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.

Created by:

musclassia | 18.11.2011

	1.	Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth 2011 [10]
	2.	Protest The Hero - Scurrilous 2011 [9.2]
	3.	Infestus - E x I s t 2011 [9.1]
	4.	Amorphis - The Beginning Of Times 2011 [9.1]
	5.	Ouroboros - Glorification Of A Myth 2011 [9.0]
	6.	Myrath - Tales Of The Sands 2011 [9.0]
	7.	Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa 2011 [8.9]
	8.	Esoteric - Paragon Of Dissonance 2011 [8.9]
	9.	Paul Wardingham - Assimilate Regenerate 2011 [8.9]
	10.	Obscura - Omnivium 2011 [8.8]
	11.	Symphony X - Iconoclast 2011 [8.8]
	12.	Woods Of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason 2011 [8.8]
	13.	Long Distance Calling - Long Distance Calling 2011 [8.8]
	14.	Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows 2011 [8.8]
	15.	Blood Stain Child - εpsilon 2011 [8.8]
	16.	Brymir - Breathe Fire To The Sun 2011 [8.8]
	17.	Omit - Repose 2011 [8.8]
	18.	Beyond Creation - The Aura 2011 [8.8]
	19.	Machine Head - Unto The Locust 2011 [8.7]
	20.	Haken - Visions 2011 [8.7]
	21.	Gorod - Transcendence 2011 [8.7]
	22.	The Project Hate MCMXCIX - Bleeding The New Apocalypse (Cum Victriciis In Manibus Armis) 2011 [8.6]
	23.	Septicflesh - The Great Mass 2011 [8.6]
	24.	Torchbearer - Death Meditations 2011 [8.6]
	25.	Wolverine - Communication Lost 2011 [8.6]
	26.	Fallujah - The Harvest Wombs 2011 [8.6]
	27.	MaYaN - Quarterpast 2011 [8.6]
	28.	Primordial - Redemption At The Puritan's Hand 2011 [8.5]
	29.	Peste Noire - L'Ordure A L'Etat Pur 2011 [8.5]
	30.	Kauan - Kuu.. 2011 [8.5]
	31.	Thy Catafalque - Rengeteg 2011 [8.4]
	32.	Dirge - Elysian Magnetic Fields 2011 [8.4]
	33.	Hands Of Despair - Hereafter 2011 [8.4]
	34.	Falloch - Where Distant Spirits Remain 2011 [8.4]
	35.	Riverside - Memories In My Head 2011 [8.4]
	36.	Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues 2011 [8.3]
	37.	Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony 2011 [8.3]
	38.	Mastodon - The Hunter 2011 [8.3]
	39.	Nader Sadek - In The Flesh 2011 [8.2]
	40.	Sacred Ally - Reality Hammer 2011 [8.2]
	41.	Insomnium - One For Sorrow 2011 [8.2]
	42.	Turisas - Stand Up And Fight 2011 [8.2]
	43.	Iced Earth - Dystopia 2011 [8.1]
	44.	Derek Sherinian - Oceana 2011 [8.1]
	45.	Saille - Irreversible Decay 2011 [8.1]
	46.	Anubis Gate - Anubis Gate 2011 [8.1]
	47.	Aesth - The Fall Of Illusions 2011 [8.1]
	48.	Vintersorg - Jordpuls 2011 [8.1]
	49.	The Fallen Divine - The Binding Cycle 2011 [8.1]
	50.	Thurisaz - The Cimmerian Years 2011 [8.1]
	51.	Vektor - Outer Isolation 2011 [8.1]
	52.	Subsignal - Touchstones 2011 [8.1]
	53.	Pensées Nocturnes - Ceci Est De La Musique 2011 [8.1]
	54.	Leprous - Bilateral 2011 [8.0]
	55.	Thulcandra - Under A Frozen Sun 2011 [8.0]
	56.	Euphoreon - Euphoreon 2011 [8.0]
	57.	ThanatoSchizo - Origami 2011 [8.0]
	58.	Enthring - The Grim Tales Of The Elder 2011 [8.0]
	59.	Charred Walls Of The Damned - Cold Winds On Timeless Days 2011 [8.0]
	60.	Inquisitor - The Quantum Theory Of Id 2011 [8.0]
	61.	Pagan's Mind - Heavenly Ecstasy 2011 [8.0]
	62.	Appearance Of Nothing - All Gods Are Gone 2011 [8.0]
	63.	Forefather - Last Of The Line 2011 [8.0]
	64.	Xerath - II 2011 [8.0]
	65.	Suidakra - Book Of Dowth 2011 [8.0]
	66.	Black Country Communion - 2 2011 [8.0]
	67.	Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning 2011 [7.9]
	68.	Anthrax - Worship Music 2011 [7.9]
	69.	Trivium - In Waves 2011 [7.9]
	70.	Cormorant - Dwellings 2011 [7.9]
	71.	Skeletonwitch - Forever Abomination 2011 [7.9]
	72.	Warbringer - Worlds Torn Asunder 2011 [7.9]
	73.	Theocracy - As The World Bleeds 2011 [7.9]
	74.	Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All 2011 [7.9]
	75.	Fen - Epoch 2011 [7.9]
	76.	Evile - Five Serpent's Teeth 2011 [7.8]
	77.	Ghost Brigade - Until Fear No Longer Defines Us 2011 [7.8]
	78.	Revocation - Chaos Of Forms 2011 [7.8]
