Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Seth's top 10 Metal (and non-Metal) albums of 2010

Important notes:
- The lists are numbered but *not* in any order. I never rank albums.
- Disappointments aren't random albums but ones I was specifically looking forward to.
-LCD Soundsystem and the Roots both put out two albums this year, both of which I really liked and wanted to include. I decided to give each band one slot on the list for both records. This way 40% of the list wouldn't be just two bands.


METAL
1 Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones
2 Nachtmystium - Addicts
3 Accept - Blood of the Nations
4 Cathedral - The Guessing Game
5 1349 - Demonoir
6 Melvins - The Bride Screamed Murder
7 Ihsahn - After
8 Electric Wizard - Black Masses
9 Darkthrone - Circle the Wagons
10 Kylesa - Spiral Shadow

Disappointments:
Iron Maiden - Final Frontier
Dimmu Borgir - Abrahadabra
Halford - Made of Metal
Helloween - 7 Sinners
Gwar - Bloody Pit of Horror

NON-METAL
1 Superchunk - Majesty Shredding
2 Grinderman 2
3 Killing Joke - Absolute Dissent
4 Swans - My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky
5 Roots - Wake Up!/How I Got Over
6 LCD Soundsystem - Everything is Happening/The London Sessions
7 Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart
8 Devo - Something for Everybody
9 Robyn - Body Talk
10 Off! - The First Four EPs

Disappointments:
Hold Steady - Heaven is Whenever
Foetus - Hide
Bad Religion - The Dissent of Man

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Metal Method, Part 1 - Shipping