The 2006 Ultimate Guitar Readers Poll: A Bit Of The Old, A Lot Of The New

Ultimate Guitar readers loved their Chili Peppers.

You exercised your right to vote for the most awe-inspiring album of the year, and we shall not make you wait any longer for the results. With over 10,000 votes submitted to the 2006 Ultimate Guitar Reader’s Poll, a little of everything was represented, from metalcore or emo to progressive rock. There were a few bands, however, that definitely seemed to appeal to the majority – one which has been infatuated with using “California” in its song lyrics, and the other a bit enamored with that old favorite, death.

At the end of the counting, veteran rockers The Red Hot Chili Peppers came out ahead of all the rest with its double-album Stadium Arcadium. Pulling in 611 votes, the Chili Peppers proved yet again that they are not going anywhere. And for all of you who had a fondness for My Chemical Romance’s The Black Parade? You fought the good fight, losing by less than 100 votes.

And now for your list of winners…

01. Stadium Arcadium – The Red Hot Chili Peppers (611 votes)

After over 20 years in the music business, the Chili Peppers have proven they have just as much staying power as U2. The band’s 1st double album Stadium Arcadium, which just recently garnered 6 Grammy Award nominations, focuses more on a low-key Peppers’ style (some might use the dreaded adjective “mature”) versus its more over-the-top funkadelic days. While it may not live up to the legendary status of Blood Sugar Sex Magik, the 28-track Stadium Arcadium is still jam-packed with a number of likely hit singles.

02. The Black Parade – My Chemical Romance (517 votes)

While the Chili Peppers might have taken the top spot in the UG poll, The Black Parade was the most intriguing My Chemical Romance release to date. The concept album that vocalist Gerard Way called “completely over the top, borderline psychotic” leads listeners through a cancer victims’ understanding of life and death. Although the slightly morbid topic adds to the drama, it is the music that made the biggest impression here. And who knows, MCR might just have pulled off what many deemed impossible: proving that it is much more than just an emo band.

03. The Crusade – Trivium (380 votes)

Trivium did a risky thing this year by tackling a fresh, less scream-filled style. Although a different turn for the band, the new sound has not seemed to dissuade the majority of fans from embracing the band’s latest release, The Crusade. It’s hard not to be in awe of the amazing guitar work of Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu, which once again played a prominent role on the band’s 3rd record. Some debate has risen about Heafy’s Metallica-sounding vocals (which seems to be fulfilling the band’s desire to be “the next Metallica”), and some fans just couldn’t handle the departure from the usual sing-scream format. Standing at #3 on the UG poll, however, Trivium has obviously maintained a huge portion of its fan base.

04. Decemberunderground – AFI (282 votes)

Like Trivium (although in no way are the two bands musically similar), AFI also received some backlash from its diehard fans with the release of Decemberunderground. AFI had been known for its earlier punk-driven songs, so recording the more pop-friendly songs on Decemberunderground was a risky move. Fortunately, most of AFI’s fans (some of which were lucky enough to be chosen as back-up “chanters” on “Miss Murder”) found the new synth-experimentation to be yet another brilliant move for the California natives.

05. A Matter Of Life And Death – Iron Maiden (227 votes)

Iron Maiden’s influence has entered so many aspects of today’s metal that it seemed appropriate for the iconic band to have a bit of its own music out in the present music scene. Probably the biggest indicator of the band’s influence was shown during the opening week that A Matter Of Life And Death was released: It became the 1st album to become a top-10 Billboard chart hit for the British icons. With each song averaging over 7 minutes long, the record features classic work from vocalist Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Steve Harris. While it’s not quite as classic as Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, A Matter Of Life And Death definitely still deserves its rightful place in the UG Top 10.

06. Sacrament – Lamb of God (193 votes)

Recently named “Album of the Year” by Revolver Magazine, Sacrament impressed plenty in 2006, particularly when it came to the guitar work from Mark Morton and Willie Adler. Sacrament represents the band at its best, and you should definitely pick up the deluxe edition with DVD if you haven’t already. You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at the songwriting process between Morton and Adler, who each have distinct styles that they add to LOG. When you throw in the trademark roar and grim lyrics by vocalist Randy Blythe, the songs on Sacrament are not easily forgotten.

07. 10,000 Days – Tool (184 votes)

Tool has always been known for its intricate and complex musical compositions, and 10,000 Days satisfied this expectation in full. The latest record opened to mixed reviews, primarily from critics, but it still features a variety of classic Tool sounds – from drummer Danny Carey’s ornate percussion to vocalist Maynard James Keenan’s emotionally-charged vocals. “The Pot” and “Jambi” are up there with the likes of “Sober,” and the musicianship has never been better. The angrier days of Tool are passing rapidly, opening up the way for a more reflective (“Wings For Marie”) and often ritualistic (“Lipan Conjuring”) sound. 10,000 Days might be a bit too extreme for the casual rock listener, but many diehard Tool fans have called it yet another masterpiece.

