Albums of the Year: 2006

[hibernal_dream]

Only when compared with other years. If I used 2005 as a standard, this year wouldn't even come close.

 

[unknown]

I thought this year was absolutely phenomenal.

 

[Henrik Main]

I thought this year was absolutely phenomenal.

Ditto. I'm currently compiling my best of-list for 2006, and it sure is a hard (but fun!) task, considering how many albums of extremely high quality were released this year.

 

[Hatebreeder]

I thought this year was absolutely phenomenal.

Agreed. I haven't listened to nearly as much as some here have, but what I have heard has been wonderful. Plus, this year was spent delving into all the main underground genres, since I was relatively new to metal at the start of the year.

 

[Nico]

Why? They're good albums, but nowhere near as good as they should be. That's my point - if that's the best the year has to offer, it wasn't a very good year.

Those albums are all at the top of their game. The Negura Bunget and Drudkh are perhaps the best releases of the respective bands, Monotheist is an amazing and unique new step into the world for such a classic old band, and Agalloch is remarkable as always. I think this year obliterates 05, except for the fact that I haven't heard a doom release to compare with Mournful Congregation (for a while I thought Saturnus could do it, but not in the long run).

While not quite to the standard of 04, 06 is still one of the best years of the 00's.

 

[swizzlenuts]

Have you hear the new Asunder? Everytime I listen to it I like it more and more; it's completely different than Mournful Congregation, but it's fantastic great doom!

 

[Nico]

Still not yet, though anything involving Gossard will probably crush my skull.

 

[swizzlenuts]

It's good, but I'm not too sure they needed 30 minutes of drone at the end though

 

[byrne]

'05 kicked the shit out of '06 for releases: Stargazer, Mournful Congregation, Primordial, Slough Feg, Nachtfalke, Averse Sefira, Witchcraft, Jesu, Kreator, Nevermore, Candlemass etc. It's hardly even comparable.

 

[Mort Divine]

Nevermore only detract from your statement.

 

[skeptik]

Kreator sucked too.

 

[byrne]

they weren't each bands best releases respectively, but neither album sucked - they were both enjoyable and are infinitely better than the return albums of this year - i.e. celtic frost and sodom.

 

[Mort Divine]

Sodom's newest is good and Celtic Frost's is great.

 

[byrne]

Except for the fact that the vocals on Sodom's s/t are weak as fuck, and Celtic Frost is next to unlistenably boring, I totally agree. In any case, how is that an argument against Kreator or Nevermore not being better?

 

[Mort Divine]

Because we all know that metal is about the vocals ...

 

[skeptik]

This Godless Endeavor, Enemy Of God, and Sodom all sucked. Monotheist is the true rebirth of a legend.

 

[MasterOLightning]

While I do not hear as many albums as most of you, I found that the best of '04 and '05 each far surpassed this year's offerings.

 

[byrne]

Because we all know that metal is about the vocals ...

that argument is even more stupid that your first.

 

[Necro Joe]

...this year obliterates 05...

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[Blue_Jay]

06 is still one of the best years of the 00's.

Amen. Although I have very bad hopes for 2007.