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1
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Ghost - Opus Eponymous
October 18, 2010
Heavy Metal
,
Hard Rock
Critic Score
84
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Kylesa - Spiral Shadow
October 26, 2010
Sludge Metal
Critic Score
83
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Bring Me the Horizon - There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven, Let's Keep It a Secret.
October 4, 2010
Metalcore
,
Post-Hardcore
Critic Score
82
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit
November 23, 2010
Atmospheric Black Metal
,
Post-Metal
Critic Score
82
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Immolation - Majesty and Decay
March 9, 2010
Death Metal
Critic Score
81
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Shining - Blackjazz
January 18, 2010
Avant-Garde Metal
,
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
79
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Alcest - Écailles de Lune
March 29, 2010
Blackgaze
,
Post-Black Metal
,
Shoegaze
Critic Score
79
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Harvey Milk - A Small Turn of Human Kindness
May 18, 2010
Sludge Metal
,
Doom Metal
Critic Score
79
15
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
High on Fire - Snakes for the Divine
February 23, 2010
Heavy Metal
,
Stoner Metal
Critic Score
77
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Jesu - Heart Ache & Dethroned
November 16, 2010
Post-Metal
Critic Score
76
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Black Label Society - Order of the Black
August 10, 2010
Heavy Metal
Critic Score
75
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Deftones - Diamond Eyes
May 4, 2010
Alternative Metal
Critic Score
75
18
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Trash Talk - Eyes & Nines
May 18, 2010
Hardcore Punk
,
Powerviolence
,
Sludge Metal
Critic Score
75
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
14
.
Nevermore - The Obsidian Conspiracy
June 8, 2010
Progressive Metal
,
Thrash Metal
Critic Score
74
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Motörhead - The Wörld Is Yours
December 14, 2010
Heavy Metal
Critic Score
74
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Fear Factory - Mechanize
February 9, 2010
Industrial Metal
Critic Score
72
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Harvey Milk - Harvey Milk
January 25, 2010
Sludge Metal
Critic Score
72
8
reviews
Amazon
18
.
Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier
August 13, 2010
Heavy Metal
Critic Score
72
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Melvins - The Bride Screamed Murder
June 1, 2010
Sludge Metal
Critic Score
71
14
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Watain - Lawless Darkness
June 7, 2010
Black Metal
Critic Score
71
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Earth - A Bureaucratic Desire for Extra-Capsular Extraction
October 26, 2010
Drone Metal
,
Sludge Metal
Critic Score
70
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
The Sword - Warp Riders
August 24, 2010
Stoner Metal
,
Rock Opera
,
Heavy Metal
Critic Score
69
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Danzig - Deth Red Sabaoth
June 22, 2010
Heavy Metal
Critic Score
67
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Stone Sour - Audio Secrecy
September 7, 2010
Alternative Metal
,
Hard Rock
,
Post-Grunge
Critic Score
65
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Disturbed - Asylum
August 31, 2010
Alternative Metal
Critic Score
64
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
1
2
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