Here are a few top lists of 2010 from some of our friends around the Metal community!

Tigman from WPDH top metal pick of 2010

Top 5 releases of 2010:
1. Accept-Blood of the Nations
2. Ratt- Infestation
3. Scorpions- Sting in the tail
4. Ozzy-Scream
5. Overkill-Ironbound

Top 5 shows:
1. Ozzfest (Hartford Ct)
2. Iron Maiden/Dream Theatre(Madison Square Garden NYC)
3. Alice in Chains( Terminal 5 NYC)
4. Bang Tango(The Chance in Po-town)
5. Rock Fantasy 25th anniversary show with Suffocation(The Chance in Po-town)

Chris Alo –

1. THE DEVILS BLOOD- The Time Of No Time Evermore
2. DARK TRANQUILLITY – We Are The Void
3. WITCHERY – Witchkrieg
4. ACCEPT – Blood Of The Nations
5. ENSLAVED – Axioma Ethica Odini
6. DANZIG – Deth Red Sabaoth
7. SPIRITUAL BEGGARS – Return To Zero
8. BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION – Black Country Communion
9. THE CROWN – Doomsday King
10. KATAKLYSM – Heaven’s Venom
11. FORBIDDEN – Omega Wave
12. NEVERMORE – The Obsidian Conspiracy
13. BORKNAGAR – Universal
14. OVER KILL – Iron Bound
15. IRON MAIDEN – The Final Frontier

Brad Mader –

1. All Out War “Into the killing fields”
2. Must Not Kill “bloodcore”
3. Exodus ” Exhibit B – The Human condition”
4. Testament “The Formation Of Damnation”
5. Forbidden ” Omegawave”
6. Fear Factory “Mechanize”
7. Sick Of It All ” Based on a true story”
8. The Acacia Strain ” Wormwood”
9. Impending Doom “There will be violence”
10. Behemoth “Evangelia Heretika”
11. Sodom “War In Pieces”
12. Kingdom of Sorrow “Behind The Blackest Tears”
13. Dio “Live At Donnington”
14. Atheist “Jupiter”
15. The Dillinger Escape Plan,

Liz Ciavarella-Brenner –

01 . Watain – Lawless Darkness
02 . Nachtmystium – Addicts: Black Meddle Part II
03. Uffomammut – Eve
04. The Body – All the Waters Of The Earth Turn To Blood
05. Arson Anthem – Insecurity Notoriety
06. Cathedral – The Guessing Game
07. US Christmas – Run Thick In The Night
08. Valdur – Raven God Amongst Us
09. Twilight – Monument to Time End
10. Kingdom Of Sorrow – Behind The Blackest Tears
11. The Devil’s Blood – The Time Of No Time Evermore
12. Sons Of Tonatiuh – Sons Of Tonatiuh
13. Wolfshade – When Above…
14. Thou – Summit
15 .Ihsahn – After

Brian Slagel – Metal Blade Records
Top live shows
1. Rammstein MSG
2. Muse Staples Center
3. Coheed and Cambria Coachella
4. Muse Coachella
5. Faith No More NYC
6. As I Lay Dying Hollywood Palladium
7. Slayer/Megadeth/Anthrax Las Vegas
8. Amon Amarth NYC
9. Summer Breeze Festival in Germany
10. Gwar LA

Butch Jones –

1.) Periphery-Periphery
2.) Accept-Blood of the Nations
3.) Meshuggah-Alive
4.) Fear Factory-Mechanize
5.) Overkill-Ironbound
6.) Proghma-C: Bar-do Travel
7.) John Norum-Play Ground Blues
8.) Richie Kotzen-Peace Sign
9.) Solution .45-Foe Aeons Past
10.) Nevermore-The Obsidian Conspiracy

Steve Keeler –

1 WATAIN LAWLESS DARKNESS
2 IMMOLATION MAJESTY AND DECAY
3 IHSAHN AFTER
4 KATATONIA NIGHT IS THE NEW DAY
5 ENSLAVED AXIMO ETHICA ODINI
6 FIREWIND THE DAYS OF DEFIANCE
7 DEFTONES DIAMOND EYES
8 THE DEVILS BLOOD THE TIME OF NO TIME EVERMORE
9 FINNTROLL NIFELVIND
10 NACHMYSTIUM ADDICTS THE BLACK MEDDLE PT 2
11 NEVERMORE THE OSBIDAIN CONSPIRACY
12 DIMMU BORGIR ABRAHADABRHA
13 FLESHGOD APOCOLYPSE MAFIA
14 EXODUS EXHIBIT B THE HUMAN CONDITION
15 SCORPIONS STING IN THE TAIL
16 DECREPIT BIRTH POLARIS
17 FORBIDDEN THE OMEGA WAVE
18 DIO DONNIGTON LIVE 83 AND 87
19 BLOOD RED THRONE SOULS OF DAMNATION
20 FEAR FACTORY MECHANIZE

gigs
1 immortal brooklyn masonic temple march
2 rush syracuse ny state fairgrounds sept
3 firewind the grammercy theatre nyc oct
4 suffocation , goatwhore ocfs sept
bigest dissapointing release
tie IRON MAIDEN FINAL FRONTIER AND OZZY SCREAM

Ed Romeo –

My top 15:

