My personal favorite studio albums of 2011…

1.Ghost Brigade - Until Fear No Longer Defines Us

2.Haken - Visions

3.Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa

4.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

5.Mastodon - The Hunter

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1.Cathedral - Anniversary

2.Radiohead - The King Of Limbs

3.Peter Murphy - Ninth

4.Opeth - Heritage

5.Nightwish - Imaginaerum

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1.Thy Catafalque - Rengeteg

2.Insomnium - One For Sorrow

3.Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa

4.Septicflesh - The Great Mass

5.Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

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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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The only reason that this is a top 14 is that this is the number of albums from 2011 that I've heard thus far. Aside from my top 7 or so, I found this year to be a bit disappointing overall.

1.Iced Earth - Dystopia

2.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

3.Scar Symmetry - The Unseen Empire

4.Draconian - A Rose For The Apocalypse

5.Opeth - Heritage

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1.Amorphis - The Beginning Of Times

2.Blood Stain Child - ε Psilon

3.Symphony X - Iconoclast

4.Trivium - In Waves

5.Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa

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1.Insomnium - One For Sorrow

2.Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa

3.Before The Dawn - Deathstar Rising

4.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

5.Draconian - A Rose For The Apocalypse

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