The band's first single off Blood Mountain, "Capillarian Crest" was ranked #27 in Rolling Stone Magazine's Top 100 Songs of 2006
The song "Colony of Birchmen" was nominated for Best Metal Performance in the 49th Annual Grammy Awards
The album itself was ranked 9th in the magazine's best albums of the year chart [5][6]. The UK's Metal Hammer voted it the best album of 2006 in its end of year critic's poll and further stated that not only was it the outright winner, but that it came so far ahead of the second album in the list (Slayer's Christ Illusion) as to be completely unprecedented. In a survey by the UK branch of HMV from 25 end-of-year 2006 album lists from various music magazines, the album came in at #3. The album was voted in at #5 by Kerrang in their end of year list [6][7]. Also #6 on PopMatters' Best Albums of 2006 [7][8] and #1 on The Best Metal Albums of 2006 [7][9]. Blood Mountain also got named the best album of 2006 in the 10th anniversary birthday edition (issue 119) of Bizarre.
An extensive list of Blood Mountain reviews from various publications worldwide can be found at Metacritic.com [8][10].
Voted best guitar album of 2006 in Total Guitar magazine
Ante los ignorantes musicales, lo mejor son los datos
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