TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2010

Better late than never, it's my personal top 10 albums of 2010:

1. Spock's Beard- X
2. Haken- Aquarius
3. Mystery- One Among The Living
4. The Last Void- State Of Mind
5. District 97- Hybrid Child
6. Anima Mundi- The Way
7. The Divine Baze Orchestra- Dead But Dreaming
8. Clouds On Strings- For You, For Me, For The Sake Of A Name*
9. Star One- Victims Of The Modern Age
10.Edenbridge- Solitaire

*Technically came out 12/27/09, but close enough. :)

Honorable Mentions:

-American Hollow- Whisper Campaign
-Hasse Froberg And Musical Companion -- Future Past
-Nine Stones Close- Traces
-Mind Portal- 1/1
-Empty Tremor- Iridium
-Flow and Mingos -- Living In Time
-Ciccada- A Child In The Mirror
-Moon Safari- Lover's End

2011 looks very promising indeed with releases from the likes of Dream Theater, Rush (or is it 2012 for that one?), Symphony X, Phideaux, Yes, Wobbler, Pallas, Jolly, Beardfish, Echolyn, Morse/Portnoy and many more.

A big thank you goes out to all of these great musicians who continue to pump out such superb albums. Long live Progressive Rock/Metal!

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[MawcDrums]

Hey glad to see the Top 10 back for another year!!

Looks like we might have some Ritual for the 2011 Top 10!!

[yesrushdt]

@MawcDrums I forgot about Ritual's forthcoming album. Looking forward to it.

[OurBrainHurtsALot]

good list, but "For Me For you, For the sake of a name" wasn´t release in 2009?

[yesrushdt]

@OurBrainHurtsALot It was released 12/27/09 (as I mentioned in the comments). Close enough to 2010 I guess. :) These guys definitely deserve the publicity for this fine album.

[cakeykitten]

Final ten: Pendragon, "Passion" Phideaux, "Snowtorch" Rhapsody Of Fire, "From Chaos To Eternity" Riverside, "Memories In My Head" Sons Of Seasons, "Magnisphyricon" Stream Of Passion, "Darker Days" Symphony X, "Iconoclast" Theatre Of Tragedy, "Last Curtain Call" Universe217, "Familiar Places" White Willow, "Terminal Twilight"

[cakeykitten]

Next ten (continuing alphabetically by name of band): Illuminato, "Reflections Of Humanity" Imperia, "Touch Of Your Hand" Knight Area, "Nine Paths" Leprous, "Bilateral" Lunatic Soul, "Impressions" Magic Pie, "The Suffering Joy" Midnattsol, "The Metamorphosis Melody" Myrath, "Tales Of The Sands" Opeth, "Heritage" Pallas, "XXV"

[cakeykitten]

Please allow me to expand on the list I posted two months ago. My Top 30, in sets of ten because of character limit: Agents Of Mercy, "The Black Forest" Arena, "The Seventh Degree Of Separation" Beardfish, "Mammoth" Big Big Train, "Goodbye To The Age Of Steam" (re-release) Draconian, "A Race For The Apocalypse" Dream Theater, "A Dramatic Turn Of Events" Explosions In The Sky, "Take Care, Take Care, Take Care" Faun, "Eden" Ghost Brigade, "Until Fear No Longer Defines Us" Haken, "Visions"

[josedrumer]

the last void! yeah!

thats a grrrreat album 

[ZeroCartin]

its really cool to see an album you made listed as part of a top 10 from someone. :) Cheers from Costa Rica ^^

[Soldiercloud95]

haken aquarium defenetly the best

[mamlasu]

@yesrushdt Pagan's Mind's new album Heavenly Ecstasy sounds really good. To the 2010: thanks for revealing Haken, they're absolutely amazing. Good list, but I didn't expect Unitopia's Artificial not to reach at least honorable mentions. Did you listen to it?

[ronetqsm]

Thanks for mentioning American Hollow!!!

[cakeykitten]

Your annual Top Albums selections are superb. May I nominate some for your 2011 list, which I imagine you've two-thirds compiled already? :-)

PROG METAL / POWER METAL: Leprous, "Bilateral"; Dream Theater, "A dramatic turn of events"; Opeth, "Heritage"; Symphony X, "Iconoclast".

NEO-PROG ROCK: Beardfish, "Mammoth"; Pallas, "XXV".

SYMPHONIC METAL: Illuminato, "Reflections of humanity"; Sons of Seasons, "Magnisphyricon".

MEDIAEVAL FOLK: Faun, "Eden".