Top 10 Albums of 2011

So 2011 has came and went so fast and too many good albums in between.  Nonetheless,  I found 2011 to be a great year for the progression of musical fine arts and for bands to really develop their original sound.  Some bands showcased some of their best work in years, some showcased their worst.  Either way, here is what made [AFGM] the top 10 albums of the year:

Animals as Leaders - Weightless

Anthrax - Worship Music

Bury Your Dead - Mosh 'N' Roll

Evile - Five Serpent's Teeth

Machine Head - Unto the Locust

Mastodon - The Hunter

Memphis May Fire - The Hollow

Scar Symmetry - The Unseen Empire

TesseracT - One

Textures - Dualism

Now I know a lot of you will not agree with everything and yes, this is subject to opinion.  These are basically what I have found the be the most intriguing albums of 2011.  Now if you felt the need to ask "what the hell were you choosing from?!", here are [AFGM's] other notable albums of 2011:

Alestorm - Back Through Time

Alice Cooper - Welcome 2 My Nightmare

Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising

Architects - The Here and Now

Asking Alexandria - Reckless and Relentless

August Burns Red - Leveler

Becoming the Archetype - Celestial Completion

Believer - Transhuman

BTBAM - The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues

Black Label Society - The Song Remains Not The Same

Black Veil Brides - Set the World on Fire

Blackguard - Firefight

Born of Osiris - The Discovery

Caliban - Coverfield (EP)

Children of Bodom - Relentless Reckless Forever

Chimaira - The Age of Hell

ChthoniC - Takasago Army

Darkest Hour - The Human Romance

DevilDriver - Beast

Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events

Emmure - Speaker of the Dead

Fair to Midland - Arrows and Anchors

Five Finger Death Punch - American Capitalist

Iced Earth - Dystopia

In Flames - Sounds of a Playground Fading

Jag Panzer - The Scourge of the Light

Korn - The Path of Totality

Korpiklaani - Ukon Wacka

Lazarus A.D. - Black Rivers Flow

Megadeth - TH1RT3EN

Nightwish - Imaginaerum

Oh, Sleeper - Children of Fire

Of Mice & Men - The Flood

Opeth - Heritage

Pain - You Only Live Twice

Primus - Green Naugahyde

Redemption - This Mortal Coil

Rise to Remain - City of Vultures

Symphony X - Iconoclast

Texas in July - One Reality

The Devil Wears Prada - Dead Throne

The Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction/Ghost

The Empire Shall Fall - Volume 1: Solar Plexus (EP)

The Human Abstract - Digital Veil

This Is Hell - Black Mass

Times of Grace - The Hymn of a Broken Man

Trivium - In Waves

Turisas - Stand Up and Fight

Unearth - Darkness in the Light

Vildhjarta - Måsstaden

We Came as Romans - Understanding What We've Grown to Be

Within Temptation - The Unforgiving

If you feel anything was a miss and I should add an album that isn't up here, post a comment and explain why you felt it was a top album for your 2011.  Always love the collaboration of music knowledge and influence.