Albums of the Year: 2006

[byrne]

over 300 albums? put that in perspective - its like a new album EVERY day of the week (and some). i dont know where people find the time to listen to all these bands AND still listen to bands they claim are their favourites.

 

[Scott Evil]

cannibal corpse - kill

So, you've forgotten your "CC" bashing days at Bodybuilding.com?

I'm gonna say Dismembers "The God That Never Was" or Suffocations self titled album. Was Witcherys "Don't Fear the Reaper" done in 2006? I can't be fucked looking it up, it's Festivus and I'm tired.

 

[Scott Evil]

over 300 albums? put that in perspective - its like a new album EVERY day of the week (and some). i dont know where people find the time to listen to all these bands AND still listen to bands they claim are their favourites.

Well, at Bodybuilding.com, littledave (Chuck Schuldiner >>> God) claimed to have listened to every metal band in existance, then claimed over 20,000 metal files on Soul Seek - but then "lost" them all.

 

[Jreg]

Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance
Enslaved - Ruun
Hammers of Misfortune - The Locust Years
Goatwhore - A Haunting Curse
Unearthly Trance - The Trident
Misery Index - Discordia
Frightmare - Bringing Back the Bloodshed
Daylight Dies - Dismantling Devotion
Phobia - Cruel
Dim Mak - Knives of Ice

Picking ten that I actually liked from this year came surprisingly easy. There's still several I haven't really checked out either... Amon Amarth, Darkthrone, Sulaco, Martyr, Incriminated, etc.

 

[Zephyrus]

Top Ten Metal Albums of 2006 - Rate Your Music

10. Slayer - Christ Illusion
9. Kataklysm - In the Arms of Devastation
8. Carpathian Forest - Fuck You All !!!
7. Borknagar - Origin
6. Cronian - Terra
5. Zyklon - Disintegrate
4. Anaal Nathrakh - Eschaton
3. Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side
2. Aborym - Generator
1. Satyricon - Now, Diabolical

 

[Mort Divine]

over 300 albums? put that in perspective - its like a new album EVERY day of the week (and some). i dont know where people find the time to listen to all these bands AND still listen to bands they claim are their favourites.

It's not that hard. Listening to one album takes about an hour (more or less) so you can get in two new albums a day with no problem, then the rest of the day can be for favorite bands or just for whatever the fuck you wish to listen to.

 

[Nico]

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/Zephyrus2007/top_ten_metal_albums_of_20061. Satyricon - Now, Diabolical

This is an atrocious album.

Mythical & Magical, Veronika Decides to Die, Tempel, OM, Reinkaos, and maybe Ashes Against the Grain and Blood in Our Wells will be my worthy mentions.

 

[Day_Before_Dawn]

In no order:

Agalloch
Drudkh
Wolves In The Throne Room
Celtic Frost
Peste Noire
My Dying Bride
Negura Bunget
Mirrorthrone
Dissection
Ihsahn
Katatonia
Xasthur
Summoning
Vader

I was expecting Shining to be on this list by now, but it appears their new album will get a 2007 release.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

You couldn't wait a week to allow for people to add in their Christmas stuff?

People who want to do that could, you know, just hold off on posting...

 

[Vinnolation]

Mine looks something like this...

[PVWW/UUÓ :: TOP ALBUMS OV 2006]
1.Vader - Impressions In Blood
2.Thesyre - Exist!
3.Pagan Hellfire - The Will Of Night
4.Hatebreed - Supremacy
5.Skinless - Trample The Weak, Hurdle The Dead
6.Terratomb - Rebirth Through Destination
7.Coldworker - The Contaminated Void
8.Satyricon - Now, Diabolical
9.Venom - Metal Black
10.Torture Killer - Swarm!
11.Cannibal Corpse - Kill
12.Scald - Vermiculatus
13.Leviathan/Sapthuran - 2006 Split
14.Putrefy - Putrefy
15.Wolves In The Throne Room - Diadem Of The 12 Stars
16.Celtic Frost - Monotheist
17.Converge - No Heroes
18.Kataklysm - In The Arms Of Devastation
19.Thy Flesh Consumed - Pacified By Oceans Of Blood
20.Negativa - Negativa
21.Hellacaust - Inevitable Dementia
22.Anata - The Conductor's Departure
23.Zyklon - Disintegrate
24.Voivod - Katorz
25.Slayer - Christ Illusion
26.Napalm Death - Smear Campaign
27.Anaal Nathrakh - Eschaton
28.Panzerchrist - Battalion Beast
29.Drawn And Quartered - Hail Infernal Darkness
30.Deicide - The Stench Of Redemption
31.Belphegor - Pestapokalypse VI
32.Vital Remains - Horrors Of Hell
33.Vreid - Pitch Black Brigade
34.Melechesh - Emissaries
35.Archgoat - Whore Of Bethlehem
36.Amon Amarth - With Odin On Our Side
37.Suffocation - Suffocation
38.Darkthrone - The Cult Is Alive
39.Incantation - Primordial Domination
40.The Legion - Revocation
41.She Said Destroy - Time Like Vines
42.Grave - As Rapture Comes
43.Xasthur - Subliminal Genocide
44.Cattle Decapitation - Karma.Bloody.Karma
45.Decapitated - Organic Hallucinosis
46.Spawn Of Possession - Noctambulant
47.Atheretic - Apocalyptic Nature Fury
48.Marduk - Warshau
49.Carpathian Forest - Fuck You All!!!!
50.Behemoth - Slaves Shall Serve
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Probably a few non-metal sneak into the top 50, but not many and not far...

