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