The official 2011 Top Ten lists.

[Wyvern]

At T-5 days to the end of this year, here comes the official lists from all of us.

Categories are: top ten albums, top ten DVDs, top ten concerts, top ten downloads, top ten whatever else and remember ten it's a conservative number post as much (or less) as you want but only for 2011!

Hawk shall we stick this one?

 

[Hawk]

Sounds like a plan to me buddy.

Note to everyone; go and find old regulars. As many as possible and ask them to contribute. Let's make this one huge!

 

[poundingmetal74]

1. Theocracy - As the World Bleeds
2. Steel Panther – Balls Out
3. Megadeth – Thirteen
4. Edguy – Age of the Joker
5. Wolf – Legions of Bastards
6. Eden’s Curse - Trinity
7. Dream Theater – A Dramatic Turn of Events
8. Anvil – Juggernaut of Justice
9. Powerwolf - Blood of the Saints
10. Queensryche – Dedicated to Chaos

Top 10 concerts:
Alice Cooper / Ace Frehley
Anvil
Ozzy / Slash
Roger Daltry
...I think that was all I saw this year?

Top 10 songs of 2011:
Pagan's Mind - Intermission
Megadeth - Public Enemy No. 1
Theocracy - Altar to the Unknown God
Edguy - Nobody's Hero
Dream Theater - Breaking All Illusions
Queensryche - Get Started
Steel Panther - Tiger Woods
Protokult - Night Feast
Eden's Curse - No Holy Man
TNT - Engine
*Max Webster - In Context of the Moon (it's 34 years old, but I listened to it dozens of times this year)

Top 10 anticipated releases for 2012:
Kiss, Betrayer, TNT Live DVD, Skid Row, Circus Maximus, Dream Evil, Fozzy, Symphonity, Firewind

 

[carnut]

a few shifts, but top 10 remains the same;

1 : Von Herzen Brothers - Stars Aligned
2 : Black Country Communion - 2
3 : Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events
4 : Yes - Fly from Here
5 : Myrath - Tales of the Sand
6 : Vicious Rumors - Razorback Killers
7 : Derek Sherinian - Oceana
8 : Arch/Matheos - Sympathetic resonance
9 : KRUX - III
10 : Karmakanic - In A Perfect World

Best live gigs;
1 : Crimson Glory at KIT + TSO
2 : Subsignal at PPE
3 : Vicious Rumors
4 : Wolf
5 : Angel Witch
6 : Anima Mundi
7 : Vanderbuyst
8 : Satan at Kit
9 : Bliksem
10 : Skull Fist


Best joke ; Lulu

 

[poundingmetal74]

6 : Vicious Rumors - Razorback Killers

I forgot this even came out! Their new singer sounds amazing and supposedly they've returned to form. I know I listened to a small sample and from what I remember it sounded pretty good. I've gotta give it a full listen soon.

 

[carnut]

I forgot this even came out! Their new singer sounds amazing and supposedly they've returned to form. I know I listened to a small sample and from what I remember it sounded pretty good. I've gotta give it a full listen soon.

I's an awesome old school album, and live they absolutely kick ass. Seen them 3 or 4 times this year

 

[Hans]

Top 10 cd’s 2011 :
1. Ancient Creation - Moonlight Monument
2. Arch/Matheos - Sympathetic Resonance
3. Vektor – Outer Isolation
4. Pastore - The Price for the Human Sins
5. Vicious Rumors - Razorback Killers
6. Cage - Supremacy Of Steel
7. Primus – Green Naugahyde
8. Saracen – Marilyn
9. Venom-Fallen Angels
10. Astral Doors - Jerusalem

(too late discovered for a top ten ranking but it should be mentioned here is the album from Asgard - The Seal Of Madness)

Best DVD 2011:
Rush – Time machine live in Cleveland

Best concert(s) 2011:
Rush – Ahoy in Rotterdam (NL)
Satan & Crimson Glory – Keep It True in Lauda-Königshofen (Ger)
Trans Siberian Orchestra – HMH in Amsterdam (NL)

 

[Wyvern]

Top 10 cd’s 2011 :
6. Cage - Supremacy Of Steel
8. Saracen – Marilyn9. Venom-Fallen Angels
10. Astral Doors - Jerusalem

Couldn't got Astral Doors or Cage on time to include those in my list, plan to get them next year.

Venom disappointed me, and it's so COOL to see some love for Saracen

 

[wdiv]

Copying over my post from the other thread...

Top 10 at the moment:
1. Blood Ceremony - Living With the Ancients
2. Redemption - This Mortal Coil
3. Arch / Matheos - Sympathetic Resonance
4. Pentagram - Last Rites
5. Saxon - Call to Arms
6. Primus - Green Naugahyde
7. Doomsword - The Eternal Battle
8. Dream Theater - Dramatic Turn of Events
9. Anthrax - Worship Music
10. Whitesnake - Forevermore

There are a number of albums that I just haven't gotten around to yet: Megadeth, Riot, Astral Doors, Jag Panzer, etc, etc

Top of the list of disappointing albums is the new Iced Earth album... what a stinker. Also pretty underwhelmed with Symphony X, Opeth, and Black Country Communion's albums.

