Top 20 releases for 2006:

  1. Jon Oliva's Pain - 'Maniacal Renderings'

  2. Iron Maiden - 'A Matter Of Life And Death'

  3. In Flames - 'Come Clarity'

  4. Pyramaze - 'Legend Of The Bone Carver'

  5. Circle II Circle-  'Burden Of Truth'

  6. Divinefire - 'Into A New Dimension'

  7. Paul Stanley - 'Live To Win'

  8. Angra - 'Aurora Consurgens'

  9. Narnia - 'Enter The Gate'

  10. Edguy - 'Rocket Ride'

  11. Communic - 'Waves Of Visual Decay'

  12. Bloodbound - 'Nosferatu'

  13. Dream Evil - 'United'

  14. Firewind - 'Allegiance'

  15. Blind Guardian - 'A Twist In The Myth'

  16. Rhapsody Of Fire - 'Triumph or Agony'

  17. Jorn - 'The Duke'

  18. Veni Domine - '23:59'

  19. Wig Wam - 'Wig Wamania'

  20. Hammerfall - 'Threshold'

Runners up:

 

Temple Of Blood - 'Prepare For The Judgement Of Mankind'

Vanden Plas - 'Christ 0'

Saint - 'The Mark'

Liberty N' Justice - 'Soundtrack Of A Soul'

Place Of Skulls - 'The Black Is Never Far'

Lordi - 'The Arockalypse'

Vicious Rumors - 'Warball'

Mortification - 'Erasing The Goblin'

My Silent Wake - 'Shadow Of Sorrow'

Drottnar - 'Welterwerk'

Leatherwolf - 'World Asylum'

Biggest disappointments:

Kiske - Kiske