Focus on Metal Top 10 of 2010

  After a great year of metal releases, the team at Focus on Metal had to break down and finalize what they considered the best of 2010.  All picks were in no particular order.  Enjoy!

Dario Sycco's picks:

   

   

Decrepid Birth - "Polarity"
Cephalic Carnage - "Misled by Certainty"
Accept - "Blood of the Nations"
Agalloch - "Marrow of the Spirit"
In Mourning - "Monolith"
Severe Torture - "Slaughtered"
Fear Factory - "Mechanize"
The Wretched End - "Ominious"
Unleashed - "As Yggdrasil Trembles"

Multichaos - "Fear Consumption"

John from Iron City Rocks picks:

   

   

 

Accept - Blood Of Nations
Muderdolls - Women and Children Last
Ratt - Infestation
Watain - Lawless Darkness
Nevermore - Obsidian Conspiracy
Iron Maiden - Final Frontier
Joe Satriani - Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards
Steve Vai - Where The Other Wild Things Are
Halford - Made Of Metal
Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Relentless

Mandy Delamuerte's picks:

   

   

 

Agalloch, Marrow of the Spirit

Cephalic Carnage, Misled by Certainty

Mars De Grises, Streams Inwards

Decrepit Birth, Polarity

Severe Torture, Slaughtered

Nachtmystium, Addicts: Black Meddle, Part t2

Brain Drill, Quantum Catastrophe

Darkthrone, circle the wagons

Immolation, majesty & decay

In Mourning, Monolith

Scott Thompson's Picks:

   

   

 

Accept - Blood Of The Nations
Death Angel - Relentless Retribution
Armored Saint - La Raza
Steelwing - Lord Of The Wasteland
Shredding The Envelope - Call Of The Flames
Firewind -  Days Of Defiance
Halford - Made Of Metal
Heaven & Hell - Neon Nights Live at Wacken
In This Moment - A Star Crossed Wasteland
Tank - Still At War

Blogger Jimmy's picks:

   

   

 

Annihilator-Annilator

Witchery-Witchkreig

Forbidden-Omega Wave

Sacred Oath-World on Fire

Death Angel-Relentless Retribution

Decrepit Birth-Polarity

Daath-Daath

Blind Guardian-At the Edge of Time

Firewind-Days of Defiance

Joe Satriani-Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards