The 2011 Metal Album of the Year Poll

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Official 2011 Metal Album of the Year

 

 

The Nominees are:

 

Disma- Towards the Megalith
Tombs- Path of Totality
Devin Townsend- Deconstruction
Factory of Dreams- Melontronical
Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising
Talanas- The Waspkeeper
Ulcerate - The Destroyers of All
Dragobrath- Whisperherbs
Mastodon- The Hunter
Obscura- Omnivium

Heiden - Dolores (2011)

1. Tmář
2. Pábení
3. Na Břehu
4. Dnešní Noc Je Žena
5. Má Euforie
6. Antisentiment
7. Dolores
8. Živý?

Genre: Black/Doom Metal
Rating: 9/10

Mystic Prophecy - Ravenlord (2011)

01. Ravenlord 04:07
02. Die Now!! 03:35
03. Eyes Of The Devil 05:22
04. Damned Tonight 03:26
05. Hollow 04:33
06. Wings Of Destiny 04:26
07. Endless Fire 04:31
08. Cross Of Lies 03:27
09. Reckoning Day 03:43
10. Miracle Man 03:15

Genre: Power Metal
Rating: 8/10

Enid - Munsalvaesche (2011)

01. Red Knight 05:36
02. Legends From The Storm 07:25
03. Belrapeire 05:58
04. Munsalvaesche 10:54
05. Condwiramurs 05:27
06. The Journey 06:09
07. Valley Under Two Suns 04:41
08. Sheafs Of Sparks 05:47

Genre: Symphonic Metal
Rating: 7/10

Cormorant - Dwellings (2011)

1. The First Man 05:58
2. Funambulist 10:30
3. Confusion of Tongues 04:25
4. Junta 09:28
5. The Purest Land 04:37
6. A Howling Dust 08:52
7. Unearthly Dreamings 11:56

Genre: Progressive Black Metal
Rating: 5/10

Paganizer - Into The Catacombs (2011)

1. Total Lovecraftian Armageddon 02:17
2. Their Skin Suits Me 03:38
3. Panzer Truck 03:55
4. Vдgrеttor 03:13
5. The Carrion Parlor 03:13
6. Winter of Disembowelment 03:08
7. Cadaver Earth 03:34
8. Frontier Cthulhu 04:00
9. Ragnarцk 00:56
10. At the Helm of Naglfar 04:14
11. A Bullet in the Head for the Undead 03:52
12. The Paganizer 04:43
13. Into the Catacombs 03:13

Genre: Death Metal
Rating: 8/10

Icon Of Phobos - Icon Of Phobos (2011)

1. Intro-Revelations of the Void 03:39
2. Harbingers of Ruin 06:23
3. The Shrouded Worm 07:53
4. Analgesia 05:07
5. Shape of Failure 06:45
6. Misogyny in the Flesh 07:41
7. Ecstasy in Death-Outro 03:51

Genre: Black Metal
Rating: 8/10

Vendetta - Feed The Extermination (2011)

01. Feed the Extermination
02. Tremendous Brutality
03. Cancer
04. Ovulation Bitch
05. Storage of Anger
06. Dog in the Manger
07. De-Organ-Izer
08. Abuse
09. Trust in God
10. Til I'm Dead

Genre: Thrash Metal
Rating: 7/10

Illuminata - A World So Cold (2011)

01. Ashes Of Times 02:03
02. Cold Hands Warm Hearts 05:57
03. End My Agony 06:50
04. Silent Poet 04:50
05. The Divine Puppet 04:13
06. The World Collector 06:36
07. Dead Warden Dreamer 04:03
08. A Frame Of Beauty 04:46
09. Endless 05:22
10. Lost In Picturesque 07:23
11. Metamorphobia II 06:04

Genre: Gothic/Power Metal
Rating: 5/10

Forefather - Last Of The Line (2011)

1. Cometh the King 00:54
2. Last of the Line 04:44
3. Chorus of Steel 04:43
4. By Thy Deeds 04:51
5. Up High 05:09
6. Wolves of Prayer 04:58
7. Wyrda Gesceaft 03:06
8. Doomsday Dawns 06:43
9. Shadows of the Dead 05:25
10. Spears of Faith 04:54
11. The Downfallen 05:53
12. Into the Rising Sun 03:52

