TOP 5 or 6: 2009

MetalFRO wrote:

I haven't bought a ton of 2009 releases, though I've tried to keep up. My big thing this year has been retro stuff and filling in discographies where I had holes.

So far this year I've bought a little more than 400 cds. Only 29 of them are 2009 releases though. So I was majorly filling back holes in my collection this year too. When I was younger I couldn't afford to buy all the albums I wanted because I was poor. Now that things are different for me, I'm playing catch up BIG TIME!

I'm almost 100% sure my top 5 list is set in stone now that I found out JOP and Masterplan won't get their albums out til next year (JOP in February according to the website).

Normally I avoid topics like this but I gotta give some 2009 props out so my Cream of the crop

In order


Ace Frehley- Anomaly- This is my 1 pick for 2009 It injected renewed enthusiasm and a renewed faith that good albums still come out and that i can dig them. Ive been spinning this quite a bit since i bought it over 2 weeks ago. It was a breath of fresh air for me, and im not even a Kiss fan, but this album has turned me into a Ace Frehley fan

Foo Fighters- Greatest Hits- I put this second cuz im a diehard hardcore fan of the Foo Fighters, the GH had 2 awesome new songs and i got the version with the DVD that has most if not all their music videos, that to me a plus I enjoy this GH very much even though its just mostly their singles....

Megadeth- Endgame- I havent bought this yet but ive heard it through myspace, and I love Megadeth I thought it was a strong album and its at the top of my cds to buy list.

I'm going to wait until Jan. and compile my list.

Chances are I wont be getting any more Cds this year so Its safe to say my list is final

The only other 2009 release I'm planning on buying before January is the new Immortal album.

I've bought 11 albums thus far.

1. Saxon - Into the Labyrinth
2. Impellitteri - Wicked Maiden
3. Chris Caffery - House of Insanity
4. Mystic Prophecy - Fireangel
5. Savage Circus - Of Doom and Death
6. Heaven and Hell - The Devil You Know
7. Skyclad - In the... All Together
8. Axxis - Utopia
9. The 69 Eyes - Back in Blood
10. Amorphis - Skyforger
11. Tim Owens - Play My Game

I'm still trying to decide on my Top 25 for my site. I'm choosing between these:

Hirax – El Rostro De La Muerte
Ace Frehley - Anomaly
Believer – Gabriel
At War – Infidel
Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know
Grave Digger - Ballads of a Hangman
House of Lords - Cartesian Dreams
KISS - Sonic Boom
Megadeth - Endgame
Meliah Rage - Masquerade
Mortification - the evil addiction destroying machine
Saxon - Into The Labyrinth
Sepultura - A-Lex
Seventh Angel - The Dust of Years
Stryper - Murder by Pride
U.D.O. - Dominator
Ultimatum - Lex Metalis
Kreator – Hordes of Chaos
Lynyrd Skynyrd – God & Guns
Evile – Infected Nations
Saint – Hell Blade
Joe Perry – Have Guitar, Will Travel
Scourged Flesh – Welcome to the End of the World
Voivod - Infini
Hero - Immortal
Grave Robber – Inner Sanctum
Spinal Tap – Back from the Dead
Fatal – The Law
Main Line Riders – Worldshakers
Vindicator/Metal Witch – Outbreak of Metal Vol. 1
Hammerfall – No Sacrifice, No Victory
Arnion – Fall Like Rain
Suspended – Prelude to Indignance
Jacob’s Dream – Beneath the Shadows
Ravage - The End of Tomorrow
Heaven's Force – Aggressive Angel
Thresher - Here I Am

Some great live albums this year too:
Ted Nugent – Motor City Meyhem
Thin Lizzy – Still Dangerous
Thin Lizzy – UK Live ‘ 75
AC/DC – Backtracks
Iron Maiden - Flight 666

A few I dont' have yet, but wish I did:
3 Inches of Blood – Here Awaits Thy Doom
W.A.S.P. - Babylon
Whiplash – Unborn Again
Hyades – The Roots of Thrash


Am I missing anything essential here?

