What Are Your Favourite Metal Albums of The Year so Far?

Nephilim Wolf

2011 has actually been quite a good year for me, and usaully if I hear six to eight incredible albums in a year, I regard it as a very good year. These particular albums really stood out for me so far:

Amorphis - The Beginning of Times
Primordial - Redemption At The Puritans Hand
Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising
Spetic Flesh - The Great Mass
Demonaz - March Of The Norse Warriors
Arch Enemy - Khaos Legions

It may not be much albums, but they are the only albums that have really blown me away this year. I'm also really looking forward to Moonspell's new album as well.

sentient_6

Hands down Primordial.


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(& do you mean 2011 btw?)

EDIT: just looking at my winamp & iv very very few albums from this year so far. I was loving the new Lazarus A.D. album for a bit but at the end of the day it was coming down to a couple of tracks that where clicking with me. I expect to enjoy Hell - Human Remains, but havent had the time to digest it yet.

I'm really really looking forward to see what the new Warbringer album brings.

RayCon

Well it's June already and the only new release Ive bought and enjoyed is :

Black Country Communion : 2

Does that make it "Album of the Year" ? ... probably not but so far I think it's been a pretty crappy year for new releases.

sxt

Burzum - FAllen
Altar of Plagues - Mammal
Tombs - The Path of Totality
Blut aus Nord -777 - Sect(s)
Moonsorrow - Varjoina kuljemme kuolleiden maassa

silent sage

(BTBAM for the lyrics)

Angron

So far my favourite has been Passion from Anaal Nathrakh. There hasn't really been too much I've listened to thoroughly though.

Just Like Heaven

I was thinking earlier about how few new albums i'v listened to this year. So far probably Passion by Anaal Nathrakh aswell or Edge of the Earth by Sylosis.
I think the Black Dahlia Murder one is going to super when it's released aswell.

Angron

fewtinsoffroth wrote: »

I was thinking earlier about how few new albums i'v listened to this year. So far probably Passion by Anaal Nathrakh aswell or Edge of the Earth by Sylosis.
I think the Black Dahlia Murder one is going to super when it's released aswell.

Oh I forgot about Sylosis, that was a good album, and a great band.

RayCon

RayCon wrote: »

Well it's June already and the only new release Ive bought and enjoyed is :

Black Country Communion : 2

Does that make it "Album of the Year" ? ... probably not but so far I think it's been a pretty crappy year for new releases.

Just copped this is METAL album of the year thread, not ROCK/METAL ...

Planemo

I think I've heard more new albums by now than I did for all of last year (such is the nature of reviewing I suppose)
I declare this year to be the year of grindcore with soo many class releases, my favourites being:
Owen Hart - Earth Control
Graf Orlock - Doombox
Wormrot - Dirge
Noisear - Subvert The Dominant Paradigm
Maruta - Forward Into Regression
Anaal Nathrakh - Passion (borderline I know but I'm counting them as grindcore)
Rotten Sound - Cursed
Agoraphobic Nosebleed/Despise You Split

and the rest:
Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction (love Ghost too but you kinda have to be in the right mood for it)
Iceage - New Brigade
Ken Mode - Venerable
LAMP - Sagittarius (quality Irish prog metal that you can dl for free from their bandcamp)
Weekend Nachos - Worthless
40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room
Primordial - Redemption At The Puritan's Hand
****ed Up - David Comes To Life
Goes Cube - In Tides And Deserts
Greyceon - All We Destroy
American Heritage - Sedentary

considering we still have albums from the likes of Brutal Truth, Opeth, Machine ****ing Head, Mastodon, Lamb Of God, Napalm Death, Pig Destroyer, Clutch, Gaza, Gojira, Primus, Rush, and possibly Neurosis, I think it's safe to say 2011 is going to **** 2010 in it's mediocre ass!

Vudgie

Has to be In solitude - The world.The Flesh.The Devil.

An absolute classic in my view. Particular highlight is 'To her darkness'. The song has as many riffs as a lot of albums in their entirety. Love it.

