Nothing scientific about this list: it's not a top-selling list, or a most-popular list, or even a played-a-ton-on-the radio list. Just my favorites from some of the music I either bought or discovered this year. Much of this music was found and purchased courtesy of various music blogs I read, thus dispelling the nasty rumor that they do no good for the economy. Some were purchased because the cover art intrigued me enough to buy the CD, thus dispelling the nasty rumor that there are secret satanic messages in cover art. The rest were purchased as a tax write-off. Enjoy!

mp3:: Within Temptation - All I Need from The Heart of Everything
mp3: Lowstar - Alphabet Blues from Alphabet Blues
mp3: Johnette Napolitano - Amazing from Scarred
mp3: Wax Fang - Avant Guardian Angel Dust from La La Land
mp3: Alter Bridge - Before Tomorrow Comes from Blackbird
mp3: The Spill Canvas - Bleed, Everyone's Doing It from No Really, I'm Fine
mp3: Fever Marlene - Civil War from Civil War
mp3: Foo Fighters - Erase, Replace from Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
mp3: Rush - Faithless from Snakes & Arrows
mp3: Serj Tankian - Feed Us from Elect The Dead
mp3: JJ Grey & Mofro - Footsteps from Country Ghetto
mp3: Dream Theatre - Forsaken from Systematic Chaos
mp3: Admiral Twin - In My Veins from The Center of the Universe
mp3: Mister Vague - Midnight To 7 from Allergic To Everything
mp3: Dust Galaxy - Mother of Illusion from the self-titled EP
mp3: Paul Hartnoll - Nothing Else Matters featuring Akayzia Parker, from Ideal Condition
mp3: Operator - Nothing To Lose from Soulcrusher
mp3: Velvet Revolver - She Builds Quick Machines from Libertad
mp3: Porcupine Tree - Sleep Together from Fear of a Blank Planet
mp3: HIM - Sleepwalking Past Hope from Venus Doom
mp3: Far-Less - So Glad from A Toast to Bad Taste
mp3: The Cape May - Still Island from Glass Mountain Roads
mp3: Drowning Pool - Upside Down from Full Circle
mp3: Queensryche - Welcome To The Machine (Pink Floyd cover) from Take Cover