{"id":1697006,"date":"2026-01-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1697006"},"modified":"2026-01-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:00:00","slug":"poll-what-was-the-best-rock-metal-album-of-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1697006","title":{"rendered":"Poll: What Was The Best Rock &amp; Metal Album Of 2006?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"zox-post-body left zoxrel zox100\">\n<div id=\"8103\"><\/div>\n<p>Did anyone else forget just how unhinged 2006 was for rock and metal? Because laying it all out feels less like nostalgia and more like staring into an impossibly stacked festival lineup that somehow lasted an entire year.<\/p>\n<p>Across metalcore, death metal, black metal, prog, sludge, hard rock and mainstream alt, 2006 wasn\u2019t just strong \u2014 it was absurdly deep. Established legends dropped late-career classics, underground scenes exploded into the mainstream, and future headliners announced themselves with albums that still dominate playlists, pits and \u201cbest of\u201d debates nearly two decades later.<\/p>\n<p>Which brings us to the impossible question: what was the best rock or metal album of 2006? Vote below and we&#8217;ll tally up the results in a big ol&#8217; list next Tuesday!<\/p>\n<div class=\"gf_browser_chrome gform_wrapper gform-theme gform-theme--foundation gform-theme--framework gform-theme--orbital\" data-form-theme=\"orbital\" data-form-index=\"0\" id=\"gform_wrapper_217\">\n<div class=\"gform-body gform_body\">\n<div id=\"gform_fields_217\" class=\"gform_fields top_label form_sublabel_below description_below validation_below\">\n<fieldset id=\"field_217_3\" class=\"gfield gfield--type-radio gfield--type-choice gfield--input-type-radio field_sublabel_below gfield--no-description field_description_below field_validation_below gfield_visibility_visible advgb-dyn-d41d8cd9\">\n<legend class=\"gfield_label gform-field-label\">Untitled<\/legend>\n<div class=\"ginput_container ginput_container_radio\">\n<div class=\"gfield_radio\" id=\"input_217_3\">\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_0\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_0\" id=\"label_217_3_0\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">The Acacia Strain \u2013 The Dead Walk<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_1\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_1\" id=\"label_217_3_1\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Agalloch \u2013 Ashes Against the Grain<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_2\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_2\" id=\"label_217_3_2\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Ahab \u2013 The Call of the Wretched Sea<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_3\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_3\" id=\"label_217_3_3\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Akercocke \u2013 Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_4\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_4\" id=\"label_217_3_4\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">All Shall Perish \u2013 The Price of Existence<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_5\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_5\" id=\"label_217_3_5\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">All That Remains \u2013 The Fall of Ideals<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_6\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_6\" id=\"label_217_3_6\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Amon Amarth \u2013 With Oden on Our Side<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_7\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_7\" id=\"label_217_3_7\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Amorphis \u2013 Eclipse<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_8\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_8\" id=\"label_217_3_8\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Anata \u2013 The Conductor&#8217;s Departure<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_9\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_9\" id=\"label_217_3_9\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Angra \u2013 Aurora Consurgens<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_10\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_10\" id=\"label_217_3_10\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Arsis \u2013 United in Regret<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_11\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_11\" id=\"label_217_3_11\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">As Blood Runs Black \u2013 Allegiance<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_12\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_12\" id=\"label_217_3_12\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Atreyu \u2013 A Death-Grip on Yesterday<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_13\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_13\" id=\"label_217_3_13\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Audioslave \u2013 Revelations<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_14\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_14\" id=\"label_217_3_14\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Black Label Society \u2013 Shot to Hell<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_15\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_15\" id=\"label_217_3_15\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Blinded Colony \u2013 Bedtime Prayers<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_16\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_16\" id=\"label_217_3_16\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Blind Guardian \u2013 A Twist in the Myth<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_17\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_17\" id=\"label_217_3_17\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Body Count \u2013 Murder 4 Hire<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_18\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_18\" id=\"label_217_3_18\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Borknagar \u2013 Origin<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_19\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_19\" id=\"label_217_3_19\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Breaking Benjamin \u2013 Phobia<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_20\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_20\" id=\"label_217_3_20\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Bring Me the Horizon \u2013 Count Your Blessings<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_21\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_21\" id=\"label_217_3_21\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Buckethead \u2013 Crime Slunk Scene<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_22\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_22\" id=\"label_217_3_22\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Buckethead \u2013 The Elephant Man&#8217;s Alarm Clock<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_23\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_23\" id=\"label_217_3_23\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Caliban \u2013 The Undying Darkness<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_24\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_24\" id=\"label_217_3_24\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Cannibal Corpse \u2013 Kill<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_25\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_25\" id=\"label_217_3_25\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Cattle Decapitation \u2013 Karma.Bloody.Karma<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_26\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_26\" id=\"label_217_3_26\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Cellador \u2013 Enter Deception<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_27\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_27\" id=\"label_217_3_27\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Celtic Frost \u2013 Monotheist<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_28\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_28\" id=\"label_217_3_28\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Chrome Division \u2013 Doomsday Rock &#8216;n Roll<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_29\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_29\" id=\"label_217_3_29\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Converge \u2013 No Heroes<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_30\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_30\" id=\"label_217_3_30\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Cradle