1.Avantasia - Angel Of Babylon

2.Avantasia - The Wicked Symphony

3.Volbeat - Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies

4.Evergrey - Hymns For The Broken

5.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

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1.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

2.Ihsahn - After

3.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

4.Alcest - Écailles De Lune

5.Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt One

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Ratings go from:

WORSHIP ❤️❤️❤️: Absolute greatness, a mindblowing album.
LOVE ❤️❤️🖤: Amazing release with very few flaws.
LIKE ❤️🖤🖤: Enjoyable but far from perfect.
DISLIKE 💔: Not very good or maybe not fitting my tastes.

I've decided to stop rating albums with a numerical value as I tend to feel uncomfortable with that. This list has a minimalistic, subjective and visceral approach, based purely on sensations and personal tastes. Mainly for personal use and doesn't pretend to be a serious ranking, but emerges from the need to remember which bands and albums I enjoyed and the ones I disliked. I constantly revisit new releases so first impressions may change over time. It usually takes 8-10 spins for me to get completely sure of a rating.

1.Æther Realm - Tarot

2.Abhoria - Abhoria

3.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops

4.Agrypnie - Metamorphosis

5.Allegaeon - Fragments Of Form And Function

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1.Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane

2.Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I

3.Pain Of Salvation - "BE"

4.Pain Of Salvation - One Hour By The Concrete Lake

5.Pain Of Salvation - Scarsick

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Must Listen: The First 5

1.Avantasia - Angel Of Babylon

2.Avantasia - The Wicked Symphony

3.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

4.Volbeat - Beyond Hell/Above Heaven

5.Pretty Maids - Pandemonium

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So like albums that have a clear tie between them, were recorded around about the same time and were clearly intended together, as opposed to a sequel coming years after. Some of these have actually been released together, as can be seen here.

That's about all I can think of right now. So feel free to think of some more for me.

1.Opeth - Deliverance

2.Opeth - Damnation

3.Metallica - Load

4.Metallica - Re-Load

5.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

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My favorite albums of 2010.

1.Spires - Spiral Of Ascension

2.Alcest - Écailles De Lune

3.Son Of Aurelius - The Farthest Reaches

4.Kvelertak - Kvelertak

5.Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt One

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On the picture - John Cobbett - Hammers Of Misfortune, Vhöl, Ludicra, The Lord Weird Slough Feg

1.Avenged Sevenfold - City Of Evil

2.Opeth - Blackwater Park

3.Hammers Of Misfortune - The August Engine

4.Mastodon - Remission

5.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

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1.Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR

2.Mekong Delta - Wanderer On The Edge Of Time

3.The Ocean - Anthropocentric

4.Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt One

5.Pin-Up Went Down - 342

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1.Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here

2.Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt One

3.Butterfly Temple - Земля

4.Ihsahn - After

5.Star One - Victims Of The Modern Age

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This is the top 20 list with my favorite metal albums of 2010. In order. NOW WITH GENRE DESCRIPTION!

1.Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

2.Avantasia - The Wicked Symphony / Angel Of Babylon

3.Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt One

4.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

5.Hardcore Superstar - Split Your Lip

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1.Mar De Grises - Streams Inwards

2.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

3.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

4.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

5.Alcest - Écailles De Lune

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1.Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt One

2.Periphery - Periphery

3.Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here

4.TesseracT - Concealing Fate

5.Cloudkicker - Beacons

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The albums I enjoyed the most this year. It was a good year.

1.In Mourning - Monolith

2.James LaBrie - Static Impulse

3.Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR

4.Yakuza - Of Seismic Consequence

5.Stone Circle - Myth

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Despite being a dissapointing year for rock and metal fans alike, there were a few musical compositions worth checking out.

1.Periphery - Periphery

2.Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt One

3.TesseracT - Concealing Fate

4.Atticus Ross - The Book of Eli

5.Hans Zimmer - Inception

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