Top 10 2009 Thread

[MasterOLightning]

I'd like to make this decision in like... maybe 8 months or so. My views on Microcosmos and pbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbth change every time I listen to them.

And who knows how many albums I've missed?

Yeah, I need way more time. Usually the end-of-year lists guide me a bit, unless it's just packed with boring choices like Slayer, Nile, Immortal, Megadeth, blah, blah. I'll probably lump everything into tiers in a little bit, as a top 10 selection probably won't be saying much when I may have only heard 12 albums from this year. Microcosmos would make my top 10, I guess, but it was merely a good album, and if it was one of the best things this year then it probably wasn't a real good year.

 

[Lateralus14]

Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind
Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue With the Stars
Katatonia - Night is the New Day
Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder
Siena Root - Different Realities
Mournful Congregation - The June Frost
Stabat Mater - Stabat Mater
Urna - Iter Ad Lucem
Grave Miasma - Exalted Emanation
Ulcerate - Everything is Fire

 

[divine_torture]

I gave NITND another listen and it's slowly growing on me.

Told ya. It hits home and is much more effective than the last album, and darker than Viva. Also, don't support new AiC. Just don't do it.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Beherit - Engram
Slugathor - Echoes From Beneath
The Chasm - Farseeing the Paranormal Abysm
Excoriate - On Pestilent Winds...
Ignivomous - Death Transmutation
Diocletian - Doom Cult
Embrace of Thorns - Atonement Ritual
Katharsis - Fourth Reich
Iron Man - I Have Returned
Arckanum - ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ

There is so much I have yet to hear, like the new Master's Hammer, Revelation, Ares Kingdom, and Grave Miasma that could potentially alter this list. I assume I am also forgetting some others.

 

[rms]

i forgot about that ares kingdom! whens that supposed to be released? Not a lot of time left

 

[George]

Yeah, I have a feeling that Ares Kingdom isn't going to be released until 2010.

 

[Eligos]

Or the new Gorguts, Dawn, Frantic Bleep...

 

[cookiecutter]

What is Oceano?

 

[Eligos]

A popular deathcore band.



I like them.

 

[skeptik]

Ares Kingdom was sent to press at least a week ago. It'll definitely be out by the end of the year, but obviously it's cutting it close.

 

[Ben_t]

Thinking about this topic made me realised that I'm not even sure I've listened to 10 albums released this year. That is quite sad.

 

[Bitencourt29]

This will definitely change, lots of stuff coming from the US (I'll probably have them by Saturday).

So far, in order:

1 - Absu - S/T
2 - Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II
3 - Archgoat - The Light-Devouring Darkness
4 - Gorod - Process of a New Decline
5 - Tribulation - The Horror
6 - Goatwhore - Carving Out the Eyes of God
7 - Warbringer - Waking into Nightmares
8 - Asphyx - Death...the Brutal Way
9 - Candlemass - Death, Magic, Doom
10 - Immortal - All Shall Fall

Honorable Mentions: Nile, Mastodon, Destroyer 666, Behemoth, Arckanum, Vomitory, Ensiferum, Ahab, Beherit, The Gates of Slumber, Augury.

 

[Eligos]

That is a good list, Bitencourt.

 

[Bitencourt29]

Thanks, man. 2009 was (still is) a great year for Metal.

Still, I expect that list to change, some hot cds are in the way (Drudkh, Teitanblood, Katharsis, Ignivomous, Embrace of Thorns, Graveyard, Graveland, Excoriate...). I haven't listened to any of those. Not to mention so many others I've missed. Just take a look at Koude's list

 

[SweptbackFlame]

I'm adding this album to my list, because this has kicked my ass big time in like the past 2 days, it's fucking amazing.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

I'm going to check that out and if you're wrong I'm going to shank you.

 

[SweptbackFlame]

Be my guest lol...Not sure if you're into the whole Melodic Death Metal scene.

 

[Eligos]

I discover some good Melodeath bands by lurking around Andy's last.fm occasionally.

I'm going to check you out right now and if you're wrong I'm going to shank that

 

[IntoPhagist]

You like Circa Survive? Good band

And that album cover looks sweet!

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

I discover some good Melodeath bands by lurking around Andy's last.fm occasionally.

Melodeath is cool, I'm a big fan of stuff like Neptune, Disarmonia Mundi, Holymarsh, etc.