Author Topic: Post your 2011 hauls here! (Read 10260 times)

YtseBitsySpider · « **Reply #70 on:** July 07, 2011, 05:22:41 AM »

Albums I've heard and am still spinning in no specific order of preference.

Arch Enemy - Khaos Legions
August Burns Red - Leveler
Avantasia - The Flying Opera
Devil Driver - Beast
Devin Townsend - Deconstruction
Protest The Hero - Scurrilous
Scar Symmetry - The Unseen Empire (album of the year candidate)
Sepultura - Kairos
Symphony X - Iconoclast(album of the year candidate)
Unearth - Darkness In The Light
Within Temptation - Darkness In The Light
Pat Matheny - Whats it All About
Pagan's Mind - Heavenly Ectacy (album of the year candidate)

wolfking · « **Reply #71 on:** July 07, 2011, 05:31:25 AM »

I have Pagan's Mind on order. Good to hear that it's that good. I'm looking forward to it. I don't know what to expect, God's Equation IMO was excellent.

TAC · « **Reply #72 on:** July 07, 2011, 08:22:08 AM »

How is the new Protest The Hero? How are the vocals?

YtseBitsySpider · « **Reply #73 on:** July 07, 2011, 09:21:26 AM »

Quote from: wolfking on July 07, 2011, 05:31:25 AM

I have Pagan's Mind on order. Good to hear that it's that good. I'm looking forward to it. I don't know what to expect, God's Equation IMO was excellent.

It gets better with EVERY spin. Im really digging it.

"How is the new Protest The Hero? How are the vocals?"

REALLY GOOD...what a neat singing style and music...Im enjoying this one alot too.....

SPNKr · « **Reply #74 on:** July 07, 2011, 03:27:58 PM »

Quote from: TAC on July 07, 2011, 08:22:08 AM

How is the new Protest The Hero? How are the vocals?

'Tis good, only heard it once so far. A bit subdued on aggressive vocals but worth your listen, it's up there with the other albums I think.

Perpetual Change · « **Reply #75 on:** July 10, 2011, 03:49:01 AM »

Thought the two Devin albums would knock off Scale the Summit but, alas, it's still my favorite album from this year so far!

Updated the rankings on my first page to reflect my recent DT purchases.

SPNKr · « **Reply #76 on:** July 10, 2011, 05:22:22 AM »

Deerhoof - Deerhoof Vs. Evil
Radiohead - The King Of Limbs
Tennis - Tennis
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Tao Of The Dead
Röyksopp - Forsaken Cowboy (single, the b-side is really good)
Fujiya & Miyagi - Ventriloquizzing
Thomas Giles - Pulse
Protest The Hero - Scurrilous
CunninLynguists - Oneirology (it's very good)
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - From The Stairwell
Tommy Guerrero - Lifeboats And Follies
Mike Rood - The Desert And The City (this guy's album https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?action=profile;u=241)
Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues EP
Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction
Havok - Time Is Up (seems like old school thrash metal in standard tuning, pretty good actually)
Devin Townsend Project - Ghost
Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver (fantastic sound, just wait til you get to that last track...)
NEW
Woods Of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason (enjoyable black metal with an atmosphere, 37 min long!!)
The Antlers - Burst Apart
Iceage - New Brigade
Liturgy - Aesthethica (unfortunately it's mainly samey samey black metal/prog black metal, only the different things that are thrown in or tried out save it from the word 'bad')

ich bin besser · « **Reply #77 on:** July 10, 2011, 12:30:42 PM »

Again, it's been an expensive year so far.

