Albums of the Year: 2006

[unknown]

goddammit I forgot Mirrorthrone and Scald

 

[VittraEternity]

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.

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 ...

Yes, it is about a new album every day but as pointed out earlier, it isn't that hard to listen to that many albums over the course of a year. I have a job as well but I listen to music quite a bit more than most people. When it comes to music I am a very opinionated person, but I usually give an album at least 3 listens before I make a fair judgment - unless for an album thats terrible. Most albums I can tell if they are going to need more time or if I can tell it's one that will grow on me with more listens.

 

[Phrozenspite]

Drudkh - Blood In Our Wells
Negura Bunget - OM
Cloudscape - Crimson Skies
Deicide - The Stench of Redemption
Anata - The Conductor's Departure
The Faceless - Akeldama
Scar Symmetry - Pitch Black Progress
Anaal Nathrakh - Eschaton
Sunn O))) & Boris - Altar
Daylight Dies - Dismantling Devotion
Blut Aus Nord - MoRT
no specific order though I'd give Drudkh #1
I was dissapointed by the new Agalloch, the Drudkh folk album, the new Summoning

 

[Cancer of the Soul]

I can't believe I forgot about fucking Deicide. That will be in my top 10 for sure.

 

[Perpetual Catatonia]

Eternal Tears of Sorrow - Before the Bleeding Sun
Frightmare - Bringing Back the Bloodshed
Wyrd - The Ghost Album
Forest of Fog - Abgrunde
Fear of Eternity - Spirit of Sorrow
Vesperian Sorrow - Regenesis Creation
Kataklysm - In the Arms of Devastation
Insomnium - Above the Weeping World
Vader - Impressions in Blood
Warbreed - So Cry Havoc (I know it's an EP, but oh well)
Benighted - Identisick
All That Remains - The Fall of Ideals

 

[VittraEternity]

I've seen Wolves in the Throne Room's new album on many lists this year...I'll be completely honest, I don't think the album is anything 'great' - except for the first song which I really like.

 

[Nico]

I thin it's quite a solid album, but this comes from an enormous Weakling fanboy. In a vaguely similar fashion, the Niroth self titled debut album also rules.

 

[VittraEternity]

I just think there were tons of black metal albums released this year that were better than "Diadem of 12 Stars."

 

[unknown]

like Mirrorthrone *cough*

 

[Matt]

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

Some of those songs are hard to run too, kind of like runing to Sabbath. They make me want to stop.

 

[The Heartbreak Kid]

Lets hope 2007 will bring better music.

 

[Matt]

Lets hope 2007 will bring better music.

Symphony X, Dream Theater, Finntroll, etc.

 

[The Heartbreak Kid]

Fuck yeah!!

 

[metal_wrath]

Symphony X, Dream Theater, Finntroll, etc.

I have heard and don't like any of those bands

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

Lets hope 2007 will bring better music.

'nuf said

 

[byrne]

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!

it was a joke, not a theory i intended to publish.

i still dont understand how anyone could possibly find the time to listen to, nor could i see why anyone would want to listen to that much new music, assuming my time committments. but i did consider the case of the unemployed uni-student (polar opposite) and still find it hard to fathom. but w/e.

 

[s_a_o]

My tops:

Borknagar: Origin
Amon Amarth: With Oden On Our Side
Scar Symmetry: Pitch Black Progress
Katatonia: The Great Cold Distance
Agalloch: Ashes Against The Grain

 

[~Neurotica]

^ Nice.

Katatonia's last album is great.

 

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

it was a joke, not a theory i intended to publish.

Next time you intend to make a joke, remember the Internet is full of people who won't get your joke or who will think it's serious.

 

[entanglement]

Katatonia's last album is great.

Agreed, though many people would disagree. Its underrated.