Best Albums of 2009 (so far)

[Chinese Whispers]

Giant Squid - The Ichthyologist

Didn't that come out late last year?

 

[Wander]

Cool thread. Listened to some of the albums like the new Mono, good stuff.

My number one for this year so far is:

Devin Townsend - Ki

 

[i aint play this]

I yawned really hard at the new Gatheing album. The new singer's voice is decent and quite simlilar to Anneke's, but the songs are boring pop rock with no emotion. I like about every The Gathering album, but this new one is a borefest.

 

[outerone]

Its been a sloooow year so far for superb releases but heres what I would list:

The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
Wolves in the Throne Room - both ep and lp
Doves - Kingdom of Rust
The Crystal Method - Divided By Night
Amorphis - Silver Bride (just about to arrive at my door step and I know its going to rock my boots off)
Black Sun Aeon

Its going to be a slow year... unless Massive Attack finally drop their new one.

 

[Wander]

Just noticed that Korlich mentioned the new Tori Amos. I listened to it and it's better than the last one at the very least.

Haven't heard the new Depeche Mode. How does it compare to their best stuff?

 

[Korlich]

^ its quite solid, not a classic but good none the less.

 

[Hemlok]

Also, still pissed I can't get the Exivious album - currently have no credit card to order it with, and Cynic is one of my favorite bands.

You should try to get a copy somehow, it's an awesome album. Like the good parts of Dream Theater without all of the cringe, only more futuristic sounding and given an infusion of Cynic on E. Only more jazzed up.

 

[NicholasDWolfwood]

Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Mournful Congregation - The June Frost
Bluetech - The Divine Invasion
Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue With the Stars
Devin Townsend Project - Ki
Sunn O))) - Monoliths and Dimensions
Napalm Death - Time Waits for No Slave
Kylesa - Static Tensions

so far tbh. hopefully some good non-metal releases come out this year (I haven't checked out that Mono album yet)

 

[FRUGiHOYi]

Didn't that come out late last year?

I don't think so.

 

[Lateralus14]

Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Mournful Congregation - The June Frost
Bluetech - The Divine Invasion
Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue With the Stars
Devin Townsend Project - Ki
Sunn O))) - Monoliths and Dimensions
Napalm Death - Time Waits for No Slave
Kylesa - Static Tensions

so far tbh. hopefully some good non-metal releases come out this year (I haven't checked out that Mono album yet)

You should check out Ulcerate - Everything is Fire.

 

[Dreadful]

Tombs - Winterhours
Steve Wilson - Insurgents
Wolves In The Throne Room - Black Cascade
Within The Ruins - Creature
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Suidakra - Crogacht

at the top of my head
Looking forward to Behemoth - Evangelion, Novembers Doom, Morbid Angel,

 

[i aint play this]

jesus christ can't wait for the new Morbid Angel.

 

[CadenZ]

^ Any word on when it's popping out? Very eager to hear the other new stuff, besides the one song they've already played live.

 

[i aint play this]

Saw them live recently when they came to my town (Recife, Brazil), they played a new song called Nevermore I think, it was awesome, as was the entire show. Checked their website already but couldn't find any info about a new album.

 

[Crono101]

Suidakra - Crogacht

LIAR! Suidakra hasn't released anything good since Lupine Essence...which is, btw, one of the coolest albums! It's so much fun!

Anyone?

 

[BloodSword]

Blut Aus Nord

Yeh, Dialogue With The Stars is impressive,man. I think this is probably the most "melodic" black metal I've heard in a awhile. Beautiful soundscapes throughout.

 

[winters epilogue]

Cattle Decapitation - The Harvest Floor
Cobalt - Gin
Dälek - Gutter Tactics
Isis - Wavering Radient
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
maudlin of the Well - Part the Second
Napalm Death - Time Waits for No Slave
Mike Patton - Crank: High Voltage soundtrack
Poison the Well - The Tropic Rot
Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
Thursday - Common Existence
Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade
Zu - Carboniferous

Worth Mentioning:
Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague
Coalesce - OX
Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
mewithoutYou - It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright
Narrows - New Distances
November's Doom - Into Night's Requiem Infernal
Karl Sanders - Saurian Exorcisms

Still Listenable Disappointments:
The Number 12 Looks Like You - Worse Than Alone

Waiting for:
Behemoth - Evangelion, Between The Buried And Me - The Great Misdirect, Converge - TBA, Dying Fetus - Descend Into Depravity, Porcupine Tree - The Incident

 

[Prophet178]

Still Listenable Disappointments:
Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
mewithoutYou - It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright
Narrows - New Distances
The Number 12 Looks Like You - Worse Than Alone

These are all great records, maybe you need them to grow on you a little bit, that is what I had to do to get into them.

Mike Patton - Crank: High Voltage soundtrack

Good call, awesome soundtrack.

 

[winters epilogue]

These are all great records, maybe you need them to grow on you a little bit, that is what I had to do to get into them.

The disappointment level varies on all of those releases...and "disappointment" was probably the wrong word.

Mama, I'm Swollen picks up quite well in the latter half...a few songs simply remind me too much of The Good Life.

The new mewithoutYou is about 80% totally awesome...then about 20% almost there. I'm glad they continue to evolve with each release, that part is incredibly refreshing.

Narrows' new record is a crusher, just didn't grab me quite as well as the EP.

The Number 12 Looks Like You's new record is musically the best stuff they have ever released, but Justin's clean vocals really get to me this time around.

 

[davegrohl]

Althought it hasnt been released, i`m pretty sure MEW already won.

I`m just waiting for August to prove that.