Coasts Eleven
My top releases for 2011. |
| 48 |  | Alpinist/Masakari
Split
hardcore |
| 47 |  | Cogs and Sprockets
Arms for the Poor
grind |
| 46 |  | Cogs and Sprockets
The Black Friday EP
grind |
| 44 |  | The Haunting Presence
The Haunting Presence
black metal - great eerie, echoing vocals |
| 43 |  | Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire
Visceral
hardcore/grind - Special Education |
| 42 |  | Wormrot
Noise
grind |
| 41 |  | Mammoth Grinder / Hatred Surge
Split
hardcore/death metal/grind - Surveiled |
| 40 |  | Rosetta/Junius
Split
atmospheric sludge/alt rock - TMA-3 |
| 39 |  | Odz Manouk/Tukaaria
Split
black metal - The Sloth |
| 38 |  | Riverside
Memories In My Head
progressive - Forgotten Land
3 epic tracks harking back to their SLS album. |
| 37 |  | Septic Mind
The True Call
funeral doom - title track |
| 36 |  | Tycho
Dive
electronica - Dive |
| 35 |  | Birds of Passage and Leonardo Rosado
Dear and Unfamiliar
electronica - We'll Always Have Paris
beautiful, chill female vocals |
| 34 |  | Fen
Epoch
atmospheric black metal - Carrier of Echoes |
| 33 |  | Flourishing
The Sum of All Fossils
death metal - Fossil Record |
| 32 |  | Lo-Pan
Salvador
stoner rock - Struck Match |
| 31 |  | Xothist
Xothist
depressive/ambient black metal - I |
| 30 |  | Various Artists
Odour of Dust and Rot
black metal - Filth in the Light (Glossolalia) |
| 29 |  | An Autumn For Crippled Children
Everything
blackgaze - We All Fall |
| 28 |  | Fair To Midland
Arrows and Anchors
alt/progressive - A Dildo Under Her Pillow. Golden Showers.
Great music but the lyrics have too many cliches, sayings and corny word
plays. |
| 27 |  | Rhinocervs
RH-07
black metal - Untitled 3 |
| 26 |  | Tukaaria
Raw to the Rapine
black metal - Chasms in Creation |
| 25 |  | Ash Borer
Ash Borer
atmospheric black metal - My Curse Was Raised... |
| 24 |  | All Pigs Must Die
God is War
hardcore - Sacrosanct |
| 23 |  | Wolvhammer
The Obsidian Plains
black metal/hardcore/sludge - The Gleaming |
| 22 |  | NunFuckRitual
In Bondage to the Serpent
black metal/doom - Parthenogen |
| 21 |  | Arizmenda
Without Circumference Nor Center
black metal
Album feels like one long, relentless, demented vocal onslaught. |
| 20 |  | Tim Hecker
Ravedeath, 1972
ambient/electronic - Hatred of Music II
A rare non-vocal album that consumed me from start to finish. |
| 19 |  | Wormrot
Dirge
grind - Abuse had better and more low growls but this still rules. |
| 18 |  | Thrice
Major/Minor
post-hardcore/alt rock - Words in the Water
Cataracts and Listen Through Me the only average tracks. The guitar
melody in Anthology reminds me of My Hero by Foo Fighters. |
| 17 |  | Opeth
Heritage
progressive - Pyre. The Devil's Orchard. Folklore.
Not a bad track but just not compulsive listening like most of their prior
releases. |
| 16 |  | Liveride
Through Siberia
atmospheric/ambient black metal - ????????? ????????? ?????? (Crossing
the Ural Range)
Depressive vocals amidst a lot of melancholic, ambient passages. |
| 15 |  | M83
Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
dream pop - Midnight City. Reunion. Intro. Steve McQueen. |
| 14 |  | TesseracT
One
progressive/math metal - Lament
Shame the vocalist is no longer with the band, awesome cleans. |
| 13 |  | Wolves in the Throne Room
Celestial Lineage
atmospheric black metal - Thuja Magus Imperium
The cluster of 4 shorter tracks stems the flow but I was still captivated by
the overall atmosphere and 3 epic tracks. |
| 12 |  | Lantlos
Agape
atmospheric black metal - Bliss. White Miasma (bonus track). |
| 11 |  | Rhinocervs
RH-11
black metal - Chambers of Grime. Maw of Death. |
| 10 |  | Ruin Lust
Demo 2011
black/death metal - Song 4
Awesome heavy album. |
| 9 |  | Nine Covens
On the Coming of Darkness
atmospheric black metal - Cold Exile of a Fallen Idol
Very consistent, melodic album which throws in some sludgy/hardcore riffs
and the black and death vocals are top notch. |
| 8 |  | Solstafir
Svartir Sandar
atmospheric sludge/progressive - Fjara. Title Track.
Peculiar mix of genres from catchy and progressive to post whatever with
the guitars creating a great chill, desolate atmosphere reminiscent of Neil
Young's Old Western soundtrack to Dead Man. |
| 7 |  | Steven Wilson
Grace for Drowning
progressive - No Part of Me
After all the insta 5s I was disappointed at first but after multiple listens
this went from a 3 to 4.5 |
| 6 |  | Mastodon
The Hunter
metal/progressive - The Hunter. The Sparrow.
Very consistent, catchy rawk with excellent solos on my 2 fav tracks. |
| 5 |  | Dance Gavin Dance
Downtown Battle Mountain II
post-hardcore - Need Money. Swan Soup.
Very consistent, catchy, fun, funky album. |
| 4 |  | Florence and the Machine
Ceremonials
art pop - Strangeness and Charm
So many big, catchy numbers. |
| 3 |  | Panopticon
Social Disservices
atmospheric black metal - Patient. Resident.
I'm new to Panopticon and I found the atmosphere powerful and riveting
and the instrumentation outstanding. |
| 2 |  | City and Colour
Little Hell
indie/folk pop - We Found Each Other in the Dark and most of the others.
Incredible vocal melodies, emotion and lush production. Bonus track duet At
the Birds Foot is excellent. |
| 1 |  | Esoteric
Paragon of Dissonance
funeral doom - Abandonment
What an epic album, the complete package. Excellent production and
atmosphere, the diverse components sustain the interest, and the
immense growls and cries are so emotive. |
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