My favorites from 2004, in descending order:
1. Ayreon--The Human Equation
2. Megadeth--The System Has Failed
3. Iced Earth--The Glorius Burden
4. Cea Serin--..Where Memories Combine...
5. Pain of Salvation--Be
6. Evergrey--The Inner Circle
7. Fates Warning--FWX
8. Threshold--Subsurface
9. Symmetry--A Soul's Roadmap
10. Enertia--Force
11. Tears of Anger--The Awakening
12. Arsis--A Celebration of Guilt
13. 3 Inches of Blood--Advance and Vanquish
14. Into Eternity--Buried in Oblivion
15. Dio--Master of the Moon
