Wednesday, January 03, 2007

TOP 5 METAL ALBUMS OF 2006





5. Christ Illusion—Slayer
An excellent offering from the pioneers of speedy thrash. Tracks to watch out for: Supremist, Eyes of the Insane and Jihad.



4. A Twist in the Myth-Blind Guardian
Not as excellent as Nightfall in Middle Earth or Imaginations from the Other Side but an excellent album nonetheless. Otherland, Fly, Turn The Page & Another Stranger Me.


3. Blood Mountain-Mastodon
Critically acclaimed the World over, regarded by many as the Metal Album of the year and Mastodon’s best to date. The music here is not as in your face as other death metal acts. It’s more progressive, and requires adequate listening sessions. The music grows on you, like hell!! Tracks to watch out for; The Wolf is Loose, Colony of Birchmen & Crystal Skull.



2. As Daylight Dies-Killswitch Engage
Killswitch Engage is one of my favourite new age death metal(they’re branded as metalcore though) acts. Their inimitable mixing of melody with harsh riffs leaves you spellbound. The End Of Hearache was an excellent album and As Daylight Dies is a great album! Tracks to watch out for; Break The Silence, Still Beats Your Name, My Curse, Reject Yourself, Eye Of The Storm(This is KSE’s best song to date).

1. Sacrament-Lamb Of God
I’ve done the review on my Yahoo 360 page.http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-2431UZ0ibqirWpEnO0Gv_KqJew--;_ylt=AnkBJ0n0LHP2.bgXHOD2nAu0AOJ3?cq=1 So I’ll just say that this is a MUST HAVE album for all fans of the Rock/Metal genre. It’s a classic…has everything. Tracks; Redneck, Descending, Beating On Death’s Door, Walk With Me In Hell. FYI; Redneck is nominated for a Grammy in the best metal performance category.

P.S.--Fallout From The War-Shadows Fall was the biggest disappointment of the year.

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