Calendar of Metal Album Releases - 2011

This is an unofficial preview of this year's album releases in the world of metal. Most are verified by the bands themselves, but a few are speculative. Keep in mind this list is incomplete; it will be updated continuously as new information surfaces throughout the year.

Released	Band	Album Name	Genre
January
12	Stratovarius	Elyusium	Power/Progressive Metal
14	Belphagor	Blood Magick Necromance	Black/Death Metal
18	Times of Grace	The Hymn of a Broken Man	Heavy Metal/Metalcore
24	Sirenia	The Enigma of Life	Gothic/Symphonic Metal
	Architects	The Here and Now	Metalcore/Progressive Metal
26	Battlelore	Doombound	Power/Folk/Melodic Death Metal
	Power Quest	Blood Alliance	Power Metal
Feburary
1	Lazarus A.D.	Black Rivers Flow	Thrash/Groove Metal
8	Crowbar	Sever the Wicked Hand	Sludge Metal
15	Deicide	To Hell with God	Death Metal
	Emmure	Speaker of the Dead	Deathcore/Metalcore
22	Evergrey	Glorious Collision	Progressive Metal
24	Turisas	Stand Up And Fight	Folk/Power/Symphonic Metal
25	Doomsword	The Eternal Battle	Heavy Metal/Epic Metal
	Mercenary	Metamorphosis	Melodic Death Metal/Power
	Deadlock	Bizarro World	Melodic Death Metal
	Serenity	Death & Legacy	Power/Prog/Symphonic Metal
	Visions of Atlantis	Delta	Power/Symphonic Metal
March
1	Scale the Summit	The Collective	Progressive/Instrumental Metal
2	Children of Bodom	Relentless Reckless Forever	Melodic Death Metal/Symphonic
8	The Human Abstract	Digital Veil	Prog/Neo-classical/Metalcore
11	Sylosis	Edge of the Earth	Thrash/Metalcore/Death Metal
18	Avantasia	The Flying Opera (DVD)	Power/Symphonic Metal
22	Protest The Hero	Scurrilous	Progressive/Metalcore/Mathcore
25	Within Temptation	The Unforgiving	Symphonic/Gothic Metal
29	Cavalera Conspiracy	Blunt Force Trauma	Groove/Thrash/Death Metal
April
5	Voivod	Warriors of Ice (Live)	Heavy/Progressive/Thrash Metal
12	Between The Buried And Me	The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues (EP)	Metalcore/Death Metal
13	Norther	Circle Regenerated	Melodic Death/Power Metal
22	Leaves’ Eyes	Meredead	Gothic Metal/Symphonic Metal
May
2	Daedalus	Motherland	Progressive Metal
17	Anaal Nathrakh	Passion	Black Metal/Death Metal
20	HammerFall	Infected	Power Metal
	Pagan’s Mind	Heavenly Ecstasy	Progressive Metal
27	Amorphis	Beginning of Times	Melodic Death Metal/Folk Metal
31	Gamma Ray	Skeletons & Majesties	Power Metal/Speed Metal
June
­3	Falconer	Armod	Power Metal/Folk Metal
7	Arch Enemy	Khaos Legion	Melodic Death Metal
15	In Flames	Sounds of a Playground Fading	Melodic Death Metal/Alternative
17	Rhapsody of Fire	From Chaos to Eternity	Symphonic Power Metal
	Symphony X	Iconoclast	Progressive/Symphonic Metal
20	Devin Townsend	Deconstruction	Prog/Industrial/Thrash Metal
	Devin Townsend	Ghost	Prog/Industrial/Thrash Metal
23	August Burns Red	Leveler	Metalcore
24	Sepultura	Kairos	Thrash/Groove/Alternative Metal
28	Queensryche	Dedicated To Chaos	Progressive/Heavy Metal
July
5	Unearth	Darkness in the Light	Metalcore
August
9	Trivium	In Waves	Metalcore/Thrash Metal
16	Chimaira	The Age of Hell	Metalcore
23	Black Tide	Post Mortem	Heavy/Speed Metal
September
12	Anthrax	Worship Music	Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal
13	Anubis Gate	Anubis Gate	Progressive Metal
	Dream Theater	A Dramatic Turn Of Events	Progressive Metal
	The Devil Wears Prada	Dead Throne	Metalcore
20	Opeth	Heritage	Progressive Death Metal
26	Myrath	Tales of the Sands	Progressive/ Folk Metal
	Pain of Salvation	Road Salt Two	Progressive Metal
27	Machine Head	Unto the Locust	Groove Metal/Thrash Metal
	Mastodon	The Hunter	Sludge/Progressive Metal
October
11	Five Finger Death Punch	American Capitalist	Heavy/Groove/Thrash Metal
17	Iced Earth	Dystopia	Power Metal
November
1	Megadeth	TH1RT3EN	Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal
Later in 2011
	Andromeda	Untitled	Progressive Metal
	Circus Maximus	Untitled	Progressive Metal
	Cradle of Filth	Midnight In The Labyrinth	Extreme Metal
	Godflesh	Untitled	Industrial Metal/Post-metal
	Into Eternity	Untitled	Prog/Melodic Death Metal
	Judas Priest	Untitled	Heavy Metal
	Korn	Untitled	Nu Metal/Heavy/Industrial Metal
	Marilyn Manson	Untitled	Industrial Metal
	Nocternal Rites	Untitled	Power Metal
	Pyramaze	Untitled	Power/Progressive Metal
	Rammstein	Untitled	Heavy Metal
	Rush	Clockwork Angels	Progressive Rock/Heavy Metal
	Saint Vitus	Untitled	Doom Metal
	Swallow The Sun	Untitled	Melodic Death Metal
	Testament	The Dark Roots of Earth	Thrash/Heavy/Death Metal
	Tool	Untitled	Alternative/Progressive Metal
	Vesperian Sorrow	Stormwinds of Ages	Symphonic/Black Metal
	X Japan	Untitled	Power/Speed Metal