Check it out. This is where our Hard Music staff weigh in on what was great in 2010.
Top 5 Favorite Albums:
Fav indie band:
Fav live show:
Keven Crothers
#1 the Rex Carroll Band – That Was Then This is Now#2 Sinbreed – When Worlds Collide
#3 Reinxeed – Majestic
#4 Darkwater – Where Stories EndFavorite Live Act – Grave Robber
Favorite Indie – Walk the Sky
Chris Beck
#1 Darkwater – Where Stories End
#4 HB – Paakallonpaikka
Favorite Live Show – Stryper
I don’t really have a response for favorite unsigned band, as about everyone is signed to a small label.
Chris Gatto
1. Living Sacrifice- Infinite Order
3. Sinbreed- When Worlds Collide
5. Golden Resurrection- Glory to my KingFavorite Live Show: As I Lay Dying and Demon Hunter
Favorite Indie Artist: Krig
Loyd Harp
Krig – Narcissistic Mechanism
My Silent Wake/The Drowning – Black Lights and Silent Roads
Grave Forsaken – Fight to the Death
Wintersoul – Frozen Storm Apocalypse
Malchus – Didymos
Indie:
Sons of God – Hogtie’n the Devil
Live Show:
No metal bands play where I live unfortunately . . .
Jeff McCormack
1. Darkwater – Where Stories End
2. Showdown – Blood in the Gears
3. Place of Skulls – As a Dog Returns
4. Innerwish – No Turning BackIndie band: Place of Skulls
Concert: As I Lay Dying – Demon Hunter – War of Ages tour
Jonathan “Doc” Swank
1. Orphaned Land – The Never Ending Way of ORwarrior
2. Coriolis – The Endless Funeral
3. Sinbreed – When Worlds Collide
4. Living Sacrifice – The Infinite Order
5. Darkwater – Where Stories End
Favorite Live Show: Megadeth “Rust In Peace 20th anniversary tour”
Favorite indie/unsigned band: Souljourners (souljournersband.com)
Corey Erb
1) Greeley Estates – No Rain, No Rainbow
2) The Chariot – Long Live
3) Sleeping With Sirens – With Ears to See and Eyes to Hear
4) As They Sleep – Dynasty
5) Mae – (e)veningFavorite live show:
Mae at Eureka College 8.23.10Favorite unsigned artist:
Lovedrug (they left their label and went independent, that count?)
lovedrugmusic.com
Nick Cotrufo
5. The Chariot – Long Live
4. Comeback Kid – Symptoms and Cures
3. Close Your Eyes – We Will Overcome
2. Mychildren Mybride – Lost Boy
1. For Today – BreakerFAV LIVE SHOW
The AK-47 tour with War of Ages, The Color Morale, The Great Commission, The Contortionist, and Legend. I saw them in Lynchburg, VA and THE COLOR MORALE played the best show.FAVE INDIE BAND
http://www.myspace.com/thegunshowofficial
Matt Leonard
TOP 5 ALBUMS
5. Norma Jean – Meridional
4. As They Sleep – Dynasty
3. For Today – Breaker
2. War of Ages – Eternal
1. As I Lay Dying – The Powerless RiseFAV. SHOW
The Chariot – CornerstoneINDIE BAND
Written in Red
http://www.myspace.com/writteninredrawk
Matt Conner
Fav live show
SwitchfootFav indie/unsigned artistJosh Garrels
www.joshgarrels.com
Doug Van Pelt
Fav indie band: Bradley Hathaway
Fav live show: Flatfoot 56 at Cornerstone
Tim Harris
1. The Devil Wears Prada – Zombie EPFavorite live show
The ChariotFavorite indie band
Lorna Shore
Rob Shameless
Fav live show: Take it Back Cstone Monday Night Solace Stage
Fav unsigned band: Carrying The Fire
http://stereokiller.com/carryingthefire
Jason Irvin
Top 5 Albums:
1) A Plea For Purging – The Marriage of Heaven & Hell
2) Anberlin – Dark Is the Way, Light Is The Place
3) As I Lay Dying – The Powerless Rise
4) Manafest – The Chase
5) Tenth Avenue North – The Light Meets The DarkFav Live Show: A Plea For Purging – over 100 stage dives
Fav unsigned artist: Embers In Ashes
http://www.facebook.com/EmbersInAshes
Fav unsigned band- Carrying The FireFav Show- Take It Back Cstone monday night solace stage