Albums:

Cloverseeds: The Opening
Flaming Row: Elinoire
Devin Townsend Project: Ghost
Devin Townsend Project: Deconstruction
Sun Caged: The Lotus Effect
Hybrid: Disappear Here
Mars Hollow: World In Front Of Me
Eyot: Horizon
A Flower Full Of Stars: A Tribute To The Flower Kings
Kwoon: Tales And Dreams
Kwoon: When The Flowers Were Singing
Journey: Eclipse
Riverside: Memories In My Head (EP)
Sky Architect: Excavations Of The Mind
Anima Mundi: The Way
The Healing Road: Backdrop
Amplifier: The Octopus
Nemo: R€volu$ion
Lazuli: 4603 battements
Amanda Palmer: Nighty Night
Hasse Fröberg and the Musical Companion: Future Past
Jeavestone: 1+1= OK
Sean Filkins: War and Peace & Other Short Stories
Jellyfiche: Tout ce que j'ai revé
klone: Black Days
klone: Duplicate
Blackfield: Welcome To My D.N.A
Gino Vannelli: The Best And Beyond
Weird Al Yankovic: The Essential
Janaelle Monáe: The Achandroid
Jolly: The Audio Guide To Happiness
Missa Mercuria: Missa Mercuria
Manning: Charlestown
Magic Pie: The Suffering Joy
Toxic Smile: I'm Your Saviour
Mr. Mister: Pull
Big Big Train: Far Skies Deep Time

Album + DVD:
Gungfly: Lamentations
Beardfish: Mammoth
Mogwai: Special Moves
It Bites: It Happened One Night
The Tangent: Going Off On Two

DVDs:
Marillion: Live From Cadogan Hall
Neal Morse: Testimony Set 1 - Live 2003
Neal Morse: Testimony Set 2 - Live 2003
Neal Morse: Testimony Set 3 - Live 2003
Moon Safari: Bloom In October (live at Prog Résiste 2010) - bootleg

vinyl:
The Dear Hunter: The Color Spectrum

concerts:
Dream Theater, Anathema, IQ, RWPL, Vanden Plas, Haken, Eloy, Riverside, Threshold, Martigan, Sky Architect   8.+9.7.2011 (Night Of The Prog VI)
Journey, Foreigner, Saga, Manfred Mann, Thin Lizzy, Kansas, Nightranger, Stryper, Bonfire   24.-25.6.2011 (Rock The Nation)
Anima Mundi, Sky Architect   10.06.2011
My Sleeping Karma, Quantum Fantay   20.05.2011
Secret World   06.05.2011
King's X, klone   15.04.2011
Pure Reason Revolution, Okta Logue   02.04.2011
Vanden Plas, Toxic Smile, Red Circuit   18.2.11 (Power of Prog)

SPNKr · « **Reply #78 on:** August 01, 2011, 10:09:20 PM »

Deerhoof - Deerhoof Vs. Evil
Radiohead - The King Of Limbs
Tennis - Tennis
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Tao Of The Dead
Röyksopp - Forsaken Cowboy (single, the b-side is really good)
Fujiya & Miyagi - Ventriloquizzing
Thomas Giles - Pulse
Protest The Hero - Scurrilous
CunninLynguists - Oneirology (it's very good)
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - From The Stairwell
Tommy Guerrero - Lifeboats And Follies
Mike Rood - The Desert And The City (this guy's album https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?action=profile;u=241)
Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues EP
Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction
Havok - Time Is Up (seems like old school thrash metal in standard tuning, pretty good actually)
Devin Townsend Project - Ghost
Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver (fantastic sound, just wait til you get to that last track...)
Woods Of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason (enjoyable black metal with an atmosphere, 37 min long!!)
The Antlers - Burst Apart
Iceage - New Brigade
Liturgy - Aesthethica (unfortunately it's mainly samey samey black metal/prog black metal, only the different things that are thrown in or tried out save it from the word 'bad')

NEW!
Peter Evans Quintet - Ghosts (pretty darn good avant-garde jazz)

zxlkho · « **Reply #79 on:** August 01, 2011, 10:17:45 PM »

Quote from: SPNKr on August 01, 2011, 10:09:20 PM

Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver (fantastic sound, just wait til you get to that last track...)

