December is always a very slow month for new releases. Due to that fact and the influx of upcoming features, this will be the last news post of 2011. Review links will be updated on this page through the end of the year, but all of the other items will be put on hold until 2012.

As a reminder, voting is still open for the Users’ Best of 2011 list. Go to this thread, (read the guidelines) and vote:

Here’s a list of major new releases for December 2011. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.

December 2
Chevelle – Hats Off To The Bull (Epic)
Nightwish – Imaginaerum {EU} (Roadrunner Records)
Nujabes – Spiritual State {JP} (Hydeout Productions) — Nick Butler
VVV – Across the Sea (Fortified Audio) — Deviant

December 6
Age of Woe – Age of Woe [EP] (Pivotal Rockordings)
Bassnectar – Divergent Spectrum (INgrooves)
The Black Keys – El Camino (Nonesuch) — Rudy Klapper
Cormorant – Dwellings (Self Released)
The Cure – The Cure: Bestival Live 2011 ([PIAS] America)
Czar – Vertical Mass Grave (Crack Nation)
Doris Day – My Heart [U.S. Edition] (Arwin Productions)
The Dead Milkmen – The King In Yellow (QUID ERGO)
Neil Diamond – Very Best Of Neil Diamond (Sony Legacy)
Dia Frampton – Red (Universal Republic) — Trey Spencer
Korn – The Path of Totality (Roadrunner Records) — Deviant
Lionize – Superczar and The…