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1. Steven Wilson – Grace for Drowning [9.5] (prog)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dte3-sSkWic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjwPt1eNF9A

2. Shining – VII: Född förlorare [9.5] (black)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkPYmHR4e4g

3. Virus – The Agent That Shapes the Desert [9.5] (avant-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYQhb-MVES4

4. Light Bearer – Lapsus [9.5] (post-/sludge)

5. Burzum – Fallen [9.5] (black)

6. Opeth – Heritage [9.5] (prog)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxvN_GxgpF8

7.-20.

Combat Astronomy – Flak Planet [9.0] (avant-/tech)

Farsot – Insects [9.0] (black/avant-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51f0Gh9qHQw

Ghost Brigade – Until Fear No Longer Defines Us [9.0] (prog)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOQSOjJkipQ

Grails – Deep Politics [9.0] (post-)

Long Distance Calling – Long Distance Calling [9.0] (post-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkayXlLFRao

Mastodon – The Hunter [9.0] (prog/sludge) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwgqenxNUfs
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Marked with an * are my favorite songs of the year.
(+) = better than last album
(/) = somehow the same as last album
(-) = worse than last album

1.Devin Townsend Project– Deconstruction | 9,3 (+) ::USA::
Best: Stand / Juular / Sumeria / The Mighty Masturbator* / Pandemic* / Poltergeist
2.Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver | 9,0 [singer-songwriter] (+) ::USA::
Best: Minnesota, WI / Holoscene* / Hinnom, TX* / Calgary / Beth-Rest
3.40 Watt Sun – The Inside Room | 8,8 ::USA::
Best: Restless* / Open My Eyes / Carry me Home*
4.The Boxer Rebellion - The Cold Still | 8,7 [indie/rock] (?) ::ENG::
Best: No Harm* / Step out of the Car / Organ Song / Both Sides are Even / Doubt
5.Face Tomorrow – Face Tomorrow | 8,7 [alternatief/rock] (?) ::NED::
Best: All the Way / Delerium* / Enlighten Me / Burning Bridges / Paralusion* / The Maze
6.Austra– Feel it Break | 8,5 [elektronisch/experimenteel] ::CAN::
Best: Lose It / Beat and the Pulse* / The Choke / The Villain / The Beast
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Rock-A-Rolla issue 35 available to order now! Featuring:

Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O., Sunn O))), Black Cobra, Dub Trio, Thisquietarmy, Bitch Magnet, Hedvig Mollestad Trio, The Men, Alog, Birds of Passage, Zechs Marquise, Top 50 Albums of 2011!

Plus album reviews: Albatrosh, Animation, An Autumn for Crippled Children, Beequeen, Black Rainbows, Bloody Panda, Blut aus Nord, Boris, Byetone, Peter Broderick, Coliseum, Cynic, Loren Connors, Dead Skeletons, Fleshpress, Esoteric, East of the Wall, Chris Connelly, Falls of Rauros, Nils Frahm, Hammers of Misfortune, Steve Hauschildt, Heartless, Hull, JANE’S ADDICTION, Dale Cooper Quartet & The Dictaphones, Kaula, Kammerflimmer Kollektief, Leviathan, Livstid, The Mantra ATSMM, Megadeth, Miminokoto, House of Low Culture, Misfits, Nettle, New Risen Throne, Office of Future Plans, Nitkowski, Mike Patton, Psychic Ills, Precious Jules, Akira Sakata…

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Featuring:

Wolves in the Throne Room, The Atlas Moth, Cathedral, AUN, Russian Circles, Black Tusk, Rwake, Anla Courtis, Farewell Poetry, Rising, KILLL, Aagoo Records, Morkobot, Remember Remember, The Drift, Unfold.

Live action: Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine, DesalvoAmanda Palmer, Fennesz + Emeralds, Esmerine.

