Top 3: Vocals/Lyrics: 1. Of Sins and Shadows - Symphony X (the guys voice is amazing, and the lyrics are great too) 2. Aenima - Tool 3. Darts - SOAD Top 3: Guitars: 1. Erotomania (instrumental) - Dream Theater (from the master, John Petrucci. 3 blistering solos and some great riffs and acoustics) 2. A Change of Seasons - Dream Theater 3. Master of Puppets - Metallica Top 3: Bass: 1. Around the World - Red Hot Chilli Peppers (compliments of Flea, this song has the funkiest, and downright coolest bassline ever!) 2. Lateralus - Tool 3. Sea of Lies - Symphony X (bass intro, then a solo later on!) Top 3: Drums: 1. Schism - Tool (I picked this one because the drumming was very technical yet it fit the song so well) 2. Roulette Dares (The Haunt of) - The Mars Volta 3. The Glass Prison - Dream Theater (Portnoy lays down some of the greatest fills I've ever heard!)
Top 3 Vocal 1. Linkin Park - Crawling 2. Dry Cell - Silence 3. Evanescence - Whisper Top 3 Guitar 1. TRUSTcompany - Downfall 2. Mudvayne - Not Falling 3. Linkin Park - Faint Top 3 Bass 1. Linkin Park - Papercut 2. Dry Cell - Body Crumbles 3. Disturbed - The Game Top 3 Drums 1. Dry Cell - Under The Sun 2. Finger Eleven - Good Times 3. Mudvayne - World So Cold Top 3 Overall 1. Dry Cell - Slip Away 2. Linkin Park - In The End 3. Taproot - Mine