WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 2/27/06

Artist — Album — Label
1) In Flames — Come Clarity — Ferret
2) Demiricous — One — Metal Blade
3) Himsa — Hail Horror — Prosthetic
4) Sworn Enemy — The Beginning of the End — Abacus
5) Callenish Circle — Pitch. Black. Effects. — Metal Blade
6) Katakylsm — In The Arms Of Devastation — Nuclear Blast
7) Cathedral — Garden Of Unearthly Delights — Nuclear Blast
8) Chimaira — Chimaira — Roadrunner
9) Waterdown — All Riot — Victory
10) Bleeding Through — The Truth — Trustkill
11) Suicide Silence — Suicide Silence — Third Degree
12) Clawfinger — Hate Yourself With Style — Nuclear Blast
13) Hurtlocker — Fear In A Handful Of Dust — Napalm
14) Dark Funeral — Attera Totus Sanctus — Candlelight
15) Bullet For My Valentine — The Poison — Trustkill
16) Down Factor — Murder The World — Scourge
17) Searing I — BloodShred — Black Lotus
18) Devin Townsend Band — Synchestra — Inside Out
19) Hacavitz — Venganza — Moribund Cult
20) The Sword — Age of Winters — Kemado

Top 5 Adds
1) Amorphis
2) If Hope Dies
3) Enforsaken
4) Loudness
5) Soil

Other Adds: Horror High Presents

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 2/20/06

Artist — Album — Label
1) Himsa — Hail Horror — Prosthetic
2) In Flames — Come Clarity — Ferret
3) Demiricous — One — Metal Blade
4) Sworn Enemy — The Beginning of the End — Abacus
5) Callenish Circle — Pitch. Black. Effects. — Metal Blade
6) Bleeding Through — The Truth — Trustkill
7) Dimmu Borgir — Stormblåst — Nuclear Blast
8) Chimaira — Chimaira — Roadrunner
9) Waterdown — All Riot — Victory
10) Dark Funeral — Attera Totus Sanctus — Candlelight
11) Burst — Origo — Relapse
12) Cathedral — Garden Of Unearthly Delights — Nuclear Blast
13) Hurtlocker — Fear In A Handful Of Dust — Napalm
14) Scarlet — This Was Always Meant To Fall Apart — Ferret
15) Katakylsm — In The Arms Of Devastation — Nuclear Blast
16) Bullet For My Valentine — The Poison — Trustkill
17) Searing I — BloodShred — Black Lotus
18) Seven Witches — Amped — Candlelight
19) Clawfinger — Hate Yourself With Style — Nuclear Blast —
20) Down Factor — Murder The World — Scourge
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Top 5 Adds
1) Dryline
2) Daylight Dies
3) Nebula
4) Sinamore
5) One Dead Three Wounded

Other Adds: Wicked Wisdom, Betrayer

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 2/13/06

Artist — Album — Label
1) Himsa — Hail Horror — Prosthetic
2) Demiricous — One — Metal Blade
3) Dimmu Borgir — Stormblåst — Nuclear Blast
4) In Flames — Come Clarity — Ferret
5) Callenish Circle — Pitch. Black. Effects. — Metal Blade
6) Bleeding Through — The Truth — Trustkill
7) Sworn Enemy — The Beginning of the End — Abacus
8) Dark Funeral — Attera Totus Sanctus — Candlelight
9) Waterdown — All Riot — Victory
10) Chimaira — Chimaira — Roadrunner
11) Burst — Origo — Relapse
12) Cathedral — Garden Of Unearthly Delights — Nuclear Blast
13) Hurtlocker — Fear In A Handful Of Dust — Napalm
14) Drawn and Quartered — Hail Infernal Darkness — Moribund Cult
15) Scarlet — This Was Always Meant To Fall Apart — Ferret
16) Bullet For My Valentine — The Poison — Trustkill
17) Katakylsm — In The Arms Of Devastation — Nuclear Blast
18) Seven Witches — Amped — Candlelight
19) Searing I — BloodShred — Black Lotus
20) Gorefest — La Muerte — Nuclear Blast

Top 5 Adds
1) Kataklysm
2) Torture Killer
3) Krisiun
4) Devin Townsend Band
5) Torture

Other Adds: Remembering Never, Suicide Silence, The Sword, Folly, Twilight Odyssey, Torture, Wicked Wisdom, Bathtub Shitter

