Album of the Decade!

[BlackWizard]

Not only another year has passed however another decade.
What albums have been th3 standout over the past 10 years!

For me the following are the ones that stand fore most in my mind.

Bolzer - Hero - What more need to be said about this beast of a record. From the production to the musicians.

Mgla - Exercise in Futility - This was a more difficult one to choose between this or With Hearts, i picked this one as I feel it had more melody and Darkside definitely stepped up his drumming for this.

Tribulation - Formulas of Death - Something fresh and original in the death metal scene. Love the melody and catchy hooks throughout the album. Amd that closing track..... I could (and have) listened to it over and over!

Primordial - Exile Amongst the Ruins - After 3 very same-ish style albums amazing to hear something so fresh by these guys. Definitely their most creative album since The Gathering Wilderness.

Wardruna - Runaljod - Yggdrasil - My absolute favourite of the Runaljod trilogy and the one with the most passion and emotion.

(The above are not in any particular order)

However my number one by a mile:

Mourning Beloveth - Formless - Nothing I have heard in the past 10 years has even come close to topping this record. Every aspect of this record is flawless with the closing two tracks of Dead Channel and Nothing has a Centre being my favourite!

Anyway always interested to hear what others have been obsessed with for the last 10 years!

[Ducky]

Obscura - Diluvium - it's like Focus, Unquestionable Presence and Symbolic had a kid and Allan Holdsworth came 'round to babysit/lay down some lead, fuck me.

Err, lots more, but I'm pissed

[Carnage]

I'll have a think this time next year when it's the end of the decade.

[Kurt Cocaine]

I'll have a think this time next year when it's the end of the decade.

This.....

[Melmoth]

2010-2019 is the decade lads..

[Grim Reality]

BlackWizard I would agree with most of your list. The releases by Bolzer and Tribulation were totally eye opening and fresh sounding. I love most of Mourning Beloveth but Formless was on another level of special altogether. I wonder are they working on new stuff??

Primordial sadly no. They've lost it since the vocalist changed his style to this kind of epic 80s thing. Even on Names less Dead there was still a bit of fire and grit in the vocals eg closing track No Nation.

I would suggest VEMOD - venter pa stormene.
Aural magic.

[Paul keohane]

Dead Congregation- Promulgation of the fall
Blood incantation-Starspawn
Tribulation-The Formulas of Dearh
Pestilence- Hadeon
Necrophobic-Mark of Necrogram
Destroyer 666 -Wildfire
Vektor-both albums in the decade
Immolation- Atonement
Ghost-a number of albums.
SepticFlesh-The Great Mass
Behemoth-The Satanist
Cruciamentum- Charnel Passages

Irish releases,Zealot Cult and Sacrilegia were the stand outs for me.


It was good decade for death metal,loads of quality releases

[Juggz]

Vektor - Terminal Redux
Sepultura - Machine Messiah
Vallenfyre - Splinters
KXM - Scatterbrain
Rival Schools - Pedals
Killing Joke - Pylon
Goatwhore - Blood for the Master
Europe - Bag of Bones
The Contortionist - Language
Atheist - Jupiter
Fates Warning - Theories of Flight
Pestilence - Hadeon

[ldj]

Elder - Lore/Reflections of a Floating World
YOB - Clearing the Path to Ascend
Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction/Foundations of Burden
Queens of the Stone Age - Like Clockwork
Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
Mastodon - Once More 'Round the Sun
Napalm Death - Apex Predator
High on Fire - Luminiferous
Bolzer - Hero
Spirit Adrift - Divided by Darkness

There's loads more but these come to mind.

[Pip]

High Spirits - Another Night
Gama Bomb - Speed between the lines
Dark Throne - Circle the wagons
Immolation- Atonement
Wytch Hazel - Prelude
Night Demon. - Darkness Remains
Ghost - Meliora
Morbus Chron- Sweven

[Trev]

Vektor - Terminal Redux
Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I
Devin Townsend - Empath
Sabaton - Carolus Rex
Rush - Clockwork Angels
Atheist - Jupiter
Goatwhore - Blood for the Master
Gloryhammer - Space 1992
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand
Obscura - Omnivium
Forbidden - Omega Wave
Iced Earth - Dystopia
Symphony X - Iconoclast
Beyond Creation - The Aura

There's so many more, pretty great decade for metal I'd say

[Don Gately]

Formless by Mourning Beloveth.  Perfect.

[BlackWizard]

I'll have a think this time next year when it's the end of the decade.

This.....

back to school people! Decade are classed as a year beginning with 0 and ending in 9! As in 1990-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019! Sorry if i ruined your big end of decade party you've been planning for 11 years!

[BlackWizard]

Elder - Lore/Reflections of a Floating World
YOB - Clearing the Path to Ascend
Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction/Foundations of Burdenueens of the Stone Age - Like Clockwork
Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
Mastodon - Once More 'Round the Sun
Napalm Death - Apex Predator
High on Fire - Luminiferous
Bolzer - Hero
Spirit Adrift - Divided by Darkness

There's loads more but these come to mind.

I would definitely add these two to my list!

YOB - Clearing the Path to Ascend
Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction

[Carnage]

I'll have a think this time next year when it's the end of the decade.

This.....

It's really not, but have your fun this year guys.