The best album of each year (and one close 2nd) from the past 20 years. Some years were much harder than others to choose the best 2 albums.

1. TBA - 2013

2. TBA - 2013 (Close 2nd)

3. Dissona - Dissona

4. Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

5. Mastodon - The Hunter

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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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Here it is! Yet another unimaginative list of albums released in 2011!

1. MurkRat - Drudging The Mire

2. Esoteric - Paragon Of Dissonance

3. Omit - Repose

4. The Wounded Kings - In The Chapel Of The Black Hand

5. Aquilus - Griseus

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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

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If you're like me and can't sit still with just one or two genres, perhaps you'll find some ideas in this list. I kept the variety with genres, but also by including all worthy bands from unknown newcomers all the way up to big names. Basically, everything I liked this year.

Since there are so many genres here, don't get too worked up about specific rating and placement. They're generally in order, but more importantly they're all amazing.

1. Silent Stream Of Godless Elegy - Návaz

2. Fair To Midland - Arrows & Anchors

3. Autumn - Cold Comfort

4. Shadowside - Inner Monster Out

5. 40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room

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1. Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa

2. Shining - VII - Född Förlorare

3. Warbringer - Worlds Torn Asunder

4. MyGrain - Mygrain

5. Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

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After browsing a number of the Top Albums of 2011 lists I felt that I was obligated to put together my own list based on the fact that my tastes seem a bit different than what I've seen on here. So, here are My Fav's of 2011 though not in order......good year for metal in my humble opinion. Some of the picks here won't be everyones cup of tea but each to their own. If people have suggestions that I may have missed based on the genres represented below feel free to comment and let me know about them.....I'm sure there are numerous releases I have not heard.

1. Krisiun - The Great Execution

2. Trap Them - Darker Handcraft

3. Woods Of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason

4. Beyond Creation - The Aura

5. Anaal Nathrakh - Passion

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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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Title says it all. Best 50 albums in 2011. chosen by me.

1. Vomitory - Opus Mortis VIII

2. Ghost Brigade - Until Fear No Longer Defines Us

3. Insomnium - One For Sorrow

4. Hedon Cries - The End Of The Path Is Nigh

5. Autopsy - Macabre Eternal

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Another Pointless top 20 albums of 2011 list. Most of these are bands I had not listened to before or had listened to very little of.

1. Symphony X - Iconoclast

2. Mastodon - The Hunter

3. Ghost Brigade - Until Fear No Longer Defines Us

4. Pagan's Mind - Heavenly Ecstasy

5. Iced Earth - Dystopia

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1. Turisas - Stand Up And Fight

2. Draconian - A Rose For The Apocalypse

3. Symphony X - Iconoclast

4. Heavenwood - Abyss Masterpiece

5. Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

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1. Leprous - Bilateral

2. Arch/Matheos - Sympathetic Resonance

3. Symphony X - Iconoclast

4. Pain of Salvation - Road Salt Two

5. Subsignal - Touchstones

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1. In Solitude - The World. The Flesh. The Devil

2. Amorphis - The Beginning Of Times

3. Opeth - Heritage

4. Insomnium - One For Sorrow

5. Ghost Brigade - Until Fear No Longer Defines Us

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Purely subjective list based on personal preferences for the year, unrelated to mass opinion of an album or a band's abilities (e.g. Trivium, Oranssi Pazuzu) - many albums lined up to listen to so will increase in size. Also, not entirely in order, middle order mainly just an approximation.

1. Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth

2. Protest The Hero - Scurrilous

3. Infestus - E x I s t

4. Amorphis - The Beginning Of Times

5. Ouroboros - Glorification Of A Myth

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This list will expand later and the positions here will probably change a bit as well. An interesting feature is an album in top 10 from a band that's not featured on Metal Storm yet.

1. Amorphis - The Beginning Of Times

2. Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

3. MyGrain - Mygrain

4. Constantine - Divine Design

5. Chaos Divine - The Human Connection

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