2009 METAL - OFFICIAL THREAD

There's a lot of good to great albums I'll be listening to from this year, but its still such a disappointment that the year really failed to produce the obligatory one or two utterly mind-blowing releases.
 
What about...
Ulcerate - Everything Is Fire
Porcupine Tree - The Incident (arguably metal)
Cobalt - Gin
The Chasm - Farseeing The Paranormal Abysm
Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II
Altar Of Plagues - White Tomb
Absu - Absu
 
Ulcerate and BAN are the only ones I care about on that list, with BAN being in my top 5 pretty easily. Cobalt and Absu were good but not really worth coming back to several times. I haven't heard the Chasm album or the Altar of Plagues album, and the Porcupine Tree album is pretty much their worst.
 
Lightbulb Sun is pretty easily their best imo; I enjoy Stupid Dream, Deadwing, and In Absentia probably all about the same for different reasons; then I listen to Fear of a Blank Planet and old stuff occasionally, and the Incident just pissed me off.
 
What about...
Ulcerate - Everything Is Fire
Porcupine Tree - The Incident (arguably metal)
Cobalt - Gin
The Chasm - Farseeing The Paranormal Abysm
Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II
Altar Of Plagues - White Tomb
Absu - Absu

Ulcerate and Absu were good but Gorod tops em all.
 
Yes I fucking loved Fleshgod Apoc's Oracles.

BUT HOLY SHIT KATATONIA...THIS ALBUM IS FUCKING BLOWING MY MIND I CAN NOT PUT IT DOWN
 
As far as 2009 goes, I think the best releases (IN MY OPINION) have been:
Illdisposed
Lifelover
The Lonely Island
Nazgul
Solstafir
Tyr
Glittertind
Vreid
Anal Nathrakh
The Cumshots
Blood Tsunami


But, the Lonely Islands was the best release of 2009, no doubt.

"Chex mix, youre the snack for me!"
 
I'm mad at you because you haven't. Did you d/l it or are you taking the high route?

I didn't download it. I've been strapped for cash lately and I also haven't had time to go to a store and buy it because I definitely would regardless of my financial situation. I would like to buy it online since I don't have to hassle with driving to a shop to get it that way, but I need about 6 more dollars to cover the rest of the CD cost + shipping.

I am tempted to go down to an indie shop this weekend and find it since I need to rebuy Cowboys from Hell also

EDIT: Fuck it, buying it now
 
Except there's that little detail your missing about how, ya know, they don't suck now. Der.

Granted, the clean vocal stuff doesn't always appeal to metal fans, but I find it just as deep, textured, and moving as the first two...if not more. "Saw You Drown" and "Tonight's Music" will get me teared up faster than anything on the 'metal' albums.