Yea I know, its a [SIZE=-1]cliché, done to death tread but I don't care. Maybe we all get to learn about some new bands which is not a bad thing at all. 
So without further ado; here is my list:
Top 25 cd's
01 Zero Hour - Specs Of Pictures Burnt Beyond
02 Seventh Wonder - Waiting In The Wings
03 Communic - Waves of Visual Decay
04 Into Eternity - The Scattering Of Ashes
05 Antiquus - Elautheria
06 Twisted Into Form - Then Comes Affliction To Awaken The Dreamer
07 Beyond Twilight - For the Love of Art and the Making
08 Meyvn - Splintered Skies
09 Outworld – Outworld
10 Winters Bane - Redivivus
11 Wolf - The Black Flame
12 Jon Oliva's Pain - Maniacal Renderings
13 Kamelot - One Cold Winter's Night
14 Children Of Bodom - Chaos Ridden Years
15 Leatherwolf - World Asylum
16 Spheric Universe Experience - Mental Torment
17 Slayer - Christ Illusion
18 Time Requiem - Optical Illusion
19 Derek Sherinian - Blood Of The Snake
20 Dezperadoz - The Legend And The Truth
21 Beyond Fear - Beyond Fear
22 Vicious Rumors – Warball
23 Sanity's Rage - The Rage Of One
24 Wolverine – Still
25 Rammstein - Völkerball
Top 3 DVD's
01 Iced Earth - Alive In Athens
02 Kamelot – One A Cold Winters Night
03 [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]Rammstein - Völkerball[/SIZE]
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Best Concert of 2006
Exodus - Effenaar Eindhoven
Honorable mention: Benedictum!
Fantastic live band with awesome musicians.
I have seen them live 4 times and every time
they slayed! Why when Exodus as best concert?
Well you can't deny the awesome live power that
is Exodus. With this new lineup and especially Rob
at the vocal spot they imho have returned to the
legendary strength of old!
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For me 2006 has been a great metal year and of course
the release of Zero Hour's album was the highlight. But
I also discovered a great band in Seventh Wonder. Their
album completely blew me away. Discovering Antiquus
was another surprise. I never heard of them!
I loved the long awaited album of Twister Into Form.
The album is a great blend of melody and technique.
[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]Meyvn was another complete surprise to me. I discovered
them here on the UM forum when poster Pyramaze51
recommended them to me. Notice than I like their album a
little bit better than Outworld's debut album.
Looking forward to discovering a lot of new bands in 2007!
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So without further ado; here is my list:
Top 25 cd's
01 Zero Hour - Specs Of Pictures Burnt Beyond
02 Seventh Wonder - Waiting In The Wings
03 Communic - Waves of Visual Decay
04 Into Eternity - The Scattering Of Ashes
05 Antiquus - Elautheria
06 Twisted Into Form - Then Comes Affliction To Awaken The Dreamer
07 Beyond Twilight - For the Love of Art and the Making
08 Meyvn - Splintered Skies
09 Outworld – Outworld
10 Winters Bane - Redivivus
11 Wolf - The Black Flame
12 Jon Oliva's Pain - Maniacal Renderings
13 Kamelot - One Cold Winter's Night
14 Children Of Bodom - Chaos Ridden Years
15 Leatherwolf - World Asylum
16 Spheric Universe Experience - Mental Torment
17 Slayer - Christ Illusion
18 Time Requiem - Optical Illusion
19 Derek Sherinian - Blood Of The Snake
20 Dezperadoz - The Legend And The Truth
21 Beyond Fear - Beyond Fear
22 Vicious Rumors – Warball
23 Sanity's Rage - The Rage Of One
24 Wolverine – Still
25 Rammstein - Völkerball
Top 3 DVD's
01 Iced Earth - Alive In Athens
02 Kamelot – One A Cold Winters Night
03 [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]Rammstein - Völkerball[/SIZE]
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Best Concert of 2006
Exodus - Effenaar Eindhoven
Honorable mention: Benedictum!
Fantastic live band with awesome musicians.
I have seen them live 4 times and every time
they slayed! Why when Exodus as best concert?
Well you can't deny the awesome live power that
is Exodus. With this new lineup and especially Rob
at the vocal spot they imho have returned to the
legendary strength of old!
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For me 2006 has been a great metal year and of course
the release of Zero Hour's album was the highlight. But
I also discovered a great band in Seventh Wonder. Their
album completely blew me away. Discovering Antiquus
was another surprise. I never heard of them!
I loved the long awaited album of Twister Into Form.
The album is a great blend of melody and technique.
[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]Meyvn was another complete surprise to me. I discovered
them here on the UM forum when poster Pyramaze51
recommended them to me. Notice than I like their album a
little bit better than Outworld's debut album.
Looking forward to discovering a lot of new bands in 2007!
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