[DethMaiden]

These won't count, but if anyone's curious:

Martin Popoff – Top 20 for 2006



1) HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE – The Locust Years (Cruz Del Sur)

2) MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP – Tales Of Rock ‘n’ Roll (Armageddon Music)

3) CHEAP TRICK – Rockford (Big 3)

4) DEADBOY AND THE ELEPHANT MEN – We Are Night Sky (Fat Possum)

5) VOIVOD – Katorz (The End)

6) BIBLE OF THE DEVIL – The Diabolic Procession (Cruz Del Sur)

7) FALCONER – Northwind (Metal Blade)

8) KORPIKLAANI – Tales Along This Road (Napalm)

9) JORN – The Duke (AFM)

10) THE LIZARDS – Against All Odds (Hyperspace)

11) MOTORHEAD – Kiss Of Death (Sanctuary)

12) CARMINE APPICE PROJECT – Ultimate Guitar Zeus (Escapi)

13) BLIND GUARDIAN – A Twist In The Myth (Nuclear Blast)

14) TYR – Ragnarok (Napalm)

15) IRON MAIDEN – A Matter Of Life And Death (EMI)

16) I – Between Two Worlds (Nuclear Blast)

17) SLAYER – Christ Illusion (Warner)

18) MASTODON – Blood Mountain (Warner)

19) OSI – Free (InsideOut Music)

20) ANGEL BLAKE – Angel Blake (Metal Blade)





Top 5 Brave Embarrassments

1) SKID ROW – Revolutions per Minute (SPV)

Ha ha, aren’t we amused observers of our rock star lives.

2) BODY COUNT – Murder 4 Hire (Escapi)

Sounds like a demo. And the riffs ain’t so hot either.

3) IMPALED NAZARENE – Pro Patria Finlandia Street (The End)

A disdain for effort works for Venom but really, few others.

4) HELMET – Monochrome (Warcon/Chrysalis)

Angry and dull all at the same time.

5) CRUCIFIED BARBARA - In Distortion We Trust (Liquor & Poker)

The songs just aren’t there; add scrappy playing and gals singing, and this is background music.



Top 5 Concerts

1) ARTHUR BROWN (Lula Lounge, Toronto)

2) IAN GILLAN (The Phoenix, Toronto)

3) DENNIS DEYOUNG (Hummingbird Centre, Toronto)

4) LOUDNESS (The Horseshoe, Toronto)

5) BRUTAL TRUTH (BW&BK Six Pack Festival, Montreal)



Top 3 Metal Forecasts For 2007

1) TROUBLE – It seems the wait is over. Prepare to meet your doom.

2) AC/DC – Tradition! I name ‘em here every year. Damn – I gotta get a life.

3) HEAVEN AND HELL – Only Roth with Van Halen can beat this tour. Er, easily, of course.