Ok guys, I know, we are living in a second golden age of metal and hard rock. The huge success of bands like Avenged Sevenfold, Black Sabbath, Five Finger Death Punch makes the dream come true. This year the great albums were many. It was difficult for me to make the list, but here it is. All the albums in the list are masterpieces.
1 Pretty Maids - Motherland
2 Keldian - Outbound
3 Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King
4 Stratovarius - Nemesis
5 Amaranthe - The Nexus
6 Place Vendome - Thunder In The Distance
7 Timo Tolkki's Avalon - The Land of New Hope
8 Bullet For My Valentine - Temper Temper
9 Volbeat - Outlaw Gentlemen And Shady Ladies
10 Ashes of Ares - Ashes of Ares
11 Escape The Fate - Ungrateful
12 Stryper - No More Hell To Pay
13 Crashdiet - The Savage Playground
14 Tarja - Colours In The Dark
15 Five Finger Death Punch - Vol. 2
16 Dream Theater - Dream Theater
17 Iron Mask - Fifth Son Of Winterdoom
18 Reckless Love - Spirit
19 Black Star Riders - All Hell Breaks Loose
20 Battle Beast - Battle Beast
21 Queensryche - Queensryche
22 Saxon - Sacrifice
23 Pamela Moore - Resurrect Me
24 Audrey Horne - Youngblood
25 Ayreon - The Theory of Everything
26 Royal Hunt - A Life To Die For
27 End of green - The Painstream
28 Avatarium - Avatarium
29 Black Sabbath - 13
30 Shakra - Powerplay
by Elias Papadopoulos
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