08. Black Holes And Revelations – Muse (145 votes)

The band that has a seamless way of intertwining indie rock, electronica, and classical music makes its mark at #8 on the UG poll. While the band has been critics’ darling for a while now, Black Holes And Revelations found a place with fans alike this time around. With vocalist Matthew Bellamy sounding like Radiohead’s Thom Yorke at times, his extensive vocal range enables Muse’s songs to have a bit more depth than plenty of other new releases. The result is a synth-fused rock extravaganza with undeniably catchy melodies.

09. Light Grenades – Incubus (135 votes)

If it wasn’t common knowledge before, Incubus’ popularity was confirmed in November when Light Grenades debuted at the top of the Billboard charts. Granted, the total albums sold was still quite a bit less than the 2001 release Morning View, but it still has plenty of tracks that could cause the same stir as “Wish You Were Here.” Brandon Boyd’s vocal work has never been stronger and could easily be called one of the best rock singers in the business today.

10. City Of Evil – Avenged Sevenfold (129 votes)

Avenged Sevenfold has a whole slew of new fans now that “The Beast And The Harlot” has been immortalized in Guitar Hero II. Of course, legions of AS fans knew that the band was always destined to overtake the masses. City Of Evil takes a step toward classic hard rock/metal with an abundance of harmonic guitar solos that would make Iron Maiden and Judas Priest proud. Even Guitar World Magazine ranked City Of Evil as the 63rd greatest guitar album of all time. Yes, you should buy this album now.

Honorable Mentions

Before you start throwing your computer monitor out the window because your favorite 2006 release didn’t make the cut, there are a few more records that came very close to joining the Top 10. These records are indeed honorable mentions, most specifically Wolfmother, which lost out on tying for 10th place by one vote. Ouch.

The Honorable Mentions:

Wolfmother – Wolfmother (128 votes)

Blood Mountain – Mastodon (116 votes)

Christ Illusion – Slayer (102 votes)

As Daylight Dies – Killswitch Engage (96 votes)

Revelations – Audioslave (82 votes)

Pearl Jam – Pearl Jam (80 votes)

The Great Burrito Extortion Case – Bowling For Soup (79 votes)

The Sufferer And The Witness – Rise Against (77 votes)

The Poison – Bullet For My Valentine (75 votes)

Inhuman Rampage – Dragonforce (73 votes)

Amy Kelly @ 2006. For Ultimate-Guitar Holiday Edition.

POSTED: 12/23/2006 - 06:35 am

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Mastodon's Blood Mountain is an amazing CD. What a pity they haven't got a place in the Top 3!!!

[tpot06]

Good to see chili peppers on top! That album would have been a pure classic if it was only 12 or so songs IMO.

[buckethead_jr]

woah, the iron maiden one was the only decent album on this list IMO.
where's teh Gilbert?

[johlin]

Oh no. What exactly is good with the My Chemical Romance-cd? I must have missed something.

[frankv]

at least wolfmother, audioslave and pearl jam made it in the top 20, that's higher than i expected with all the metalheads around

[MidnightHours]

I didn't expect trivium to be on last list, let alone in the third position. At first I liked the the crusade a lot, but now it seems that only three or fours songs are keeping it from being left in the back of my cd booklet. My chemical romance should not be in the second spot, and I don't feel like getting into why. Although it's not their best work, I'm happy to see afi on the list. They've been in the business for like what, over fifteen years, and seem to be getting bigger with each album.

[ShoeFaceBass]

Aye, its a pity about Blood Mountain, its amazing. Tool and Lamb Of God should of definatley been higher in the list, they are both amazing albums

[Kikuta]

I concur johlin. What is this shit with Tool and Lamb of God not being at the top? EH!?

Frankv, wolfmother are fail. The other two are fine, but take it from a real Australian - those guys are an insult to our country. Fucking rats.

[sebastian_96]

AFI.....*tear*....thats just sad

good too see RHCP on top....lovin' it.

You can be sure the new Megadeth album will be #1 next year. :P

[the_guy]

muse should be ahead of my chem, definately

[chylde_of_fire]

'...guitarist Steve Harris'
Eh?

[Dr. Metal Head]

I agree with RHCP being #1, but Pearl Jam not being on there and Iron Maiden being farther down hurts.

[clazz]

I expected Muse to be higher. MCR and Muse are my favourites on that list, RHCP's is pretty good as well.

I need to check out Incubus' album.

Nobody else loves Mudhoney's new album as much as me

Love for Muse and Pearl Jam's albums too though

[Shredboy]

MCR? IN THE TOP 10?!?!?! WHAT THE HELL!!!!!
theyve gone from half decent emo rockers to pop princesses trying to get well known. Bugger

[Dr. No]

I agree with #1, but no Audioslave in top 10?

