The End Of Year Analysis - 04

Here are my top 20 albums of 2011. Note that this list is entirely subjective, and really depends on my mood at the time of typing this out. Well, except for the top two picks of course.

1. KEN Mode - Venerable
2. TesseracT - One
3. Mournful Congregation - The Book Of Kings
4. Cynic - Carbon Based Anatomy
5. Shining - VII - Fodd Forlolare
6. Sky Rabbit - Sky Rabbit
7. Limp Bizkit - Gold Cobra
8. Dornenreich - Flammentriebe
9. Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats - Blood Lust
10. Blackmill - Reach For Glory
11. *Shels - Plain Of The Purple Buffalo
12. Deicide - To Hell With God
13. Thot - Obscured By The Wind
14. Pestilence - Doctrine
15. Solstafir - Svartir Sandar
16. Abhijeet Dasgupta - EP1
17. Of Legends - Stranded
18. Ice Dragon - The Sorrowful Sun
19. Acid Witch - Stoned
20. Altars Of Plague - Mammal

The End Of Year Analysis - 03

Here's a quick list of the top 19 albums i revisited the most. Sorted in descending order. And if you're wondering why 19, well, there are 12 albums tied at the same number next.

1. Deftones - Diamond Eyes
2. Atheist - Jupiter
3. KEN Mode - Venerable
4. Deftones - White Pony
5. Gallows - Orchestra Of Wolves
6. Kvelertak - Kvelertak
7. Blackmill - Reach For Glory
8. Cynic - Traced In Air
9. Dawnbringer - Nucleus
10. Deftones - Deftones
11. Mastodon - Crack The Skye
12. TesseracT - One
13. Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
14. Intronaut - Valley Of Smoke
15. Iron Maiden - The X Factor
16. Pendulum - Immersion
17. Raised Fist - Veil Of Ignorance
18. The Devin Townsend Project - Addicted
19. Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats - Blood Lust

The End Of Year Analysis - 02

2011 had some stellar releases. And though i haven't actively listened to each and every one that i wanted to listen to (you should take a look at the listening lists i draw up time to time), i did manage to get through 118 shiny, new records. That's a personal best for me, i think.

Here's the list of music released in 2011 that i've subject my ears to:

