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2000:
Revolution Is My Name – Pantera
One Armed Scissor – At The Drive-In
Riding With The King – BB King & Eric Clapton
Papercut – Linkin Park
The Fight Song – Marilyn Manson
Bohemian Like You – The Dandy Warhols
Change (In The House Of Flies) – Deftones
Hate To Say I Told You So – The Hives
Yellow – Coldplay
Judith – A Perfect Circle
2001:
Buck Rodgers – Feeder
Chop Suey! – System Of A Down
Hash Pipe – Weezer
The Middle – Jimmy Eat World
Lateralus – Tool
The Masses Against The Classes – Manic Street Preachers
Sing – Travis
Last Nite – The Strokes
2002:
Cochise – Audioslave
Lose Yourself – Eminem
All My Life – Foo Fighters
My Last Serenade – Killswitch Engage
Can't Stop – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Get Free – The Vines
No One Knows – Queens Of The Stone Age
2003:
Stillborn – Black Label Society
Feeling This – Blink-182
Are You Gonna Be My Girl – Jet
Molly's Chambers – Kings Of Leon
Windowpane – Opeth
I Believe In A Thing Called Love – The Darkness
Don't Look Back Into The Sun – The Libertines
Inertiatic ESP – The Mars Volta
Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes
Needled 24/7 – Children Of Bodom
House Of Pain – Deep Purple
2004:
American Idiot – Green Day
Blood And Thunder – Mastodon
I'm Not Okay – My Chemical Romance
Vertigo – U2
Slither – Velvet Revolver
Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand
Incubus – Sick Sad Little World
2005:
E-Pro – Beck
A Little Less Sixteen Candles... – Fall Out Boy
The Hand That Feeds – Nine Inch Nails
Building The Church – Steve Vai
Bat Country – Avenged Sevenfold
A Gunshot To The Head Of Trepidation – Trivium
Twisted Transistor – Korn
Welcome Home – Coheed And Cambria
Wings Of A Butterfly – HIM
I Will Follow You Into The Dark – Death Cab For Cutie
From The Floorboards Up – Paul Weller
Dakota – Stereophonics
2006:
Knights Of Cydonia – Muse
Redneck – Lamb Of God
Super Colossal – Joe Satriani
Wonderful Slippery Thing – Guthrie Govan
Slow Dancing In A Burning Room – John Mayer
2007:
Blackbird – Alter Bridge
Halo – Machine Head
Guitar – Prince
Don't You Wanna Be Relevant? – The Cribs
Bodysnatchers – Radiohead
2008:
Rock N Roll Train – AC/DC
Nothing Ever Happened – Deerhunter
There Was A Time – Guns N' Roses
Bleed – Meshuggah
Salute Your Solution – The Raconteurs
Ain't No Rest For The Wicked – Cage The Elephant
Psychosocial – Slipknot
2009:
Check My Brain – Alice In Chains
Islands – The xx
Mind Eraser, No Chaser – Them Crooked Vultures
The Ballad Of John Henry – Joe Bonamassa
Just Breathe – Pearl Jam
Rano Pano – Mogwai
That Golden Rule – Biffy Clyro
2010:
The Suburbs – Arcade Fire
Back From Cali – Slash
Cousins – Vampire Weekend
74 Years Young – Buddy Guy
Miami – Foals
2011:
Pressure And Time – Rival Sons
You're Blessed – Iceage
You And I – Lady Gaga & Brian May
The A Team – Ed Sheeran
Somebody That I Used To Know – Gotye
Lonely Boy – The Black Keys
Cruel – St Vincent
2012:
Stoned And Starving – Parquet Courts
Octopus – Bloc Party
Elephant – Tame Impala
Teenage Icon – The Vaccines
I Gotsta Get Paid – ZZ Top
She's The Woman – Van Halen
Lightning Bolt – Jake Bugg
Caravan – Rush
God Is Dead? – Black Sabbath
R U Mine? – Arctic Monkeys
2013:
Get Lucky – Daft Punk
Made Up Mind – Tedeschi Trucks Band
Drive Home – Steven Wilson
Only Friend – The Temperance Movement
Burn MF – Five Finger Death Punch
Lola Montez – Volbeat
I Need My Girl – The National
Another Year – Animals As Leaders
2014:
Gathering Of The Ancient Tribes – Goat
Little Killer – Merchandise
Red Eyes – The War On Drugs
Flying Golem – Wand
Figure It Out – Royal Blood
The End Of The Affair – Ben Howard
Steep Climb – Eric Gales feat. Zakk Wylde
Budapest – George Ezra
2015:
Grinder – Gary Clark Jr.
Happy Song – Bring Me The Horizon
Cirice – Ghost
The Red And The Black – Iron Maiden
Hungry Heart – Yak
Noble Savage – Clutch
Riverman – Noel Gallagher's High-Flying Birds
Brazil – Declan McKenna
2016:
Silvera – Gojira
Weathered – Jack Garratt
Atlas, Rise! – Metallica
Gelatinous Cube – The Oh Sees
Had 2 Know – White Denim
Gardenia – Iggy Pop
Dopamine – DIIV
2017:
A Single Tear – Converge
Progenies Of The Apocalypse – Dimmu Borgir
Break A Guitar – Ty Segall
Tossing Tears – Twin Peaks
Crumbling Castle – King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
2018:
Honeycomb – Deafheaven
Our Most Desperate Hour – Nita Strauss
Valley Of Fire – Jason Becker
Shibuya – Covet
G.O.A.T. – Polyphia
2019:
Dylan Thomas – Better Oblivion Community Center
Talking Heads – Black Midi
Bulletproof – Samantha Fish
The Borders – Sam Fender
Distortion – Babymetal
People – The 1975
2020:
Swallowing The Rabbit Whole – Code Orange
Mr. Motivator – IDLES
Kyoto – Phoebe Bridgers
Betty – Taylor Swift
Circle The Drain – Soccer Mommy
Lilacs – Waxahatchee
A Hero's Death – Fontaines DC
Prosthetic – Haken
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