Top 5 Albums for 2009

waltersobchak

In my opinion 2009 has been an unbelivable year for albums, whats everyones top 5 best/worst albums of the year..

BEST 5
1 Black Clouds and Silver Linings- Dream Theater
2 The Incident- Porcupine Tree
3 Endgame- Megadeth
4 Blue Gives Way To Black-Alice In Chains
5 The Resistance- Muse

Nephilim Wolf

It was'nt a bad year for music for me, as there were some dissapointments like Megadeth and maybe Draconian. These are my favourites so far:

Amorphis - Skyforger
The Eden House - Smoke & Mirrors
Hypocrisy - A Taste of Extreme Divinity
Paradise Lost - Faith Dives Us, Death Unites Us
Immortal - All Shall Fall

cedomination

Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse Now
Napalm Death - Time Waits For No Slave
Behemoth - Evanglion
AA= - #1
Mastodon - Crack The Skye

CiaranK

I'm gonna cheat and do ten (Already had this list from another forum)

Working On A Dream - Bruce Springsteen
Cause I Sez So - New York Dolls
No Line On The Horizon - U2
Uncased - Aslan
Hombre Lobo - Eels
Glasvegas - Glasvegas
Everday Deamons - The Answer
The Resistance - Muse
The Devil You Know - Heaven And Hell
Black Clouds and Silver Linings- Dream Theater

GhostInTheRuins

I didn't really get too many new releases this year, maybe just 15 or so so far. In no particular order:

Old Season - Archaic Creation
For Ruin - Last light
Redemption - Snowfall On Judgement Day
Kylesa - Static Tensions
Heaven And Hell - Devil you Know

Nephilim Wolf wrote: »

Amorphis - Skyforger

Still Need to get this.

Nephilim Wolf wrote: »

Paradise Lost - Faith Dives Us, Death Unites Us

Have this sitting beside me all week, still haven't given it a spin yet.

ride-the-spiral

Year ain't over yet. I've high hopes for Circle of Contempt and Enfold Darkness.
But as of now I'd say this.

Between The Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect
Isis - Wavering Radiant
Kalisia -Cybion
Amorphis - Skyforger
Hacride - Lazarus

And honourable mentions go to:
Obscura - Cosmogenesis
Animals As Leaders - S/T
Exivious - S/T
Persefone - Shin-Ken
The Contortionist - Apparition
Cloudkicker - The Map is Not The Territory
Insomnium - Across The Dark
Russian Circles - Geneva
Baroness - The Blue Record


I've heard quite a lot of albums this year :pac:

thebigcheese22

Them Crooked Vultures - S/T
Florence and the Machine - Lungs
Pearl Jam - Backspacer
Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue
Muse - The Resistance


Really good year for rock IMO

Jako8

LIFAD - Rammstein
Crack the Sky - Mastodon
Devil You know - Heavan and Hell
Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
Black Clouds and Silver Linings - Dream Theatre

There's probably more but these popped into my head.

fortuneg

Isis - Wavering Radiant
And So I Watch You From Afar - S/T
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
BATS - Red In Tooth & Claw
Animals As Leaders - S/T
Devin Townsend - Addicted
Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains
Them Crooked Vultures - S/T

It's been a great year!

Mushy

Them Crooked Vultures-S/T
Pearl Jam-Backspacer
Porcupine Tree-The Incident
Dream Theater-Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Mastodon-Crack The Skye

Haven't actually heard all of AIC's new one, but that'd prob replace Mastodon if/when I do. Also, Muse would be bashing away at a place there.

fluke

Of the albums from this year (so far) that I heard:

Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue
Placebo - Battle For The Sun
Them Crooked Vultures - S/T
U2 - No Line On The Horizon
Pearl Jam - Backspacer

Honorable mention towards:

Spinnerette - S/T

Muse -The Resistance - an album that I liked but I found it more like background music and not something I could immerse myself in.

Generally though 2009 was a great year for rock music. It really felt like proper and consistent albums were being released.

rgt320q

Hard to pick, kinda changes depending on my mood, but I'll take a stab at it.

Hypocrisy - A Taste of Extreme Divinity
Nile - Those Whom the Gods Detest
Paradise Lost - Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us
For Ruin - Last Light
Insomnium - Across the Dark

Special mentions also have to go to:

Gorgoroth - Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt
Amorphis - Skyforger
Behemoth - Evangelion
Ensiferum - From Afar

Yeah, a fairly standard list. Havn't listened to too many new albums this year, mostly older stuff.