[epy]

I voted John Mayor and Tom Waits

[AvrilFanUK]

It's true Brandon Boyd is one of the best singers out there! I'm glad he is getting recognition for that!

[johlin]

This is my top 10 for the past year.
#1: Mew - And The Glass Handed Knites.
#2: The Boy Least Likely To - The Best Party Ever.
#3: Death Cab For Cutie - Plans.
#4: In Flames - Come Clarity.
#5: I'm From Barcelona - Let Me Introduce My Friends.
#6: Placebo - Meds.
#7: Tapes 'N Tapes - The Loon.
#8: Band Of Horses - Everything All the Time.
#9: The Zutons - Tired of Hanging Around.
#9.5: Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.
#10: Dirty Pretty Things - Waterloo To Anywhere.

[randyrhoads...]

alexisonfire FTW amazing CD, and maidn should be wayyyy higher and the pearl jam one ways pretty decent IMO

[Forced In]

I'm surprised to see AFI at 4, I didn't realise they had that many fans here.

[eggo_boi_15]

we need to see more bands like dragonforce and children of bodom in the charts.
METAL TO THE MASSES

[boyan89]

i voted for Trivium and they got 3rd and the albums on the bands on there that are awesome are Trivium,Red Hot Chili Peppers,My Chemical Romance(no emo),AFI,Iron Maiden,Avenged Sevenfold,and all the albums in the top 20

[boyan89]

wait no i meant that the albums that werent in the top 10 the remaining albums on the bottom where it doesnt show the cover it just says the name,the artist and votes

[shugo449]

Sufferer and te witness should of been up there, at least its an honorable mention

[jeowy]

if its based on musical quality and melodic and intelligent guitar work, then i think the top 8 should have been:

1) Black holes and revelations - muse
2) as daylight dies - Killswitch engage
3) The Crusade - Trivium
4) The black parade - My chemical romance
5) City of evil - Avenged sevenfold
6) a matter of life and death - iron maiden
7) inhuman rampage - Dragonforce
8) the poison - bullet for my valentine

but if it was based on talent in the lead guitar, then:

1) Inhuman Rampage
2) The posion (call these guys emo all you want, the lead guitarist is amazing)
3) a matter of life and death

but if it was based on sheer style, coolness, innovativeness, catchiness, etc, then:

1) The Black parade
2) Light Grenades
3) Black Holes and Revelations

and has anyone else spotted that SLAYER got the THIRTEENTH spot? SLAYER! 13! ITS A SIGN!

[jallas]

Muuseeeee

[jeowy]

i think muse deserved to be number 1... they have everything, unique style, talented musicianship, commitment to their music, catchy riffs (but not in a selling-out, pop-punk way), clever lyrics... everything

[bush_slayer_07]

hmmmm this list makes me question you all alot

[Fi-Fi]

WHY??? why do people like emo? why doesn't anyone respect real artists anymore, my chemical romance is just a barrel of fukkin monkeys! they suck

[Fi-Fi]

Sad, Steve harris is maidens bass player, not the guitarist, they have 3 frekin guitarists? who wrote this collum? probably a very sad figure to put my chemical romance above maiden...

[johnnybgoode1]

i liked the my chemical romance album didn't like the last one very much but the new one had a pretty decent style to it, brought in some different influences and its pretty rocking. red hot chili peppers i fell in love with after a couple of listens most of the songs are actually truly amazing and shows how good fruciante is in my oppinion

[IRONxPANTERA]

i dont even like the rhcp new album at all, im glad to see iron maiden and trivium up there though

[IRONxPANTERA]

Fi-Fi :
Sad, Steve harris is maidens bass player, not the guitarist, they have 3 frekin guitarists? who wrote this collum? probably a very sad figure to put my chemical romance above maiden...

yea thats pretty sad they typed that

Blood Mountain?

[whateley_sm]

chili peppers rock, it was only really good because there were loads of grat songs. not just a few. an awesome album

[latinosuperstud]

johlin wrote:

Oh no. What exactly is good with the My Chemical Romance-cd? I must have missed something.

have you heard the entire new cd? i can understand if you dont like the vocals(which are a bit better imo) but the guitar work has improved like two-fold and over its just amazing ... i hated them before just to let you know that im not some fanboy

listen to the track dead...its easily my favorite

[kingjiyoon]

were is lost prophets. i liked it

[purplehaze245]

where the hell is chinese democracy? o wait...

[ext_22]

fair result i reckon..but i think lamb of god shd b higher in the list mark morton and willie adler are just great musicians

[johlin]

latinosuperstud wrote:

johlin wrote:

Oh no. What exactly is good with the My Chemical Romance-cd? I must have missed something.

have you heard the entire new cd? i can understand if you dont like the vocals(which are a bit better imo) but the guitar work has improved like two-fold and over its just amazing ... i hated them before just to let you know that im not some fanboy

listen to the track dead...its easily my favorite

Well, I've heard "Welcome to the Black Parade" and another song that I don't know the name of. Sure, the first part of "WttBP" is really catchy but I'm not impressed at all with the rest of the song, he just sounds so fake.
Anyway, I'll listen to "Dead" and get back to you.

