Rasputina – Oh Perilous World (2007: Filthy Bonnet)

Alterna-grrl-tude

embrace, resist the tuneful

cellos chirp and bite

http://www.rasputina.com/history-discography/

Hydrogyn – Deadly Passions (2008: Demolition)

puff-soft “hard rock” like

Shania found distortion…

Evanescence-lite

http://www.hydrogyn.com/discography

Destruction – Age of Reckoning (2011: Nuclear Blast)

Crisply sharp thrash bursts

befit two decades practice

thrash über alles

http://www.destruction.de/

http://www.nuclearblastusa.com/en/music/band/discography/details/532873.70956.day-of-reckoning.html

Firehouse – Full Circle (2011: self-released)

Rerecord old tunes

never, ever ends up well

done best as one could

http://www.firehousemusic.com/

Silent Stream of Godless Elegy – Navaz (2011: Season of Mist)

Somber viols to

gothfolk with Czech rugged edge

times both harsh and lush

http://www.ssoge.com/index.php?lang=1

http://www.season-of-mist.com/bands/silent-stream-of-godless-elegy

Vintersorg – Jordpuls (2011: Napalm)

Full metal spectrum

spares naught, challenges throughout

note: blind fan boy love

http://www.napalmrecords.com/product_info.php?products_id=13375&osCsid=d65f9582165de350d5fd37b7939a4588

Tanzwut – Weiße Nächte (2011: Teufel)

Bagpipes on dance floor

show low-go in tempo flow

others done better

http://www.tanzwut.com/

http://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/artists-p-t-cdreviews-134/10066-cd-review-tanzwut-weisse-naechte.html

Vader – Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011: Nuclear Blast)

Deathvets rumble more

of patented crunch and crash

achieves worthy rank

http://www.vader.pl/wttmr-e.html

http://www.nuclearblastusa.com/en/music/band/discography/details/423136.71090.welcome-to-the-morbid-reich.html

Ulver – Wars of the Roses (2011: Kscope)

Chronic style jumpers

leap ambient for display

of culture’s decay

http://www.kscopemusic.com/ulver/warsoftheroses/

Týr – The Lay of Thrym (2011: Napalm)

More spry than past tries

yet clings to their same tricks played

every damn album

http://www.tyr.fo/discography

Vektor – Outer Isolation (2011: Heavy Artillery)

Logo alone screams

Voivod, thrashers do idols

proud on techy blasts

http://heavyartillery.bandcamp.com/album/outer-isolation

Oskord – Weapon of Hope (2011: Soundmass)

Ukrainian godfolk?

throw in some growls & strangely

sound sonic scripture

http://downloads.soundmass.com/products/oskord-weapon-of-hope

http://www.oskord.com/oskord/oskorden.html

Hell – Human Remains (2011: Nuclear Blast)

Surprise! not black/death

but old Brits dancing Satan’s

gutter ballet well

http://www.nuclearblastusa.com/en/music/band/discography/details/288690.234927.human-remains.html

http://www.hell-metal.com/

Amon Amarth – Surtur Rising (2011: Metal Blade)

Same grand Viking plans,

raiding all, leaving little

but plunder in wake

http://www.amonamarth.com/discography/

Wolf – Legions of Bastards (2011: Century Media)

Thirty years retro

Swedes keep chugging from old school

barrels of Priest brews

http://www.wolf.nu/