iTokoloshe's 25 Of 2009
The 25 metal albums that ripped me a new one in 2009. These are in no particular order. |
| 1 |  | Arch Enemy
The Root of All Evil
Angela Gossow's take on the classic Arch Enemy songs, more brutal than ever |
| 2 |  | Architects
Hollow Crown
Leading the pack in the UK metal scene, another cracker from Architects |
| 3 |  | Asking Alexandria
Stand Up and Scream
Really good blend of breakdowns, riffage, shredding and electronics |
| 4 |  | Baroness
Blue Record
Beautifully crafted, sludgy and mesmerising. These guys are building an impressive catalog of great music |
| 5 |  | Bleed From Within
Humanity
The boys from up North punch you in the throat with an awesome debut album |
| 6 |  | Bury Tomorrow
Portraits
Another young British band with some great breakdowns and fantastic rhythms |
| 7 |  | Chimaira
The Infection
Chimaira's most balanced and consistent album. All 6 members of the band shine on this scorcher |
| 8 |  | Daath
The Concealers
Technical wizardry |
| 9 |  | DevilDriver
Pray for Villains
Dez and the boys really hit their stride on this album, great momenets throughout this album, groovier than the 60's |
| 10 | | Dividing the Line
At Least It's Not Light
Great balance of melody, electronics and hardcore |
| 11 |  | Every Time I Die
New Junk Aesthetic
The Buffalo lads hit the spot yet again, ferocius and hilarious at the same time |
| 12 |  | Gallows
Grey Britain
"I know where you live" |
| 13 |  | Exodus
Let There Be Blood
Great re-recordings of a classic album. Should classics be re-recorded? Depends on the reasons. In this case, it benefits from the improved production quality. Rob Dukes is no Paul Baloff, but still puts out a great performance |
| 14 |  | Hatebreed
Hatebreed
Jamey and his crew are on fire with this album. Stronger song composition, aggression to the extreme and great lyrics. The music to punch through walls with |
| 15 |  | Incite
The Slaughter
I saw these guys live and was super impressed, they manage to capture their stage performance well on this debut. Ritchie Cavalera continues the Cavalera trend for bloody nosed albums |
| 16 |  | Lacuna Coil
Shallow Life
Cleaner production than their past albums, but slightly more commercial songs. Cristina is still amazing though |
| 17 |  | Lamb of God
Wrath
Randy and the LoG team provide another uppercut with this album, great stuff. Groovy, fast, angry classic |
| 18 |  | Mastodon
Crack the Skye
The most psychedelic album out there. Great use of three vocalists, powerful suffocating riffs and complex composition |
| 19 |  | Obituary
Darkest Day
Florida death metal legends with a great death metal album |
| 20 |  | Sacred Mother Tongue
The Ruin of Man
Shredding |
| 21 |  | Slayer
World Painted Blood
SLAYER! |
| 22 |  | The Arusha Accord
The Echo Verses
Two vocalists providing great variety in the vocals, the way they work together is similar to two lead guitarists shredding away |
| 23 |  | The Black Dahlia Murder
Deflorate
Attacks you from all sides, sounds like Trevor Strnad has multiple personalities with each of his different growls/shouts/screams/grunts |
| 24 |  | Wolfmother
Cosmic Egg
Lez Zeppelin reincarnated in the 21st century with some Aussie style thrown in |
| 25 |  | Xerath
Xerath I
Epic landscape for some crushing metalcore |
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