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!
BENJAMIN DEBLASI
2010 – A look back
What a year. It’s been tumultuous, heartbreaking and joyous in equal measure, solidifying the perspective that you cannot appreciate the highs as much without encountering the lows. Luckily for me not many, if any albums let me down this year, and whilst I would say that heavy music has reach an apex of sorts (as it did at the tail end of the 90s), I think (and hope) that in the next two-three years we’ll see the next waves of luminaries emerge that are going to destroy, erase and improve the paradigms of the music we all love.
Here’s to 2011
2010’s monoliths
The Blood of Heroes – S/T
Bitter End – Guilty As Charged
Triptykon – Eparistera Daimones
Cerebral Effusion – Impulsive Psychotic Acts
Integrity – The Blackest Curse
Cold Hard Truth – Deliver the Fear
Prowler – Strictly 3.5
All Out War – Into the Killing Fields
Disembodied – Psalms of Sheol
Electric Wizard – Black Masses
Ambush – Forward Into Hell
Salome – Terminal
Lich King – World Gone Dead
Blood Calls We Die – Pray For Rain
Crystal Lake – Into The Great Northern
Earthquake Split – World of Pain/Xibalba/Ruckus
Joining Forces Split – Last to Remain/Sun Tzu
Goresoaked Slam Massacre Split – Kraanium/Epicardiectomy/Dormant Carnivore
Nasty – Give a Shit
Atheist – Jupiter
From the Past Comes the Storms – 2010’s rediscoveries & (personal) revelations
Sepultura – Schizophrenia
Vio-lence – Eternal Nightmare
Artillery – By Inheritance
Pestilence – Consuming Impulse
Indecision – Unorthodox
Figure Four – No Weapons Formed Against Us
Arch Enemy – Black Earth
Type O Negative – World Coming Down
Demolition Hammer – Epidemic of Violence
Dark Angel – Leaves Scars
What does the future hold? 2011’s most anticipated
Integrity/Lash Out show in January at Oslo
New Earth Crisis album/tour/mosh
Bringing Back The Glory Fest Germany – Crawlspace, Madball, Trapped Under Ice, Enemy Ground, sick.
Bloodstock – the line up is seriously tempting
Hellfest France – same as Bloodstock
More music than I can listen to in my life time
That’s just the beginning
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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