With the year about to come to a close, we look back at some of the sounds that made 2011 another awesome year for heavy music as well as giving our tips for who will make it big in 2012.

Graham Finney
The Dirty Youth – Red Light Fix
Suicide Silence – The Black Crown
Will Haven – Voir Dire
My Ruin – A Southern Revelation
Revocation – Chaos Of Forms

Tip for 2012 – We Are The In Crowd / Red Enemy




Rob Sayce
Touche Amore – Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me
Mastodon – The Hunter
La Dispute – Wildlife
Thrice – Major/Minor
The Horrible Crowes – Elsie

Tip for 2012 – The Marmozets




Skye Portman
You Me At Six – Sinners Never Sleep
Yuck – Yuck
Sigur Ros – Inni
The Black Keys – El Camino
Chase And Status – No More Idols

Tip for 2012 – Pulled Apart By Horses / Group Love / Let Live / The Qemists




Jim Norton
City & Colour – Little Hell
Evaline – Woven Material
The Black Keys – El Camino
Manchester Ochestra – Simple Math
I Am The Avalanche – Avalanche United

Tip for 2012 – Canterbury




Andrew Kapper
Sylosis – Edge of the Earth
Molotov Solution – Insurrection
Steel Panther – Balls Out
Textures – Dualism
Black Dahlia Murder – Ritual

Tip for 2012 – Aversions Crown




Alexx Peace
Wednesday 13 – Calling All Corpses
Nickleback – Here and Now
Reckless Love – Animal Attraction
Sixx AM – This is Gonna Hurt
Hell in the Club – Let the Game Begin

Tip for 2012 – Falling Red




Oran Tarjan
Blood Ceremony – Living With The Ancients
The Devil’s Blood – The Thousandfold Epicentre
Gentlemans Pistols – At Her Majesty’s Pleasure
Mastodon – The Hunter
The Wounded Kings – In The Chapel Of The Black Hand

Tip for 2012 – Pettybone / The Wounded Kings




Greig Clifford
letlive – Fake History
Slaves To Gravity – Underwaterouterpace
Tellison – The Wages Of Fear
Touche Amore – Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me
Japanese Voyeurs – Yolk

Tip for 2012 – The Treatment




Dominic Hemy
Primordial – Redemption At The Puritan’s Hand
Blood Ceremony – Living With The Ancients
Machine Head – Unto The Locust
Ulver – Wars Of The Roses
Tombs – Path Of Totality

Tip for 2012 – Purson




Ross Macdonald
1. And So I Watch You From Afar – Gangs
2. Touche Amore – Parting the Sea Between Brightness And Me
3. Zombi – Escape Velocity
4. Today Is The Day – Pain Is Warning
5. Weekend Nachos – Worthless

Tip for 2012 – Hawks And Doves




Simon T.Diplock
Thrice – Major/Minor
Letlive – Fake History
Maybeshewill – I Was Here For A Moment, Then I Was Gone
Bon Iver – Bon Iver
Foo Fighters – Wasting Light

Tip for 2012 – Blitz Kids




Kat Ball
Falling Red – Hasta La Victoria Siempre
Velvet Star – In The Face of Vanity
Hell In The Club – Let the Games Begin
Wildstreet – Wildstreet 2 – Faster, Louder
Michael Monroe – Sensory Overdrive






Graham Hilling
Trap Them – Darker Handcraft
Malefice – Awaken the Tides
Arch Enemy – Khaos Legions
As Humanity Devestates – Depict the Signs
Five Finger Death Punch – American Capitalist

Tip for 2012 – The Defiled