1.Turisas - Stand Up And Fight

2.Draconian - A Rose For The Apocalypse

3.Symphony X - Iconoclast

4.Heavenwood - Abyss Masterpiece

5.Hands Of Despair - Hereafter

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Another year, another list, These are my 15 favorite albums of 2011:…

1.Unexpect - Fables Of The Sleepless Empire

2.Septicflesh - The Great Mass

3.Mournful Congregation - The Book Of Kings

4.Obscura - Omnivium

5.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony

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1.Leprous - Bilateral

2.Symphony X - Iconoclast

3.Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt Two

4.Jolly - The Audio Guide To Happiness (Part 1)

5.Pagan's Mind - Heavenly Ecstasy

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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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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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1.Myrath - Tales Of The Sands

2.Insomnium - One For Sorrow

3.Nightwish - Imaginaerum

4.Amaranthe - Amaranthe

5.Primordial - Redemption At The Puritan's Hand

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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…

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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It remains to add bands that haven't released album and add personal comments.

1.Symphony X - Iconoclast

2.Iced Earth - Dystopia

3.Vektor - Outer Isolation

4.Megadeth - Th1rt3en

5.Warbringer - Worlds Torn Asunder

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1.Primordial - Redemption At The Puritan's Hand

2.Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa

3.Septicflesh - The Great Mass

4.Obscura - Omnivium

5.MaYaN - Quarterpast

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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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Even in 2012 (update: 2013), 2011 still isn't too hot a year for me. Still, new stuff keeps on coming, and 2012 itself is looking pretty good, so I'll forgive it. New in the new year is the lack…

1.Hell - Human Remains

2.SubRosa - No Help For The Mighty Ones

3.Anubis Gate - Anubis Gate

4.Hammers Of Misfortune - 17th Street

5.Mastodon - The Hunter

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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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1.Septicflesh - The Great Mass

2.Betraying The Martyrs - Breathe In Life

3.Dead By April - Incomperable

4.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

5.Mastodon - The Hunter

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1.Septicflesh - The Great Mass

2.Anthrax - Worship Music

3.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

4.Sons Of Seasons - Magnisphyricon

5.MaYaN - Quarterpast

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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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