Best albums

- Exodus - Tempo Of The Damned
Thrash exactly as I want it.

- Persuader - Evolution Purgatory
Power metal - with power!, strong tracks only.

- U.D.O. - Thunderball
The legend still delivers with high quality.

- Edguy - Hellfire Club
Irresistibly charming pop/power metal.

- Motörhead - Inferno
As they always sound - but with a few surprises!
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Runner ups:
Helltrain - Route 666, Sven Zetterberg - Moving In The Right Direction, Earth - Star Condemn'd, Human Temple - Insomnia, Evidence One - Tatooed Heart

Biggest disappointments

- Metalium - As One
Sorry to say, but my favorites did not manage to follow up their brilliant Hero Nation.

- Running Wild cancelled Gates of Metal
(…..)

- Saxon - Lionheart
The sound is vital - but where are the great songs?

- Alice Cooper - Live @ Metaltown (Gothenburg)
The magician forgot to be magic this time…

- Metallica - Live in Gothenburg
Not the band's performance as such, but bad seats on the wrong arena and with lousy sound.

Happiest/biggest news

- Accept reunion festival tour 2005
I will actually get to see my all time favorites!

- Metaltown
A perfect complement to Sweden Rock Festival.

- I got a "December"-ticket for Sweden Rock Festival 05
The first 1000 with discount sold out in 3 minutes!

Best live concerts

- Judas Priest @ Sweden Rock Festival
Mighty.

- U.D.O. @ Sweden Rock Festival
And everybody sang along…

- Exodus @ Sweden Rock Festival
A brutal classic that will be remembered for decades.

- Narnia @ Sweden Rock Festival
All the energy that they lack on record unleashed!

- Jerusalem @ Hagshult
They always deliver with passion.
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Runner ups:
Edguy, Brides of Destruction & Mustasch @ Metaltown, Paragon & Nightwish @Sweden Rock Festival, Lars Vegas Trio @ Universitetet (Växjö), Metallica @ Ullevi (Gothenburg), Modest Attraction & Petra @ Gullbranna, Primal Fear & Metalium @ Wacken Road Show (Malmö), U.D.O. & Majesty @ Klubben (Stockholm)