Plus! Over 100 albums reviews, including: Alva Noto, Amebix, Angel, Anthrax, Beneath Oblivion, Birds of Passage, Black Cobra, Black Depths Grey Waves, The Body, Braveyoung, Brutal Truth, Canon Blue, Kim Cascone, Charalambides, Cindytalk, Collections of Colonies of Bees, Dub Trio, Electric Orange, Elks, EmmeYa, Evangelista, Fuck the Facts, The Fucking Wrath, Hank3, Chihei Hatakeyama, Hedvig Mollestad Trio, Hella, Hive Mind, Anni Hogan, Humcrush, Junius, Majutsu no Niwa, Mastodon, Lou Reed & Metallica, Mobthrow, Naked Truth, Noothgrush, Obake, Oneohtrix Point Never, Opeth, Bill Orcutt, Sandro Perri…

Yes, it's inevitable.
All artists with over 2000 listeners are listed.

Amanda Palmer [3]
Arborea
Beirut
Ben Kweller
The Dresden Dolls
Dub Trio
Fanfarlo
Free Energy
Gogol Bordello
Humanwine
Jason Webley [2]
Lady Lamb The Beekeeper [3]
Seabear
Sparks The Rescue [†]
The Young Republic


[†] If you didn't see this band numerous times growing up, you weren't from my area!
Holy fuck they've got 70,000 listeners now. *gets nostalgic*

If you're interested in show reviews, please visit SeeingtheDark.com.

Artists Seen More Than Once:
12x Red Fang
9x Witch Mountain
8x Nether Regions
7x Salvador
7x Thrones
7x Lord Dying
6x SubArachnoid Space
6x Danava
6x Wizard Rifle
5x Black Cobra
5x Tweak Bird
5x Melvins
5x Rabbits
5x Yob
4x Nine Inch Nails
4x Russian Circles
4x Weedeater
4x Saviours
3x Queens of the Stone Age
3x Tool
3x Eagles of Death Metal
3x Ancient Age
3x Big Business
3x Black Elk
3x Mastodon
3x Young Widows
3x The Sword
3x Diesto
3x Mongoloid Village
3x Atriarch
3x Norska
3x Dark Castle
2x 3
2x Jaguar Love
2x Torche
2x Akimbo
2x Opeth
2x Gojira
2x Down
2x Porcupine Tree
2x Fu Manchu
2x Trees
2x Muse
2x High on Fire
2x Totimoshi
2x Wildildlife
2x Ludicra
2x Portland School Of Rock
2x Christian Mistress
2x Zoroaster
2x Howl
2x Saint Vitus
2x Battles
2x White Orange
2x A Perfect Circle


CONCERTS I'VE BEEN TO:
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12th Planet
2cents
36 Crazyfists
“Weird Al” Yankovic

A Hawk and a Hacksaw
A Life Once Lost
A Place to Bury Strangers (2)
Abysmal Dawn
The Acacia Strain
Active Child
Agalloch
Alabama Shakes
All the Saints
Alt-J
Ambassadors
Amon Amarth
Amon Tobin
Anamanaguchi
Animals as Leaders
AraabMUZIK
Arch Enemy
Arctic Monkeys
Ariel Pink
Arsis
As Blood Runs Black
As I Lay Dying
ASG
Astronautalis
Asylum On The Hill
At the Drive-In
The Australian Pink Floyd Show


The Bakerton Group(3)
Baroness(6)
Beans
Bear in Heaven
Beats Antique
Beings
Beirut
Beneath the Massacre
Benga & Skream
Big Business (2)
Billy Idol
Björk
The Black Angels (2)
Black Cobra (2)
The Black Crowes
The Black Keys (2)
Black Lips
Black Moth Super Rainbow
Black Sabbath
Bleed The Sky
Bloc Party
Bombay Bicycle Club
Blonde Redhead
Boris
BoomBox
Bowerbirds
Blue Hawaii
Bluetech
Brainticket
The Bright Light Social Hour (2)
Bruce Lamont
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