Oh but wait, the last track is "generic". lolJimmy

SPNKr · « **Reply #80 on:** August 01, 2011, 10:21:21 PM »

Dark Castle · « **Reply #81 on:** August 02, 2011, 02:14:03 AM »

Dark Castle - Surrender to All Life Beyond Form
Indian - Guiltless
Tombs - Path to Totality
Ghost - Opus Eponymous
Lady Gaga - Born This Way
Autopsy - Macabre Eternal
Death - The Sound of Perseverance (reissue)
Obscura - Omnivium
Decapitate - Carnival is Forever
Cauldron - Burning Fortune
and countless more I can't remember at 3 in the morning.

Zantera · « **Reply #82 on:** August 02, 2011, 03:26:14 AM »

Quote from: zxlkho on August 01, 2011, 10:17:45 PM

Quote from: SPNKr on August 01, 2011, 10:09:20 PM
Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver (fantastic sound, just wait til you get to that last track...)

Oh but wait, the last track is "generic". lolJimmy

It's one of the cheesiest songs ever made, it would even beat out most of the Progressive Metal music with those porn music-synths.

Perpetual Change · « **Reply #83 on:** September 02, 2011, 08:54:33 AM »

Added some stuff to my post in the OP

Elite · « **Reply #84 on:** September 03, 2011, 04:39:26 AM »

So far my haul hasn't been too great this year. Unfortunately, mostly stuff that was released (way) before 2011.
Here it is:

Pink Floyd – Meddle
Psychotic Waltz – A Social Grace
Psychotic Waltz – Mosquito
Anathema – We’re Here Because We’re Here
Devin Townsend – Terria
Toxik – Think This
Ayreon – The Universal Migrator 1: The Dream Sequencer
Ayreon – The Universal Migrator 2: Flight of the Migrator
The Devin Townsend Project – Deconstruction
The Devin Townsend Project – Ghost
Symphony X – Iconoclast
Karnivool – Sound Awake
Dream Theater – A Dramatic Turn of Events (on preorder)
Opeth - Heritage (on preorder)

Jamesman42 · « **Reply #85 on:** September 04, 2011, 08:40:43 AM »

Updated:

OK, posting this to help me keep track.

Albums I have heard

Neal Morse - Testimony 2
Hillsong United - Aftermath
The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum
Within Temptation - The Unforgiving
Scale the Summit - The Collective

Thrice - Major/Minor
Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver

Albums I Am Definitely Looking Forward To

August Burns Red - Leveler
John Mark McMillan - Economy
Derek Sherinian - Oceana
Redemption - This Mortal Coil

Albums I Want to Get by Bands I Don't Know That Well (or have heard great things about)

Eisley - The Valley
dredg - Chuckles and Mr. Squeezy
Falling Up - Your Sparkling Death Cometh
Evergrey - Glorious Collision
Amplifier - The Octopus
Radiohead - The King of Limbs
Codes in the Clouds - As the Spirit Wanes
Opeth - Heritage

Bands/Artists supposedly releasing music this year (unless I heard wrong)

Rush - Clockwork Angels
John Petrucci

Perpetual Change · « **Reply #86 on:** September 04, 2011, 08:42:36 AM »

Add the new PTH to me list. Haven't listened to it enough yet.

BRGM · « **Reply #87 on:** September 04, 2011, 08:46:56 AM »

Neal Morse - Testimony 2
Tony MacAlpine - Tony MacAlpine

both on CD ofc

Jamesman42 · « **Reply #88 on:** September 04, 2011, 08:49:03 AM »

Quote from: Perpetual Change on September 04, 2011, 08:42:36 AM

Add the new PTH to me list. Haven't listened to it enough yet.

I can't edit your posts, sorry brah

Perpetual Change · « **Reply #89 on:** September 04, 2011, 09:01:14 AM »

Holy shit my last post really was a joy of the English language.

