| # | artist | score | votes | |
| 1 | Spock's Beard | 260 | 113 | |
| 2 | Anathema | 212 | 98 | |
| 3 | Moon Safari | 112 | 48 | |
| 4 | The Enid | 103 | 38 | |
| 5 | Unitopia | 100 | 47 | |
| 6 | Pain Of Salvation | 88 | 46 | |
| 7 | Gazpacho | 82 | 41 | |
| 8 | Agents Of Mercy | 81 | 36 | |
| 9 | Haken | 66 | 34 | |
| 10 | Star One | 53 | 25 | |
| 11 | Kaipa | 50 | 23 | |
| 12 | Hasse Froberg & Musical Companion | 49 | 24 | |
| 13 | Manning | 49 | 21 | |
| 14 | Glass Hammer | 45 | 24 | |
| 15 | The Pineapple Thief | 40 | 23 | |
| 16 | Karnataka | 38 | 19 | |
| 17 | Kingcrow | 38 | 17 | |
| 18 | David Minasian | 37 | 19 | |
| 19 | Mystery | 35 | 18 | |
| 20 | Seventh Wonder | 33 | 14 | |
| 21 | Steve Hackett | 31 | 17 | |
| 22 | Vanden Plas | 29 | 15 | |
| 23 | Big Big Train | 28 | 13 | |
| 24 | Anima Mundi | 26 | 10 | |
| 25 | Mostly Autumn | 24 | 11 | |
| 26 | Oceansize | 23 | 12 | |
| 27 | Tinyfish | 23 | 11 | |
| 28 | Frogg Cafe | 23 | 10 | |
| Frost* | 23 | 10 | |
| 30 | Peter Gabriel | 22 | 13 | |
| 31 | Nick Magnus | 21 | 10 | |
| 32 | James Labrie | 20 | 10 | |
| 33 | Asia | 17 | 10 | |
| 34 | Lalle Larsson's Weaveworld | 17 | 9 | |
| 35 | Carptree | 16 | 7 | |
| 36 | The Lens | 15 | 6 | |
| 37 | Panic Room | 13 | 7 | |
| Sky Architect | 13 | 7 | |
| 39 | Aspera | 13 | 6 | |
| 40 | Resistor | 13 | 5 | |
| 41 | District 97 | 12 | 6 | |
| Lunatic Soul | 12 | 6 | |
| Mars Hollow | 12 | 6 | |
| Motorpsycho | 12 | 6 | |
| 45 | Patrick Vega | 12 | 5 | |
| Relocator | 12 | 5 | |
| 47 | Framepictures | 11 | 5 | |
| 48 | Nine Stones Close | 11 | 4 | |
| 49 | Demians | 10 | 7 | |
| 50 | Kamelot | 10 | 6 | |
| 51 | Amplifier | 10 | 5 | |
| La Maschera Di Cera | 10 | 5 | |
| Rush | 10 | 5 | |
| 54 | Bunchakeze | 10 | 4 | |
| Darkwater | 10 | 4 | |
| 56 | Jaga Jazzist | 9 | 4 | |
| The Psychedelic Ensemble | 9 | 4 | |
| 58 | Day Six | 8 | 6 | |
| 59 | Iron Maiden | 8 | 5 | |
| Yogi Lang | 8 | 5 | |
| 61 | Ephemeral Sun | 8 | 4 | |
| The Watch | 8 | 4 | |
| 63 | Porcupine Tree | 8 | 3 | |
| 64 | Pure Reason Revolution | 7 | 4 | |
| 65 | Massive Attack | 7 | 3 | |
| The Ocean | 7 | 3 | |
| 67 | Avenged Sevenfold | 6 | 4 | |
| 68 | The Reasoning | 6 | 3 | |
| Us | 6 | 3 | |
| Votum | 6 | 3 | |
| 71 | Fonderia | 5 | 3 | |
| Il Tempio Delle Clessidre | 5 | 3 | |
| 73 | Agalloch | 5 | 2 | |
| Brendan Perry | 5 | 2 | |
| Chris A Butler | 5 | 2 | |
| Foals | 5 | 2 | |
| Gorillaz | 5 | 2 | |
| Invertigo | 5 | 2 | |
| Univers Zero | 5 | 2 | |
| 80 | Orphaned Land | 4 | 4 | |
| 81 | Jeff Beck | 4 | 3 | |
