 | Blog author: Alex Stojanovic Hello everyone and a happy new year to you all! To kick things off, here we are again with another trip down memory lane, as we are heading back 10 years ago back to 2009! What was going on in 2009? As far as bands go, some of the disbandments that occurred happened with Running Wild, Gorefest, God Seed, Angelcorpse, Nothingface and Metal Church. |
Of course, some of these bands would reform a couple of years later and are still going today. At the same time, some reformations that happened include Decapitated, Faith No More, Gorguts, Accept and Autopsy.
Other events that took place included Metallica's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, and while we're on the subject of Metallica, the end of the year was when it was officially confirmed that thrash's Big Four would be doing shows together for the first time ever in 2010. However, probably the most devastating event that occurred during the year was when Ronnie James Dio announced his stomach cancer diagnosis. Let's also take a moment to remember the fallen heroes that we we lost in 2009. Notable examples include Mike Alexander of Evile, Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan of Avenged Sevenfold and Brian Redman, formerly of 3 Inches Of Blood. R.I.P. to them all.
Many of the albums listed below bring back memories of my junior and senior years of high school, although a couple of albums, I heard a few years later after I graduated. After listening to primarily metalcore for a couple of years, 2009 was the year I started developing a bigger interest in thrash, death, traditional and power metal, as well as listening to many more old-school bands like Exodus, Testament, Kreator, Cannibal Corpse, Death Angel and so on, which is all what I gravitate a lot more towards these days. Let's get into it.
Other events that took place included Metallica's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, and while we're on the subject of Metallica, the end of the year was when it was officially confirmed that thrash's Big Four would be doing shows together for the first time ever in 2010. However, probably the most devastating event that occurred during the year was when Ronnie James Dio announced his stomach cancer diagnosis. Let's also take a moment to remember the fallen heroes that we we lost in 2009. Notable examples include Mike Alexander of Evile, Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan of Avenged Sevenfold and Brian Redman, formerly of 3 Inches Of Blood. R.I.P. to them all.
Many of the albums listed below bring back memories of my junior and senior years of high school, although a couple of albums, I heard a few years later after I graduated. After listening to primarily metalcore for a couple of years, 2009 was the year I started developing a bigger interest in thrash, death, traditional and power metal, as well as listening to many more old-school bands like Exodus, Testament, Kreator, Cannibal Corpse, Death Angel and so on, which is all what I gravitate a lot more towards these days. Let's get into it.
10. LAMB OF GOD - Wrath
When you release a strong album that becomes a modern metal classic like Ashes Of The Wake, then follow it up with yet another strong effort and modern classic with Sacrament, how do you follow that? Only Lamb Of God know. These days, Lamb Of God's Wrath album seems to be one of the albums the band doesn't visit all that much anymore. When it comes to including songs from Wrath in the live set these days, they seem to only play "Set To Fail" on the headline shows. Chris Adler has always had a pretty poppy snare sound. I thought that the snare sound on Sacrament lacked punch, but that changed on Wrath. It was still poppy, but slightly more enhanced. Tracks like "In Your Words", "Contractor", "Fake Messiah", "Broken Hands", "Dead Seeds" and "Everything To Nothing" is proof why Wrath is one of the best albums in the Lamb Of God discography, and they should include more songs from Wrath in the setlist. Who's with me on that one? The album also hit #1 in Canada, as well as #2 in the U.S and #5 in Finland. Not too shabby for an album this heavy, right?
When you release a strong album that becomes a modern metal classic like Ashes Of The Wake, then follow it up with yet another strong effort and modern classic with Sacrament, how do you follow that? Only Lamb Of God know. These days, Lamb Of God's Wrath album seems to be one of the albums the band doesn't visit all that much anymore. When it comes to including songs from Wrath in the live set these days, they seem to only play "Set To Fail" on the headline shows. Chris Adler has always had a pretty poppy snare sound. I thought that the snare sound on Sacrament lacked punch, but that changed on Wrath. It was still poppy, but slightly more enhanced. Tracks like "In Your Words", "Contractor", "Fake Messiah", "Broken Hands", "Dead Seeds" and "Everything To Nothing" is proof why Wrath is one of the best albums in the Lamb Of God discography, and they should include more songs from Wrath in the setlist. Who's with me on that one? The album also hit #1 in Canada, as well as #2 in the U.S and #5 in Finland. Not too shabby for an album this heavy, right?
