Looking at this list I realise that 2011 was a better metal year than I remembered it to be. Interesting year with a lot of surprises. The Shining album is in my opinion awesome, one of their best. Power…

1.Shining - VII - Född Förlorare

2.Lifelover - Sjukdom

3.Aquilus - Griseus

4.An Autumn For Crippled Children - Everything

5.Öxxö Xööx - Rëvëürt

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Fav albums by my fav band…

1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse

3.Opeth - Still Life

4.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

5.Opeth - Morningrise

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1.Death - Human

2.Death - Symbolic

3.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

4.Opeth - Watershed

5.Opeth - Heritage

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that was disappointing year.most of the old bands i like didn't make any thing special for example my dying bride,ghost brigade…

1.TesseracT - One

2.Wolverine - Communication Lost

3.The Project Hate MCMXCIX - Bleeding The New Apocalypse (Cum Victriciis In Manibus Armis)

4.Septicflesh - The Great Mas

5.Shining - VII - Född Förlorare

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This is retrospective ranking of the albums I listened to in 2011. The list is a work-in-progress and the order is likely to change.

10 - Godly Album. Will likely listen to at least once a week for a…

1.Obscura - Omnivium

2.SubRosa - No Help For The Mighty Ones

3.Paul Wardingham - Assimilate Regenerate

4.Blotted Science - The Animation Of Entomology

5.Protest The Hero - Scurrilous

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Not a very good year. Not a single 9, the first six releases coming close though. Finally 20 worthy albums to called the "TOP."

The three EPs were included because they are all over 30 minutes.

1.Magnus - Magnus

2.Beyond Creation - The Aura

3.Obscura - Omnivium

4.Fluxious - Why So Serious?

5.Gorod - Transcendence

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1.Elend - The Umbersun

2.Draconian - A Rose For The Apocalypse

3.Katatonia - Night Is The New Day

4.Pink Floyd - The Final Cut

5.Anathema - Judgement

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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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On the picture - John Cobbett - Hammers Of Misfortune, Vhöl, Ludicra, The Lord Weird Slough Feg…

1.Avenged Sevenfold - City Of Evil

2.Opeth - Blackwater Park

3.Hammers Of Misfortune - The Locust Years

4.Mastodon - Remission

5.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

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1.Mastodon - The Hunter

2.foo fighters - wasting light

3.Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

4.High Spirits - Another Night

5.Opeth - Heritage

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1.Insomnium - One For Sorrow

2.Wolverine - Communication Lost

3.Thence - These Stones Cry From The Earth

4.TesseracT - One

5.Autumn - Cold Comfort

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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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2011 for me was a year where experimentation really took the spotlight, although not entirely accepted by fans, critics brought more attention to bands trying out something new.

1.Opeth - Heritage

2.Fair To Midland - Arrows & Anchors

3.Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning

4.Mastodon - The Hunter

5.Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Of Events

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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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