The best albums off 2011

1. Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising

2. Vader - Welcome To The Morbid Reich

3. Obscura - Omnivium

4. Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

5. Devildriver - Beast

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1. Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse

2. Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

3. Enslaved - Vikingligr Veldi

4. Edge Of Sanity - Purgatory Afterglow

5. Megadeth - Youthanasia

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1. Myrath - Tales Of The Sands

2. Septicflesh - The Great Mass

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Enslaved's career can be distributed in five different eras:

The first era consists of the first three albums, namely Vikingligr Veldi (1994), Frost (1994) and Eld (1997). All these albums are important releases in Viking Metal's history and they have defined some musical aspects for the whole genre.

1. Enslaved - Isa

2. Enslaved - Vikingligr Veldi

3. Enslaved - Eld

4. Enslaved - Blodhemn

5. Enslaved - Frost

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The 20 albums that made 2011! Not "Metal Storm Friendly" so you'll find some Hardcore and Rock albums as well.

1. Times of Grace - The Hymn of A Broken Man

2. Machine Head - Unto The Locust

3. The Black Dahlia Murder - Ritual

4. Born of Osiris - The Discovery

5. Anterior - Echoes of The Fallen

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My favourite thrash records... sorry for not including famous bands like Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth etc.
But these albums are some brilliant thrash gems.

1. Kreator - Pleasure To Kill

2. Overkill - Horrorscope

3. Flotsam & Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver

4. Annihilator - Alice In Hell

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1. Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

2. Immortal - Sons Of Northern Darkness

3. Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger

4. 1349 - Hellfire

5. Burzum - Belus

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1. Metallica - Lulu

2. Morbid Angel - Illud Divinum Insanus

3. Black Tide - Post Mortem

4. Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising

5. Decapitated - Carnival is Forever

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I just love all this stufff!
It's not really in any particular order. Putting one album above the rest is something I can't do!

1. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

2. Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea

3. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯A♯∞

4. Steve Roach - Structures from Silence

5. Sigur Rós - ( )

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1. Sólstafir - Köld

2. Amorphis - Skyforger

3. Insomnium - Across The Dark

4. Arkona - Goi, Rode, Goi!

5. Eternal Tears Of Sorrow - Children Of The Dark Waters

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1. Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising

2. Forefather - Last Of The Line

3. Hell - Human Remains

4. Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa

5. Primordial - Redemption At The Puritan's Hand

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1. Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa

2. Shining - VII - Född Förlorare

3. Warbringer - Worlds Torn Asunder

4. MyGrain - Mygrain

5. Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

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After browsing a number of the Top Albums of 2011 lists I felt that I was obligated to put together my own list based on the fact that my tastes seem a bit different than what I've seen on here. So, here are My Fav's of 2011 though not in order......good year for metal in my humble opinion. Some of the picks here won't be everyones cup of tea but each to their own. If people have suggestions that I may have missed based on the genres represented below feel free to comment and let me know about them.....I'm sure there are numerous releases I have not heard.

1. Krisiun - The Great Execution

2. Trap Them - Darker Handcraft

3. Woods Of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason

4. Beyond Creation - The Aura

5. Anaal Nathrakh - Passion

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Final form of the list, according to what I've listened from 2012 up until the end of MSA 2012.

1. Barren Earth - The Devil's Resolve

2. Atoma - Skylight

3. Saturnus - Saturn In Ascension

4. Swallow The Sun - Emerald Forest And The Blackbird

5. Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

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1. mastodon - the hunter

2. foo fighters - wasting light

3. Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

4. High spirits - another night

5. Opeth - heritage

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