Genre: Black/Viking Metal
Rating: 8/10

Klabautamann - The Old Chamber (2011)

01. Mary's Abbey 04:38
02. Bog Spawn 05:07
03. Dead Marshes 04:35
04. The Crown of the Wild 04:35
05. Gloom 04:52
06. The Old Chamber 03:10
07. Death's Canvas 04:28
08. The Maze 03:51
09. Black Rain 06:48
10. The Dying Night 05:12

Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
Rating: 8/10

Black Pyramid - II (2011)

1. Endless Agony
2. Mercy's Bane
3. Night Queen
4. Dreams Of The Dead
5. Tanelorn
6. Sons Of Chaos
7. Empty-Handed Insurrection
8. The Hidden Kingdom
9. Into The Dawn

Genre: Doom/Stoner Metal
Rating: 6/10

Dragobrath - WhisperHerbs (2011)

1. Night is Crawling and Gulps Herbal Milk 08:20
2. Cover the Earth with a Rainkisses 10:24
3. WhisperHerbs 08:39
4. Heather Strongholds 08:30
5. Along the Boundless Elbowroom of Fields 09:16
6. Celestial Glass Beads 08:40

Genre: Black/Folk Metal
Rating: 10/10

Kartikeya - Mahayuga (2011)

1. Sarva Mangalam
2. He Who Carries the Head of Brahma
3. The Path
4. Fields of Kurukshetra
5. Moksha
6. Neverborn
7. Surya Jayanti
8. Exile
9. Choirs of Oblivion
10. Utpavana Mahayuga
11. Satya Yuga
12. Treta Yuga
13. Dvapara Yuga
14. Kali Yuga

Genre: Death Metal
Rating: 9/10

Straight Line Stitch - The Fight Of Our Lives (2011)

1. Tear Down The Sky 04:15
2. Conversion 04:23
3. Laughing In The Rearview 04:21
4. Cold Front 03:54
5. No Tomorrow 03:36
6. Bar Room Brawl 04:21
7. One Reason 03:28
8. Never Surrender 03:20
9. Living Dead 03:26
10. Sound Of Silence 03:31
11. Ashes In The Wind 03:29

Genre: Metalcore
Rating: 8/10

Griffar - Monastery (2011)

1. Blessed in Lava 08:53
2. Monastery 03:56
3. Relentless Infamy 03:32
4. The Demented God 05:39
5. My Wolf Legacy 07:50
6. Tale of the Navigator 06:08
7. Diabolical Kingdoms 01:49
8. Rebirth 05:24
9. Last World 09:34

Genre: Black Metal
Rating: 9/10

Fractals - Corridors [ep] (2011)

01. Corridors 04:45
02. Destroy Yourself With Contradictions 03:20
03. (Re)Emerge 04:38
04. Insomniac 04:06
05. Contortions (Remix) (Bonus Track) 03:37

Genre: Progressive/Technical Metal
Rating: 7/10

Spell Forest - Inclusus Opacity (2011)

1. Corruptus aput Flammae Profligatus
2. Inclusus Opacity
3. Fortitidinem In Vincula Torturous Alica
4. Moestus Consultus Sub Lunae
5. Pactum Noctis Sinistrae
6. Magnus Andron Cruor
7. Volupia Est Inferus Infinite

Genre: Black/Ambient Metal
Rating: 6/10

Cage - Supremacy Of Steel (2011)

1. Bloodsteel 05:37
2. The Beast of Bray Road 04:29
3. King of the Wasteland 05:59
4. Metal Empire 05:50
5. War of the Undead 05:17
6. Flying Fortress 04:15
7. Doctor Doom 06:00
8. Annaliese Michel 07:14
9. Braindead Woman 02:34
10. The Monitor 06:27
11. Hell Destroyer vs. Metal Devil 07:35
12. Skinned Alive (European Bonus Track) 05:03

Genre: Power Metal
Rating: 8/10

Amorgen - Awake The Iron [ep] (2011)

