Celebrating some awesome albums from 2011, ten years later
21.02.21 | Alex Sievers |
, and because we’re now slipping further and further head-first into 2021, here’s a loving look back at some proper gems a decade on from release. (
I’m only counting full-lengths, so Glassjaw’s ‘Coloring Book’ EP won’t be mentioned. Though you should listen to that EP whilst reading; that shit rips!) Now, let’s take a trip down memory lane!
Northlane – ‘Discoveries’
On their debut album,
Northlane became djent and prog-metalcore heroes almost overnight, being at the front of this new wave of heavy music alongside
Periphery,
Veil Of Maya and
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18.02.21 | Alex Sievers
2005 was a big 12-month window for music! Fall Out Boy’s breakout ‘From Under The Cork Tree,’ The Mars Volta’s first step toward glorious self-indulgence with ‘Frances The Mute,’ the core of The Black Dahlia Murder’s evil sound on ‘Miasma,’ Bullet For My Valentine exploding due to ‘The Poison,’ Trivium making their claim on ‘Ascendency,’ Avenged Sevenfold blowing up more by way of ‘City Of Evil,’ and 30 Seconds To Mars getting big off the 40% of ‘A Beautiful Lie’ that people actually remember and like.
As for the great fifteen albums from 2005 that are covered here, they might not necessarily be the biggest from their respective creators, but they are some of these artists’ strongest offerings. Equally important, these are releases that I dearly enjoy and deeply respect. Albums that I personally revisited many times during 2020 when they all hit this milestone; albums that have withstood time, the harshest critic of the