Official Poll: Your top 10 albums of 2009?

[mark b]

Great Tallying Jusstin, We all wait on Tim with baited breath.

[gileslol]

this definitely made my list of Slowest Tallied Top 10 Lists of 2009 (that list won Most Arbitrary Statistic of 2009)!

[mark b]

Originally Posted by gileslol

this definitely made my list of Slowest Tallied Top 10 Lists of 2009 (that list won Most Arbitrary Statistic of 2009)!

[Tim Charles]

Originally Posted by jussstin

I've got a uni assignment to do and I've run out of things to do to avoid doing it, so I figured I might as well tally up the best of 2009 list.

The votes so far, assuming I haven't made any mistakes:

The clear winner is Devin Townsend with Ki/Addicted picking up 49 points if counted as one album. If counted separately (with the points split evenly for the people who voted for it as one album), Addicted has 28 and Ki has 21.

The other albums to receive more than one nomination, and their points:

Katatonia 22
Be'lakor 20
Arcane 20
Anaal Nathrakh 16
Paradise Lost 16
Cattle Decapitation 13
Augury 10
My Dying Bride 8
Between the Buried and Me 7
Old mans Child 6
Diablo Swing Orchestra 3

Interesting to note that out of 108 nominations, there were 72 albums that only received one nomination. Wide range of tastes on this forum...

So basically the top 10 so far, and their points:

#1. Devin Townsend - Addicted 28
#2. Katatonia - Night is the New Day 22
#3. Devin Townsend - Ki 21
=#4. Be'lakor - Stone's Reach 20
=#4. Arcane - Chronicles 20
=#6. Anaal Nathrakh - Constellation 16
=#6. Paradise Lost - Faith 16
#8. Cattle Decapitation - Harvest 13
=#9. Augury - Fragmentary Evidence 10
=#9. Absu - Absu 10
=#9. If These Trees Could Talk - Earth 10
=#9. Gorgoroth - Quantos 10
=#9. Project Hate MCMXCIX -Lustrate 10
=#9. Hourglass - Oblivious 10
=#9. Woods of Ypres - The Green Album 10
=#9. Karnivool - Sound Awake 10
=#9. Samael - Above 10
=#9. Imogen Heap - Ellipse 10

Thanks Justin! So many things have been going slowly whilst I've been producing this album. We're almost done though!!

So that list is ALMOST complete as I never got around to putting in my own top 10, and I'm sure you guys won't mind bending the rules to allow my late admission. ;-)

1. Karnivool - Sound Awake
2. Cynic- Traced in Air
3. Between The Buried & Me- The Great Misdirect
4. ISIS- Wavering Radiant
5. Devin Townsend- Addicted
6. The Faceless- Planetary Duality
7. Enslaved- Vertebrae
8. Porcupine Tree- The Incident
9. Immortal- All Shall Fail
10. Evergrey - Torn

Honourable mentions to:
Be'lakor- Stone's Reach
Arcane- Chronicles of the Waking Dream
Katatonia- Night is the New Day
Dream Theater- Black Clouds & Silver Lining
Daylight Dies- Lost to the Living
God Forbid- Earthsblood
Raised Fist, Devin Townsend- KI, Lamb of God... sure there are more that I'm forgetting as well!

[Furious George]

Is the Immortal album 'All Shall Fall' or 'All Shall Fail' - or is that a metalhead meme?

[jussstin]

...Still Devin Townsend.

The updated tally, and their points:

#1 Devin Townsend - Addicted 34
#2 Katatonia - Night is the New Day 22
#3 Devin Townsend - Ki 21
=#4 Karnivool - Sound Awake 20
=#4 Be'lakor - Stone's Reach 20
=#4 Arcane - Chronicles 20
#7 Anaal Nathrakh - Constellation 16
#8 Paradise Lost – Faith 16
#9 Between The Buried & Me- The Great Misdirect 15
#10 Cattle Decapitation – The Harvest Floor 13