1.A Wanderer's Heart 01:57
2.Hail to the Heathen God 04:04
3.Lost Glory 04:10
4.The Last Drops of our Pagan Blood 04:22
5.Sharpen thy Axes 06:15
6.Under Siege 03:53
7.March to the Grave 06:22

Genre: Folk/Death Metal
Rating: 4/10

Stéphan Forté - The Shadows Compendium (2011)

01. The Shadows Compendium (Guests: Jeff Loomis / ex-Nevermore & Franck Hermanny/ Adagio) 05:17
02. De Praestigiis Daemonum (Guest: Mattias IA Eklundh / Freak Kitchen) 05:11
03. Spiritual Bliss 06:02
04. Duat (Guest: Glen Drover/ ex-Megadeth) 05:56
05. Sorrowful Centruroides (Guest: Derek Taylor /Solo Artist) 06:02
06. Prophecies Of Loki XXI 05:30
07. I Think There’s Someone In The Kitchen (Guest: Daniele Gottardo /Solo Artist) 04:35
08. Improvisation On Sonata No. 14, c # Minor - Op. 27 No 2 06:14

Genre: Progressive/Instrumental Metal
Rating: 8/10

Haemoth - In Nomine Odium (2011)

1. Odium 03:06
2. Slaying The Blind 04:05
3. Demonik Omniscience 09:19
4. Spiritual Pestilence 04:02
5. Disgrace 05:55
6. Son Of The Black Light 08:47
7. ...And Then Came The Decease 09:45

Genre: Black Metal
Rating: 7/10

Sunn O))) Meets Nurse With Wound - The Iron Soul Of Nothing (2011)

1. Dysnystaxis ...A Chance Meeting With Somnus 18:27
2. Ra At Dawn Part I Rapture, At Last 14:58
3. Ash On The Trees The Sudden Ebb Of A Diatribe 17:07
4. Ra At Dawn Part II Numbed By Her Light 14:00

Genre: Ambient/Drone
Rating: 9/10

Gorgoroth - Under The Sign Of Hell (2011)

1. Revelation of Doom 03:00
2. Krig 02:35
3. Funeral Procession 02:58
4. Profetens Еpenbaring 04:26
5. Шdeleggelse og Undergang 04:15
6. Blood Stains the Circle 02:41
7. The Rite of Infernal Invocation 03:16
8. The Devil Is Calling 03:01

Genre: Black Metal
Rating: 7/10

Cathedral - A New Ice Age [ep] (2011)

1. Open Mind Surgery
2. Sabbadaius Sabbatum

Genre: Doom/Stoner Metal
Rating: 5/10

Jelusia - Aftermath (2011)

01. Wandering 06:37
02. Ghost Movement 07:26
03. Aftermath 04:59
04. JLB 06:21
05. Nightfall 01:16
06. Blood 04:16

Genre: Progressive/Atmospheric Metal
Rating: 9/10

Crom - Of Love And Death (2011)

1. Reason To Live 06:09
2. Lifetime 06:49
3. Just One Blink 06:17
4. My Song For All The Broken Hearts 04:56
5. My Destiny 06:10
6. This Dying World 06:30
7. Eternal Dreaming 02:51
8. The Fallen Beauty 2010 (bonus) 05:39

Genre: Viking/Power Metal
Rating: 7/10

Pulsar Colony - Snowball Earth (2011)

1.Wounded Animal of the Four Elements 08:37
2.Snowball Earth 09:40
3.Absolute Zero 09:49
4.Pillars of Creation 10:06
5.Ancestral Recall 08:38
6.Calypso 10:22
7.Of Frostfang Origin 10:47
8.To Pluto and Beyond 11:25

Genre: Avant-Garde/Psychedelic Metal
Rating: 9/10

Venom - Fallen Angels (2011)

01. Hammerhead 04:59
02. Nemesis 03:06
03. Pedal To The Metal 03:43
04. Lap Of The Gods 05:09
05. Damnation Of Souls 04:29
06. Beggarman 04:28
07. Hail Satanas 04:33
08. Sin 05:32
09. Punk's Not Dead 04:10
10. Death By The Name 03:09
11. Lest We Forget 02:14
12. Valley Of The Kings 04:52
13. Fallen Angels 07:05
14. Annunaki Legacy 04:24
15. Blackened Blues 04:51

