A few weeks ago, I posted my picks for the best films of the decade so far. (That list can be found here: http://maitlandsmadness.blogspot.com/2015/02/best-films-of-decade-so-far-2010-14.html) Today, I turn my attention to the world of music with my selections for the best albums to be released over the past five years.
2010
1.The Dillinger Escape Plan-Option Paralysis
2.letlive.-Fake History
3.Kvelertak-Kvelertak
4.As I Lay Dying-The Powerless Rise
5.Intronaut-Valley of Smoke
6.Deftones-Diamond Eyes
7.Overkill-Ironbound
8.High on Fire-Snakes for the Divine
9.The Sword-Warp Riders
10.The Contortionist-Exoplanet
Honorable Mentions: Kanye West-My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Nas & Damian Marley-Distant Relatives, Volbeat-Beyond Hell/Above Heaven, Son of Aurelius-The Farthest Reaches, Decrepit Birth-Polarity
2011
1.The Black Dahlia Murder-Ritual
2.Revocation-Chaos of Forms
3.Protest the Hero-Scurrilous
4.Unearth-Darkness in the Light
5.Fallujah-The Harvest Wombs
6.Machine Head-Unto the Locust
7.Mastodon-The Hunter
8.Born of Osiris-The Discovery
9.Skeletonwitch-Forever Abomination
10.Fleshgod Apocalypse-Agony
Honorable Mentions: The Story So Far-Under Soil and Dirt, Danny Brown-XXX, Obscura-Omnivium, All Shall Perish-This is Where it Ends, Last Chance to Reason-Level 2
2012
1.Between the Buried and Me-The Parallax II: Future Sequence
2.Death Grips-The Money Store
3.The Faceless-Autotheism
4.Sylosis-Monolith
5.Every Time I Die-Ex Lives
6.Lamb of God-Resolution
7.High on Fire-De Vermis Mysteriis
8.Periphery-Periphery II
9.Kendrick Lamar-good kid, m.A.A.d city
10.Lana Del Rey-Born to Die
Honorable Mentions: Coheed and Cambria-The Afterman: Ascension, Dying Fetus-Reign Supreme, Thank You Scientist-Maps of Non-Existent Places, Converge-All We Love We Leave Behind, God Forbid-Equilibrium
2013
1.Revocation-Revocation
2.Killswitch Engage-Disarm the Descent
3.The Dillinger Escape Plan-One of Us is the Killer
4.Protest the Hero-Volition
5.Battlecross-War of Will
6.The Ocean-Pelegial
7.Skeletonwitch-Serpents Unleashed
8.Hope for the Dying-Altheia
9.The Black Dahlia Murder-Everblack
10.Run the Jewels-Run the Jewels
Honorable Mentions: Danny Brown-Old, The Safety Fire-Mouth of Swords, August Burns Red-Rescue & Restore, Kanye West-Yeezus, State Champs-The Finer Things
2014
1.Revocation-Deathless
2.Fallujah-The Flesh Prevails
3.Unearth-Watchers of Rule
4.Every Time I Die-From Parts Unknown
5.Run the Jewels-Run the Jewels 2
6.Freddie Gibbs & Madlib-Pinata
7.Behemoth-The Satanist
8.Royal Blood-Royal Blood
9.Job for a Cowboy-Sun Eater
10.Animals as Leaders-The Joy of Motion
Honorable Mentions: Alterbeast-Immortal, Goatwhore-Constricting Rage of the Merciless Monuments-The Amanuensis, Beartooth-Disgusting, Body Count-Manslaughter
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