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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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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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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Here is the 2010 edition of my very straight forward top lists.

1.Ophis - Withered Shades

2.Akelei - De Zwaarte Van Het Doorstane

3.Alcest - Écailles De Lune

4.Netra - Mélancolie Urbaine

5.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

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This is a list of all the folk metal albums I have listened to that I found to be of at least marginal quality. It is purely for my own organizational purposes and is not meant to be a definitive statement about the genre; for that reason, there are some entries that don't entirely fit the description, including some neofolk albums and bands that don't exactly play "folk metal" but are close enough.

1.Elvenking - Secrets Of The Magick Grimoire

2.Forefather - Ours Is The Kingdom

3.Forefather - Steadfast

4.Forefather - Last Of The Line

5.Dalriada - Áldás

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In alphabetical order by country.

1.Voyager - I Am The ReVolution

2.Deadsoul Tribe - The January Tree

3.Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine: Biomech

4.Barren Earth - Curse Of The Red River

5.Subsignal - Beautiful & Monstrous

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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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My "Final Selection" for 2010. Top 10 in order. The Rest for A-Z.
As a big fan of Power and Folk metal, this year was quiet good. The return of Rhapsody, new actors as Ancient Bards, Sinbreed, great comeback - Accept, Masterplan with Jorn, long awaited albums - Orphaned Land, Blind Guardian and Alcest. Some discoveries - Finsterforst, Skiltron, Pretty Maids (shame on me)and Orden Ogan. Some unexpected suprises Black Majesty, Iron Fire. Not to say that many bands didnt disappoint me with their new album - Derdian, Freedom Call, Eluvetie, Galneyrus, Wuthering Heights. Good year, a little bit above the average

1.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

2.Pathfinder - Beyond The Space, Beyond The Time

3.Freedom Call - Legend Of The Shadowking

4.Derdian - New Era Pt. 3 - The Apocalypse

5.Rhapsody Of Fire - The Frozen Tears Of Angels

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1.Nevermore - The Obsidian Conspiracy

2.Dark Tranquillity - We Are The Void

3.Fear Factory - Mechanize

4.Helloween - 7 Sinners

5.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

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

2.James LaBrie - Static Impulse

3.Masterplan - Time To Be King

4.Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt One

5.Rage - Strings To A Web

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Compilation of many Hard Rock or Metal Ballads I've heard. Bands and Albums are ordered by name alphabetically.

1.Accept - Balls To The Wall

2.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

3.Accept - Eat The Heat

4.Adagio - Underworld

5.Aerosmith - Aerosmith

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Song of the Year: Kamelot - Poetry For The Poisoned

1.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

2.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

3.Helloween - 7 Sinners

4.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

5.Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR

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My personal best selection of releases I physically bought this year.

1.The Meads Of Asphodel - The Murder Of Jesus The Jew

2.Temnozor - Haunted Dreamscapes

3.Butterfly Temple - Земля

4.Skyforger - Kurbads

5.Viter - Derzhelo

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1.Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR

2.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

3.Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

4.Torture Division - Evighetens Dårar

5.Ozzy Osbourne - Scream

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