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A list of my favorite recent albums in 2011. I'll update this list regularly. In no particular order. I added the rating next to them for the curious ones, but you should check them all.

Created by: Mikyz | 22.04.2011


1. 40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room
Doom Metal 9/10
2. Mitochondrion - Parasignosis
Post-Death Metal 9/10
3. Dirge - Elysian Magnetic Fields
Atmospheric Sludge Metal 9/10
4. Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All
Post-Death Metal 9/10
5. Blut Aus Nord - 777 - The Desanctification
Industrial Black Metal 9/10
6. Blut Aus Nord - 777 - Sect(s)
Industrial Black Metal 9/10
7. Taake - Noregs Vaapen
Black Metal 9/10
8. SubRosa - No Help For The Mighty Ones
Violin Driven Sludge Metal 9/10
9. Peste Noire - L'Ordure à L'état Pur
Quirky Black Metal with Punk influence 8.5/10
10. Aenaon - Cendres Et Sang
Avant-Garde Black Metal 8/10
11. Dephosphorus - Axiom
Grindcore 9/10
12. Whitehorse - Progression
Sludge/Drone Doom Metal 8.5/10
13. Cave In - White Silence
Post-Hardcore/Alternative Metal 8/10
14. Born Of Osiris - The Discovery
Progressive Death/Deathcore 8/10
15. Negative Plane - Stained Glass Revelation
Black Metal 9/10
16. Ash Borer - Ash Borer
Atmospheric Black Metal 9/10
17. Infestus - Ex Ist
Atmospheric Black Metal 9/10
18. Verwüstung - Beyond The Watercolor Sunset, We Feel New Life
Blackgaze 9/10
19. Frandy - Relief
Metalcore in the vein of Converge/Trap them 9/10
20. Caïna - Hands That Pluck
Black Metal/Post-Metal/Shoegaze 8/10
21. Heinali & Matt Finney - Ain't No Night
Atmospheric Doom/Ambient/Spoken Lyrics 8/10
22. Destroy Judas - Wake
Sludge/Doom Metal 8.5/10 (for now)
23. Trap Them - Darker Handcraft
Hard/Grindcore 8.5/10
24. Sabbat - Sabbatrinity
Black/Thrash Metal 8.5/10
25. Sonne Adam - Transformation
Death Metal 8/10
26. Deafheaven - Roads To Judah
Blackgaze 8.5/10
27. Njiqahdda - The Path Of Liberation From Birth And Death
Psychedelic/Atmospheric Black Metal 8.5/10
28. Ensorcelor - Crucifuge
Blackened Doom/Sludge Metal 8/10
29. Obscure Sphinx - Anaesthetic Inhalation Ritual
Atmospheric Sludge Metal 8.5/10
30. Giles Corey - Giles Corey
Acoustic/Folk/Shoegaze 8.5/10 (Solo project of Dan Barrett from Have a Nice Life)
31. Epheles - Je Suis Autrefois
Atmospheric Black Metal 8.5/10
32. True Widow - As High As The Highest Heavens And From The Center To The Circumference Of The Earth
Stoner Doom/Shoegaze 8.5/10
33. Falls Of Rauros - The Light That Dwells In Rotten Wood
8.5/10
34. Oak Pantheon - The Void
Melodic/Atmospheric Black Metal 8/10
35. Septicflesh - The Great Mass
Symphonic Death Metal 8/10
36. Torchbearer - Death Meditations
Melodic Black Metal 8/10
37. Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising
Melodic Death Metal 8/10
38. Burzum - Fallen
Black Metal 8/10
39. Benighted - Asylum Cave
Brutal Death Metal 8/10
40. Kaoteon - Veni Vidi Vomui
Black Metal 8/10
41. Koloss - End Of The Chayot
Atmospheric Sludge/Doom Metal 8/10
42. Aaskereia - Dort, Wo Das Alte Böse Ruht
Black Metal 8/10
43. Altar Of Plagues - Mammal
Atmospheric Sludge/Black Metal 8/10
44. Hate Eternal - Phoenix Amongst The Ashes
Death Metal 8/10
45. Yellow Eyes - Silence Threads The Evening's Cloth
Black Metal with Post influences 8/10
46. A Million Dead Birds Laughing - Force Fed Enlightenment
Experimental Grindcore 8/10 (for now)
47. Botanist - I: The Suicide Tree / II: A Rose From The Dead
Eco-terrorist Black Metal 9/10
48. The Crevices Below - Below The Crevices
Atmospheric Black Metal 8/10
49. Djevel - Dødssanger
Black Metal 8/10
50. Flourishing - The Sum Of All Fossils
Post-Death Metal 9/10
51. Hateful Abandon - Move
Post-Punk/Black Metal 8/10
52. Before The Rain - Frail
Atmospheric Doom Metal 8/10
53. Soror Dolorosa - Blind Scenes
Post-Punk 9/10
54. Today Is The Day - Pain Is A Warning
Experimental Grindcore 8.5/10
