We continue to count down the finest slabs of metal from the last year, as chosen by the devout scribes here at BW&BK;/BraveWords.com. As with previous years, each writer was asked to pick his top 20 albums of the year (no live records, compilations or covers etc...). We preform a little behind-the-scenes metal math and voila, we have our list! We'll be counting down the Top 30 all month - yup, one a day until we get to New Year's - yes, we're aware that December has 31 daze but we thought we'd let you hang until January 1st!

It's time for #27 - drum roll please...

#27 - HAIL OF BULLETS - On Divine Winds (Metal Blade)

Dutch death metal masters HAIL OF BULLETS - featuring former GOREFEST drummer Ed Warby - returned with their second full-length album in October.

Warby - who also produced On Divine Winds - remarked recently: "I don't think I've ever worked this hard on anything in my entire life, but it sure has paid off! Although Of Frost And War is a tough act to follow, my ringing ears tell me we've succeeded in besting it on every level: songs, playing, production (by Dan Swanö; ex-EDGE OF SANITY, BLOODBATH, NIGHTINGALE). All the main ingredients of our blood 'n' guts style death metal have remained intact and I honestly can't imagine anyone that liked our previous work is going to be the least bit disappointed, on the contrary!"

The album title On Divine Winds refers to the translation for the Japanese word Kamikaze, as kami stands for "God" and kaze means "wind".

Hail Of Bullets recently premiered their video for the track ‘Operation Z’, the first single off On Divine Winds. Check it out below.

Says the band: “December 7th, 1941... October 18th, 2010... two dates that will live in infamy: on the first Japan attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, on the second Hail Of Bullets launch their new video for 'Operation Z', a song about this very attack from their crushing new album On Divine Winds! Combining explosive live footage from the Bullets’ appearance at this year’s Summer Breeze festival with authentic WWII footage, the video shows the band captured in full scale war mode by a fearless camera crew… Banzai!”

Brave Picks Top 30 Of 2010

#30 - STONE SOUR: Audio Secrecy (Roadrunner)

#29 - APOCALYPTICA - 7th Symphony (Sony)

#28 - TWILIGHT: Monument To Time End (Southern Lord)

#27 - HAIL OF BULLETS - On Divine Winds (Metal Blade)