TeethoftheDivine.com’s Staff picks of 2010
It’s that time of the year again, when it’s time to take a look back at the previous year and figure out what the end score was. And as it is with things over here at Teeth of the Divine, this thing is legen-waitforit-dary…but none the less open to debate. So take part in the fun and post your top 2010 lists too! Without further a due, 12 pages of all things 2010 (and more or less, metal). Enjoy!
GRIMULFR
Top 5 Albums of 2010
- Negură Bunget – Maiestrit
- Triptykon – Eparistera Daimones
- Negură Bunget – Virstele Pamantului
- Xasthur – Portal of Sorrow
- Enslaved – Axioma Ethica Odini
The Best of the Rest
Arckanum – Sviga Læ
Árstíðir lífsins – Jötunheima dolgferð
Butterfly Temple – Земля
Deathspell Omega – Paracletus
Dragobrath – Fra Myrer Taake…
Eibon La Furies – The Blood of The Realm
Elffor – Frostbitten Pain
Gjenferdsel – Varde
Gwydion – Horn Triskelion
Himinbjørg – Chants d’hier, Chants de guerre, Chants de la Terre
Inquisition – Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm
Ondskapt – Arisen From The Ashes
Sargeist – Let the Devil In
Semargl – Ordo Bellictum Satanas
Solefald – Norrøn Livskunst
Spirit Of The Forest – Kingdom Of Despair
Thorngoth – Leere
Troll – Neo-Satanic Supremacy
Under That Spell – Apotheosis
Unleashed – As Yggdrasil Trembles
Watain – Lawless Darkness
Best eps
- Helheim – Åsgards Fall
- Triptykon – Shatter
- Blut Aus Nord – What Once Was
- Deströyer 666 – See You In Hell
- Baptism – Chalice of Death
Longest wait
Bran Barr – Sidh
Best Amon Amarth
Heathen Foray – Armored Bards
Best Dissection
Thulcandra – Fallen Angel’s Dominion
Best reunion album
King Of Asgard – Fi’mbulvintr
Best live album
Primordial – All Empires Fall
Best vinyl only
Blut Aus Nord – What Once Was
Long lost recordings
Armagedda – I Am
Best sophmore release
Winterfylleth – The Mercian Sphere
Favorite cover
Winterblut – Von Den Pflichten Schönes Zu Vernichten
Best remaster
Inquisition – Into the Infernal Regions of the Ancient Cult
Comeback album
Abigor – Time Is The Sulphur In The Veins Of The Saint
Promising newcomers
Rabenholz – Akt I – Auf welken Schwingen…(debut full length)
Aldaaron – Nous Reviendrons Immortels (debut full length)
Fenrismaw – Fenrismaw (debut ep)
Overlooked gem (based on other reviews)
Ghost – Opus Eponymous
Bright spots on the horizon:
2011 releases by:
Kampfar
Helrunar
Motorhead
Amon Amarth
Belphegor
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Another amazing year for heavy music, another year of thoughtful, well-written reviews, captivating discussions, and excellent overall journalism. I have been a religious reader of TOTD for a long time, (since well before it was TOTD in fact), and this is actually the first time I have commented, replied, posted anything. I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you, thank you, FUCKING THANK YOU to all of the staff. Thank you from the darkest corner of my heart for your diligent and relentless pursuit of the music that I love. Without you, I would be lost.
on Jan 10th, 2011 at 15:32Thanks to TOTD for another year of excellent metal reviews.
Nice lists – some stuff in there I haven’t yet heard and, by the sounds of it, will need to.
Just to add my two cents, here are the albums which didn’t appear on any of the TOTD lists, but which I had in my best-of:
Adversarial – All Idols Fall Before The Hammer
Ascension – Consolamentum
Bloody Sign – Chaos Echoes
Diocletian – War Of All Against All
Galar – Til Alle Heimsens Endar
Immolation – Majesty And Decay
Svart Crown – Witnessing The Fall
Witchrist – Beheaded Ouroborus
Looking forward to the rest of 2011!
on Jan 10th, 2011 at 18:27Thumbs up to Larry’s list. Actually contains metal bands I’ve heard of. Really shocked but surprised at the mention of Lyzanxia and Universum (considering it was self-released towards the end of December). Also agreed on the Arsis and The Crown picks — compared to Deathrace King, Doomsday King was just a load of poorly produced uninspired crap.
on Jan 10th, 2011 at 20:49Thanks again TOTD for another year ful of great reviews and helping steer some of us who are out of the loop in the right diretion for good music. The only thing I thought this list was mising was probably the greatest release of 2010 and that is Enslaved’s “Axioma Ethica Odini”, a MASTERPIECE which cannot be surpassed.
on Jan 11th, 2011 at 18:39I’ve been going through the lists and it’s really interesting how varied they are, in fact some people have listed as their favorites albums that other have listed as disappointments. Frankly I’m surprised that everyone hated Ozzy’s new one so much, I thought it was over a billion times better than his last few. I honestly like every song on there except “Let it Die”. Maybe I’m in a weird niche or something.
To Benjamin, I saw that you had Blood Calls We Die on your list and I have been looking for their album EVERYWHERE to no avail. I couldn’t even find a place to buy it other than some Japanese site. Where or how did you get this tape??? I gotta have it!
on Jan 12th, 2011 at 01:55Thanks for listing Metazoa. Sorry we didn’t get it out to you sooner! :-)
on Jan 13th, 2011 at 22:14Krustster, I’ll put you in touch with the label guru, give me a shout at – bsdeblasi@gmail.com.
on Jan 15th, 2011 at 00:12