Obligatory Best Releases of 2009 Thread

[theRothstanator]

The new year is almost here. So what were everyone's favorite releases this year? Here is what I can think of so far:

Zoroaster-Voice of Saturn
WITTR-Black Cascade
Saviours-Accelerated Living
Kylesa-Static Tensions
Ahab-Divinity of Oceans
Krallice-Dimensional Bleedthrough
Giant Squid-The Ichthyologist
maudlin of the Well-Part the Second
Grizzly Bear-Veckatimest
Why?-Eskimo Snow

I also enjoyed stuff from: The Entrance Band, Nachtmystium, Tegan and Sara, Dead Man's Bones (Ryan Gosling's band!!!), and Njiqahdda (they release something like every 3 weeks).

[Diana]

I'll spare you all the suspense:

Belphegor - Walpurgis Rites/Hexenwahn

[Ryan]

Zoroaster-Voice of Saturn
Saviours-Accelerated Living
Kylesa-Static Tensions

Baroness - Blue Record
Magrudergrind - s/t
Absu - s/t

[Asrynth]

Nile - Those Whom the Gods Detest

[necroodin]

on my list would have to be Urgehal - Ikonoklast, will really have to look back and listen as i have about 600 2009 albums

[ScreamBloodyGore]

screambloodygore like jungle rot vreid mastodon teitanblood slough feg goreaphobia pigsty o yea

[GameFreac]

I'll post mine later. I have a hard time posting mine when it's not the end of the year yet...haha.

[BlackRoija]

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/BlackRoija/2009

[MS_39455]

Off the top of my head in no particular order...though the year isn't quite over yet and there are still a few that I have yet to get my hands on.

Ahab - The Divinity of Oceans
Mournful Congregation - June Frost
Abstract Spirit - Tragedy and Weeds
Urgehal - Ikonoklast
Katharsis - Fourth Reich
Antaeus/Katharsis - split 7" (exclusive killer tracks)
Temple of Baal - Lightslaying Ritual
Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II
Meat Puppets - Sewn Together (not even remotely metal, but one of my favorite releases this year)
Absu - self titled

[Generubin]

Hard to say because I have a few that I have yet to check out.

Absu's self intitled
Azarath - Praise The Beast
Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague
Destroyer 666 - Defiance
Dying Fetus - Descend Into Depravity
Ensiferum - From Afar
Kreator - Hordes of Chaos
Old Man's Child - Slaves of the World
Suffocation - Blood Oath
Týr - By The Light of the Northern Star
Vreid - Milorg
Nile - Those Whom The Gods Detest

I'm sure there are others but I can't think of them right now. These are just off the top of my head. I haven't heard much of Vader's and Hypocrisy's new cd to really give my opinion.

[Jordan]

I'll second the baroness, nile, and dying fetus albums.
Also Mastodon's CTS
Black Dahlia Murder's Deflorate
Municipal Waste's Massive Aggressive
Sunn O)))'s Monoliths and Dimensions

[Metalfreak]

Damn I used to be in the loop on new releases but not since I graduated and left the radio station. I haven't really bought many new releases this year but a few that I actually did listen to are:

Cc- evisceration plague
eluveitie - evocation I
Ensiferum - from afar
Kreator - Hordes of Chaos

I didn't even know D666 or Old Mans Child had new albums lol I must go find them!

[Assault]

I have to disagree, Massive Aggressive was one of the worst releases of the year.

Absu-S/t
Paintbox-Trip, Trance, and Traveling
World Burns to Death/Blowback split 7"

[WREKage-Paul]

I didn't even know D666 or Old Mans Child had new albums lol I must go find them!

Haven't been listening to WREKage too much, then. I tend to play OM'sC a lot.

[Generubin]

Definitely not Slayer's World Painted Blood, har.