Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This is the fifth and final video in my series where I will be counting down my favorite albums by the decade.

In this edition of the series, I go through my top 25 favorite metal albums from 2010-2019. This list is limited to one album per band to keep things interesting. Please feel free to give me your picks/recommendations in the comments below!

For reference, here are the albums I discuss today, in alphabetical order. (For the ranked order, you will have to watch the video!):

Altars of Grief - Iris
Atlantean Kodex - The White Goddess
Blind Guardian - At the Edge of Time
Borknagar - Winter Thrice
Caladan Brood - Echoes of Battle
Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
Gallowbraid - Ashen Eidolon
Gorguts - Colored Sands
Havukruunu - Kelle Surut Soi
Horn - Turm am Hang
Inquisition - Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm
Kawir - Αδράστεια
Mare Cognitum - Luminiferous Aether
Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika
Nechochwen - Heart of Akamon
Obsequiae - Aria of Vernal Tombs
Saor - Aura
Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn
Thornbridge - Theatrical Masterpiece
Thrawsunblat - Metachthonia
Véhémence - Par le sang verse
Vintersorg - Till Fjalls del II
Visigoth - The Revenant King
Winterfylleth - The Mercian Sphere
Wodensthrone - Curse