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 Vulture (Pentimento Music Company)
Nils Lofgren – Old School (VISION RECORDS)
The Lost Children of Babylon – El’s Appendices (Lcob Productions)
Magnum – Evolution (Steamhammer)
Merzbow – Lop Lop [Box Set] (Video Music, Inc)
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – The Magic of Youth (Redeye Label)
Peter Murphy – The Secret Bees of Ninth (Nettwerk Records)
Gary Numan – Dead Son Rising (Redeye Label)
Rashad & Confidence – The Element of Surprise (Ill Adrenaline)
The Roots – Undun (Def Jam)
T-Pain – rEVOLVEr (RCA)
Tarja – Henkays Ikuisuudesta (Universal Import)
Carl Thomas – Conquer (Verve Forecast)
Vektor – Outer Isolation (Megaforce)
Volbeat – Live from Beyond Hell / Above Heaven (Universal Republic)
Amy Winehouse – Lioness: Hidden Treasures (Universal Republic)

December 13
James Blake – Love What Happened Here [EP] (R&S Records)
Dibiase – Sound Palace (10 Thirty)
Doc Singe – Kiss of the Beast (Traffic Entertainment Group)
Charlotte Gainsbourg – Stage Whisper (Elektra)
Anthony Hamilton – Back to Love (RCA)
Katherine Jenkins – One Fine Day (Decca)
Naughty By Nature – Anthem Inc. [20th Anniversary Edition] (Entertainment One)
Nero – Welcome Reality (Cherrytree) — Deviant
Rammstein – Made In Germany 1995-2011 (Vagrant)
Roc C – Stoned Genius (Traffic)
SITD – Early Works 1996-1999 (Metropolis Records)
SITD – Best Of 2001-2011 (Metropolis Records)
SITD – Remixes (Metropolis Records)
Thirsty Fish – Watergate (Mush)

December 20
Common – The Dreamer, The Believer (Think Common)
Roscoe Dash – J.u.i.c.e. (Geffen Records)
The Internet – Purple Naked Ladies (Odd Future)
The Liptones – Meaning of Life (Phantom Domestic)
Moloken – Rural (SOPQ)
Terrortory – Seed Left Behind (SOPQ)
Young Jeezy – Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition (CTE/Def Jam)

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