{"id":15697,"date":"2011-12-18T06:53:32","date_gmt":"2011-12-18T11:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=15697"},"modified":"2014-06-29T11:28:15","modified_gmt":"2014-06-29T16:28:15","slug":"hardrock-haven-writers-top-10-for-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2011\/hardrock-haven-writers-top-10-for-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"HARDROCK HAVEN WRITERS’ TOP 10 FOR 2011!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Every year, Hardrock Haven staffers compile their Top 10 best releases. Here’s the writers’ favorites from 2011:<\/p>\n

Alissa’s Top 10 For 2011<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Jimi Hendrix – Winterland<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Jimmy Page – Death Wish II<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. Jane’s Addiction – The Great Escape Artist<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. Richie Kotzen – 24 Hours<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. Mastodon – The Hunter<\/em><\/li>\n
  6. The Alex Skolnick Trio – Veritas<\/em><\/li>\n
  7. Duane Eddy – Road Trip<\/em><\/li>\n
  8. Tony MacAlpine – Tony MacAlpine<\/em><\/li>\n
  9. Tinariwen – Tassili<\/em><\/li>\n
  10. Matt Schofield – Anything But Time<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Chris A’s Top 10 for 2011<\/h3>\n
      \n
    1. Shredhead – Human Nature<\/em><\/li>\n
    2. Megadeth – TH1RT3EN<\/em><\/li>\n
    3. Bobaflex – Hell In My Heart<\/em><\/li>\n
    4. Black Country Communion – Black Country Communion<\/em><\/li>\n
    5. Dusk Machine – The Final Fall<\/em><\/li>\n
    6. Mobile Deathcamp – Clear and Present Anger<\/em><\/li>\n
    7. Social 66 – Self Governed<\/em><\/li>\n
    8. Vibrathorr – Kingdom<\/em><\/li>\n
    9. Pop Evil – War of Angels<\/em><\/li>\n
    10. Rush – Time Machine DVD<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Cyndy Jo’s Top 10 for 2011<\/h3>\n
        \n
      1. Adele\u201421<\/em> (oh yes I did!)<\/li>\n
      2. Mastodon\u2014The Hunter<\/em><\/li>\n
      3. Foo Fighters\u2014Wasting Light<\/em><\/li>\n
      4. Anthrax\u2014Worship Music<\/em><\/li>\n
      5. Children of Bodom\u2014Relentless Reckless Forever<\/em><\/li>\n
      6. Protest the Hero\u2014Scurrilous<\/em><\/li>\n
      7. Iced Earth– Dystopia<\/em><\/li>\n
      8. Saxon\u2014Call to Arms <\/em><\/li>\n
      9. DevilDriver\u2014Beast<\/em><\/li>\n
      10. Steel Panther\u2014Balls Out<\/em> (oh yes I did! Again!)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Deb’s Top Ten For 2011<\/h3>\n
          \n
        1. Sixx A.M. – This Is Gonna Hurt<\/em><\/li>\n
        2. Puddle Of Mudd – re:(disc)covered<\/em><\/li>\n
        3. Black Veil Brides – Set The World On Fire<\/em><\/li>\n
        4. AC\/DC – Let There Be Rock<\/em><\/li>\n
        5. Lou Reed and Metallica – Lulu<\/em><\/li>\n
        6. Burn Halo – Up From The Ashes<\/em><\/li>\n
        7. Motorhead – The World Is Yours<\/em><\/li>\n
        8. Night Ranger – Somewhere In California<\/em><\/li>\n
        9. Michael Schenker – Temple Of Rock<\/em><\/li>\n
        10. Sin City Sinners – A Sinners Christmas<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Derric’s Top 10 for 2011<\/h3>\n
            \n
          1. Jag Panzer \u2013 The Scourge of the Light<\/em><\/li>\n
          2. Black N Blue \u2013 Hell Yeah!<\/em><\/li>\n
          3. Anthrax \u2013 Worship Music<\/em><\/li>\n
          4. Arch\/Matheos \u2013 Sympathetic Resonance<\/em><\/li>\n
          5. Cauldron \u2013 Burning Fortune<\/em><\/li>\n
          6. Keel \u2013 Streets of Rock and Roll<\/em><\/li>\n
          7. Widow \u2013 Life\u2019s Blood<\/em><\/li>\n
          8. White Wizzard \u2013 Flying Tigers<\/em><\/li>\n
          9. Edguy \u2013 Age of the Joker<\/em><\/li>\n
          10. Riot \u2013 Immortal Soul<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Elsie’s Top 10 for 2011<\/h3>\n
              \n
            1. Channel Zero \u2013 Feed \u2018Em With A Brick<\/em><\/li>\n
            2. Alice Cooper \u2013 Welcome 2 My Nightmare<\/em><\/li>\n
            3. Megadeth \u2013 13<\/em><\/li>\n
            4. Alter Bridge \u2013 AB 3.5<\/em><\/li>\n
            5. Jane\u2019s Addiction \u2013 The Great Escape Artist<\/em><\/li>\n
            6. Edguy \u2013 Age of the Joke<\/em><\/li>\n
