| artist | score | votes | |
| 3rdegree | 6 | 2 | |
| 7 For 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Abel Ganz | 16 | 7 | |
| After... | 2 | 1 | |
| Albatros | 3 | 1 | |
| Also Eden | 3 | 1 | |
| Amaseffer | 17 | 6 | |
| Anasazi | 4 | 2 | |
| Anathema | 11 | 5 | |
| Andre Matos | 3 | 1 | |
| Android Soul | 3 | 1 | |
| Andromeda | 4 | 2 | |
| Anti-depressive Delivery | 1 | 1 | |
| Arbelos | 2 | 1 | |
| Arcana | 2 | 1 | |
| Arve Henriksen | 2 | 1 | |
| Asia | 49 | 23 | |
| Atrox | 1 | 1 | |
| Avantasia | 9 | 4 | |
| Ayreon | 137 | 63 | |
| Baku Llama | 3 | 1 | |
| Beardfish | 63 | 31 | |
| Believe | 12 | 6 | |
| Ben Folds | 2 | 1 | |
| Benedictum | 3 | 1 | |
| Beyond The Labyrinth | 2 | 1 | |
| Birds And Buildings | 6 | 2 | |
| Black Mountain | 3 | 2 | |
| Blackmore's Night | 11 | 4 | |
| Bob Catley | 3 | 1 | |
| Bon Iver | 2 | 1 | |
| Brad Mehldau | 1 | 1 | |
| Brainstorm | 1 | 1 | |
| Brighteye Brison | 30 | 14 | |
| Brother Ape | 5 | 3 | |
| Bryan Beller | 2 | 1 | |
| Bryan Josh | 4 | 2 | |
| Caamora | 43 | 20 | |
| Candlebox | 1 | 1 | |
| Cast | 3 | 1 | |
| Cloudscape | 2 | 1 | |
| Coldplay | 29 | 15 | |
| Combination Head | 5 | 2 | |
| Connect The Dots | 1 | 1 | |
| Cult Of Luna | 2 | 1 | |
| Cynic | 14 | 6 | |
| Damian Wilson | 2 | 1 | |
| Dark Suns | 4 | 2 | |
| Daturah | 1 | 1 | |
| David Byrne & Brian Eno | 3 | 2 | |
| Deeexpus Project | 9 | 7 | |
| Demians | 54 | 30 | |
| Deus Ex Machina | 3 | 1 | |
| Dfa | 12 | 5 | |
| Diagonal | 2 | 1 | |
| Dominici | 3 | 1 | |
| Duffy | 3 | 1 | |
| Dungen | 3 | 1 | |
| Elbow | 34 | 17 | |
| Emiliana Torrini | 1 | 1 | |
| Ephrat | 13 | 8 | |
| Evergrey | 4 | 3 | |
| Everon | 13 | 6 | |
| Eyefear | 1 | 1 | |
| Faith | 3 | 1 | |
| Farpoint | 3 | 1 | |
| Finnegans Wake | 1 | 1 | |
| Fish | 9 | 5 | |
| Fleet Foxes | 6 | 3 | |
| Fleur | 2 | 1 | |
| Freestone | 2 | 1 | |
| Frost* | 83 | 39 | |
| Galahad | 6 | 2 | |
| Gargantua | 6 | 2 | |
| Gary Moore | 1 | 1 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 1 | |
| Gojira | 2 | 2 | |
| Guapo | 6 | 3 | |
| Guns N Roses | 1 | 1 | |
| Guns N' Roses | 2 | 1 | |
| Hammers Of Misfortune | 2 | 1 | |
| Hellsongs | 2 | 1 | |
| Höstsonaten | 4 | 3 | |
| Ihsahn | 3 | 1 | |
| Il Bacio Della Medusa | 4 | 2 | |
| Iq | 7 | 4 | |
| It Bites | 105 | 53 | |
| Ivanhoe | 1 | 1 | |
| Jade Warrior | 3 | 1 | |
| Jelly Fiche | 5 | 2 | |
| Joe Jackson | 6 | 2 | |
| Joe Satriani | 6 | 2 | |
| John Mclaughlin | 2 | 1 | |
| Jon Oliva's Pain | 5 | 4 | |
| Jorn | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh & Co Limited | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Fix | 2 | 1 | |
| Journey | 9 | 5 | |
| Journey's Friend | 2 | 1 | |
| Judas Priest | 3 | 2 | |
| Jupiter Society | 2 | 2 | |
| Jóhann Jóhannson | 3 | 1 | |
| Karmakanic | 197 | 90 | |
| Kayak | 10 | 5 | |
| Kayanis | 3 | 1 | |
| Keane | 4 | 2 | |
| Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla | 36 | 14 | |
| King's X | 6 | 4 | |
| Kings Of Leon | 6 | 2 | |
| Klaus Schulze | 6 | 2 | |
| Kris Drever, John Mccusker, Roddy Woomble | 1 | 1 | |
| Lanfear | 2 | 1 | |
| Lisa Larue With John Payne | 3 | 1 | |
| Little King | 2 | 1 | |
| Lüüp | 8 | 4 | |
| M.g.m.t | 2 | 1 | |
| Madrugada | 1 | 1 | |
| Magellan | 3 | 1 | |
| Magenta | 66 | 32 | |
| Mahogany Frog | 1 | 1 | |
| Marco Borsato | 2 | 1 | |
| Maria Mena | 1 | 1 | |
