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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2006.
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| 3 | In Flames | Come Clarity |
| 5 | Warbringer | One By One, The Wicked Fall (EP) |
| 7 | Hank Williams III | Straight to Hell |
| Akercocke | Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone | |
| Decapitated | Organic Hallucinosis | |
| Himsa | Hail Horror | |
| Mastodon | Call of the Mastodon | |
| 14 | The Sword | Age of Winters |
| Bullet for My Valentine | The Poison (USA Release) | |
| 15 | Amorphis | Eclipse |
| Ensiferum | Dragonheads (EP) | |
| 17 | Buckethead | The Elephant Man's Alarm Clock |
| 20 | Dismember | The God That Never Was |
| Raunchy | Death Pop Romance | |
| 21 | Kataklysm | In the Arms of Devastation |
| Krisiun | AssassiNation | |
| Wicked Wisdom | Wicked Wisdom | |
| 22 | Kalmah | The Black Waltz |
| 27 | Caliban | The Undying Darkness |
| Darkthrone | The Cult Is Alive | |
| Sadus | Out For Blood | |
| Witchery | Don't Fear the Reaper |
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| 3 | The Slot | Две войны (Two wars) |
| 4 | Dead to Fall | The Phoenix Throne |
| Evergrey | Monday Morning Apocalypse | |
| Sonata Arctica | For the Sake of Revenge (Live Album) | |
| 19 | myGRAIN | Orbit Dance |
| 21 | OSI | Free |
| Scar Symmetry | Pitch Black Progress | |
| 25 | Godsmack | IV |
| Moonspell | Memorial | |
| Summoning | Oath Bound | |
| 30 | Dissection | Reinkaos |
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| 4 | Spawn of Possession | Noctambulant |
| 10 | A Band Called Pain | Broken Dreams |
| Behemoth | Demonica (Box-set) | |
| 24-7 Spyz | Face the Day | |
| 11 | All That Remains | The Fall of Ideals |
| Cattle Decapitation | Karma.Bloody.Karma | |
| Strapping Young Lad | The New Black | |
| 21 | Chrome Division | Doomsday Rock 'n Roll |
| 25 | From a Second Story Window | Delenda |
| Grave | As Rapture Comes | |
| Voivod | Katorz | |
| 28 | Sabaton | Attero Dominatus |
| Day | Artist | Album |
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| 2 | Decadence | 3rd Stage of Decay |
| 7 | Arsis | United in Regret |
| 13 | Outworld | Outworld |
| 14 | The Faceless | Akeldama |
| 17 | Rammstein | Völkerball (CD/DVD) |
| Suidakra | Caledonia | |
| 21 | Killswitch Engage | As Daylight Dies |
| 22 | Sentenced | Buried Alive (Live CD) |
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| 1 | Oomph! | Delikatessen |
| 6 | This Ending | Inside the Machine |
| 20 | Blinded Colony | Bedtime Prayers |
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