Time to sum up it up: greatest metal releases this year 2009

[Eindride]

Well Borknagars Epic never managed to surface THIS year, so it will have to wait until next year to get listed.

The best ones this year i would say is (in no particular order)

Deströyer 666 - Defiance (a true masterpiece)
Code - Resplendant Grotesque (one of the few interesting black metal-
releases this year)
Slayer - Hate Worldwide (.. the best one since God Hates Us All or maybe
Reign in Blood)
Megadeth - Endgame (bonecrushing)
Immortal - All Shall Fall (not as strong as one had hoped for, but still very
good, Mount North!!!!)
Dream Theater - Dark Clouds & Silver Linings (I've lost interest in these guys already in the middle of the 90's, but this album is the true follow up to
Images & Words)
Devin Townsend Project - Addicted (this is how pop-metal should sound)
Nile - Those Whom The Gods Detest (first album i actually liked from these
guys)

Did i forget any great releases?

 

[Eindride]

Oh, well

Of course i forgot Behemoths amazing "Evangelion"...

 

[Eindride]

And the strong debut from irelands black-metaloutfit Altar of Plagues...

 

[Kerros]

Cormorant - Metazoa
Giant Squid - The Ichthyologist
Wardruna - Runaljod - gap var Ginnunga
Vreid - Milorg
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Dråpsnatt - I Denna Skog

Edit: Wardruna isn't metal but it's too damn good to leave off the list.

 

[Oerko]

My Top ten up to now without any order

Paradise Lost - Faith Divides Us...
WASP - Babylon
Vreid - Milorg
Solstafir - Kold
Amorphis - Skyforger
Savage Blade - We Are The Hammer
Code - Resplendant Grotesque
Immortal - All Shall Fall
Belphegor - Walpurgis Rites - Hexenwahn

And im still waiting for another good release this year to complete my list ;-)

 

[Allfader]

Arckanum - ppppppppp
Gorgoroth - Quantos Possunt Ad Satanitatem Trahunt
Samael - Above
Hypocrisy - A Taste of Extreme Divinity
Code - Resplendant Grotesque

I'm sure I forgot a couple, but these are on my cd player the most.

 

[Kerros]

And im still waiting for another good release this year to complete my list ;-)

Then check out the albums I posted, you're bound to like at least one.

 

[ShadarLogoth]

I completely agree with devin townsends "addicted" far better than the more experimental "ki".

my votes aren't worth a ton due to not listening to too much new music, i spend alot of time filling out my collection with stuff that i missed from previous years, but the other albums i've enjoyed a ton this year are God Forbids Earthsblood, and Hypocrisys new one.

 

[Agah]

Code - Resplendent Grotesque
Drudkh - Microkosmos
Vreid - Milorg
Fen - The Malediction Fields
Dråpsnatt - I Denna Skog
Slagmaur - Von Rov Shelter
Sturmgeist - Manifesto Futurista
Shining - VI Klagopsalmer


Wardruna - Runaljod - Gap var Ginnunga.

 

[Elvina]

Well Borknagars Epic never managed to surface THIS year, so it will have to wait until next year to get listed.

i suppose you meant Universal?

my list so far:
Fen - The Malediction Fields
Dråpsnatt - I Denna Skog
Augury - Fragmentary Evidence
Sun of the Blind - Skullreader
Finsterforst - ...Zum Tode Hin
Immortal - All Shall Fall
Yggdrasil - Vedergällning
Alverg - Elde
Askival - Eternity

Non metal folk worth mentioning:
Fejd - Storm
Stille Volk - Nueit de Sabbat

 

[Drummer Dave Kinkade]

Augury
Nile
Hypocrisy
Immortal


All ruled

 

[Undefined]

To be honest, I have been disappointed by so many bands this year I can't even pick anything I mean Lady Gaga put out some sick records though...

 

[Eindride]

Oh, forgot about the very fine Absu-release... definitly a solid record even though its not nearly as good as the classic Tara...

 

[Devourer]

Ram-Zet - Neutralized is totally awesome.

 

[Vargrim]

Gorgoroth - Quantos Possunt Ad Satanitatem Trahunt
Fen - The Malediction Fields
Code - Resplendent Grotesque
Fejd - Storm
Wardruna - Runaljod - Gap var Ginnunga
Solstafir - Kold
Fen - The Malediction Fields
Marduk - Woodworm
Fenriz' Red Planet - Engangsgrill
....

 

[darcy]

That Fen is so good you had to list it twice eh?

No problem- I believe it.

 

[Eindride]

Rumours has it that this band Fen is something really extraordinary, but i haven't heard a note played by them . . . yet.

 

[AnTz0r]

I liked the demo quite too. They opened live for Agalloch when i saw them.

 

[DHG]

Fen is fucking awesome.

 

[KRaEzTaIuRmED]

Sturmgeist - Manifesto Futurista
Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know
Kreator - Hordes of Chaos
Vreid - Milorg