of Filth \u2013 Thornography<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_31\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_31\" id=\"label_217_3_31\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Darkthrone \u2013 The Cult Is Alive<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_32\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_32\" id=\"label_217_3_32\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Daughters \u2013 Hell Songs<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_33\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_33\" id=\"label_217_3_33\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Dead to Fall \u2013 The Phoenix Throne<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_34\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_34\" id=\"label_217_3_34\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Decapitated \u2013 Organic Hallucinosis<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_35\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_35\" id=\"label_217_3_35\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Deftones \u2013 Saturday Night Wrist<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_36\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_36\" id=\"label_217_3_36\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Deicide \u2013 The Stench of Redemption<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_37\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_37\" id=\"label_217_3_37\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">The Devil Wears Prada \u2013 Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_38\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_38\" id=\"label_217_3_38\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Diablo Swing Orchestra \u2013 The Butcher&#8217;s Ballroom<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_39\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_39\" id=\"label_217_3_39\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Disarmonia Mundi \u2013 Mind Tricks<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_40\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_40\" id=\"label_217_3_40\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Dissection \u2013 Reinkaos<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_41\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_41\" id=\"label_217_3_41\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Dismember \u2013 The God That Never Was<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_42\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_42\" id=\"label_217_3_42\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">DragonForce \u2013 Inhuman Rampage<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_43\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_43\" id=\"label_217_3_43\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Dream Evil \u2013 United<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_44\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_44\" id=\"label_217_3_44\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Dream Theater \u2013 Score<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_45\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_45\" id=\"label_217_3_45\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Drudkh \u2013 Blood in Our Wells<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_46\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_46\" id=\"label_217_3_46\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Dry Kill Logic \u2013 Of Vengeance and Violence<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_47\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_47\" id=\"label_217_3_47\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Edguy \u2013 Rocket Ride<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_48\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_48\" id=\"label_217_3_48\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Eluveitie \u2013 Spirit<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_49\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_49\" id=\"label_217_3_49\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Enslaved \u2013 Ruun<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_50\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_50\" id=\"label_217_3_50\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Evanescence \u2013 The Open Door<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_51\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_51\" id=\"label_217_3_51\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Evergrey \u2013 Monday Morning Apocalypse<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_52\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_52\" id=\"label_217_3_52\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">The Faceless \u2013 Akeldama<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_53\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_53\" id=\"label_217_3_53\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Ghoul \u2013 Splatterthrash<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_54\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_54\" id=\"label_217_3_54\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">God Dethroned \u2013 The Toxic Touch<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_55\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_55\" id=\"label_217_3_55\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Godsmack \u2013 IV<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_56\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_56\" id=\"label_217_3_56\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Gorod \u2013 Leading Vision<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_57\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_57\" id=\"label_217_3_57\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Grave \u2013 As Rapture Comes<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_58\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_58\" id=\"label_217_3_58\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">HammerFall \u2013 Threshold<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_59\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_59\" id=\"label_217_3_59\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">The Haunted \u2013 The Dead Eye<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_60\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_60\" id=\"label_217_3_60\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Hatebreed \u2013 Supremacy<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_61\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_61\" id=\"label_217_3_61\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Heaven Shall Burn \u2013 Deaf to Our Prayers<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_62\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_62\" id=\"label_217_3_62\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Himsa \u2013 Hail Horror<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_63\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_63\" id=\"label_217_3_63\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">The Human Abstract \u2013 Nocturne<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_64\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_64\" id=\"label_217_3_64\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Ihsahn \u2013 The Adversary<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_65\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_65\" id=\"label_217_3_65\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Illdisposed \u2013 Burn Me Wicked<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_66\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_66\" id=\"label_217_3_66\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">In Flames \u2013 Come Clarity<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_67\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_67\" id=\"label_217_3_67\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Insomnium \u2013 Above the Weeping World<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_68\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_68\" id=\"label_217_3_68\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Into Eternity \u2013 The Scattering of Ashes<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_69\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_69\" id=\"label_217_3_69\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Iron Maiden \u2013 A Matter of Life and Death<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_70\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_70\" id=\"label_217_3_70\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">ISIS \u2013 In the Absence of Truth<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_71\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_71\" id=\"label_217_3_71\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">It Dies Today \u2013 Sirens<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_72\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_72\" id=\"label_217_3_72\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Jesu \u2013 Silver<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_73\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_73\" id=\"label_217_3_73\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Kalmah \u2013 The Black Waltz<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_74\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_74\" id=\"label_217_3_74\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Kataklysm \u2013 In the Arms of Devastation<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_75\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_75\" id=\"label_217_3_75\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Katatonia \u2013 The Great Cold Distance<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_76\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_76\" id=\"label_217_3_76\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Killing Joke \u2013 Hosannas from the Basements of Hell<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_77\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_77\" id=\"label_217_3_77\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Killswitch Engage \u2013 As Daylight Dies<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_78\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_78\" id=\"label_217_3_78\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Krisiun \u2013 AssassiNation<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_79\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_79\" id=\"label_217_3_79\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Kylesa \u2013 Time Will Fuse Its Worth<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_80\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_80\" id=\"label_217_3_80\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Lacuna Coil \u2013 Karmacode<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_81\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_81\" id=\"label_217_3_81\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Lamb of God \u2013 Sacrament<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_82\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_82\" id=\"label_217_3_82\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Light This City \u2013 Facing the Thousand<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_83\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_83\" id=\"label_217_3_83\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Lordi \u2013 The Arockalypse<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_84\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_84\" id=\"label_217_3_84\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Martyr \u2013 Feeding the Abscess<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_85\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_85\" id=\"label_217_3_85\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Mastodon \u2013 Blood Mountain<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_86\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_86\" id=\"label_217_3_86\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Melechesh \u2013 Emissaries<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_87\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_87\" id=\"label_217_3_87\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Mercenary \u2013 The Hours That Remain<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_88\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_88\" id=\"label_217_3_88\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Metal Church \u2013 A Light in the Dark<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_89\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_89\" id=\"label_217_3_89\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Ministry \u2013 Rio Grande Blood<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_90\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_90\" id=\"label_217_3_90\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Misery Index \u2013 Discordia<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_91\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_91\" id=\"label_217_3_91\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Misery Signals \u2013 Mirrors<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_92\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_92\" id=\"label_217_3_92\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Moonspell \u2013 Memorial<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_93\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_93\" id=\"label_217_3_93\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Mot\u00f6rhead \u2013 Kiss of Death<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_94\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_94\" id=\"label_217_3_94\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Mushroomhead \u2013 Savior Sorrow<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_95\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_95\" id=\"label_217_3_95\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">My Dying Bride \u2013 A Line of Deathless Kings<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_96\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_96\" id=\"label_217_3_96\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">myGRAIN \u2013 Orbit Dance<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_97\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_97\" id=\"label_217_3_97\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Napalm Death \u2013 Smear Campaign<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_98\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_98\" id=\"label_217_3_98\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Necrophobic \u2013 Hrimthursum<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_99\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_99\" id=\"label_217_3_99\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Nocturnal Rites \u2013 Grand Illusion<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_100\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_100\" id=\"label_217_3_100\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Norma Jean \u2013 Redeemer<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_101\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_101\" id=\"label_217_3_101\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Norther \u2013 Till Death Unites Us<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_102\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_102\" id=\"label_217_3_102\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">OSI \u2013 Free<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_103\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_103\" id=\"label_217_3_103\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Outworld \u2013 Outworld<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_104\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_104\" id=\"label_217_3_104\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">P.O.D. \u2013 Testify<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_105\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_105\" id=\"label_217_3_105\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Phobia \u2013 Cruel<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_106\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_106\" id=\"label_217_3_106\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Prototype \u2013 Continuum<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_107\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_107\" id=\"label_217_3_107\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Psycroptic \u2013 Symbols of Failure<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_108\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_108\" id=\"label_217_3_108\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Queensr\u00ffche \u2013 Operation: Mindcrime II<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_109\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_109\" id=\"label_217_3_109\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Raunchy \u2013 Death Pop Romance<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_110\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_110\" id=\"label_217_3_110\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Red \u2013 End of Silence<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_111\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_111\" id=\"label_217_3_111\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Red Sparowes \u2013 Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_112\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_112\" id=\"label_217_3_112\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Russian Circles \u2013 Enter<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_113\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_113\" id=\"label_217_3_113\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Sabaton \u2013 Attero Dominatus<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_114\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_114\" id=\"label_217_3_114\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Sadus \u2013 Out for Blood<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_115\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_115\" id=\"label_217_3_115\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Satyricon \u2013 Now, Diabolical<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_116\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_116\" id=\"label_217_3_116\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Scar Symmetry \u2013 Pitch Black Progress<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_117\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_117\" id=\"label_217_3_117\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Sepultura \u2013 Dante XXI<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_118\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_118\" id=\"label_217_3_118\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">SikTh \u2013 Death of a Dead Day<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_119\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_119\" id=\"label_217_3_119\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Skinless \u2013 Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_120\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_120\" id=\"label_217_3_120\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Skid Row \u2013 Revolutions per Minute<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_121\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_121\" id=\"label_217_3_121\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Slayer \u2013 Christ Illusion<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_122\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_122\" id=\"label_217_3_122\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Sodom \u2013 Sodom<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_123\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_123\" id=\"label_217_3_123\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Solefald \u2013 Black for Death: An Icelandic Odyssey, Pt. 2<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_124\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_124\" id=\"label_217_3_124\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Solitude Aeturnus \u2013 Alone<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_125\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_125\" id=\"label_217_3_125\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Spawn of Possession \u2013 Noctambulant<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_126\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_126\" id=\"label_217_3_126\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Strapping Young Lad \u2013 The New Black<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_127\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_127\" id=\"label_217_3_127\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Stone Sour \u2013 Come What(ever) May<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_128\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_128\" id=\"label_217_3_128\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Summoning \u2013 Oath Bound<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_129\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_129\" id=\"label_217_3_129\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Suidakra \u2013 Caledonia<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_130\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_130\" id=\"label_217_3_130\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Sunn O))) \u2013 Altar<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_131\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_131\" id=\"label_217_3_131\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Sworn Enemy \u2013 The Beginning of the End<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_132\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_132\" id=\"label_217_3_132\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">The Sword \u2013 Age of Winters<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_133\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_133\" id=\"label_217_3_133\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Theatre of Tragedy \u2013 Storm<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_134\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_134\" id=\"label_217_3_134\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Terrorizer \u2013 Darker Days Ahead<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_135\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_135\" id=\"label_217_3_135\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Textures \u2013 Drawing Circles<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_136\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_136\" id=\"label_217_3_136\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Threat Signal \u2013 Under Reprisal<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_137\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_137\" id=\"label_217_3_137\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Three Days Grace \u2013 One-X<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_138\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_138\" id=\"label_217_3_138\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Tool \u2013 10,000 Days<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_139\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_139\" id=\"label_217_3_139\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Trivium \u2013 The Crusade<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_140\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_140\" id=\"label_217_3_140\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">T\u00fdr \u2013 Ragnarok<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_141\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_141\" id=\"label_217_3_141\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Underoath \u2013 Define the Great Line<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_142\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_142\" id=\"label_217_3_142\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Unearth \u2013 III: In the Eyes of Fire<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_143\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_143\" id=\"label_217_3_143\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Unexpect \u2013 In a Flesh Aquarium<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_144\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_144\" id=\"label_217_3_144\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Vader \u2013 Impressions in Blood<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_145\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_145\" id=\"label_217_3_145\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Voivod \u2013 Katorz<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_146\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_146\" id=\"label_217_3_146\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Walls of Jericho \u2013 With Devils Amongst Us All<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_147\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_147\" id=\"label_217_3_147\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Warbringer \u2013 One By One, The Wicked Fall<\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"gchoice gchoice_217_3_148\"><label for=\"choice_217_3_148\" id=\"label_217_3_148\" class=\"gform-field-label gform-field-label--type-inline\">Witchery \u2013 Don&#8217;t Fear the Reaper<\/label><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/fieldset>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gform-footer gform_footer top_label\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zox-post-body left zoxrel zox100\"><strong>Want More Metal? 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