1. *Shels - Plain Of The Purple Buffalo
2. Abhijeet Dasgupta - EP1
3. Absu - Abzu
4. Acid Witch - Stoned
5. Agnostic Front - My Life My Way
6. Altars Of Plague - Mammal
7. American Heritage - Sedentary
8. Anaal Nathrakh - Passion
9. Anima Morte - The Nightmare Becomes Reality
10. Animals As Leaders - Weightless
11. Anvil - Juggernaut Of Justice
12. Aosoth - III
13. Aqua - Megalomania
14. Arch Enemy - Khaos Legion
15. Argus - Boldly Stride The Doomed
16. Autopsy - Macabre Eternal
17. Battle Beast - Steel
18. Blackmill - Reach For Glory
19. Book Of Black Earth - The Cold Testament
20. Born Of Osiris - The Discovery
21. Cannabis Corpse - Beneath Grow Lights Thou Shalt Rise
22. Cerebral Bore - Maniacal Miscreation
23. Cheisrah - OMG! She's Here EP
24. Cloudkicker - Let Yourself Be Huge
25. Cloudkicker - Loop
26. Crowbar - Severe The Wicked Hand
27. Crownevict - We Are The Enemy
28. Cruachan - Blood On The Black Robe
29. Cursed - Two
30. Cut Your Teeth - CYT III
31. Cynic - Carbon Based Anatomy
32. Deicide - To Hell With God
33. Dim Mak - The Emergence Of Reptilian Altars
34. Djerv - Djerv
35. Dornenreich - Flammentriebe
36. Edguy - Age Of The Joker
37. Evan Brewer - Alone
38. Everfield - Biological Order
39. Exhumation - Consider This
40. Exhumed - All Guts, No Glory
41. Fellujah - The Harvest Wombs
42. Feral - Dragged To The Altar
43. Fen - Epoch
44. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
45. Forsaken - Hemispheres
46. Ghost - Opus Eponymous
47. Glen Drover - Metalusion
48. Goddess Gagged - Resurfaces
49. Graveyard - Hisingen Blues
50. Havok - Time Is Up
51. Hesper Payne - Unclean Rituals
52. Horned Almighty - Necro Spirituals
53. Hugenelk - Hugenelk
54. Ice Dragon - The Sorrowful Sun
55. Jungle Rot - Kill On Command
56. Kartikeya - Mahayuga
57. KEN Mode - Venerable
58. Komondor - A Giant Is Coming And The Giant Is Going To Kill You
59. Krallice - Diotima
60. Lazarus AD - Black Rivers Flow
61. Limp Bizkit - Gold Cobra
62. Liturgy - Aesthetica
63. Long Distance Calling - Long Distance Calling
64. Madball - The Best Of Madball
65. Mar De Grises - Stream Inwards
66. Mastodon - The Hunter
67. Megadeth - Th1rt3en
68. Mournful Congregation - The Book Of Kings
69. Nader Sadek - In The Flesh
70. Necrophagia - Deathtrip 69
71. Obscura - Omnivium
72. Om Mani - Apology
73. Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows
74. Opeth - Heritage
75. Of Legends - Stranded
76. Pangea - Snails Are When I Was Young
77. Pentagram - Bloodywood
78. Pentagram - Last Rites
79. Pestilence - Doctrine
80. Polkadot Cadaver - Sex Offender
81. Protest The Hero - Scurillous
82. Revocation - Chaos Of Forms
83. Rosemary - A Legacy Of Ruined Days
84. Russian Circles - Empros
85. Savage Messiah - Plague Of Conscience
86. Scale The Summit - The Collective
87. Sebastian Bach - Kicking And Screaming
88. Selena Gomez & The Scene - When The Sun Goes Down
89. Sepultura - Kairos
90. Shining - VII - Fodd Forlolare
91. Sid Coutto - Sunny Side Up
92. Sifar - 1
93. Signo Rojo - The Promo Album
94. Sinister Realm - The Crystal Eye
95. Sirenia - The Enigma Of Life
96. Sky Rabbit - Sky Rabbit
97. Solstafir - Svartir Sandar
98. Soul Of Steel - Destiny
99. Speedwolf - Ride With Death
100. Stratovarius - Elysium
101. SubRosa - No Help For The Mighty One
102. TesseracT - One
103. The Decemberists - The King Is Dead
104. The Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction
105. The Devin Townsend Project - Ghost
106. The Human Abstract - Digital Veil
107. The Project Hate MCMXCIX - Bleeding The New Apocalypse
108. Thot - Obscured By The Wind
109. Tuck From Hell - Thrashing
110. Twisted Tower Dire - Make It Dark
111. Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All
112. Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats - Blood Lust
113. Vintersorg - Jordplus
114. Vomitory - Opus Mortis VIII
115. White Arms Of Athena - Astroderma
116. Wolves In The Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
117. Wormrot - The Dirge
118. Xerath - II

The End Of Year Analysis - 01

A year ago, the blog was relaunched with a new purpose - to list the music i listened to over the year. I admit, the year hasn't been the best one i've had, but it certainly held up on the music front. Lots discovered, some re-discovered, and tastes honed and developed. This exercise helped. Let the data speak for itself:

Total Albums Listened: 702

Fresh : Repeat Ratio: 406 : 301

Here's a list of all the albums i've heard, in alphabetical order:

