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New Years Day’s Nikki Misery’s favorite metal albums of the decade

by Metal Insider | Jan 9, 2020 | Guest Blog, Lists

New Years Day have been aggressively touring in support of their new album, Unbreakable, which was released in April 2019 via Century Media. We were lucky to catch them live during Exit 111, and their song “Shut Up” has appeared on one of our year-end lists. We...

Witherfall’s favorite albums of the decade (2010-2019)

by Metal Insider | Jan 9, 2020 | Guest Blog, Lists

Witherfall have been busy working on their follow-up to 2018’s A Prelude To Sorrow, which landed on our top 225 albums of the decade. From 2017’s Nocturnes and Requiems followed by their latest effort along with making a killer Helloween cover, we wanted to know more...

Archspire’s Tobi Morelli’s Top Fifteen Albums of the decade (2010-2019)

by Metal Insider | Jan 8, 2020 | Guest Blog, Lists

Between touring and giving “acting” lessons, Archspire were busy in 2019. Somehow, the Canadian technical death metal outfit found time to start working on the follow-up to 2017’s Relentless Mutation. For 2020, it looks like album number four will be their primary...

Jinjer’s Eugene Abdukhanov’s Top Six Albums of the Decade (2010-2019)

by Metal Insider | Jan 8, 2020 | Guest Blog, Lists

2019 was a phenomenal year for Jinjer. Especially with their new album, Macro. You can see a massive shift in the band towards the end of the decade as they went from booking their first-ever North American tour to their first-ever headlining trek within two...

Sólstafir’s Aðalbjörn Tryggvason’s Top Ten albums of the decade (2010-2019)

by Metal Insider | Jan 8, 2020 | Guest Blog, Lists, Top 10

Whether it was celebrating the tenth anniversary of 2009’s Köld or giving a taste of Iceland, Sólstafir had a busy 2019. They’ve also spent a decent amount of time touring all over the world in support of their sixth studio effort, 2017’s...

Cloak’s Scott Taysom’s Top Ten Albums of the decade (2010-2019)

by Metal Insider | Jan 7, 2020 | Guest Blog, Lists, Top 10

Cloak impressed us in 2019, and we are looking forward to seeing where 2020 and beyond will take them. The Atlanta black metal project’s new album, The Burning Dawn, has landed on a few of our year-end lists, and if you haven’t listened to it yet, read our...

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