It has been done before, but the constant Virtual XI bashing is annoying me. Guess I'm going to hell for this one... or should I say, "into the depths of R'lyeh"?
(And for the non-computer-scientists, the "_|_" is the "bottom" symbol.)

1. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

2. Iron Maiden - Brave New World

3. Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death

4. Iron Maiden - Killers

5. Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

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Welcome, no matter if you're a long-term MS member or an Avenged Sevenfold listener. Don't know what to vote for? Here's ANOTHER yearly best-of list for you to go through, or, more likely, for the usual tl;dr. But, wait - what makes this one different: 1) unqualified and totally subjective two-line reviews, 2) conscious restriction to the litte-more-than-20 most impressive albums, 3) an aversion against the much too generic thrash & power metal genres and anything without recall value.

1. Amaranthe - Amaranthe

2. Alestorm - Back Through Time

3. Thy Catafalque - Rengeteg

4. Fair To Midland - Arrows & Anchors

5. The Devil's Blood - The Thousandfold Epicentre

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1. Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper

2. Iron Maiden - Brave New World

3. In Flames - Clayman

4. Cradle Of Filth - Midian

5. Nightwish - Wishmaster

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I'm going to stop with 2000... maybe

1. Tool - Lateralus

2. Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape

3. Gamma Ray - No World Order

4. Opeth - Blackwater Park

5. System Of A Down - Toxicity

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1. Nightwish - Century Child

2. Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos

3. Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done

4. In Flames - Reroute To Remain

5. Meshuggah - Nothing

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1. Children Of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll

2. Evanescence - Fallen

3. Rage - Soundchaser

4. Reverend Bizarre - Harbinger Of Metal

5. Before The Dawn - My Darkness

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1. Wintersun - Wintersun

2. Behemoth - Demigod

3. Grip Inc. - Incorporated

4. Dark Age - Dark Age

5. Nightwish - Once

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1. Reverend Bizarre - II: Crush The Insects

2. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor

3. Trivium - Ascendancy

4. Annihilator - Schizo Deluxe

5. Cathedral - The Garden Of Unearthly Delights

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1. Amorphis - Eclipse

2. Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness

3. Into Eternity - The Scattering Of Ashes

4. Communic - Waves Of Visual Decay

5. Blood Stain Child - Idolator

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1. Axxis - Doom Of Destiny

2. Devin Townsend - Ziltoid The Omniscient

3. Therion - Gothic Kabbalah

4. After Forever - After Forever

5. Dark Tranquillity - Fiction

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1. Norther - N

2. Machinae Supremacy - Overworld

3. Raunchy - Wasteland Discotheque

4. Metallica - Death Magnetic

5. Into Eternity - The Incurable Tragedy

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Here we go... I'd rate this year a 9 for the unusual quality of album releases! Qué impressionante! \m/

1. Mastodon - Crack The Skye

2. Amorphis - Skyforger

3. Suidakra - Crógacht

4. Ensiferum - From Afar

5. Alestorm - Black Sails At Midnight

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My 2 cent on last year's releases. After this retrospective, I'm highly doubtful that 2011 can get any better. I'd rate this year as 8/10. YES, NOT EVERYTHING THAT'S GREAT MUST GET A 10! ^^

1. Kalmah - 12 Gauge

2. Dark Tranquillity - We Are The Void

3. Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

4. Equilibrium - Rekreatur

5. Sigh - Scenes From Hell

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A beginner's guide to genuine blasting. Call it Gothenburg, call it extreme power - whatever, it's always enjoyable.

1. Children Of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll

2. Wintersun - Wintersun

3. Kalmah - 12 Gauge

4. Blood Stain Child - Idolator

5. Norther - N

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