Best CD’s of 2006

1.

DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage

2.

Beyond Fear - Beyond Fear

3.

Brother Firetribe - False Metal

4.

Mastery - Lethal Legacy

5.

Strapping Young Lad - The New Black

6.

Wig Wam - Wig Wamania

7.

Korpiklaani - Tales Along This Road

8.

Sweet Cheater - Eatin' Ain't Cheatin'

9.

Bullet For My Valentine - The Poison

10.

Mercenary - The Hours That Remain

11.

The Casualties - Under Attack

12.

Red - End Of Silence

13.

Threat Signal - Under Reprisal

14.

Mortification - Erasing The Goblin

15.

Cradle Of Filth - Thornography

16.

NOFX - Wolves In Wolves' Clothing

17.

Twisted Sister - A Twisted Christmas

18.

Leatherwolf - World Asylum

19.

House Of Lords - World Upside Down

20.

Persuader - When Eden Burns

21.

Steel Attack - Diabolic Symphony

22.

Heavenly - Virus

23.

Dimmu Borgir - Stormblast (re-recorded)

24.

Obsession - Carnival Of Lies

25.

Raunchy - Death Pop Romance

26.

Cellador - Enter Deception

27.

Firewind - Allegiance

28.

Eighteen Visions - Eighteen Visions

29.

Slayer - Christ Illusion

30.

Jesse Strange - Looking For Some Strange

31.

Bombay Black - Anger Management

32.

Divinefire - Into A New Dimension

33.

3 Mile Scream - A Prelude To Our Demise

34.

Hotwire - Devil In Disguise

35.

Finntroll - Midnattens Widunder

36.

Blind Guardian - A Twist In The Myth

37.

Dream Evil - United

38.

Mob Rules - Ethnolution A.D.

39.

Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death

40.

Warrant - Born Again

41.

Kidd Blue - Big Trouble

42.

Skid Row - Revolutions Per Minute

43.

Metal Church - A Light In The Dark

44.

Damone - Out Here All Night

45.

Beautiful Sin - The Unexpected

46.

Sadus - Out For Blood

47.

Mendeed - This War Will Last Forever

48.

Snake Eye - Ritual Instinct

49.

Desperado - Ace

50.

Krokus - Healraiser

51.

Trixie - Shelter

52.

Redkey - Rage Of Fire

53.

Randy Piper's Animal - Violent New Breed

54.

Cataract - Kingdom

55.

American Heartbreak - American Heartbreak

56.

The Haunted - The Dead Eye

57.

Bonfire - Double X

58.

The Poodles - Metal Will Stand Tall

59.

Elvenking - The Winter Wake

60.

Saint - The Mark

61.

The All Americans - Move Along

62.

Fireflight - The Healing Of Harms

63.

Three Days Grace - One X

64.

Vanize - Raw

65.

Abandoned - Thrash Notes

66.

Cryptik Howling - Vitium Intus

67.

Lordi - The Arockalypse

68.

Deadlock - Earth.Revolt

69.

Kezia - Protest The Hero

70.

Amsterdam - B.U.R.S.T.

71.

Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime II

72.

Fair Warning - Brother's Keeper

73.

Sodom - Sodom

74.

AFI - Decemberunderground

75.

Devin Townsend - Synchestra



Biggest Disappointments

1.

Hoobastank - Every Man For Himself

2.

Quiet Riot - Rehab

3.

Winger - IV

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CD's are judged 100% on musical merit—in other words, how it sounds. No consideration whatsoever is given to lyrical content, philosophical points of view, cover art or anything else.

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