At long last, here are my Top 15 Albums of 2011:
40 Watt Sun – The Inside Room (Cyclone Empire)
All Else Failed – Wouldn’t Wish This On Anyone (War Torn Records)
Atlas Moth – An Ache For The Distance (Profound Lore)
4. Falconer – Armod (Metal Blade)
Fuck The Facts – Die Miserable (Relapse)
Hammers of Misfortune — 17th Street (Metal Blade)
KEN Mode – Venerable (Profound Lore)
Leprous – Bilateral (InsideOut)
Today Is The Day – Pain Is A Warning (Black Market Activities)
Unexpect – Fables of the Sleepless Empire (Independent)
Tombs — Path of Totality (Relapse)
Primordial — Redemption At The Puritan’s Hand (Metal Blade)
Blut Aus Nord — 777 The Desanctification (Debemur Morti)
Falloch — Where Distant Spirits Remain (Candlelight)
And here are all of the other year-end features that I contributed to with my own lists, year-end highlights and blurbs about the honoured albums.
About Heavy Metal’s 2011 Heavy Metal Awards
Alternative Matter’s Top 15 of 2011
Exclaim’s 18 Best Metal Albums of 2011