2011 - An Excellent Year So Far...
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Topic: 2011 - An Excellent Year So Far...
Posted By: darkshade
Subject: 2011 - An Excellent Year So Far...
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 02:19
This is the anti-disappointment thread. I think 2011 got off to a slow start, but a lot of albums have come out and many more are on the way. I love the albums I have so far, and can't wait to hear more new music. This year is shaping up to be as good as 2009, maybe better. Every album Ive heard from that year (either during, or after the year ended) has become my favorite album at some point, and the same thing is happening in 2011. That didn't always happen in 2010, so somebody's doing something right  So let's discuss why 2011 is a great year for music so far.... Now I don't know EVERY album that's coming out or is out, but this original post can be a guide to 2011 albums to those who want to know what's out. Add albums by bands/artists and I will update this post. Purple = Released Blue = Unreleased 2011 Albums: Afuche - Highly Publicised Digital Boxing Al DiMeola - Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody Altar of Plagues- Mammal Battles - Glodd Drop Between the Buried and Me- The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues Beardfish - Mammoth Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - Rocket Science Cheer Accident - No Ifs, Ands, or Dogs Credo- Against Reason Devin Townsend - Deconstruction Enslaved- The Sleeping Gods (free to download EP) Fen- Epoch Gosta Berlings Saga - Glue Works Grails- Deep Polotics Grayceon- All We Destroy Gutbucket - Flock King Crimson ProjeKts - A Scarcity Of Miracles Led Bib - Bring Your Own Magic Pie - The Suffering Joy Mastodon- Live at the Aragon Moonsorrow- Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa My Dying Bride- Evinta Neal Morse - Testimony 2 Obscura- Omnivium Paatos- Breathing Pallas- XXV Pendragon - Passion Phideaux - Snowtorch Protest the Hero- Scurrilous Riverside - Memories In My Head The Tangent- Going Off on Two Tarar Lamb II- Polyimage of Known Exits Ulver- War of the Roses Uriah Heep - Into the Wild Van Der Graad Generator - A Grounding In Numbers ../album.asp?id=32179" rel="nofollow - The Watch - Timeless Wobbler - Rites at Dawn Hiromi - Voice June 6 Sky Architect - A Dying Man's Hymn) June 6 The Dear Hunter - Color Spectrum June 13 Yes - Fly From Here June 13 Devin Townsend - Ghost and Decon June 21 Symphony X - Iconoclast June 21 Karmakanic July Opeth - Heritage September Dream Theater September Pain of Salvation September MMPLM Rush Derek Sherinian John Petrucci The Tangent OSI The Mars Volta Metallica ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: VanVanVan
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 02:35
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The Dear Hunter's Color Spectrum comes out June 12th, I believe ------------- "The meaning of life is to give life meaning."-Arjen Lucassen |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 02:42
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 02:52
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Posted By: MillsLayne
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 05:25
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Don't forget we have a new Sky Architect album (A Dying Man's Hymn) coming out in the next couple of weeks! I believe around June 7th or the 14th.
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 05:49
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Albumds released that you havnt mentioned yet: Altar of Plagues- Mammal Between the Buried and Me- The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues Credo- Against Reason Enslaved- The Sleeping Gods (free to download EP) Fen- Epoch Grails- Deep Polotics Grayceon- All We Destroy Mastodon- Live at the Aragon Moonsorrow- Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa My Dying Bride- Evinta Obscura- Omnivium Paatos- Breathing Pallas- XXV Protest the Hero- Scurrilous The Tangent- Going Off on Two Tarar Lamb II- Polyimage of Known Exits Ulver- War of the Roses ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 11:44
Done
yea I missed quite a few. Thanks, it's all updated  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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MillsLayne wrote:Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 11:51
I have a pretty long list of things to still acquire. My 5 star albums so far:  |
Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 11:53
| What's the top one Colin? |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 11:59
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yea that looks interesting ***EDIT*** this thread should not be in the top 10 section  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 12:04
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Devin Townsend's Ghost and Decon are release June 21. Both have leaked. Unexpect was released last Tuesday
My sig is my abbreviated list. Here is my full
1. Unexpect - Fables of the Sleepless Empire 9.4
2. Grayceon - All We Destroy 8.9
3. Korekyojinn - Tundra 8.1
4. Between the Buried and Me - Parallax 7.9
5. Grails - Deep Politics - 7.7
6. Phideaux - Snowtorch - 7.6
7. Make A Rising - New I Feeling 7.2
8. Scale the Summit - The Collective 7.1
9. Fen - Epoch 4.1
10. Decemberists 3.0
The top 8 are all excellent albums and the top 6 would have made or perhaps eclipsed my top 5 from 2010. Top 2 this year already better than everything 2010 had to offer, and at least one more will qualify there.
I've heard a fair bit of Devin Townsend's two albums and they've been my most anticipated of the year. Decon will likely make my top 5 of the year. Ghost we'll see, I haven't heard enough of it yet.
I'm very excited about Opeth. Also somewhat less Symphony X. Who knows on DT.