GrizzlyMan

Useful.Idiot

Altar of Plagues - Mammal
Primordial - Redemption at the Puritan's Hand
Wormrot - Dirge
SepticFlesh - The Great Mass
Blut Aus Nord - 777 Sect(s)
Rotten Sound - Cursed
Anaal Nathrakh - Passion
Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction/Ghost

And one's that haven't been mentioned yet:
Ulcerate - The Destroyers of All (its really does destroy all)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw7tFKyOfcE

Necros Christos - Doom of the Occult

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38CSZdFEPl8

Benighted - Asylum Cave

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck6PRSX9Czs

Nader Sadek - In the Flesh (f*ck the new Morbid Angel)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVLtl8yzjt0

guitarfan

Definitely Black Dahlia Murder's latest. It's streaming now on MSN.

I only just discovered Cannabis Corpse's "Tube of the Resinated", and I've been listening to that non-stop.

MickShamrock

Morf

The Refraction album. It's about the only strictly metal album i own from this year. It's good though.

Angron

MickShamrock wrote: »

...guh? That looks so very awful.

chin_grin

+1 for Anaal Nathrakh. Brilliant album.

ElvisChrist6

Jaysus, no mention of Pentagram's Last Rites or Morbid Angel's Illud Divinum Insanus? Also, I believe the Atomic Bitchwax and Primus are set to release this year! Most metal from 2011 is dreadful though, need these classic bands!

guitarfan

ElvisChrist6 wrote: »

Jaysus, no mention of Pentagram's Last Rites or Morbid Angel's Illud Divinum Insanus? Also, I believe the Atomic Bitchwax and Primus are set to release this year! Most metal from 2011 is dreadful though, need these classic bands!

There's a reason no one has mentioned Morbid Angel's latest. Namely, they've heard it.

chin_grin

Is Origins' album Entity out yet? Then.............Origin - Entity. :pac:

Joe_Dull

Scar Symmetry - The Unseen Empire
In Flames - Sounds of a Playground Fading
Amorphis - The Beginning of Times
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light (that might be pushing it, but Dave does do a bit of screaming)

All fantastic records, and plenty still to look forward to: Enter Shikari, Dream Theater, Opeth...

Nephilim Wolf

Joe_Dull wrote: »

Scar Symmetry - The Unseen
In Flames - Sounds of a Playground Fading
Amorphis - The Beginning of Times
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light (that might be pushing it, but Dave does do a bit of screaming)

All fantastic records, and plenty still to look forward to: Enter Shikari, Dream Theater, Opeth...

Very good choices, and some fantastic albums there like In Flames and Amorphis, but I don't think that the Foo Fighters can be classed as metal.;)

Vudgie wrote: »

Has to be In solitude - The world.The Flesh.The Devil.

An absolute classic in my view. Particular highlight is 'To her darkness'. The song has as many riffs as a lot of albums in their entirety. Love it.

Just heard that album only recently and it's class. Definitely a highlight of 2011 for me.

Say Your Number

Anvil - Juggernaut of Justice
Black Stone Cherry - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (If It Counts as Metal)

Nightwish

I've only bought 3 new releases so far this year, so what I post may have to be revised by years end.

Joe_Dull

Nephilim Wolf wrote: »

I don't think that the Foo Fighters can be classed as metal.;)
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Pity!

Nephilim Wolf

Nightwish wrote: »

I've only bought 3 new releases so far this year, so what I post may have to be revised by years end.

Great albums. I think that may be one of Within Temptation's best albums of this decade so far. Couldn't really get into that particular Children of Bodom album though, it does have a couple some great songs.

Joe_Dull wrote: »

Pity!

They are a good band though, but my favourite album will always be 'The Colour And The Shape'.:)

Useful.Idiot

Can't believe I didn't post this.
Negative Plane - Stained Glass Revelations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikKjeIoK85Q

One of the most atmospheric albums I've ever come across, so eerie and gothic.

Nightwish

Nephilim Wolf wrote: »

Great albums. I think that may be one of Within Temptation's best albums of this decade so far. Couldn't really get into that particular Children of Bodom album though, it does have a couple some great songs.

You're right CoB's album is poor in comparison to Follow the Reaper and Hatebreeder. Replacing it with this very fine album which I got on download a few weeks ago. Really want the hard copy now!

Otis Driftwood

Been an ok year thus far in my humble with a couple of standout albums.

As good as anything they have ever produced imo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbaj0DdNmTw

I will admit to being a bit of a Max fanboy but I really thought this was a great little album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r4jQPObI9c

These guys just get better and better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2sjZ8gKois

Nephilim Wolf

I also discovered these fantastic albums very very recently.

Blood Ceremony - Living With The Ancients
In Solitude - The World, The Flesh, The Devil
Omnium Gatherum - New World of Shadows