2011 was an extremely exciting year for metalheads! After indie pop and rock had ruled the music scene the past 3 years, metal bands found sufficient invigoration and experimentation to win my heart.
August Burns Red and Asking Alexandria surprised me by keeping the metalcore genre relevant. I’d even go so far as to say that August Burns Red’s album is one of the best the genre has produced. Killer ending to the song on the list below! Even bigger balls was vintage bands such as Machine Head and Anthrax finding not only their best form in years but reattaining the heights of their careers. Although they never made the list, a nod to Haken’s ‘Visions’, Darkest Hour’s ‘Savour the Kill’ and Morbid Angel’s ‘Existo Vulgore’. Mastodon proves to be the most consistent metal band by delivering their third, almost perfect, album in a row.
Here are the top metal songs of 2011:
#1 MASTODON All The Heavy Lifting
#2 MACHINE HEAD I Am Hell (Sonata In C#)
#3 DEVIL WEARS PRADA Kansas
#4 ANTHRAX Fight ‘Em Til You Can’t
#5 AUGUST BURNS RED Salt & Light
#6 ASKING ALEXANDRIA A Lesson Never Learned
#7 BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME Augment of Rebirth
#8 EMMURE Area 64-66
#9 PROJECT HATE MCMXCIX Summoning Majestic War
#10 PRIMORDIAL Death Of The Gods
#11 DREAM THEATER Build Me Up, Break Me Down
#12 MEGADETH Sudden Death
#13 DEVILDRIVER Crowns of Creation
Owing to a number of these not being singles, some don’t have vids or only have pure quality ones. What i could find are posted at the bottom but first here’s a 96kbps sampler that should be enough persuasion for you to want to buy the albums:
Best Metal Songs of 2011 (60.8 MiB, 0 hits)