Genre: Thrash Metal
Rating: 7/10

Dim Mak - The Emergence Of Reptilian Altars (2011)

1. Thrice Cursed 04:16
2. The Sounds of Carnage 03:41
3. The Secret of the Tides of Blood 03:56
4. Between Immensity and Eternity 04:16
5. Through the Rivers of Pestilence 02:01
6. Fully Disassembled 03:57
7. The Emergence of Reptilian Altars 04:07
8. Kutulu 03:55

Genre: Technical Death Metal
Rating: 7/10

Øscillatör - Experiment XIII (2011)

01. Omen 01:40
02. Planetary Devastation 04:31
03. Aborted Pt. I 03:08
04. Aborted Pt. II 02:38
05. Elixir 04:51
06. Odium 04:28
07. Eradicate 03:21
08. Experiment XIII 05:04

Genre: Technical Death Metal
Rating: 5/10

My Dying Bride - The Barghest O’ Whitby [ep] (2011)

01. The Barghest O' Whitby 27:04

Genre: Doom Metal
Rating: 3/10

Slartibartfass - Schwarz Verhüllt (2011)

1. Prolog 02:05
2. Kapitel I: Sehnsucht (Dämmerung Im Verschneiten Wald) 09:35
3. Kapitel II: Liebe (Vollmondnacht) 08:19
4. Kapitel III: Trauer (Als Das Glück Noch Zukunft Hieß) 07:46
5. Kapitel IV: Angst (Der Morgen Graut Am Horizont) 06:35
6. Kapitel V: Erhabenheit (Die Königin Dem Grab Entsteigt) 06:35
7. Kapitel VI: Melancholie (Tagtraum) 06:41

Genre: Viking/Folk Metal
Rating: 8/10

Imperial Vengeance - Black Heart Of Empire (2011)

1. Inked Scenes Of Treachery 2:36
2. Black Heart Empire 5:32
3. The Voice Of Thelema 7:43
4. The Ghost Light 7:15
5. Veiled Threats Over Cocktails 6:04
6. The Devil In The Details 8:10
7. Out Went The Candle, And We Were Left Darkling 2:51
8. Upon The Stair 7:35
9. Of Insect And Allegory 5:39
10. The Black Idol 10:52

Genre: Symphonic Black Metal
Rating: 8/10

(EchO) - Devoid Of Illusions (2011)

1. Intro 0:45
2. Summoning the Crimson Soul 07:30
3. Unforgiven March 09:23
4. The Coldest Land 09:08
5. Internal Morphosis 09:17
6. Omnivoid 08:23
7. Disclaiming My Faults 07:22
8. Once Was a Man 06:44
9. Sounds From Out of Space (feat. Greg Chandler) 07:26

Genre: Doom/Death Metal
Rating: 9/10

Savage Messiah - Plague Of Conscience (2012)

1. Plague of Conscience 05:31
2. Six Feet Under the Gun 05:01
3. Carnival of Souls 06:02
4. In Thought Alone 04:36
5. All Seeing I 05:09
6. Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt 04:09
7. Architects of Fear 05:14
8. The Accuser 04:04
9. Shadowbound 04:50
10. The Mask of Anarchy 08:37

Genre: Heavy Metal
Rating; 6/10

Cellador - Honor Forth [ep] (2011)

1. Honor Forth 03:49
2. I'm Omega 04:44
3. Unchained 05:01
4. Conscious Defector 05:09
5. Faceless Dark 03:51

Genre: Power Metal
Rating: 7/10

Nightwish - Imaginaerum (2011)

01. Taikatalvi
02. Storytime
03. Ghost River
04. Slow, Love, Slow
05. I Want My Tears Back
06. Scaretale
07. Arabesque
08. Turn Loose The Mermaids
09. Rest Calm
10. The Crow, The Owl And The Dove
11. Last Ride Of The Day
12. Song Of Myself
13. Imaginaerum

Genre: Symphonic Power Metal
Rating: 4/10