2011 promises to be a sensational year for metal!…

1.Anathema - Falling Deeper

2.Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising

3.Cynic - TBA

4.The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum

5.Devin Townsend - Deconstruction

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I don't believe in illegal downloading of easily available albums, so this list is only albums I have actually purchased and own a hard copy or official download of. The order is VERY fluid, and in…

1.Thy Catafalque - Rengeteg

2.Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

3.Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All

4.Symphony X - Iconoclast

5.Cormorant - Dwellings

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1.Devin Townsend - Deconstruction

2.Symphony X - Iconoclast

3.Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Of Events

4.Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning

5.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

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1.Draconian - A Rose For The Apocalypse

2.Heavenwood - Abyss Masterpiece

3.Novembers Doom - Aphotic

4.To Cast A Shadow - In Memory Of

5.Midnattsol - The Metamorphosis Melody

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1.Revocation - Chaos Of Forms

2.Hell - Human Remains

3.Obscura - Omnivium

4.Charred Walls Of The Damned - Cold Winds On Timeless Days

5.Disma - Towards The Megalith

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1.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

2.Anthrax - Worship Music

3.Morbid Angel - Illud Divinum Insanus

4.Vektor - Outer Isolation

5.Primordial - Redemption At The Puritan's Hand

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1.Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods

2.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

3.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

4.Amon Amarth - Versus The World

5.Amon Amarth - Jomsviking

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Just a list of my favorite albums, mostly Black or Death Metal !

There are some albums/bands I would love to put in this list, but they are not on MS.

1.1349 - Liberation

2.Agalloch - The Mantle

3.Amon Amarth - Versus The World

4.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

5.Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising

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This list contains my 16 favourite albums of the year 🤘

FUN FACT:
This was the year I started exploring Japanese metal, Onmyo-Za and X Japan I knew before but I started listening to bands like Dir…

1.Onmyo-Za - 鬼子母神

2.Dragonland - Under The Grey Banner

3.Symphony X - Iconoclast

4.Nightwish - Imaginaerum

5.Iced Earth - Dystopia

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1.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

2.Vildhjarta - Måsstaden

3.Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth

4.Shining - VII - Född Förlorare

5.Ghost Brigade - Until Fear No Longer Defines Us

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My top 10 albums of the year 2011.

1.Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

2.Dreamshade - What Silence Hides

3.Brymir - Breathe Fire To The Sun

4.Týr - The Lay Of Thrym

5.Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising

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1.Gernotshagen - Weltenbrand - ...Den Banner Hoch Der Nacht Entgegen

2.Rhapsody Of Fire - From Chaos To Eternity

3.Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising

4.Varg - Wolfskult

5.Powerwolf - Blood Of The Saints

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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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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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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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