Top 10 albums are listed in order. Rest of the list in no particular order.

1. Esoteric - Paragon Of Dissonance

2. Benighted - Asylum Cave

3. Glorior Belli - The Great Southern Darkness

4. 40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room

5. Isole - Born From Shadows

      View entire list ››

1. Machine Head - Unto The Locust

2. Mastodon - The Hunter

3. Skeletonwitch - Forever Abomination

4. Revocation - Chaos of Forms

5. Vader - Welcome to the Morbid Reich

      View entire list ››

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

      View entire list ››

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

      View entire list ››

Just a humble list of albums released this year that I found really enjoyable. There is no real order in here, as it's too hard for me to decided which album deserve, e.g., a 1st place and which - a 13th. So... Just listen to all these good pieces of music and enjoy!

1. Septicflesh - The Great Mass

2. Opeth - Heritage

3. Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt Two

4. Primordial - Redemption At The Puritan's Hand

5. Riverside - Memories In My Head

      View entire list ››

My best to worst of 2011 so far. I'll keep this updated as the year progresses and as I listen to more.

1. Vektor - Outer Isolation

2. Septicflesh - The Great Mass

3. Steven Wilson - Grace for Drowning

4. Lazuli - (4603 Battements)

5. Thy Catafalque - Rengeteg

      View entire list ››

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

      View entire list ››

Each year countless of albums come out. This is obviously by no means a definitive guide because as of 14/12/2011, I've only heard 364 releases from 2011, but do check these albums out if you haven't already! Feel free to throw stuff at my direction. In a rough order right now and rankings get rearranged every now and again. Will be trimmed around again in January / February. Note that I still have plenty to check out though.

1. Terra Tenebrosa - The Tunnels

2. Esoteric - Paragon Of Dissonance

3. Born Of Osiris - The Discovery

4. The Psychic Paramount - II

5. Flourishing - The Sum Of All Fossils

      View entire list ››

1. Havok - Time Is Up

2. Assaulter - Boundless

3. Journey - Eclipse

4. Skull Fist - Head Of The Pack

5. Exhumed - All Guts, No Glory

      View entire list ››

Best (and worst) of 2011 (thus far).
Partially ordered (thus far).
Subject to change, as I see fit.

What a wonderful year, I have to say! This year has seen me expand my tastes like never before. Discovered so many great new acts, while many metal stalwarts delivered the goods as expected. A truly memorable year, and one that I will forever cherish, as far as me being an avid music enthusiast is concerned.

1. Septicflesh - The Great Mass

2. Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

3. Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth

4. Heavenwood - Abyss Masterpiece

5. Insomnium - One For Sorrow

      View entire list ››

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

      View entire list ››