Katatonia - Night is the New Day Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue Isis - Wavering Radiant Baroness - Blue Record Blut Aus Nord - MV2: Dialogue With the Stars Cobalt - Gin There are still some albums to check out though, like The Incident and the latest Mew.
Transatlantic - The Whirlwind Katatonia - Night is the New Day Can't remember anything else I really liked this year.
Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue Mastodon - Crack the Skye Katatonia - Night is the new day Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs Isis - Wavering Radiant Soulsavers - Broken Jury is still out - Devin Townsend - Ki Devin Townsend - Addicted PT - The Incident
Katatonia is my fav album this year followed by the Horrors - Primary colours(HIGHLY recommended) This year has been mostly let downs. all the albums I've been keen for have been mostly terrible. PT's album I just can't seem to enjoy, It annoys me that the better songs on the album are only 2min (or less) long. I get that its ment to be one long song but it just don't work for me. Placebos newie is top 40 trash. They have compleatly lost that special somthing. Even Depeche modes Sounds of the universe is a let down(comming from a MASSIVE FAN) Thank god for Katatonia saving the year!
although i bought quite a lot of albums in 2009 only five of them have actually been released in 2009, so for me it's too early to pick the best 2009 release yet. you should ask me again in, say, 2011. anyway, if i have to pick now - based on the assumptions that anything i bought i like better than all the stuff i didn't buy - i'ld say its: - katatonia "night is the new day" - diablo swing orchestra "sing-along songs for the damned and delirious" - november's doom "into night's requiem infernal" in no particular order. the other two 2009 releases i bought where björk's "voltaic" and dream theater's "black clouds and silver linings" (well, i didn't actually buy that last one). I'm still planning to buy the new kittie "into the black" but i don't think that it will be one of the top 2009 albums. and i was close to buying the new paradise lost. maybe i'll come back to that one later. my wishlist is currently cluttered with all those midnight oil remasters...
OK, no changes now...took a lot of filtering and stuff came on and fell off...but here's what I'm left with: My favorite 2009 releases (in no order): Katatonia - Night Is The New Day U2 - No Line On The Horizon Redemption - Snowfall On Judgement Day Gazpacho - Tick Tock OSI - Blood Long Distance Calling - Avoid The Light Mastedon/John Elefante - 3/Revolution Of Mind Muse - The Resistance Paradise Lost - Faith Divides Us... Amorphis - Skyforger Other really good albums: Dream Theater - Black Clouds... W.E.T. - W.E.T. Isis - Wavering Radiant Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know Candlemass - Death Magic Doom Mastodon - Crack The Skye Megadeth - Endgame Overkill - Ironbound Disappointments: Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue W.A.S.P. - Babylon Chickenfoot - Chickenfoot Queensryche - American Soldier Still haven't heard but want to: Porcupine Tree - The Incident Mars Volta - Octahedron Ghost Brigade-Isolation Songs While Heaven Wept - Vast Oceans Lachrymose The Gathering - The West Pole The Butterfly Effect - Final Conversations Anubis Gate - The Detached Novembers Doom - Into Nights Requim Infernal Transatlantic - The Whirlwind
So finally I've decided that the album of the year for me is; IAMX- Kingdom of Welcome Addiction It's so catchy, lyrics are clever, vocals are top notch, a little dark, a little aggressive... Everything I can expect from a band. I think maybe this is the first year that my favourite album is not a rock or a metal album... Things change, so do people...
