The Best Metal Albums of 2010

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Rank	Artist name	Album title	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Alcest	Écailles de lune	2010-03-29	92.3	73	8
2	Seventh Wonder	The Great Escape	2010-12-03	93.8	44	2
3	Kalmah	12 Gauge	2010-03-03	91.4	72	2
4	Helloween	7 Sinners	2010-10-31	90	84	2
5	Ophelia	당신의 환상을 동정하라	2010-02	93	41	3
6	Galneryus	Resurrection	2010-06-23	89.9	81	9
7	Inquisition	Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm	2010-11-19	95.4	16	1
8	Rhapsody of Fire	The Frozen Tears of Angels	2010-04-30	88.9	55	6
9	Overkill	Ironbound	2010-01-29	89.6	46	0
10	Scorpions	Sting in the Tail	2010-03-19	90.6	36	2
11	Avantasia	The Wicked Symphony	2010-04-03	88.6	52	5
12	Heaven Shall Burn	Invictus	2010-05-21	89.6	39	1
13	Deathspell Omega	Paracletus	2010-11-08	89.3	37	3
14	Megadeth	Rust in Peace Live [Live]	2010-09-07	88.6	39	1
15	In Mourning	Monolith	2010-01-25	89.1	30	4
16	Opera Magna	Poe	2010-05-30	92.9	12	0
17	Anathema	We're Here Because We're Here	2010-05-31	88.1	35	0
18	Rage	Strings to a Web	2010-02-05	88	35	0
19	Firewind	Days of Defiance	2010-10-18	88.6	29	2
20	Blind Guardian	At the Edge of Time	2010-07-30	88.5	29	3
21	Crash	The Paragon of Animals	2010-08-11	87.5	36	1
22	Dark Tranquillity	We Are the Void	2010-02-24	85.6	54	5
23	Avenged Sevenfold	Nightmare	2010-07-27	84.9	60	4
24	Barren Earth	Curse of the Red River	2010-03-08	88.5	26	1
25	Silent Eye	Into the Nightmare [EP]	2010-11-23	91.3	13	0
26	Hwimory	Hwimory	2010-06-23	89.3	20	1
27	Fleshgod Apocalypse	Mafia [EP]	2010-05-18	88.3	25	1
28	Dio	Dio at Donington UK: Live 1983 & 1987 [Live]	2010-11-09	93.1	8	1
29	Accept	Blood of the Nations	2010-08-20	88.9	20	1
30	Sigh	Scenes From Hell	2010-01-19	91.1	12	1
31	Gru	Cosmogenesis	2010-10-18	90.1	15	1
32	Seed	Origin of Seed	2010-06-23	94.6	5	1
33	Labÿrinth	Return to Heaven Denied Pt.II - A Midnight Autumn's Dream	2010-06-21	87.9	23	1
34	Soilwork	The Panic Broadcast	2010-07-02	86.8	28	1
35	Golden Resurrection	Glory to My King	2010-11-26	92	8	0
36	Kamelot	Poetry for the Poisoned	2010-09-14	84	50	6
37	Apocalyptica	7th Symphony	2010-08-23	92.7	6	0
38	Vanden Plas	The Seraphic Clockwork	2010-06-04	89.4	12	2
39	Hour of Penance	Paradogma	2010-03-31	88.4	14	2
40	Ikuinen Kaamos	Fall of Icons	2010-03-05	89.4	11	1
41	Dimmu Borgir	Abrahadabra	2010-09-24	83.6	42	5
42	Triptykon	Eparistera Daimones	2010-03-19	89.3	11	0
43	Aspera	Ripples	2010-01-25	87.4	17	2
44	ReinXeed	Majestic	2010-03-24	85.7	24	2
45	Slash	Slash	2010	86.8	17	1
46	Profanatica	Disgusting Blasphemies Against God	2010-08-31	92	5	0
47	Defeated Sanity	Chapters of Repugnance	2010-05-04	92	5	0
48	Myrath	Desert Call	2010-01-25	90.4	7	0
49	Enforcer	Diamonds	2010-05-24	88.4	11	1
50	Magic Kingdom	Symphony of War	2010-10-29	91	6	0
