Best Of: 2011 Staff Picks

(Please keep in mind that most of these lists are in no particular order. We just like to count to 10 and shit.)

Richard Gobbler - Editor
1. Landmine Marathon - Gallows
2. Vektor - Outer Isolation
3. ZiROH - Prime
4. Godhunter - Wolves
5. Lethal Dosage - Inhale
6. We Killed The Union - Bloodset Arizona
7. Methra/Godhunter - Ride The Meth Lightning split 10"
8. A Fall To Break - Man In The Mask
9. Flying Donkey Punch/D.B.F.O.S. - I Like Violence split 7"
10. Animus Divine - Sorrow

Frankie Manchester - Staff Writer
1. Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
2. The Atlas Moth - An Ache For The Distance
3. Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
4. Deafheaven - Roads To Judah
5. Graveyard - Hisingen Blues
6. Mastodon - The Hunter
7. Red Fang - Murder The Mountains
8. Maserati - Pyramid Of The Sun
9. Danava - Hemisphere Of Shadows
10. The Black Keys - El Camino

Jay Pestilence - Staff Photographer
1. Red Fang - Murder The Mountains
2. Warbringer - World Torn Asunder
3. Primus - Green Naugahyde
4. Lazarus A.D. - Black Rivers Flow
5. Lethal Dosage - Inhale
6. Skeletonwitch - Forever Abomination
7. Primordial - Redemption At The Puritan's Hand
8. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
9. Pentagram - Last Rites
10. Decapitated - Carnival Is Forever

Garviel Loken - Staff Writer
1. Opeth - Heritage
2. Graveyard - Hisingen Blues
3. The Atlas Moth - An Ache For The Distance
4. Leprous - Bilateral
5. Giant Squid - Cenotes
6. Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning
7. Mastodon - The Hunter
8. Kashmere Stage Band - Texas Thunder Soul 1968-1974
9. Hammers Of Misfortune - 17th Street
10. Indian - Guiltless

Salvia Hex - Staff Writer
1. Radiohead - King Of Limbs
2. Graveyard - Hisingen Blues
3. Witch Mountain - South Of Salem
4. The Atlas Moth - An Ache For The Distance
5. Indian - Guiltless
6. Red Fang - Murder The Mountains
7. Mastodon - The Hunter
8. Russian Circles - Empros
9. Giant Squid - Cenotes
10. Rwake - Rest