Greetings from the Maldives! Here is the annual Fredy_Brown's 2009 list. 69 titles in alphabetic order. I hope that you'll enjoy it. Congratulations to those of you who made it to the list. Feel free to contact for any additional info/whatever. Allow me to wish you all the best for the upcoming year. - Fredy_Brown http://twitter.com/Fredy_Brown http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=671674104 2562 - Unbalance Alamaailman Vasarat - Huuro Kolkko Alexander Turnquist - As the Twilight Crane Dreams in Color Alland Byallo - Brick By Brick Altar of Plagues - White Tomb Ametsub - The Nothings of The North Bizzy B - Retrospective Ben Frost - By The Throat Big Bud - Connections Blitz The Ambassador - Stereotype Blueneck - The Fallen Host Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II : Dialogue With The Stars Brock Van Wey (aka Bvdub) - White Clouds Drift On And On Bruno Sanfilippo - Auralspace Califone - All My Friends Are Funeral Singers Celer - Close Proximity and the Unhindered Care-all Clint Mansell - Moon OST Dalek - Gutter Tactis Danny Norbury - Light In August Desiderii Marginis - Years Lend A Golden Charm Elegi - Varde Elm - Nemcatacoa Fabio Orsi & Seaworthy - Near and Faraway French Teen Idol - El Siete Es La Luz Gareth Davis & Steven R. Smith - Westering Gifts From Enola - From Fathoms Gnaw Their Tongues - All The Dread Magnificence Of Perversity Gui Boratto - Take My Breath Away Hear - 5 Pieces Hannu - Hintergarten Hecq - Steeltongued Hildur Guonadóttir - Without sinking Ian Hawgood - Snow Roads If These Trees Could Talk - Above The Earth, Below The Sky Immortal - All Shall Fall Jóhann Jóhannsson - And In The Endless Pause There Came The Sound Of Bees Jon Hopkins - Insides Kaito - Trust Kashiwa Daisuke - 5 Dec Kevin Drumm - Imperial Horizon The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - Here Be Dragons Kool Keith - Tashan Dorrsett Lawrence English - A Colour For Autumn Li Jianhong - Lovers With Cloisonne Bracelet Luke Hess - Transform Martyn - Great Lengths Max Richter - From The Art Of Mirrors Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind Monolake - Silence Natural Snow Buildings - Daughter Of Darkness Nomak - Muziq & Foto Pimmon - Smudge Another Yesterday Philip Glass - Symphony No. 7 Toltec Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx PT II Rafael Anton Irisarri - Hopes and Past Desires Sir Richard Bishop - The Freak of Araby Six Organs of Admittance - Luminous Night Solo Andata - Solo Andata Starving Weirdos - Into An Energy Steve Roach - Dynamic Stillness stg. - Capital of gravity Strings Of Consciousness - Strings Of Consciousness & Angel The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation - Succubus Thomas Koner - La Barca Tim Hecker - An imaginary Country Totakeke - The Things That Disappear When I Close My Eyes Urna - Iter Ad Lucem White Tree - Cloudland Xela - The Divine Artist of the year: Celer Project of the year: Wixel for his "12 months" Guilty pleasure of the year: Birdman LOL prize goes to: Triple C's
Katatonia - Night is the New Day Amorphis - Skyforger Swallow the Sun - New Moon My Dying Bride - For Lies I Sire Insomnium - Across the Dark Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs
:zombie: didn't know they released a new album. I liked "Themata" quite a bit. In No Order: Vreid - Milorg Katatonia - NITND Woods of Ypres - The Green Album Hypocrisy - A Taste of Extreme Divinity Wodensthrone - Loss Hatesphere - To The Nines Lost Soul - Immersed in Infinity Behemoth - Evangelion Augury - Fragmentary Evidence Animals As Leaders - S/T
Katatonia - Night is the New Day Giant Squid - The Ichthyologist Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
1. Amorphis - Skyforger 2. The Beatles - Rubber Soul Re-issue 3. Unanimated - In the Light of Darkness 4. Katatonia - Night Is The New Day 5. Breaking Benjamin - Dear Agony 6. Theatre Of Tragedy - Forever Is the World 7. A.A. Bondy - When The Devil's Loose 8. Marissa Nadler - Little Hells 9. Darzamat - Solfernus' Path 10. Claire Voyant - Lustre 11. Barren Earth - Our Twilight 12. God Dethroned - Passiondale 13. Oceanlab - Sirens Of The Sea 14. Hypocrisy - A Taste Of Extreme Divinity 15. Jim Gaffigan - King Baby 16. Nick Swardson- Serioously, Who Farted? 17. Maudlin Of The Well - Part The Second 18. Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II 19. Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs 20. Alela Diane - To Be Still ********dissapointments: My Dying Bride - For Lies I Sire. This band has officially lost it, only 2-3 good songs. Nothing is worse than an uninspired and BORING album, blah. A million miles from the greatness of turn loose the swans. Paradise Lost - Faith Divides us, Death Unites Us - Ok, but liked the last one quite a bit more. *****Looking forward to new Anathema in 2010, can't wait!!!!!!
1.Ghost Brigade-Isolation Songs(pure win all around) 2.Katatonia-Night is the New Day 3.My Dying Bride-For Lies I Sire(granted yes, not as good as their older stuff but i still enjoyed the hell out of it)
