Best Prog/Power/traditional of 2006

[JayKeeley]

Hasn't been a significant year really.

Don't really listen to the new Blind Guardian all that much
Virgin Steele's new one jumps off a cliff halfway through
Firewind is pop, spelled p-o-o-p (but catchy so they might work well at PP)

Kiuas is good, but I rarely give it a spin -- still, at least it's somewhat original
Same with the new Pharoah -- it's very good, but I never yearn

Perhaps my fave is PYRAMAZE. Lance King has won me over as a solid vocalist, and I listen to this album more than anything else in this genre. The key winning point is in the songwriting -- the songs at least are memorable.

I don't think I've listened to the new Maiden in several weeks. I've got this love hate thing going on with that record. I haven't even mustered the energy to watch the DVD.

 

[En Vind Av Sorg]

Virgin Steele- Visions of Eden
Hammerfall- Threshold
Falconer- Northwind

Probably Wuthering Heights too, getting that in next week.

 

[Eminor]

Hammers, Pharaoh and Maiden for me.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Heavenly - Virus
Pyramaze. Lance is out of the band now I should go try out.

 

[Demonspell]

A Matter Of Life and Death for the win almost by default, this was a weak year for prog/power as defined here...

 

[dill_the_devil]

Maiden's new one for me too, since that and Kiuas have been about the only trad/power/prog releases this year that I:

a) have heard,
b) can bear to listen to.

 

[General Zod]

Blind Guardian - A Twist in the Myth
Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death
Kiuas - Reformation
Persuader - When Eden Burns
Place of Skulls - The Black is Never Far
Pyramaze - The Legend of the Bone Collector
Sabaton - Attero Dominatus
Vanden Plas - Christ 0
Zero Hour - Specs of Pictures Burnt Beyond

When people ask, "What's the best disc of 2006?" There're two answers; Zero Hour's Specs of Pictures Burnt Beyond and the wrong answer.

Zod

 

[JayKeeley]

Sabaton - Attero Dominatus

Heard this today -- total ruleage.

 

[dill_the_devil]

Might pick up Sabaton's new one myself actually, their last had some meat on it.

 

[EVERLOSTINDEADETERNITY]

There was a lot of power/true metal I liked.

Stratovarius
Eldritch
Hammerfall
Dream Evil
Edguy
Cellador
Dragonforce
Sonata Arctica ( live album)
Iron Fire
Cryonic Temple
Iron Maiden
Galloglass
Wolf
Eidolon
Savage Circus
Falconer
Heavenly
Firewind

 

[Jim LotFP]

Any list without Pharaoh, Hammers, and Gates of Slumber on it is incomplete.

 

[EVERLOSTINDEADETERNITY]

I still havent been able to find Pharoah, but Hammers Of Misfortune are really good. My bad. I havent heard gates of slumber yet.

 

[JayKeeley]

hammers don't belong in this thread -- i put them in "alternative"

but who cares

they're in my top 10 list either way

 

[General Zod]

Heard this today -- total ruleage.

Wow. Wasn't sure if you'd like this. I dig the singer's accent and delivery. The lyrics are actually solid (if you can overlook the occasional grammatical error).

Any list without Pharaoh, Hammers, and Gates of Slumber on it is incomplete.

Although I dig Aymar's voice, the new Pharaoh disc has never gotten its hooks into me the way I thought it might. Hammers, as always, is a few songs I love and a few songs I find painful to sit through. GoS... never even heard of them. Care to ellaborate a bit on their style?

Zod

 

[JayKeeley]

Wow. Wasn't sure if you'd like this. I dig the singer's accent and delivery. The lyrics are actually solid (if you can overlook the occasional grammatical error).

I don't know what it is, but I can tell you this:- they succeed exactly where Grave Digger fail

Man, you got 2/2 with those Sabaton and Disillusion recos. Give me more and see if you can keep your 100% track record!!

 

[En Vind Av Sorg]

New Stratovarius really blew chunks.

Forgot about Heavenly (havent heard yet) and Galloglass (which ruled).

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Forgot about Heavenly (havent heard yet)

its awesome!

 

[General Zod]

I don't know what it is, but I can tell you this:- they succeed exactly where Grave Digger fail

Agreed.

Man, you got 2/2 with those Sabaton and Disillusion recos. Give me more and see if you can keep your 100% track record!!

As soon as I hear something worth endangering my hot streak, I'll let you know.

Zod

 

[En Vind Av Sorg]

its awesome!

Is it out in the U.S. yet? I'd like to get it but Im too poor for imports right now, and my main computers is fried so no more P2P programs.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Is it out in the U.S. yet? I'd like to get it but Im too poor for imports right now, and my main computers is fried so no more P2P programs.

no its not. I got it from from Korea off of ebay