Best Albums of 2009 (so far)

Best
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Isis - Wavering Radiant
Cobalt - Gin
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

Runner Up's
Obscura - Cosmogensis
Devin Townsend - Ki
MOTW - The Second Part
Irepress - Sol Eye Sea I
Kong - What it Seems is what you get
 
Mastodon ~ Crack the Skye
Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood ~ Live from Madison Square Garden
Endstille ~ Verführer
 
Wavering radiant is too boring...
Cracks the skye is the best album of 2009.

imo
 
lol best albums of the year so far imo:

mastodon - crack the skye
hallucinogen - in dub: live
bluetech - the divine invasion
suffocation - blood oath
devin townsend project - ki
minsk - with echoes in the movement of stone
napalm death - time waits for no slave
mournful congregation - the june frost
blut aus nord - mv2: dialogue with the stars
ava inferi - blood of bacchus

isis is still a colossal disappointment, and while mdb's new one was an improvement over "a line of deathless kings", it still can't hold a candle to gems like "songs of darkness, words of light", "the light at the end of the world" or "the angel and the dark river". anaal nathrakh's new one was fairly good too, but not top 10 worthy imo. same with god dethroned's new one

still awaiting the releases of moss, behemoth, ahab, skitliv, hopefully a new dso, etc.
 
Listened to WR again and I can safely say that I’m completely loving this album, it just clicked and could be my favorite Isis so far. Really exciting song structures, the keys sound smooth and beautiful, the guitar work is pretty creative…everything just seems more diverse. Love it.