HARDROCK HAVEN WRITERS’ TOP 10 FOR 2010!

Every year, Hardrock Haven staffers compile their Top 10 best releases. Here’s the writers’ favorites from 2010:

Alex’s Top 10 for 2010

  1. Unruly Child – Worlds Collide
  2. Accept – Blood of the Nations
  3. Black Country Communion – S/T
  4. Heaven Below – EP
  5. Kyoji Yamamoto – The Life Album
  6. Iron Maiden – The Final Frontier
  7. Ratt – Infestation
  8. Slash – S/T
  9. Dimmu Borgir – Abrahadabra
  10. Dio – Dio at Donington UK: Live 1983 & 1987

Alissa’s Top 10 for 2010

  1. Joe Satriani – Black Swans & Wormhole Wizards
  2. John 5 – The Art of Malice
  3. Ratt – Infestation
  4. Kiko Loureiro – Fullblast
  5. Hellsingland Underground – Madness & Grace
  6. Outshine – Until We Are Dead
  7. Gil Scott-Heron – I’m New Here
  8. Seasick Steve – Songs for Elizabeth
  9. Tesla – Alive in Europe
  10. Igneous Human – Pyroclastic Storms

Chris’ Top 10 for 2010

  1. Murderdolls –Women and Children Last
  2. Airbourne – No Guts, No Glory
  3. Halestorm – Halestorm
  4. Jeff Beck – Emotion and Commotion
  5. Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare
  6. Magnetico – Magnetico
  7. Threat Level – Leading The Vicious
  8. Rob Zombie – Hellbilly Deluxe 2
  9. Slash – Slash
  10. Ratt – Infestation

Deb’s Top 10 for 2010

  1. Bret Michaels – Custom Built
  2. Black Label Society – Order Of The Black
  3. Dokken – Greatest Hits
  4. Hinder – All American Nightmare
  5. Halford – Halford IV
  6. RATT – Infestation
  7. Vince Neil – Tattoos & Tequila
  8. Scorpions – Sting In The Tail
  9. Heaven And Hell – Live In Europe
  10. Overkill – Ironbound

Derric’s Top 10 for 2010

  1. De Van – Planet Botox
  2. Hellsingland Underground – Madness and Grace
  3. Keel – Streets of Rock and Roll
  4. Darkwater – Where Stories End
  5. Pretty Maids – Pandemonium
  6. Mama Kin – In the City
  7. Vendetta – Heretic Nation
  8. Bombay Black – Love You to Death
  9. Kamelot – Poetry for the Poisoned
  10. Danzig – Deth Red Sabaoth

Erik’s Top 10 for 2010

  1. Accept – Blood of the Nations
  2. Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare
  3. Pretty Maids – Pandemonium
  4. Stone Sour – Audio Secrecy
  5. Slash – Slash
  6. Treat – Coup De Grace
  7. Crazy Lixx – New Religion
  8. Iron Maiden – Final Frontier
  9. Spiritual Beggars – Return to Zero
  10. Y&T – Facemelter

Franco’s Top 10 for 2010

  1. Poets of the Fall – Twilight Theater
  2. Firewind – Days of Defiance
  3. ReinXeed – Majestic
  4. Avantasia – The Wicked Symphony
  5. Vanden Plas – The Seraphic Clockwork
  6. Gamma Ray – To the Metal
  7. Dawn of Silence – Wicked Saint or Righteous Sinner
  8. Allen/Lande – The Showdown
  9. Royal Jester – The Night Is Young
  10. Terry Brock – Diamond Blue

Joe’s Top 10 for 2010

  1. Debbie Ray – Artificial Misery
  2. Unruly Child – Worlds Collide
  3. Stratosphere – Fire Flight
  4. Kiske-Sommerville –  Kiske-Sommerville
  5. Brainstorm – Memorial Roots
  6. Amorphis – Forging The Land Of A  Thousand Lakes
  7. Neverland – Ophidia
  8. Black Bone Child – Alligator
  9. Iron Maiden – The Final Frontier
  10. Eyes Set To Kill – Broken Frames