	79.	Mournful Congregation - The Book Of Kings 2011 [7.8]
	80.	Redemption - This Mortal Coil 2011 [7.8]
	81.	40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room 2011 [7.8]
	82.	Arch/Matheos - Sympathetic Resonance 2011 [7.8]
	83.	Falls Of Rauros - The Light That Dwells In Rotten Wood 2011 [7.8]
	84.	Blut Aus Nord - 777 - The Desanctification 2011 [7.8]
	85.	Devin Townsend - Deconstruction 2011 [7.7]
	86.	Wolves In The Throne Room - Celestial Lineage 2011 [7.7]
	87.	Crysalys - The Awakening Of Gaia 2011 [7.7]
	88.	Opeth - Heritage 2011 [7.7]
	89.	Explosions In The Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care 2011 [7.7]
	90.	Draconian - A Rose For The Apocalypse 2011 [7.7]
	91.	The Human Abstract - Digital Veil 2011 [7.7]
	92.	Black Sun Aeon - Blacklight Deliverance 2011 [7.7]
	93.	Anterior - Echoes Of The Fallen 2011 [7.7]
	94.	Novembers Doom - Aphotic 2011 [7.6]
	95.	Stratovarius - Elysium 2011 [7.6]
	96.	Derelict Earth - And So Fell The Last Leaves... 2011 [7.6]
	97.	Aenaon - Cendres Et Sang 2011 [7.6]
	98.	Animals As Leaders - Weightless 2011 [7.6]
	99.	Fair To Midland - Arrows & Anchors 2011 [7.6]
	100.	Rudra - Brahmavidya: Immortal I 2011 [7.6]
	101.	The Black Dahlia Murder - Ritual 2011 [7.5]
	102.	Blotted Science - The Animation Of Entomology 2011 [7.5]
	103.	Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Of Events 2011 [7.5]
	104.	Unexpect - Fables Of The Sleepless Empire 2011 [7.5]
	105.	Tersivel - For One Pagan Brotherhood 2011 [7.5]
	106.	Devin Townsend - Ghost 2011 [7.5]
	107.	Versailles - Holy Grail 2011 [7.5]
	108.	Born Of Osiris - The Discovery 2011 [7.5]
	109.	Rhapsody Of Fire - From Chaos To Eternity 2011 [7.5]
	110.	Von Hertzen Brothers - Stars Aligned 2011 [7.4]
	111.	Last Chance To Reason - Level 2 2011 [7.4]
	112.	Times Of Grace - The Hymn Of A Broken Man 2011 [7.4]
	113.	Ancient Bards - Soulless Child 2011 [7.4]
	114.	Smohalla - Resilience 2011 [7.3]
	115.	Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt Two 2011 [7.3]
	116.	Taake - Noregs Vaapen 2011 [7.3]
	117.	Becoming The Archetype - Celestial Completion 2011 [7.3]
	118.	Blackfield - Welcome To My DNA [7.3]
	119.	SubRosa - No Help For The Mighty Ones 2011 [7.3]
	120.	Heavenwood - Abyss Masterpiece 2011 [7.3]
	121.	Megadeth - Th1rt3en 2011 [7.2]
	122.	Arkona - Slovo 2011 [7.3]
	123.	Chthonic - Takasago Army 2011 [7.3]
	124.	Metallica - Beyond Magnetic [7.2]
	125.	Arena - The Seventh Degree Of Separation 2011 [7.2]
	126.	Havok - Time Is Up 2011 [7.2]
	127.	A Storm Of Light - As The Valley Of Death Becomes Us, Our Silver Memories Fade 2011 [7.2]
	128.	Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising 2011 [7.0]
	129.	Rise Against - Endgame 2011 [7.0]
	130.	Enslaved - The Sleeping Gods 2011 [7.2]
	131.	Cynic - Carbon-Based Anatomy 2011 [7.0]
	132.	Foo Fighters - Wasting Light 2011 [7.0]
	133.	Serenity - Death & Legacy 2011 [7.2]
	134.	Mitochondrion - Parasignosis 2011 [7.0]
	135.	Nightwish - Imaginaerum 2011 [6.9]
	136.	Sólstafir - Svartir Sandar 2011 [6.9]
	137.	Spellbound Dazzle - Unreal FairyTales 2011 [6.8]
	138.	Absu - Abzu 2011 [6.7]
	139.	Blut Aus Nord - 777 - Sect(s) 2011 [6.6]
	140.	Azarath - Blasphemers' Maledictions 2011 [6.6]
	141.	Universe217 - Familiar Places 2011 [6.6]
	142.	Children Of Bodom - Relentless Reckless Forever 2011 [6.6]
	143.	In Flames - Sounds Of A Playground Fading 2011 [6.5]
	144.	Lantlôs - Agape 2011 [6.4]
	145.	Ordinance - Internal Monologues 2011 [6.4]
	146.	Deafheaven - Roads To Judah 2011 [6.0]
	147.	Botanist - I: The Suicide Tree / II: A Rose From The Dead 2011 [5.8]
	148.	Cavalera Conspiracy - Blunt Force Trauma 2011 [5.7]
	149.	Black Tide - Post Mortem 2011 [5.2]
	150.	This Will Destroy You - Tunnel Blanket 2011 [5.0]
	151.	Oranssi Pazuzu - Kosmonument 2011 [5.0]
	152.	Aurora Borealis - Timeline: The Beginning And End Of Everything 2011 [4.5]
	153.	Metallica - Lulu 2011 [2.5]