I usually do not like this kind of list because everybody has different tastes and nobody can match completely the taste of somebody else.
Anyway here comes my Top 21 Metal Albums of 2011. Why 21? because it sounds better for 2011...
I did not listen to everything in 2011, I will certainly discover some new good albums of 2011 in the next few months of 2012. But as I have started now, let s go for this Top 21 Metal Albums of 2011!

1.Septicflesh - The Great Mass

2.Visions Of Atlantis - Delta

3.Belphegor - Blood Magick Necromance

4.Peste Noire - L'Ordure à L'état Pur

5.Red Descending - Kingdoms

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1.Powerwolf - Blood Of The Saints

2.Theocracy - As The World Bleeds

3.Dragonfly - Non Requiem

4.Ancient Bards - Soulless Child

5.Infinita Symphonia - A Mind's Chronicle

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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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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.Accept - Blind Rage

2.Wolf - Devil Seed

3.Enforcer - From Beyond

4.Metal Church - XI

5.Rage - The Devil Strikes Again

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This list is my top 100 played albums ordered by the number of "scrobbles" since 2013 according to last.fm, if you also have a last.fm account, don't hesitate to follow me.
My last.fm user: daniloescolin

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.

3.W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children

4.Kreator - Enemy Of God

5.Iced Earth - The Dark Saga

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1.Avantasia - Angel Of Babylon

2.Avantasia - The Wicked Symphony

3.Volbeat - Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies

4.Evergrey - Hymns For The Broken

5.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

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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 En Grey, Galneryus, Liv Moon and Yousei Teikoku.

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.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

3.Evile - Enter The Grave

4.Amon Amarth - Fate Of Norns

5.Suffocation - Pinnacle Of Bedlam

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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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1.Edguy - Age Of The Joker

2.Magnum - The Visitation

3.Turisas - Stand Up And Fight

4.Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Of Events

5.Powerwolf - Blood Of The Saints

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1.Opeth - Heritage

2.Mastodon - The Hunter

3.Septicflesh - The Great Mass

4.Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt Two

5.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

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2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2011, 2010

1.Insomnium - One For Sorrow

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

3.Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

4.Sólstafir - Svartir Sandar

5.Septicflesh - The Great Mass

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1.Powerwolf - The Sacrament Of Sin

2.Powerwolf - Blood Of The Saints

3.Powerwolf - Blessed & Possessed

4.Powerwolf - Bible Of The Beast

5.Powerwolf - Lupus Dei

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Happy Halloween, here's a list of my top Werewolf anthems ("Lycanthems"?) in celebration of the monster I'm most obsessed with.

(Contains Moonspell)

Honourable mentions:
Iced Earth - Wolf (Power)
Moonspell - Wolfshade (A Werewolf Masquerade) (Gothic)
Rob Zombie - Werewolf Women Of The SS (Industrial)

1.Moonspell - Under Satanæ

2.Metallica - Metallica

3.The Vision Bleak - The Deathship Has A New Captain

4.Type O Negative - October Rust

5.Disturbed - Asylum

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