Favourite Top 10 albums of 2009

[forgottenglory]

What are your favourite Top 10 albums of 2009? Mine in no particular order of preference are as follows:

• Karma - WINGER
• Homeland - RED CIRCUIT
• Outloud - OUTLOUD
• The Works - CHITRAL "CHITY" SOMAPALA
• My Private Hell - STEEVI JAIMZ
• Paradox - THRESHOLD
• Monster Philosophy - D.A.D.
• Black Clouds and Silver Linings - DREAM THEATER
• Black Gives Way To Blue - ALICE IN CHAINS
• The Whirlwind - TRANSATLANTIC

 

[Kingface]

Mine (from what I've listened to), in no intentional order, would be:

Alestorm - Black Sails at Midnight
Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect
Dream Theater - Black Clouds and Silver Linings
Dying Fetus - Descend Into Depravity
Megadeth - Endgame
Municipal Waste - Massive Aggressive
Obscura - Cosmogenesis
Slayer - World Painted Blood
Warbringer - Waking Into Nightmares
Hammerfall - No Sacrifice, No Victory

 

[Cello]

Cheating and counting Devin's two releases as one, here'd be mine in no particular order:

• Katatonia - Night is the New Day
• Redemption - Snowfall On Judgement Day
• Anubis Gate- Detached
• Devin Townsend - Project Ki + Addicted
• DGM - Frame
• Shadow Gallery - Digital Ghosts
• Exivious - Exivious
• Pathosray - Sunless Skies
• Killing Touch - One of a Kind
• Sons of Seasons - Gods of Vermin

 

[GlamBabe]

In no particular order - and yes - I have a bit a weird taste )

Karma - WINGER
Outloud - OUTLOUD
The Circle - BON JOVI
No Sacrifice, No Victory - HAMMERFALL
Sonic Boom - KISS
Revolve - DANGER DANGER
Liebe ist für alle da - RAMMSTEIN
Black Butterfly - BUCKCHERRY
Reloaded - HARDCORE SUPERSTAR

+ ?? joker, can't think of another one

 

[Symphony]

I'm struggling to think of 10 for 2009. I've enjoyed the latest releases from

Dream Theater
Katatonia
Megadeth

Also quite liked the Chickenfoot and Sonata Arctica records too......need to think on though for more.

 

[Shredlamode]

Ok here's a list off the top of my head in no particular order...

1. Stratovarius - Polaris
2. Umphrey's McGee - Mantis
3. Winger - Karma
4. Transatlantic - The Whirlwind
5. Scar Symmetry - Dark Matter Dimensions
6. Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
7. Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
8. The Devin Townsend Project – Ki/Addicted
9. Sonata Arctica – The Last Amazing Grays
10. Redemption - Snowfall on Judgment Day

 

[Cello]

If I may recommend something to you guys that I didn't put on my list:

Fairyland - Score To A New Beginning

It's epic! It's a project completely written and mostly played by a frenchie called Phil Giordana. You'll be wanting to check it out as soon as you see the list of people involved in this album, me thinks.

From Fairyland's myspace:

Guests on "Score To A New Beginning":

Marco Sandron (Pathosray): Lead Vocals
Georg Neuhauser (Serenity): Add. Vocals on tracks 2, 3, 5, 9, 10
Flora Spinelli (Kerion): Lead Vocals on track 10
Klaaire (Syrayde): Add. Vocals on tracks 4, 5, 9
Geraldine Gadaut (Benighted Soul): Add. Vocals on track 7
Jean-Gabriel Bocciarelli (Benighted Soul): Add. Vocals on track 7
Fabio D'Amore (Pathosray): Bass, Add. Vocals, Guitar Solo on track 6
Willdric Lievin (Hamka): Drums, Choirs
Chris Menta (Razordog): Rhythmic and Acc. Guitars, Guitar Solos on track 5
Alessio Velliscig (Pathosray): Guitar Solo on track 2
Alex Corona (Revoltons): Guitar Solos on tracks 3, 6, 9
Olivier Lapauze (Heavenly): Guitar Solo on track 9
Hugo Lefebvre (Anthropia): Guitar Solo on track 4
Yann Mouhad (Anthropia): Guitar Solo on track 4
Remy Carrayrou (Kerion): Guitar Solo on track 7
Marc Rhulmann (Whyzdom): Keyboard Solo on track 9

 

[MetalCodd]

In no particular order, and there are still a few I need to check out, so it's by no means final:

Heaven and Hell - The Devil You Know
Wolf - Ravenous
Steel Panther - Feel the Steel
Kiss - Sonic Boom
Ace Frehley - Anomaly
Lord Weird Slough Feg - Ape Uprising!
Cauldron - Chained to the Night
Alestorm - Black Sails at Midnight
Fairyland - Score to a New Beginning
Stratovarius - Polaris

 

[BodomGaiden]

i like em all teh same
Sonata Arctica - The Days of Grays
Katatonia - Night is the New Day
Rammstein - Leibe ist fur Alle Da
Stratovarius - Polaris
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Dream Theater - Black Clouds and Silver Linings
Psychostick - Sandwich
Megadeth - Endgame
Swallow the Sun - New Moon
Opeth - Candle Light Years ( i know that its not new recordings but it was a

great addition to the music purchases this year)

Honourable mentions:

Primal Fear - 16.6
Cain's Offering - Gather the Faithful
Daath - The Concealers
Absu - Absu
Dethklok - Dethalbum II

dont really feel like putting anything else down anyway

 

[fool_in_paradise]

1. Sonata Arctica - The Days of Grays
2. Shadow Gallery - Digital Ghosts
3. Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
4. Cain's Offering - Gather the Faithful
5. Stratovarius - Polaris

ummm i'm with Steve... can't think of ten

 

[1928]

No order:

Tyr - By the Light of the Northern Star
Sonata Arctica - The Days of Grays
Cain's Offering - Gather the Faithful
Stratovarius - Polaris
Fairyland - Score To A New Beginning
Ensiferum - From Afar
Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Alestorm - Black Sails At Midnight
Edguy - Tinnitus Sanctus (I know it was released everywhere else in 2008, but it didn't reach the USA until 2009, so to me it counts)
Celesty - Vendetta

EDIT: Actually, I think Cain's Offering's debut is my favorite 2009 release. I've actually listened to it more than anything else. Surprising, too, because I had never heard a word about them until the album came out! It came out of nowhere, but I really hope they do some touring next year when Stratovarius has some free time in creating their new album.

 

[Heidi Mannström]

In no particular order:

1.Hypocrisy: A Taste Of Extreme Divinity
2.Swallow The Sun: New Moon
3.Katatonia: Night Is the New Day
4.Insomnium: Across The Dark
5. My Dying Bride: For lies I Sire
6.Paradise Lost:Faith Divide Us, Dead Unites Us
7.Hanging Garden: TEOTWAWKI
8. Megadeth: End Game
9.For Selena And Sin: Primrose Path
10.Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings

 

[Power_Metal_Dom]

I'm just going to say:

Stratovarius - Polaris
Cain's Offering - Gather the Faithful
Sonata Arctica - The Days of Grays
Muse - The Resistance


All were very much enjoyed and excellent, excellent albums.

Honourable mentions: Megadeth & Kiss & Fairyland & Chickenfoot & Celesty & Dethklok & HammerFall