09. CANNIBAL CORPSE - Evisceration Plague
Cannibal Corpse were my introduction to death metal in 2008 when I decided to check out Kill for the first time, and it was shortly before Evisceration Plague was about to come out. When Evisceration Plague came out in early 2009, I listened to that album a lot throughout my junior and senior high school years, all while familiarizing myself with the older material. Listening to this album again 10 years later, I wish Paul Mazurkiewicz's snare didn't sound so buried. Yeah, I know, I can be pretty picky about snare sounds and drum tones, I will admit, but to me, the sound of his snare doesn't compliment the intensity of the guitar tones. However, "To Decompose", "Carnivorous Swarm", "Skewered From Ear To Eye", "Beheading & Burning" and "Unnatural" are all some of the best highlights on this record.
Cannibal Corpse were my introduction to death metal in 2008 when I decided to check out Kill for the first time, and it was shortly before Evisceration Plague was about to come out. When Evisceration Plague came out in early 2009, I listened to that album a lot throughout my junior and senior high school years, all while familiarizing myself with the older material. Listening to this album again 10 years later, I wish Paul Mazurkiewicz's snare didn't sound so buried. Yeah, I know, I can be pretty picky about snare sounds and drum tones, I will admit, but to me, the sound of his snare doesn't compliment the intensity of the guitar tones. However, "To Decompose", "Carnivorous Swarm", "Skewered From Ear To Eye", "Beheading & Burning" and "Unnatural" are all some of the best highlights on this record.
08. SLAYER - World Painted Blood
World Painted Blood is a bittersweet album because it's a great album, but at the same time, it would be the last Slayer album we would get with the original lineup before Dave Lombardo left, and it's unfortunately the last album Jeff Hanneman appeared on before his untimely passing in 2013. That's not the only last with this album, but it would be the band's last album to be released through American Recordings, and it would be the band's last album produced by Rick Rubin. "Psychopathy Red" was released while the band was still in the embryonic stages of the writing process, and they played it on their European Unholy Alliance tour in 2008, as well as their summer 2009 dates across Canada and the United States. I remember around that time, I was just starting to develop a bigger love for Slayer after listening to Christ Illusion, and I couldn't stop playing the preview to the song. For the next few months after that, I began familiarizing myself with the back catalog and loving what I heard, converting me into the Slayer fan that I am today. Another thing worth noting about the album was that the whole launch of the album got derailed due to Tom Araya's back issues and him needing surgery, which resulted in numerous tours and shows in the fall of 2009 getting postponed until summer 2010. Some of the stand out tracks here include "World Painted Blood", "Unit 731", "Psychopathy Red", "Hate Worldwide" and "Human Strain". R.I.P. Jeff.
World Painted Blood is a bittersweet album because it's a great album, but at the same time, it would be the last Slayer album we would get with the original lineup before Dave Lombardo left, and it's unfortunately the last album Jeff Hanneman appeared on before his untimely passing in 2013. That's not the only last with this album, but it would be the band's last album to be released through American Recordings, and it would be the band's last album produced by Rick Rubin. "Psychopathy Red" was released while the band was still in the embryonic stages of the writing process, and they played it on their European Unholy Alliance tour in 2008, as well as their summer 2009 dates across Canada and the United States. I remember around that time, I was just starting to develop a bigger love for Slayer after listening to Christ Illusion, and I couldn't stop playing the preview to the song. For the next few months after that, I began familiarizing myself with the back catalog and loving what I heard, converting me into the Slayer fan that I am today. Another thing worth noting about the album was that the whole launch of the album got derailed due to Tom Araya's back issues and him needing surgery, which resulted in numerous tours and shows in the fall of 2009 getting postponed until summer 2010. Some of the stand out tracks here include "World Painted Blood", "Unit 731", "Psychopathy Red", "Hate Worldwide" and "Human Strain". R.I.P. Jeff.
