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Chris McDonald's Top 20 Of 2011

After a somewhat un-metal period for me in 2010, 2011 was an invigorating shot of energy into the core of my metallic urges. This year was simply incredible for the music we love, with lots of well-known acts churning out high-quality efforts, the triumphant...

Published Fri, Dec 23 2011 7:29 AM by Chris McDonald

Filed under: Jesu, Revocation, Wolves in the Throne Room, Blut Aus Nord, Moonsorrow, Leviathan, Vektor, Dekadent, Mitochondrion, Aosoth, Arch/Matheos, Disma, The Devin Townsend Project, Aboriorth, Infestus
Rae Amitay's Top 20 of 2011

2011 was my first year with MetalReview , and it's been an honor to review so much incredible music and to work with such a fantastic group of people. Truly, my fellow writers have become family to me, and meeting most of them at the 40 Watt Sun Chicago...

Published Fri, Dec 23 2011 12:55 AM by raetamacue

Filed under: Primordial, Unexpect, Wolves in the Throne Room, Blut Aus Nord, Memory Driven, Lantlôs, Animals As Leaders, Junius, The Devin Townsend Project, Aenaon
Jordan Campbell's Top 20 of 2011

2011 was another excellent year. In spite of overwhelming evidence that supports this assertion, there have been audible grumblings about a perceived lack of quality. And, admittedly, in a year where Hunter Hunt-Hendrix , David Vincent, and Lou Reed were...

Published Wed, Dec 21 2011 9:41 PM by Rev

Filed under: Primordial, Ulcerate, Blut Aus Nord, Lantlôs, 40 Watt Sun, Vektor, Ravencult, Graveyard (SE), Midnight, Omnium Gatherum
Ramar Pittance's Top 20 of 2011

I started writing about albums for MetalReview in 2003, and since then my affinity for the genre has waxed and waned, but my appreciation of what this community offers has never wavered. Being a part of a group of people—staff and readers included—who...

Published Wed, Dec 21 2011 6:56 PM by dave

Filed under: YOB, Primordial, Krallice, Ulcerate, Revocation, Mastodon, Blut Aus Nord, Exhumed, Nightbringer, Leviathan, Batillus, Subrosa, Loss, The Atlas Moth, Twisted Tower Dire, Deceased, world under blood, 2011, rwake, deafheaven
Dan Obstkrieg's Top 20 of 2011

2011, huh? Political and economic turmoil throughout the world, major life changes here on the home front, all the usual anxieties and insecurities and tiny insignificant victories, and through it all, a certified fuckload of downright delightful music...

Published Tue, Dec 20 2011 6:17 AM by Danhammer Obstkrieg

Filed under: Primordial, Blut Aus Nord, Tombs, Mitochondrion, Subrosa, Graveyard (SE), Hammers of Misfortune, Azarath, Esoteric, Dark Castle
Konrad Kantor's Top 20 of 2011

From a writers perspective, 2011 was a very interesting transition year for me. Somewhere in the process of graduating from college (4 years late, but hey...), spending some time to myself in Northern Germany and finding a stable job in an increasingly...

Published Sun, Dec 18 2011 1:38 PM by Konrad

Filed under: Napalm Death, Blut Aus Nord, Anaal Nathrakh, Fen, Moonsorrow, Burzum, Arckanum, Sorgeldom, Konrad Kantor, Lifelover, 40 Watt Sun, Ravencult, Subrosa, Pyrrhon, Graveyard (SE), Azarath, James Blake, Cormorant, Esoteric, Negative Plane, France, Jonas Bergqvist, Deceased, Mournful Congregation, Rotten Sound, Submotion Orchestra, Mac Lethal
The Top 25 Albums of 2011

2011 was a year punctuated by diversity. While many bemoaned the blackened inclination of our 2010 awards , it's doubtful that accusations of genre favoritism will rear their heads this time around. The year's best albums ran the stylistic gamut...

Published Sat, Dec 17 2011 3:04 PM by Metal Review

Filed under: Vader, Absu, YOB, Primordial, Argus, Blut Aus Nord, Exhumed, 40 Watt Sun, Pentagram, Vektor, Ravencult, Hell, Subrosa, Loss, Graveyard (SE), The Atlas Moth, Hammers of Misfortune, Midnight, Azarath, Deceased, Mournful Congregation, Rotten Sound, Anubis Gate, Arch/Matheos
Reverend's Bazaar - Worst Year Ever

Okay, fine. It's definitely not the worst year ever. In fact, it's been pretty awesome thus far. The likes of Tombs , Graveyard , Ravencult , 40 Watt Sun , and Azarath have ensured that compiling a best-of list will be a daunting task for the...

Published Thu, Oct 20 2011 9:43 AM by Rev

Filed under: Metallica, Immolation, Blut Aus Nord, Midnight, Mastery
Staff Infections - September 2011

As the September sun dawns, the MetalReview staff playlists reveal that a single album is going to dominate the autumn: Absu 's forthcoming Abzu . Thirty-six minutes of madness spread across a mere six tracks, Abzu is going to do some serious damage...

