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Top 50 Metal Albums Of The 2010's


I will most likely look back at this decade as the dark ages of popular music. A time where mainstream music was largely dominated by talentless pop/hip hop music with less memorable songs than the previous decade. However, that doesn't mean that metal music followed the same path. While it was largely dominated by metalcore during the beginning of the decade, I started to grow to love more music in this decade for metal music than I initially did during the beginning of the decade. This was the decade where I became a metalhead, where I became who I am today and started expanding my horizons musically and learn to appreciate a lot of metal music released during this decade and that will be something I will look back at fondly. As the 2010's comes to a close, I decided to make a list of the top 50 metal albums of the decade that I would consider the best. NOTE: this list might change if I discover more music from this decade that I thought are amazing.

Created by: Gothic Metalhead | 17.11.2019



1. Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale
2016
2. Kauan - Sorni Nai
2015
3. Angellore - La Litanie Des Cendres
2015
4. Les Discrets - Ariettes Oubliées...
2012
5. Woods Of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light
2012
6. Deafheaven - Sunbather
2013
7. Insomnium - Winter's Gate
2016
8. Alcest - Kodama
2016
9. Idle Hands - Mana
2019 (Now Known as Unto Others)
10. Swallow The Sun - Songs From The North I, II & III
2015
11. Les Discrets - Septembre Et Ses Dernières Pensées
2010
12. Saor - Forgotten Paths
2019
13. Enisum - Arpitanian Lands
2015
14. Varaha - A Passage For Lost Years
2019
15. Saturnus - Saturn In Ascension
2012
16. Elderwind - The Magic of Nature
2012
17. None - Damp Chill Of Life
2019
18. Alcest - Écailles De Lune
2010
19. Wilderun - Veil Of Imagination
2019
20. Insomnium - Shadows Of The Dying Sun
2014
21. Lantlôs - .neon
2010
22. Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name
2018
23. Crown Of Autumn - Splendours From The Dark
2011
24. The Foreshadowing - Second World
2012
25. Insomnium - One For Sorrow
2011
26. Soen - Lotus
2019
27. Clouds - Doliu
2014
28. Enshine - Origin
2013
29. Aquilus - Griseus
2011
30. Gris - À L'Âme Enflammée, L'Äme Constellée...
2013
31. Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud
2015
32. Saor - Aura
2014
33. Sojourner - The Shadowed Road
2018
34. Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle
2013
35. Kauan - Pirut
2013
36. Lacrimas Profundere - Bleeding The Stars
2019
37. Pallbearer - Sorrow And Extinction
2012
38. Lifelover - Sjukdom
2011
39. Machine Head - Unto The Locust
2011
40. Mgła - Exercises In Futility
2015
41. Soulgrind - The Tuoni Pathway
2010
42. Edenfall - Forever Fallen
2011
43. Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave
2019
44. Auðn - Farvegir Fyrndar
2017
45. Amorphis - Queen Of Time
2018
46. Hallatar - No Stars Upon The Bridge
2017
47. Blackthorn - Codex Archaos
2011
48. Alcest - Spiritual Instinct
2019
49. Lacuna Coil - Broken Crown Halo
2014
50. Judas Priest - Firepower
2018



Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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22.11.2019 - 09:42
RaduP
CertifiedHipster
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Pretty good list, my man
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22.11.2019 - 16:31
Zap
You somehow managed to not include a single album I would put on my top 50 of the 2010's haha.
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22.11.2019 - 17:10
Troy Killjoy
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If I made my own I think 2019 Mgla, 2010 Alcest, and Gris would make the cut. Otherwise I end up echoing Zaph's comment.
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22.11.2019 - 18:18
Zap
Written by Troy Killjoy on 22.11.2019 at 17:10

If I made my own I think 2019 Mgla, 2010 Alcest, and Gris would make the cut. Otherwise I end up echoing Zaph's comment.

Alcest and Gris are the only two that come close for me. I'll put it to the test once I've caught up on some 2019 albums and the year ends, but I don't think either will make it. Top 100 though, probably.
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23.11.2019 - 18:40
Gothic Metalhead
Pro Introvert
To respond to the comments, these are merely a favorites list and are based on my personal opinion of which is the best albums I've heard all decade.
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