2005 Radio-Active-Music.com Awards

And the final results for the 2005 Radio-Active-Music Awards are tallied and posted! Congratulations to our winners and to all of the fabulous bands that were nominated for each catagory. On a website with such talent, it's hard to pick a clear leader, but the fans have spoken!

Fans' Choice Award 2005: Cynergy 67
An immediate and obvious crowd pleaser, Cynergy 67 have been out in the scene for several years, racking up album releases, awards, sponserships, and a long list of shows - sharing the stage with the likes of Orgy, Godhead, Celldweller, Deadstar Assembly, and Powerman 5000. And it's no wonder with their impressive musical imagination and empowered vocals and lyrics.

Album of the Year 2005: Defy - This Means Goodbye
Already veterans to the scene, Defy blessed the musical world with their latest release, "This Means Goodbye", as the long-awaited follow-up to their first few well-appreciated albums over the last few years. The new album meets every expectation, both of long-time fans and new listeners.

Female Vocalist of the Year 2005: Valerie Linaker, Eye Butterfly
Smashing into the scene just recently, Eye Butterfly is a brand new electro-goth band out of Toronto fronted by veteran vocalist Valerie Linaker. With dark and mysterious intonations, her voice is the perfect compliment to Greg's electronic hands.

Male Vocalist of the Year 2005: Klayton Scott, Celldweller
Klayton is certainly one of the most prominent male vocalists in the scene today, having garnered fans from his early Circle of Dust days to his starlit career currently as Celldweller. From the caressing melodies to the in-your-face emotion, Klayton effectively covers the whole range of vocal talent.

EP of the Year 2005: Third Realm - Renfield's Syndrome
Already a popular success on the myspace charts, it should be no surprise that this year's winner would be one of the most stunning new artists in electro goth/industrial. With a sound spanning the gamut from harsh industrial to bouncy electronics, this is a perfectly well-rounded release.

Single of the Year 2005: Cynergy 67 - "The Touch"
This year's best single is a great example of quality in content and production. With both catching beats, driving vocals, and intelligent lyrics, Cynergy 67 well deserves the appreciation.

Demo of the Year 2005: Eye Butterfly
Over the past year, Eye Butterfly has done an impressive job of steadily releasing a stream of demos to entice the fans. With a memorable and unique electronica sound mixed with deeply mysterious vocals, the fans certainly should be excited.

DVD of the Year 2005: The Birthday Massacre - Blue
After the last few successful releases from this band, it's no surprise that the DVD meets the same exceptional quality as the last albums. The Blue DVD contains the artfully done music video for Blue, along with several other videos and live recordings. A must for every TBM fan.

Digital Release of the Year 2005: Defy - This Means Goodbye
With the dawning of the new millenium, bands are slowy taking advantage of new technology instead of fighting against it. So this new catagory represents artists who have made the jump into soley digital releases. After several hard-copy albums, Defy joins the ranks of bands of releasing an exeptional album by purely digital means...and the result is in no way lacking.

Non-Traditional Release of the Year 2005: The Birthday Massacre - Violet (Metropolis re-release)
This is the album that keeps on giving. After the Violet EP won Best EP in the 2004 awards, Violet was given a second and extended release in Europe with several of the older Nothing And Nowhere tracks redone. Now, to the delight of North American fans, Metropolis has distributed this extended version of Violet as well.

Superior Support 2005: 51 Peg
Here at Radio-Active-Music.com, we decided to honor one of our most outstanding members of the community; a band that not only actively pursues musical perfection in their craft, but shows the true nature of friendship and support to other musicians. Over the past few years I've watched 51 Peg help The Birthday Massacre achieve their first US tour, give up their headlining slot to Celldweller when they lost their original gig, and help book shows for countless other bands looking to play in the DC area. Bands like 51 Peg are the epitome of why this site and community was created.

Thanks again for all of the fans who came over and voted! We hope you found some new good music while you were here, and that you'll be keeping your eyes out for new bands, music, news, and more!