TOP 5 or 6: 2009

Megadeth-Endgaem
Cage-Science Of Annihilation
Chickenfoot-S/T
Primal Fear-16:6
Grave Digger-Ballads Of A Hangman

House Of Lords will be on the list when I can pick it up.

It's nice to see Primal Fear's "16.6" in so many's top 5. It's in mine too - and for good reason! This album SLAYS!!!

I'd say it's my second fave from Primal Fear.

Porcupine Tree - The Incident
Megadeth - Endgame
Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know
Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue
Blaze Bayley - The Night That Would Not Die
Steve Wilson - Insurgences
Mars Volta - Octahedron

honorable mentions:
Brand New - Daisy (though the last one was their best)
Ronny Monroe - The Fire Within
KMFDM - Blitz

Metalucifer - Heavy Metal Bulldozer
Praying Mantis - Sanctuary
KISS - Sonic Boom
Argus - Argus
Sinister Realm - Sinister Realm

I do love that Hammerfall.

Helstar's King of Hell was a 2008 release.

TheNazgul wrote:

I do love that Hammerfall.

Really? I guess maybe it will grow on me. I LOVE Hammerfall, but was greatly disappointed in their new one. It won't even crack my top 20 this year.

Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Amorphis - Skyforger

Some of my fave´s:
STEEVI JAIMZ:MY PRIVATE HELL
HAMMERFALL:NO SACRIFICE, NO VICTORY
CAULDRON:CHAINED TO THE NITE
WOLF:RAVENSOUS
AGGRESSION:MOSHPIRIT
SATHANAS:NIGHTREALM APOCALYPSE
IMPELLITERRI:WICKED MAIDEN.
Love the new SAMAEL, KREATOR, SAXON, CRYSTAL VIPER, PESTILENCE and a long etc...too. A great year 2009 for metal.

mc666 wrote:

best of the year...
1.) Napalm Death - Time Waits for No Slave
2.) God Dethroned - Passiondale
3.) Asphyx - Death...The Brutal Way
4.) Brutal Truth - Evolution Through Revolution
5.) Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague

honorable mentions...
Samael - Above
Suffocation - Blood Oath
Beherit - Engram
Sathanas - Nightrealm Apocalypse
Vader - Necropolis

Nice to see SAMAEL and SATHANAS in your honorable mentions. What do you think about the comeback album by PESTILENCE? I think its good. I am going to buy soon the new ASPHYX album, i am happy they are back kicking a-ss again

krokus wrote:

mc666 wrote:

best of the year...
1.) Napalm Death - Time Waits for No Slave
2.) God Dethroned - Passiondale
3.) Asphyx - Death...The Brutal Way
4.) Brutal Truth - Evolution Through Revolution
5.) Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague

honorable mentions...
Samael - Above
Suffocation - Blood Oath
Beherit - Engram
Sathanas - Nightrealm Apocalypse
Vader - Necropolis

Nice to see SAMAEL and SATHANAS in your honorable mentions. What do you think about the comeback album by PESTILENCE? I think its good. I am going to buy soon the new ASPHYX album, i am happy they are back kicking a-ss again

i think the Pestilence album is solid. it's in my top 20, definitely. the new Asphyx album is a must for old school death metal fans. top notch. even Ult would like it, i suspect.

I also got that new Samael album. Looking forward to hearing it. I've not opened it yet, but I suspect it will at least be in my top 10 for the year.

Metallic Blaze wrote:

I also got that new Samael album. Looking forward to hearing it. I've not opened it yet, but I suspect it will at least be in my top 10 for the year.

Its a good album, i think their best since CEREMONY OF OPPOSITES(1994). They went back to their roots and thats a good thing because they were to modern and boring sounding in my opinion for 15 years.

