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Title: Albums Of The Year 2006 ?
Post by: jt on January 01, 2007, 03:19:36 AM
:D I thought i`d get this in before Ben [TO ] beats me to it !!  :lol:  :lol:

Ok i thought this year we might try something alittle different. How`s about being able to pick only 5 albums from this year 2006 & then 5 albums that could have been released at anytime in the past. I`m aware that there`s lots of you young`ns on the forum that will be discovering older albums by bands for the 1st time & maybe you`d care to share it with the rest of us  :D

For myself personnally i dont think this year has been brilliant but certainly an Ok year.

2006 - releases

Violent New Bread - Randy Piper
Miss Crazy - Miss Crazy
False Metal - Brother Firetribe
Final Frontier - Freelight
House Of Lords - World Upside Down

Pre 2006

Iron Maiden - 7th Son.... & Powerslave
Johnny A - Sometime Tuesday Morning
War & Peace - The Walls Have Eyes
Praying Mantis - Time Tells No Lies

Ok there `ya go who`s next ?

 :D  8)
Title: Albums Of The Year 2006 ?
Post by: Hozze on January 01, 2007, 10:30:15 AM
Best 5 of the year, in no perticular order:

Mastodon - Blood Mountain
Isis - In the Absence of Truth
Hatebreed - Supremacy
Khoma - The Second Wave
Tool - 10,000 Days

Don't know about pre-2006 releases, have mostly been listening to new music this year, for a change.
Title: Albums Of The Year 2006 ?
Post by: Davey on January 01, 2007, 11:29:20 AM
you tossers have no right to live... both of you forgot Blind Guardian ;)

hehe

that's all i got to put in though, since i haven't followed a lot of album releases this year .. oh well.. there's also Comunnic - Waves of Visual Decay


past albums
Savatage - Streets
Bruce Dickinson - Chemical Wedding
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Threshold - Clone
Blind Guardian - A Night at the Opera
Title: Albums Of The Year 2006 ?
Post by: maliciousteve on January 01, 2007, 01:08:09 PM
Paul Gilbert - Get Out Of My Yard
Hatebreed - Supremecy
SYL - The New Black
Andy Timmons Band - Resolution
Title: Albums Of The Year 2006 ?
Post by: JJretroTONEGOD on January 01, 2007, 09:08:32 PM
My favourite album of 2006 was David Gilmore 'On an Island'
Title: Albums Of The Year 2006 ?
Post by: Dom5412 on January 02, 2007, 12:34:34 AM
On An Island, definitely.
Title: Albums Of The Year 2006 ?
Post by: Crazy_Joe on January 02, 2007, 11:18:24 AM
Blind Guardian - A Twist In The Myth
Disarmonia Mundi - Mindtricks
Firewind - Allegiance

I really don't think 2006 was very good for new releases.
Title: Albums Of The Year 2006 ?
Post by: ToneMonkey on January 02, 2007, 12:15:27 PM
Quote from: Dom5412
On An Island, definitely.


I was listeniong to that a fair bit over the holidays.  My old man got it from the library.  Got to say that I wasn't very impressed.  There's some good stuff on it, but mainly I was disapointed.  And disapointed that I was disapointed as I'm a BIG Floyd fan.

As for the best 5 albums of the year, I've not got enough time to have a think but I've just got Rubber Factory by The Black Keys and it's wicked.
Title: Albums Of The Year 2006 ?
Post by: Hozze on January 02, 2007, 01:16:23 PM
Blind Guardian?

What's wrong with you people? ;)
Title: Albums Of The Year 2006 ?
Post by: maxingwell on January 02, 2007, 01:16:46 PM
Quote from: Crazy_Joe
I really don't think 2006 was very good for new releases.

I agree - I don't think there were many great albums released this year.

Sikth - DoaDD
Tool - 10,000 Days
Only listened to a bit of ISIS but liked what I heard.
Looking forward to the next Oceansize album.
Title: Re: Albums Of The Year 2006 ?
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on January 02, 2007, 01:41:13 PM
Quote from: jt
:D I thought i`d get this in before Ben [TO ] beats me to it !!  :lol:  :lol:

Ok i thought this year we might try something alittle different. How`s about being able to pick only 5 albums from this year 2006 & then 5 albums that could have been released at anytime in the past.

Hehe ... only 5, huh?
I'll have a think about it and get back later ...
Title: Albums Of The Year 2006 ?
Post by: Twinfan on January 02, 2007, 02:31:29 PM
Bit of a metal theme going on here?  I haven't a CLUE who most of these bands are!!!!

Album of 2006 for me was Iron Maiden - Matter of Life and Death

Great old stuff I discovered last year?

Rammstein - Mutter
AC/DC - Powerage
Title: Albums Of The Year 2006 ?
Post by: plastercaster on January 02, 2007, 04:04:34 PM
Quote from: Twinfan

Great old stuff I discovered last year?