            7. Tesla \u2013 Twisted Wires and the Acoustic Sessions<\/em><\/li>\n
            8. Anthrax \u2013 Worship Music<\/em><\/li>\n
            9. Trivium \u2013\u00a0In Waves<\/em><\/li>\n
            10. Opeth \u2013 Heritage<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Joe\u2019s Top 10 for 2011<\/h3>\n
                \n
              1. Stala & So \u2013 It Is So<\/em><\/li>\n
              2. One Without \u2013 Sweet Relief<\/em><\/li>\n
              3. Bonfire \u2013 Branded<\/em><\/li>\n
              4. Silver Lake – Silver Lake<\/em><\/li>\n
              5. 3 –The Ghost You Gave To Me<\/em><\/li>\n
              6. Tokyo Blade – Thousand Men Strong<\/em><\/li>\n
              7. Arch\/Matheos – Sympathetic Resonance<\/em><\/li>\n
              8. Alberto Rigoni – Rebirth<\/em><\/li>\n
              9. Ivan Mihaljevic & Side Effects – Destination Unknown<\/em><\/li>\n
              10. Odd Dimension – Symmetrical<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                John K’s Top 10 for 2011<\/h3>\n
                  \n
                1. Anthrax – Worship Music<\/em><\/li>\n
                2. George Lynch – Kill All Control<\/em><\/li>\n
                3. J.R. Blackmore & Friends – Voices Part 1<\/em><\/li>\n
                4. Evile – Five Serpent’s Teeth<\/em><\/li>\n
                5. TNT – A Farewell to Arms<\/em><\/li>\n
                6. Iced Earth – Dystopia<\/em><\/li>\n
                7. Jag Panzer – The Scourge of the Light<\/em><\/li>\n
                8. Tesla – Twisted Wires and The Acoustic Sessions<\/em><\/li>\n
                9. Rainbow – Live in Germany 1976<\/em><\/li>\n
                10. UFO – THE CHRYSALIS YEARS (1973-1979)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  John M’s Top 10 for 2011<\/h3>\n
                    \n
                  1. Black Label Society – The Song Remains Not The Same<\/em><\/li>\n
                  2. Sebastian Bach – Kicking and Screaming<\/em><\/li>\n
                  3. Trillium \u2013 Alloy<\/em><\/li>\n
                  4. Bulletboys – Rocked & Ripped<\/em><\/li>\n
                  5. Scorpions – Comeblack<\/em><\/li>\n
                  6. Alice Cooper \u2013 Welcome 2 My Nightmare 2<\/em><\/li>\n
                  7. Mr. Big \u2013 What If\u2026<\/em><\/li>\n
                  8. Megadeth \u2013 Th1rt3en<\/em><\/li>\n
                  9. Ozzy Osbourne \u2013 Diary Of A Madman 30th Anniversary Edition<\/em><\/li>\n
                  10. Wednesday 13 – Calling All Corpses<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    Justin\u2019s Top 10 for 2011<\/h3>\n
                      \n
                    1. Leprous \u2013 Bilateral<\/em><\/li>\n
                    2. Voyager \u2013 The Meaning of I<\/em><\/li>\n
                    3. Ghost \u2013 Opus Eponymous<\/em><\/li>\n
                    4. Widow – Life’s Blood<\/em><\/li>\n
                    5. Twisted Tower Dire – Make It Dark<\/em><\/li>\n
                    6. Arch\/Matheos \u2013 Sympathetic Resonance<\/em><\/li>\n
                    7. Eden’s Curse \u2013 Trinity<\/em><\/li>\n
                    8. Pagan’s Mind \u2013 Heavenly Ecstasy<\/em><\/li>\n
                    9. Anubis Gate – self-titled<\/em><\/li>\n
                    10. Rob Moratti \u2013 Victory<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      Mark\u2019s Top 10 for 2011<\/strong><\/h3>\n
                        \n
                      1. Destrophy \u2013 Cry Havoc<\/em><\/li>\n
                      2. Black Stone Cherry \u2013 Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea<\/em><\/li>\n
                      3. Emphatic \u2013 Damage<\/em><\/li>\n
                      4. Five Finger Death Punch \u2013 American Capitalist<\/em><\/li>\n
                      5. Shotgun Alley \u2013 Shotgun Alley<\/em><\/li>\n
                      6. Machine Head \u2013 Unto the Locust<\/em><\/li>\n
                      7. Sebastian Bach \u2013 Kicking & Screaming<\/em><\/li>\n
                      8. Reckless Love \u2013 Animal Attraction<\/em><\/li>\n
                      9. Vain \u2013 Enough Rope<\/em><\/li>\n
                      10. Toby Hitchcock \u2013 Mercury\u2019s Down<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                        Mars\u2019s Top 10 for 2011<\/strong><\/h3>\n
                          \n