[HighMountain]

OMG! Black Parade should be number 1! Everything about it is good, i thought it was a load of donkey until i listened to it properly. Anyway I think Bowling for Soup should have been in it instead of Trivium. Now your all gonna moan at me for saying that now. But its personal opinion

[Mcassidy42]

The Crusade and Blood Moutain in my opion are the best rock albums of the year, but the best album of the year for me is Ghostface's Fishscale. As for Stadium Arcadium, I didn't care for it.

[ClansmanHowie]

MCR, A7X, AFI r Amzing...ly bad! Y r they there? :S Iron Maiden and Muse all the way No Motorhead?

[muzz666]

I was really dissapointed by Stadium Arcadium. Theres only about 5 or 6 good song's while the rest seems more like filler. All together an over-rated and over-hyped dissapointment. (Muse should have been higher aswell! :O)

[the_maestro]

No Thom Yorke people???

Damn.

Well at least Mastodon got an honorable mention.

[Let it Happen]

horray for tool!!!! 10000 days wasn't quite as good as lateralus (objective fact), although still one hell of an album. and is stadium arcadium really that good?? mastadon should've been higher though...

[austinarcadium]

and where is underoath.....

[DirtyFryBassGuy]

ok i just wanna know where the raconteurs are???? that's the best album of the year, even if it is short... top 3 shoulda bee 1)Broken Boy Soldiers- The Raconteurs 2)The Information- Beck and 3)....idk something better than RHCP!!! i hate them! all of their music sounds the same! nobody's buying tickets for their concert here so i have to endure 4 commercials an hour for their freakin concert!!!

[The Spoon]

LONG LIVE THE BLACK PARADE!!!

I thought MCR's album would be mentioned somewhere on here, but i never thought they would get #2.

Great list, and great job MCR!

[coty_b_goode]

all right! RHCP! I really like them, and also like my chemical romance...nice

[travislausch]

Damn, I was hoping that Blood Mountain (Mastodon) and Amputechture (The Mars Volta) would be up there

Still some good choices though. MCR's and Trivium's albums were, surprisingly, excellent.

[GeeMPie]

tool

[Schecter4lyfe]

AVENGED SEVENFOLD RULES!!!! CITY OF EVIL IS AN INSANE ALBUM but if you wanna hear vintage A7X then listen to Waking the Fallen

[RockMusicFan]

City of Evil wasn't even released in 2006. It was released 2005.

[paintITblack39]

No Beck



Well, voted by the users, doesn't necessarily mean its bad.

Checked.

[paintITblack39]

Aww, We also didn't put Bob Dylan's Modern Times up there. Perhaps the best CD this year

[DOOdooroCK]

Hooray for RHCP!

[flambe chicken]

I voted for the Fratellis, but they are nowhere to be seen.
Kudos to the Chilis though; that was my second choice.

[tpen892004]

Brand new- TDAGARIM (album of the year)

[Eddy Hitler]

chili peppers at number 1. that sounds right.i would have trivium at number 2 there tho. not a big metl fan, but trivium i have to say are pretty good.

[soadlp02]

No love for The Flaming Lips...'tis a shame

[wasp2020]

...Where's Satriani?

[Mikke]

Boooo! Tool-10000days and Mastodon-Blodmountain should have been on hte top

[Mikke]

and the black parade 2.???? wtf=?

[Roybordom]

how did mcr get even close to the top 20, let alone #2

[KickOutTheJamsX]

aww damn i was right. billy talent II isnt on there =/

[ratmblink123]

why? why did people vote for my chemical romance? that's all i wanna know. i've seen live footage of them and their singer is tonedeaf. They have two guitarists that play the same part. What the **** is wrong with you people?

[garrett5]

Darn, No Rise Against. At least they're on the Honorable Mentions...

[monkey of doom]

Its good to see trivium and maiden on this list. Its not a bad list by any means.

[INNOCENT VICTIM]

My chemical romance #2?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! WTF?!?!?!?!?!
Everything on that list is good except MCR, Wolfmother, and AFI.....The new trivium album kicks ass.....B4MV is far better than Any MCR album and deserve to be higher

[mer_der_noms]

Pfft..the list is very meh. Could've been better.

[[I Buy Peace]]

Fi-Fi wrote:

WHY??? why do people like emo? why doesn't anyone respect real artists anymore, my chemical romance is just a barrel of fukkin monkeys! they suck

I like MCR but c'mon, there no were near as good as a barrel of monkeys, nothing could top a barrel of monkeys.

