Top Ten Lists - 2010

BNR

Internet

1. The Vision Bleak Set Sail To Mystery
2. Ghost Opus Eponymous
3. Triptykon Eparistera Daimones
4. Motorhead The World Is Yours
5. Angst Skvadron Sweet Poison
6. Nachtmystium Addicts: Black Meddle Part 2
7. Enslaved Axioma Ethica Odini
8. Momentum Fixation, At Rest
9. Agalloch Marrow Of The Spirit
10. Therion Sitra Ahra

1. Iron Maiden The Final Frontier
2. Accept Blood Of The Nations
3. Overkill Ironbound
4. Exodus Exhibit B: The Human Condition
5. Nevermore The Obsidian Conspiracy
6. Death Angel Relentless Retribution
7. Flotsam & Jetsam The Cold
8. Blind Guardian At The Edge Of Time
9. Triptykon Eparistera Daimones
10. Forbidden Omega Wave


11. Heathen The Evolution Of Chaos
12. Motorhead The World Is Yours
13. Fear Factory Mechanized
14. Helloween 7 Sinners
15. Enslaved Axioma Ethica Odini
16. Agalloch Marrow Of The Spirit
17. Dimmu Borgir Abrahadabra
18. Sodom In War And Pieces
19. Annihilator Annihilator
20. Atheist Jupiter
21. Danzig Deth Red Sabaoth
22. Black Label Society Order Of The Black
23. Anathema We're Here Because We're Here
24. Gamma Ray To The Metal!
25. Ozzy Osbourne Scream
26. Orphaned Land The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR
27. Ihsahn After
28. Dark Tranquillity We Are The Void
29. Megadeth Rust In Peace Live
30. Therion Sitra Ahra

No real order here. I'm not sure what I think of this list, as there are several albums here by newer bands that I think have great potential but perhaps haven't reached it yet. Virtually no similarity between my list and the Internet list, which is dominated by veteran groups.

It's amazing that Iron Maiden continues to dominate popularity polls after all these years. Also interesting is that, while everyone talks about the rebirth of retro thrash and the hoards of youngsters taking up the cause, it's the old thrash veterans sticking it out that are all over this list.