1.Overkill - Ironbound

2.Ghost - Opus Eponymous

3.Negator - Panzer Metal

4.Akelei - De Zwaarte Van Het Doorstane

5.Enforcer - Diamonds

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1.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

2.Ancient Bards - The Alliance Of The Kings

3.Helloween - 7 Sinners

4.Fear Factory - Mechanize

5.Soulitude - Wonderfool World

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1.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

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

3.Helevorn - Forthcoming Displeasures

4.Melechesh - The Epigenesis

5.Witchery - Witchkrieg

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weeee! 2010 is pretty much toast and 2011 is coming 'round the bend. here are my top 25 picks from this past year. top six or seven are firmly in place, the rest of the list is a clusterfuck of high 7 's to low 8's, which are likely to go up or down a couple slots within seconds of my posting this.

1.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

2.Mar De Grises - Streams Inwards

3.Negură Bunget - Măiestrit

4.Shattered Hope - Absence

5.Eibon - Entering Darkness

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I haven't heard all the albums released in 2010, so this list could and probably will change in time.

1.Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

2.Exodus - Exhibit B: The Human Condition

3.Death Angel - Relentless Retribution

4.Demonica - Demonstrous

5.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

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1.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

2.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

3.Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR

4.Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt One

5.Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

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1.Atheist - Jupiter

2.Hour Of Penance - Paradogma

3.Flesh Consumed - Ecliptic Dimensions Of Suffering

4.Melechesh - The Epigenesis

5.Canvas Solaris - Irradiance

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My best of 2010

1.Cradle Of Filth - Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa

2.Dimmu Borgir - Abrahadabra

3.Painted Black - Cold Comfort

4.Alcest - Écailles De Lune

5.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

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In alphabetical order

1.Acrassicauda - Only The Dead See The End Of The War

2.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

3.Al-Thawra - Edifice

4.Atheist - Jupiter

5.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

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