C.R.O.M.'s Top 150 Albums of the Decade (2010-2019)
Wow....so another decade come and gone! 2010 feels like yesterday and now we are knocking down the door to 2020. As if a Top 50 of 2019 wasn't hard enough, I'll give my very subjective, but "reasoned," Top 150 of the Decade. I started with about 8,500 releases in my personal collection that fell within the time frame, disqualified any EP releases (this list is full length albums only), live albums and compilations, and then began a two week process of widdling them down.
Some bands have multiple releases within the list, and for good reason. Now, without any fanfare or long explanations, I present my personal Top 150 Albums of the Decade, from 150 down to 1:
150-141:
150. Enceladus – Journey to Enlightenment
149. Kambrium – Shadowpath
148. Witch Mountain – Witch Mountain
147. Rhapsody of Fire – The Eighth Mountain
146. Unleashed - Dawn of the Nine
145. Unleash the Archers – Apex
144. Satyricon – Deep Calleth Upon Deep
143. HammerFall – Built to Last
142. Metallica – Hardwired…To Self Destruct
141. Satan – Life Sentence
140-131:
140. Striker – Armed to the Teeth
139. U.D.O. – Steelhammer
138. Wolf – Legions of Bastards
137. MaYaN – Antagonise
136. ReinXeed – 1912
135. Pain – Coming Home
134. A Sound of Thunder – It Was Metal
133. Saxon – Sacrifice
132. Samael – Hegemony
131. Within Temptation – The Unforgiving
130-121:
130. Evil Masquerade – Pentagram
129. Evile – Five Serpent’s Teeth
128 Novareign - Legends
127. Noveria – Risen
126. Sonata Arctica – Stones Grow Her Name
125. Nightwish – Endless Forms Most Beautiful
124. Northtale – Welcome to Paradise
123. Orden Ogan - Ravenhead
122. Pretty Maids – Pandemonium
121. Twilight Force – Tales of Ancient Prophecies
120-111:
120. Obscura – Akroasis
119. Elvenking – The Pagan Manifesto
118. ShadowQuest – Armoured IV Pain
117. Diamond Head – Diamond Head
116. Ihsahn – ‘Amr
115. Secret Sphere – The Nature of Time
114. Manimal – Purgatorio
113. Magnum – Escape from the Shadow Garden
112. Serenity – Codex Atlanticus
111. Helloween – 7 Sinners
110-101:
110. Evertale - Of Dragons and Elves
109. Thulcandra – Under a Frozen Sun
108. Omnium Gatherum – Grey Heavens
107. Ghost – Infestissumam
106. Myrath – Tales of The Sand
105. Daydream XI – The Circus of the Tattered and Torn
104. DGM – Momentum
103. Grand Magus – Sword Songs
102. The Night Flight Orchestra – Amber Galactic
101. Eluveitie - Origins
100-91:
100. Chthonic – Takasago Army
99. Judicator – The Last Emperor
98. Iron Savior – Rise of the Hero
97. Kambrium – Dawn of the Five Suns
96. Fifth Angel – The Third Secret
95. Diviner – Fallen Empires
94. Kamelot – Silverthorn
93. Edguy – Space Police
92. Crimson Dawn – Chronicles of an Undead Hunter
91. Labyrinth – Architecture of a God
90-81:
90. Amon Amarth – Deceiver of the Gods
89. Sulphur Aeon – The Scythe of Cosmic Chaos
88. Kalmah – Seventh Swamphony
87. Battle Beast – Bringer of Pain
86. Sodom – Epitome of Torture
85. Leprous – The Congregation
84. Bloodbound – Stormborn
83. Kissin’ Dynamite – Ecstasy
82. Black Star Riders – The Killer Instinct
81. Fleshgod Apocalypse – King
80-71:
80. Argus – Boldly Stride the Doomed
79. Veonity – Legend of the Starborn
78. Freedom Call – Master of Light
77. Samael – Lux Mundi
76. Scar Symmetry – The Singularity
75. Blind Guardian – Beyond the Red Mirror
74. Falconer – Black Moon Rising
73. Fleshgod Apocalypse – Labyrinth
72. Avatarium – Hurricanes and Halos
71. Stratovarius – Nemesis
70-61:
70. Testament – Dark Roots of Earth
69. Angel Witch – Angel of Light
68. Iron Maiden – Book of Souls
67. Enslaved – RIITIIR
66. Threshold – Legends of the Shire
65. Overkill – Ironbound
64. Helloween – Straight Out of Hell
63. Arch/Matheos – Sympathetic Resonance
62. Grand Magus – Hammer of the North
61. Riot – Armor of Light
60-51:
60. Tygers of Pan Tang – Ritual
59. Wintersun – Time I
58. Whispered – Metsutan – Songs of the Void
57. Xandria – Sacrificium
56. Ghost – Prequelle
55. Septicflesh – Codex Omega
54. Darkology – Fated to Burn
53. Below – Across the Dark River
52. Accept – Blood of the Nations
51. Amorphis – Under the Red Cloud
50-41:
50. Majestica – Above the Sky
49. Rotting Christ – The Heretics
48. Sound Storm – Immortalia
47. Sabaton – The Great War
46. Candlemass – Psalms for the Dead
45. Rage – 21
44. Serenity – Death & Legacy
43. Vision Divine – Destination Set to Nowhere
42. Powerwolf – Blessed & Possessed
41. Avantasia – Ghostlights
40-31:
40. Orden Ogan – To the End
39. Judas Priest – Firepower
38. Orphaned Land – All is One
37. Sorcerer – In the Shadow of the Inverted Cross
36. Fleshgod Apocalypse – Veleno
35. Evergrey – The Atlantic
34. Paradise Lost – The Plague Within
33. Eclipse – Paradigm
32. Sabaton – Carolus Rex
31. Rhapsody of Fire – From Chaos to Eternity
30-21:
30. Bane of Winterstorm – The Last Sons of Perylin
29. Thy Majestie – ShiHuangDi
28. Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave
27. Dynazty – Renatus
26. Carcass – Surgical Steel
25. Powerwolf – The Sacrament of Sin
24. TL Rhapsody – Zero Gravity (Rebirth And Evolution)
23. Evergrey – Hymns for the Broken
22. Avatarium – The Fire I Long For
21. Riot – Immortal Soul
20-11:
20. Sorcerer – The Crowning of the Fire King
19. Accept – Stalingrad
18. Avatarium – Avatarium
17. Kreator – Phantom Antichrist
16. Nightwish – Imaginaerum
15. Triosphere – The Heart of the Matter
14. Rhapsody of Fire – The Frozen Tears of Angels
13. Candlemass – The Door to Doom
12. Eluveitie – Ategnatos
11. LT Rhapsody – Ascending to Infinity
TOP 10:
10. Dragonland – Under the Grey Banner
9. Riot – Unleash the Fire
8. Orphaned Land – Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs
7. Kreator – Gods of Violence
6. Powerwolf – Blood of the Saints
5. Borknagar – True North
