So, with only a week or so left of the year, what were your favorite albums and concerts

My favorite Album of the year is a tie between Moonspell's "Memento Mori" and Bal-Sagoth's "Cthonic chronicles" Amon Amarth's "with oden on our side" is up there too.

for concerts, definatly Blind Guardian.

Best Shows: Emperor, Tool, AiC, Dweezil Zappa

that'd be cool if it was 2007.

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for albums, some of my favs are Arsis "United in Regret", Amorphis "Eclipse," Mastodon "Blood Mountain," Enslaved "Ruun", Agalloch "Ashes against the Grain," and Katatonia "Great Cold distance"

concert was either Finntroll and Sodom in Poughkeepsie NY, or Opeth and Dark Tranquillity in Hartford

hahah ooppppppppppssss 2006 is what I meant though

Fintroll/Sodom in NY
Morbid Angel @ Palladium
Katatonia @ Marks
Destruction @ The Middle East
Carnivore in CT

My favorite album is probably I-Between Two Worlds. New Katatonia ruled too. I spent 2006 reverting back to the 80s so I have no idea what happened.

I wish I made it to finntroll in New York, but I am against all travel south of Massachusetts

Normally I avoid it, but that show was not to be missed.

Ewigkeit - Conspiritus (James Fogarty AKA Jaldaboath of Meads of Asphodel)

I didn't buy a lot of new records this year, so personally I have to toss it up between Agalloch and Drudkh's Blood In Our Wells. As for concerts, I went to Wacken this year, so I can't really give a fair answer. Morbid Angel, BG, Hirax, and Suffocation-Hypocrisy-Decapitated are all up there among normal shows though.

HeavensJail said:

Jealous!

pam said:

That was an AWESOME show!

So was...

Ghoul in Brooklyn!

man this is way too hard.

I do remember liking:
American Heritage - Millarian
and
Saviors - Crucifire

My favorite shows were:
Mouth of the Architect, Intronaut, and others @ O'Brien's
Contamination Tour @ O'Brien's
Doomriders, Saviours, Young Widows, and others @ Great Scott
High on Fire @ The Middle East
Melvins @ Axis

I'm probably forgetting a few, but those all stood out.

hmmm.....best album.....man o man....thats hard...this year didnt impress me.
Id havta say Amon Amarth's new one, although, its not their best.

Best concert.....
Immolation.

FuckIsMySignature said:

How can u say you saw AiC when Staleys been dead for years now??
Was it that black guy with the jery-curl fro, singin for em?
Hes not too bad, but that aint AiC.

Disfear, Misery Index, Phobia, 9 Shocks Terror, Strong Intention, I Destroyer at Giza 5/14
Unholy Grave, Yacopsae, Sanity's Dawn, Magrudergrind, I Destroyer, Throwing Shrapnel at Redrum 6/1
Bathtub Shitter, Abhorred, Id, Suffering Bastard at 39 Troy 11/24
Converge, Some Girls, Colin of Arabia, Modern Life is War at the El 'n' Gee 11/21
Dropdead, Direct Control, Strung Up, Third Death at AS220 9/6
Providence Declares War at AS220 10/6-7

I don't know what came out this year that I was impressed with and bought for the most part. The new Third Death and Scapegoat 7"s were definitely noteworthy.

My favorite show this year would have to be Morbid Angel/Krisiun. Celtic Frost was a good show too.

As far as CD's go - I really have no intrest in new bands or albums. When I want to hear something new, I look to the past. This year I discovered the greatness of Pentagram and old Mercyful Fate - something I should have done back when I was 16 and just starting to get into metal.

to tell you the truth i really didn't buy that many cds this year [that are new 2006 releases] but i really enjoyed misery index

my favorite show probably hmmmm seeing converge at the sounds of the underground cause i didn't see them at the lido...

I hardly went to any shows this year. When I was 21 I would go to like 2 shows a week. I'm fucking ancient now and don't care that much anymore. But from what I did make it out to:
Anal Cunt/Hirax in Brooklyn
um.....Shit, the only other show I can even remember going to was Destruction at the Middle East. I know I saw a few others but I can't think of them right now.....Oh yeah, Watchmaker in Lowell was pretty good.

The only 2006 release I got was the Pentagram demos CD Vol. 2.

Shows:
Trans-siberian Orchestra (even though its on the 27th)
Maiden

Albums:
Mercenary - "Hours That Remain"
Amon Amarth - "With Oden on Our Side"
Suidakra - "Caledonia"
Cloudscape - "Crimson Skies"
Suffocation - "s/t"
Anaal Nathrakh - "Eschaton"
Shadow of the Colossus Game OST "Wander of the Colossus"

Shows:

Despised Icon at the Ashland Fish and Games in January
Ion Dissonance in February in CT
Architect at the Woburn church in February
Mutilated at the QVCC in April
The two Devourment shows in May in NY
Slayer in June at the Tsongas
Shai Hulud at Roman’s in June
Suffocation at Mark's Show Place in July
Dehumanized in the Garage in Marlborough July
Isis/Zombi at the Middle East in (August?)
The Final Battle in Nashua in September
Converge/Modern Life Is War at Club Lido in December
(I’m missing a bunch…I know…)

Albums:
(In no order at all)

Gaza – I Don’t Care Where I Go When I Die
Amon Amarth – With Oden...
Suffocation – S/T
Heaven Shall Burn – Deaf To Our Prayers
Converge – No Hereos
Goatwhore – A Haunting Curse
Devourment – Butcher The Weak (re-release)
Cannibal Corpse – Kill (This album was alright)
Gutteral Secrete – Reek of Pubescent Despoilment

(Non-metal albums worth mentioning)
Umbrellas – Illuminaire
Jesu – Silver
Placebo – Meds

Mouth of the Architect's The Ties That Blind is my top pick of 2006.

Biggest letdown goes to ISIS - In the Absence of Truth

Best show I attended this year was Megadeth. So many classics, all played flawlessly.

Hmmm, for concerts definitely Maiden in October, with Blind Guardian and Coheed up there too. Agalloch gets album of the year for me, with The Prize Fighter Inferno debut and the new Maiden getting honorable mentions.