Best Of 2009 So far

SimonMagnus wrote:

Not quite sure if this is the right place to put this topic but I didnt see a general category and put it here. So sorry guys if this isnt the place but it seemed to fit the best here.

my top ten for the year so far are

1. Oranssi Pazuzu-Muukalainen Puhuu
2. Anaal Nathrakth-In the Constellation of the Black Widow
3. Revolting-Dreaful Pleasures
4. Behemoth-Evangelion
5. Spiritus Mortis-God Behind the God
6. Samael-Above
7. Absu-Absu
8. FleshGod Apocalypse-Oracles
9.Alter of Plagues-White Tomb
10. Wolves in the Throne Room-Black Cascade

Honorable mentions: Horrific-Your Worst Nightmare (as this grows on me might crack the top ten) Suffocation-Blood Oath


stuff i hated/disappointed in was the new Destroyer 666 and Graveland

Hey man I merged this with the Best Of 2009 thread we already had. Try and search the forum before you start a new thread. Thanks.

Heaven & Hell- The Devil You Know
Black Pyramid- Black Pyramid
Insomnium- Across The Dark
Joe Thrasher- Metal Forces
Isole- Silent Ruins

are a few more

dotoka wrote:

In no particular order

Shining - Klagopsalmer
Absu - Absu
God Dethroned - Passiondale
Behemoth - Evangelion
Novembers Doom - Into Night's Requiem Infernal
Goatwhore - Carving Out the Eyes of God
Necropsy - Deathprayer
Blut aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue with the Stars
Austere - To Lay Like Old Ashes
Kreator - Hordes of Chaos

and a few more:

YOB - The Great Cessation
Joe Thrasher - Metal Forces
Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
Peste Noire - Ballade Cuntre Lo Anemi Francor
Lion`s Share - Dark Hours
Drudkh - Microcosmos
Code - Resplendent Grotesque

So far for me it would have to be Absu. Though Gorod's Process of a New Decline is a fantastic modern tech death album.

Candlemass' Death Magic Doom deserves a mention too.

No particular order:

Asphyx - Death... The Brutal Way
Sacrifice - The Ones I Condemn
Artillery - When Death Comes
Candlemass - Death Magic Doom
Cruciamentum - Convocation of Crawling Chaos demo
Funebrarum - The Sleep of Morbid Dreams

I'm going to go out on a limb and say Heathen will own everything

Also going to be adding to my list;

Thanatos - Justified Genocide
God Dethroned - Passiondale

The Dutch are on fire this year.

Every single time I listen to Absu's Absu I think "this is definitely my album of the year so far" - usually while nodding my head and humming along. I just can't stress enough how much I enjoy it. It's like, Emperor meets Slayer, with a touch of Melechesh. The album features the best production the band have ever had, where some fans saw it as a negative, I see it as a definite plus, and a step in the right direction. I'd compare the progression from the band's previous album Tara similar to the progression Emperor made from Anthems to IX Equilbrium. The overall atmosphere of the album is great, even if the variation of riffs isn't huge, they're all very enjoyable and add to the more thrashier moments of the album. The clarity of Procsriptor's drumming is very refreshing as well, especially as on previous releases it wasn't so prominent, which I found disappointing.

Basically, it's going to take one hell of an album to top Absu for me this year.

i`m thinking that the new Anaal Nathrakh, Absu, Drudkh, Austere and Destroyer 666 are on my top list so far this year

Nice to see Joe Thrasher on a couple lists!

I am really liking Savage Messiah's new one "Insurrection Rising".

Farseeing the Paranormal Abysm by The Chasm is a definite on my list.

Way too many good albums this year...