07. ALICE IN CHAINS - Black Gives Way To Blue
To this day, there will always be people claiming that Alice In Chains is nothing without Layne Staley. However, William DuVall is doing a fantastic job and Jerry Cantrell is the primary songwriter after all. There was definitely a lot of trepidation amongst longtime fans when Black Gives Way To Blue was coming out. It certainly split the camps, but the end result is a fantastic album chock-full of memorable songs. The record contains songs that are just as heavy as Dirt and Facelift, if not heavier, like "Last Of My Kind", "Check My Brain", "Lesson Learned", "Your Decision" and "A Looking In View". Not only a fantastic album, but a fantastic comeback album. This record, along with its two successors: The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here and Rainier Fog are all quality albums.
To this day, there will always be people claiming that Alice In Chains is nothing without Layne Staley. However, William DuVall is doing a fantastic job and Jerry Cantrell is the primary songwriter after all. There was definitely a lot of trepidation amongst longtime fans when Black Gives Way To Blue was coming out. It certainly split the camps, but the end result is a fantastic album chock-full of memorable songs. The record contains songs that are just as heavy as Dirt and Facelift, if not heavier, like "Last Of My Kind", "Check My Brain", "Lesson Learned", "Your Decision" and "A Looking In View". Not only a fantastic album, but a fantastic comeback album. This record, along with its two successors: The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here and Rainier Fog are all quality albums.
06. DIRGE WITHIN - Force Fed Lies
When I went to see Trivium live for the first time in 2009 on the Shogun tour, one of the opening acts on the tour was Dirge Within. At the time, they just released their debut album Force Fed Lies. I always enjoy checking out music from opening bands I never heard of before I see them at a show, and when I checked out Force Fed Lies, I became a fan instantly and was looking forward to seeing them live. Jerms Genske is a great vocalist, providing some awesome dirty and clean vocals that compliment the really chunky down-tuned riffs really well. Hooks fly in from all over on tracks like "Forever The Martyr", "Force Fed Lies", "Confession" and "Spit". The album offers a great balance between thrash and groove. Corey Beaulieu from Trivium makes an appearance on the track "Complacency" providing a guest solo. In 2017, Dirge Within reformed after 5 years apart, but it sucks that the reunion was short-lived as they split up once again in early 2018, but we have Force Fed Lies and There Will Be Blood.
When I went to see Trivium live for the first time in 2009 on the Shogun tour, one of the opening acts on the tour was Dirge Within. At the time, they just released their debut album Force Fed Lies. I always enjoy checking out music from opening bands I never heard of before I see them at a show, and when I checked out Force Fed Lies, I became a fan instantly and was looking forward to seeing them live. Jerms Genske is a great vocalist, providing some awesome dirty and clean vocals that compliment the really chunky down-tuned riffs really well. Hooks fly in from all over on tracks like "Forever The Martyr", "Force Fed Lies", "Confession" and "Spit". The album offers a great balance between thrash and groove. Corey Beaulieu from Trivium makes an appearance on the track "Complacency" providing a guest solo. In 2017, Dirge Within reformed after 5 years apart, but it sucks that the reunion was short-lived as they split up once again in early 2018, but we have Force Fed Lies and There Will Be Blood.
05. SHADOWS FALL - Retribution
Of all the great albums that came from Shadows Fall, Retribution would have to be my favourite. I believe it's their heaviest. For those that don't know, the track "War" is a cover of the Bob Marley song, and it has lyrics that were derived from a speech by Haile Selassie, who was the emperor of Ethiopia, at the 1963 United Nations General Assembly. At the same time, there's a number of really heavy numbers like "My Demise", "A Public Execution", "Dead & Gone" and "King Of Nothing", which Randy Blythe from Lamb Of God makes a guest appearance on, as well as great melodic tunes like "Still I Rise", "Picture Perfect" and "The Taste Of Fear". The band even made their first appearance on Late Night TV on Jimmy Fallon's show ahead of the album's release and performed "Still I Rise" to promote the album, which was awesome and it was great exposure for the band.
Of all the great albums that came from Shadows Fall, Retribution would have to be my favourite. I believe it's their heaviest. For those that don't know, the track "War" is a cover of the Bob Marley song, and it has lyrics that were derived from a speech by Haile Selassie, who was the emperor of Ethiopia, at the 1963 United Nations General Assembly. At the same time, there's a number of really heavy numbers like "My Demise", "A Public Execution", "Dead & Gone" and "King Of Nothing", which Randy Blythe from Lamb Of God makes a guest appearance on, as well as great melodic tunes like "Still I Rise", "Picture Perfect" and "The Taste Of Fear". The band even made their first appearance on Late Night TV on Jimmy Fallon's show ahead of the album's release and performed "Still I Rise" to promote the album, which was awesome and it was great exposure for the band.