55. Necro Deathmort - Music of Bleak Origin
Dubstep industrial drone with Black Metal influence? 8/10
56. Barghest - Barghest
Black Metal 8.5/10
57. Fell Voices - Fell Voices
(Cascadian) Atmospheric Black Metal 8.5/10
58. False - False
Atmospheric Black Metal 8/10
59. Corrupted - Garten Der Unbewusstheit
Sludge/Doom Metal 9/10
60. Nightbringer - Hierophany Of The Open Grave
Black Metal 9/10
61. All Pigs Must Die - God Is War
Crust Punk/Hardcore Metal 8/10
62. Azarath - Blasphemers' Maledictions
Blackened Death Metal 8.5/10
63. Sutekh Hexen - Luciform
Harsh Noise/Black Metal 8/10
64. A Death Cinematic - Your Fate Twisting, Epic In Its Crushing Moments
Drone/Ambient 8.5/10
65. Midnight Odyssey - Funerals From The Astral Sphere
Cpsmic/Atmospheric Black Metal 8.5/10
66. Ampere - Like Shadows
Screamo 8/10
67. Leprous - Bilateral
Progressive Metal 8/10
68. The Wounded Kings - In The Chapel Of The Black Hand
Doom Metal 8.5/10
69. Argus - Boldly Stride The Doomed
Heavy/Doom Metal 8/10
70. Falloch - Where Distant Spirits Remain
Atmospheric Metal 8/10
71. Thrice - Major/Minor
Alternative Rock/Post-Hardcore 8.5/10
72. The Atlas Moth - An Ache For The Distance
Sludge Metal 9/10
73. Sólstafir - Svartir Sandar
Atmospheric Sludge/Black Metal 8.5/10
74. Enslaved - Thorns
Progressive Black Metal 8.5/10
75. Circle Of Ouroborus - Eleven Fingers
Post-Punk/Black Metal 8/10
76. Oranssi Pazuzu - Kosmonument
Psychedelic Black Metal 8/10
77. Hedon Cries - The End Of The Path Is Nigh
Melodic Death/Doom Metal 8/10
78. Bosse-De-Nage - II
Post-Black Metal 8/10
79. Ave Maria - Chapter 1
Experimental Black Metal 8.5/10
80. Insomnium - One For Sorrow
Melodic Death/Doom Metal 9/10
81. Gorath - Apokálypsis - Unveiling The Age That Is Not To Come
8.5/10
82. Ordo Obsidium - Orbis Tertius
Black/Funeral Doom Metal 8/10
83. Cloak Of Altering - The Night Comes Illuminated With Death
8/10
84. Dolorvotre - Dolorvotre
Black Metal 8/10
85. Lantlôs - Agape
Post-Black Metal 9/10
86. Esoteric - Paragon Of Dissonance
Funeral Doom Metal 9/10
87. Omitir - Cotard
Avant-Garde/Ambient Black Metal 8/10
88. Vektor - Outer Isolation
Death/Thrash Metal 8/10
89. Antediluvian - Through The Cervix Of Hawaah
Post-Death Metal 8.5/10
90. Tenhi - Saivo
Neofolk 8/10
91. Cormorant - Dwellings
Progressive Black Metal 9/10
92. Seelenmord - ...And We Will Find Only Solitude - Part I
Melodic Raw Black Metal 8/10
93. Mournful Congregation - The Book Of Kings
Death/Doom Metal 9/10
94. Aphrenous - Ravaged By The Incessant Scourge Of Deception
Black Metal 8/10
95. Surachai - To No Avail
Industrial Black Metal 9/10
96. Wolvhammer - The Obsidian Plains
Black Metal/Post-Punk/Sludge 8.5/10
97. Battle Dagorath - Ancient Wraith
Atmospheric Black Metal 8/10
98. Unkind - Harhakuvat
Blackened Hardcore/Crust Punk 8/10
99. Uneven Structure - Februus
Progressive Metal/Djent 8/10
100. Ruined - 맞불놀이
Atmospheric Black Metal (Similar to Velvet Cacoon , Clair Cassis) 8.5/10
101. Terra Tenebrosa - The Tunnels
Experimental Black 8.5/10
102. Dragobrath - WhisperHerbs
Black/Pagan Metal 8/10
103. Stielas Storhett - Expulse
Progressive Black Metal 9/10
104. Servile Sect - Trvth
Experimental Black 8.5/10
105. Unfold - Cosmogon
Atmospheric Sludge Metal 8.5/10


Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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02.11.2011 - 21:30
Mikyz
Written by Guest on 02.11.2011 at 19:57

That Ave Maria record is pretty nice, am enjoying it a lot.


Yeah, I haven't listened to it much though, only about 3 times but it was enough to leave a very good and lasting impression on me.
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Ag Fox
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Thought i was the only one that likes necro deathmort on this site
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Looking forward to the 2012 edition 8]
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