Top 10 'Modern' Black Metal albums of 2010

Here we present what we at Infernal Masquerade think have been the best 'modern' Black Metal releases of 2010.

Genres covered:

Melodic Black Metal
Post-Black Metal
Progressive Black Metal

Honorable Mention:

Svarti Loghin – Drifting Through The Void (2010)
Krieg – The Isolationist (2010)

Now for the 10 best 'Modern' Black Metal releases of 2010:

10. A Forest of Stars – Opportunistic Thieves of Spring (2010)

Psychedelic Black Metal at its finest!!

9. Sorgeldom – Inner Receivings (2010)

Interesting Black Metal with Shoegaze, Post-Rock/Black elements that will haunt you

8. Lustre – A Glimpse of Glory (2010)

Minimalistic Ambient Black Metal from Sweden

7. Wolfshade – When Above… (2010)

Majestic release from this greek mix-and-match band

6. Lantlôs - .neon (2010)

Post-Black Metal at its best!! A must have release

5. Woe – Quiet, Undramatically (2010)

Agalloch watch out... Woe is knocking at your door with this magical release

4. Nàttsòl – Stemning (2010)

Bringing us back to the Ulver Black Metal/Folk era, Nàttsòl delivers a very solid debut full-lenght album

3. Alcest - Écailles De Lune (2010)

Neige keeps blowing listeners away with his sublime Black Metal/Shoegaze sound

2. Keep Of Kalessin – Reptilian (2010)

Not as good as their last album, but good enough to sneak up to second place!

1. Enslaved – Axioma Ethica Odini (2010)

Enslaved takes the top honors this year with their Progressive Black Metal masterpiece

 

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