04. SAVAGE MESSIAH - Insurrection Rising
For me, my 2009 list would not be complete without including the awesome debut album from my boys in Savage Messiah. Insurrection Rising combines the best ingredients of old-school thrash and traditional metal into a killer package. You can hear the Metallica, Megadeth and Testament influences very clearly on the album. It's flooded with incredible tracks like "Insurrection Rising", "In Absence Of Liberty", "Vigil Of The Navigator", "Enemy Image (Dehumanization)" and "Silent Empire" just to name a few. The only slight flaw with this album is that many of the fills by drummer Ernie Nogara lacked consistency. Regardless, Insurrection Rising is a pure masterpiece of modern thrash that more people should check out, and the same goes for the rest of Savage Messiah's impressive catalog.
For me, my 2009 list would not be complete without including the awesome debut album from my boys in Savage Messiah. Insurrection Rising combines the best ingredients of old-school thrash and traditional metal into a killer package. You can hear the Metallica, Megadeth and Testament influences very clearly on the album. It's flooded with incredible tracks like "Insurrection Rising", "In Absence Of Liberty", "Vigil Of The Navigator", "Enemy Image (Dehumanization)" and "Silent Empire" just to name a few. The only slight flaw with this album is that many of the fills by drummer Ernie Nogara lacked consistency. Regardless, Insurrection Rising is a pure masterpiece of modern thrash that more people should check out, and the same goes for the rest of Savage Messiah's impressive catalog.
03. HEAVEN & HELL - The Devil You Know
It's pretty sad to know that this was the last full-length album that Ronnie James Dio recorded before he passed in 2010, but all I can say is that Heaven & Hell's only album: The Devil You Know, was a great album to go out with. I get mixed feelings when listening to this album because it's Ronnie's last, which is the depressing part, but the music is astonishing. Dio's majestic vocals and Tony Iommi's thundering riffs is like a recipe for an eargasm. You also can't forget about the thunder from Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice. From top to bottom, it's 10 songs of perfection, but the songs that will hook you instantly would be "Bible Black", "Double The Pain", "The Turn Of The Screw", "Eating The Cannibals" and "Follow The Tears". In terms of guitar tone, this album contains what I think is Tony Iommi's best guitar tone ever, or one of them at least. It's truly heartbreaking knowing that there will never be another singer like Ronnie James Dio. Honesty, The Devil You Know pisses me off because it's so good.
It's pretty sad to know that this was the last full-length album that Ronnie James Dio recorded before he passed in 2010, but all I can say is that Heaven & Hell's only album: The Devil You Know, was a great album to go out with. I get mixed feelings when listening to this album because it's Ronnie's last, which is the depressing part, but the music is astonishing. Dio's majestic vocals and Tony Iommi's thundering riffs is like a recipe for an eargasm. You also can't forget about the thunder from Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice. From top to bottom, it's 10 songs of perfection, but the songs that will hook you instantly would be "Bible Black", "Double The Pain", "The Turn Of The Screw", "Eating The Cannibals" and "Follow The Tears". In terms of guitar tone, this album contains what I think is Tony Iommi's best guitar tone ever, or one of them at least. It's truly heartbreaking knowing that there will never be another singer like Ronnie James Dio. Honesty, The Devil You Know pisses me off because it's so good.
02. EVILE - Infected Nations
This is where I first discovered Evile. I first started listening to them during the first part of 2010 and that year was a very Evile-heavy year for me. They came on my radar after reading that they toured with Megadeth around Europe in early 2008, and they were a thrash band, so I thought I'd check them out, and I just started clicking track after track on YouTube and was instantly hooked. I was listening to Evile a lot throughout the second half of my senior year of high school, into my first year of college and beyond, and I still love them to this day. When you compare Infected Nations to their debut Enter The Grave, you can hear how the band matured as songwriters and performers. While the main thrash element is still present, the band incorporated some more groove and progressive elements into their music. While the main lyrical focus on Enter The Grave was death and war, many of which were inspired by classic action and horror movies, the lyrics on Infected Nations focus on issues within society. Some examples of this are the title track, "Plague To End All Plagues" and "Devoid Of Thought". There's also some personal themes like on "Metamorphosis", "Genocide" and "Time No More". The songs are slightly longer as well, with all the tracks being in between 5-7 minutes. "Time No More" is the shortest track being 4 minutes, and the closing instrumental "Hundred Wrathful Deities" is the longest track, clocking in at just over 11 minutes. This would also be the first of the trilogy of Evile albums that were produced by the great Russ Russell. Sadly, this would be the last album to feature bassist Mike Alexander, who died while the band was on tour in Sweden with Amon Amarth just two weeks after the album's release. R.I.P. Mike. Brilliant band and a brilliant album.
