I can't believe 2011 is pretty much over. From a music standpoint, I am kind of sad to have it end. I listened to 92 (!) albums this year and over 70% of them received a 3.5 star rating or higher from me. That speaks volumes for how good the music was in 2011. This has been the best year for music of my entire lifetime. Being primarily a metalhead, I had a field day pretty much all year with quality release after quality release coming out. I discovered some brand new bands (Last Chance To Reason, Uneven Structure), I finally took the time to listen to some great bands that have been around for a while (Obscura, Septic Flesh) and some of my favorite bands released their best records to date (The Black Dahlia Murder, Revocation, Protest The Hero). The rest of the genres were not as good as metal, but they didn't really have to be with the exceptional quality of a lot of the metal release this year. Hoepfully 2012 can be even close to as good as 2011. Without further ado, here are my full-rankings for all of the EP's and LP's I heard this year with star ratings.
EP's
7.Childish Gambino-EP(1.5/5)
6.Whitechapel-Recorrupted (2.5/5)
5.Periphery-Icarus(3.5/5)
4.Within The Ruins-Omen(3.5/5)
3.Dying Fetus-History Repeats....(3.5/5)
2.Job For A Cowboy-Gloom(4/5)
1.Between The Buried and Me-The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues(4.5/5)
LP's
92.Metallica/Lou Reed-Lulu(0/5)
91.Emmure-Speaker Of The Dead(0/5)
90.The Crimson Armada-Conviction(1/5)
89.Incubus-If Not Now, When?(1.5/5)
88.Morbid Angel-Illuid Divinum Insanus(1.5/5)
87.Rings Of Saturn-Embryonic Anomaly(1.5/5)
86.Black Tide-Post Mortem(1.5/5)
85.Rise Against-Endgame(2/5)
84.Limp Bizkit-Gold Cobra(2/5)
83.Five Finger Death Punch-American Capitalist(2/5)
82.Devin Townsend Project-Ghost(2/5)
81.Suicide Silence-The Black Crown(2.5/5)
80.Dream Theater-A Dramatic Turn Of Events(2.5/5)
79.Jay-Z/Kanye West-Watch The Throne(2.5/5)
78.Red Hot Chili Peppers-I'm With You(2.5/5)
77.Winds Of Plague-Against The World(3/5)
76.Bury Your Dead-Mosh N' Roll(3/5)
75.Lazarus A.D-Black Rivers Flow(3/5)
74.Wu-Tang Clan-Legendary Weapons(3/5)
73.Harm's Way-Isolation(3/5)
72.Betraying The Martyrs-Breathe In Life(3/5)
71.Jedi Mind Tricks-Violence Begets Violence(3/5)
70.blink-182-Neighborhoods(3/5)
69.The Devil Wears Prada-Dead Throne(3/5)
68.In Flames-Sounds Of A Playground Fading(3/5)
67.Molotov Solution-Insurrection(3.5/5)
66.Toxic Holocaust-Conjure and Command(3.5/5)
65.Saviours-Death's Procession(3.5/5)
64.Jamey Jasta-Jasta(3.5/5)
63.Death Grips-Exmillitary (3.5/5)
62.Abysmal Dawn-Leveling The Plane Of Existence(3.5/5)
61.Alkaline Trio-Damnesia(3.5/5)
60.Title Fight-Shed(3.5/5)
59.This Is Hell-Black Mass(3.5/5)
58.Texas In July-One Reality(3.5/5)
57.Cave In-White Silence(3.5/5)
56.Primus-Green Nogalydte(3.5/5)
55.Tyler, The Creator-Goblin(3.5/5)
54.Vader-Welcome To The Morbid Reich(3.5/5)
53.Sepultura-Kairos(3.5/5)
52.Threat Signal-Threat Signal(3.5/5)
51.Devildriver-Beast(3.5/5)
50.Crowbar-Sever The Wicked Hand(3.5/5)
49.Touche Amore-Parting The Seas Between Brightness and Me(3.5/5)
48.TesseracT-One(3.5/5)
47.Megadeth-TH1RT3EN(3.5/5)
46.The Black Keys-El Camino(3.5/5)
45.Chimaira-The Age Of Hell(3.5/5)
44.Dropkick Murphys-Going Out In Style(3.5/5)
43.Hate Eternal-Phoenix Amongst The Ashes(4/5)
42.Becoming The Archetype-Celestial Completion(4/5)
41.Cannabis Corpse-Beneath Grow Lights Thou Shall Rise(4/5)
40.Scale The Summit-The Collective(4/5)
39.Amon Amarth-Surtur Rising(4/5)
38.Evan Brewer-Alone(4/5)
37.Uneven Structure-Februus(4/5)
36.Ulcerate-The Destroyers Of All (4/5)
35.Thomas Giles-Pulse(4/5)
34.Atmosphere-The Family Sign(4/5)
33.Anthrax-Worship Music(4/5)
32.Origin-Entity(4/5)
31.Arsonists Get All The Girls-Motherland(4/5)
30.Children Of Bodom-Relentless Reckless Forever(4/5)
29.Decapitated-Carnival Is Forever(4/5)
28.Havok-Time Is Up(4/5)
27.Textures-Dualism(4/5)
26.Warbringer-Worlds Torn Asunder(4/5)
25.The Human Abstract-Digital Veil(4/5)
24.Grieves-Together/Apart(4/5)
23.Animals As Leaders-Weightless(4/5)
22.Red Fang-Murder The Mountains(4/5)
21.Landmine Marathon-Gallows(4/5)
20.Septic Flesh-The Great Mass(4/5)
19.Beastie Boys-Hot Sauce Committee Part 2(4/5)
18.August Burns Red-Leveler(4/5)
17.Devin Townsend Project-Deconstruction(4/5)
16.Foo Fighters-Wasting Light(4/5)
15.Darkest Hour-The Human Romance(4/5)
14.Last Chance To Reason-Level 2(4/5)
13.Obscura-Omnivium(4/5)
12.Times Of Grace-The Hymn Of A Broken Man(4/5)
11.All Shall Perish-This Is Where It Ends(4/5)
10.Born Of Osiris-The Discovery(4.5/5)
9.Fleshgod Apocalypse-Agony(4.5/5)
8.Arch Enemy-Khaos Legions(4.5/5)
7.Skeletonwitch-Forever Abomination(4.5/5)
6.Machine Head-Unto The Locust(4.5/5)
5.Mastodon-The Hunter(4.5/5)
4.Unearth-Darkness In The Light(4.5/5)
3.Protest The Hero-Scurrilous(4.5/5)
2.Revocation-Chaos Of Forms(4.5/5)
1.The Black Dahlia Murder-Ritual (5/5)
Albums I didn't get the chance to check out before making this list, but plan to in the near future:
Russian Circles-Empros
Diamond Plate-Generation Why?
Fit For An Autopsy-The Process Of Human Extermination
Black Cobra-Interval
New Found Glory-Radiosurgery
Sylosis-Edge Of The Earth
YOB-Atma
Album I heard some of, but not enough to rank:
Trivium-In Waves
Volumes-Via
Structures-Divided By
Rotten Sound-Cursed
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