Oh I liked their more recent output too. But I also welcome a return to form from them. They are quite versatile, and I like that in a band.

this year has been great.
The ones that I have so far and shouldn't be missed so far are
1.SAXON- INTO THE LABYRINTH(Their best album in years)
2.grabe digger - ballads of a hangman
3.stryper- murder by pride(a modern sound but still great music)
4.impellitteri - wicked maiden(as good as their old music)
5.mortification - the evil addiction
more to consider
megadeth - endgame(great album but not as good as united)
ultimatum - lex metalix(looking for covers? this wont disappoint)
dissapointmenst so far
Heaven and hell(not what I expected)
chickenfoot(nothing memorable)

For me it was:
Ultimatum - Lex Metalis
as we worked out butts off on it.

Ace Frehley - Anomoly
Kiss - Sonic Boom
Hirax - El Rostro de la Muerte
Seventh Angel – Dust of Years
Saxon - Into the Labyrinth
Megadeth - Endgame
Believer – Gabriel
Kreator – Hordes of Chaos
Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know
Stryper - Murder By Pride
Meliah Rage – Masquerade
Mortification – The Evil Addiction Destroying Machine
U.D.O. - Dominator
Helstar – King of Hell
Thresher – This Is It
Grave Forsaken - This Day Forth
Main Line Riders – Worldshaker
Vindicator / Metal Witch- Outbreak of Metal Vol. I
Scourged Flesh – Welcome to the End of the World
Grave Digger - Ballad of a Hangman

Ultimatum~"Lex Metalis"(obvious #1 choice!!)
Grave Forsaken~"This Day Forth(gotta love the aussie thrash)
Main Line Riders~"World Shaker"(live in NJ and they are my Delaware neighbors)
Stryper~ "Murder by Pride"(the metal band that started this craze in me!)

Lurideath wrote:

Helstar's King of Hell was a 2008 release.

2008 in Europe but it came out in the US in '09.

Fat Freddy wrote:

Lurideath wrote:

Helstar's King of Hell was a 2008 release.

2008 in Europe but it came out in the US in '09.

That's how the new Ross the Boss was too.

Had a 2008 Euro release, but wasn't released here in the US until Jan of '09.

Ace Frehley - Anamoly
Saxon - Into the Labyrinth
Lions Share - Dark Hours
Megadeth - Endgame

I know that's only four, but I have spots reserved for the new KISS and the new Immortal. I just know I'm gonna love 'em.

Oh the new Immortal is gonna OWN!!!

I'm sure it will at least be in my top 10 for the year.

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

HEAVEN & HELL - The Devil You Know
AMORPHIS - Skyforger
PRIMAL FEAR - 16:6
HARDLINE - Leaving The End Open
HELSTAR - The King Of Hell
CANDLEMASS - Death Magic Doom
JORN - Spirit Black
TALL STORIES - Skyscraper

Several Metal titles have been bumped from my Top 10 for the year...my current top 10 list (random order):

U2 - No Line On The Horizon
MASTEDON - 3
W.E.T. - W.E.T.
DREAM THEATER - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
JORN - Spirit Black
BON JOVI - The Circle
HEAVEN AND HELL - The Devil You Know
HARDLINE - Leaving The End Open
COLLECTIVE SOUL - Rabbit
TALL STORIES - Skyscraper

There are still so many 2009 albums I either haven't heard or not heard enough...ALICE IN CHAINS, PORCUPINE TREE, PARADISE LOST, THE DECEMBERISTS, THREE DAYS GRACE, MUSE...

Fat Freddy wrote:

Heaven & Hell - THE DEVIL YOU KNOW
Primal Fear - 16.6 (BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD)
Megadeth - ENDGAME
Beatallica - MASTERFUL MYSTERY TOUR

...yeah, I know, that's only 4. Slow year.

...add KISS' SONIC BOOM to this list.

Fat Freddy wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Heaven & Hell - THE DEVIL YOU KNOW
Primal Fear - 16.6 (BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD)
Megadeth - ENDGAME
Beatallica - MASTERFUL MYSTERY TOUR

...yeah, I know, that's only 4. Slow year.

...add KISS' SONIC BOOM to this list.

Good pick!!!!