Best of metal 2011

So many excellent albums, so little time. Top 30 like every year, now with some youtube links.

30) Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events (Progressive)
29) Solstafir - Svartir Sandar (Psychedelic Rock/Metal)
28) Devin Townsend - Deconstruction (Progressive Metal/Rock, Ambient)
27) Iced Earth - Dystopia (Power/Thrash)
26) Aenaon - Cendres Et Sang (Black)
25) Draconian - A Rose for the Apocalypse (Gothic Doom)
24) Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows (Melodic Death)
23) 40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room (Doom)
22) Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage (Black)
21) Insomnium - One for Sorrow (Melodic Death)
20) Ulcerate - The Destroyers of All (Technical Death)
19) Mastodon - The Hunter (Technical/Progressive Groove)
18) Deafheaven - Roads to Judah (Black Metal/Post-Rock)
17) Obsequiae - Suspended in the Brume of Eos (Melodic Dark)
16) Arch/Matheos - Sympathetic Resonance (Progressive)
15) Tyr - The Lay of Thrym (Folk/Progressive)
14) Forefather - Last of the Line (Viking)
13) Symphony X - Iconoclast (Progressive Power)
12) Primordial - Redemption at the Puritan's Hand (Celtic/Folk/Black)
11) Esoteric - Paragon of Dissonance (Doom/Death)
10) Hell - Human Remains (NWOBHM)
9) Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa (Folk/Pagan/Black)
8) Leprous - Bilateral (Progressive)
7) Anubis Gate - Anubis Gate (Power/Prog)
6) Vektor - Outer Isolation (Progressive Thrash)
5) Septicflesh - The Great Mass (Atmospheric/Symphonic Death)
4) Euphoreon - Euphoreon (Melodic Death)
Crom - Of Love and Death (Viking/Heavy)
Thy Catafalque - Regenteg (Avant-garde)
Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats - Blood Lust (Psychedelic/Doom)

Enjoy.