Published Sun, Sep 4 2011 5:19 PM by Metal Review

Filed under: Absu, Katatonia, Blut Aus Nord, Megadeth, Unleashed
Blut Aus Nord: The 90s Essentials Interview

[This is the fifth in a series of interviews that focuses on selected works from our ongoing 100 Most Essential Albums of the 1990s feature. In this edition, Vindsval of the enigmatic Blut Aus Nord offers a glimpse into the creation of Memoria Vetusta...

Published Thu, Sep 1 2011 5:18 AM by Metal Review

Filed under: Godflesh, Dismember, Blut Aus Nord, Tool, Cynic, Entombed, Nihilist, Ministry
The Most Essential Albums of the 1990s, Vol. 5

Another week, another entry in MetalReview 's soon-to-be-legendary 100 Most Essential Albums Of The 1990s... This week features two thrash classics, a Maryland doom masterpiece, one of the best progressive death metal albums of all time, and one of...

Published Mon, Aug 29 2011 6:14 AM by Metal Review

Filed under: Bolt Thrower, Blut Aus Nord, Fear Factory, Kreator, Atheist, Forbidden
Reverend's Bazaar - The Ballad of Mel Kiper, Jr.

Everyone wants to predict the future. Are they excited by the unknown? The romanticism of unattained heights and shimmering potential? Or is prognostication a wholly selfish undertaking, a risk-free gamble that pays out in gloating and goading: "See...

Published Fri, Feb 25 2011 5:18 PM by Rev

Filed under: Jordan Campbell, Baroness, Primordial, Krallice, Ulcerate, The Black Dahlia Murder, Blut Aus Nord, Anaal Nathrakh, Nevermore, God Dethroned, Deathspell Omega, Helrunar, Neuraxis, Liturgy (NY), Devildriver, Ammit, Detonation, Malefice, Reverend's Bazaar
Zach Duvall's Top 20 of 2010

What a year... I don't know if I just paid more attention in 2010 due to free time or if this much stuff really did blow me away, but I never remember listening to and devouring this much metal within a 12 month period. For me, this year saw lots...

Published Tue, Dec 21 2010 9:01 AM by zach

Filed under: Decrepit Birth, Darkthrone, Grand Magus, Slough Feg, Enslaved, Negura Bunget, Agalloch, Immolation, High on Fire, Blut Aus Nord, Arsis, Drudkh, Iron Maiden, Nevermore, The Ruins of Beverast, Boris, Lair of the Minotaur, Ihsahn, Fear Factory, Burzum, Alcest, Les Discrets, Overkill, Atheist, Woe, The Wounded Kings, Valborg, Island, Nightbringer, The Sword, StarGazer, Imperium Dekadenz, Place of Skulls, Weapon, The Dead, Cathedral, Corsair, Vreid, Mouth of the Architect, Griftegard, Martolea, Horseback, Angst Skvadron, Nomad Son, Orphaned Land, Glorior Belli, An Autumn for Crippled Children, Code, Johann Wolfgang Pozoj, Vektor, Devils of Belgrade
Juho Mikkonen's Top 20 of 2010

As one of the perks assigned for a non-reviewing member of the Metal Review staff team, I get to enjoy a lot of the freedom that most of my colleagues here are deprived of. Basically, when I bust out an album, I can exploit the whole gamut of music as...

Published Tue, Dec 21 2010 7:32 AM by Juho

Filed under: Katatonia, Withered, Darkthrone, Meshuggah, Enslaved, Agalloch, Opeth, Blut Aus Nord, Drudkh, Juho Mikkonen, Burzum, Anathema, Ikuinen Kaamos, Inquisition, Cloudkicker, Dawnbringer, Pink Floyd, Ufomammut, Jumalhämärä, Negură Bunget, Deathspell Omega, Nachtmystium, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Archgoat, Torture Pulse, Throes of Dawn, Twilight, 1349, Cemetery Urn, Metsatöll, Tool, Lantlôs, Nightbringer, Witchsorrow, Maveth, Grave Miasma
Chris McDonald's Top 20 of 2009

2009 was kind of an unusual year for me metal-wise. In addition to going through a pretty significant non-metal phase for several months, this year saw so many classic bands either reforming or releasing new material after a long break that I felt like...

Published Mon, Jan 4 2010 4:13 PM by Chris McDonald

Filed under: Gorgoroth, Absu, Municipal Waste, YOB, Slough Feg, The Chasm, Insomnium, Ulcerate, Nile, Wolves in the Throne Room, Mastodon, Pelican, Blut Aus Nord, Drudkh, Devin Townsend, Kylesa, Wodensthrone, Afgrund, Orcustus, Sunn O))), Scale The Summit, Fen

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Reverend's Bazaar - Worst Year Ever

Staff Infections - September 2011

Blut Aus Nord: The 90s Essentials Interview

The Most Essential Albums of the 1990s, Vol. 5

Reverend's Bazaar - The Ballad of Mel Kiper, Jr.

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