Year End Reflections 2004

Rachel Jablonski
Top 10 Albums of the Year

401. Lamb of God – Ashes of the Wake

02. Killswitch Engage – The End of Heartache

03. Raunchy – Confusion Bay

04. Herod – For Whom the Gods Would Destroy

05. My Dying Bride – Songs of Darkness: Words of Light

06. 51 Peg – ESC/CTRL

07. Kittie – Until the End

08. Eyes of Fire – Ashes to Embers

09. i:scintilla – The Approach

10. Crisis – Like Sheep Led to Slaughter

Most Disappointing Album of the Year

Slipknot – Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses
Song of the Year

Shinedown – “Lost in the Crowd” due to the impact it had on someone I sincerely care about helping us to get through a very tough time this last year
Best National Tour of the Year

Ozzfest 2004
Favorite Show Attended This Year

Life of Agony, Flaw, Apartment 26 @ The Royal Grove in Lincoln, Nebraska

Best New Band of the Year

i:scintilla
Vocalist of the Year

Randy Blythe of Lamb of God

Guitarist of the Year

Dimebag Darrell Abbott of DamagePlan/Pantera
Bassist of the Year

Marco Coti Zelati of Lacuna Coil
Drummer of the Year

Chris Adler of Lamb of God
Jake Masters
Top 10 Albums of the Year

01. Dillinger Escape Plan – Miss Machine

02. Scarlet – Cult Classic

03. Converge – You Fail Me

04. Interpol – Antics

05. Slipknot – Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses

06. 51 Peg – ESC/CTRL

07. Helmet – Size Matters

08. Franz Ferdinand

09. The Killers – Hot Fuss

10. Mastadon – Leviathan

Most Disappointing Album of the Year

Sparta – Porcelain

Song of the Year

Dillinger Escape Plan – “Panasonic Youth”

Best National Tour of the Year

Miss Machine Gets Pregnant Tour featuring Dillinger Escape Plan, Every Time I Die, Zao, & Misery Signals

Favorite Show Attended This Year

Dillinger Escape Plan, Darkest Hour, An Albatross, Decahedron
@ Ottobar, Baltimore, MD July 20th 2004
Best New Band of the Year

Scarlet
Vocalist of the Year

Greg Puciato of Dillinger Escape Plan

Guitarist of the Year

Ben Weinman of Dillinger Escape Plan

Bassist of the Year

Chris Hagan of Scarlet

Drummer of the Year

Chris Pennie of Dillinger Escape Plan
Kate Preston
Top 10 Albums of the Year

01. The Start – Initiation

02. Fear Factory – Archetype

03. Otep – House of Secrets

04. Atreyu – The Curse

05. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum – Of Natural History

06. Lamb of God – Ashes of the Wake

07. Interpol – Antics

08. PJ Harvey – Uh Huh Her

09. Muse – Absolution

10. 51 Peg – ESC/CTRL

Most Disappointing Album of the Year
Velvet Revolver – Contraband
own” by Machine Head
Song of the Year

The Alter Boys – “Famine Ghost”

Best National Tour of the Year

Curiosa

Favorite Show Attended This Year

The Alter Boys @ Peabody’s. Cleveland, Ohio

Best New Band of the Year

The Alter Boys

Vocalist of the Year

Matthew Bellamy of Muse

Guitarist of the Year

The year belongs to Dimebag. RIP
Bassist of the Year

Craig Martini of The Alter Boys

Drummer of the Year

Chris Adler of Lamb of God
Nate Easley
Top 10 Albums of the Year

01. Shadows Fall – The War Within

02. Lamb of God – Ashes of the Wake

03. Clutch – Blast Tyrant

04. Dillinger Escape Plan – Miss Machine

05. Jet – Get Born

06. Sparta – Porcelain

07. Atreyu – The Curse

08. Incubus – A Crow Left of the Murder

09. Slipknot – Vol.3: The Subliminal Verses

10. Modest Mouse – Good News for People Who Love Bad News

Most Disappointing Album of the Year

A Perfect Circle – Emotive
Song of the Year

Clutch – “The Mob Goes Wild”
Best National Tour of the Year

Jagermeister Music Tour featuring Slipknot, Chaimira, God Forbid, & Fear Factory

Favorite Show Attended This Year

High on Fire with Bongzilla

Best New Band of the Year

Velvet Revolver

Vocalist of the Year

Howard Jones of Killswitch Engage

Guitarist of the Year

Jonathan Donais / Matthew Bachand of Shadows Fall
Bassist of the Year

Hank Williams III
Drummer of the Year

Chris Adler of Lamb of God