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- The Chant – Approacher – from “Approacher”, Finland, Lifeforce Records
- Dear Seattle – Afterthought, Sydney, Australia
- Smoke Mountain – Smoke Mountain, Florida, USA
- Thyrant – E.O.S – from “What We Left Behind”, Malaga, Spain
- Leider – Phoenix – from “Alloys”, Mexico
- Cold Catatonic – You Were My Nightmare, Colombia
- Abandoned Souls – Stand out Front – from “Make it Last”, London, Toronto, Canada
- Aborted – Bathos, Belgium, Century Media
- Black Royal – Reformation – from “Dying Star”, Tampere, Finland
- Johannes Maria Knoll – Creation – from “Transcended”, Austria
- Terrible Old Man – Recognition – Germany