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This is the first year I really tried to keep up with releases, but it turns out I picked a bad year for that. As I said in my top songs list, 2011 sucked for albums. It was a major release year - a ton of prominent artists released a new album this last year, and almost all of them were disappointments on some level... including ones that are actually making this list. That is what I find most disappointing - that my top 10 list has albums that were, in general, disappointing. It was also a great year for me though, in that I discovered artists I wouldn't have otherwise. Several of those are making this list as well. What's most important though is that I discovered artists this year that didn't release anything new. This proves that, with all the disappointment, there is always great stuff already out which must be heard!

Now, on with the list....

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Well, 2011 kind of sucked as far as albums go, but there was a ton of stand-out tracks even on albums that, on the whole, were not very good. Picking out just ten is a difficulty, but I managed to do so. Note that there's only one song per album, otherwise the entire list would be filled by two or three albums I really loved. ;)

#10: "C'est La Vie" - Protest the Hero
I was massively disappointed with Scurrilous. Seriously, almost every part of it was just bad. Not "C'est la Vie" though - nope, this song has everything that made me love songs like "Sequoia Throne" and "No Stars Over Bethlehem." Crazy riffs, poppy melody, and insightful, thought-provoking lyrics by Arif Mirabdolbaghi (unlike the rest of the album).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKZ-eKBJ9dw

#9: "The Drowning Age" - Draconian
I kind of dislike 99% of doom metal and doom metal related artists. It's way too slow for me. …

Top 10 Best Albums of 2011

This is a list of what I find to be the best albums of 2011 from the music which I listen to, it will be constantly edited whenever I find a album which I think deserves to be part of the 10 best of 2011.


1. In Flames - Sounds of a Playground Fading

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- With legendary melodic death metal releases as " The Jester Race", "Whoracle", "Colony" and "Clayman" and more modern metal sounding albums like "Reroute to Remains" and " Come Clarity", In Flames return with their 10th album, some fans anticipate the record with high hopes, others with caution. In Flames continue in the same vein as they always, the band just proves they can do whatever they want musically and make it sound amazing. On this 13 song platter, you’ll find odes to the past in the occasionally up-tempo thrash parts within…

1. Insomnium - One For Sorrow
2. Wolverine - Communication Lost
3. Thence - These Stones Cry From The Earth
4. TesseracT - One
5. Autumn - Cold Comfort
6. Silent Stream of Godless Elegy - Návaz
7. Leprous - Bilateral
8. Opeth - Heritage
9. Sólstafir - Svartir Sandar
10. Black Sun Aeon - Blacklight Deliverance

Notable albums:
While Heaven Wept - Fear Of Infinity
Ghost Brigade - Until Fear No Longer Defines Us
Dragonland - Under The Grey Banner
Redemption - This Mortal Coil
Thy Catafalque - Rengeteg
Aenaon - Cendres Et Sang
NeraNature - Foresting Wounds
Arkan - Salam
Falls of Rauros - The Light That Dwells in Rotten Wood

Woods Of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light

Serbia:
Rain Delay - Slumber Recon
Anima - Spasenje
Aura+ - U Ime Tvoje
Organized Chaos - Inner Conflict

Amixor33 – Jahrescharts 2011:

Gespielte Titel Gesamt: 84.964
Gespielte Titel 2011: 31.522
Vorjahr: 25.711
Veränderung: +5811


Top Artists 2011


1. Katatonia 1.120
2. Iced Earth 993
3. NEW!Mar De Grises 489
4. Lifelover 459
5. Draconian 419
6. NEW!Casper 418
7. NEW!Ekove Efrits 406
8. Agrypnie 382
9. Ghost Brigade 364
10. Swallow The Sun 342

11. In Flames 323
12. Sólstafir 313
13. Disbelief 300
14. Insomnium 299
15. ColdWorld 291
16. Xasthur 282
17. Nocturnal Depression 276
18. Moonspell 260
19. NEW!Bloc Party 258
20. Agalloch 256
21. Novembre 253
22. NEW!Graveworm 249
23. NEW!Nox Aurea 245
24. NEW!Totalselfhatred 239
25. Forest of Shadows 237

26. Ayreon 229
27. Anathema 227
27. Imperium Dekadenz 227
29. Blutklinge 221
30. Ektomorf 213
30. This Ending 213
32. Dark Tranquillity 212
33. Eluveitie 203
34. Communic 202
35. Thread Signal 198
36. Amorphis 196
37. My Dying Bride 194
38. Bethlehem 189
39. Blodarv 188
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What follows mostly consists of a bunch of personal statistics regarding 2011's music. In general, I'd say this has certainly been a most interesting and awesome year in many respects.

First things first. As of July, I have become a huge fan of the TV show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Some may be quick to judge and make inaccurate assumptions about the show or the brony community, but the truth is that MLP:FiM is genuinely incredible in pretty much all aspects (incl. animation, voice acting, characters, re-watchability, humor, writing, moral themes, community, etc.). I won't draw this out too much here. If you truly have a problem with this, I say deal with it.

But man... confound these ponies. They drive me to screw up my charts. XD

My list of 2011 albums rated in order.

My Last.fm Artist Chart for 2011 (play-based):
1. Blind Guardian (525 plays)
2. Kamelot (524 plays)
3. Epica (446 plays)
4. Agalloch (423 plays)
5. Not A Clever Pony (353 plays)
6. Dark Tranquillity (314 plays)
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Moonsorrow — Varjoina kuljemme kuolleiden maassa (Epic Folk/Pagan Metal)
A special record with no rating. Huge but not complex, heavy and dirty like tidal waves and the splinters left after their passing, being not the best effort of Moonsorrow it contains an incredible masterpiece — Huuto. Back to "no rating" issue, though in terms of music it might be not stellar, this album simply was my soundtrack for this year. And since I rate music, not personal experience, it's out of the list but keeps its deserved place.

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1. Insomnium — One for Sorrow (Melodic Death Metal) (10/10)
A bolt out of the blue. From just a good band with a skill to blend oldschool melodeath elements with contemporary spirit and fresh melodies in their own way Insomnium now jump straight to the elite. Unbelievable musicianship, breathtaking craft of melody-making…

Honorable mentions: Ajattara, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Animals as Leaders, Battles, Black Cobra, Blut Aus Nord, Chelsea Wolfe, Crowbar, Dark Castle, Deaf Center, Decapitated, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Glorior Belli, Gripe, Iceage, Ice Dragon, Insomnium, Lock Up, Medeia, Omega Massif, Opeth, Revocation, Rotten Sound, Shining, Skeletonwitch, Steel Mammoth, Taake, Today Is The Day, Trap Them, Ulver



50. Weekend Nachos - Worthless

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Highlight track: Obituary


49. Brutal Truth - End Time

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Highlight track: Celebratory Gunfire


48. Vildhjarta - Måsstaden

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Highlight track: Dagger


47. The Black Dahlia Murder - Ritual

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Highlight track: Moonlight Equilibrium


46. Cynic - Carbon-Based Anatomy EP

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