | 4 | 1/14/2019 |
| Blade Killer | High Risk | 2018 | M-Theory | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 1/16/2019 |
| Eskhaton | Omegalitheos | 2018 | Lavadome | Death | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 1/17/2019 |
| Cosmic Church | Tatytymys | 2018 | Independent | Black | Greg Watson | 3 | 1/15/2019 |
| Space Chaser | Split 2018 | 2018 | This Charming Man | Thrash | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 1/16/2019 |
| Rhemorha | Natural Born Groove | 2018 | Independent | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 4 | 2/1/2019 |
| Astronoid | Astronoid | 2019 | Blood Music | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 4 | 2/2/2019 |
| Candlemass | The Door To Doom | 2019 | Napalm | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 2/20/2019 |
| Jinjer | Micro (EP) | 2019 | Napalm | Metalcore/Hardcore | David Loveless | 4.5 | 2/25/2019 |
| Born Of Osiris | The Simulation | 2019 | Sumerian | Metalcore/Hardcore | David Loveless | 3 | 2/19/2019 |
| Soilwork | Verkligheten | 2019 | Nuclear Blast | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 4.5 | 2/23/2019 |
| Overkill | The Wings Of War | 2019 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | David Loveless | 4.5 | 2/24/2019 |
| Queensryche | The Verdict | 2019 | Century Media | Traditional | Greg Watson | 5 | 3/12/2019 |
| Arch/Matheos | Winter Ethereal | 2019 | Metal Blade | Progressive | Mark Cubbedge | 4.5 | 4/18/2019 |
| Axecuter | A Night of Axecution | 2018 | Mindscrape | Thrash | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 4/15/2019 |
| Hunter-Killer | Hunter-Killer | 2018 | Independent | Power | Eric Compton | 2.5 | 4/16/2019 |
| Jarun | Sporysz | 2017 | Arachnophobia | Black | Greg Watson | 4 | 4/17/2019 |
| Death Angel | Humanicide | 2019 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | David Loveless | 4 | 6/17/2019 |
| Darkthrone | Old Star | 2019 | Peaceville | Black | David Loveless | 4.5 | 6/16/2019 |
| Deathspell Omega | The Furnaces Of Palingenesia | 2019 | NoEvDiA | Black | David Loveless | 4 | 6/15/2019 |
| Gaahls Wyrd | Gastir-Ghosts Invited | 2019 | Season of Mist | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 3.5 | 6/13/2019 |
| Dreadnought | Emergence | 2019 | Profound Lore | Progressive | David Loveless | 3.5 | 6/14/2019 |
| None | Damp Chill Of Life | 2019 | Hypnotic Dirge | Black | David Loveless | 4.5 | 7/26/2019 |
| Hate | Auric Gates of Veles | 2019 | Metal Blade | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 4.5 | 7/24/2019 |
| Elder | The Gold & Silver Sessions | 2019 | Blues Funeral | Doom/Stoner | David Loveless | 4.5 | 7/25/2019 |
| Downfall Of Gaia | Ethic Of Radical Finitude | 2019 | Metal Blade | Black | David Loveless | 3.5 | 8/27/2019 |
| Erythrite Throne | Thirst For Vampyric Purity | 2019 | Independent | Black | David Loveless | 4.5 | 8/30/2019 |
| Dreadnought | Emergence | 2019 | Profound Lore | Progressive | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 8/29/2019 |
| The Offering | Home | 2019 | Century Media | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 5 | 10/1/2019 |
| For I Am King | I | 2018 | Redfield | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 10/20/2019 |
| Silver Talon | Becoming a Demon | 2018 | Independent | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 10/19/2019 |
| The Watchers | Black Abyss | 2018 | Ripple Music | Doom/Stoner | Eric Compton | 4 | 10/19/2019 |
| Moon And Azure Shadow | Age Of Darkness And Frost | 2019 | Independent | Black | David Loveless | 5 | 12/15/2019 |
| Goat Terror | Unholy March | 2019 | Sentient Ruin | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 4.5 | 12/14/2019 |
| Concilium | No Sanctuary | 2019 | Independent | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 3.5 | 12/16/2019 |
| Elder | Omens | 2020 | Armageddon | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 4.5 | 5/14/2020 |
| God Dethroned | Illuminati | 2020 | Metal Blade | Death | Greg Watson | 4 | 5/12/2020 |
| Testament | Titans of Creation | 2020 | Nuclear Blast | Thrash | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 5/15/2020 |
| Xpus | In Umbra Mortis Sedent | 2020 | Transcending Obscurity | Black | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 7/13/2020 |
| Live Burial | Unending Futility | 2020 | Transcending Obscurity | Death | Greg Watson | 4.5 | 7/17/2020 |
| Henry Kane | Age of the Idiot | 2020 | Transcending Obscurity | Heavy/Extreme | Greg Watson | 4 | 7/16/2020 |
| Unleash the Archers | Abyss | 2020 | Napalm | Power | Frank Hill | 4.5 | 8/21/2020 |
| Lightmaker | Lightmaker | 2020 | Independent | Doom/Stoner | Vinaya Saksena | 4 | 11/20/2020 |
| It Is Dead | A Place Of Darkness | 2021 | Independent | Black | David Loveless | 4.5 | 9/17/2021 |
| Witchcraft | Black Metal | 2020 | Nuclear Blast | Doom/Stoner | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 9/16/2021 |
| Grat Strigoi | Communion Of The Nameless | 2021 | Independent | Black | David Loveless | 4.5 | 9/17/2021 |
| Primordial Serpent | The Winter Warrior | 2021 | Independent | Black | David Loveless | 4.5 | 9/18/2021 |
| Seven Kingdoms | Zenith | 2022 | Distortion Music Group | Power | Frank Hill | 4 | 8/18/2022 |
| Abraham | Look, Here Comes the Dark | 2018 | Pelagic | Progressive | Greg Watson | 3.5 | 12/1/2018 |
| Death Courier | Necrotic Verses | 2020 | Transcending Obscurity | Death | Greg Watson | 3 | 12/20/2020 |
| Infection Code | Dissenso | 2018 | Independent | Industrial | Greg Watson | 2.5 | 12/1/2018 |
| Living Metal | Living Metal | 2018 | Independent | Traditional | Eric Compton | 3 | 12/1/2018 |
| Nordic Union | Second Coming | 2018 | Frontiers | Hard Rock | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 12/1/2018 |
| Parasite Inc. | Dead and Alive | 2018 | Reaper Records | Heavy/Extreme | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 12/1/2018 |
| Warkings | Reborn | 2018 | Napalm | Power | Eric Compton | 3 | 12/1/2018 |
| Wills Dissolve | The Heavens Are Not On Fire | 2018 | Independent | Heavy/Extreme | David Loveless | 3.5 | 12/1/2018 |
| All That Remains | Victim of the New Disease | 2018 | Eleven Seven | Metalcore/Hardcore | Eric Compton | 3 | 12/1/2018 |
| The Spirit | Sounds from the Vortex | 2018 | Nuclear Blast | Black | Eric Compton | 3.5 | 12/1/2018 |