Pre-emptive Strike

Yeah, I know I know, it's been about 3 million years since I last wrote anything here. Like anyone gives a shit, I'm fairly sure I'm the only cunt who reads this anyway. Whatever. 2011 is only just over a month away from being over and done with, which obviously means it's almost time for me to round up my best-of-year albums and write some junk about them. But that time isn't quite here yet. This here post is just a little primer of what you can expect from the full thing when I get round to it, so without further ado, we have what currently stand as contenders for my almighty top ten:

All Pigs Must Die - 'God Is War'
Aperture Science Psychoacoustics Laboratory - 'Portal 2: Songs To Test By'
Between The Buried And Me - 'The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues'
The Black Dahlia Murder - 'Ritual'
Bon Iver - 'Bon Iver'
Cave In - 'White Silence'
The Chariot - 'Long Live'
Death Cab For Cutie - 'Codes And Keys'
Helms Alee - 'Weatherhead'
Mastodon - 'The Hunter'
Oathbreaker - 'Maelstrom'
Revocation - 'Chaos Of Forms'
Rotten Sound - 'Cursed'
Skeletonwitch - 'Forever Abomination'
Trap Them - 'Darker Handcraft'
Tombs - 'Path Of Totality'

There are a bunch of albums I've yet to check out that came out this year that I'm gunna try my darndest to cram in my ears before December is out, so expect Coliseum, Justice, Feist, Wolves In The Throne Room, Saviours, Cloudkicker and who knows what else to join the list above. I should probably also point out that some of the best shit I heard this year is stuff from the last year or two, so bands like Early Graves, Alpinist and Chimpspanner will be getting some better-late-than-never love.

See you fuckers in a month
DDxx