TOP 5 or 6: 2009

Updated version from me too. But there are still plenty of albums I need to get, and/or add to the list:

Stryper - 'Murder By Pride'
Kiss - 'Sonic Boom'
W.A.S.P. - 'Babylon'
Ultimatum - 'Lex Metalis'
Megadeth - 'Endgame'
RAM - 'Lightbringer'
Impellitteri - 'Wicked Maiden'
Candlemass - 'Death Magic Doom'
HammerFall - 'No Sacrifice, No Victory'
Grave Digger - 'Ballads Of A Hangman'
U.D.O. - 'Dominator'
Chris Caffery - 'House Of Insanity'
Believer - 'Gabriel'
Mortification - 'The Evil Addiction Destroying Machine'
Primal Fear - '16.6'
Jorn - 'Spirit Black'
Jacobs Dream - 'Beneath The Shadows'
Ace Frehely - 'Anomaly'
Stratovarius - 'Polaris'
7th Reign - 'Fallen Empires'

kmorg wrote:

Updated version from me too. But there are still plenty of albums I need to get, and/or add to the list:

I know! Its almost the end of the year and still albums are out there that need to be had!

DallasBlack wrote:

TSO-Night Castle
Grave Robber-Inner Sanctum
Alestorm-Black Sails At Midnight
Stryper-Murder By Pride
Dream Theater-Black Clouds And Silver Linings

Honorable mention (sicne I don't include tributes, covers, or comps):

Ultimatum-Lex Metalis

Updated list (2 CDs last night have grabbed my interest):

TSO-Night Castle
Native Window-s/t
Grave Robber-Inner Sanctum
Alestorm-Black Sails At Midnight
Shadow Gallery-Digital Ghosts

Updated version

Black Sabbath-The Devil You Know
KISS-Sonic Boom
Spinal Tap-Back From The Dead
Chickenfoot-s/t
Ace Frehley-Anomaly
Alice In Chains-Black Gives Way To Blue

Looks like mine is going to change a little yet again...I won't bother posting anymore updates til probably January...

I'm almost 100% sure my top 5 there will remain the top 5. Unless Masterplan and JOP release dates make it before 2010 I don't forsee anything changing it.

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

Looks like mine is going to change a little yet again...I won't bother posting anymore updates til probably January...

same here. I am going to wait until late december/2010 to do my full list.

so going by the collectors corner thread would it be wild of me to assume that these lists or even the usual "top albums of 2009" list at the end of the year will include many downloads and not so many physical copies ??

I'll be staight and say that I haven't purchased 20 2009 albums this year so my end of year list will feature some unusual crap, but that's the honest way it works.

So are we or people in general on message boards (not only here), fooling themselves when they list downloads ? cause you know that 18-21yrs olds and older to some dregree are not purchasiing the album they talk about.

Locky wrote:

so going by the collectors corner thread would it be wild of me to assume that these lists or even the usual "top albums of 2009" list at the end of the year will include many downloads and not so many physical copies ??

I'll be staight and say that I haven't purchased 20 2009 albums this year so my end of year list will feature some unusual crap, but that's the honest way it works.

So are we or people in general on message boards (not only here), fooling themselves when they list downloads ? cause you know that 18-21yrs olds and older to some dregree are not purchasiing the album they talk about.

my list will only have stuff i bought on cd since i dont download at all...

exact33 wrote:

Locky wrote:

so going by the collectors corner thread would it be wild of me to assume that these lists or even the usual "top albums of 2009" list at the end of the year will include many downloads and not so many physical copies ??

I'll be staight and say that I haven't purchased 20 2009 albums this year so my end of year list will feature some unusual crap, but that's the honest way it works.

So are we or people in general on message boards (not only here), fooling themselves when they list downloads ? cause you know that 18-21yrs olds and older to some dregree are not purchasiing the album they talk about.

my list will only have stuff i bought on cd since i dont download at all...

My will have downloads, but they are ones I PAID FOR on itunes or amazon. And that is rare i.e. - I couldn't find the new Ace anywhere locally, so I bought it off i-tunes. I am not a fan of downloading illegally and think it is stealing. At least I got the "Return Of The Space Bear" track. I may pick it up on vinyl for the heck of it some day.

Mine are all bought and paid for (a few I downloaded but soon after purchased). I'll probably have a top 50 list again this year because I've gotten plenty of 2009 releases this year.

I don't download at all either.

My list will definitely include:

WASP - Babylon
Innocent Rosie - Bad Habit Romance
In This Moment - Forever
Gotthard - Need To Believe

I purchase both downloads & physical discs, depends on the album and what the better deal is. When I have a choice of an $18.99 physical CD...and a $5.99 download for the same album on iTunes...I'll buy the download.

Listening before I buy is mostly limited to Lala.com these days. I do download occasionally, but if I like the album I WILL purchase it.

I always purchase the physical album. That's the real deal. Nothing less for me.

If I have a choice of purchasing an album for $19.99 or or buying a download for just $ 1.99 - I'm still gonna pay the 20 bucks and have the actual product in my CD room.

The ONLY time I download at all - is if I cannot find something that is long out of print. I will usually pay upwards of nearly $40.00 though before I'll download.

