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| My Top 10 Of 2010 :]
because I saw Hawks do it and I like lists~ :] | 1 | | Agalloch Marrow of the Spirit
Agalloch really perfected their formula in this one by amplifying all of their good aspects and adding new ones
at the same time. The post-rock has broadened (with some songs even sounding like Godspeed You! Black
Emperor), the black metal has become more prominent, the album has diversity which flows and fits together
beautifully from the jarring Into The Painted Grey to the calm, post-rock sounding outro To Drown. Brilliance.
:] | 2 | | Anathema We're Here Because We're Here
How Anathema came back and blew us all away with this one is something I'll be wondering for quite a while.
It makes a bunch of their previous albums look like a joke. The mood here is more positive, but it still has
the beauty of all the previous Anathema albums before it - but this time with consistency, the album flowing
much better than their previous albums making it sound like a cohesive and complete album from start to
finish. The best of their career. :] | 3 | | Rosetta A Determinism of Morality
I didn't think I'd ever prefer a Rosetta album with the heaviness tuned out somewhat, but here it works
beautifully. Imagine 7 massive monster tracks like on Wake/Lift but condensed, and that's what you have
here. A wonderfully refreshing change from Rosetta, and probably their strongest album yet. It's nice that
they've found a niche of their own. :] | 4 | | Year Of No Light Ausserwelt
Though I wasn't keen on their debut, the dark brooding mix of post-metal and doom here is irresistible - 4
tracks that crush you whilst at the same time whisking you away to god knows where, a really enjoyable listen
and definitely my favorite from this band without a doubt. :] | 5 | | A Forest of Stars Opportunistic Thieves of Spring
This album is a beast. It's massive, flows wonderfully and most of all the songwriting here is superior to their
older stuff (though some disagree, which is coo'). The orchestration used here really lifts this album above
the rest of progressive black metal bands, and it's a shame this isn't better known and appreciated. :] | 6 | | Swans My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
I don't think anything really needs to be said. Swans returned and brought back a brilliant album, full of
brooding and frightening pieces that I enjoy whole-heartedly. I like to think it's their most cohesive effort yet,
all the tracks working wonderfully together and well organized - and to my pleasant surprise, Gira still has it.
:] | 7 | | God Is An Astronaut Age of the Fifth Sun
Though far from their best, Age of the Fifth Sun proves to be a competent album full of some of their best
work. I would probably say it's their most consistent effort yet, and it's their first album I've listened to where
some of the songs don't bore me or don't go down well with me - which is why it gets a place in this list. It's a
shame that the great moments here aren't quite as great as their old stuff, though. But hell, a great effort. :] | 8 | | Alcest Ecailles De Lune
This would be higher in the list if it wasn't for the second half of the album, because the first half is the best
material Alcest has ever written. Ecailles de lune parts 1 and 2 would have made an amazing EP, maybe with
the third track thrown in too. Really though, the first half alone makes this absolutely fantastic. :] | 9 | | Bongripper Satan Worshipping Doom
I do love my doom, and this was probably my favorite doom album this year. I like how it dips into many
places at once, like sometimes it actually sounds like black metal - and some drone moments too, along with
the crushing Electric Wizard-like riffs that make this album stand on its own as the best doom album I've
found. I prefer it to Black Masses, anyway. :] | 10 | | Thou Summit
Some sludgy/doom like metal that more or less re-creates the vision of a world falling from over-
industrialization and other bad things? Yeah, I can dig it. This is Thou's best album to date, pretty much
everything here is done perfectly compared to their other stuff and as far as sludge/doom goes, this is
probably some of the best I've heard in a long time. :] | |
DarkNoctus
11.04.10 | am I a hipster yet? :B | AngelofDeath
11.04.10 | Pretty damn close lol.
But I like a lot of these. | BallsToTheWall
11.04.10 | Have to listen to 6 more. | ButcheredChildren
11.04.10 | post-metal, black metal & stoner metal | DarkNoctus
11.04.10 | you forgot about post-rock, atmospheric rock and err, well, Swans B) | MindTrain
11.05.10 | cool you wrote nothing about any of your favorites
list doesn't matter then | DarkNoctus
11.05.10 | but if I did, people would call me a pretentious dick D| | qwe3
11.05.10 | "but if I did, people would call me a pretentious dick"
no we wouldn't it's interesting. but ignore mindtrain he listens to meshuggah | alachlahol
11.05.10 | this is a pretty good list i didn't even know Year Of No Light had an album out this year looks like you learn something every day | DarkNoctus
11.05.10 | okay so I added descriptions |3 | Inveigh
11.05.10 | I dig the descriptions. I really need to get 2, 9 and 10 | feav233
11.05.10 | nice list, some great albums, the only two i didn't care for was 2 and 7, | fr33convict
11.05.10 | needz moar death magnetic | wyankeif1337
11.05.10 | The whole list is amazing, 3 is my AOTY. Possibly decade (fanboy) | Gmork89
11.05.10 | Good list man, a few of these will be on my 2010 list as well. | DarkNoctus
11.05.10 | @wyankeif: no worries, I'm a fanboy too. :3 | qwe3
11.05.10 | "Agalloch really perfected their formula"
they did that on pale folklore. they've been getting more boring ever since, really. | Gmork89
11.05.10 | I'd say lol. | DarkNoctus
11.05.10 | disagreed, qwe3. | Obfuscation24
08.13.11 | ctrl+f: :]
0 results on this list
must...make it...more...noctus like....
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:] | iFghtffyrdmns
08.13.11 | ^hahahaha that's hillarious | iFghtffyrdmns
08.13.11 | and one more thing
[: | DarkNoctus
08.13.11 | oh goodness! :] [: :] | Tyrael
08.13.11 | Noctus where the hell is Paracletus man | DarkNoctus
08.13.11 | that grew on me after the year was out, it would probably be about spot 5 for me now. :] | Pharoh
11.19.11 | noctus you seem to be missing a ":]" on the title. | DarkNoctus
11.19.11 | oh gosh! brb, fixing! :] | DarkNoctus
11.19.11 | "I like how it dips into many places at once"
pahahahaha! [: | qwe3
11.19.11 | 1 was so bad | DarkNoctus
11.19.11 | pffff [: |
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