Top 5 albums and gigs of 2009.

[metal evilution]

I'm sure you'll find this kind of poll on every forum and site around so why shouldn't we be any different!
I will of course try to kick it off and if i seem byass on any of them then fuck you i don't care i just call them as i see them!haha

Top5 gigs:
1. ENFORCER in Hamburg,Germany late July.
2. AMON AMARTH @ The Metro,Sydney
3. NEVERMORE @ Wacken,Germany
4. LORD+ ALARUM + DARKER HALF @ The Gaelic Club,Sydney
5. VOYAGER @ The Chilli Lounge, Wyong

Top 5 albums:
1.CAULDRON - Chained To The Night (canada)
2.WOLF - Ravenous (sweden)
3. DARKER HALF - Duality (australia)
4. SLAYER - World Painted Blood (usa)
5. LORD - Set In Stone (australia)

 

[Ashtree]

Does it have to be top 5?

Gigs (in no particular order):

Darker Half + Lord + Backyard Mortuary + Alarum @ The Gaelic
Voyager @ The Chili Lounge
Lord + Metal + Bane of Isildur @ The Lansdowne
Beyond Terror Beyond Grace @ The Lansdowne
Darker Half + The Eternal @ The Sando
Earth + Pod People + Anno Domini @ Harbour Boat Cruise
Metal Assault 3 @ The Gaelic (even though I was feeling like crap and told everyone to fuck off. Apologies)
Soundwave @ Eastern Creek (because I'm lame like that)

...yeah, I don't get out of the country that much.

Albums:

Destroy Destroy Destroy: 'Battle Sluts'
Voyager: 'I Am The ReVolution'
Augury: 'Fragmentary Evidence'
Fractured: 'No Fear Of Consequences'
Devin Townsend: 'Ki' and 'Addicted'
Anubis: '230503' (Not exactly metal, but pretty good listening in it's entirety)



I need to increase my metal cd collection.

 

[Watto]

I'll be an arsehole

Shows:
Metalcamp
Sweden Rock
Hellfest
Wacken &
Earth + Pod People + Anno Domini @ Harbour Boat Cruise.
Alarum and metal Assault 3 was also good

 

[phaerie]

australia day gig
morbid angel
anno+syn at the lewi
norse+infernal reign at the lewi
amenta+dfh at the stag

but thats just because i dont get out much..

 

[metal evilution]

Darker Half + The Eternal @ The Sando

Ahh i forgot about that show!!! That's definately up there!!!

 

[Ralphe]

gigs in no particular order (and Darker Half feature in some of these!)

metal harbour cruise....we need more cruises for next year!
Lord Utopia/lansdowne arvo/night....because it was my birthday
Lord gaelic end of tour party....
Lord Goulburn...Lord Tim ,Andy and Mark accoustic
Paul Di-anno manning bar....loved hearing the early maiden songs!!!

Albums
Darker Half Duality.....bought this one at the Lord end of tour party so only heard it a couple of times but sounds great

Lord Set in Stone...no surprise that Lord is in my list

 

[Ashtree]

Ahh i forgot about that show!!! That's definately up there!!!

It was one of my very first proper metal gigs. How could I forget?

 

[FerretallicA]

Top 5 gigs (I really don't think I'll ever top this year):
1) Sweden Rock (SE)
2) Metalcamp (SI)
3) Hellfest (FR)
4) Brutal Assault (CZ)
5) Wacken (DE)

Top 5 releases of 2009:
Only one really stands out:
Transcending Mortality "The Mirrors Eye"
A few other good ones in no particular order:
OSI "Blood"
Redemption "Snowfall On Judgment Day"
Freak Kitchen "Land of the Freaks"
Adagio "Archangels In Black"
Dream Theater "Black Clouds & Silver Linings"

Still haven't listened to new Savage Circus, Shadow Gallery, Transatlantic, To-Mera, Amorphis, 1349, Riverside, At Vance or Brainstorm, all of which I have fairly high expectations.

Biggest let-down releases of 2009:
1) Dreadnaught self-titled
2) Slash "Sahara" (he should be shot for the Paradise City molestation)
3) Dream Theater "Black Clouds & Silver Linings" (way too much filler ruining what otherwise should be an album of the year)
4) Queensrÿche "American Soldier"
5) Tim Owens "Play My Game"

The album I've listened to most this year would have to be Cynic "Traced In Air". Even though it's a 2008 release it still deserves honorable mention.

 

[matt2006]

Gigs
1. Pain of Salvation (just amazing)
2. Screamfest
4. Progfest @ Annandale
3. Lord/Bane/Metal @ Landowne
4. Aeon/Bane @ Bald Faced Stag
5. Under a Southern Cross