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DasShredDoctor asked in Entertainment & MusicMusicRock and Pop · 9 years ago

Metalheads: Metal of 2011?

I know that variations of this question have been asked a crapload of times already, but, hey, it doesn't hurt to ask again, lol.

As the year is drawing to an end, I made a video of my top 50 favourite metal albums of the year:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZhEDJCAzmU

MQ: if you have time, what's your thoughts on my compilation?

MQ2: What is your favourite metal album of 2011?

MQ3: What's favourite debut album?

MQ4: Biggest dissapointment for an album?

MQ5: Any albums set for release next year that you're looking forward to? (for me, it's Epica's, Midnight Realm's, and Kalmah's)

Update:

Appetite for Destruction was released 1987, and Abrahadabra was 2010

Update 2:

@Peace Sells: Oh crap!!! I completely forgot about Fables Of The Sleepless Empire! It's such an amazing album, I can't believe I forgot to include it in my list.

and yeah, most of my choices are either melodeth or power metal, as those are my two favourite genres. There are quite a few thrash albums though in my list, more so than my list for most other years... but I guess the kind of thrash I like sounds a lot like some melodeath.

Also, I'll be honest, (I know someone's gonna want to crucify me for this) I kinda like Illud Divinum Insanus... and I've never liked old Morbid Angel.

Update 3:

No, I've never liked very many oldschool DM bands. The production's too raw for me, and I find the vocals sound grating to me. I refer a deep, powerful roar or growl for death metal, and bands like Morbid Angel have that weak, higher pitch, scratchy gargle.

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  • Peace Sells....and im buying!
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    9 years ago
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    Wow..I hardly know any of the albums in your list! But lots of albums in that list sound very much alike..quite natural since most of them (correct me if im wrong) are melodic death or power/symphonic metal related..im not a massive fan of these genres (not saying i dont love some bands of this style)..but hats off to you for having the patience to make a top 50 list..and that too for a year!..i dont think i've even listened to 15 albums from 2011 properly..let alone make a top 50 list :P

    MA2 :

    Hmm..quite difficult to pick one..it's been a great year for not just metal..but other stuff too..

    Metal Album of the Year : After a lot of internal struggles i choose - "Fables Of The Sleepless Empire" by UneXpect

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46U2y-lO344

    Surprise of the Year : "The Animation of Entomology" by Blotted Science (When i heard Ronny's come out with a new EP, i started smiling like mad! :D)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZV5J2fElU

    Album of the Year : "Grace for Drowning" by Steven Wilson (Maybe you wont like it Shred..but this year, my fav album is a non metal album..unlike the last year)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji_06hRYqm8

    MA3: Hmm..

    "Back to the Times of Splendor" by Disillusion

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dREjsCoKt64

    MA4 : Disappointment this year? Well..obviously Morbid Angel's "Illud Divinum Insanus"...WTF!!??

    MA5 :

    Black Sabbath

    Storm Corrosion

    Fates Warning

    Testament (Dark Roots of the Earth)

    Rush (Clockwork Angels)

    Overkill

    Psycroptic (The Inherited Repression)

    Drudkh (Eternal Turn Of The Wheel)

    ****EDIT:

    MA3 : guess u wanted my fav debut album from this year right? If so..then...

    "Ancient Stone and Mystic Woods" by Moradin

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFDw_SXvtSg

    (Solid debut...very much along the lines of Agalloch..but has more of a black metal feel to it..)

    ****@Shred : You dont like any of Morbid's first three albums?!!

  • Totally not a troll
    9 years ago

    Favorite Metal album of 2011: The Great Mass by Septic Flesh or Relentless Reckless Forever by Children of Bodom

    Favorite Debut: Appetite for Destruction by Guns N' Roses (old school metal I guess, if not hard Classic Rock)

    Biggest Disappointment: Abrahadabra by Dimmu Borgir

    Looking forward to: Lizard Dusk by Tracedawn

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