"dear santa, please bring me a barrel of monkeys"

[pHaKe]

is it just me, or did City Of Evil come out in '05?

and where is Come Clarity? In Flames rock!

[Mortigi Tempo]

I voted black holes and revelations but rhcps new albums pretty good too

[lateraluspiral]

Aww. I was hoping to see Amputechure up there. Im glad Mastodons mentioned, though.

[GNRrockslife]

That list sucks. Maiden should've been number 1, and Endless Wire - The Who, Modern Times - Bob Dylan and Kiss Of Death - Motorhed didn't even make honorable mentions!!! Probably all the same reasons Good Apollo by Coheed & Cambria didn't make the top 10 last year...

[big-red]

wow this board has no taste in music, thank god the chili pepeprs came 1st because they are kerping rock music ALIVE. shout out to iron maiden and where the hell is that new who album?

[Learn_to_fly]

tool > muse > audioslave > incubus > horseshit > my chemical romance

[ghostofhendrix]

Yeh i agree with RockMusicFan- i thought that City of Evil woz released in 2005 too. Tis a gd album, a big improvement on the screaming in their old albums, altho the guitarin woz fairly kool. I'm glad Trivium, Muse and MCRs albums wer there since i think they r all pretty awesome. RHCP r still overrated imo. Good, but not THAT good.

[Havenspear]

Wow, still haven't heard that new Muse album, but from what I've read, it sounds good. :]

And I have to admit that the new MCR record isn't bad at all. It took a few spins to get into it, but granted, it's worth a listen.

[CrossBack7]

Hinder up there anyone? - Extreme Behavior?

[ready2breakdown]

City Of Evil definitely came out in 2005.

This list sucked, I dont know a single person that liked Stadium Arcadium, so i dont have a single clue where those votes came from. MCR and AFI... need I say anymore. Plus everything I could say about them has been said. The rest I could deal with, but just those...

And wheres Saturday Night Wrist, Internal Revolution, Rebirth Of The Temple(My Album of The Year. A must hear for any metal fan), Come What(Ever) May, and Phobia? Those are all much better than most of the crap on this list, top 10 or not.

[f***music]

^^^ no
I actually like every album up there or at least what I have heard from the albums. The only exception is Muse. A sleeper album from a band that I hope gets some recognition is Diecast-Internal Revolution. Good stuff.

[lann skenis]

I'm not really picky on this type of stuff.. like i wouldnt care if britiny spears was at the #1 spot. but come on My Chemical Romance at #2? thats reasonably questionable. lol MCR=Back Street Boys
thats what i think. RHCP deserved #1 though. (L)RHCP(L)

[Grubbbby]

I'm glad to see RHCP at #1 almost every song on that album could be a single with a exception of about 3 or 4. But that's not bad for a 28 track double album.
MCR doesn't even deserve to be on the top 10 much less #2. I'm glad to see Incubus, trivium, tool, and Iron maiden making the top 10 aswell. I haven't heard much from muse but i need to check them out. And i don't see how wolfmother can get an honorable men tion and hinder can't where the **** are the wolfmother fans?

[Nielsen 33]

Where is Cheap Trick's RockFord?!!!

You people need to relax, and take it easy.
it's not a big deal. so what if the band you like didnt end up higher?
is that really worth spamming, and getting a warning/ban? :P

[im not mental]

Dyuha m :
Mastodon's Blood Mountain is an amazing CD. What a pity they haven't got a place in the Top 3!!!

hear hear.

[bassguru]

Since when was Steve Harris a guitarist? Good to see Iron Maiden up there though, was surprised to see MCR up there at number 2 (I have nothing against them, there just seems to be a lot of haters out there).

[diamondbakk666]

guitarist Steve Harris.

hes the bass player and the best bass player around good call UG

[South-of-Heaven]

Goddammit

Bullet and Avenged Sevenfold in the 2006 list. No offence, but they are on last years list. Which may signify that they are 2005 CDS not 2006, dumbass. RHCP and Iron Maiden deserve to be in this list just lower down. Lamb of God should be higher up and Muse and Trivium should not be on at all. I mean, Trivium are amazing, Ascendancy was nearly perfect to me, but they have become shit the way they have interpreted Metallica's sound. And Muse are just shit. I think out of the bands that came below ten, Slayer, KSE, Wolfmother, Mastodon and DragonForce should have been in the top ten. But thats just me. Anyways rock on

\,,/ [>_

[AnarchyGuitarst]

in my opinion, Sacrament should've been higher than The Crusade. As much as I used to dislike Trivium, this album actually won me over. When I heard it it basically blew me away because it was so much different than their other albums (well the guitars and vocals) Hm, City of Evil is kinda overated. Muse should've been up higher, and the Chili Peppers a little lower. Even though I do love them, it seems like the usual stuff from them. Iron Maiden is right where they are. And Blood Mountain should've been SOMEWHERE on the list. Replacing MCR. They were weak, and in my opinion only got weaker.

