Top 15 Albums of 2010
January 7, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Last week’s podcast consisted of the top 15 albums of the year (non-metal) that the listeners of Fusion Sonica and Mars Attacks voted for. Next year hopefully we can add readers/listeners of this site to the mix. In any event here is the list for anyone that is interested. If you don’t know what any of these groups sound like, check out podcast number 2!
1 Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
2 The Black Keys – Brothers
3 Eminem – Recovery
4 Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
5 The Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
6 Grinderman – Grinderman 2
7 Band Of Horses – Infinite Arms
8 Johnny Cash – American VI: Ain’t No Grave
9 Mike Patton – Mondo Cane
10 The National – High Violet
11 Weezer – Hurley
12 Kings Of Leon – Come Around Sundown
13 Gaslight Anthem – American Slang
14 Young The Giant – Young The Giant
15 The Dead Weather – Sea Of Cowards
Thanks again for voting!!
My Albums Of The Year
December 30, 2010 § Leave a Comment
For what it is worth, these are the albums I felt where the best of 2010:
Metal / Hard Rock / Punk / Hardcore (Top 10 Only Counted):
1. Ihsahn – After
2. Filter – The Trouble With Angels
3. Monster Magnet – Mastermind
4. Overkill – Ironbound
5. Killing Joke – Absolute Dissent
6. Accept – Blood Of Nations
7. Danzig – Deth Red Sabaoth
8. Witchery – Witch Krieg
9. Armored Saint – La Raza
10. Ratt – Infestation
11. Charred Walls Of The Damned – Charred Walls Of The Damned
12. White Wizzard – Over The Top
13. Holy Grail – Crisis In Utopia
14. Sick Of It All – Based On A True Story
15. Bruce Kulick – BK3
16. Mose Gianticus – Gift Horse
17. In This Moment – Star-Crossed Wasteland
18. Iron Maiden – Final Frontier
19. Fear Factory – Mechanize
20. Y & T – Facemelter
Non-Metal (Pop/Indie/Rap, etc.)
1. Christina Aguilera – Bionic
2. Duran Duran – All You Need Is Now
3. The Dead Weather – Sea Of Cowards
4. Combichrist – Making Monsters
5. Cee Lo Green – Lady Killer
Greatest Hits / Live Album (Only The First Album Counted)
1. Dio – Live At Donnington
2. Soundgarden – Telephantasm
3. Various – Big 4
4. Heaven & Hell – Neon Knights
5. Meshuggah – Alive
Reissue Of The Year (Only The First Album Counted)
1. Black Sabbath – The Eternal Idol
2. Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine
3. Pantera – Cowboys From Hell
4. Judas Priest – British Steel
5. Control Denied – The Fragile Art Of Existence
Spanish Albums Of The Year (Only The First Five Albums Counted)
1. Emboque – Voy A Por Ti
2. Bittencross – ….In Honour
3. Khael – Dualidad
4. Marlenne – Kailash
5. Cuming Soon – Welcome To The Magic Theater
6. She Lies – Seeds
7. Storms To Come – A Modern Approach To Middle-Class Failures / Frustrations
8. Nikaia – Dstructivismo
9. Face The Void – I Have Betrayed Me
10. Angelus Apatrida – Clock Work
Podcast Number 2 – Albums Of The Year
December 29, 2010 § Leave a Comment
As we established during the first episode, this podcast can and will be pretty much anything! As a result we continue the countdown that was started earlier this week, and go over the top 15 albums that you the listeners voted.
Albums Of The Year Countdown 120 to 69
December 27, 2010 § Leave a Comment
This week on Fusion Sonica, Mars Attacks and The Incoherent Ramblings of Victor M. Ruiz we will count down what you the listeners have voted as the top albums of the year. Fusion Sonica will focus on Spanish language artists, Mars Attacks on hard rock and metal (and anything else that closely resembles it, eg. punk, hardcore, etc.) and The Incoherent Ramblings of Victor M. Ruiz will focus on everything else (indie, pop, hip-hop, etc.).
Keeping this in mind, here are the numbers 120 through 69
69 She & Him – Volume Two
70 Sia – We Are Born
71 Faithless – The Dance
72 Joe Bonamassa – Black Rock
73 Julie Christmas – The Bad Wife
74 Lil Wayne – I’m Not A Human Being
75 My Chemical Romance – Danger Days…
76 Nine Ince Nails – The Social Network
77 Organum – Sorow
78 Surfer Blood – Astro Coast
79 The Radio Dept – Clinging To A Scheme
80 The Virgin Marys – Cast The First Stone
81 Brandon Boyd – The Wild Trapeze
82 Callers – Love Of Life
83 Circuncelion – Carved In Waters
84 Daft Punk – Tron Legacy
85 Eli Paperboy Reed – Come And Get It
86 Foghat – The Last Train Home
87 Kings Of Convenience – Declaration Of Dependence
88 Minus The Bear – Omni
89 Oomph! – Truth Or Dare
90 Parry Gripp – Taco Night
91 The Steve Miller Band – Bingo
92 The Transatlantics - The Transatlantics
93 Bonobo – Black Sands
94 Dax Riggs – Say Goodnight To The World
95 Lucero – 1372 Overtone Park
96 Manic Street Preachers – Postcards From A Young Man
97 Midlake – The Courage Of Others
98 Sleighbells – Treats
99 Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Mojo
100 Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record
101 Dangermouse & Sparklehorse – Dark Night Of The Soul
102 Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
103 Titus Andronicus – The Monitor
104 Delta Spirit – History From Below
105 Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3
106 Ra Ra Riot – The Orchard
107 Rasputina – Sister Kinderhook
108 Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings – I Learned The Hard Way
109 Eels – Tomorrow Morning
110 Front Line Assembly – I.E.D.
111 Jimmy Eat World – Invented
112 Shihad - Ignite
113 Yukon Blonde – Yukon Blonde
114 Aloe Blacc – Good Things
115 Chromeo – Business Casual
116 Maps & Atlases – Perch Patchwork
117 Ratatat – LP4
118 Rihanna – Loud
119 The Do - Mouthful
120 Yeasayer – Odd Blood
To check out Spanish artists numbers 39 through 28 go here
To check out the top live albums/greatest hits go here