1. *Shels - Plain Of The Purple Buffalo
2. 1349 - Demonoir
3. A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms
4. A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
5. A Very Old Ghost Behind The Farm - Primary Septagon
6. Abhijeet Dasgupta - EP1
7. Absu - Abzu
8. Acid Witch - Stoned
9. Advaita - Grounded In Space
10. Aerosmith - Nine Lives
11. Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit
12. Agnostic Front - My Life My Way
13. Albatross - Dinner Is You
14. Alex Masi - Theory Of Everything
15. Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue
16. Alice In Chains - Greatest Hits
17. Altars Of Plague - Mammal
18. Altars Of Plague - White Tomb
19. American Heritage - Sedentary
20. Amogh Symphony - Abolishing The Obsolete System
21. Amogh Symphony - The Quantum Hack Code
22. Anaal Nathrakh - Passion
23. Anacrusis - Screams & Whispers
24. Anima Morte - The Nightmare Becomes Reality
25. Animals As Leaders - Animals As Leaders
26. Animals As Leaders - Weightless
27. Another Vertigo Rush - Murphy's Law
28. Anvil - Juggernaut Of Justice
29. Anvil - This Is Thirteen
30. Aosoth - III
31. Aqua - Megalomania
32. Arch Enemy - Khaos Legion
33. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
34. Argus - Boldly Stride The Doomed
35. Ashu - Sigh Of An Angel
36. Asian Dub Foundation - RAFI's Revenge
37. Atheist - Jupiter
38. Atheist - Unquestionable Pretense
39. Autopsy - Macabre Eternal
40. Avenged Sevenfold - Sounding The Seventh Trumpet
41. Avial - Avial
42. Bad Religion - Recipe For Hate
43. Baroness - Blue Record
44. Battle Beast - Steel
45. Behemoth - Evangelion
46. Betzefer - Some Tits But No Bush
47. Bhayanak Maut - Bhayanak Maut
48. Black Country Communion - Black Country
49. Black Flag - Damaged
50. Black Sabbath - The Best Of Black Sabbath
51. Blackmill - Reach For Glory
52. Blackstratblues - Knights In Shining Karma
53. Blakc - Choking On A Dream
54. Bloodlights - Simple Pleasures
55. Book Of Black Earth - The Cold Testament
56. Born From Pain - Immortality
57. Born From Pain - In Love With The End
58. Born From Pain - Reclaiming The Crown
59. Born From Pain - Sands Of Time
60. Born From Pain - Survival
61. Born From Pain - War
62. Born Of Osiris - The Discovery
63. Brave - Monuments
64. CAB - Theatre de Marionnettes
65. Cake - Motorcade Of Generosity
66. Cannabis Corpse - Beneath Grow Lights Thou Shalt Rise
67. Cassini's Division - Ringside View
68. Celtic Frost - Cold Lake
69. Cerebral Bore - Maniacal Miscreation
70. Cheisrah - OMG! She's Here EP
71. Chimp Spanner - At The Dream's Edge
72. Chris Poland - Return To Metalopolis
73. Circle Jerks - Group Sex
74. Cloudkicker - [[[]]]
75. Cloudkicker - Beacons
76. Cloudkicker - Let Yourself Be Huge
77. Cloudkicker - Loop
78. Cloudkicker - The Discovery
79. Cloudkicker - The Map Is Not The Territory
80. Control Denied - The Fragile Art Of Existence
81. Converge - Axe To Fall
82. Coroner - Mental Vortex
83. Crowbar - Severe The Wicked Hand
84. Crownevict - We Are The Enemy
85. Cruachan - Blood On The Black Robe
86. Cursed - Two
87. Cut Your Teeth - CYT III
88. Cynic - Carbon Based Anatomy
89. Cynic - Focus
90. Cynic - Traced In Air
91. Daemonia - Dario Argento Tribute
92. Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets
93. Dave Matthews Band - Crash
94. Dawnbringer - In Sickness And In Health
95. Dawnbringer - Nucleus
96. Dead Letter Circus - This Is The Warning
97. Death - Human
98. Death - Individual Thought Patterns
99. Death - Symbolic
100. Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
101. Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
102. Deathklok - The DethAlbum
103. Deftones - Deftones
104. Deftones - Diamond Eyes
105. Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist
106. Deftones - White Pony
107. Deicide - Once Upon The Cross
108. Deicide - To Hell With God
109. Demonic Resurrection - The Unrelenting Surge Of Vengeance
110. Dim Mak - The Emergence Of Reptilian Altars
111. Disappearer - The Clearing
112. Djerv - Djerv
113. Dornenreich - Flammentriebe
114. Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage
115. Dredg - The Parriah, The Parrot, The Delusion
116. Edguy - Age Of The Joker
117. Evan Brewer - Alone
118. Everfield - Biological Order
119. Exhumation - Consider This
120. Exhumed - All Guts, No Glory
121. Fellujah - The Harvest Wombs
122. Feral - Dragged To The Altar
123. Fen - Epoch
124. Flotsam & Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver
125. Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
126. Foo Fighters - In Your Honour
127. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
128. Forsaken - After The Fall
129. Forsaken - Hemispheres
130. Freak Kitchen - Freak Kitchen
131. From Exile - Monolith
132. Fucked Up - Hidden World
133. Fucked Up - The Chemistry Of Common Life
134. FuncInternational - Anger Not Negative
135. Gallows - Grey Britain
136. Gallows - Orchestra Of Wolves
137. Garbage - Version 2.0
138. Ghost - Opus Eponymous
139. Glen Drover - Metalusion
140. God Forbid - Earthsblood
141. Goddess Gagged - Resurfaces
142. Gojira - From Mars To Sirius
143. Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh
144. Gorillaz - Demon Days
145. Graveyard - Hisingen Blues
146. Guns N Roses - Chinese Democracy
147. Guns N Roses - Use Your Illusion II
148. Gwar - Lust In Space
149. Havok - Time Is Up
150. Heathen - The Evolution Of Chaos
151. Heaven And Hell - The Devil You Know
152. Hesper Payne - Unclean Rituals
153. High On Fire - Snakes For The Divine
154. High Spirits - High Spirits
155. Horned Almighty - Necro Spirituals
156. Horseback - The Invisible Mountain
157. Hugenelk - Hugenelk
158. IAFWAY - Engravings
159. Ice Dragon - The Sorrowful Sun
160. Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
161. Ihsahn - angL
162. Indian Ocean - Desert Rain
163. Infernal Wrath - Inside Of Me
164. Intronaut - Valley Of Smoke
165. Ion Dissonance - Cursed
166. Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death
167. Iron Maiden - Brave New World
168. Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death
169. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
170. Iron Maiden - Killers
171. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
172. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
173. Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier
174. Iron Maiden - The X Factor
175. Iron Maiden - Virtual XI
176. Jalebee Cartel - OnePointNothing
177. Job For A Cowboy - Ruination
178. Joe Satriani - Anthology - Disc 2
179. Joint Family - Hotbox
180. Judas Priest - Painkiller
181. Judas Priest - The Essential Collection
182. Jungle Rot - Kill On Command
183. Karl Sanders - Saurian Meditation
184. Karnivool - Sound Awake
185. Kartikeya - Mahayuga
186. Keep Of Kalessin - Reptilian
187. KEN Mode - Venerable
188. Killing Joke - Killing Joke
189. Killswitch Engage - The End Of Heartache
190. King Diamond - Abigail
191. Kiss - Psycho Circus
192. Komondor - A Giant Is Coming And The Giant Is Going To Kill You
193. Krallice - Diotima
194. Krokus - Hoodoo
195. Kryptos - Spiral Ascent
196. Kvelertak - Kvelertak
197. Kyuss - Blues For The Red Sun
198. Lamb Of God - Ashes Of The Wake
199. Lazarus AD - Black Rivers Flow
200. Led Zeppelin - Remasters - Disc 1
201. Limp Bizkit - Gold Cobra
202. Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
203. Linkin Park - Meteora
204. Liturgy - Aesthetica
205. Lo-Fi Punk Rock - Surf Is Over, God Is Dead
206. Long Distance Calling - Long Distance Calling
