Top Albums of 2009
Out of all of the new music I've heard and collected this year, I somehow managed to whittle my favorites down to 23 albums, which for one reason or another sent chills down my spine as I listened, or kept coming back to haunt my inner ear.
This year sees a good mix of extreme metal, prog, and rock.
- 3 Inches of Blood - Here Waits Thy Doom
- Arch Enemy - The Root of All Evil
- Beardfish - Destined Solitaire
- Believer - Gabriel
- Blackfield - Blackfield NYC - Blackfield Live In New York City
- Candlemass - Death Magic Doom
- Dream Theater - Black Clouds and Silver Linings
- Guns'n'Roses - Chinese Democracy
- Mastodon - Crack the Skye
- Megadeth - Endgame
- My Dying Bride - For Lies I Sire
- Neon Horse - Haunted Horse: Songs of Love, Defiance & Delusion
- Nile - Those Whom The Gods Detest
- Redemption - Snowfall on Judgement Day
- Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
- Paradise Lost - Faith Divides Us, Death Unites Us
- The Pineapple Thief - 3000 Days
- Porcupine Tree - The Incident
- Slayer - World Painted Blood
- Steven Wilson - Insurgentes
- Stryper - Murder By Pride
- Transatlantic - The Whirlwind
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Night Castle