 

[JonnyD]

Gonna be honest here, I havnt bought much from 2011 and I will be lucky to get a top 5 lol, I spent most of the year catching up on albums and bands that I have been meaning to get for years but I will do what I can.

1.Anthrax - Worship Music, This is my album of the year it even edged out Arch/Matheos for me
2.Arch/Matheos - Sympathetic Resonance, well worth the wait and instant classic!!
3.Pagans Mind - Heavenly Ecstasy
4.Megadeth - Thirteen
5.Symphony X - Iconoclast

Two albums that really disapointed me

Iced Earth - Dystopia ... This album was a turd, the last thing I wanted to hear was Stu Bloc impersonating Matt Barlow and Tim Owens, all the ingredients were there but it definately fell short

Morbid Angel - *&*%$$%#%$? whatever it was called, 2 or 3 good songs and the rest was pure garbage, I went in expecting Death Metal and got weak Rammstien blegh

Saw two concerts this year
Manowar
Anthrax/Testament
Both were fucking awsome!!

and my favorite Old School album I got this year
D.R.I. - Thrashzone, I have been loving the classic Crossover sound lately!!

 

[Hawk]

Top 10 albums 2011

01 – Arch / Matheos – Sympathetic Resonance
02 – Subsignal – Touchstones
03 – Seth.ECT - Godspeak
04 – Myrath - Tales Of The Sand
05 – Gorod - Transcendence EP
06 – Wolverine - Communication Lost
07 – Riot - Immortal Soul
08 – Vallenfyre - A Fragile King
09 – Vicious Rumors - Razorback Killers
10 – Fallujah - The Harvest Wombs
11 - Vreid - V
12 - Cynthesis - DeEvolution
13 - Illogicist - Misery of a Profaned Soul
14 - Symphony X - Iconoclast
15 - Absu - Abzu
16 - Obscura - Omnivium
17 - Okular - Probiotic
18 - Skeletonwitch - Forever Abomination
19 - Pagan's Mind - Heavenly Ecstasy
20 - Iskald - The Sun I Carried Alone

Best concerts

In Mourning ProgPower EU Baarlo

Gojira Fortarock festival Nijmegen

Subsignal ProgPower EU Baarlo

Rush 'Timemachine Tour' Ahoy Rotterdam

Best DVD

Rush – Time machine live in Cleveland

 

[Wyvern]

Metal albums

1. Riot – “Immortal Soul”
2. Wolf – “Legions Of Bastards”
3. Saxon – “Call To Arms”
4. Piel De Serpiente – “Inevitable”
5. Vhäldemar – “Metal Of The World”
6. Evile – “Five Serpent’s Teeth”
7. Poisonblack – “Drive”
8. Tyr – “The Lay Of Thrym”
9. Benedictum – “Dominion”
10. Meliah Rage – “Dead To The World”
11. Sweet Savage – “Regeneration”
12. Anthrax – “Worship Music”
13. Charred Walls Of The Damned – “Cold Winds On Timeless Days”
14. Pegazus – “In Metal We Trust”
15. Scheepers – “Scheepers”
16. Manigance – “Recidive”
17. Falconer – “Armod”
18. Alestorm – “Back Through Time”
19. Roxxcalibur – “Lords Of The NWOBHM”
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Hard and Progressive (rock/metal) albums

1. Saracen – “Marilyn”
2. Presto Ballet – “Invisible Places”
3. Beyond The Labyrinth – “Chapter III - Stories”
4. Karmakanic – “In A Perfect World”
5. Twinspirits – “Legacy”
6. Derek Sherinian – “Oceana”
7. Scale The Summit – “The Collective”
8. Nazareth – “Big Dogz”
9. LoNero – “J.F.L.”
10. Dream Theater – “A Dramatic Turn Of Events”
11. The Tangent – “Comm”
12. Redemption – “This Mortal Coil”
13. Tony MacAlpine – “Tony MacAlpine”
14. Spirits Of The Dead – “The Great God Pan”
15. Blackmore’s Night – “Autumn Sky”
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EPs

1. Pharaoh – “Ten Years”

 

[Platinum Maze]

01 - Symphony X - Iconoclast (one of my favs of the last 10 years, flawless IMO)
02 - Iced Earth - Dystopia (sorry, I love this album)
03 - George Lynch - Kill All Control
04 - Arch/Matheos - Sympathetic Resonance (if you can believe it since I'm not an Arch fan)
05 - Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction
06 - Redemption - This Mortal Coil
07 - Tony MacAlpine - Tony MacAlpine
08 - Anthrax - Worship Music
09 - Opeth - Heritage
10 - Pagan's Mind - Heavenly Ecstasy

Best shows were definitely UFO in May, and Loudness in June.

