1. Insomnium - One For Sorrow

2. Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

3. Symphony X - Iconoclast

4. Concerto Moon - Savior Never Cry

5. Brymir - Breathe Fire To The Sun

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1. Septicflesh - The Great Mass

2. Heavenwood - Abyss Masterpiece

3. Ouroboros - Glorification Of A Myth

4. Insomnium - One For Sorrow

5. Fallujah - The Harvest Wombs

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Albums from 2011 That I managed to listen and know very well. Best to worst.

1. Protest The Hero - Scurrilous

2. Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising

3. Ouroboros - Glorification Of A Myth

4. Born Of Osiris - The Discovery

5. Trivium - In Waves

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Here it is! Yet another unimaginative list of albums released in 2011!

1. MurkRat - Drudging The Mire

2. Esoteric - Paragon Of Dissonance

3. Omit - Repose

4. The Wounded Kings - In The Chapel Of The Black Hand

5. Aquilus - Griseus

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If you're like me and can't sit still with just one or two genres, perhaps you'll find some ideas in this list. I kept the variety with genres, but also by including all worthy bands from unknown newcomers all the way up to big names. Basically, everything I liked this year.

Since there are so many genres here, don't get too worked up about specific rating and placement. They're generally in order, but more importantly they're all amazing.

1. Silent Stream Of Godless Elegy - Návaz

2. Fair To Midland - Arrows & Anchors

3. Autumn - Cold Comfort

4. Shadowside - Inner Monster Out

5. 40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room

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1. Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

2. Fallujah - The Harvest Wombs

3. Insomnium - One For Sorrow

4. Ouroboros - Glorification Of A Myth

5. Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth

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1. Turisas - Stand Up And Fight

2. Draconian - A Rose For The Apocalypse

3. Heavenwood - Abyss Masterpiece

4. Symphony X - Iconoclast

5. Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

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Heavy metal + power + thrash + death metal top 50 / 2011

1. Septicflesh - The Great Mass

2. Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

3. Samael - Lux Mundi

4. Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction

5. Fleshgod Apocalypse - Aagony

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My top albums of 2011.

1. Aquilus - Griseus

2. Arkan - Salam

3. Ava Inferi - Onyx

4. Blood Stain Child - εpsilon

5. Chthonic - Takasago Army

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1. Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa

2. Heavenwood - Abyss Masterpiece

3. Arkona - Slovo

4. Sólstafir - Svartir Sandar

5. Septicflesh - The Great Mass

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Purely subjective list based on personal preferences for the year, unrelated to mass opinion of an album or a band's abilities (e.g. Trivium, Oranssi Pazuzu) - many albums lined up to listen to so will increase in size. Also, not entirely in order, middle order mainly just an approximation.

1. Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth

2. Protest The Hero - Scurrilous

3. Infestus - E x I s t

4. Amorphis - The Beginning Of Times

5. Ouroboros - Glorification Of A Myth

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This list will expand later and the positions here will probably change a bit as well. An interesting feature is an album in top 10 from a band that's not featured on Metal Storm yet.

1. Amorphis - The Beginning Of Times

2. Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

3. MyGrain - Mygrain

4. Constantine - Divine Design

5. Chaos Divine - The Human Connection

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Pending listen: Vektor, Blut Aus Nord, Iron Savior, Aenaon

By the end of the year, this will be my top 50.

1. Insomnium - One For Sorrow

2. Thy Catafalque - Rengeteg

3. Woods of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason

4. Septicflesh - The Great Mass

5. Draconian - A Rose For The Apocalypse

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Ordered best to worst. This is entirely my opinion.

1. Insomnium - One For Sorrow

2. Graveyard - Hisingen Blues

3. Havok - Time Is Up

4. Toxic Holocaust - Conjure And Command

5. Deafheaven - Roads To Judah

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A list I created during 2011. No longer being edited. Just a nice snapshot in time of what albums really grabbed me in 2011.

1. Trap Them - Darker Handcraft

2. The Fallen Divine - The Binding Cycle

3. Skeletonwitch - Forever Abomination

4. Toxic Holocaust - Conjure And Command

5. Smohalla - Resilience

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