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Thursday, December 31, 2009

Top 25 albums of 2009

I posted these the other week, but I am putting them out again as a whole in case you missed it.

25-Sister-Deadboys making noise

These guys changed their image and sound some since 2008. It worked out for the best.

24-Chris Laney-Pure

Animal guitarist and seasoned producer Chris Laney knocked out a solo album full of some of the best hard rock songs of the year.

23-Outloud!-s/t

What is this? 1980's style AOR in 2009? Yes, but so well done I fell for it right away.

22-At War-Infidel

A reunion album that didn't suck. Thrash trio still had something left to give.

21-Sacred Oath-s/t

Veteran band sounding sharp.

20-Panzer Princess-Oh, no it’s Panzer Princess

One of the better glam albums of the year.

19- Dark Castle-Spirited Migration

Doom the way it should be played, slow and thick.

18-Wino-Punctuated Equilibrium

Doom legend sounding a lot like Pentagram on his solo disc.

17-Nasty Idols-Boy’s Town

These guys still have some gas left in he tank.

16-Gypsy Pistoleros-Hotel De La Muerte

A shame it's only an EP, but anything from this band is worth hearing.

15-Praying Mantis-Sanctuary

A very good release from this NWOBHM band.

14-Artillery-When death comes

Great thrash comeback with new singer.

13-WASP-Babylon

Nothing new, but solid.

12-Argus-s/t

This one was flying up my list as I put it together.


11-Sepultura-A-Lex

Probably the first really good album that I heard in 2009.

10-Kylesa-Static Tensions

This might be the album on this list that took me the longest time to get into.



9-Nihiltia-Nihilist Militia

Rough, but I got into it right away.

8-Wolfmother-Cosmic Egg

These guys have grown as songwriters since the last album.

7-Black Math Horseman-Wyllt

Strange, but appealing stoner/drone.

6-Steel Assassin-In hellfire forged

Re-recordings of some old songs, but very sold classic style metal.

5-Slough Feg-Ape uprising

More of their style of NWOBHM with underlying folk melodies, but one of their stronger albums.

4-Slayer-World painted blood

One of their best in a long time.

3-Black Cobra-Chronomega

Slow, thick and heavy.

2-Admiral Browning-Magic Elixar

Holy shit, these guys built a wall of sound on this album.

1-Mastodon-Crack the skye

Not what I figured this album would be like, not even what I hoped for perhaps, but great nonetheless.


***Other bloggers have already or will soon be posting their top albums of 2009 lists this week. So check them out too.



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Imagine Echoes — http://www.imagineechoes.com/
Layla’s Classic Rock — http://laylasclassicrock.blogspot.com/
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3 comments:

  1. The best thing about reading other people's list is more often than not you learn about albums and missed you may have missed out on. I'll definitely be checking a few of these albums out.

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  2. I just put this list together around the first week of December. Already in just this last week I heard three 2009 releases that might have made the list had I heard them a little earlier. So I have to add that the new ones from Post Mortem, Raise the red lantern and Mean Streak are all some of the better releases of 2009 as well.

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  3. Anonymous2:24 PM

    Mastodon is a mighty choice at #1. A very addicting album from them. Isn't Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg something else or what? Cosmic Egg I just cracked open, (no pun intended), a couple of weeks ago... I like it more every day. Have a fine Metal New Year.

    Stone

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