1.Amorphis - Tuonela

2.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

3.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

4.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

5.Amorphis - Silent Waters

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Must Listen: The First 4

1.Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Of Events

2.Nightwish - Imaginaerum

3.Trivium - In Waves

4.Fair To Midland - Arrows & Anchors

5.Evergrey - Glorious Collision

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My personal favorite studio albums of 2011

1.Ghost Brigade - Until Fear No Longer Defines Us

2.Haken - Visions

3.Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa

4.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

5.Mastodon - The Hunter

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We all know that metal is a very personal thing, we all like different albums, styles and so on, but here is, the albums of all styles, that went into my soul and will be there forever.
This is not a complete list, just a draft....
Stay metal !

1.Amon Amarth - Versus The World

2.Amorphis - The Beginning Of Times

3.Anathema - Universal

4.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

5.Bison B.C. - Quiet Earth

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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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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 Quest released their best album since "Wings of Forever". Amon Amarth keep on surprising me with solid releases (and I thought I was over them years ago). Opeth's "Heritage" was way better than my expectations. Amebix gave me some of the best tracks of '11. Overall, a really good year.

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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Albums from 2011 That I managed to listen and know very well. Best to worst

1.Protest The Hero - Scurrilous

2.Ouroboros - Glorification Of A Myth

3.Revocation - Chaos Of Forms

4.The Human Abstract - Digital Veil

5.Leprous - Bilateral

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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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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.Myrath - Tales Of The Sands

2.Insomnium - One For Sorrow

3.Nightwish - Imaginaerum

4.Amaranthe - Amaranthe

5.Primordial - Redemption At The Puritan's Hand

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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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1.Septicflesh - The Great Mass

2.Betraying The Martyrs - Breathe In Life

3.Dead By April - Incomperable

4.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

5.Mastodon - The Hunter

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1.Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

2.Evergrey - Glorious Collision

3.Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt Two

4.Amorphis - The Beginning Of Times

5.Nightwish - Imaginaerum

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1.Amorphis - The Beginning Of Times

2.Blood Stain Child - ε Psilon

3.Symphony X - Iconoclast

4.Trivium - In Waves

5.Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa

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1.Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning

2.Karmakanic - In A Perfect World

3.Devin Townsend - Deconstruction

4.Opeth - Heritage

5.Anathema - Falling Deeper

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