These are 20 albums I have been listening to lately. Will be updated occasionally.

1.Rush - Counter Parts

2.Darkwater - Where Stories End

3.Enslaved - Vertebrae

4.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

5.Judas Priest - Painkiller

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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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2010 had a lot of great releases. Here are some my favorites that will look like other people's favorites.

1.Ihsahn - After

2.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

3.Finntroll - Nifelvind

4.Barren Earth - Curse Of The Red River

5.Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR

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1.Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns

2.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

3.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

4.Alcest - Écailles De Lune

5.Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

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Overhauled as of May 10th, 2012! Top 5 favorite non-metal albums featured at the bottom.

This is a much improved (and more recently accurate) reworking of my previous favorite albums list, with a few albums added and a couple dropped entirely. They are in order of preference, though changes and the possibility of total equals are still in play. I've axed my undescriptive commentary but kept my genre and favorite song catgories.

1.Crimson Glory - Transcendence

2.Anubis Gate - The Detached

3.Artillery - By Inheritance

4.Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory

5.Metal Church - Hanging In The Balance

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1.Heljareyga - Heljareyga

2.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

3.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

4.Keep Of Kalessin - Reptilian

5.Finntroll - Nifelvind

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1.The Foreshadowing - Oionos

2.Todtgelichter - Angst

3.Killing Joke - Absolute Dissent

4.Therion - Sitra Ahra

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

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2010 has come and gone...
It was a pretty uneven year in metal, with average albums coming from great bands, and good, beautiful surprises popping up from unexpected corners.
2010 was also quite a special year for me - music-wise at least. Thanks to Ivor (yeah, you), a few weird reviews, and other factors, my tastes somehow exploded. Not that it was a surprise, this was already an event in the making. But still. Plus, a year that sees the release of two life-changing albums (whether personally or because they change how you see music) is always a good thing...

1.Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR

2.Shining (NOR) - Blackjazz

3.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

4.Killing Joke - Absolute Dissent

5.Agrypnie - 16[485]

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Still not sure what # 10 should be, can't quite decide between whats on my mind.

1.The Ocean - Anthropocentric

2.Intronaut - Valley Of Smoke

3.The Ocean - Heliocentric

4.In Mourning - Monolith

5.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

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In no particular order.

1.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

2.Overkill - Ironbound

3.Mar De Grises - Streams Inwards

4.Deathspell Omega - Paracletus

5.Watain - Lawless Darkness

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The 2010 records which (I think) are worth attention.

1.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

2.Solefald - Norrøn Livskunst

3.Agrypnie - 16[485]

4.A Forest Of Stars - Opportunistic Thieves Of Spring

5.Deathspell Omega - Paracletus

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List of my Favorite albums trough 2010, this is just temporary, as things will change after MS awards 2010 and listening to all the stuff i didnt have time to listen to in 2010.

1.Solefald - Norrøn Livskunst

2.Alcest - Écailles De Lune

3.Ihsahn - After

4.Borknagar - Universal

5.Mar De Grises - Streams Inwards

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Self-explanatory beyond the impossible. Not necessarily in order.

1.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

2.Sahg - III

3.Mar De Grises - Streams Inwards

4.Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones

5.Shining [NOR] - Blackjazz

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So, the decade is about to end, and I feel like doing a list of the best albums from 2000 to 2010.

1.Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

2.Opeth - Blackwater Park

3.Agalloch - The Mantle

4.Explosions In The Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place

5.Orphaned Land - Mabool

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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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