"......and the Oscar goes to......" ***** HEAVY PARADISE's AWARDS FOR 2015*****

Here we are at the end of 2015, another great year (musically speaking), with this year's top lists. I would dare to say that 2015 was a difficult year regarding the financial crisis here in Greece but, also, a lot of 'bad' things happened across the world (terrorism e.t.c.). Here in Heavy Paradise my goal is, was and will always be..., to present you all the latest news from our beloved music. No matter if it's called AOR, Melodic Hard Rock, Metal or Power Metal. I tried to present you, through the reviews,  many new stuff and I hope that I helped you to decide what to buy or not. Even if this web-zine needs many hours, it's still here, alive and kickin' after these 6 years and I hope that it will be alive for ages.... At this point, I need to say a huge THANK YOU : to Heavy Paradise's readers, to the artists and to my family and friends for all the support. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! But enough with the talking, grab yourself a cold beer and enjoy the HEAVY PARADISE'S AWARDS FOR 2015.



The most difficult part in TOP LISTS is to decide which album will end-up in first position. And it's a damn hard thing 'cause this year there were at least four or five albums that were pure candy in my ears and could easily be the number one. Pffff......btw here is the first category (TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 2015) :

TOP 20 ALBUMS of 2015

1. ECLIPSE / ARMAGEDDONIZE (One of the best melodic hard rock/metal albums that I've heard since ages) These Swedes did it again and at the end achieved to release a huge record!!

2. FIND ME / DARK ANGEL (Another classic melodic rock/hard rock masterpiece)

 3. BLOOD RED SAINTS / SPEEDWAY 

4. DARK MOOR / PROJECT X 

5. DEF LEPPARD / DEF LEPPARD 

6. PYRAMAZE / DISCIPLES OF THE SUN 











7. C.O.P. / STATE OF ROCK 











8. ROOM EXPERIENCE / ROOM EXPERIENCE 

9. ART NATION / REVOLUTION

10. MAGNUS KARLSSON'S FREE FALL / KINGDOM OF ROCK 











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11. Sergeant Steel / Riders Of The Worm
12. Eldritch / Underlying Issues
13. Royal Hunt / XIII-Devil's Dozen
14. Kiske-Somerville / City Of Heroes
15. Reach / Reach Out To Rock
16. Faith Healer / Back To Zero
17. Khymera / The Grand Design
18. Colour Of Noise / Colour Of Noise
19. Cats In Space / Too Many Gods
20. Temperance / Limitless

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10 Best Tracks Of 2015

1. Eclipse / Love Bites
2. Find Me /  Where Do I Go

3. Magnus Karlsson's Free Fall / Never Look Away
4. Eclipse / I Don't Wanna Say I'm Sorry
5. C.O.P. / Nightmare
6. ISSA / Only You
7. Cats In Space / Only In Vegas
8. TEN / Tell Me What To Do
9. Voodoo Circle / The Rhythm Of My Heart
10. Kiske-Somerville / City Of Heroes

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BEST ARTWORK OF 2015

1. DARK MOOR / PROJECT X 

2. FIND ME / DARK ANGEL 

3. ELDRITCH / UNDERLYING ISSUES

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Comeback Of The Year

 DEF LEPPARD / DEF LEPPARD
I think that even Def Leppard wouldn't imagined such a great comeback!

The new self-titled album marks the band's return to its roots, with a fresh and updated sound, and made happy each and every die-hard fan of the band.
 









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BEST MUSICIAN/BAND

Without any doubt, Erik Martensson has the touch of Midas! Whatever he is involve with turns into gold. This guy and his band (ECLIPSE) are responsible for the masterpiece that's called "Armageddonize". I think that Erik wins with a difference the award for the best musician of 2015 and ECLIPSE the award for the best band of 2015.  

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BEST VIDEO CLIP 

ECLIPSE / Stand On Your Feet (Taken from "Armageddonize" album) 

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BEST LIVE ALBUM 

EDEN'S CURSE / LIVE WITH THE CURSE