2001 was a phenomenal year for Metal of various genres.  Just when you thought it couldn't get any better, it did and not since 1999 has the Metal community been so thoroughly spoiled by exemplary releases.  Below is our staff picks for the best of the best of 2001.

Editor's Top Ten of 2001

1.  DIMMU BORGIR            Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
2.  OPETH                   Blackwater Park
3.  GREEN CARNATION         Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness
4.  NOVEMBRE                Novembrine Waltz
5.  ENSIFERUM               S/T
6.  SOILWORK                A Predator's Portrait
7.  KALMAH                  Swamplord
8.  SCEPTIC                 Pathetic Being
9.  ANATA                   Dreams Of Death & Dismay
10. CHILDREN OF BODOM       Follow The Reaper

 

John's Top Ten  of 2001

1. SCEPTIC                  Pathetic Being
2. ONWARD                   Evermoving
3. AYDRA                    Icon Of Sin
4. SCHOLOMANCE              The Immortality Murder
5. ANTITHESIS               Dying for Life
6. ALAS                     Absolute Purity
7. ZERO HOUR                The Towers of Avarice
8. MADDER MORTEM            All Flesh Is Grass
9. SOILWORK                 A Predator's Portrait
10.ELVENKING                Heathenreel
 
 

Matt's Top Ten of 2001

1.  OPETH                   Blackwater Park
2.  DIMMU BORGIR            Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
3.  SOILWORK                A Predator's Portrait
4.  KREATOR                 Violent Revolution
5.  CHILDREN OF BODOM       Follow The Reaper
6.  DESTRUCTION             The Antichrist
7.  SODOM                   M-16
8.  SKYFIRE                 Timeless Departure
9.  JULIE LAUGHS NOMORE     From The Mist Of The Ruins
10. KALMAH                  Swamplord
 
 

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