Nile
Abominable Putridity, really looking forward to this, their 2011 promo kicks ass.

And hopefully a new Carach Angren

Now this is some great news. Are there any tracks available for listening from Bedemon?
Witchfinder General can do no wrong. As far as Hour of 13 goes, I love everything except the vocals and can't seem to get myself to play Briton Rites a lot for that same reason. Both bands have some killer riffs though.

It will be as long as the new Wintersun album drops!

I'm stoked to hear some new Municipal Waste, Cannibal Corpse, and hopefully something from Behemoth

Slayer? Really?

Seems like yesterday I rode my bike 3 miles in the rain for World Painted Blood >.>

SLAYERRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!, Hopefully their next album will be just as good, if not better than World Painted Blood!

Forefather mostly, gonna be interesting to see if they can top Steadfast.

This would be fantastic.

I'm looking forward to a new Cannibal Corpse and Napalm Death album this coming year.

Would be great! The first 2 simply rule!

I'm mainly looking forward to the new Testament, Candlemass, Black Sabbath, Lamb of God, Cannibal Corpse, Autopsy, and probably a whole list of other stuff I can't think of right now.

I do believe that 2011 was an awesome year for metal, and I don't quite think 2012 will be able to top it. I'm planning to dig a little deeper into Black and Doom metal in 2012, and judging by what I've read in this thread, I won't be disappointed.

New Neurosis and Ufomammut. Looking forward to them

Also forgot to mention I'd love to see some new Aeon. Path Of Fire will be pretty hard to top, though.

Looking forward to these within the first half of the year...

Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I
Barren Earth - The Devil's Resolve
In Mourning - The Weight of Oceans
Be'lakor - TBA

Persuader! It was supposed to be released this year, but it doesn't really look like it will be.
Nocturnal Rites. I still have hope for one of my favourite bands. They are working on it now.
Someone posted Lost Horizon, so then I can fantasize about a Conception reunion album in 2012.

A good year indeed
I would like to add Barren Earth, Carach Angren, Gojira and Neurosis to that list.

I'm looking forward to:
New Worship album
New Ash Borer album
Fauna - Avifauna
HELL - III
and
Skagos - Ast 2LP

Fauna, Skagos, and HELL were all supposed to be out this winter, so I'm hoping that they aren't delayed too far into 2012.

Quite a few actually:

Sigh
Anaal Nathrakh
Cannibal Corpse
Severe Torture
Behemoth
Mayhem

Hopefully be a good year for metal!

Herr Morbid was talking up the next Forgotten Tomb as something a lot darker and moving away from the poppy direction the last two albums have been. I'm not sure if that means old style, nor am I sure we can take his word for it, but the bastard has got my interest again.

If it is similar to their older works then I will be more than excited for this release too

I'm really looking forward to Goatwhore's Blood For The Master. I really hope now that rumors are circling that Dave Suzuki is back, that Vital Remains makes a new album and it's better the Icons Of Evil and at least on par with Dechristianize.

I heard Ihsahn was working on a new album for next year, I'm definitely looking forward to it.

Really??!

Can't wait for that one!

As I do year after year due to the fact that I know nothing of the band's status, I pray for new Dead Congregation material.
Also, new Nile. I'm mostly dying for Incantation's promised release. I wouldn't mind if Cruciamentum finally put something new out either.

Fuck everything else, enter Planet Satan.

Circus Maximus

All three please!

...and anything from Enslaved....and thanks for the heads up earlier, didn't realise Meads of Asphodel were working on another

Due Out in 2011:

Wrathprayer
Revenge
Anhedonist
Antediluvian/Witchrist split


Rumored, but not confirmed:

Arcturus (only if Rygg is involved)
Dead Congregation (I heard they were writing new material as of early 2011)
Mayhem
Arghoslent

He said 2012, not 1992.

^ Buuuurrrrrrrrrrnn.

I'm absolutely terrible about keeping up with new releases but I will most definitely be picking up Cirith Ungol's Servants of Chaos DVD. What I've seen from it has been amazing.

and Proclamation

On the MA list I see new Disgorge, Asphyx, Psycroptic, Death, Eluveitie, Drudkh, Terrorizer and Autopsy releases. That is pretty kick ass if you ask me. Not to mention Down's new one, and the Motorhead boxset. Already shaping out to be a great year. I'm wondering about the new Black Sabbath and Aborted records. Those are definitely the two wildcards. Aborted's last LP and EP's were better than their dry spell they had before. And I'm not sure when the new Sabbath record is coming out, but I am definitely curious to see what the new material from the original members will be like.

Really? Great news there man. Just made prospects for 2012 a lot more interesting.

Also, I don't think anybody's mentionned it yet, but I'm still waiting for new Anata. The Conductor's Departure still gets regular spins in my car.

New Gorguts, Pagan Altar, Revelation, Watchtower, Powermad, Azrael (Fuckin stoked for this one), Sigh are at the top of my list as well and there are probably many others I'm forgetting.

A new Mercyful Fate release would make my fucking decade.

powermad? you mean like absolute power powermad?
i really like that album, they used a song on the movie wild at heart

Black Sabbaths new one is a must hear. Also looking forward to the new albums from Municipal Waste and Napalm Death. Also excited to see where Cannibal Corpse and Nile goes with their new albums.

Its already out, so yeah, 2011 release.

New Wodensthrone... that alone makes next year one to look forward to, in my book.

They are putting out a new one this year? Fuck yes!

The albums I know about for now:

Alcest - Les Voyages De L'Âme
Drudkh - Eternal Turn of the Wheel ( Album of the year 2012...?)
Asphyx - Deathhammer
Christian Mistress - Possession
Pseudogod - Deathwomb Catechesis
Dark Forest - Land of the Evening Star
Graveland - Thunderbolts of the Gods
Nyogthaeblisz - TBA
The new Electric Wizard ep and album!

And I am sure there will be tons of other albums and eps that are not yet announced!

It will be interesting to see how the new Graveland turns out. I dont really have high expectations, but its definitely going to be an album I'll check out, for better or for worse.