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2010 ALBUM GENRE SCORE 1 THE VISION BLEAK SET SAIL TO MYSTERY GOTHIC BLACK 2 ENSLAVED AXIOMA ETHICA ODINI VIKING METAL 3 DIMMU BORGIR ABRAHADABRA SYMPHONIC BLACK METAL 4 ORPHANED LAND THE NEVER ENDING WAY OF ORWARRIOR GOTHIC BLACK 5 IRON MAIDEN THE FINAL FRONTIER N.W.O.B.H.M. 6 MOURNING LENORE LOOSELY BOUNDED INFINITIES DOOM DEATH 7 STAR ONE VICTIMS OF THE MODERN AGE PROGRESSIVE METAL (MELODIC) 8 ANATHEMA WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE'RE HERE TRANCE / ATMOSPHERIC METAL 9 TRIPTYKON EPARISTERA DAIMONES DARK METAL (Black / Death Metal) 10 ELUVEITIE EVERYTHING REMAINS AS IT NEVER WAS FOLK BLACK METAL 11 THE FORESHADOWING OIONOS GOTHIC METAL 12 LABRIE James STATIC IMPULSE PROG POWER METAL 13 APOCALYPTICA 7TH SYMPHONY SYMPHONIC METAL 14 IHSAHN AFTER BLACK METAL (MELODIC) 15 AVANTASIA ANGEL OF BABYLON PROG POWER METAL 16 ANNIHILATOR ANNIHILATOR THRASH METAL 17 MYRATH DESERT CALL PROGRESSIVE METAL 18 ALCEST ÉCAILLES DE LUNE AVANTGARDE 19 CREMATORY INFINITY GOTHIC DEATH 20 PAIN OF SALVATION ROAD SALT ONE PROGRESSIVE METAL