Best albums

- Candlemass - Candlemass

- Sabaton - Primo Victoria

- Judas Priest - Angel Of Retribution

- Soilwork - Stabbing The Drama

- Exodus - Shovel Headed Kill Machine
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Runner ups:
Dark Tranquillity - Character, Majestic Vanguard - Beyond The Moon, Divinefire - Glory Thy Name, Hammerfall - Chapter V - Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken, Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys-The Legacy

Biggest disappointments

- Metalium - Demons Of Insanity
Just horrible, is this the same band as did classics like State Of Triumph and Hero Nation?

- The new releases from a bunch of other German favourites: U.D.O., Masterplan, Gamma Ray, Running Wild, Masterplan live at Gates Of Metal

Happiest/biggest news

- Växjö Metal Festival, U.D.O. and Rage/Freedom Call in Växjö
My town has risen from the dead!

- Stryper to Sweden Rock Festival
The yellow and black attack is back

Best live concerts

- Overkill - Sweden Rock Festival

- Rammstein - Metaltown (Gothenburg)

- Accept - Sweden Rock Festival

- Candlemass - Sweden Rock Festival

- Petra - Huskvarna
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Runner ups:
Hammerfall - Metaltown, Dark Tranquillity - Växjö Metal Festival, Edguy - Gates Of Metal, Jerusalem - Löttorp, Blackfoot - Sweden Rock Festival