The Best Metal Albums of 2006

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
51	Iron Maiden A Matter of Life and Death	Aug 28, 2006	83.7	44	7
52	Children Of Bodom Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout Live [Live]	Oct 11, 2006	87.1	20	1
53	Sodom Sodom	Apr 21, 2006	88.3	15	2
54	Seventh Wonder Waiting in the Wings	Aug 24, 2006	88.7	13	2
55	Jorn The Duke	Feb 24, 2006	92.8	5	0
56	Katatonia The Great Cold Distance	Mar 13, 2006	88.2	14	1
57	Lifelover Pulver	2006	87.3	17	2
58	Wuthering Heights The Shadow Cabinet	Oct 27, 2006	90.5	8	2
59	Abysmal Torment Epoch of Methodic Carnage	Feb 28, 2006	89	11	0
60	Deicide The Stench of Redemption	Aug 21, 2006	85.9	22	2
61	Beautiful Sin The Unexpected	May 19, 2006	89.3	10	0
62	The Poodles Metal Will Stand Tall	May 10, 2006	87.8	14	1
63	Saturnus Veronika Decides to Die	May 3, 2006	88.8	11	1
64	Blind Guardian A Twist in the Myth	Sep 5, 2006	85.6	23	2
65	Light This City Facing the Thousand	Sep 19, 2006	93	4	1
66	Firewind Allegiance	Jul 24, 2006	85.6	22	2
67	Circle II Circle Burden of Truth	Oct 13, 2006	92	5	1
68	Slayer Christ Illusion	Aug 8, 2006	82.5	44	2
69	Downhell At the End of Death	May 25, 2006	85.1	24	1
70	Sonata Arctica For the Sake of Revenge [Live]	Mar 31, 2006	87.9	12	3
71	Dragonforce Inhuman Rampage	Jan 9, 2006	81.3	54	1
72	Meshuggah Nothing	Oct 31, 2006	86.3	17	0
73	Bishop of Hexen The Nightmarish Compositions	Jun 23, 2006	88.9	9	2
74	Endless Dismal Moan Lord of Nightmare	Apr 2006	91.4	5	1
75	Pyramaze Legend of the Bone Carver	Feb 20, 2006	89.7	7	0
76	Europe Secret Society	Oct 30, 2006	93.3	3	0
77	Waco Jesus Receptive When Beaten	Sep 2006	91.8	4	1
78	Epheles Souviens-Toi	Mar 31, 2006	90.8	5	2
79	Legion of the Damned Malevolent Rapture	Jan 6, 2006	90	6	0
80	Decapitated Organic Hallucinosis	2006	90	6	0
81	Adagio Dominate	Mar 27, 2006	86	14	2
82	Amesoeurs Ruines Humaines [EP]	Oct 6, 2006	87.9	9	1
83	Obscura Retribution	Aug 2006	87.9	9	0
84	To/Die/For Wounds Wide Open	Oct 4, 2006	90.4	5	0
85	Trist Stíny	2006	91.3	4	1
86	Method Survival Ov the Fittest	Feb 16, 2006	86.9	11	1
87	Marty Friedman Loudspeaker	Jun 28, 2006	86.1	13	1
88	Tenacious D The Pick of Destiny	Nov 23, 2006	88.6	7	0
89	Breaking Benjamin Phobia	Aug 8, 2006	88.6	7	0
90	Joe Satriani Super Colossal	Mar 10, 2006	91.7	3	1
91	Kiko Loureiro Universo Inverso	Sep 23, 2006	88.7	6	0
92	Yakuza Samsara	Mar 21, 2006	91.7	3	0
93	Rhapsody of Fire Triumph or Agony	Sep 25, 2006	80.7	38	5
94	Jesu Silver [EP]	Apr 11, 2006	89.2	5	0
95	MyGrain Orbit Dance	Apr 12, 2006	85	13	1
96	Violator Chemical Assault	Oct 1, 2006	88.3	6	0
97	As Blood Runs Black Allegiance	Jun 6, 2006	86.9	8	1
98	Celtic Frost Monotheist	May 29, 2006	85.1	12	0
99	Mgla Presence [EP]	Jan 30, 2006	87.4	7	2
100	Keep of Kalessin Armada	Mar 27, 2006	89.8	4	1

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