The Metal Observer's Top Albums of 2009

The Metal Observer's Top Albums of 2009

Top Albums of 2009 coming out in May, eh?  Well, I guess really it’s sort of like the now defunct Metal Maniacs.  You got their top albums from the previous year in March or April, so that’s just going to be my justification ;-).

Anyway, this really was a fun project.  In the past I’ve always had total control over what I played.  This time the only control I had was the song chosen from each album.  There is definitely some stuff that I did not check out last year.  I will say that I don’t think there is a bad album on this list, though some I would never consider list-worthy.  However, this is not my list, this is


The Metal Observer’s Top Albums of 2009:

Hour 1 – All Releases 2009 (obviously):

20.  Madder Mortem (Nor) – Formaldehyde – Eight Ways – Avant-garde Gothic Metal (Peaceville)

19.  Augury (Can) – Aetheral – Fragmentary Evidence- Progressive Death Metal (Nuclear Blast)
18.  Sólstafir (Ice) – 78 Days in the Desert – Köld – Psychedelic Blackened Metal (Spikefarm)
17.  Cannibal Corpse (US) – Priests of Sodom – Evisceration Plague – Death Metal (Metal Blade) 2

16.  My Dying Bride (UK) – My Body a Funeral – For Lies I Sire – Melodic Funeral Doom (Peaceville)
15.  Immortal (Nor) – Hordes of War – All Shall Fall – Atmospheric Black/Thrash (Nuclear Blast) 2
14. Gorgoroth (Nor) – Satan-Prometheus - Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt – Black Metal (Regain) 2
13.  Paradise Lost (UK) – The Rise of Denial – Faith Divides Us: Death Unites Us – Gothic Metal (Century Media)

12. Anaal Nathrakh (UK) - Blood Eagles Carved on the Backs of Innocents – In The Constellation of the Black Widow – Black/Grind (Candlelight)
11.  Hypocrisy (Swe) – Valley of the Damned – A Taste of Extreme Divinity – Melodic Death/Thrash (Nuclear Blast)
Hour 2:

Feature Demo Track
Old Corpse Road (UK) – Old Corpse Road – The Echoes of Tales Once Told (Demo) – Symphonic Folk/Black Metal

10. Candlemass (Swe) – Dead Angel – Death Magic Doom – Traditional/Doom Metal (Nuclear Blast) 2
  9.  Arckanum (Nor) - Þann Svartís – ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ – Black Metal (Debemur Morti Productions/Moribund)
  8.  Heaven & Hell (UK) – Bible Black – Devil You Know – Traditional/Doom Metal (Rhino)
  7.  Månegarm (Swe) – Vetrarmegin – Nattväsen – Folk/Extreme Metal (Regain)
   6.  Ensiferum (Fin) – From Afar – From Afar – Folk/Melo-death (Spinefarm)
  5.  Týr (Fro) – By The Sword in my Hand – By The Light of the Northern Star – Folk/Traditional Metal (Napalm)

  4.  Megadeth (US) – This Day We Fight – Endgame – Thrash (Roadrunner) 2
  3.  Mastodon (US) – Crack the Skye – Crack the Skye – Progressive Extreme Metal (Reprise)

  2. Amorphis (Fin) – Skyforger – Skyforger – Gothic Metal/Depressive Rock (Nuclear Blast) 2

  1.  Nile (US) – Hittite Dung Incantation – Those Whom the Gods Detest (Nuclear Blast) 2 3

*Numbers following albums are other reviews on The Metal Observer.

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