What little I've heard of the new Ulver didn't do much for me. I am interested in the new Mogwai. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 12:06
White Fence's Is Growing Faith. Old school psych rock |
Posted By: paulwalker71
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 12:13
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Of the ones that I've heard so far three have been outstanding 1. Magic Pie : The Suffering Joy 2. Neal Morse : Testimony 2 3. Phideaux : Snowtorch Pendragon is a bit of grower. I didn't like it at first, but I'm coming around to it. I'm actually going to see Pendragon tomorrow, so maybe it will spark into life for me after I see them live The one's that I'm looking forward to that haven't come out yet would be Sky Architect and The Tangent. I'll certainly give Rush a listen, but the new Yes is just meh for me.
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Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 12:16
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Some more released so far: Cheer Accident - No Ifs, Ands, or Dogs Gosta Berlings Saga - Glue Works Afuche - Highly Publicised Digital Boxing (not sure if this one is actually on PA though) Led Bib - Bring Your Own Gutbucket - Flock Wobbler - Rites at Dawn (note sure which of these next 8 are on PA yet, all are released by AltRock records) Abrete Gandul - Enjambre Sismico Nerve Institute - Architects of Flesh Density October Equus - Saturnal Ske - 1000 Autmni Accordio del Contrari - Kinesis Calomito - Cane di Schiena Factor Burzaco II Sanhedrin - Ever After
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Posted By: MillsLayne
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 12:22
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I bet the new Rush gets put off until early next year since they've extended their Time Machine Tour and they might re-record Caravan and BU2B, so I think a 2011 release is looking less likely.
And how are we classifying Amplifier's The Octopus? It came out in December for members of their website, but an actual wide release wasn't until 2011. ------------- http://gamercards.exophase.com/xbox/user/MillsLayne/" rel="nofollow"> ht |
Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 12:24
I heard 'Fly' offa Ghost and I loved the hell out of it. Considering I liked Ki more than Ziltoid or Addicted, Ghost is my most anticipated prog album of the year (non-prog goes to Tom Waits' supposedly new album). Yeah, Opeth's on my mind. I'm hoping it's a full album of Harvest's, Isolation Years', Windowpane's, and Patterns in the Ivy's. Won't be, though. I never got into Symphony X in the first place, and DT lost me ever since Train of Thought.
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 12:32
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UPDATED I'll leave Rush, as a few bands have albums supposedly coming out this year, but there is no release date. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 12:40
| Maybe Comus' supposed "late 2010" album will come out this year |
Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 12:50
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Birds and Buildings is also supposed to be releasing an album this year. I hear Thinking Plague may be as well.
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 12:53
| and of course, for the fans of Jean Louis/MeTaL-O-PHoNe, http://www.collectifcoax.com/coax/radiation10.html" rel="nofollow - Radiation10 has their debut coming out this year. Site's in French, sorry |
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 13:00
"Feather" from Ghost was released as a free single and I like it quite a bit.
Did you hear "Throat of Winter" the most recent soundtrack single from Opeth? I think it may be our best hint at what the new sound will be, though I hope the songwriting is a little more developed. If it is, I will be delighted.
DT lost me after Awake.  ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: GentleGiant
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 13:05
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Hostsonaten - Summereve Daal - Destruktive actions affect livings Fromuz-Quartus Artifactus Fugato Orchestra-Noe Gran Torino - Grantorinoprog Gran Turismo Veloce – Di Carne, Di Anima IL Ballo delle castagne - kalachakra Mars Hollow - World in front of me TCP - Fantastic dreamer and many others ------------- BeGiantForADay "This British band is just the cup of tea for aficionados who demand virtuosity,progress and originality in their mix." http://rateyourmusic.com/~GentleG |
Posted By: Mushroom Sword
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 13:44
| Primus has a new album coming out in July too. Shall it be included? |
Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 13:45
I just now heard a rough version of it. It reminds me of Porcupine Tree (which is a group I only just acclimated myself with). At least, it sounds more alternative gothic rock-ish (no complaints, here). I agree with you that if the songwriting's made a bit more...eventful(?) then I'd probably like it a lot.
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 22:34
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Others yet mentioned: Faust - Something Dirty Pitom - Blasphemy and Other Serious Crimes Virus - The Agent That Shapes the Desert ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Slaughternalia
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 22:38
| Gloss Drop isn't out yet, it's just been leaked |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 23:07
| Ray Bennett has been mixing & re-mixing his latest "Flash" CD for ages now, I expect that this will also be released in 2011. From what I've heard, it will be good. |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: June 03 2011 at 23:17
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Eh, it's all right. I don't really consider myself a really huge prog fan, so I have no idea what most of these artists are. Pendragon was good, Phideaux was ok. Looking forward to big name releases: Opeth, Dream Theater, Rush (?), King Crimson (it counts in my book), Yes, Porcupine Tree, Steve Wilson. If someone could recomment some folky neo-prog/ neo folky-prog kinda stuff like early Mostly Autumn, then that would be nice. It's all I really care to discover out of new progressive rock music. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: June 04 2011 at 13:21
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Colin Masson just announced his new album, The Southern Cross, will be out probably this summer.
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Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: June 04 2011 at 13:33
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Such a long list for me, there's no way I could ever end it.
Snowtorch is a huge standout, Maybeshewill just released an excellent album and Van Der Graaf Generator made a beautiful record.
And there's been quite a few jazz releases worth noting like Iro Haarla Quintet's Vespers. ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 00:40
| Apparently Gungfly (Rikard Sjoblom's (of Beardfish) other band) were recording a new album, which is now out today in their shop. |