Revolver Magazine's Readers Poll 2005

In the latest issue of Revolver Magazine I acquired this past weekend, they had the results of the recent 2005 reader's survey. Needless to say, the fan votings always fare better than the Editor's picks of the year. So here are the results followed by some brief comments from myself:

Best Band
1. Slipknot
2. Lamb of God
3. Slayer
4. KoRn
5. Metallica
- Revolver's meal ticket Lamb of God (is it any coincidence there's somekind of feature on them in almost EVERY issue?) take second place to Slipknot who rule the roost after a lengthy absence. Last year's winner Slayer drops to third, but that could all change next year as they have a highly anticipated new album in the works.

Best Album
1. Slipknot - Vol.3 (The Subliminal Verses)
2. Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake
3. Shadows Fall - War Within
4. Mastadon - Leviathan
5. KoRn - Greatest Hits Vol.1
- Slipknot reign again beating out Lamb of God.

Best Song
1. Slipknot - Duality
2. Lamb of God - Laid to Rest
3. Slipknot - Vermillion Pt.2
4. Killswitch Engage - Rose of Sharyn
5. Shadows Fall - The Power of I and I

Best Live Act
1. Slipknot
2. Slayer
3. Lamb of God
4. Metallica
5. KoRn

Worst Band
1. Good Charlotte
2. Simple Plan
3. Linkin Park (Tie)
3. The Darkness (Tie)
5. The Used
- Is there really any difference between Good Charlotte and Simple Plan in the first place? The Used being on the list is a surprise since they've gotten a lot of hype.

Worst Album
1. Good Charlotte - The Chronicles of Life and Death
2. Jay-Z/Linkin Park - Collision COurse
3. Slipknot - Vol.3 (The Subliminal Verses)
4. Simple Plan - Still Not Getting Any
5. Metallica - St. Anger
- What the heck are Metallica still doing around?

Worst Song
1. Hoobastank - The Reason
2. KoRn - Word Up
3. Good Charlotte - I Just Wanna Live
4. Green Day - American Idiot (Tie)
4. Jay-Z/Linkin Park - Numb/Encore

Best Comeback
1. Judas Priest with Rob Halford
2. Motley Crue
3. Megadeth
4. Black Sabbath
5. Green Day

Best Video Game
1. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
2. Halo 2
3. Tony Hawk's Underground 2
4. Madden 2005
5. Resident Evil 4

Best New Band
1. My Chemical Romance
2. Velvet Revolver
3. DevilDriver
4. Bleeding Through
5. Mastadon
- I don't get what's so great about My Chemical Romance since they don't sound all that different from the other heavy punk bands out there.

Most Underated Band
1. Unearth
2. The Used
3. Avenged Sevenfold
4. Chimaira
5. DevilDriver (Tie)
5. Isis (Tie)
5. Mastadon (Tie)
- I'd rather see No.4 & 5 in the No.1 & 2 slot.

Most Overhyped Band
1. Linkin Park
2. Velvet Revolver
3. Slipknot
4. Metallica
5. The Used

Best Band DVD
1. Slayer - Still Reigning
2. Chimaira - The Dehumanizing Process
3. Ill Nino - Live From The Eye Of The Storm
4. Metallica - Somekind of Monster (Tie)
4. Bleeding Through - This is Live, This is Murderous (Tie)
4. Iron Maiden - Pt.1: The Early Days (Tie)

Best TV Show
1. The Family Guy
2. Battle for Ozzfest
3. MTV2 Headbanger's Ball
4. The Simpsons
5. Viva La Bam!

Best Movie
1. Napolean Dynamite
2. SAW
3. Resident Evil: Apocalypse
4. Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle
5. Somekind of Monster

Best VJ
1. Juliya Chernetsky of Uranium
2. Jamey Jasta of MTV2 Headbanger's Ball
3. George Stroumboulopoulos of Much Music