207. M.I.A. - Kala
208. M.I.A. - Maya
209. Macabre - Gloom & Grim Scary Tales
210. Machine Head - The Blackening
211. Madball - The Best Of Madball
212. Mantric - The Descent
213. Mar De Grises - Stream Inwards
214. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
215. Mastodon - Blood Mountain
216. Mastodon - Crack The Skye
217. Mastodon - Leviathan
218. Mastodon - The Hunter
219. Megadeth - Endgame
220. Megadeth - Peace Sells… But Who's Buying?
221. Megadeth - Th1rt3en
222. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
223. Meshuggah - Obzen
224. Metallica - Kill 'Em All
225. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
226. Metallica - Symphony & Metallica
227. Midival Punditz - Hello Hello
228. Minus The Bear - This Is What I Know About Being Gigantic
229. Misery Index - Heirs To Theivery
230. Monster Magnet - Mastermind
231. Mournful Congregation - The Book Of Kings
232. Mudvayne - Lost And Found
233. Mudvayne - The End Of All Things To Come
234. Muse - Absolution
235. Myndsnare - Conditioned Human
236. Nader Sadek - In The Flesh
237. Nailbomb - Point Blank
238. Nails - Unsilent Death
239. Necrophagia - Deathtrip 69
240. Negura Bunget - Maestrit
241. Negura Bunget - Virstele Pamuntului
242. Nelly Furtado - Whoa! Nelly
243. Nile - Those Whom The Gods Detest
244. Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
245. Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
246. Nirvana - The Best Of
247. No Doubt - The Singles
248. NoFX - Punk In Drublic
249. Nora - Loser's Intuition
250. Nora - Save Yourself
251. Obscura - Cosmogenesis
252. Obscura - Omnivium
253. Om Mani - Apology
254. Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows
255. Opeth - Damnation
256. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
257. Opeth - Heritage
258. Opeth - Watershed
259. OST - Inception
260. Of Legends - Stranded
261. Overkill - The Years Of Decay
262. Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman
263. Pangea - Snails Are When I Was Young
264. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
265. Peach - Giving Birth To A Stone
266. Pearl Jam - Backspacer
267. Pearl Jam - Ten
268. Pendulum - Immersion
269. Pentagram - Bloodywood
270. Pentagram - Last Rites
271. Pentagram - Up!
272. Pestilence - Doctrine
273. Phil Collins - Hits
274. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
275. Pink Floyd - The Wall
276. Polkadot Cadaver - Sex Offender
277. Portishead - Portishead
278. Protest The Hero - Scurillous
279. Pt Ravi Shankar - Blue
280. Pyrrhon - Fever Kingdoms
281. Queens Of The Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze
282. Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R
283. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
284. Radiohead - Kid A
285. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
286. Rahul Sharma - Maya (The Illusion)
287. Raised Fist - Sounds Of The Republic
288. Raised Fist - Veil Of Ignorance
289. Rammstein - Mutter
290. Rancid - And Out Come The Wolves
291. Rancid - Indestructible
292. Rancid - Life Won't Wait
293. Red Sparowes - The Fear Is Excrutiating, But Therein Lies The Answer
294. Revocation - Chaos Of Forms
295. Revolution Renaissance - Age Of Aquarius
296. Riot God - Riot God
297. Rosemary - A Legacy Of Ruined Days
298. Rotting Christ - A Dead Poem
299. Rotting Christ - Khronos
300. Rotting Christ - Sleep Of The Angels
301. Russian Circles - Empros
302. Satyricon - Nemesis Divina
303. Satyricon - The Age Of Nero
304. Savage Messiah - Plague Of Conscience
305. Scale The Summit - The Collective
306. Scribe - Confect
307. Scribe - Mark Of Teja
308. Sculptured - The Spear Of The Lily Is Aureoled
309. Sebastian Bach - Angel Down
310. Sebastian Bach - Kicking And Screaming