1. Exodus – exhibit B: the human condition
2. Malevolent Creation – invidious dominion
3. Overkill – ironbound
4. Immolation – majesty and decay
5. Forbidden – omega wave
6. Accept – blood of the nations
7. Heathen – the evolution of chaos
8. Battalion – underdogs
9. Rotting Christ – aealo
10. Death Angel – relentless retribution
11. Fear factory – mechanize
12. Evil Survives – powerkiller
13. Pollution – modern warfare
14. Godless Rising – trumpet of triumph
15. Danzig – deth red sabaoth

Best ep’s:

1. Generation Kill – generation kill
2. Pasadena Napalm Division – pnd

Biggest Disappointments:

1. Kataklysm – heaven’s venom
2. Helloween – 7 sinners
3. Flotsam And Jetsam – the cold
4. Bad Religion – the dissent of man
5. Annihilator – annihilator

Best Shows:

Exodus/Malevolent Creation @ the gramercy
Slayer/Megadeth/Anthrax @ montage mountain
Kreator @ the nokia
Megadeth/Testament/Exodus @ scranton cultural center
Generation Kill @ dingbatz
Overkill @ the nokia

Ryan Skow –

Blood Revolt – Indoctrine
Ares Kingdom – Incendiary
Immolation – Majesty and Decay
Adversarial – All Idols Fall Before the Hammer
Tyrants Blood – Crushing Onward Into Oblivion
Diocletian – War Of All Against All
Witchrist – Beheaded Ouroboros
Perdition Temple – Edict of the Antichrist Elect
Weapon – From the Devil’s Tomb
Ludicra – The Tenant
Blasphemophagher – For Chaos, Obscurity and Desolation
Stargazer – A Great Work of Ages / A Work of Great Ages
Inquisition – Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm
Agalloch – Marrow of the Spirit
Kerasphorus – Cloven Hooves at the Holocaust Dawn

Steve Levin –

Here are our holiday hours for this week:

Monday 12/20 – Thursday 12/23 11am to 7pm
Friday 12/24 10am to 5pm
Saturday 12/25 CLOSED
Sunday 12/26  10am to 7pm

We have tons of new Merchandise for all your last minute holiday shopping needs!

Take a look at just some of the new merch in the store recently:

The Big 4 – Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax – Live from Bulgaria DVD/Blu-Ray
Dio – Holy Diver Live Blu-Ray
Amorphis – Forging the Land of Thousand Lakes DVD
Slipknot – Audible Visions of {sic}nesses DVD
Megadeth – Rust in Peace Live DVD/CD
Immortal – Live at Wacken 2007 DVD
The Crown – Doomsday King
Melechesch – The Epigenesis
Forbidden – Omega Wave
Firewind – Days of Defiance
Daath – Daath
Triptykon – Shatter EP
Serj Tankian – Imperfect Harmonies
Enslaved – Axioma Ethica Odini
Dimmu Borgir – Abrahadabra
Malevolent Creation – Invidious Dominion
Disturbed – Asylum
Death Angel – Relentless Retribution

A few years ago, our good friends over at Piercing Metal did a really nice write up of our store for Metal Edge Magazine. We’d love to share it with you here:

Check it out!

Thanks Ken for a superb article, and be sure to check out the rest of Piercing Metal if you enjoy Ken’s writing!

Some of the recent additions to the store – come in and check them out!

Nachtmystium – Addicts Black Meddle Pt II
Soulfly – Omen
Exodus – Exhibit B The Human Condition
As I Lay Dying – The Powerless Rise
Nevermore – The Obsidian Conspiracy
The Dillinger Escape Plan – Option Paralysis
Dark Tranquility -2010- We Are The Void
Triptykon – Eparistera Daimones
High On Fire – Snakes For The Divine
Finntroll – Nifelvind
Darkthrone – Circle The Wagons
Burzum – Belus
Borknagar – Universal
Immolation – Majesty And Decay
Eluveitie – Everything Remains As It Never Was
Rotting Christ – AEALO

Rock Fantasy is now on Facebook! Just search for “Rock Fantasy” and become a fan today! Find out whats going on in the store, and the metal world. Share your thoughts with Steve and the rest of the community!

There have been lots of changes at Rock Fantasy over the past few months. We’ve expanded our back room inventory even more, as well as our collection of Rock T-shirts. We’ve also done some remodeling and brought in some Pinballs back to the store. Be sure to stop and in check the new merch out, we’ll post some pictures shortly.

A short list of the many new releases over the past few months:

Obituary – Live Xecution DVD
Meshuggah – Alive DVD
Exodus – Shovel Headed Tour Machine
Dark Tranquillity – Where Death is Most Alive DVD
Fear Factory – Mechanize
Overkill – Ironbound
Suffocation – Blood Oath
Korpiklaani – Karkelo
Converge – Axe to Fall
Dark Fortress – Ylem
Dark Funeral – Angelus Exuro Pro Eternus
Swallow the Sun – New Moon
Ihsahn – After
Amorphis – Skyforger
Marduk – Wormwood
Six Feet Under – Graveyard Classics 3
Katatonia – Night is the New Day
Hypocrisy – A Taste of Extreme Divinity
Vader – Necropolis
Scar Symmetry – Dark Matter Dimensions
Destroyer 666 – Defiance
Behemoth – Evangelion
Rob Zombie – Hellbilly Deluxe 2
Belphegor – Walpurgis Rites Hexenwahn
Nile – Those Whom the Gods Detest
Epica – Design Your Universe
Megadeth – Endgame
Immortal – All Shall Fall
Slayer – World Painted Blood