[sheldonplank]

A Matter of Life and Death, Blood Mountain, Christ Illusion and Sacrament should be the top 4, and those are the only decent albums there that I've heard (haven't heard Pearl Jam or 10,000 Days).

[boyan89]

billy talent doesnt deserve any 2006 album credits theyre 2nd album sux compared to their 1st

[METSOAD]

Motorhead?????

[Evil Panda]

Em, City Of Evil came out in 2005 actually...

[Alibi:Destroyed]

Awesome, the Chili Peppers came out on top, But this still sucks cause My Chemical Romance came in second and UnderOATH and Kingston Falls didn't even get mentioned. Well, now I know that there are alot of people on this site who have very very bad taste in music.

[aebers79]

HEY GUYS! WHERE IS ANGELS AND AIRWAVES!? I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
HAH- Yes that is very very much so sacrcasim

[aebers79]

kingjiyoon wrote:

were is lost prophets. i liked it

YA, me two

[GimmeToro]

Pearl-Jam :
My Chemical Romance and AFI....Wtf.

You cant call yourself a guitarist if u play that crap.

Actually, the lead guitarist from MCR can play and then some, he's an awesome guitarist. Anyway, Blood Mountain is my album of the year by a hell of a long way.

[AintMyBitch]

AVENGED SEVENFOLD IS POPROCK/EXTREME MAINSTREAM OR WHATERVER! NOT METAL!

There's so many people who's gonna flame me but, I dont care because I know I'm right. If you still truly feel that you're right well, fine. If you ever really listened to metal, headbanged the hell out of yourself to an old Metallica or Slayer song, it's all dead now..

[Mask_of_Terror]

Glad to see Muse in there. Good band.
And Trvium, that was a good album.

[XgolfcoreX]

im pretty sure city of evil came out in '05, but meh. I don't agree with the list. BYAHHHHH!

[Otisbum]

City of Evil did come out in '05, June of 2005 to be more precise. Poor intel on the mods' part.

I would've rather seen DragonForce reach the top 10, but oh well.

[JS5150]

I didn't even know there was this...my vote would have been for Sam's Town and Endless Wire actually...

[dann_blood]

Where the hell is In Flames Come Clarity? That was an awesome album!
The list is fairly good... i can see a few bands that should have been moved down... instead of the same person voting a hundred times.

[hardcoreatheist]

MCR have never been Emo just their fans. Hence, I'm Not Okay. Most of the second album was taking the piss out of Emos.

[m.o.d.---]

I voted for kill hannah

[Cobalt Blue]

I voted revelations, should have been higher... i also voted for Shine on - Jet, but i didn't expect it to be on here.

[DeGausseR1]

half of these cd's arent even good...i think this is more of a popularity contest...i know a lot better cd's then this, but smaller bands.

[JohnHxC615]

I voted for As Daylight Dies by Killswitch Engage. Nice to see they got a honorable mention though.

[kirk_rules!]

What a shit list. Rename this to "most popular albums of 2006" and I will understand. Maybe we should all make an effort to listen to something other than Mtv ay? The only album on that list that I own is 10,000 Days and it's really not very good compared to quite a lot of the other '06 releases I've been listening to lately.
Oh, and by the way...The Great Cold Distance is the best album of 2006.

[DirtyFryBassGuy]

where's the EAGLES OF DEATH METAL?????

BEST F***ING BAND EVER!!!!
WAY THE HELL BETTER THAN RHCP!!!!

[Tedward]

i was really dissapointed with RCHPs new cd, i bought and have only listened to it once. I mean its good, but it just wasnt what i was expecting, to much hip-hop style. I had their greatest hits cd (which is simply AMAZING but i lost it) The same thing happened to MCR, All the songs from Three cheers for sweet revenge that i have heard were great, but the new cd totally sucks. im glad i didnt buy that one.

But i cant really vote, i havent listened to too many cds, the last one i bought was Leviathan from Mastodon, which i listened to for weeks until it got boring but based on their style i would have voted for Mastodon.

[boknoykatok]

i would like a darkness record but justin quits.. that sucks.. and why is my chem romanz there? they suck man.. they aren't rockers there punk ass emo freaks...

[IDisposableHero]

Iron Maiden, Pearl Jam and Tool should have been in top 4

[lessthanjeff420]

for the most part this list sucks

[MX4Life]

I can't believe that Rise Against's The Sufferer and the Witness did not even get honorable mention. I could listen to that album straight through, over and over.

[Mahavishnu80]

tool number 1. KSE in there too

[shreddin_frets]

Well, I don't know what you other guys think, but I beleive the greatest album ever released was 27 (goin on 28) years ago. Highway to Hell - AC/DC

And MCR prooving its more than an Emo band? Whats there to proove?