And when I do download an album - I always burn it to CD and make a professional album cover for it. Though it is very rare that I'll download. Very rare.

So yes, 110% of the albums that make my 2009 list are all bought and paid for hard copies.

And I'm also one of those people who thinks downloading without paying for it is stealing.

Downloading and paying for it is buying only half the product, IMHO.

Metallic Blaze wrote:

And I'm also one of those people who thinks downloading without paying for it is stealing.

Locky wrote:

so going by the collectors corner thread would it be wild of me to assume that these lists or even the usual "top albums of 2009" list at the end of the year will include many downloads and not so many physical copies ??

I'll be staight and say that I haven't purchased 20 2009 albums this year so my end of year list will feature some unusual crap, but that's the honest way it works.

So are we or people in general on message boards (not only here), fooling themselves when they list downloads ? cause you know that 18-21yrs olds and older to some dregree are not purchasiing the album they talk about.

I dunno about the rest, but I have bought every single album on my list. Sure, I download albums sometimes, but most of the part they're out of print albums or rare demos by unknown bands. I admit to having cut down a little on my CD purchases, but since I have to live on 250 euros a month that's not unusual...

Dave the Boss wrote:

I admit to having cut down a little on my CD purchases

Most of us have, I don't care if I don't purchase the new Burning Point album this year or next, I'll either get it when I have funds or I'll purchase a secondhand or cheaper copy. There are bands like J.O.P., Overkill, Rebellion, Grave Digger etc... that I will purchase as soon as they come out, but so many others can wait.

Locky wrote:

Dave the Boss wrote:

I admit to having cut down a little on my CD purchases

Most of us have, I don't care if I don't purchase the new Burning Point album this year or next, I'll either get it when I have funds or I'll purchase a secondhand or cheaper copy. There are bands like J.O.P., Overkill, Rebellion, Grave Digger etc... that I will purchase as soon as they come out, but so many others can wait.

x2

My cd purchases are way down from last year. Some must haves but a lot of stuff that went unpurchased (mostly cause NEH is charging $22 a cd now..) or went to nuclearhell now...

Remember:

Bands make actual money from purchasing legal downloads (Amazon, iTunes, etc).

Bands make no money from people buying used CDs and promos.

So, if part of your reason for collecting your favorite artists albums on a physical CD is because of wanting to support the band...make sure you buy it new.

detuned wrote:

Remember:

Bands make actual money from purchasing legal downloads (Amazon, iTunes, etc).

Bands make no money from people buying used CDs and promos.

So, if part of your reason for collecting your favorite artists albums on a physical CD is because of wanting to support the band...make sure you buy it new.

So true, an Ultimatum CD sold by you to me is doing the band no good in financial terms but best not think that people are constant purchasers or songs from Itunes and the likes (I don't but I know nothing about Itunes) to me I really feel that the older fans are the ones who will seek out the physical copies, be it Vinyl or CDs etc.

Do a google search and turn up pages of 2009 releases, you think many are going to head off and purchase a legal download when all they have to do is hit the "download now" button ? It will be good to see how well the Gama Bomb album does when it's a physical release because of the few boards that I am on, all the replies have been "can't wait to purchase this" "looking forward to picking it up when it's released" and it's pure bull-smurf poo in my opinion.

My top 5 or so for 2009.... Not set in stone yet but....


#1 GRAVE ROBBER - INNER SANCTUM

#2 ULTIMATUM - LEX METALLIS

#3 SAXON - INTO THE LABYRITH

#4 RIVERSIDE - ANNO DOMINO HIGH DEFINITION

#5 MAIN LINE RIDERS - WORLD SHAKER

special mentions......

ORPHAN PROJECT - SPOONING OUT THE SEA awesome metal/hard rock with a prog feel....
ULTIMATUM - PUPPET OF DESTRUCTION remaster
STRYPER - MURDER BY PRIDE


LOOK OUT 2010!!! SAINT - HELL BLADE KILLS IT!!!!
LIBERTY N JUSTICE - LIGHT IT UP!! GREAT MELODIC METAL/HARDROCK

Updating mine again. Sorry, Chickenfoot, but you ain't got nothing on Phish.

Black Sabbath-The Devil You Know
KISS-Sonic Boom
Spinal Tap-Back From The Dead
Phish-Joy
Ace Frehley-Anomaly
Alice In Chains-Black Gives Way To Blue

out of the ones I have:

1. Winterborn - Farewell To Saints
2. The Chasm - Farseeing The Paranormal Abysm
3. Grave Digger - Ballads of a Hangman
4. Believer - Gabriel
5. Augury - Fragmentary Evidence
6. Amorphis - Skyforger (losing steam here some..a few really good songs, but..something needs to give)


I want to get the newest Dark Moor and see how that ends up on the list..

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. However, I'm into a few 2009 releases I'll list:

1. Orphan Project - Spooning Out the Sea
2. Floodline - Beneath the Waves
3. Darkness Before Dawn - Kings To You
4. Step Cousin - The Evolution Religion
5. Believer - Gabriel (took a long time for me to really get into this)

i bought the new Stryper, Megadeth and Ace. I loved the Stryper and thought the other 2 were just ok. The megadeth is starting to grow on me though.