SPNKr · « **Reply #90 on:** September 05, 2011, 03:26:57 AM »

Deerhoof - Deerhoof Vs. Evil
Radiohead - The King Of Limbs
Tennis - Tennis
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Tao Of The Dead
Röyksopp - Forsaken Cowboy (single, the b-side is really good)
Fujiya & Miyagi - Ventriloquizzing
Thomas Giles - Pulse
Protest The Hero - Scurrilous
CunninLynguists - Oneirology (it's very good)
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - From The Stairwell
Tommy Guerrero - Lifeboats And Follies
Mike Rood - The Desert And The City (this guy's album https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?action=profile;u=241)
Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues EP
Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction
Havok - Time Is Up (seems like old school thrash metal in standard tuning, pretty good actually)
Devin Townsend Project - Ghost
Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver (fantastic sound, just wait til you get to that last track...)
Woods Of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason (enjoyable black metal with an atmosphere, 37 min long!!)
The Antlers - Burst Apart
Iceage - New Brigade
Liturgy - Aesthethica (unfortunately it's mainly samey samey black metal/prog black metal, only the different things that are thrown in or tried out save it from the word 'bad')
Peter Evans Quintet - Ghosts (pretty darn good avant-garde jazz)

--- Been a bit over a month since i've heard any 2011 stuff, NEW update. also according to this thread I have more jazz from this year than any of you, so ner ner

Blazo - Colors Of Jazz (pretty good instrumental jazz based hip hop, some fusion)
Planeta Imaginario - Optical Delusions (very good jazz fusion/progressive jazz from Spain)
Al Di Meola - Pursuit Of Radical Rhapsody (hell yeah son, only problem is the length)

Perpetual Change · « **Reply #91 on:** September 14, 2011, 06:57:27 PM »

Added DT and updated them to their proper spot on my top-ten list.

Jamesman42 · « **Reply #92 on:** September 14, 2011, 07:14:12 PM »

Albums I have heard

Neal Morse - Testimony 2
Hillsong United - Aftermath
The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum
Within Temptation - The Unforgiving
Scale the Summit - The Collective
Radiohead - The King of Limbs
Codes in the Clouds - As the Spirit Wanes
Thrice - Major/Minor
Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events
Eisley - The Valley
August Burns Red - Leveler
Opeth - Heritage
Amplifier - The Octopus
Mastodon - The Hunter
Mogwai
Cynic
Disasterpeace
Disasterpeace
Cloudkicker

Albums in Queue (I have access to but haven't listened to yet)

Albums I Am Definitely Looking Forward To
John Mark McMillan - Economy
Derek Sherinian - Oceana
Redemption - This Mortal Coil
Cloudkicker

Albums I Want to Get by Bands I Don't Know That Well (or have heard great things about)
dredg - Chuckles and Mr. Squeezy
Falling Up - Your Sparkling Death Cometh
Evergrey - Glorious Collision

Bands/Artists supposedly releasing music this year (unless I heard wrong)

Rush - Clockwork Angels
John Petrucci

The King in Crimson · « **Reply #93 on:** September 14, 2011, 07:35:30 PM »

Might as well update my list.

Albums I've Heard So Far Rankings:
1. Devin Townsend - Deconstruction - 9/10
2. Amorphis - The Beginning of Times - 8.5/10
3. The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum - 8.5/10
4. Unexpect - Fables of the Sleepless Empire - 8/10
5. Between the Buried and Me - Parallax: The Hypersleep Dialogues - 8/10
6. Polkadot Cadaver - Sex Offender - 8/10
7. Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony - 7.5/10
8. The Human Abstract - Digital Veil - 7.5/10
9. Ulver - The War of the Roses - 6/10
10. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light - 6/10
11. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues - 6/10
12. Yes - Fly From Here - 6/10
13. Beardfish - Mammoth - 5/10
14. Jakszyk, Fripp and Collins - A Scarcity of Miracles - 5/10
15. Thomas Giles - Pulse - 4.5/10
16. Eisley - The Valley - 4/10

EDIT: Also, although it's not a 2011 release per say, I have to say that the best album that I've heard this year, bar none, is the rerelease of Death's Human. It is, quite possibly, the perfect metal album.

zxlkho · « **Reply #94 on:** September 14, 2011, 07:38:23 PM »

EISLEY A 4/10?!?!?!

