The KEXP DJs hear thousands of albums every year, but in 2011, which ten really stood out for them? Find out as KEXP looks at each DJ’s list through the month of December, leading up to our 2011 Top 90.3 Countdown, as voted on by YOU, the KEXP listener! Tune in on Friday, December 30th to hear if your favorites made the list!
Anaal Nathrakh // photo courtesy of the artist
Tanner Ellison’s 2011 Top Ten Albums
| rank | album | artist | label |
| 10 | An Ache for the Distance | The Atlas Moth | Profound Lore Records |
| 9 | New World Shadows | Omnium Gatherum | Lifeforce Records |
| 8 | Agony | Fleshgod Apocalypse | Nuclear Blast Records |
| 7 | One for Sorrow | Insomnium | Century Media |
| 6 | In the Flesh | Nader Sadek | Season of Mist |
| 5 | The Great Mass | Septicflesh | Season of Mist |
| 4 | Noregs Vaapen | Taake | Dark Essence Records |
| 3 | Celestial Lineage | Wolves in the Throne Room | Southern Lord |
| 2 | Gallows | Landmine Marathon | Prosthetic Records |
| 1 | Passion | Anaal Nathrakh | Candlelight Records |
Tanner Ellison is one of the hosts of Seek & Destroy, on the air Saturday nights from midnight-2AM.