 

[J-Dubya 777]

2011 CDs:

10) Loudness - Eve To Dawn
09) Iced Earth - Dystopia
08) Riot - Immortal Soul
07) Iron Savior - The Landing
06) Voyager - The Meaning of I
05) The Aristocrats - S/T
04) Pagans Mind - Heavenly Ecstacy
03) Symphony X - Iconoclast
02) Haken - Visions
01) Gno - Cannibal Tango

I didn't see any "bad" shows this year, outside of the Prog Power Road Trip, I didn't see that many at all. So I'll list the concert highlights from 2011...

Prog Power 2011 - EVERY single band brought it this past year. Really enjoyed Haken & Voyager....

Morglbl - Orton Park Festival - Nice outdoor food/music fest, LOTS of people became Morglbl fans that night...giant crowd!

Freak Kitchen - The Hangout Florence, SC - Haven't seen my Swedish brothers play together since Prog Power. Not the gretest venue in the world, but there was a small very vocal crowd, made everythying a-ok. The after party was as much fun as the show!

The Aristocrats - Oct. 2011 Chicago - Been friends with Bryan Beller for a while now, and he had this little project with Guitar virtuoso Guthrie Govan, and drummer from hell, Marco Minneman. They sounded so good at NAMM, that they decided to make a cd, and do a little tour. That tour stopped at my favorite club in all of Chicago, Martyr's, and it was an eargasm of killer fusion/rock/metal.

Oh, and I saw the current touring version of Thin Lizzy. I know there are factions here who think TL died when Phil did, but I really have to say, this lineup is pretty damn awesome, and if your a fan of the music, you'll dig their show. I still wish Sykes was in the band....

and speaking of Sykes, my most anticipated release for 2012 is probably the Portnoy/Sykes project they alluded to on That Metal Show. ALWAYS good to hear Sykes back in action, I hope it pans out for them.

 

[Assault_Attack]

Symphony X - Iconoclast 2cd's
Scheepers- s/t
Jag Panzer - The Scourge Of The Light
Lance King - A Moment in Chiros
Riot - Immortal Soul
Saxon – Call To Arms
Pagan's Mind - Heavenly Ecstasy
Black Country Communion - 2
Annibus Gate - s/t
Astral Doors - Jerusalem

On The outside

Chickenfoot - III
Sebastian Bach - Kicking And Screaming
The Quil - Full Circle
Satan's Host - By The Hands Of The Devil w/Harry Conklin

Live

Jorn - Live In Black 2cd's + DVD
Avantasia - The Flying Opera +DVD

Special mention

Creation's End - A New Beginning 10' w/Mike Dimeo

This cd came out at the end of 2010 But I did not buy or even know about it until several months later. Might be Mike Dimeo's best vocals ever. I think this is a great prog/metal/rock cd. The title track is epic imho

 

[kuier]

New Releases

Anthrax - Worship Music
Black N Blue - Hell Yeah!
Riot - Immortal Soul
King Kobra - King Kobra
Fastway - Eat Dog Eat
Warrant - Rockaholic
D-A-D - Dic.Nii.Lan.Daft.Erd.Ark
Whitesnake - Forever More
Night Ranger - Somewhere in Cali
Sixx:A.M. - This iS Gonna Hurt

Live

Rammstein

 

[Burkhard]

Since I didn't buy many new albums and didn't attend many concerts, my lists are rather short. Nevertheless, here we go:

Top 5 albums:
1. Midnattsol - "The Metamorphosis Melody"
2. Kate Bush - "50 Words For Snow"
2. Nightwish - "Imaginaerum"
2. Ava Inferi - "Onyx"
5. Arch/Matheos - "Sympathetic Resonance"

Top 5 concerts:
1. Kari Bremnes (x2) @ Skåtøy Visefestival (Norway)
2. Midnattsol @ Metal Female Voices Fest IX (Belgium)
3. Zarbang Ensemble
4. Doro @ Metal Female Voices Fest IX (Belgium)
5. Operatika @ Metal Female Voices Fest IX (Belgium)

Top 5 movies:
1. Rien à déclarer
2. The Infidel
3. Midnight in Paris
4. Almanya - Willkommen in Deutschland
5. Ein Sommersandtraum

 

[Wyvern]

4. Doro @ Metal Female Voices Fest IX (Belgium)

I hate you

 

[desert_demon]

In no particular order

1. Mastodon - The Hunter
2. Mastodon - Live at the Aragon
3. RUSH - Time Machine: Live in Cleveland
4. Witch Mountain - South of Salem
5. Uriah Heep - Into the Wild
6. Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events
7. Deep Purple - With Orchestra Live at Montreaux 2011
8. Electric Wizard - Black Masses

 

[Burkhard]

I hate you

Because I saw this?