Top Ten of 2011 Lists!

[AngraRULES]

To be fair, a Top 10 of 2011 thread in October makes MUCH MORE SENSE than a rolling top 10 of the year in February...

 

[sh0kr0k]

Only four for me so far, not in order:

Voyager - The Meaning of I
Leprous - Bilateral
Symphony X - Iconoclast
T.M.Revolution - Cloud 9

I still need to listen to Eumeria and DT, and looking forward to Lance King's solo.

 

[yoshi14]

1. Corelia: Nostalgia EP.

If you haven't heard this band, do yourself a favor and check this out (listen to at least 1 minute before you make any decisions):


2. Borealis: Fall from Grace
3. Work of Art: In Progress
4. Amaranthe: ST
5.Devin Townsend: Ghost
6. Redemption: This Mortal Coil

Haven't decided yet on the last 4

 

[ApolloFC]

Still need more listens but samples of my Top Ten will most likely include Redemption, Pain of Salvation (hey I loved RSI), and what should be arriving this week the new Magenta (Wales) release... have I mentioned I'm a Magenta fanboi? Now to find a list of 2011 releases ...

 

[Entrerie]

1 - Mercenary - Metamorphisis
2 - Insomnium - One for Sorrow
3 - Pagan's Mind - Heavenly Ecstasy
4 - Amorphis - The Beginning of Times
5 - Nightrage - Insidious
6 - Scarr Symmetry - The Unseen Empire
7 - Evergrey - Glorious Collisions
8 - Iced Earth - Dystopia
9 - In Flames - Sounds of a Playground Fading
10 - Before the Dawn - Deathstar Rising

Still have to see about Dragonland, Nightwish & Iron Savior before the end of the year is up.

Biggest disapointment: Edguy - Age of the Joker, but after Tinnitus Sanctus what else is new. Could throw in Avantasia as well. What happened to the band that released Vain Glory Opera, Theatre of Salvation & Hellfire Club.

 

[dionysus11]

Epysode - Obsessions

that's another great album, also just thought about Wolfpak

 

[mattbrood]

my contenders for my Top Ten so far are (in no particular order):

Pagan's Mind- Heavenly Ecstasy
Evergrey- Glorious Collision
Eumeria- Rebel Mind
Arch/Matheos- Sympathetic Resonance
Voyager- The Meaning of I
Lost in Thought- Opus Arise
Malison Rogue
Enbound- And She Says Gold
Eldritch- Gaia's Legacy
Borealis- Fall from Grace
Amaranthe

Need more spins
Anubis Gate - S/T
Epysode- Obsessions
Dream Theater- A Dramatic Turn of Events
MaYan- Quarterpast

 

[PhillipGraves]

I'm not sure what order to put things in just yet, but as of now, these are a hand full of albums that I thought were top fucking notch this year. Still trying to wittle it down to ten. Any suggestions?

Mastodon- The Hunter
True Widow- As High As The Highest Heavens and from the Center to the Circumference of the Earth
Deafheaven- Roads to Judah
Tombs- Path of Totality
Rwake- Rest
Engineer- Crooked Voices
Ghostlimb- Infrastructure
Devin Townsend Project- Ghost/Deconstruction
Jesu- Ascension
Fucked Up- David Comes to Life
Negative Plane- Stained Glass Revelations
Rotten Sound- Cursed
Hate Eternal- Pheonix Amongst the Ashes
Trap Them- Darker Handcraft
Graveyard- Hisingen Blues

I don't know... This year was pretty fucking awesome.

 

[nomisofsiman]

Mastodon- The Hunter

I was really disappointed by this. First Mastodon album I don't love. There are some good songs on there, but I think I was expecting something different than the direction they went in on this one.

 

[nomisofsiman]

Jesu- Ascension

Had no clue they even did a new one. Well then, this will have to go pretty high up on my buy list.

 

[AeonicSlumber]

I'm not sure what order to put things in just yet, but as of now, these are a hand full of albums that I thought were top fucking notch this year. Still trying to wittle it down to ten. Any suggestions?

Mastodon- The Hunter
True Widow- As High As The Highest Heavens and from the Center to the Circumference of the Earth
Deafheaven- Roads to Judah
Tombs- Path of Totality
Rwake- Rest
Engineer- Crooked Voices
Ghostlimb- Infrastructure
Devin Townsend Project- Ghost/Deconstruction
Jesu- Ascension
Fucked Up- David Comes to Life
Negative Plane- Stained Glass Revelations
Rotten Sound- Cursed
Hate Eternal- Pheonix Amongst the Ashes
Trap Them- Darker Handcraft
Graveyard- Hisingen Blues

I don't know... This year was pretty fucking awesome.

Daaaayum brah, I like yer list.

 

[PhillipGraves]

Had no clue they even did a new one. Well then, this will have to go pretty high up on my buy list.

Yeah, the new Jesu is great, but it just came out a couple of weeks ago. Broadrick doesn't necessarily reinvent the wheel, but it's definitely really goddamn good.

