Album of the Decade!

[Thorn]

Yeah tradional big four and the big three in England I meant, yep not surprising at all given the passage of time but worth highlighting all the same

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

passage of time

Bleedin' frantic-tic-toc it is!

[Thorn]

Ridiculous,  and we all thought they were ol codgers when they said it goes fast..

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Morbus Chron's Sweven could also tussle for the number two slot.

[Carnage]

It also doesn't specify which decade, as we're being pedantic.

Not only another year has passed however another decade.
What albums have been th3 standout over the past 10 years!
...
Anyway always interested to hear what others have been obsessed with for the last 10 years!

You haven't read the previous post properly

Touché.

Still a year to go, though. 

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Oh, Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper another slot 2 contender.

Start a thread called "Contenders for second best album of the decade"?

[Ducky]

A decade is any arbitrary run of ten years, regardless of start and end date, so the eighties does indeed cover 1980-89. 2005-2015 is a decade. A 'calendar' decade is from the ---1 date to the ---0 date, so this 'decade ends at the end of 2020.

Thread isn't called "Album of the CALENDAR Decade", so yeah 

It also doesn't specify which decade, as we're being pedantic.

It's safe to assume that because one wasn't specified, we're discussing your arch nemesis, namely 2010 to 2019...

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Jesus lads, I gave you a link explaining it all!

By convention of language, it should be obvious that noone is asking you what the best album of the 202nd decade is! Just like you've never, ever told anyone what you think the best album of the 199th decade is! No, there's a "best album" of the 80s (overlapping but not coinciding with the 199th decade) and now there'll be a best album of the "teens". Get over your "smarts".

As for the other parallel discussion:
https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/decade.html
"Depends on language [...] in essence, both are correct."

[Trev]

Another two that just popped into my mind

Hell - Human Remains and the Howling Sycamore debut

[TurnTheAirBlue]

I forgot all about Ulcerate. Three great albums this decade!
Vermis being my favourite of theirs.

[Ducky]

Deathspell Omega - Paracletus.

Wings of Predation was the first song of theirs I heard and hooked me there and then.

[Panopticon]

A lot of great albums here. Some I must revisit. One of the albums that blew me away was A Umbra Omega by Dodheimsgard. An absolute monster of an album. Complex and listenable and just flows brilliantly.

I actually thought Zemial's Nykta was an excellent album  too.

[mick1sheridan]

In no particular order except for number 1...
Tim Hecker - Virgins
Daughters - You Won't Get What you Want
Artificial Brain - Labyrinth Constellation
Altar of Plagues - Teethed Glory and Injury
Unyielding Love - The Sweat of Our Augury
Power Trip - Nightmare Logic
Full of Hell & Merzbow - Full of Hell & Merzbow
Cattle Decapitation - The Anthropocene Extinction
Deftones - Diamond Eyes
Tim Hecker - Ravedeath 1972

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Good shout on Artificial Brain, for sure.

[Grim Reality]

Another of my favourites and maybe my Black Metal album of the decade

NOCTERNITY harps of the ancient temples.

Mesmeric.