This is where I first discovered Evile. I first started listening to them during the first part of 2010 and that year was a very Evile-heavy year for me. They came on my radar after reading that they toured with Megadeth around Europe in early 2008, and they were a thrash band, so I thought I'd check them out, and I just started clicking track after track on YouTube and was instantly hooked. I was listening to Evile a lot throughout the second half of my senior year of high school, into my first year of college and beyond, and I still love them to this day. When you compare Infected Nations to their debut Enter The Grave, you can hear how the band matured as songwriters and performers. While the main thrash element is still present, the band incorporated some more groove and progressive elements into their music. While the main lyrical focus on Enter The Grave was death and war, many of which were inspired by classic action and horror movies, the lyrics on Infected Nations focus on issues within society. Some examples of this are the title track, "Plague To End All Plagues" and "Devoid Of Thought". There's also some personal themes like on "Metamorphosis", "Genocide" and "Time No More". The songs are slightly longer as well, with all the tracks being in between 5-7 minutes. "Time No More" is the shortest track being 4 minutes, and the closing instrumental "Hundred Wrathful Deities" is the longest track, clocking in at just over 11 minutes. This would also be the first of the trilogy of Evile albums that were produced by the great Russ Russell. Sadly, this would be the last album to feature bassist Mike Alexander, who died while the band was on tour in Sweden with Amon Amarth just two weeks after the album's release. R.I.P. Mike. Brilliant band and a brilliant album.
01. MEGADETH - Endgame
United Abominations may have turned me into a more serious Megadeth fan, but it was Endgame that turned me into a Megadeth freak. I was freaking out on this album like no other when it came out. This was also the first album I bought with my own money. The way the record opens with the solo-fest of "Dialectic Chaos", then leading into the thrash insanity of "This Day We Fight" is just indescribable. Not only that, but tracks like "1,320", "Bodies", "The Right To Go Insane", "Endgame", "Head Crusher" and "44 Minutes" help solidify the album's place as one of the best albums of 2009. The strength in the performance department increased from United Abominations by quite a few notches, as well as the energy levels. Dave Mustaine has a notorious history about craving to be number 1. Now, this is not making fun of Dave by any means, but 2009 saw Metallica get inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, and Mustaine was snubbed from the induction, which he felt was unfair. It looks like he channeled the anger and frustration from that situation and put it into musical form on Endgame. It seems that every decade in Megadeth's career has that one album or two that seem to be the best album of that decade for the band. For me, Endgame is the best of the 2000s, despite being released on the decade's tail end. Traces of Killing Is My Business, Peace Sells, Rust In Peace and Countdown To Extinction can be found all over the record. Shawn Drover really shows his drumming abilities here, and Chris Broderick does the same with his superior shredding. Seriously, the riffs on this album are menacing. This would also be the last album to feature James Lomenzo on bass before David Ellefson returned to the band in early 2010.
Little funny story I want to quickly share. This story always seems to come back to me when I listen to this album, especially "This Day We Fight". One day, when I was in my senior year of high school, some of my friends who were on the student activity council tried to get me to go to the school dance taking place that very evening, and of course I said "nah". However, they promised to play a metal song because they knew I was one of the school's very few big metal fans, but I was the biggest in their book. They were all into the trendy pop, hip-hop and country stuff dominating the charts at the time. No surprise, it's what high-schoolers are into. At first, I didn't believe them, but they ended up convincing me. They asked me to send the song I would like played, and I said "This Day We Fight" by Megadeth. Endgame had just come out at the time. The evening arrives, and I go to the dance. I wait for a bit, then my buddy, who was the DJ, says they forgot to put the song in the playlist, but wondered if I had my iPod on me, and luckilly I did. He then played the song, and the looks on everyone's faces as the music changed from Beyonce to Megadeth = PRICELESS. As my buddy and I started playing air-guitar, people gathered around us cheering. True story!
