For the second year, LebMetal.com shares its top 10 Metal releases LISTS. With staff contributions and user submissions, this article has become a look-forward-to article that highlights some of the year’s finest metal works. 2010 was another good year for metal (except for the deaths of Ronnie James Dio and Paul Gray), with memorable tours (The Big Four) and comeback releases (Atheist’s highly acclaimed “Jupiter”), although some renowned artists such as Nevermore and Serj Tankian failed to match/exceed their previous efforts. Also, the Lebanese metal scene witnessed some releases of its own: Kimaera’s “Solitary Impact”, Tristmoon’s “The Dungeon”, Oblivion’s “Dollared Lady” EP, Level7‘s EP and many more.

Here are our lists for 2010; as always, feel free to share yours as a comment as well.

  • Patrick Saad’s Top 10 Metal Releases of 2010

1- Spock’s Beard – X
2- Dianoya – Obscurity Divine
3- Intronaut – Valley of Smoke
4- Ihsahn – After
5- Atheist – Jupiter
6- Anathema- We’re Here Because We’re Here
7- Shaolin Death Squad – Five Deadly Venoms
8- Benevolent – Divided EP
9- Orphaned Land – The Never Ending Way of Orwarrior
10- Lunatic Soul – Lunatic Soul II

  • Rami Rouhana’s Top 10 Metal Releases of 2010

1- Myrath – Desert Call
2- Anathema – We are Here Because We are Here
3- Pain of Salvation – Road Salt One
4- Orphaned Land – The Never Ending Way of ORwarrior
5- Solefald – Norrøn Livskunst
6- Dianoya – Obscurity Divine
7- Borknagar – Universal
8- Ihsahn – After
9- Solerrain – Fighting the Illusions
10- Jorn – Dio

  • Amer Alameddine’s Top 10 Metal Releases of 2010

1- Atheist – Jupiter
2- Immolation – Majesty and Decay
3- Ihsahn – After
4- Enslaved – Axioma Ethica Odini
5- Periphery – Periphery
6- Nevermore – The Obsidian Conspiracy
7- Paul Gilbert – Fuzz Universe
8- Ozzy Osbourne – Scream
9- The Dillinger Escape Plan – Option Paralysis
10- Black Label Society – Order of the Black

  • Samer Saad’s Top 10 Metal Releases of 2010

1- Orphaned Land – The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR
2- AC/DC – Iron Man 2
3- Pet Shop Boys – Pandemonium
4- Gamma Ray – To The Metal
5- Dark Tranquillity – We Are The Void
6- Myrath – Desert Call
7- Avantasia – The Wicked Symphony
8- Michael Schenker – Instrumental Intensity
9- Savatage – Still The Orchestra Plays: Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2 (best of)
10- Scorpions – Sting in the Tail

  • Elie Rassi’s Top 10 Releases of 2010

1- Slash – Slash
2- My Chemical Romance – Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
3- Bad Religion – The Dissent of Man
4- Motorhead – The World is Yours
5- Alter Bridge – ABII
6- Jimi Hendrix – Valleys of Neptune
7- Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare
8- Bucketcherry – All Night Long
9- Murderdolls – Women And Children Last
10- Airbourne – No Guts. No Glory.