51	As I Lay Dying	The Powerless Rise	2010-05-07	84.6	27	2
52	Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas	Dance & Scream	2010-11-24	85	23	1
53	Light Bringer	Midnight Circus	2010-05-29	86.9	14	0
54	Solution .45	For Aeons Past	2010-03-24	86	17	0
55	Equilibrium	Rekreatur	2010-06-18	84.6	22	0
56	Keep of Kalessin	Reptilian	2010-05-10	86.5	14	2
57	Ihsahn	After	2010-01-26	88.4	9	1
58	Black Witchery	Inferno of Sacred Destruction	2010-09	88.3	9	0
59	Royal Hunt	X	2010-01-20	86.3	14	1
60	Sabaton	Coat of Arms	2010-05-21	88.4	8	1
61	War Of Ages	Eternal	2010-04-13	90.2	5	0
62	Periphery	Periphery	2010-04-20	86.7	11	3
63	Avantasia	Angel of Babylon	2010-04-03	80.6	45	4
64	Ancient Bards	The Alliance of the Kings - The Black Crystal Sword Saga Pt.1	2010-02-26	87.1	10	3
65	Iron Maiden	The Final Frontier	2010-08-16	81.9	33	3
66	Exodus	Exhibit B: the Human Condition	2010-05-07	85.6	14	0
67	Immortal	The Seventh Date of Blashyrkh [Live]	2010-08-06	90	5	0
68	Fog of War	Confessions of a Thrashoholic [EP]	2010-11-01	90	5	0
69	Lapis Fons	The Last Cradle	2010-02-25	86.2	12	1
70	Death Angel	Relentless Retribution	2010-09-03	87.9	8	0
71	Gallowbraid	Ashen Eidolon [EP]	2010-09-17	88.3	7	1
72	Dark Moor	Ancestral Romance	2010-11-24	84.6	16	0
73	Orphaned Land	The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR	2010-01-25	89.6	5	0
74	밤섬해적단	서울불바다	2010-07-10	82.1	28	0
75	Dream Evil	In the Night	2010-01-25	86.5	10	1
76	Masterplan	Time to Be King	2010-05-21	82.6	24	2
77	Striker	Eyes in the Night	2010-04-23	87.9	7	2
78	Cradle of Filth	Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa	2010-11-01	81.7	28	2
79	Ratt	Infestation	2010-04-20	87	8	1
80	Amogh Symphony	Quantum Hack Code	2010-12-25	89	5	0
81	Gamma Ray	To the Metal	2010-01-29	78.8	49	2
82	Kvelertak	Kvelertak	2010-06-21	88.6	5	0
83	The Absence	Enemy Unbound	2010-09-14	87.7	6	0
84	Sodom	In War and Pieces	2010-11-22	83.6	15	1
85	Fear Factory	Mechanize	2010-02-05	84.5	12	0
86	White Wizzard	Over the Top	2010-02-08	87.5	6	1
87	Rings of Saturn	Embryonic Anomaly	2010-05-25	84.5	12	1
88	Ozzy Osbourne	Scream	2010-09-10	81.6	23	3
89	Edenbridge	Solitaire	2010-06-30	85.6	9	0
90	Disturbed	Asylum	2010-08-27	83.1	16	0
91	Melechesh	The Epigenesis	2010-10-01	88	5	0
92	Encoffination	Ritual Ascension Beyond Flesh	2010-04	88	5	0
93	Stratovarius	Polaris Live [Live]	2010-05-21	85.4	9	0
94	Agalloch	Marrow of the Spirit	2010-11-23	85.4	9	2
95	Ghost	Opus Eponymous	2010-10-18	83.7	13	1
96	James LaBrie	Static Impulse	2010-09-28	84	12	2
97	Primal Fear	Live in the USA [Live]	2010-06-02	86.3	7	1
98	Therion	Sitra Ahra	2010-09-17	84.5	10	1
99	Arthemis	Heroes	2010-06-07	86.7	6	0
100	Russell Allen / Jørn Lande	The Showdown	2010-11-05	84	11	0

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