2011 Top 10 List

1. KEN mode - "Venerable" (Profound Lore)
   
2. Tombs - "Path of Totality" (Relapse)
   
3. Circle Takes the Square - "Decompositions - Vol. 1. Chapter 1. Rites of Initiation" (Gatefold)
   
4. YOB - "Atma" (Profound Lore)
   
5. Flourishing - "The Sum of All Fossils" (The Path Less Traveled)
   
6. Drugs of Faith - "Corroded" (Selfmadegod)
   
7. Ulcerate - "The Destroyers of All" (Willowtip)
   
8. Noisear - "Subvert the Dominant Paradigm" (Relapse)
   
9. Blut Aus Nord - "777 Sect(s)" (Debemur Morti)
   
10. Black Cobra - "Invernal" (Southern Lord)
    

Honorable Mentions:

Gridlink - "Orphan" (Hydra Head)
Origin - "Entity" (Nuclear Blast)
Gigan - "Quasi-Hallucinogenic Sonic Landscapes" (Willowtip)
Dead Language - "Dead Language LP" (Iron Lung)
Dim Mak - The Emergence of Reptilian Altars (Willowtip)
The Konsortium - "The Konsortium" (Agonia)
Agoraphobic Nosebleed & Despise You - "...And On And On" (Relapse)
Decapitated - "Carnival is Forever" (Nuclear Blast)
Virus - The Agent That Shapes the Desert" (Duplicate)
Oranssi Pazuzu - Kosmonument (Spinefarm)