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 2/6/06

Artist — Album — Label
1) Dimmu Borgir — Stormblåst — Nuclear Blast
2) Demiricous — One — Metal Blade
3) Dark Funeral — Attera Totus Sanctus — Candlelight
4) Callenish Circle — Pitch. Black. Effects. — Metal Blade
5) Bleeding Through — The Truth — Trustkill
6) Himsa — Hail Horror — Prosthetic
7) Sworn Enemy — The Beginning of the End — Abacus
8) Burst — Origo — Relapse
9) Waterdown — All Riot — Victory
10) Bolt Thrower — Those Once Loyal — Metal Blade
11) Chimaira — Chimaira — Roadrunner
12) In Flames — Come Clarity — Ferret
13) Cathedral — Garden Of Unearthly Delights — Nuclear Blast
14) Sepultura — Live In Sao Paulo — SPV
15) Neuraxis — Trilateral Progression — Willowtip
16) Scarlet — This Was Always Meant To Fall Apart — Ferret
17) Nocturnal Rites — Grand Illusion — Century Media
18) Hurtlocker — Fear In A Handful Of Dust — Napalm
19) Drawn and Quartered — Hail Infernal Darkness — Moribund Cult
20) Elwing — War — Black Lotus

Top 5 Adds
1) Clawfinger
2) Down Factor
3) Spitfire
4) Ensoph
5) Slave To The System

Other Adds: Hacavitz, Morning, Under Eden, Absolute Steel

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 1/30/06

Artist — Album — Label
1) Dimmu Borgir — Stormblåst — Nuclear Blast
2) Bolt Thrower — Those Once Loyal — Metal Blade
3) Demiricous — One — Metal Blade
4) Neuraxis — Trilateral Progression — Willowtip
5) Sepultura — Live In Sao Paulo — SPV
6) Dark Funeral — Attera Totus Sanctus — Candlelight
7) Bleeding Through — The Truth — Trustkill
8) Callenish Circle — Pitch. Black. Effects. — Metal Blade
9) Sworn Enemy — The Beginning of the End — Abacus
10) Burst — Origo — Relapse
11) Waterdown — All Riot — Victory
12) Annihilator — Schizo Deluxe — Locomotive
13) Himsa — Hail Horror — Prosthetic
14) Chimaira — Chimaira — Roadrunner
15) Cathedral — Garden Of Unearthly Delights — Nuclear Blast
16) Through The Eyes of the Dead — Bloodlust — Prosthetic
17) In Flames — Come Clarity — Ferret
18) Scarlet — This Was Always Meant To Fall Apart — Ferret
19) Horse The Band — The Mechanical Hand — Combat
20) Nocturnal Rites — Grand Illusion — Century Media

Top 5 Adds
1) In Flames
2) Bullet For My Valentine
3) Drawn and Quartered
4) Devin Townsend Band
5) Seven Witches

Other Adds: Falkenbach, Searing I, Elwing, Luna Field

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 1/23/06

Artist — Album — Label
1) Bolt Thrower — Those Once Loyal — Metal Blade
2) Sepultura — Live In Sao Paulo — SPV
3) Dimmu Borgir — Stormblåst — Nuclear Blast
4) Neuraxis — Trilateral Progression — Willowtip
5) Through The Eyes of the Dead — Bloodlust — Prosthetic
6) Slipknot — 9.0 Live — Roadrunner
7) Testament — Live In London — Spitfire
8) Demiricous — One — Metal Blade
9) Annihilator — Schizo Deluxe — Locomotive
10) Divine Empire — Method Of Execution — Crash
11) Callenish Circle — Pitch. Black. Effects. — Metal Blade
12) Dark Funeral — Attera Totus Sanctus — Candlelight
13) Children of Bodom — Are You Dead Yet? — Spinefarm
14) Bleeding Through — The Truth — Trustkill
15) Sworn Enemy — The Beginning of the End — Abacus
16) Paths of Possession — Promises In Blood — Metal Blade
17) Korn — See You On The Other Side — Virgin
18) Waterdown — All Riot — Victory
19) Burst — Origo — Relapse
20) Horse The Band — The Mechanical Hand — Combat
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Top 5 Adds
1) Demiricous
2) Himsa
3) Cathedral
4) Chimaira
5) Hurtlocker

Other Adds: Gorefest, Best of Taste of Chaos, Scissorfight, Oceansize, Dan Lorenzo, Naer Mataron, Dark Nova, Thou Art Lord

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 1/16/06

Artist — Album — Label
1) Bolt Thrower — Those Once Loyal — Metal Blade
2) Through The Eyes of the Dead — Bloodlust — Prosthetic
3) Testament — Live In London — Spitfire
4) Demon Hunter — The Triptych — SolidState
5) Sepultura — Live In Sao Paulo — SPV
6) Slipknot — 9.0 Live — Roadrunner
7) Neuraxis — Trilateral Progression — Willowtip
8) Children of Bodom — Are You Dead Yet? — Spinefarm
9) Annihilator — Schizo Deluxe — Locomotive
10) Divine Empire — Method Of Execution — Crash
11) Dimmu Borgir — Stormblåst — Nuclear Blast
12) Ringworm — Justice Replaced By Revenge — Victory
13) Blacklisted — …The Beat Goes One — Deathwish
14) Demiricous — One Sampler — Metal Blade
15) Rumplestiltskin Grinder — Buried In The Front Yard — Relapse
16) System of a Down — Hypnotize — American
17) Callenish Circle — Pitch. Black. Effects. — Metal Blade
18) Paths of Possession — Promises In Blood — Metal Blade
19) Dark Funeral — Attera Totus Sanctus — Candlelight
20) Horse The Band — The Mechanical Hand — Combat