                        1. Dirty Passion \u2013\u00a0 Different Tomorrow<\/em><\/li>\n
                        2. House Of Lords\u00a0 \u2013 Big Money<\/em><\/li>\n
                        3. Gotthard – Homegrown , Live in Lugano<\/em><\/li>\n
                        4. Whitesnake\u00a0 \u2013 Forevermore<\/em><\/li>\n
                        5. Tora Tora \u2013 Revolution Day<\/em><\/li>\n
                        6. The Union \u2013 Siren’s Song<\/em><\/li>\n
                        7. Toby Hitchcock \u2013 Mercury Down<\/em><\/li>\n
                        8. Whitesnake \u2013 Live at Donington 1990<\/em><\/li>\n
                        9. The Poodles \u2013 Performocracy<\/em><\/li>\n
                        10. Bonfire \u2013 Branded<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                          Nikiforos Top 10 for 2011<\/h3>\n
                            \n
                          1. Shy – Shy<\/em><\/li>\n
                          2. Miss Behaviour – Last Woman Standing<\/em><\/li>\n
                          3. King Kobra – King Kobra<\/em><\/li>\n
                          4. Bai Bang – Living My Dream<\/em><\/li>\n
                          5. House of Lords – Big Money<\/em><\/li>\n
                          6. Sinner – One Bullet Left<\/em><\/li>\n
                          7. Scheepers – Scheepers<\/em><\/li>\n
                          8. Work of Art – In Porgress<\/em><\/li>\n
                          9. The Poodles – Performancy<\/em><\/li>\n
                          10. Grand Illusion – Prince of Paupers<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                            Ron’s Top 10 for 2011<\/h3>\n
                              \n
                            1. Beach Boys \u2013 The Smile Sessions<\/em><\/li>\n
                            2. Night Ranger – Somewhere in California<\/em><\/li>\n
                            3. Yes \u2013 Fly from Here<\/em><\/li>\n
                            4. Journey – Eclipse<\/em><\/li>\n
                            5. Theocracy \u2013 As the World Bleeds<\/em><\/li>\n
                            6. Toby Hitchcock – Mercury\u2019s Down<\/em><\/li>\n
                            7. Mr. Big \u2013 What If?<\/em><\/li>\n
                            8. King Kobra \u2013 King Kobra<\/em><\/li>\n
                            9. Saxon – Call to Arms<\/em><\/li>\n
                            10. Social Distortion – Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                              Steve’s Top 10 for 2011<\/h3>\n
                                \n
                              1. Whitesnake – The Definitive Collection<\/em><\/li>\n
                              2. Evergrey – Glorious Collision<\/em><\/li>\n
                              3. Dream Theater – A Dramatic Turn of Events<\/em><\/li>\n
                              4. Night Ranger – Somewhere In California<\/em><\/li>\n
                              5. Journey – Eclipse<\/em><\/li>\n
                              6. Firewind – Days of Defiance<\/em><\/li>\n
                              7. Accept – Blood of The Nations<\/em><\/li>\n
                              8. Loudness – The Best of ( The Atlantic Years)<\/em><\/li>\n
                              9. Whitesnake – Live In The Shadow of The Blues<\/em><\/li>\n
                              10. Sevendust – Cold Day Memory<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                Trevor’s Top 10 for 2011<\/h3>\n
                                  \n
                                1. Foo Fighters – Wasting Light<\/em><\/li>\n
                                2. Anthrax – Worship Music<\/em><\/li>\n
                                3. Nicke Borg\u2019s Homeland – Chapter 2<\/em><\/li>\n
                                4. Terrorvision – Super Delux<\/em><\/li>\n
                                5. Einherjer – Norr\u00f8n <\/em><\/li>\n
                                6. Devin Townsend – Deconstruction<\/em><\/li>\n
                                7. Demonaz – March of the Norsemen<\/em><\/li>\n
                                8. Vintersorg – Jordpuls<\/em><\/li>\n
                                9. Michael Monroe – Sensory Overdrive<\/em><\/li>\n
                                10. Symfonia – In Paradisum<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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