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Last.FM Milestones1st track: (23 Sep 2011)
Linkin Park - New Divide
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Korn - Twisted Transistor
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Judas Priest - Breaking The Law
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Sabaton - Guten Nacht
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Metallica - Killing Time
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Led Zeppelin - Ramble On
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In Flames - Whoracle
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This is the first year I really tried to keep up with releases, but it turns out I picked a bad year for that. As I said in my top songs list, 2011 sucked for albums. It was a major release year - a ton of prominent artists released a new album this last year, and almost all of them were disappointments on some level... including ones that are actually making this list. That is what I find most disappointing - that my top 10 list has albums that were, in general, disappointing. It was also a great year for me though, in that I discovered artists I wouldn't have otherwise. Several of those are making this list as well. What's most important though is that I discovered artists this year that didn't release anything new. This proves that, with all the disappointment, there is always great stuff already out which must be heard!

Now, on with the list....

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Well, 2011 kind of sucked as far as albums go, but there was a ton of stand-out tracks even on albums that, on the whole, were not very good. Picking out just ten is a difficulty, but I managed to do so. Note that there's only one song per album, otherwise the entire list would be filled by two or three albums I really loved. ;)

#10: "C'est La Vie" - Protest the Hero
I was massively disappointed with Scurrilous. Seriously, almost every part of it was just bad. Not "C'est la Vie" though - nope, this song has everything that made me love songs like "Sequoia Throne" and "No Stars Over Bethlehem." Crazy riffs, poppy melody, and insightful, thought-provoking lyrics by Arif Mirabdolbaghi (unlike the rest of the album).

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#9: "The Drowning Age" - Draconian
I kind of dislike 99% of doom metal and doom metal related artists. It's way too slow for me. …

Airbourne
Anthrax
Arch Enemy
Avenged Sevenfold x2
Bigelf
Bullet For My Valentine
Coheed and Cambria
Dream Theater
Deathstars
Flyleaf
Gojira
In Flames
Korn
Megadeth x2
Metallica
Motörhead
Opeth x2
Parkway Drive
Porcupine Tree
Richard Cheese
Slayer x2
Slipknot
Sôber x2
Soulfly
Unexpect
Volbeat

A Day To Remember
Alter Bridge
Atreyu
August Burns Red
Avenged Sevenfold
Azriel
Basement
Bastions
The Blackout
The Black Pacific
BELIEVE IN YEARS
Breaking Point
Bring Me the Horizon
Broken Teeth
Brutality Will Prevail
Bullet For My Valentine
Cowards
Crossbreaker
Cut the Kids
Cyvoid
Daath
Dead Swans (x2)
Departures
Dillinger Escape Plan
Emmure
End To Empires
Enter Shikari
Fear Factory
Former Thieves
Frank Turner
Gallows
Ghost
The Ghost Inside
GRADER
Green Day
Hang the Bastard (x2)
Hardships
Hell Yeah
HEKSED
High On Fire
Horror Show
In Flames
Insense
iwrestledabearonce
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
La Dispute
Last Witness
letlive.
Living With Lions
No Reality
Oathbreaker
Polar Bear Club
Rise Against
Rise To Remain
The Riverboat Gamblers
Rolo Tomassi
Set Your Goals
SHORTCUTS
Slaves To Gravity
Stone Sour
Straight Laces
Sum 41
Survival
Take That
This Is Colour
Tom Morello and The Nightwatchman
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