WHAT WERE MY FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2010?

	1) PERIPHERY: Periphery The perfect blend of Meshuggah-esque rhythms, technical guitarwork / drumming and complex but catchy songs. Despite the somewhat less than stellar vocals, I have to admit this album got listened to a lot this year.
	2) FEAR FACTORY: Mechanize This may not be the Fear Factory I remember from a lineup perspective, but it's the Fear Factory I remember in terms of stellar music. Super brutal tech metal.
	3) AEON: Path Of Fire This band never fails at writing an excellent, excellent album filled with brutal but catchy riffs. Just spectacular.
	4) DEFTONES: Diamond Eyes Moody, dark and aggressive for the genre, lots of lots of standout songs that always seem fresh.
	5) IMMOLATION: Majesty And Decay A really strong album from the band, possibly their best album since "Closer To A World Below". The most inventive band in death metal.
	6) SYNTHETIC BREED: Perpetual Motion Machine More excellent tech metal, more song oriented than Meshuggah's last 3 or 4 albums, thick powerful guitar sound and big thick choral vocals.
	7) TESSERACT: Concealing Fate Really well done material, once I got past the fact that the album doesn't have a lot of variety to it, I found myself listening to it again and again. Fantastic mood music.
	8) THY ART IS MURDER: The Adversary Some of the best death-core available today.
	9) THE RED SHORE: The Avarice Of Man The next best death-core available today.
	10) MNEMIC: Sons Of The System While the album is a little too melodic, and not aggressive enough, the melodies are certainly powerful. I just hope they add more anger on their next one.

TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED: Degenerate Just bludgeoning all the way through.

1) FEAR FACTORY: Mechanize
2) MISERY INDEX: Heirs To Thievery
3) ARSIS: Strave For The Devil
4) CEPHALIC CARNAGE: Misled By Certainty
5) THY ART IS MUDER: The Adversary
5) MESHUGGAH: Alive
7) IMMOLATION: Majesty & Decay
8) MALEVOLENT CREATION: Invidious Dominion
9) SOILWORK: The Panic Broadcast
10) ION DISSONANCE: Cursed