Top 5 Adds
1) Callenish Circle
2) Dark Funeral
3) Bleeding Through
4) Sworn Enemy
5) Eddie Ojeda

Other Adds: Nocturnal Rites, Short Fuse, Burst, Lullacry, Breakdance

WORT-FM Loud Rock Top 20 for the Week of 1/9/06

Artist — Album — Label
1) Demon Hunter — The Triptych — SolidState
2) Bolt Thrower — Those Once Loyal — Metal Blade
3) Through The Eyes of the Dead — Bloodlust — Prosthetic
4) Children of Bodom — Are You Dead Yet? — Spinefarm
5) Testament — Live In London — Spitfire
6) Slipknot — 9.0 Live — Roadrunner
7) Sepultura — Live In Sao Paulo — SPV
8) Exodus — Shovel Headed Kill Machine — Nuclear Blast
9) Annihilator — Schizo Deluxe — Locomotive
10) Ringworm — Justice Replaced By Revenge — Victory
11) Rumplestiltskin Grinder — Buried In The Front Yard — Relapse
12) Neuraxis — Trilateral Progression — Willowtip
13) Blacklisted — …The Beat Goes One — Deathwish
14) Dragonlord — Black Wings of Destiny — Escapi —
15) Divine Empire — Method Of Execution — Crash
16) Demiricous — One Sampler — Metal Blade
17) System of a Down — Hypnotize — American
18) Horse The Band — The Mechanical Hand — Combat
19) Old Man’s Child — Vermin — Century Media
20) Emerald Triangle — Tales of the Rondo — Emerald Triangle
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Top 5 Adds
1) Dimmu Borgir
2) Waterdown
3) Scarlet
4) Switched
5) Wicked Wisdom

I wasn’t as ambitious as Mike, so here are my
Overall Top Albums of 2005 (in no particular order)

Behemoth — Demigod
Soilwork — Stabbing The Drama
Strapping Young Lad — Alien
James Labrie — Element Of Persuasion
Porcupine Tree — Deadwing
System Of A Down — Mesmerize
Clutch — Robot Hive/Exodus
Devildriver — The Fury Of Our Maker’s Hand
Dream Theater — Octovarium
Dew Scented — Issue Vi
Chimaira — Chimaira
Arch Enemy — Doomsday Machine
Between The Buried And Me — Alaska
God Forbid — Iv: Cot
Old Man’s Child — Vermin
Children Of Bodom — Are You Dead Yet
Nile — Annihilation Of The Wicked
Opeth — Ghost Reveries

Here are Mike’s (The Book’s) top lists of 2005….

Overall Top 10 (in no particular order)
Arch Enemy — Doomsday Machine
Soilwork — Stabbing The Drama
Dew Scented — Issue VI
Sentenced — Funeral Album
Byzantine — …And They Shall Take Up Serpents
System of a Down — Mezmerize/Hypnotize
Watch Them Die — Bastard Son
Dream Theater — Octavarium
Soulfly — Dark Ages
Exodus — Shovel Headed Kill Machine

Death and Black Metal List (in no particular order)
Summon — Fallen
Behemoth — Demigod
Dark Tranquillity — Character
Children of Bodom — Are We Dead Yet?
Opeth — Ghost Reveries
Old Man’s Child — Vermin
Cryptopsy — Once Was Not
Nile — Annihilation of the Wicked
Obituary — Frozen In Time
Bloodbath — Nightmares Made Flesh

Best Metalcore (in no particular order)
Between The Buried And Me — Alaska
Still Remains — Love And Lunacy
Agony Scene — Darkest Red
Madball — Legacy
Throwdown — Vendetta

Best Prog/Power Metal (in no particular order)
Kamelot — Black Halo
Nevermore — This Godless Endeavor
Brainstorm — Liquid Monster
Judas Priest — Angel of Retribution
Helloween — Keeper of the Seven Keys III

Best Live Performances
Devildriver
Strapping Young Lad
Clutch
Iron Maiden
Arch Enemy
Dream Theater
Opeth
Obituary
Children of Bodom
Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Worst Live Performances
Fear Before The March Of Flames (Sounds of the Underground)
It Dies Today (opened for Fear Factory)
Robert Fripp (opened for Porcupine Tree)

Honorable Mentions
Apocalyptica — Reflections
Porcupine Tree — Deadwing
Chimaira — Chimaira
God Forbid — IV: Constitution of Treason
Avenged Sevenfold — City of Evil
Candlemass — Candlemass