| 82 | Black Country Communion | 4 | 2 | |
| Blind Guardian | 4 | 2 | |
| Coheed & Cambria | 4 | 2 | |
| Division By Zero | 4 | 2 | |
| Doubt | 4 | 2 | |
| Erik Norlander | 4 | 2 | |
| From.uz | 4 | 2 | |
| Jonsi | 4 | 2 | |
| Kashmir | 4 | 2 | |
| Myrath | 4 | 2 | |
| Young Dubliners | 4 | 2 | |
| 93 | Ihsahn | 3 | 3 | |
| 94 | Aeon Zen | 3 | 2 | |
| Bryan Ferry | 3 | 2 | |
| Conqueror | 3 | 2 | |
| Hamadryad | 3 | 2 | |
| Richard Thompson | 3 | 2 | |
| Salem Hill | 3 | 2 | |
| The Windmill | 3 | 2 | |
| Therion | 3 | 2 | |
| Yugen | 3 | 2 | |
| 103 | Abarax | 3 | 1 | |
| Antimatter | 3 | 1 | |
| Anubis | 3 | 1 | |
| Arcane | 3 | 1 | |
| Areknames | 3 | 1 | |
| Ark | 3 | 1 | |
| Athorn | 3 | 1 | |
| Axel Rudi Pell | 3 | 1 | |
| Believe | 3 | 1 | |
| Bellowhead | 3 | 1 | |
| Blackjazz | 3 | 1 | |
| Blackmore's Night | 3 | 1 | |
| Cee Lo Green | 3 | 1 | |
| Chimp Spanner | 3 | 1 | |
| Deftones | 3 | 1 | |
| Dreyelands | 3 | 1 | |
| Eddie Jobson / Ultimate Zero | 3 | 1 | |
| Electric Orange | 3 | 1 | |
| Elephant9 | 3 | 1 | |
| Field Music | 3 | 1 | |
| Gisbert Zu Knyphausen | 3 | 1 | |
| Joanna Newsom | 3 | 1 | |
| John Grant | 3 | 1 | |
| Jon Anderson & Rick Wakeman | 3 | 1 | |
| Jon Oliva's Pain | 3 | 1 | |
| Katherine Jenkins | 3 | 1 | |
| Katya | 3 | 1 | |
| Killing Joke | 3 | 1 | |
| Lillian Axe | 3 | 1 | |
| Malacandra | 3 | 1 | |
| Mandalaband | 3 | 1 | |
| Masterplan | 3 | 1 | |
| Midlake | 3 | 1 | |
| Mindgames | 3 | 1 | |
| Mindsight | 3 | 1 | |
| Moody Blues | 3 | 1 | |
| Neal Morse | 3 | 1 | |
| Orb | 3 | 1 | |
| Orgia Pravednikov | 3 | 1 | |
| Panza | 3 | 1 | |
| Pychedelic Ensemble | 3 | 1 | |
| Quantum Fantay | 3 | 1 | |
| Rational Diet | 3 | 1 | |
| Rise | 3 | 1 | |
| Shining | 3 | 1 | |
| Solution.45 | 3 | 1 | |
| Sons Of Liberty | 3 | 1 | |
| Soundgarden | 3 | 1 | |
| Steve Lukather | 3 | 1 | |
| Supernal Endgame | 3 | 1 | |
| Susanne Sundfoer | 3 | 1 | |
| The Emperor's Clothes | 3 | 1 | |
| The Shadow Theory | 3 | 1 | |
| Yann Tiersen | 3 | 1 | |
| Yeasayer | 3 | 1 | |
| 158 | Dec Burke | 2 | 2 | |
| Echoes | 2 | 2 | |
| Galleon | 2 | 2 | |
| Robert Plant | 2 | 2 | |
| The Black Noodle Project | 2 | 2 | |
| The National | 2 | 2 | |
| 164 | 65 Days Of Static | 2 | 1 | |
| A Day's Work | 2 | 1 | |
| A Genuine Freakshow | 2 | 1 | |
| Accept | 2 | 1 | |
| Amia Venera Landscape | 2 | 1 | |
| Barbara Rubin | 2 | 1 | |
| Borknagar | 2 | 1 | |
| California Guitar Trio | 2 | 1 | |
| Charred Walls Of The Damned | 2 | 1 | |
| Ciccada | 2 | 1 | |
| Crippled Black Phoenix | 2 | 1 | |
