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Staff Decade End Awards for 2010-2019! By: Maximum Metal Staff We've gathered up our thoughts on the hard rock/metal releases of 2019! Even if you really don't give a damn what any of our opinions are, there are so many releases put out in this age of do-it-yourself creation that you may see names you missed, older bands you forgot existed or unknowns to look up and sample. It's all about getting the word out and supporting the music! Published: Saturday, January 18, 2020 FRANK HILL
Album of the Decade - Metal/Hard Rock
Unleash the Archers - Apex 'Apex' ticked all of the right Power and Traditional checkboxes for me this year. Within its 10 tracks, there are fast-paced power wind-ups, chest-thumpers, contemplative numbers, Maiden gallopers, and addictive choruses all wrapped up in a cohesive story with thoughtful characterization. If you spend some time and climb into it, you'll hear beyond the genre conventions and into UtA's subtleties of superior musicianship from intricate drum rhythms and unexpected guitar chords to vocals that range from soft passages to all-out screams. All of 'Apex' is delicately connected with tracks that are standalone and supportive of the whole. It is at times introverted and extroverted. From glory to pathos to anxiety to triumph, each song brings its own emotional quality to the dark and appealing narrative. There are songs on here that will be covered by other bands in the years to come. There is potential to further expand and worldbuild the storyline. Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Primal Fear, Mercenary, Amaranthe) handled the production of 'Apex' giving it the polish it deserves. 'Apex' is power, passion, and vocals that sing us up to the sky and beyond. Best of the Decade - Metal/Hard Rock Monster Truck - Sittin' Heavy Audrey Horne: Youngblood Honeymoon Disease - The Transcendence Hardcore Superstar - Split Your Lip Unleash the Archers - Time Stands Still Overkill - Ironbound Volbeat - Beyond Hell Above Heaven Grand Magus - Hammer of the North Underride - Distorted Nation Danko Jones - Fire Music Crimson Shadows - Kings Among Men Album of the Decade - Non-Metal Old Crow Medicine Show - Remedy Best of the Decade - Non-Metal Turnpike Troubadours - The Turnpike Troubadours Jason Isbell - Southeastern, Something More Than Free Johnny Cash - Out Among the Stars Hellbound Glory - Old Highs New Lows Robert Ellis - The Lights from the Chemical Plant ERIC COMPTON
Metal/Hard Rock Album of the Decade 
Iced Earth - Plagues of BabylonBest of the Decade - Metal/Hard Rock Corrosion of Conformity - No Cross No Crown Lady Beast - Vicious Breed Unleash the Archers - Apex Metallica - Hardwired...to Self-Destruct Volbeat - Seal the Deal & Let's Boogie Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls Iced Earth - Plagues of Babylon In Flames - Siren Charms Rise Against - End Game Deceased - Surreal Overdose Album of the Decade - Non-Metal Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound Best of the Decade - Non-Metal (no particular order) Ian Noe - Between the Country Corb Lund - Cabin Fever Chris Knight - Little Victories, Almost Daylight Old Crow Medicine Show - Remedy, Carry Me Back, Volunteer Corb Lund - Things That Can't Be Undone Kacey Musgraves - Pageant Material, Golden Hour Turnpike Troubadours - ST, A Long Way from Your Heart Jason Isbell - Southeastern,Something More Than Free,The Nashville Sound TROY COLE
Metal/Hard Rock Albums of the Decade (alpha order)
Amon Amarth - JomsvikingAmorphis - Under The Red CLoud Anthrax - Worship Music Ashes of Ares - Well of Souls Black Sabbath - 13 Bloody Hammers - S/T Corrosion of Conformity - No cross No crown Creeping Death - Wretched Illusions Crobot - Motherbrain Exhorder - Mourn the Southern Skies Gojira - Magma Grand Magus - Hammer of the North Green Death - Hallowmass Iced Earth - Plagues of Babylon Iced Earth - Incorruptible Megadeth - Endgame Megadeth - Dystopia Metal Church - Damned if You Do Nevermore - The Obsidian Conspiracy Night Demon - Curse of the Damned Paradise Lost – The Plague Within Parkway Drive - Reverence Queensryche - The Verdict Rival Sons - Hallow Bones Rival Sons - Feral Roots Rob Zombie - The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Sanctuary - The Year the Sun Died Testament - Brotherhood of the Snake DAVID LOVELESS
Metal Albums of the Decade
Evoken - Atra Mors (2012)Dirge - Lost Empyrean (2018) Gigan - Undulating Waves Of Rainbiotic Iridescence (2017) Car Bomb - Meta (2016) Ion Dissonance - Cursed (2010) MGLA - Age Of Excuse (2019) Dirge - Hyperion (2014) Textures - Dualism (2011) Tesseract - Polaris (2015) Altar of Plagues - Teethed Glory And Injury (2013) BRAD CAPLAN
Metal/Hard Rock Albums of the Decade in chronological order. A great decade for Metal and Hard Rock!
Alter Bridge - IIIVolbeat - Beyond Hell/Above Heaven Foo Fighters - Wasted Light Rush - Clockwork Angels Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage Devin Townsend - Epicloud Dream Theater - Dream Theater Black Label Society - Catacombs of the Black Vatican Iron Maiden - Book of Souls Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful Slash/Myles Kennedy - World in Fire Metallica - Hardwired...To Self Destruct Volbeat - Seal the Deal & Let's Boogie Amorphis - Queen of Time Judas Priest - Firepower Rival Sons - Feral Roots Alter Bridge - Walk the Sky Opeth - In Cauda Venenum While She Sleeps - So What Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind NATE TURPIN
Metal Albums of the Decade
1. Terra Tenebrosa - The Reverses (2016)2. Godflesh - Post Self (2017) 3. Helms Alee - Sleepwalking Sailor (2014) 4. Lantlos - .neon (2010) 5. Bethlehem - Bethlehem (2016) 6. Contrastic - Jarmo (2014) 7. Plebeian Grandstand - False Highs, True Lows (2016) 8. Neocaesar - 11:11 (2017) [Other Maximum Metal Columns]
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