[wicrock]

Awesome chilis on top. But I was shocked with the one at number 2. MCR eh? What in the world!? Mehhh there are albums there that arent on the top. Thats just sad.

[outlaw metaler]

Dyuha

m
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Mastodon's Blood Mountain is an amazing CD. What a pity they haven't got a place in the Top 3!!!




dont feel to badthey got grammy nominatied after all and played chonan Obrian

[DevilsDance76]

I HATE the top 2 albums....but the others I agree with. Where is Slayers new album? really thought that would have made it up there

[Liberation]

Maiden should be higher on the list, certainly ahead of My Chemical Romance, which IMO was a completely horrid album. Tool seems incredibly low too, 10,000 Days was a great album. Killswitch Engage should be at least #10.

[joshua029]

buckethead_jr wrote:

woah, the iron maiden one was the only decent album on this list IMO.
where's teh Gilbert?

did you not see the #3 spot then?

[tomisamonkeyman]

Wolfmother should of got first hands down.

[JustAddWater]

not what i expected but looks good sept for the top 2 albums. My chemical romance r fukin sold out. but ill give it to the chillis.

[recliner33]

why aren't the melvins on that list? hahahaha

[Brian Gelvin]

Oh my god i'm surprised that iron maiden cd was even on there i'm a big fan of iron maiden but that album has only 4 good songs the rest just arn't good...their too old they need to stop same with the rolling stones.
But i was happy Trivium was 3rd

[fluffylump2]

where is mastodon on that list?

[fluffylump2]

City of Evil came out in 2005. What the hell is going on? It was amazing, but it came out last year.

[lyingfromyou118]

Fi-Fi wrote:

Sad, Steve harris is maidens bass player, not the guitarist, they have 3 frekin guitarists? who wrote this collum? probably a very sad figure to put my chemical romance above maiden...

Amy Kelly (who wrote the article) didn't put MCR above Maiden, the voters on UG did... did you not read the title?

[blinkme_182]

dying is your latest fashion, that should be up there
escape the fate will rule all

[creeping dave]

because afi and mcr really deserve a spot on that list...give me a break. although i do agree with the number one placement!

[Masterbasser36]

AFI, MCR, and Avenged Sevenfold?

are u kidding me?

who votes for that crap?

[elcheezor]

MCR over any of these bands? yea right.

and what about Underoath, their CD opened in like the top 5 or something. cmon, half these bands didn't make it in the 20.

[Dookie92]

Man, I forgot about the tool album.
I would have voted for the Strokes new album, "First Impressions Of Earth". I know alot of people dont like the Strokes, but I think they they are one of the best bands.

[Dookie92]

I really think that RHCP does deserve to be where they are also. Whenever I listen to that album again, I reallize how good many of the songs are.

[powerage225]

this is a really sad poll

seems like everybody is bitching about it, I never heard about the poll till now, and I'm on UG every other day

should have been advertised better...
shame on UG

[powerage225]

also, the same a7x and bullet for my valentine records were featured in the top ten albums of 2005...funny how that works

[Dookie92]

Shadows Fall and Billy Talent both also put out good albums this year.

[God_Himself]

:I
can anyone who voted for my chemical romance actually play guitar? And playing means >3years

[Mr Montana]

AFI sold out..any punk band that has electronic parts in it's songs can't call themselves punk. What's even more amusing is that all these wannabe kids think they're punk because they LISTEN to afi LOL.

Good year for Wolfmother (despite slight unoriginality, and a bad performance at the MTV VMA's), Trivium (again, slightly unoriginal but shaping up nicely), consistent effort from BFMV & A7X. Nice new stuff from Maiden too Not keen on Tool, Muse, or Incubus's latest yet (though I haven't listened to it much).

Didn't mind a couple songs on Pearl Jam's latest, theyr'e still great live though which more than makes up for it.

Christ Illusion was fairly decent, Slayer's best in a good few years at the least, and Dragonforce continued their array of amusing public drunkenness

Not a fan of MCR either, but I THINK (note, I COULD be wrong!), I heard about a 3 second solo when checking out Welcome To The Black Parade (could this be hope?).

Looking out for new stuff from Velvet Revolver next year, aswell as Metallica, MAYBE Dragonforce, BFMV & A7X.

When in doubt replay the classics

[morello_man]

Trivium album wasn't so good. All That Remains took metalcore into the stratosphere, my heavy album of the year. Rise Against was amazing, Sacrament was cool, Unearth's record ripped as well. Should check MCR and Mastodon, they both should be good.

[ossi26]

damn, you forgot angels and airwaves and +44, the two best records this year!! (yes, i'm serious)

[Paradise Lost]

It's almost like everyones already forgotten that David Gilmour released an album this year...

*sigh*

[boxcarblink94]

ossi26 wrote:

damn, you forgot angels and airwaves and +44, the two best records this year!! (yes, i'm serious)

agreed

Paradise Lost wrote:

It's almost like everyones already forgotten that David Gilmour released an album this year...

