VIC VAUGHN’S TOP FIFTEEN METAL METAL ALBUMS OF 2011

2011 was a great year for releases, as well as my first year covering them like a spectre.   Thanks, MetalSucks. Here’s my list:

15. Toxic Holocaust, Conjure and Command (Relapse)
14. KEN Mode, Venerable (Profound Lore)
13. Electro Quarterstaff, Aykroyd (Willowtip)
12. Black Tusk, Set The Dial (Relapse)
11. Drugs of Faith, Corroded (Selfmadegod)
10. East Of The Wall, The Apologist (Translation Loss)
9. Havok,  Time Is Up (Candlelight)
8. Ulcerate,  Destroyers of All (Willowtip)
7. Trap Them, Darker Handcraft (Prosthetic)
6. Ghost, Opus Eponymous (Metal Blade/Rise Above)
5. White Wizzard, Flying Tigers (Earache)
4. Noisear,  Subvert the Dominant Paradigm (Relapse)
3. Graveyard,  Hisingen Blues (Nuclear Blast)
2. Orchid, Capricorns (The Church Within)

1. Saviours, Death’s Procession (Kemado)

-VV