John K.’s Top 10 for 2010

  1. Masterplan – Time to be King
  2. Scorpions – Sting in the Tail
  3. Erik Norlander – The Galactic Collective
  4. Kamelot – Poetry for the Poisoned
  5. Levi Werstler – Avalanche of Worms
  6. Gamma Ray – To the Metal
  7. Airbourne – No Guts, No Glory
  8. Avantasia –  Angel of Babylon / The Wicked Symphony
  9. Icarus Witch – Draw Down the Moon
  10. Heaven & Hell – Live In Europe CD/DVD

John M.’s Top 10 for 2010

  1. Murderdolls – Women and Children Last
  2. John 5 – The Art of Malice
  3. Paul Gilbert – Fuzz Universe
  4. Brad Paisley – Hits Alive
  5. Halestorm – Live in Philly
  6. Ratt – Infestation
  7. Megadeth – Rust In Peace: Live
  8. Sin City Sinners – Exile On Fremont Street
  9. Dokken – Greatest Hits 2
  10. American Dog – Mean

Justin’s Top 10 for 2010

  1. Volbeat – Beyond Hell, Above Heaven
  2. Y&T – Facemelter
  3. Pretty Maids – Pandemonium
  4. Line of Fire – Momentum
  5. Orphaned Land – The Neverending Way of ORwarriOR
  6. Allen-Lande – The Showdown
  7. Angra – Aqua
  8. James Labrie – A Static Impulse
  9. Treat – Coup de Grace
  10. Houston – Houston

Mark’s Top 10 for 2010

  1. Crazy Lixx – New Religion
  2. Disciple – Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
  3. Bullet for my Valentine –Fever
  4. Demon Hunter – The World is a Thorn
  5. Crashdiet – Generation Wild
  6. Reckless Love – Reckless Love
  7. Taking Dawn – Time to Burn
  8. Pretty Maids – Pandemonium
  9. My Darkest Days – My Darkest Days
  10. The Scorpions –Sting in the Tail

Steve’s Top 10 for 2010

  1. Firewind – Days of Defiance
  2. Bullet For My Valentine – Fever
  3. Epica – Design Your Universe
  4. Soilwork – Panic Broadcast
  5. Disturbed – Aslyum
  6. Joe Satriani – Black Swans & Wormhole Wizards
  7. Threat Signal – Vigilance
  8. Blind Guardian – At The Edge of Time
  9. Yngwie Malmsteen – Relentless
  10. Godsmack – Oracle

Ron’s Top 10 for 2010

  1. Ratt – Infestation
  2. Unruly Child – Worlds Collide
  3. Y&T – Facemelter
  4. Scorpions – Sting in the Tail
  5. Brian Wilson – Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin
  6. Krokus – Hoodoo
  7. Crazy Lixx – New Religion
  8. Allen/Lande – The Showdown
  9. Kamelot – Poetry for the Poisoned
  10. Treat – Coup de Grace

Trevor’s Top 10 for 2010

  1. Imperial State Electric – Imperial State Electric
  2. Ratt – Infestation
  3. Enslaved – Axioma Ethica Odini
  4. Armored Saint – La Raza
  5. Jackdaw4 – The Eternal Struggle for Justice
  6. Helloween – 7 Sinners
  7. Riotgod – Riotgod
  8. Brant Bjork – Gods and Goddesses
  9. Danzig – Deth Red Sabaoth
  10. Manegarm – Nattvasen

1 Comment

  1. no Dark Moor in those top10 ?
    Come on, just because you guys aren’t lucky enough to have it available in the stores, it doesn’t mean you can ignore this great spanish band and their terrific last album, Ancestral Romance :D

    Anyway, I just discovered your website and think I’ll add it to my favorites.

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