The Top Twenty Albums of 2006

[acompleteunknown]

Sadly no CD this year...BUT it looks like 2007 will be the year of GNR.  Until then, I always like to make up lists of the best CDs of the year.  Let me know what your top 20 albums are that were released from this year and I'll compile them!

[Orgasmatron]

They were all shit.

And nobody mention Wolfmother or Tool, for the love of god, they both suck horse cock.

[Adam_Guill]

meatloaf - bat outta hell 3
new york dolls - someday it will please us to remember even this
bob seger - face the promise
the protomen -  the protomen
iron maiden - a matter or life and death


i dunno, not that much came out this year i was too psyched for. music kinda sucks these days

[vietnow138]

Wolfmother- S/T
Priestess-S/T
Iron Maiden- A matter of life and death
Audioslave- Revelations
RHCP- Stadium Arcadium
Pearl Jam- Pearl Jam
Jet- Shine On

Other than that nothing that I listened to really stood out to me

[Eazy E]

My top album of the year is Ben Harper - Both Sides of the Gun... I also enjoyed Sam's Town, Food & Liqour by Lupe Fiasco and bits and pieces of Stadium Arcadium.

Top 20?? Nowhere near that many good CDs released this year.   

[Skeletor]

Pure Reason Revolution - The Dark Third

Pure brilliance.

[Walk]

I haven't gotten 20 yet, but will eventually discover about 20 in time. Here are my 10 favorites of the year, which are all worth getting.

Iron Maiden- A Matter of Life And Death
Battlecry- Keepers of the Light
Slayer- Christ Illusion (ignore the naysayers; this one is great!)
Lord Wind- Atlantean Monument
Countess- Holocaust of the God Believers
Deicide- The Stench of Redemption
Metal Church- A Light in the Dark
Hammers of Misfortune- The Locust Years
Agalloch- Ashes Against The Grain
Rebel Meets Rebel- Rebel Meets Rebel

As usual, there has been a lot of great music. And, as usual, the ignorant think that there hasn't been any great music in years.

[Izzy]

I haven't gotten 20 yet, but will eventually discover about 20 in time. Here are my 10 favorites of the year, which are all worth getting.

Iron Maiden- A Matter of Life And Death
Battlecry- Keepers of the Light
Slayer- Christ Illusion (ignore the naysayers; this one is great!)
Lord Wind- Atlantean Monument
Countess- Holocaust of the God Believers
Deicide- The Stench of Redemption
Metal Church- A Light in the Dark
Hammers of Misfortune- The Locust Years
Agalloch- Ashes Against The Grain
Rebel Meets Rebel- Rebel Meets Rebel

As usual, there has been a lot of great music. And, as usual, the ignorant think that there hasn't been any great music in years.

where the hell do you find these bands?

Outside of the Aryan Nation site, i dont think these bands are known - hell i doubt the band mmbers mothers even know they are in a band

[Derby Greg]

Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
Iron Maiden - A matter of Life and Death
Bob Dylan - Modern Times

 

-Greg

[Skeletor]

where the hell do you find these bands?

hell i doubt the band mmbers mothers even know they are in a band

People who are proud of being ignorant are even more pathetic than people who are ignorant but just don't know it.

[Juanjay]

Sierra Leone's Refugee Allstars -- Living Like A Refugee
Sublime -- Everything Under The Sun
Ben Harper -- Both Sides Of The Gun
Peeping Tom -- Peeping Tom
The Roots -- Game Theory
Tool -- 10000 Days


Thats pretty much it.

[acompleteunknown]

My top ten

1.   The Strokes ? First Impressions of Earth
2.   Arctic Monkeys ? Whatever People Say?
3.   Tool ? 10,000 Days
4.   Girl Talk ? Night Ripper
5.   Cursive ? Happy Hollow
6.   The Decembrists ? The Crane Wife
7.   Priestess - Priestess
8.   Gnarls Barkley ? St. Elsewhere
9.   Sparta - Threes
10.   TV on The Radio ? Return To Cookie Mountain

[Izzy]

where the hell do you find these bands?

hell i doubt the band mmbers mothers even know they are in a band

People who are proud of being ignorant are even more pathetic than people who are ignorant but just don't know it.

Its pathetic to not know who Hammers of Misfortune are? Sure thing

[Skeletor]

where the hell do you find these bands?

hell i doubt the band mmbers mothers even know they are in a band

People who are proud of being ignorant are even more pathetic than people who are ignorant but just don't know it.

Its pathetic to not know who Hammers of Misfortune are? Sure thing

No, you didn't hear me right... Being proud of not knowing who they are is what's pathetic.