^^true

Austere - To lay like old ashes
Absu - Absu
Behemoth - Evangelion
Megadeth - endgame
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Oracles

there must be more but this is what is on my mind atm

ThornsofCrimsonDeath wrote:

Tribulation - The Horror
Candlemass - Death Magic Doom
Novembers Doom - Into Night's Requiem Infernal
Forsaken - After the fall
Spiritus Mortis - God Behind the God
Shining - Klagopsalmer
Unanimated - In The Light of Darkness
In Solitude - In Solitude
Wolf - Ravenous
Horrific - Your Worst Nightmare
Daemonicus - Host of Rotting Flesh


Have lots of more great albums, awesome record year. Best ina long long time But this is all i can come up with right now.

and
Count Raven - Mammons War
Autumnia - O'Funeralia
Reverend Bizarre - Death Is Glory..Now
My Dying Bride - For Lies I Sire
Tales of Dark - Perdition Calls
Black Pyramid - Black Pyramid
The Prophecy - Into The Light
Wine From Tears - Through The Eyes of the Mad
The Mornignside - Moving Crosscurrant of Time
The Gates of Slumber - Hyms of Blood And Thunder
Altar of Oblivion - Sinews Of Anguish
Frailty - Frailty
Crystal Viper - Metal nation
RAM - Lightbringer
The Chasm - Farseeing The Paranormal Abysm
Asphyx - ...The Brutal Way
Maim - From The Womb To The Tomb
Demonical - Hellsworn
Sinners Burn - Rendezvous

It's been an ok year, Armaggedon, Heaven and Hell, Beherit, and ISB all released great albums. The newcomer was Excoriate with their DM opus, and the best re-issue was the re-recorded version of "Strange Ways To Ancient Times"! Actually, it's been a pretty kick ass year, considering there were only two or three truly excellent releases in 2008.

My top 10 in no particular order:

Kongh - Shadows Of The Shapeless
Sonic Youth - The Eternal
Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
Black Pyramid - Black Pyramid
Lightning Bolt - Earthly Delights
The Mountain Goats - The Life Of The World To Come
Amesœurs - Amesœurs
Megasus - Megasus
Jesu - Infinity
Wolves In The Throne Room - Black Cascade

Others I've enjoyed:

Tombs - Winter Hours
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Devin Townsend - Ki
Oranssi Pazuzu - Muukalainen Puhuu
Peste Noire - Ballade cuntre lo Anemi Francor
Isis - Wavering Radiant
Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know
Brutal Truth - Evolution Through Revolution
YOB - The Great Cessation

maybe the new alice in chains. 08 and 09 have been disappointing years in metal for me.

Recently...

Ensiferum - From Afar is by far the best album I heard from 2009
Wolf - Ravenous Awesome heavy metal, this band had some decent releases, some great, but this is by far their best
Witheria - Painful Escape Nice, different deathrash..good shit that never bores me
Thanatos - Justified Genocide A new album by the dutch(?) deathrash masters..great release! ultimate headbanger
Suffocation - Blood Oath is nice..
Bastardator - Identify The Dead is a nice piece of thrash to hear sometimes..
and finally in last..
Warbringer - Waking Into Nightmare I'm not a big fan of Warbringer, and this release is better than their first but still doesn't really give me a feeling that the album is THE album.


I need to hear the new Immortal...

Mystic Prophecy - Fireangel
Epica - Design Your Universe

These are my albums of the year (so far):

Absu - Absu
Gorod - The Process of a New Decline
Anaal Nathrakh - In the Constellation of the Black Widow
Ahab - The Divinity of Oceans
Shining - VI - Klagopsalmer
Megadeth - Endgame
My Dying Bride - For Lies I Sire
Candlemass - Death Magic Doom

At the end of the year I'll (somehow) shorten the list to just a couple...

notable albums Ive had time to critic:

Napalm Death - Time Waits for No Slave
Witchmaster - Trucizna
Rumpelstiltskin Grinder - Living for Death, Destroying the Rest
Absu - Absu
Cobalt - Gin
Teitanblood - Seven Chalices
Horrific - Your Worst Nightmare
Vorum - Grim Death Awaits
Plyon - Doom
Funebrarum - The Sleep of Morbid Dreams
Procession - The Cult of Disease
Habsyll - MMVIII
Heaven and Hell - The Devil You Know
Slough Feg - Ape Uprising!
Fondlecorpse- Creaturegore
Doomraiser - Erasing the Remembrance

***Yoga - Megafauna
*** My album of the year more than likely.

Albums Im still on the fence about:

Black Pyramid - Black Pyramid
Leviathan - Sic Luceat Lux
Count Raven - Mammom's War