MOST DISAPPOINTING ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Slipknot – All Hope Is Gone

SONG OF THE YEAR: In Flames – Alias

ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Cavalera Conspiracy

TOUR OF THE YEAR: Iron Maiden – Somewhere Back In Time ’08

VIDEO OF THE YEAR: FOTC – Hiphoppotamus Vs Rhymenocerous

STORY OF THE YEAR: Trent Reznor, Online marketing guru

BEST ALBUM ARTWORK: NIN – Ghosts Limited Edition Package

WHO SHOULD HAVE ‘MADE IT,’ BUT DIDN’T: Cut Copy, Mammal, Birds Of Tokyo

WHO WILL MAKE IT IN 2009: Dead Letter Circus, Mammal, Birds Of Tokyo

FAVOURITE ALBUMS FOR THE YEAR:

• Cavalera Conspiracy – Inflikted,
• In Flames – A Sense Of Purpose,
• NIN – Ghosts I-IV (Ultra Limited Package)
• Mammal – The Majority
• Cog – Sharing Space
• Empire Of The Sun
• All That Remains – Overture
• Scars On Broadway – Scars On Broadway

FAVOURITE SONGS FOR THE YEAR:

• Alias – In Flames
• Hail Destroyer – Cancer Bats
• When Distance Is The Closest … – 36 Crazyfists
• A New Sky – The Presets
• Swordfish Hot Kiss Night – EOTS
• Terrorize – Cavalera Conspiracy
• Babylon – Scars On Broadway
• Clear Enough? – Mammal
• Lines – Dead Letter Circus

Check out the full list compiled from all last.fm scrobbles this year.

Live from rehearsals: 1,000,000

Trent Reznor is back, this time with some pretty awesome studio footage, looks like this US Tour is going to be pretty awesome, I guess I will have to wait for the Blu-Ray disc next year as I can’t see Trent bringing a 3rd live show downunder in the space of 3 years, would be awesome, but I don’t expect anything … Just some footage on Blu-Ray, that would suffice…

On other music news, I have just heard the new track from Slipknot, called All Hope Is Gone, which is a pretty heavy return for the 9 piece and sees the album co-produced by the band and Dave Fortman. I look forward to giving that one a go next month!

Word around the music blogs last week were that 9 tracks from the new Guns ‘n’ Roses album Chinese Democracy have been leaked online, the tracks are said to already be mastered … 14 years later, and we finally get to hear something, will let you know what I think.