DTF Album of the Year 2011: Round 1

[YtseBitsySpider]

1. Protest The Hero - Scurrilous
2. The Human Abstract - Digital Veil
3. As Blood Runs Black - Instinct
4. Trivium - In Waves
5. Machine Head - Unto The Locust
6. Rise To Remain - City of Vultures
7. In Flames - Sounds of a Playground Fading
8. Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events
9. Limp Bizkit - Gold Cobra
10. Symphony X - Iconoclast

Quality "alter list" if I had to make a second one,,..forgot about that inflames disc. It was good.

[energythief]

1. Dream Theater – A Dramatic Turn of Events
2. They Might Be Giants - Join Us
3. The Dear Hunter – The Color Spectrum: The Complete Collection
4. Lady Gaga - Born This Way
5. Death Cab For Cutie - Codes and Keys
6. Adele - 21


Never got around to anything else I liked.

[ThroughHerEyesDude6]

01. Mike Rood - The Desert & The City
02. Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events
03. Lady GaGa - Born This Way
04. Staind - Staind
05. In Flames - Sounds of a Playground Fading
06. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
07. Opeth - Heritage
08. Thrice - Major/Minor
09. Trivium - In Waves
10. Lupe Fiasco - Lasers


Edit: No motherfµ¢£iπ BTBAM disgusts me.

[Nic35]

1. Mastodon - The Hunter
2. Opeth - Heritage
3. DT - ADTOE
4. Devin Townsend - Deconstruction
5. Unexpect - Fables
6. Blackfield - Welcome to my DNA

[skydivingninja]

Gah, I missed this for so long.  Hope its not too late to submit!

1. Mastodon-The Hunter
2. Steven Wilson-Grace for Drowning
3. Devin Townsend Project-Ghost
4. Eisley-The Valley
5. Darren Korb-Bastion OST
6. Dream Theater-A Dramatic Turn of Events
7. Bright Eyes-The People's Key
8. Polkadot Cadaver-Sex Offender
9. Braids-Native Speaker
10. Fair to Midland-Arrows and Anchors

Bastion OST and Braids have basically no chance even if I put them in the top two spots, but fuck it I listed them anyways.  More people need to know about both.  Besides, improving Mastodon's standing in popular polls on this forum is a noble cause anyways in my book. 

I still can't believe this hasn't made anyone's list. Surely it qualifies on the band name alone, and the pressing of these and release of these was done in 2011.

Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize (4 vinyl set with booklet)


amazing.

I might even change my list so that this gets it's deserved votes....

HEY GUYS.........I DON'T THINK YTSE LIKES PORCUPINE TREE.......................ZOMG..............................WHAT NEWS............................................................!

[kári]

1. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
2. Explosions In The Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
3. Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
4. James Blake - James Blake
5. Radiohead - The King Of Limbs
6. This Will Destroy You - Tunnel Blanket
7. Selah Sue - Selah Sue
8. Bright Eyes - The People's Key
9. Fleet Foxes - Helpnessness Blues
10. Elbow - build a rocket boys!

[Vahvahenki]

1. Unexpect - Fables Of The Sleepless Empire
2. Leprous - Bileral
3. Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction
4. Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning
5. Devin Townsend Project - Ghost
6. Obscura - Omnivium
7. Ulver - Wars Of The Roses
8. Primus - Green Naugahyde
9. Opeth - Heritage
10. Septic Flesh - The Great Mass

[duncan3dc]

1. Protest The Hero - Scurrilous
2. The Human Abstract - Digital Veil
3. As Blood Runs Black - Instinct
4. Trivium - In Waves
5. Machine Head - Unto The Locust
6. Rise To Remain - City of Vultures
7. In Flames - Sounds of a Playground Fading
8. Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events
9. Limp Bizkit - Gold Cobra
10. Symphony X - Iconoclast

Quality "alter list" if I had to make a second one,,..forgot about that inflames disc. It was good.

Playground didn't hit me right away, but it's really grown on me the last few months.

I also didn't realise, until I made this list, how much metal I've been listening to this year.

Thanks for your list, I hadn't heard Redemption before 
And thanks for everyone arguing about The Color Spectrum, this had passed me by but after checking it out now I love it.

[Nihil-Morari]

1. James Blake - James Blake        (Am I really the first one?)
2. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
3. Pain of Salvation - Road Salt Two
4. Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events
5. Opeth - Heritage
6. Devin Townsend - Ghost
7. Steven Wilson - Grace for Drowning
8. Submotion Orchestra - Finest Hour

[kári]

Oh I forgot about that one!! Saw him live at Werchter, it was A-MA-ZING.

[YtseBitsySpider]

still can't believe I'm the only one with Unearth in their list.

Quality disc.

[duncan3dc]

still can't believe I'm the only one with Unearth in their list.

Quality disc.

While I think previous albums of theirs are great, I just didn't think their latest disc was that good.

[Nihil-Morari]

Oh I forgot about that one!! Saw him live at Werchter, it was A-MA-ZING.

Yeah, I can only imagine. Although I heard stories that he didn't quite deliver at Lowlands, but what the hell, I must see him live.

[wkiml]

 
  1. Dream Theater - ADTOE
  2. Redemption - This Mortal Coil
  3. Arch/Matheos - Sympathetic Resonance
  4. Megadeth - Th1rt3en
  5. Anthrax - Worship Music
  6. 3 - The Ghost you Gave me
  7. Machine Head - Unto The Locust
  8. Mastodon - The Hunter

Updated to here on 2012-01-12.

[kári]

Oh I forgot about that one!! Saw him live at Werchter, it was A-MA-ZING.