[Mikkamakka]

Tori Amos: A Piano - The Collection
Tool: 10000 Days
Muse: Black Holes And Revelations
Mantra Porno: Fine Light Days

[Queen of Everything]

Wolfmother
Little Birdy

Thats it mofo.

[Walk]

where the hell do you find these bands?

Outside of the Aryan Nation site, i dont think these bands are known - hell i doubt the band mmbers mothers even know they are in a band

Lord Wind and Battlecry are the only racist bands on there, and they're more about pride than hate. The anti-religious black metal bands are far more hateful, but I don't care, since their music is very good. Finally, I'd say about half of them are mainstream, well known metal bands, or at least side projects of well known bands (Pantera/Rebel Meets Rebel, Graveland/Lord Wind, and The Lord Weird Slough Feg/Hammers of Misfortune).

I find my bands at metal-rules, metal-archives, and simple word of mouth between metalheads. It's not very hard to find new music if you just look around.

[CheapJon]

check this thread out and compile the top 20

http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/board/index.php?topic=40801.0 ?

[Walk]

Its pathetic to not know who Hammers of Misfortune are? Sure thing

It's another side project band. The main band is The Lord Weird Slough Feg, and if you haven't heard of THEM, you're a worthless poseur. Every metalhead who has heard Slough Feg raves about them.

[Eazy E]

No, you didn't hear me right... Being proud of not knowing who they are is what's pathetic.

The more people who haven't heard of racist metal bands the better...

[Walk]

The more people who haven't heard of racist metal bands the better...

Only if, ceteris paribus, there are non-racist equivalents. There aren't. There are no non-racist pagan black metal bands as good as Graveland, and I've looked. It's an asinine question anyway, because black metal is inherently hateful, and the music is inspired by the ideas. Why do you think we write music in the first place? 

And, if racism truly bothers you, 8/10 of the bands I mentioned aren't racist.

[Skeletor]

No, you didn't hear me right... Being proud of not knowing who they are is what's pathetic.

The more people who haven't heard of racist metal bands the better...

The clear majority of the bands Walk listed aren't racist, and Izzy was dismissing them all as a group, without knowing what he's talking about (not the first time that's happened ). Agalloch for example are fucking amazing - their music is true art and beauty. I'm sorry if Walk listens to this "white pride" stuff, I wash my hands clean of that, but the guy is also obviously a great fan of music in general, and he listens to some great shit as well.

[Skeletor]

because black metal is inherently hateful, and the music is inspired by the ideas.

I disagree with you on this one. I'm actually not sure if we've had this discussion before (or maybe I was just going to write about it, but didn't bother ), but the way I see black metal, it isn't about hate. Admittedly I'm not the biggest bm fan in the world anyway, and only listen to a few select bands, but the ones I do listen to focus more on the Nordic folklore / frostbitten lands -type of themes. And even if some bands are really straightforward in expressing their anti-religious sentiments, I don't know, I guess I'm just able to not take the lyrics too seriously, and focus on the music as a whole.

Anyway, point being, I don't think of black metal as "hate-music".

[Walk]

I disagree with you on this one. I'm actually not sure if we've had this discussion before (or maybe I was just going to write about it, but didn't bother ), but the way I see black metal, it isn't about hate. Admittedly I'm not the biggest bm fan in the world anyway, and only listen to a few select bands, but the ones I do listen to focus more on the Nordic folklore / frostbitten lands -type of themes. And even if some bands are really straightforward in expressing their anti-religious sentiments, I don't know, I guess I'm just able to not take the lyrics too seriously, and focus on the music as a whole.

Anyway, point being, I don't think of black metal as "hate-music".

Your position is reasonable; black metal can mean just about anything, anyway. However, because it is such a holistic, extreme form of music means that it is open to all emotions, which inevitably includes hate; nothing is off limits. Some bands are just more hateful than others. It's safe to say that there is a LOT of black metal with little emphasis on hatred, and more on pride, but the emotion is always there, as is all others. It's really all semantics.

Graveland/Lord Wind is much like Hammerheart era Bathory, and very pro Nordic, but ironically, it's a Polish band, and Poles suffered the most under Hitler. The guy behind it dresses in faux-chainmail and LARPs, too.  As usual, taking the Engrish lyrics seriously isn't necessary for enjoying the music, but it's helpful to know the general theme of the music to try to grasp what is trying to be expressed.

Battlecry is very tongue in cheek, and liking them is like liking Celine Dion. They're a guilty pleasure that I rarely play, but when I do, I crank it up and sing! 

[Walk]

Here's the guy behind Graveland and Lord Wind. Who cares if he's a bit nuts; if he were really going to hurt people, like Varg Vikernes, he would have done it by now.