KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitarist Joel Stroetzel has picked his Top 10 Albums of 2011, which you can see below:
Elbow – Build a Rocket Boys!
Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
Fitz and the Tantrums – Pickin’ Up the Pieces
The War On Drugs – Slave Ambient
The Boxer Rebellion – The Cold Still
Bon Iver – self titled
Ryan Adams – Ashes and Fire
Tom Waits – Bad As Me
Mastodon – The Hunter
Jonathan Wilson – Gentle Spirit (bonus track version): Probably my favorite record that I’ve heard in a long time. It’s a journey from start to finish. Great songs, production, vibes… it’s all there. Very mellow…