Dark Fortress – Ylem (2010: Century Media)

accessibly black

yet undermines brutal kvlt

naught need – move along

http://www.darkfortress.org/

October File – Our Souls to You (2010: Candlelight)

sludgy doom sped up

hits mid-ground of harsh and tamed

extra mixes rock

http://www.octoberfile.com/discography.html

Ghost – Opus Eponymous (2010: Rise Above/Metal Blade)

Seventies throwback

as clean a hippie black mass comes

Satan goes light doom

http://ghost-official.com/

Valient Thorr - Stranger (2010: Volcom)

Good time space-stoners
ratchet up dirty boogies;
shakes double-wides good.

http://www.valientthorr.com/stranger-order/

Therion - Sitra Ahra (2010: Nuclear Blast)

Symph-operaics
play safe, shirk all deathly past;
no fanfare makes sense.

http://www.megatherion.com/en/releases/sitra-ahra

Daniel Lioneye - Vol. II (2010: The End)

H.I.M.mers try Cradle,
find mix betwixt core fandoms
where all will gripe/snipe.

http://www.facebook.com/daniellioneye#!/daniellioneye?sk=info

http://www.theomegaorder.com/DANIEL-LIONEYE-Vol-II

Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit (2010: Profound Lore)

Smart blast-to-beauty
blend adds to band's legacy

one of the best 'round.

http://www.myspace.com/agalloch

http://www.profoundlorerecords.com/index.php?option=com_ezcatalog&task=detail&id=681&Itemid=99999999