AC/DC - Powerage

Excellent stuff ive got 30-odd plays on riff raff and ive only had the album 2 weeks
Title: Albums Of The Year 2006 ?
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on January 02, 2007, 08:03:27 PM
Okay, this took a lot of thought due to the limited nature of the list. Here's my pick for TOP ALBUMS OF 2006:

5. Queensryche - Operation:Mindcrime II
As good as the original? No. But easily the best post-DeGarmo QR album yet. Some very tasteful shredding from Mr Stone, as well. It gets to the top 5 based on the quality of the soloing alone.

4. Blind Guardian - A Twist In The Myth
Kinda spinning their wheels on this album, but it's still head and shoulders above most power prog. The new drummer is awesome, as can be expected. The lack of guitar solos almost pushed the album out of the top 5, but ... Hansi!! Plus, not everyone can make a cool song about Peter Pan!

3. Joe Satriani - Super Colossal
Can't say too many good things about this album. Stunning mix, incredible guitar playing, melodic out the wazoo ... in short, it's colossal!

2. Jon Oliva's Pain - Maniacal Renderings
What do you get when you take old Chriss Oliva demos, have them worked on by the other half of the Savatage writing team, and then have one of the best guitarists in the underground solo over them? An hour of pure old school metal that will kick you in the teeth!!!

and the No. 1 pick goes to ....






1. Cellador - Enter Deception
True Metal. \m/


Albums not released in 2006 that I listened to the most:

1. Coheed & Cambria: Burning Star IV
2. Rush: Roll The Bones
3. The Beatles: Help/Rubber Soul (I have em on a single CD)
4. Peter Gabriel: Security
5. Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here
Title: Albums Of The Year 2006 ?
Post by: Antag on January 03, 2007, 01:47:07 PM
New (Yes, I know some of these may have been released in 2005 but they were new to me in 2006 - I've fallen behind with my CD buying :))

In Flames: Come clarity
My Dying Bridge: A line of deathless kings
Exodus: Shovel headed kill machine
Testament: Live in London
Arch Enemy: Doomsday machine


Old (Isn't this basicallly asking for your all-time top 5 CDs?  assuming that you actually listen to your all time top 5 & none of them were new...)

Opeth: My arms your hearse
Exodus: Force of habit
Obituary: The end complete
Bolt Thrower: ...for victory
Napalm Death: Fear emptiness despair
Title: Albums Of The Year 2006 ?
Post by: Muso on January 03, 2007, 04:51:39 PM
Offhand I can only think of one album I bought that was released this year.

Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage  :twisted:
Title: Albums Of The Year 2006 ?
Post by: plastercaster on January 03, 2007, 06:51:20 PM
I downloaded riff raff and walk on hot coals just because there were pickups named after them and I ended up buying Highway to hell, powerage, high voltage, Irish tour, and Jinx, so thats my top 5 old albums.
new ones... hmmm
Razorlight - Razorlight
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People say I am thats what I'm not
Duke Special - songs from the deep forest
the Raconteurs - broken boy soldiers
Muse - Black Holes and revelations
and a special award to greenwing for being the funniest TV show of 2006
Last one tommorrow :cry:
Title: Albums Of The Year 2006 ?
Post by: 38thBeatle on January 03, 2007, 07:26:59 PM
I rather like the Derek Trucks band album called "Songlines"-not to everyone's taste maybe but that boy can play.
Title: Albums Of The Year 2006 ?
Post by: nfe on January 03, 2007, 08:57:47 PM
Quote from: Muso
Offhand I can only think of one album I bought that was released this year.

Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage  :twisted:


Damn, it wasn't even a good one. :P

SYL - The New Black
The Haunted - The Dead Eye
Mastodon - Blood Mountain
Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side
Enslaved - Ruun

I can't think of any non metal releases that I've enjoyed this year sadly, poor year for music all round I reckon.

older stuff...

As always, been listening to tons of Steve Earle - anyone who hasn't heard him needs to rectify that right now. And also a lot of Randy Newman.
Title: Albums Of The Year 2006 ?
Post by: Philly Q on January 03, 2007, 09:29:21 PM
This is really tough, I probably only bought about 15 new releases this year.  In no particular order:

Mastodon - Blood Mountain
Tool - 10,000 Days
Winger - IV
Witch - Witch
Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death


As for oldies, I've been listening to all my usual stuff like Clutch, Tesla, Badlands, Rush, Trouble, Sabbath, Deep Purple, AC/DC, Robin Trower, Scorpions, Robben Ford, Thea Gilmore etc but I also rediscovered a few old vinyl favourites on CD:

Y&T - Mean Streak
Coney Hatch - Outa Hand
Sword - Metalized

And I always come back to these two:

Unida - Coping With The Urban Coyote
Circle Of Soul - Hands Of Faith
Title: RE:
Post by: mikeitup on January 05, 2007, 09:41:05 PM
For me it is:

Winger IV

Gotthard : Made In Switzerland

Wig Wam : Wigwamania

Frank Hannon : Guitarz From Marz

ATB : Resolution