| Marillion | 315 | 144 | |
| Mariusz Duda | 19 | 11 | |
| Martin Orford | 74 | 36 | |
| Matthew Parmenter | 5 | 2 | |
| Maximo Park | 2 | 1 | |
| Mellotrön_ | 3 | 1 | |
| Meshuggah | 4 | 4 | |
| Metallica | 10 | 7 | |
| Mike Oldfield | 1 | 1 | |
| Millenium | 3 | 3 | |
| Mogwai | 1 | 1 | |
| Moon Safari | 87 | 39 | |
| Moongarden | 17 | 10 | |
| Moonspell | 2 | 1 | |
| Morglbl | 1 | 1 | |
| Mostly Autumn | 25 | 14 | |
| Moth Vellum | 6 | 3 | |
| Motorpsycho | 3 | 1 | |
| Mudvayne | 2 | 1 | |
| My Morning Jacket | 1 | 1 | |
| Mystery | 3 | 1 | |
| Nas | 2 | 1 | |
| Nation Beyond | 3 | 1 | |
| Neal Morse | 106 | 56 | |
| Nemo | 9 | 4 | |
| Nichelodeon | 2 | 1 | |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 2 | 1 | |
| Nightwish | 2 | 1 | |
| Nine Inch Nails | 3 | 1 | |
| No-man | 85 | 38 | |
| Noa | 1 | 1 | |
| Nosound | 21 | 11 | |
| Novastar | 3 | 1 | |
| Oblivion Sun | 1 | 1 | |
| Opeth | 167 | 82 | |
| Orphan Project | 2 | 2 | |
| Orphidice | 1 | 1 | |
| Osada Vida | 2 | 1 | |
| Overhead | 9 | 4 | |
| Panic Room | 20 | 10 | |
| Panzerballett | 3 | 1 | |
| Parliament Of Fools | 2 | 1 | |
| Paul Gilbert | 2 | 1 | |
| Pendragon | 279 | 126 | |
| Pivot | 1 | 1 | |
| Porcupine Tree | 15 | 6 | |
| Portal | 3 | 1 | |
| Portishead | 7 | 3 | |
| Presto Ballet | 5 | 4 | |
| Queen+paul Rodgers | 11 | 6 | |
| Radio Massacre International | 1 | 1 | |
| Radiohead | 1 | 1 | |
| Rational Diet | 2 | 1 | |
| Ray Wilson | 3 | 1 | |
| Relayer | 2 | 1 | |
| Resistor | 31 | 12 | |
| Rewiring Genesis | 7 | 4 | |
| Rick Miller | 1 | 1 | |
| Rohmer | 2 | 1 | |
| Royal Hunt | 2 | 1 | |
| Rpwl | 44 | 22 | |
| Russian Circles | 1 | 1 | |
| Scar Symmetry | 2 | 1 | |
| Setna | 2 | 1 | |
| Seven Day Hunt | 4 | 2 | |
| Seventh Wonder | 20 | 10 | |
| Sigur Rós | 12 | 8 | |
| Simon Says | 54 | 27 | |
| Sinew | 2 | 1 | |
| Sleeping In Traffic | 2 | 1 | |
| Slut | 1 | 1 | |
| Snow Patrol | 7 | 3 | |
| Some Riot | 3 | 1 | |
| Soul Secret | 3 | 1 | |
| South Of The Border | 3 | 1 | |
| Space Debris | 3 | 1 | |
| Spiraling | 2 | 1 | |
| Spiritualized | 4 | 2 | |
| Steve Lukather | 3 | 2 | |
| Steve Von Till | 3 | 1 | |
| Steven Wilson | 90 | 47 | |
| Stille Oppror | 2 | 1 | |
| Stéphane Lemaire | 1 | 1 | |
| Sunchild | 6 | 3 | |
| Suspyre | 4 | 2 | |
| Svefn Plural | 3 | 1 | |
| Syrinx | 1 | 1 | |
| The Armada | 4 | 2 | |
| The D-project | 8 | 3 | |
| The Gutter Twins | 1 | 1 | |
| The Killers | 3 | 1 | |
| The Last Shadow Puppets | 2 | 1 | |
| The Mars Volta | 14 | 6 | |
| The Pineapple Thief | 119 | 56 | |
| The Reasoning | 19 | 9 | |
| The Resonance Association | 5 | 2 | |
| The Strawbs | 5 | 3 | |
| The Tangent | 100 | 48 | |
| The Verve | 1 | 1 | |
| Thieves' Kitchen | 32 | 15 | |
| Thomas Feiner | 3 | 1 | |
| Thrice | 1 | 1 | |
| Tiles | 2 | 1 | |
| To-mera | 3 | 1 | |
| Todd Rundgren | 7 | 4 | |
| Tomas Andersson Wij | 3 | 1 | |
| Tomas Bodin | 5 | 3 | |
| Tomorrow's Eve | 1 | 1 | |
| Transmission | 3 | 1 | |
| Trivium | 2 | 1 | |
| Ukz | 3 | 1 | |
| Uli Jon Roth | 3 | 1 | |
| Unifaun | 16 | 7 | |
| Unitopia | 92 | 42 | |
| Uriah Heep | 1 | 1 | |
| Us | 6 | 3 | |
| Valient Thorr | 1 | 1 | |
| Van Canto | 3 | 1 | |
| Van Der Graaf Generator | 36 | 18 | |
| Van Der Graff Generator | 2 | 2 | |
| Willowglass | 10 | 5 | |
| Yesterdays | 13 | 6 | |
| Zappa Plays Zappa | 4 | 2 | |
| Zero Hour | 8 | 5 | |