Ash Borer is easily one of the most promising black metal bands of recent memory.  Kyle sent over a list of what kept him going in 2010.

(In No Particular Order):

Nightbringer – Apocalypse Sun
One of the most well thought out, dense, strange, and punishing black metal records of recent memory.

Glossolalia – Gold in the Throat
Compilation of demos from pre-2010. This is second only to Arizmenda for my favorite Crepusculo Negro release.

Dispirit – Rehearsal at Oboroten
Not much to be said about this that hasn’t already been said. Outstanding.

Fell Voices – LP/”tour demo”
Getting to hear these songs (among others) played live for 3 weeks was a pleasure.

Knelt Rote – Insignificance LP
Unrelenting wall of grind/death/noise. Almost painful at times.

Wolvserpent - Blood Seed LP
This took the tension put in place by the mournful string-heavy drone aspects that I loved on Pussygutt’s “Gathering Strengths” LP, and then breaks it with huge slabs of distortion, feedback, and demonic vocals over the top.

Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope to the Sky
Not as intense as I was initially led to believe, but still incredible and up to par with the rest of their discography.

Common Eider, King Eider – Worn
Beautiful, crushing.

Hell – Hell II
Holds up to the precedent set on Hell I. BG kvlt doing what they do best.

Bastard Noise – A Culture of Monsters
Great to hear them with a more MITB style and a hearty dose of noise and power electronics.

Everything Liz Harris released this year
I believe this is limited to the Hold/Sick 7″ and the Grouper/Roy Montgomery Split, as well as her collaborations with Ilyas Ahmed and Common Eider, King Eider. If there’s more than I’m missing out.