| Crowded House | 2 | 1 | |
| Disperse | 2 | 1 | |
| Dungen | 2 | 1 | |
| Edenbridge | 2 | 1 | |
| Eels | 2 | 1 | |
| Eluveitie | 2 | 1 | |
| Engineers | 2 | 1 | |
| Everything Everything | 2 | 1 | |
| Flash Range | 2 | 1 | |
| Gaelic Storm | 2 | 1 | |
| Ghost Of Days Gone By | 2 | 1 | |
| Gronholm | 2 | 1 | |
| Haven Of Grace | 2 | 1 | |
| Iron Kim Style | 2 | 1 | |
| It Bites | 2 | 1 | |
| Joe Bonamassa | 2 | 1 | |
| Jon Lord | 2 | 1 | |
| K2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Karmagrinder | 2 | 1 | |
| Kataklysm | 2 | 1 | |
| Keltia | 2 | 1 | |
| Khatsaturjan | 2 | 1 | |
| Laurie Anderson | 2 | 1 | |
| Leprous | 2 | 1 | |
| Lisa Cuthbert | 2 | 1 | |
| Melissa Auf Der Maur | 2 | 1 | |
| Mumford & Sons | 2 | 1 | |
| Periphery | 2 | 1 | |
| Persephone's Dream | 2 | 1 | |
| Rpwl | 2 | 1 | |
| Sabaton | 2 | 1 | |
| Sacrum | 2 | 1 | |
| Sakert! | 2 | 1 | |
| Samsara Blues Experiment | 2 | 1 | |
| Shadow Circus | 2 | 1 | |
| Steve Mason | 2 | 1 | |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan | 2 | 1 | |
| The Ocean Tango | 2 | 1 | |
| The Thirteenth Hour | 2 | 1 | |
| Thee Silver Mt. Zion | 2 | 1 | |
| Titan | 2 | 1 | |
| Wolfspring | 2 | 1 | |
| 217 | 21 Eyes Of Ruby | 1 | 1 | |
| Alan Simon | 1 | 1 | |
| Avantasia | 1 | 1 | |
| Brother Ape | 1 | 1 | |
| Christina Booth | 1 | 1 | |
| Colin Masson | 1 | 1 | |
| Cyril Achard | 1 | 1 | |
| Dark Tranquillity | 1 | 1 | |
| Erdmoebel | 1 | 1 | |
| Faithless | 1 | 1 | |
| Gavin Harrison & 05ric | 1 | 1 | |
| Geoffrey Downes/new Dance Orchestra | 1 | 1 | |
| Gert Emmens | 1 | 1 | |
| Ghost | 1 | 1 | |
| Hot Chip | 1 | 1 | |
| Joe Satriani | 1 | 1 | |
| Jon Anderson | 1 | 1 | |
| Klaus Schulze | 1 | 1 | |
| Lebowski | 1 | 1 | |
| Lis Er Stille | 1 | 1 | |
| Maiden United | 1 | 1 | |
| Masshysteri | 1 | 1 | |
| Matthew Anderson | 1 | 1 | |
| Mgmt | 1 | 1 | |
| Minus The Bear | 1 | 1 | |
| Nexus | 1 | 1 | |
| PFM | 1 | 1 | |
| Ratatat | 1 | 1 | |
| Robbie Dupree And David Sancious | 1 | 1 | |
| Roswell Six | 1 | 1 | |
| Royal Hunt | 1 | 1 | |
| Sadist | 1 | 1 | |
| Scorpions | 1 | 1 | |
| Sleepwalker Sun | 1 | 1 | |
| Solefald | 1 | 1 | |
| Spiritual Beggars | 1 | 1 | |
| Steve Howe | 1 | 1 | |
| Steve Unruh | 1 | 1 | |
| Tesseract | 1 | 1 | |
| The Orb Ft. David Gilmour | 1 | 1 | |
| The Tea Club | 1 | 1 | |
| Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross | 1 | 1 | |
| Twelfth Night | 1 | 1 | |
| Venus And Mars | 1 | 1 | |
| Yellow6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yoso | 1 | 1 | |