The King in Crimson · « **Reply #95 on:** September 14, 2011, 07:40:59 PM »

Quote from: zxlkho on September 14, 2011, 07:38:23 PM

EISLEY A 4/10?!?!?!

Yeah, I just found it really boring, aside from a song or two. Mr Moon, the title-track, and Oxygen Mask were pretty good, but everything else? Meh.

Zantera · « **Reply #96 on:** September 14, 2011, 11:50:39 PM »

I've heard about 65 albums or so from 2011, cba to list them all yet.

MetalManiac666 · « **Reply #97 on:** September 16, 2011, 11:49:07 PM »

Top 5 so far...

1. Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
2. Fair to Midland - Arrows & Anchors
3. Protest the Hero - Scurrilous
4. iwrestledabearonce - Ruining it for Everybody
5. Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #98 on:** September 17, 2011, 01:40:55 AM »

Here are my most anticipated releases so far, and a couple of new ones I've gotten into. There are a lot more that weren't worth mentioning.

Arch Enemy - Khaos Legions-
Kind of sucked. Arch Enemy have been getting less and less consistent with their past couple of releases, but this is the first that had no redeeming tracks that I've enjoyed at all.

Benedictum - Dominion-
Much preferred Seasons of Tragedy. Only a couple of tracks I like off this one.

Journey - Eclipse-
I like a few tracks, but it doesn't come close to Revelation for me, which I think is a great album. I really need to give Eclipse another full spin though, because I'll probably grow to like it.

King Kobra - King Kobra-
I haven't really gotten into King Kobra's older stuff, but this album interested me. Definitely one of the better solid hard rock albums I've heard in recent years.

Rhapsody of Fire - From Chaos to Eternity-
This album did not disappoint. Great album from start to finish. Perhaps even better than The Frozen Tears of Angels, and much better than the filler of The Cold Embrace of Fear.

Scar Symmetry - The Unseen Empire-
The first Scar Symmetry album I've heard, and I love it. Got into Holographic Universe soon after, and love both.

Whitesnake - Forevermore-
I thought Good to be Bad was a great album, and this completely topped it in every way. Much more rock, much better production, and more consistent. David Coverdale never lets me down.

Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events-
Another very solid album, that continues to grow on me.

Perpetual Change · « **Reply #99 on:** September 30, 2011, 10:57:53 PM »

Updated my list with Mastodon, Steven Wilson, Dream Theater, Opeth, and so on... wow.

Jamesman42 · « **Reply #100 on:** October 01, 2011, 08:11:04 AM »

Updated my last post. I think toward the end of the year I will start ranking stuff.

Jamesman42 · « **Reply #101 on:** November 17, 2011, 06:17:35 PM »

https://cloudkicker.bandcamp.com/album/let-yourself-be-huge

Zantera · « **Reply #102 on:** November 18, 2011, 01:35:40 AM »

New Cloudkicker album?
Hell yeah, must check it out!

Fluffy Lothario · « **Reply #103 on:** November 18, 2011, 02:03:53 AM »

My favourites from this year:

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Kimbra - Vows
Florence + the Machine - Ceremonials
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto

Other notably good albums:

Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events
Tiki Taane - In the World of Light
Metallica and Lou Reed - Lulu
Beirut - The Rip Tide

And the others I've heard:

Machine Head - Unto the Locust (okay)
Bic Runga – Belle (meh)
Hugh Laurie - Let Them Talk (meh)
Battles - Gloss Drop (meh)
Radiohead – The King of Limbs (meh to utter shite)
Opeth – Heritage (utter shite)

Other albums I'm yet to hear:

Tori Amos - Night of Hunters
The Strokes - Angles
And So I Watch You From Afar - Gangs
Bjork - Biophilia
The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum
Death Cab for Cutie - Codes and Keys
Thrice - Major/Minor
An Emerald City - The Fourth
Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Ryan Adams - Ashes and Fire
plus The Antlers and Adele

News: Track-by-track video for Fall Into the Light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ezfzdMpRc0

Author Topic: Post your 2011 hauls here! (Read 10260 times)