You scare me.

Mortification: The evil adicction destroying machine
Stryper: Murder by pride.
Believer: gabriel.

I'm awaiting Mortification-The Evil Adicction Destryoing Machine and I'm heavily considering an order for UDO-Dominator (though I doubt niether will be in the top 5, I don't think I could do a complete list til I've heard them).

I am going to start to re-listen to my 2009 releaes soon so i get a fresh view of them all!

exact33 wrote:

I am going to start to re-listen to my 2009 releaes soon so i get a fresh view of them all!

I've been doing that lately too. Just had the new Anubis Gate cranking today. Wow, that one seems to get better with every spin it seems!

Narrowing the list down and starting to put it in order:

1. Ace Frehley - Anomaly
2. Hirax – El Rostro De La Muerte
3. At War – Infidel
4. KISS - Sonic Boom
5. Kreator – Hordes of Chaos
6. Ultimatum - Lex Metalis
7. Voivod - Infini
8. Megadeth - Endgame
9. Saxon - Into The Labyrinth
10. Mortification - the evil addiction destroying machine
11. Meliah Rage - Masquerade
12. Believer – Gabriel
13. Grave Digger - Ballad of a Hangman
14. Main Line Riders – Worldshakers
15. Evile – Infected Nations
16. U.D.O. - Dominator
17. Seventh Angel - The Dust of Years
18. Saint – Hell Blade
19. Stryper - Murder by Pride
20. Scourged Flesh – Welcome to the End of the World
21. Vindicator/Metal Witch – Outbreak of Metal Vol. 1
22. Hammerfall – No Sacrifice, No Victory
23. Suspended – Prelude to Indignance
24. Ravage - The End of Tomorrow
25. Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know
26. Spinal Tap – Back from the Dead

Some great live albums this year too:
Ted Nugent – Motor City Meyhem
Thin Lizzy – Still Dangerous
Thin Lizzy – UK Live ‘ 75
AC/DC – Backtracks
Iron Maiden - Flight 666

A few I don't have yet, but wish I did:
3 Inches of Blood – Here Awaits Thy Doom
W.A.S.P. - Babylon
Whiplash – Unborn Again
Hyades – The Roots of Thrash
UFO - The Visitor
Cheap Trick - The Latest

CRAP! I forgot about Grave Forsaken - This Day Forth. I'll have to redo my list.

1. Black Sabbath-The Devil You Know
2. Ace Frehley-Anomaly
3. John Mayer-Battle Studies
4. Kiss-Sonic Boom
5. Megadeth-Endgame

OK, no changes now...took a lot of filtering and stuff came on and fell off...but here's what I'm left with:

My favorite 2009 releases (in no order):
Katatonia - Night Is The New Day
U2 - No Line On The Horizon
Redemption - Snowfall On Judgement Day
Gazpacho - Tick Tock
OSI - Blood
Long Distance Calling - Avoid The Light
Mastedon/John Elefante - 3/Revolution Of Mind
Muse - The Resistance
Paradise Lost - Faith Divides Us...
Amorphis - Skyforger

Other really good albums:
Dream Theater - Black Clouds...
W.E.T. - W.E.T.
Isis - Wavering Radiant
Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know
Candlemass - Death Magic Doom
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Megadeth - Endgame
Overkill - Ironbound

Disappointments:
Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue
W.A.S.P. - Babylon
Chickenfoot - Chickenfoot
Queensryche - American Soldier

Still haven't heard but want to:
Porcupine Tree - The Incident
Mars Volta - Octahedron
Ghost Brigade-Isolation Songs
While Heaven Wept - Vast Oceans Lachrymose
The Gathering - The West Pole
The Butterfly Effect - Final Conversations
Anubis Gate - The Detached
Novembers Doom - Into Nights Requim Infernal
Transatlantic - The Whirlwind