A top ten from another year being added a few years late...

1.MyGrain - MyGrain

2.Obscura - Omnivium

3.Benighted - Asylum Cave

4.Beyond Creation - The Aura

5.Neuraxis - Asylon

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1.Insomnium - One For Sorrow

2.Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

3.Symphony X - Iconoclast

4.Concerto Moon - Savior Never Cry

5.Brymir - Breathe Fire To The Sun

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1.Nightwish - Imaginaerum

2.Amorphis - The Beginning Of Times

3.Amaranthe - Amaranthe

4.In Flames - Sounds Of A Playground Fading

5.Scar Symmetry - The Unseen Empire

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The 20 albums that made 2011! Not "Metal Storm Friendly" so you'll find some Hardcore and Rock albums as well.

1.Times Of Grace - The Hymn Of A Broken Man

2.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

3.The Black Dahlia Murder - Ritual

4.Born Of Osiris - The Discovery

5.Anterior - Echoes Of The Fallen

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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 have been a good year for metal, and here is my top 30 favourites!…

1.Hell - Human Remains

2.Ceremonial Perfection - Alone In The End

3.Children Of Bodom - Relentless Reckless Forever

4.Megadeth - Th1rt3en

5.Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Of Events

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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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probably still not finished...

1.Chthonic - Takasago Army

2.Symphony X - Iconoclast

3.Orpheus Omega - Bleed The Way

4.Iced Earth - Dystopia

5.Russian Circles - Empros

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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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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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These are the bands that have spent the most time coming through my speakers (or will have by the end of the year). In other words: TOP PICKS for 2011, listed in no particular order and updated but not…

1.Scar Symmetry - The Unseen Empire

2.Pagan's Mind - Heavenly Ecstasy

3.Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

4.Heavenwood - Abyss Masterpiece

5.Havok - Time Is Up

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1.Nightwish - Imaginaerum

2.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony

3.Amorphis - The Beginning Of Times

4.The Devil Wears Prada - Dead Throne

5.Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa

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my list of top headbangers (any album that will make me wanna move my body or do something crazy or anything that can feed my appetite for raw aggression) for the year 2011…

1.Warbringer - Worlds Torn Asunder

2.Septicflesh - The Great Mass

3.Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth

4.Insomnium - One For Sorrow

5.Ouroboros - Glorification Of A Myth

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1.Septicflesh - The Great Mass

2.Symphony X - Iconoclast

3.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

4.The Black Dahlia Murder - Ritual

5.Opeth - Heritage

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1.Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning

2.Fair To Midland - Arrows & Anchors

3.Esoteric - Paragon Of Dissonance

4.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

5.Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa

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