Confession time. When I look back on that moment now, I always put my hand on my forehead thinking "Why the hell did I do that?" You can tell how much I've changed as a person since that time. If I were to do that now, I would put on a metal song that most people would probably enjoy, something a little more catchier and melodic, but still heavy. Anyway, with all that said, Endgame is one of the best modern Megadeth albums and one of their best albums, period.
United Abominations may have turned me into a more serious Megadeth fan, but it was Endgame that turned me into a Megadeth freak. I was freaking out on this album like no other when it came out. This was also the first album I bought with my own money. The way the record opens with the solo-fest of "Dialectic Chaos", then leading into the thrash insanity of "This Day We Fight" is just indescribable. Not only that, but tracks like "1,320", "Bodies", "The Right To Go Insane", "Endgame", "Head Crusher" and "44 Minutes" help solidify the album's place as one of the best albums of 2009. The strength in the performance department increased from United Abominations by quite a few notches, as well as the energy levels. Dave Mustaine has a notorious history about craving to be number 1. Now, this is not making fun of Dave by any means, but 2009 saw Metallica get inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, and Mustaine was snubbed from the induction, which he felt was unfair. It looks like he channeled the anger and frustration from that situation and put it into musical form on Endgame. It seems that every decade in Megadeth's career has that one album or two that seem to be the best album of that decade for the band. For me, Endgame is the best of the 2000s, despite being released on the decade's tail end. Traces of Killing Is My Business, Peace Sells, Rust In Peace and Countdown To Extinction can be found all over the record. Shawn Drover really shows his drumming abilities here, and Chris Broderick does the same with his superior shredding. Seriously, the riffs on this album are menacing. This would also be the last album to feature James Lomenzo on bass before David Ellefson returned to the band in early 2010.
Little funny story I want to quickly share. This story always seems to come back to me when I listen to this album, especially "This Day We Fight". One day, when I was in my senior year of high school, some of my friends who were on the student activity council tried to get me to go to the school dance taking place that very evening, and of course I said "nah". However, they promised to play a metal song because they knew I was one of the school's very few big metal fans, but I was the biggest in their book. They were all into the trendy pop, hip-hop and country stuff dominating the charts at the time. No surprise, it's what high-schoolers are into. At first, I didn't believe them, but they ended up convincing me. They asked me to send the song I would like played, and I said "This Day We Fight" by Megadeth. Endgame had just come out at the time. The evening arrives, and I go to the dance. I wait for a bit, then my buddy, who was the DJ, says they forgot to put the song in the playlist, but wondered if I had my iPod on me, and luckilly I did. He then played the song, and the looks on everyone's faces as the music changed from Beyonce to Megadeth = PRICELESS. As my buddy and I started playing air-guitar, people gathered around us cheering. True story!
Confession time. When I look back on that moment now, I always put my hand on my forehead thinking "Why the hell did I do that?" You can tell how much I've changed as a person since that time. If I were to do that now, I would put on a metal song that most people would probably enjoy, something a little more catchier and melodic, but still heavy. Anyway, with all that said, Endgame is one of the best modern Megadeth albums and one of their best albums, period.
HONOURABLE MENTIONS (No Order):
| KREATOR Hordes Of Chaos  | SAXON Into The Labyrinth  | JOB FOR A COWBOY Ruination  |
| WARBRINGER Waking Into Nightmares  | U.D.O. Dominator  | WINGER Karma  |
2009 was certainly a fantastic year, as there were many other awesome releases like Dying Fetus' Descend Into Depravity, Primal Fear's 16.6 (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead), Artillery's When Death Comes, several others.
Now I know what most of you are thinking. Where the hell is Mastadon's Crack The Skye? Now I respect like hell what Mastodon do, I'm just not a fan. There you go. My favourite albums of 2009. What were YOUR favourite releases of 2009?
Now I know what most of you are thinking. Where the hell is Mastadon's Crack The Skye? Now I respect like hell what Mastodon do, I'm just not a fan. There you go. My favourite albums of 2009. What were YOUR favourite releases of 2009?
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