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| Stylin Through 2k11
Yup, it's another year-end list, but a man's gotta leave a mark doesn't he? Anyway, I was slackin' for most of 2011 and so, in a year that many hailed as one of the best in recent memory as far as quality new releases go, I was kicking back, listening to a rather small amount of new music in the process. Anyway, I still present to you my top 40 records this year, loosely ranked in the proper order. Also, since I know 95% of you don't bother to read the descriptions to 40 albums, I'll just go with a simple system, naming the artist, album, genre, my rating for the album, my favorite song from the album and a video link to the said song for anyone that's interested. I hope you all had a good year and here's to 2012 - may it top 2011! | 40 | | Before The Dawn Deathstar Rising
3 - 3.5,
Melodic Death Metal,
Favorite song: Butterfly Effect,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf0bshPCKGY | 39 | | Havok Time Is Up
3.5,
Thrash Metal,
Favorite song: Scumbag In Disguise,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGk1pnuD_qw | 38 | | Onslaught Sounds of Violence
3.5,
Thrash Metal,
Favorite song: Hatebox,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoeujVk3uYQ&feature=related | 37 | | Machine Head Unto The Locust
3.5,
Groove Metal,
Favorite song: Locust,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jGZJxnJk-4&ob=av2e | 36 | | Black Tusk Set The Dial
3.5,
Sludge Metal,
Favorite song: Resistor,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1AV9-K0Lj4 | 35 | | Tyrant of Death Parasite
3.5,
Instrumental Math/Industrial Metal,
Favorite song: HyperSpace,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dSp2Xfre1c | 34 | | Believer Transhuman
3.5,
Modern sounding old thrash metal band is the best I can come up with,
Favorite song: Ego Machine,
link: http://soundcloud.com/metalbladerecords/believer-ego-machine | 33 | | Anthrax Worship Music
3.5,
Thrash Metal,
Favorite song: The Devil You Know,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT76uz21TNg | 32 | | Novembers Doom Aphotic
3.5,
Doom Metal,
Favorite song: Buried Old,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2mCBFBJYIU | 31 | | Fractured Beneath The Ashes
3.5,
Industrial (metal, I guess),
Favorite song: Save Me,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2EP6XSiY1k | 30 | | Falls of Rauros The Light That Dwells In Rotten Wood
3.5,
Folk Black Metal,
Favorite song: Banished,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9_Y1KczRAQ | 29 | | Metsatoll Ulg
3.5,
Folk Metal,
Favorite song: K??,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC3Q9q4cRZA | 28 | | Skold Anomie
3.5,
Industrial Metal,
Favorite song (is not actually an industrial metal track): The Hunger,
link: http://www.revolvermag.com/news/exclusive-premiere-skolds-new-song-the-hunger-off-of-upcoming-album.html | 27 | | Chevelle Hats Off To The Bull
3.5,
Hard Rock/Alternative Metal,
Favorite song: Clones,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl6c8GBQf88 | 26 | | Paean Livium
3.5,
Death/Doom Metal,
Favorite song by far: Impendin Sacrifice/Fall of the False Lords,
You will get: Awakening, due to shortage of links,
Awakening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7XzuZA9ClA&feature=related | 25 | | DevilDriver Beast
3.5,
Extreme Groove Metal,
Favorite song: Shitlist,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKnyu6kJiuE | 24 | | Ceremonial Perfection Alone In The End
3.5,
Melodic Death Metal,
Favorite song: Symbols and Processes,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgrI1T384TI | 23 | | Black Sun Aeon Blacklight Deliverance
3.5,
Death/Doom Metal,
Favorite song: Sheol,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWVF-TSxMLk | 22 | | Vallenfyre A Fragile King
3.5 - 4,
Death Metal,
Favorite song: Desecration,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUOPxHUlafc | 21 | | In Every Breath Awakening
3.5 - 4,
Alternative Metal/Post-Hardcore,
Favorite song: Tempress,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLPtPAXO_Ig | 20 | | Earthship Exit Eden
3.5 - 4,
Stoner/Sludge Metal,
Favorite song: A Feast For Vultures,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvUJs8QRJ-I | 19 | | Flourishing The Sum of All Fossils
4,
Death Metal,
Favorite song: A Thimble's Worth,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjb1yPhaES4 | 18 | | Isole Born From Shadows
4,
Doom Metal,
Favorite song: title track,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-RXYqOLDe4 | 17 | | Arafel For Battles Once Fought
4,
Folk Metal,
Favorite song: Im Feld,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE0QsHGmsOg | 16 | | Latitudes Agonist
4,
Post-Metal,
Favorite song: Antechamber,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1-VyRn6pLs | 15 | | Book of Black Earth The Cold Testament
4,
Black/Death Metal,
Favorite song: Irritating Spectre,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIZVBDCBNnU&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLFAA4D85DCDF38875 | 14 | | Blue Stahli Blue Stahli
4,
Industrial Metal,
Favorite song: ULTRAnumb,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-2jNiVK86A | 13 | | Decapitated Carnival is Forever
4,
Death Metal,
Favorite song: The Knife,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-nL7Gt9XtI | 12 | | Tech N9ne All 6's And 7's
4,
Hip-Hop,
Favorite song: Worldwide Choppers,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSQUfTBcOu4 | 11 | | Profane Omen Destroy!
