Best Albums for 2006 ?

[Skyweaver]

Dont know if theres a thread already on this, but coming to the end of the year....the best albums for '06 ???

Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death
Slayer - Christ Illusion
Black Label Society - Shot To Hell
Evergrey Monday Morning - Apocalypse
Into Eternity - The Scattering of Ashes

 

[JeffTD]

Mine favorite is Daylight Dies - Dismantling Devotion

Honorable mentions to:

SikTh - Death of a Dead Day
Devin Townsend Band - Synchestra
Decapitated - Organic Hallusinosis
Arsis - United In Regret
Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance
The Haunted - The Dead Eye
Lamb of God - Sacrament
Mercenary - The Hours That Remain
My Dying Bride - A Line of Deathless Kings
Strapping Young Lad - The New Black
To-Mera - Transcendental

and a total no-no on this forum, but Breaking Benjamin's Phobia is really good, and has insanely good production from Ben Grosse.

 

[~BURNY~]

Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance
Unleashed - Midvinterblot
Converge - No Heroes
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
Suffocation - ST
Hammers of Misfortune - The Locust Years

 

[ApolloSpeed]

caliban
diecast
killswitch
36CF
autum burns red

 

[Nebulous]

Dungeon- The Final Chapter \m/. Honorable mentions include Blind Guardian, Edguy, Decapitated, Poisonblack and Amorphis.

 

[Deathbound]

The winner is...
Pyorrhoea - The Eleventh Thou Shalt Be My Slave

Polish death metal, a damn great album with awesome production, you should check it out!

Other favorites: Rise Against (yes), Koldborn, Sikth, The Haunted, Mastodon, Cannibal Corpse and many many others... it's been a great year for music. imo

 

[chadsxe]

The winner is...
Pyorrhoea - The Eleventh Thou Shalt Be My Slave

Polish death metal, a damn great album with awesome production, you should check it out!

Other favorites: Rise Against (yes), Koldborn, Sikth, The Haunted, Mastodon, Cannibal Corpse and many many others... it's been a great year for music. imo

Nothing wrong with Rise Against

 

[Deathbound]

Nothing wrong with Rise Against

I agree!

 

[greyskull]

Killswitch.
Thrice - Vheissu
cult of luna
Sigur ros -TAKK

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Thrice - Vheissu

Wasn't that realesed on 05? Thats when I got mine

 

[greyskull]

hmmm
i could be wrong
or just plain slow
oh well.. substitute it for.....
Mogwai - MR BEAST

 

[-Gavin-]

Keep of Kalessin - Armada

 

[chadsxe]

I agree!

Hey....I just got done listening to there older stuff because of your post. God they are really good.

"Here on top of this world, were I raise my hand, and I clinch my fist..."

Love it....

 

[Ermz]

Decapitated - Organic Hallucinosis

 

[Nebulous]

Decapitated - Organic Hallucinosis

I liked that album, but I think I still need a bit more time with it to have it in my fav/honourable list for '06.
Edit: well i'm a dick, it did make my honorable list, I guess i must have been uming and aring about it and forgot it was there.

 

[LSD-Studio]

don't forget about
unearth
tool

 

[Torniojaws]

Evergrey Monday Morning - Apocalypse

Teh w0t eff?

01. Front Line Assembly - Artificial Soldier
02. Amorphis - Eclipse
03. Devin Townsend - Synchestra
04. Satyricon - Now, Diabolical
05. Scar Symmetry - Pitch Black Progress
06. Unexpect - In A Flesh Aquarium
07. Ministry - Rio Grande Blood
08. Cannibal Corpse - Kill
09. Keep of Kalessin - Armada
10. Celtic Frost - Monotheist

And an honorary mention for Deutsch Nepal - Erotikon. It will be released on friday, and it sounds extremely good

Edit:
oops, replaced one 2005 release

 

[chuck1703]

1. All Shall Perish
2. Sikth
3. Decapitated (Had the pleasure supporting these guys as well)
4. Burning Skies
5. Deftones

 

[Jackal_Strain]

too many... But one that really impressed me was the new Vader album.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

I liked the new 36 crazyfists and Bury Your Dead