Except for the songs that made my Top 20 Songs of 2006 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2006, these are the rest of the best metal tracks of 2006. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2005 and November 30, 2006.

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1. Wolfmother “Colossal” Wolfmother (Interscope)

2. Buckcherry “Crazy Bitch” 15 (Eleven Seven Music)

3. Priestess “Blood” Hello Master (RCA)

4. Korn “Hypocrites” See You On the Other Side (Virgin)

5. Slayer “Flesh Storm” Christ Illusion (American/Warner
Brothers)

6. Trivium “Entrance of the Conflagration” The Crusade (Roadrunner)

7. Stone Sour “30/30 -150” Come What(ever) May (Roadrunner)

8. Voivod “The Getaway” Katorz (The End)

9. Priestess “Two Kids” Hello Master (RCA)

10. Wolfmother “Dimension” Wolfmother (Interscope)

11. Buckcherry “Next 2 You” 15 (Eleven Seven Music)

12. Rob Zombie “The Scorpion Sleeps” Educated Horses (Geffen)

13. Korn “Coming Undone” See You On the Other Side (Virgin)

14. Stone Sour “1st Person” Come What(ever) May (Roadrunner)

15. Slayer “Cult” Christ Illusion (American/Warner Brothers)

16. Trivium “Contempt Breeds Contamination” The Crusade (Roadrunner)

17. Iron Maiden “Different World” A Matter of Life and Death (Sanctuary)

18. Queensryche “Signs Say Go” Operation: Mindcrime II (Rhino)

19. Peeping Tom featuring Rahzel & Dan the Automator “Mojo” Peeping Tom (Ipecac)

20. Wolfmother “Witchcraft” Wolfmother (Interscope)