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This was one of the more difficult end of the year lists I had to do because there was a lot of music released in 2010 which I really enjoyed. What a way to start off the decade! What made it difficult was that there were a lot of albums which I loved but it was hard to pin down one real stand out to name my album of the year. The fact that I’m making a top 30 list instead of 10 or 20 kind of shows how much good music was released this year, haha. Without further to do, here is my Top 30 Albums of 2010;

30. This Is Hell - Weight of the Worlds
29. Off With Their Heads - In Desolation
28. Crime In Stereo - I Was Trying To Describe You To Someone
27. Electric Wizard - Black Masses
26. The Hold Steady - Heaven Is Whenever
25. Alcest - Ecailles De Lune
24. Make Do & Mend - End Measured Mile
23. Hammock - Chasing After Shadows…Living With The Ghosts
22. Lungs - The Two Chief World Systems
21. Howl - Full of Hell
20. Stephen Egerton - The Seven Degrees of Stephen Egerton
19. The Gamits - Parts
18. Black Tusk - Taste the Sin
17. The Menzginers - Chamberlain Waits
16. The Flatliners - Cavalcade
15. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis
14. Jimmy Eat World - Invented
13. Cough - Ritual Abuse
12. Murder By Death - Good Morning, Magpie
11. Anathema - We’re Here Because We’re Here
10. Nachtmystium - Addicts: Black Meddle Part II
9. High On Fire - Snakes For The Divine
8. The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang
7. None More Black - Icons
6. Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit
5. Bad Religion - The Dissent of Man
4. Intronaut - Valley of Smoke
3. Deftones - Diamond Eyes
2. Alkaline Trio - This Addiction
1. Kvelertak - Kvelertak


Honorable Mentions
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The Brutalist of Bricks
Darkthrone - Circle The Wagons
Comeback Kid - Symptoms + Cures
Thou - Summit
Cathedral - The Guessing Game
RVIVR - RVIVR
Ceremony - Rohnert Park
Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
Melechesh - Epigenesis

Top 5 EP’s Of 2010
5. Torche - Songs For Singles
4. Brendan Kelly/Joe McMahon - Wasted Potential
3. Gallowbraid - Ashen Eidolon
2. Banquets - This Is Our Concern, Dude
1. Let Me Run - Broken Strings


Most Disappointing Albums
Fireball Ministry - Fireball Ministry
Four Year Strong - Enemy of the World
Melvins - The Bride Screamed Murder
Dark Tranquillity - We Are The Void
Against Me! - White Crosses
Bleeding Through - Bleeding Through

Corey’s Favorite Songs of 2010
15. Banquets - Eleanor, I Need A Garden
14. Darkthrone - I Am The Graves of the 80’s
13. Deftones - Beauty School
12. Sara Bareilles - King of Anything
11. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Farewell, Mona Lisa
10. Sundowner - As The Crow Flies
9. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - One Polaroid A Day
8. Anathema - Summernight Horizon
7. Kvelertak - Fossegrim
6. Let Me Run - Brocomotive
5. Alkaline Trio - Dead On The Floor
4. The Gaslight Anthem - Bring It On
3. Bad Religion - The Pride and the Pallor
2. Stephen Egerton feat. Jon Snodgrass - Fire’s On
1. High On Fire - Frost Hammer

Most Anticipated for 2011
Thrice
Dave Hause
Thursday
Pulling Teeth
Rise Against
Down
Eyehategod
No Trigger