As far as the new Mastodon goes, my opinion is a little skewed because I'm a complete fanboy for those dudes. I liked it right away on the whole, but as with every Mastodon release, it takes a few listens to get really into it. When Crack The Skye came out it took me a few months after the initial listen to try it again. Inevitably, it didn't leave my rotation for the better part of two years. Unless you truly dispised every second of it, I'd give it a few more listens.

 

[PhillipGraves]

Daaaayum brah, I like yer list.

Haha! Thank you. I'm sure there are plenty that I'm missing, but those are the ones that really stuck with me.

 

[dcowboys311]

I've been slacking HARD this year. Haven't listened to a whole lot of new full lengths. Cold Cave, Galdr, Necros Cristos, Negative Plane, In Solitude, DISMA, and Execration are probably up there. Lots of cool splits/EPs this year, though. The Cruciamentum/Vasaeleth EP is top notch. Debut from Invidious is nice but that's no surprise given the lineup. Tbh most of the records I have seen hyped this year are total trash.

 

[Cheiron]

My growing and changing list.

Redemption This Mortal Coil
Dream Theater A Dramatic Turn of Events
Wolverine Into the Great Nothing
Between the Buried and Me The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues
UneXpect Fables of the Sleepless Empire
Thomas Giles Pulse
Arch & Matheos Sympathetic Resonance
Voyager Meaning of I
Tori Amos Night of Hunters
Obscura Omnivium
Grayceon All We Destroy
Appearance of Nothing All Gods are Gone
Protest the Hero Scurillous
Robbie Robertson How to Become Clairvoyant
Anathema We're Here Because We're Here
Corelia Nostalgia
Textures Dualism

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Some other albums
Vhaldemar Metal of the World
Cult of the Fox A Vow of Vengeance
Death Grips - Exmilitary
Unkle - Only the Lonely (EP)
Dropkick Murphy's - Going Out in Style
The Kills - Blood Pressure
The Smithereens
Ponytail - Do Whatever You Want All the Time
Skeletons People
The New Regime Speak through the White Noise
Silver Summit – Acadia
The Unthanks – Gan to the Kye
Minora
Toxic Smile
The Horrors - Skying
While Heaven Wept Fear of Infinity
Timbre Timbre – Keep on Creepin' On

 

[Justin G]

Keeping this to just 10 is really hard given just how many great albums came out this year. Here's where I'm at so far:

1. Leprous: Bilateral
2. Voyager: The Meaning of I (and this is a reeeeeally close second)
3. Ghost: Opus Eponymous (since it didn't get released in the US until 2011)
4. Widow: Life's Blood
5. Twisted Tower Dire: Make It Dark
6. Arch/Matheos: Sympathetic Resonance
7. Eden's Curse: Trinity
8. Pagan's Mind: Heavenly Ecstasy
9. Powerwolf: Blood of the Saints
10. Rob Moratti: Victory

Honorable mention to Anthrax, Anubis Gate, Benedictum, Helstar, Vicious Rumors, Hardcore Superstar, Crashdiet, Symphony X, Scheepers and even Stryper's cover album.

 

[rushzil2112]

I just added a bunch of cds to my check out list. I had no clue Wolverine had a new disc this year and still have been meaning to check out Voyager and Anubis Gate fully.

My list so far this year;
Trivium - In Waves
Machine Head - Unto the Locust
Scar Symmetry
Amon Amarth
Between the Buried and Me
Symphony X
Lazarus AD
Mercenary
Textures
Sylosis
The Black Dahlia Murder
3
All Shall Perish
Haken
Protest the Hero
Vintersorg

The Lazarus AD and Trivium are definitely extremely high up on the list and I know I will get a lot of shit for that here.

 

[rushzil2112]

OK, just checked out some songs off the new Anubis and Voyager, we can definitely go ahead and add these to the list before even hearing the whole disc.

 

[Arabianhazard]

1. Protest The Hero- Scurrilous
2. Leprous - Bilateral
3. Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt Two
4. Arch/Matheos: Sympathetic Resonance
5. Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction
6. Pagan's Mind - Heavenly Ecstasy
7 Opeth - Heritage
8. Unexpect - Fables of the Sleepless Empire
9. Anthrax - Worhsip Music
10. Queensryche - Dedicated to Chaos..... JUST KIDDING!

There is still quite a few albums I haven't given a proper listen to so I'll consider this my rough draft.

 

[zedowns]

A lot of stuff that I haven't spent enough of time with. Textures, Thrice, Arch/Matheos, Phideaux, Magic Pie... not enough time.

10. Redemption - This Mortal Coil
9. 3 - The Ghost You Gave to Me
8. Battle Circus - Battle Circus
7. Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction
6. Pain of Salvation - Road Salt Two

The next 5 are nearly impossible for me to rank. They're all bordering on perfection, IMO.

5. Hotel of the Laughing Tree - Terror and Everything After
4. Protest the Hero - Scurrilous
3. Haken - Visions
2. The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum
1. Leprous - Bilateral