311. Selena Gomez & The Scene - When The Sun Goes Down
312. Sepultura - Arise
313. Sepultura - Chaos AD
314. Sepultura - Kairos
315. Shaai'r & Func - Light Tribe
316. Shaai'r & Func - Mantis
317. Shaai'r & Func - The Love Album
318. Shining - VII - Fodd Forlolare
319. Shrapnel - An Introspective Quest
320. Sid Coutto - Sunny Side Up
321. Sifar - 1
322. Signo Rojo - The Promo Album
323. Sikth - Death Of A Dead Day
324. Sikth - The Trees Are Dead & Dried Out Waiting For Something Wild
325. Sinister Realm - Sinister Realm
326. Sinister Realm - The Crystal Eye
327. Sirenia - The Enigma Of Life
328. Skidrow - Skidrow
329. Skincold - The Light Of Elune
330. Sky Rabbit - Sky Rabbit
331. Slayer - Hell Awaits
332. Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
333. Slayer - South Of Heaven
334. Slipknot - Slipknot
335. Solstafir - Svartir Sandar
336. Soul Of Steel - Destiny
337. Speedwolf - Ride With Death
338. Static-X - Beneath… Between… Beyond
339. Strapping Young Lad - City
340. Stratovarius - Elysium
341. SubRosa - No Help For The Mighty One
342. System Of A Down - Hypnotize
343. System Of A Down - Mesmerize
344. System Of A Down - Toxicity
345. Talvin Singh - OK
346. Tankard - Thirst Retail
347. TesseracT - Concealing Fate
348. TesseracT - One
349. Textures - Silhouttes
350. The Bloodhound Gang - Hefty Fine
351. The Casualties - Die Hards
352. The Casualties - En La Linea Del Friente
353. The Casualties - For The Punx
354. The Casualties - The Early Years
355. The Circus - From Space
356. The Decemberists - The King Is Dead
357. The Devin Townsend Project - Addicted
358. The Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction
359. The Devin Townsend Project - Ghost
360. The Devin Townsend Project - Ki
361. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Irony Is A Dead Scene EP
362. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis
363. The Distillers - Coral Fang
364. The Distillers - The Distillers
365. The Haunted - The Haunted Made Me Do It
366. The Human Abstract - Digital Veil
367. The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
368. The Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation
369. The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land
370. The Project Hate MCMXCIX - Bleeding The New Apocalypse
371. The Supersonics - Maby Baking
372. The Sword - Warp Riders
373. The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
374. Those Poor Bastards - Satan Is Watching
375. Thot - Obscured By The Wind
376. Tool - 10,000 Days
377. Tool - Aenima
378. Tool - Lateralus
379. Tool - Undertow
380. Tuck From Hell - Thrashing
381. Twisted Tower Dire - Make It Dark
382. U2 - Achtung Baby
383. Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All
384. Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats - Blood Lust
385. Undying Inc - Aggressive World Dynasty
386. UNKLE - War Stories
387. Ursa Major - Ursa Major
388. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan & Ustad Zakir Hussain - Thakan
389. Vader - De Profundis
390. Veil Of Maya - id
391. Velvet Revolver - Contraband
392. Vintersorg - Jordplus
393. Voivoid - Infini
394. Vomitory - Opus Mortis VIII
395. Wardruna - Runaljod
396. WASP - The Neon God
397. White Arms Of Athena - Astroderma
398. Winterfylleth - The Mercian Sphere
399. Wolf - The Black Flame
400. Wolfmother - Wolfmother
401. Wolves In The Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
402. Wormrot - Abuse
403. Wormrot - The Dirge
404. Xerath - II
405. Zero - Procrastination
406. Zygnema - Born Of Unity

Day 365

699. Repeat: Cynic - Carbon Based Anatomy
700. Repeat: Cynic - Traced In Air
701. Repeat: The Devin Townsend Project - Addicted
702. Repeat: Vader - De Profundis