TOP and FLOP Metal Albums 2006

Reha666 · Post by **Reha666** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 10:21 am

Ok, we already live in the year 2006 but i don't think that anybody will release an album in the next 13 days

My Top 10 for 2006: (disordered)

ELUVEITIE - Spirit (Switzerland - Pagan Metal)
CELLADOR - Enter Eception (USA - Power Metal)
FAIRYLAND - The Fall Of An Empire (France - Power Metal)
TYR - Ragnarok (Faroe Islands - Viking Metal)
KORPIKLAANI - Tales Along This Road (Finland - Humppa Metal)
DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER - Riders On The Storm (Germany - Metal)
SILENT VOICES - Building Op The Apathy (Finland - Progressiv Power Metal)
MANOWAR - The Sons Of Odin (USA - Heavy Metal)
BLIND GUARDIAN - A Twist In The Myth (Germany - Progressiv Power Metal)
AMON AMARTH - With Oden On Our Side (Sweden - Death Metal)

My flops 2006:

RHAPSODY OF FIRE - Triumph Or Agony
RAGE - Speak Of The Dead
DRAGONLAND - Astronomy
DIONYSUS - Fairytales And Reality

Iamshadowkiller · Post by **Iamshadowkiller** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 10:39 am

I'm sure I'll miss a few and I must admit I have not listened to the latest Manowar release

Tops for 2006
Virgin Steel-Visions Of Eden
Falconer-Northwind
Elvenking-The Winter Wake
Fairyland-The Fall Of An Empire(When you stop laughing at the name know that it's a really misleading title for a very talented band)
Heavenly-Virus
Pyramaze-Legend Of The Bone Carver
Ancient Rites-Rubicon
Mylidian-The Chaos Prophet
Helloween-Keeper Of The Seven Keys- The Legacy
Cradle Of Filth-Thornography (Oh snap son yes I did)
Winterlong-Metal Technology
Wuthering Heights-The Shadow Cabinet

Flops
Luca Turilli-The Infinite Wonders Of Creation
Dragonland-Astronomy
Korpiklaani-Tales Along This Road
Majesty-Hellforces

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The only reason Rhapsody of Mighty Fire is not on the list is cause of the song "The Mystic Prophecy Of The Demon Knight" that's like a movie inside a song, inside a movie..of power.

I'll come back to this later when I remember more.

/end

Kai Stromler · Post by **Kai Stromler** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 5:42 pm

Stuff I especially liked this year (in addition to those previously mentioned):
Sigh - Gallows Gallery
Dissection Reinkaos...not really Dissection, but as doing Part II of Whoracle because In Flames won't it's all right
Vital Remains - Horrors of Hell; yeah, it's a demo collection, but with no new VR this year, it'll have to do
Samanth Naur - Self Proclaimed Existence, probably the best Polish black metal record that nobody bought
Summoning - Oath Bound
Edguy - Rocket Ride
Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
Deicide - The Stench of Redemption -- I missed Scars of the Crucifix, so Deicide not sucking was a surprise
Drudkh - Blood In Our Wells
Borknagar - Origin
Gojira - From Mars To Sirius

Special mention: Kreator - Enemy of God Revisited. It was awesome last year, and it's MORE awesome this year.

Stuff that disappointed:
Witchery - Don't fear the Reaper -- good enough, but not worth the 5-year wait
Kataklysm - In The Arms of Devastation -- a lot of people like this, but to me it's far too listenable to be a real Kat record
DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage. This was the wrong record for them to break out on, though it's actually not that bad, and more varied than Sonic Firestorm.

I didn't buy a whole lot of new CDs this year, so there's probably some left out; I was mostly working on a list of cult old stuff. Also, since I don't listen to much power metal, I don't encounter nearly as many CDs that suck.

--K

CerebralAssamite · Post by **CerebralAssamite** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 5:48 pm

Tops:

The Eternal - The Sleep of Reason
Tailbone - Self titled
Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
Amon Amarth - With oden on our side
Cannibal Corpse - Kill
Killswitch Engage - As Daylight Dies
Trivium - The Crusade
Theater of Tragedy - Storm
Lamb of God - Sacrament
Unearth - III: In the Eyes of Fire
It Dies Today - Sirens

Flops:
Bullet for my Valentine - The Poison
Stone Sour - Come What(ever) May

rubyeye · Post by **rubyeye** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 10:27 pm

There is too many to mention as I've "sampled" quite a bit over the year but here's a brief list of my picks, off the top of my head:

2006 PICKS
Vanden Plas - Christ.0
Silent Force - Walk The Earth
Pyramaze - Legend Of The Bone Carver
OSI - Free
Manigance - L'ombre Et La Lumière
Heavenly - Virus
Firewind - Allegiance
Edenbridge - The Grand Design

2006 Disappointments
Adagio - Dominate
Angra - Aurora Consurgens
Epica - The Road To Paradiso
Evergrey - Monday Morning Apocalypse
Lunatica - The Edge Of Infinity
Metal Church - A Light In The Dark
Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime II
Tarot - Crows Fly Black

-GfN- · Post by **-GfN-** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 2:12 am

Top:
- Disillusion - Gloria (Germany - Progressive Dark Metal/Core)
- Kataklysm - In the Arms of Devastation
- Tool - 10000 Days (rather inbetween top and flop)
- Heaven Shall Burn - Deaf to our Prayers (Germany - Metalcore)
- Hurt - Vol. 1
- Mastodon - Blood Mountain

Flops:
- Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance
- Machinae Supremacy - Redeemer (just the album)

so there you have it. not a big list as I wasn't able to get my hands on many cds, but at least there are infos for non-popular bands /:

~Jannis

Reha666 · Post by **Reha666** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:09 pm

Iamshadowkiller wrote:Flops
Luca Turilli-The Infinite Wonders Of Creation

you are absolutly right. that album was one of the biggest flops in the last few years

str1ngheese · Post by **str1ngheese** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:16 pm

Top Albums:

Celtic Frost - Monotheist
Decapitated - Organic Hallucinosis
Dissection - Reinkaos
Mastodon - Blood Mountain
Blind Guardian - A Twist In The Myth
Gojira - From Mars To Sirius
Necrophobic - Hrimthursum
Terrorizer - Darker Days Ahead
The Berzerker - World of Lies
Napalm Death - Smear Campaign

Flops:

Cattle Decapitation - Karma.Bloody.Karma
Vader - Impressions In Blood
Cellador - Leaving All Behind
Bleeding Through - The Truth

(Note: I dont think the flops are bad albums...They just didnt live up to my expectations...)

Reevothemusefan · Post by **Reevothemusefan** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:56 pm

Best of 2006 -
Muse - Black holes and revelations
Hope of the States (R.I.P) - Left
Css - Cansei de ser sexy
Forward russia! - Give me a wall
Mystery Jets - Making Dens
Get cape, wear Cape, Fly - the chronicles of a bohemian
Billy talent - Billy talent II

Flops of 2006
All the heavy metal bands ive heard this year have been disapointing
Panic! at the disco - To be honest i only got into them because of sin
Razorshite (Razorlight) - how i hate them
Evanescence - Check my sig (lol)

str1ngheese · Post by **str1ngheese** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 4:20 pm

Um, Panic at the Disco isnt Metal...