Yeah, I can only imagine. Although I heard stories that he didn't quite deliver at Lowlands, but what the hell, I must see him live.

https://www.humo.be/festivalitis/32252/review-james-blake-op-rock-werchter-2011-pyramid-marquee

Hmm 3 1/2 is good but could be better. I didn't notice any of the frustration the reviewer talks about, I was just entranced by the atmosphere of it all. It was so good.

[Mladen]

1. Dream Theater - A Dramatic turn of events
2. Stratovarius - Elysium
3. They might be giants - Join us
4. Radiohead - The King of limbs
5. Yes - Fly from here
6. Van der Graaf Generator - A Grounding in numbers
7. Megadeth - TH1RT3EN
8. Evergrey - Glorious colision
9. King Crimson ProjeKct - A Scarcity of miracles
10. Peter, Bjorn & John - Gimme some

[YtseBitsySpider]

 
  Dream Theater - ADTOE
  Redemption - This Mortal Coil
  Arch/Matheos - Sympathetic Resonance
  Megadeth - Th1rt3en
  Anthrax Worship Music
  3- The Ghost you Gave me
  Machine Head - Unto The Locust
  Mastodon-The Hunter

My wife is in love with that Anthrax disc...it has some great riffage

[wkiml]

 
  Dream Theater - ADTOE
  Redemption - This Mortal Coil
  Arch/Matheos - Sympathetic Resonance
  Megadeth - Th1rt3en
  Anthrax Worship Music
  3- The Ghost you Gave me
  Machine Head - Unto The Locust
  Mastodon-The Hunter

My wife is in love with that Anthrax disc...it has some great riffage

Best album they have put out in a long long time

[PetrucciFan99]

1. Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning
2. O'Brother - Garden Window
3. Opeth - Heritage
4. CunninLynguists - Oneirology
5. Radiohead - The King of Limbs
6. Submotion Orchestra - Finest Hour
7. Adele - 21
8. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
9. Death Cab For Cutie - Codes and Keys
10. Devin Townsend - Ghost

[Nihil-Morari]

Yeah! You know Submotion Orchestra too?

[PetrucciFan99]

Yep! Incredible album

[Nihil-Morari]

Very cool! By following their twitter account I always get the impression that they're a very small band, only known quite regionally, but cool!

[Dr. DTVT]

still can't believe I'm the only one with Unearth in their list.

Quality disc.

I only make so much money, and local poker and backgammon games are drying up.

You'll bankrupt me someday though.

[orcus116]

6. This Will Destroy You - Tunnel Blanket

Thank god, I was starting to think I was the only one.

[bout to crash]

1. Steven Wilson- Grace for Drowning
2. Opeth- Heritage
3. Blackfield- Welcome to My DNA
4. Pain of Salvation- Road Salt 2

[kári]

6. This Will Destroy You - Tunnel Blanket

Thank god, I was starting to think I was the only one.

I see you also listed the new Russian Circles. I should check that one out as well.

[orcus116]

Been listening to it nonstop. It's amazing.

[skydivingninja]

6. This Will Destroy You - Tunnel Blanket

Thank god, I was starting to think I was the only one.

I see you also listed the new Russian Circles. I should check that one out as well.

Yes indeedy you should.  Its quite good.

[The King in Crimson]

1. Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction
2. Leprous - Bilateral
3. Amorphis - The Beginning of Times
4. Pain of Salvation - Road Salt Two
5. Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events
6. Altar of Plagues - Mammal
7. The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum
8. Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning
9. Unexpect - Fables From The Sleepless Empire
10. Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony

[crimson king]

1. Opeth-  Heritage
2. Steven Wilson- Grace For Drowning
3. Graveyard- Hisingen Blues
4. Arch/Matheos- Sympahtetic Resonance
5. Yes- Fly From Here
6. Alternative 4- The Brink
7. Fury N Grace- Diabolism of Conversation
8. Jakszyk, Fripp and Collins- A Scarcity of Miracles
9. Machine Head- Unto The Locust
10. Mastodon- The Hunter

[MetalManiac666]

1. Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
2. Fair to Midland - Arrows & Anchors
3. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
4. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
5. Mastodon - The Hunter
6. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
7. Protest the Hero - Scurrilous
8. Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different Kind of Fix
9. Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction
10. The Weeknd - House of Balloons

[Nick]

1. Beardfish - Mammoth
2. Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events
3. Flaming Row - Elenoire
4. Pain of Salvation - Road Salt Two
5. Symphony X - Iconoclast
6. Neal Morse - Testimony Two
7. Eden's Curse - Trinity
8. Pendragon - Passion
9. Arch/Matheos - Sympathetic Resonance
10. Royal Hunt - Show Me How to Live

I am slowly going through and compiling these things, just a lot of lists to make it through.

[Dr. DTVT]

Nick, this dating thing has got your mind all messed up...Iconoclast #5?  Number freaking 5??!??!??!??!??!? Ahead of Pendragon, Arch/Matheos, Scale the Summit, Redemption, Myrath, Haken, Fair to Midland, Evergrey, TDH, Amorphis, and The Anabasis?  And that's just stuff I know you should have and like.  Is Allen or Romeo giving you blowjobs on the side?  I just looked, and I have 30 albums that I would say are hands down better than Iconoclast, which gets extremely boring after the title track.  12 of those are albums I wouldn't expect you to like, but that still leaves 15 albums (you have DT, Flaming Row, and PoS ahead of SyX already).

You deserve all of these.




Hell, you even make Homer Simpson facepalm.



I expect better from you Nick.  Others, not so much, but as someone who gets as much music a year as I do...

[Nekov]

 

[The King in Crimson]

Please... tell us how you really feel, DTVT.