4,
Groove Metal/Death 'n' Roll,
Favorite song: Predator,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGF6Jm5MB9I | 10 | | In Flames Sounds of a Playground Fading
4,
Modern Metal,
Favorite song: A New Dawn,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG8--bjjNSI | 9 | | Lo-Pan Salvador
4,
Stoner Rock,
Favorite song: Bird of Prey,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B86D0IYk2VE | 8 | | Tombs Path of Totality
4,
Sludge Metal,
Favorite song: Vermillion,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXhLPqnBRmw | 7 | | Insomnium One For Sorrow
4,
Melodic Death Metal,
Favorite songs (can't decide here): Song of The Blackest Bird + Unsung,
links: Blackest Bird: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_3r_aFguPY ,
Unsung: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns9_A3CKqPM | 6 | | Loss Despond
4,
Doom Metal,
Favorite song: Cut Up, Depressed and Alone,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CZdsnnPoDk | 5 | | Ghost Brigade Until Fear No Longer Defines Us
4,
Atmopsheric Sludge Metal,
Favorite song: Soulcarvers,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEEyru3_u5Y | 4 | | Skindred Union Black
4 - 4.5,
Ragga Metal,
Favorite song: Bad Man Ah Bad Man,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxvGOvoF8h0 | 3 | | Toxic Holocaust Conjure And Command
4 - 4.5,
Thrash Metal,
Favorite song: Red Winter,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jukrUgpqGrI | 2 | | Woods of Desolation Torn Beyond Reason
4 - 4.5,
Atmospheric Black Metal,
Favorite song: title track,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btjqnrd7xsY | 1 | | Light Bearer Lapsus
4.5,
Post-Metal,
Favorite song: Primum Movens,
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiB4zlQumVs | |
Metalstyles
12.22.11 | Ughh, my beautiful formating got totally fucked after I submitted this it seems, oh well, now it just looks like crappy but I hope you all get something out of it. | greg84
12.22.11 | Hmm. Only 4 out of these were included in my top50. Tombs almost made the cut. I thought 5 was mediocre tbh. Unsurprisingly I haven't heard a lot of stuff on here. So I really can't say if this is a good list. Haha. | AfterTheBreakdown
12.22.11 | 3 is solid. | Relinquished
12.22.11 | 16 wasn't released this year | Metalstyles
12.23.11 | You are indeed right Relinquished, 16 wasn't released this year. I heard it this year though and that's why I guess i remembered it being from this year. Oh well, too late to change it now since I don't atm have another 4/5 album in my backpocket and I'm not going to re-order the whole latter half of the list just to change one album.
@Greg
Unsurprisingly indeed haha. I haven't actually been around the last week or so, so I haven't seen your list yet, but I'll fix this right now. | Crysis
12.23.11 | Sick list styles, nice to see 30, 6 and 2 on here | ohfoxxxycole
12.23.11 | is 4 that good | Metalstyles
12.23.11 | Thanks Kyle, glad to see some people noticing the list.
ohfoxxxycole - if you can appreciate fun metal then yes, yes it is. | greg84
12.23.11 | I'm listening to Earthship right now. It's quite cool indeed. | Metalstyles
12.23.11 | Cool, I'm glad you found something here that piqued your interest. | pizzamachine
12.29.11 | Good list! 31 sucks. | Metalstyles
12.29.11 | Dude 31 was real cool and Save Me off it was straight up bangin' | Tyrael
12.29.11 | FINALLY A M/ LIST
F YEAH | Metalstyles
12.29.11 | haha, I try Tyrael, I try. | Hawks
12.29.11 | Lots of good stuff here. | Metalstyles
12.29.11 | Thanks Hawks. | Wizard
12.29.11 | Very interesting list Magnus. I will reveal my monster metal list within the next day or so. | Metalstyles
12.29.11 | Cool, I'll be sure to keep that in mind. | BigHans
12.29.11 | m/ |
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