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Kustin’s lame 2011 list
Note: This list was originally meant to be submitted for the Last.fm journal but since a few of my colleagues posted their lists here in this merry IEH blog, I’ve decided to put mine up here as well.
So… with another year wrapped up and tons of new songs I’ve experienced, I could say that this was a real good round! For memory’s and for fun’s sake, I’ve listed down a good amount of progressive metal/rock albums and also things sticking outside (sic) that’s been released this year. The anticipation value indicated in some albums depict how much expectations I’ve had for the albums before their release, as well as ratings ending in one of two types whether I might change my mind about later or confirmed.
Ratings do differ between persons, so they represent the way I relate with the albums, not how the albums perform objectively. You’re free to check out any of them.
Have fun reading!
Adrenaline Mob - Adrenaline Mob EP
Genre: Heavy metal
Anticipation: ***½
Final rating: **
After Midnight Project - You Belong EP
Genre: Alternative rock
Final rating: **
Ages (Swe) - Debut EP (“Three song package”)
Genre: symphonic black metal
Current rating: ***½
Anathema - Falling Deeper
Genre: acoustic rock, atmospheric rock, progressive rock
Anticipation: ****
Current rating: ****
Animals as Leaders - Weightless
Genre: progressive metal, math metal, djent
Anticipation: ****½
Current rating: ****
Arkan - Salam
Genre: Melodic death metal, oriental metal, folk metal
Current rating: ***
Avenir - A Call To Arms EP
Genre: Melodic death metal, progressive death metal, metalcore
Final rating: ***½
Beardfish - Mammoth
Genre: Progressive rock
Current rating: ***
Blackfield - Welcome to My DNA
Genre: Melodic progressive rock, melancholic rock
Current rating: ***½
Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction
Genre: Progressive metal, extreme metal, symphonic metal
Final rating: *****
Devin Townsend Project - Ghost
Genre: New age, progressive rock
Final rating: ****
Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events
Genre: progressive metal
Anticipation: ****
Final rating: ****
Endless Melancholy - Dreams
Genre: Ambient, piano, neoclassical
Current rating: ****
Epysode - Obsessions
Genre: progressive metal
Anticipation: ***
Current rating: ***½
Evergrey - Glorious Collision
Genre: Heavy metal, progressive metal
Current rating: ***
Fen - Epoch
Genre: Post-black metal, atmospheric black metal
Current rating: ***½
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony
Genre: Symphonic death metal, brutal death metal
Current rating: ****
Fox Amoore - The FA Collection Vol. 1
Genre: Classical, new age, piano
Current rating: ****
Fox Amoore - The FA Collection Vol. 2
Genre: Classical, new age, piano
Current rating: ***
Glen Drover - Metalusion
Genre: Progressive metal, jazz fusion
Current rating: ***
Globus - Break From This World
Genre: cinematic rock, orchestral
Anticipation: ****
Final rating: ***½
Haken - Visions
Genre: Progressive metal, progressive rock
Anticipation: *****
Current rating: ****½
Jorn - Live In Black
Genre: heavy metal, hard rock
Anticipation: ***½
Final rating: ***
Korn - The Path of Totality
Genre: Alternative metal, dub-step, crossover
Current rating: ***
Leprous - Bilateral
Genre: Progressive metal, progressive rock
Anticipation: ***
Current rating: ***½
Lou Reed & Metallica - Lulu
Genre: Heavy metal, hard rock, avant-garde metal
Current rating: **
Mastodon - The Hunter
Genre: Progressive metal, progressive rock, sludge metal
Anticipation: ***
Current rating: ****
Mastodon - Live At The Aragon
Genre: Progressive metal, progressive rock, sludge metal
Current rating: **½
Midas Fate - What Dreams May come EP
Genre: Progressive metal, progressive rock
Final rating: ****
Nickelback - Here And Now
Genre: hard rock, post-grunge
Anticipation: **
Current rating: **
Nightwish - Imaginaerum
Genre: symphonic metal, symphonic power metal, power metal
Anticipation: ****
Current rating: ****
The Omega Experiment - Karma EP
Genre: Progressive metal
Final rating: ****
Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows
Genre: Melodic death metal
Current rating: ****
Pagan’s Mind - Heavenly Ecstasy
Genre: Melodic progressive metal
Final rating: ***½
Periphery - Icarus EP
Genre: progressive metal, djent
Final rating: ****
Psychostick - Space Vampires VS Zombie Dinosaurs in 3D
Genre: humorcore
Anticipation: ***½
Final rating: ****
Redemption - This Mortal Coil
Genre: progressive metal
Anticipation: ***½
Current rating: ***
Riverside - Memories In My Head
Genre: Progressive rock
Current rating: ***½
Soul Secret - Closer to Daylight
Genre: Progressive metal
Anticipation: ****
Current rating: ***½
Steven Wilson - Grace for Drowning
Genre: progressive rock, art rock
Anticipation: ****
Current rating: ****½
Symfonia - In Paradisum
Genre: Power metal
Current rating: **½
Symphony X - Iconoclast
Genre: Progressive metal
Current rating: ****
Take That - Progressed
Genre: Pop
Final rating: ***
Takida - The Burning Heart
Genre: Alternative rock, post-grunge
Final rating: **½
TesseracT - One
Genre: Progressive metal, djent
Current rating: ***½
Textures - Dualism
Genre: Progressive metal, math metal, death metal
Anticipation: *****
Current rating: ****½
Thence - These Stones Cry from the Earth
Genre: Progressive metal, progressive rock
Current rating: ****
This Will Destroy You - Tunnel Blanket
Genre: Post-rock, drone, ambient
Current rating: ***
Thomas Bergersen - Illusions
Genre: Soundtrack, orchestral
Current rating: ****
Times of Grace - The Hymn of a Broken Man
Genre: Alternative metal, metalcore, post-rock
Current rating: ***½
Trillium - ALLOY
Genre: Symphonic metal, gothic metal
Current rating: ***
Uneven Structure - Februus
Genre: progressive metal, math metal, post-metal
Anticipation: ****½
Current rating - ****
While Heaven Wept - Fear Of Infinity
Genre: Doom metal, progressive metal, power metal
Current rating: ****
Within Temptation - The Unforgiving
Genre: Symphonic metal, gothic metal
Current rating: ***
Wolverine - Communication Lost
Genre: Progressive metal, progressive rock, melancholic rock
Current rating: ****
Xerath - II
Genre: Symphonic groove metal, symphonic death metal
Final rating: ****
Yes - Fly From Here
Genre: Progressive rock
Current rating: ***
Happy 2012, the year of the dragon!
-JKustin
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