| 2011 |
| Florence and the Machine Ceremonials | 4.0 |
| Pain of Salvation Road Salt Two | 4.5 |
While a good half of Road Salt Two does sound like, well, "Road Salt Two", as expected,
it is considerably darker and holds more surprises than its predecessor, with a few more
progressive elements and even a dab of folk and blues thrown into the mix. Though there
are some weaker moments, like the plodding "Mortar Grind" (which should have been replaced
with fellow Linoleum EP song "Gone") or the Lenny Kravitz-esque first half of "Conditioned",
this is still the endlessly surprising Pain of Salvation we know and love (unless you're one
of those that believe the band died with Be, or even Remedy Lane). Those who embraced the
previous album's aesthetic but were still hoping for something more may very well be satisfied
with this album. I know I am. Recommended tracks: The Deeper Cut, To The Shoreline, Healing Now,
1979, The Physics Of Gridlock |
| Ben Howard Every Kingdom | 5.0 |
| Steven Wilson Grace for Drowning | 5.0 |
| Objectively the greatest album ever made. If you disagree you're wrong. |
| Mastodon The Hunter | 1.0 |
| Tori Amos Night of Hunters | 4.0 |
| Opeth Heritage | 4.5 |
| Dream Theater A Dramatic Turn of Events | 2.5 |
| Dir En Grey Dum Spiro Spero | 5.0 |
| Handsome Furs Sound Kapital | 3.5 |
| Queensryche Dedicated to Chaos | 1.5 |
| The Dear Hunter White | 4.0 |
| Bon Iver Bon Iver, Bon Iver | 4.5 |
| The Dear Hunter Violet | 4.5 |
| Devin Townsend Project Ghost | 4.5 |
| The Dear Hunter Indigo | 5.0 |
| Riverside Memories In My Head | 3.0 |
| Devin Townsend Project Deconstruction | 5.0 |
| The Dear Hunter Blue | 4.0 |
| The Dear Hunter Green | 4.0 |
| The Dear Hunter Yellow | 4.0 |
| Symphony X Iconoclast | 3.0 |
| The Dear Hunter Orange | 4.0 |
| The Dear Hunter Red | 3.5 |
| The Dear Hunter Black | 4.5 |
| The Dear Hunter The Color Spectrum (Complete Collection) | 4.5 |
| The Dear Hunter The Color Spectrum | 4.0 |
| Battles Gloss Drop | 3.0 |
| My Morning Jacket Circuital | 3.0 |
| Unexpect Fables of the Sleepless Empire | 4.0 |
| Maybeshewill I Was Here For a Moment, Then I Was Gone | 4.0 |
| The Antlers Burst Apart | 4.0 |
| Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues | 4.0 |
| Sixx:A.M. This Is Gonna Hurt | 2.5 |
| dredg Chuckles and Mr. Squeezy | 1.5 |
| Ulver Wars of the Roses | 4.0 |
| Blackfield Welcome To My DNA | 2.5 |
| Explosions in the Sky Take Care, Take Care, Take Care | 2.5 |
| Septicflesh The Great Mass | 4.0 |
| Scar Symmetry The Unseen Empire | 3.0 |
| Atmosphere The Family Sign | 3.0 |
| Between the Buried and Me The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues | 3.0 |
| Foo Fighters Wasting Light | 4.0 |
| Her Name Is Calla Maw | 3.5 |
| CunninLynguists Oneirology | 4.5 |
| Protest the Hero Scurrilous | 3.5 |
| Mastodon Live at the Aragon | 3.5 |
| Defeater Empty Days and Sleepless Nights | 4.5 |
| The Human Abstract Digital Veil | 3.5 |
| Eisley The Valley | 3.5 |
| Scale the Summit The Collective | 4.0 |
| Vessels Helioscope | 4.0 |
| Colin Stetson New History Warfare Vol 2: Judges | 4.5 |
| Radiohead The King of Limbs | 3.0 |
| Bright Eyes The People's Key | 3.0 |
| Devin Townsend Project European Tour | 4.0 |
| Mogwai Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will | 3.0 |
| PJ Harvey Let England Shake | 4.0 |
| Tim Hecker Ravedeath, 1972 | 3.5 |
| Defeater Dear Father | 3.5 |
| James Blake James Blake | 3.5 |
| Thomas Giles Pulse | 3.0 |
| The Decemberists The King Is Dead | 3.5 |
| Iceage New Brigade | 3.0 |
| Ben Howard Old Pine | 4.5 |