 

[ROBL2500]

Hatebreed Supremacy
In Flames Come Clarity (I think it was released this year, cant remember)
Slayer Christ Illusion
Mastodon Blood Mountain
Trivium The Crusade
Gojira Mars to Sirius

 

[Kreator/Destroyer]

Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance
Enslaved - Ruun
Hammers of Misfortune - The Locust Years
Goatwhore - A Haunting Curse
Unearthly Trance - The Trident
Misery Index - Discordia
Frightmare - Bringing Back the Bloodshed
Daylight Dies - Dismantling Devotion
Phobia - Cruel
Dim Mak - Knives of Ice

Picking ten that I actually liked from this year came surprisingly easy. There's still several I haven't really checked out either... Amon Amarth, Darkthrone, Sulaco, Martyr, Incriminated, etc.

Unearthly Trance's album just didn't sound right to me...it didn't click it was too atmospheric at some points

 

[Zephyrus]

Holy shit VinWhalen posted somewhere other than his own thread.

 

[byrne]

It's not that hard. Listening to one album takes about an hour (more or less) so you can get in two new albums a day with no problem, then the rest of the day can be for favorite bands or just for whatever the fuck you wish to listen to.

translation: im unemployed

also listening to an album once does not constitute listening to it properly, which was my point (given i didnt say that, but that was where i was going). finding the actual time to do it isnt that amazing ...

 

[Manic Ferocity]

Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
Frightmare - Bringing Back The Bloodshed
Blood Freak - Live Fast, Die Young... And Leave A Flesh-Eating Corpse!
Cannibal Corpse - Kill
Darkthrone - The Cult Is Alive (yes I liked this album)

 

[~Neurotica]

Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side
Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death
Negura Bunget - Om
Tool - 10 000 Days
Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
Borknagar - Origin
Summoning - Oath Bound
Celtic Frost - Monotheist
Drudkh - Blood In Our Wells
Grimlair - L'appel De La Nuit Funeste
Elhaz - Malemort

 

[Matt]

Top Ten Metal Albums of 2006 - Rate Your Music


1. Satyricon - Now, Diabolical

Finally, someone agrees with me. Great album, that was.

 

[Cancer of the Soul]

I have yet to hear Napalm Death & Suffocation's releases this year and I just bought a few today that I haven't got through yet, but so far here's potential top 10 shit:

Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side
Dismember - The God That Never Was
Slayer - Christ Illusion
Anata - The Conductor's Departure
Skinless - Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead
Jungle Rot - War Zone
Scar Symmetry - Pitch Black Progress
Sinister - Afterburner
Deceased - As the Weird Travel On
Unleashed - Midvinterblot
Unmerciful - Unmercifully Beaten
Decapitated - Organic Hallucinosis (it says 2005 on the back of the cd, but if I remember right it was released in '06 in the US. So I'll leave it as a ?)

..and a few I'm probably forgetting...

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

translation: im unemployed

also listening to an album once does not constitute listening to it properly, which was my point (given i didnt say that, but that was where i was going). finding the actual time to do it isnt that amazing ...

Dude, how is listening to one album twice a day (if your theory is true...IF!) contituent of unemployment. That's some really bizarro logic there. Anyway, I heard only like 120(?) or so. It wasn't that hard. I even have a girlfriend, job, school, moderation of this place (granted I was given that power recently), and a noise project to do. I am crazy!

Unearthly Trance's album just didn't sound right to me...it didn't click it was too atmospheric at some points

I as well thought it was pretty crappy. It wasn't...them. Now, Season Of Seance, Science Of Silence is brilliant.

 

[Hatebreeder]

Finally, someone agrees with me. Great album, that was.

Indeed. I was a bit let down at first, but it grew on me quite a bit. Great jogging tunes.