*sigh*

agreed.

no "the devil and god are raging inside me" by brand new? give me a break...

Checked...Quebec Style

[Bobthe66666]

To everybody who says anybody on this list sucks:

LET'S SEE YOU DO BETTER.

Fuckers.

to be fair this site is quite a biased one in terms of its users, id say the majority were into modern rock, muse/rhcp style stuff. nice to see rise against get a mention though. and mastodon.

[someguy1]

I cant wait for next years list if metallicas new album makes it out they will clean up other wise it will be megadeath

this list was alright lamb of god should have been higher chillipepers was good so was iron madien and audioslave deserved at least #3 and afi = gay and my chemical romance WTF? they got 517 votes the # should have been much closer to 0

[TeenBite]

I didn't even know when voting occured, and this site is my homepage. Never mind. No albums really excited me this year... Taking Back Sunday and 36 Crazyfists released "nice" albums... Brand New could have done with being somewhere on the list, their album is a masterpiece.

[dimape]

I agree with the peppers at #1, great album. And I didn't expect much from them.

I just thik "First Impressions Of Earth" by the Strokes deserved a spot at the top 20. Oh, and also "Whatever People Say I am, that's what I'm not" by the Arctic Monkeys...

But just to see the peppers at #1 is great.

[rhoadsnpagefan7]

Ok, I agree with Maiden being on here but what about THE WHO-ENDLESS WIRE!?!?! I know it's not a classic like Who's Next or Tommy, but I saw them preform some of the songs from it in concert and they were great! What about Paul Gilbert-Get Out of My Lawn that's probably the best instumental guitar album of this year!!

[DeGausseR1]

ossi26 wrote:

damn, you forgot angels and airwaves and +44, the two best records this year!! (yes, i'm serious)

LOL..the two most overrated albums of the year, and neither of them are that good..popularity contest

[kiko101]

what about BLS-SHOT TO HELL?!?!

[DeGausseR1]

boxcarblink94 wrote:

no "the devil and god are raging inside me" by brand new? give me a break...

i agree..that should be up there..with Thursday's "A City By The Light Divided"

[MDoggDX316]

This list seems much better than last years. I agreed with most of the selections.

[grunsho]

my chemical romance in second.... yeah, right

[ComeClarity44]

AintMyBitch wrote:

AVENGED SEVENFOLD IS POPROCK/EXTREME MAINSTREAM OR WHATERVER! NOT METAL!

There's so many people who's gonna flame me but, I dont care because I know I'm right. If you still truly feel that you're right well, fine. If you ever really listened to metal, headbanged the hell out of yourself to an old Metallica or Slayer song, it's all dead now..

I agree Avenged are different and impressive but theyre arent metal at all
And Metallica are dead, they died when the black album hit the shelves, but slayer had christ illusion kick us all up the arse and they still ahem slay live
Got to say th UG-Where the f**k is BLOOD MOUNTAIN??
Honourary mentions? My Chemical Romance should feel honoured to be mentioned on the same page as Mastodon, let alone play after them at Reading, Sell more than them or come higher on your list
dam emos...

[GNRrockslife]

Next year's list better be ****in' great: Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver and Coheed And Cambria.

[l)ragonForce]

man the top 10 is a real disapointment

[st0ner]

Yes... hooray for TOOL!!!
10,000 days is great masterpiece. I listen to it every day from its release date...

[LPShredder]

hooray for all the bands that made it, but come on! No Mastodon!!?!

[i<3myteli]

its kinda funny some of these bands dont even have any real guitar in them, but managed to make it in the top ten on a guitar site...tisk whats the world comin to

[drthunder101]

rhcp... we love you.

[killing_inc]

Very incorrect... sorry, this is just not right... no Slayer? no Unearth? no way...

[LewisMasonx]

MCR thoroughly deserved their position, but if it was my decision, Muse would be No. 1, they're album is MY album of the year

[RR=bestevrplaya]

ummm why is dragonforce last? need i say more

[emoaintthatbad?]

muse should have won, they made the most radiohead-esque record this year(coldplay won that award last year), and why isnt TMV's new record on there?! somewhere?!

[blacklabelsdmf]

glad to see the Trivium, Iron Maiden, and Lamb of God on the top, but My Chemical Romance above all three albums? the single is bullshit let alone the whole album.

[lostprophets63]

MCR shouldn't have been way up there as 2nd place. Whoever voted them that high needs to branch out and listen to better rock. MCR has talent, but I personally was disappointed with the album. Most mainstream rock tends to fail like that. Glad to see that Incubus placed. If they didn't, your ears are broken. They've got originality and still write kickass songs, though they're past the days of S.C.I.E.N.C.E. and Make Yourself. Brandon is by far one of the best vocalists in all of the rock genre. His voice really shines, especially in Light Grenades.