(* = highly recommended)
Top 10 albums of 2009
1.
Monoliths & Dimensions -
Sunn O))) 10/10* (stunning, just stunning and breathtaking, best album i will EVER hear in my life, every second was pretty much a orgasm)
2.
Liebe ist für alle da -Rammstein 10/10* (4 years away
and this is what they return with, a strong return and a very enjoyable album) /
Atropine - Velvet Cacoon 10/10* (i am speechless, its so sweet and lovely and i feel like crying)
3.
When Mine Eyes Blacken -
When Mine Eyes Blacken (Depressive Black Metal at its finest, Atmospheric and stunning through every second, a true masterpiece) 10/10*
4.
Descending Further Into Nothingness -
Exiled From Light 10/10* (refer to When Mine Eyes Blacken)
5.
The June Frost - Mournful Congregation 9/10* (strongest release so far from the Adelaide Funeral Doomsters, a truely
depressive journey)
6.
Those Whom The Gods Detest - Nile 10/10* (Nile put out there 2nd strongest release to date and by far the best death metal album of the past few years)
7.
Iconoclast - Nazxul 9/10* (11 years in the making and i was not let down one single bit)
8.
To Lay Like Old Ashes - Austere 8/10 (a suprise to see this here, at first off i was not that impressed, but further listens showed other wise)
9.
What We All Come To Need - Pelican 9/10 (It's Pelican, Nuff Said)
10.
In the Constellation of the Black Widow - Anaal Nathrakh 9/10* (Hell in music form)
10 albums that surprised me in 2009
1.
Runaljod - gap var Ginnunga - Wardruna 10/10* (no words can describe it, you just have to listen and experience)
2.
For Lies I Sire - My Dying Bride 7/10
3.
Dekadens - Lifelover 7/10
4.
Saurian Exorcisms - Karl Sanders 8/10*
5.
All Shall Fall - Immortal 7/10
6.
The Harvest Floor - Cattle Decapitation 7/10
7.
Agorapocalypse - Agoraphobic Nosebleed 7/10
8.
Black Cascade - Wolves in the Throne Room 8/10
9.
Under the Jaguar Sun - Nadja 10/10* (Ambient Drone at its finest)
10.
Wormwood - Marduk 8/10 (not as great as ROM 5:12 or Plague Angel but still better than what they have done before Mortuus joined)
Disappointments of 2009
1.
Evisceration Plague - Cannibal Corpse 6/10 (not a solid release from Corpse, unlike Kill, the only tracks i enjoyed was the 1st track, the Title track and the last track)
2.
Evangelion - Behemoth 7/10 (First few listens were fantastic, but then grew old, its a shame, i feel Behemoth are starting to turn into a Death Metal instead of a Black/Blackened Death Metal)
3.
VI: Klagopsalmer - Shining 6/10 (After the complete Master peace that was V: Halmstad, Shining let themselves down with this one, oh well a new album is due for March so fingers crossed that is an improvement, or though, the last track on VI: was amazing in itself)
4.
World Painted Blood - Slayer 6/10 (Too over-hyped by the media and every single Slayer fan as the answer to the "reign in blood" era Slayer, to me it had the potential, but did not show it on the final release)
5.
Battle For The Sun - Placebo 5/10 (Very disappointing, i thought that after Meds, they could release another great album, seems not really :/)
6.
Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us - Paradise Lost 5/10 (they seem to be losing the Doom Metal feel and it has shown on there latest album)
7.
Night Is The New Day - Katatonia 6/10
8.
Quantos Possunt Ad Satanitatem Trahunt - Gorgoroth 2/10 (VERY unimpressed, it shows that King and Gaahl should of kept the name, at least they wrote better music than Infernus)
9.
Revelations of the Black Flame - 1349, 7/10 (Don't get me wrong, i enjoyed this album, even with the change in music style, but it just felt like something was missing, but i can't place my finger on it)
10.
Time Waits For No Slave - Napalm Death 6/10 (more Grindcore compared to Smear Campaign, but i feel that right now, Napalm Death are losing some steam)
Concerts of 2009:
1.
Sunn O)))/
Rammstein (i know at the time of typing this, they have not happened, but they will both be as special as each other)
2.
Nine Inch Nails - Soundwave show was one of the best shows i have seen, the Hordern show was ruined by the Power Cut
3
The Amenta - Australia's FINEST live band, each time i saw them they kicked so much ass and the show with the New Vocalist was fantastic too
4.
Nazxul - The long awaited return after 5 years lived up to my hopes.
5.
Our Last Enemy - hehe <3 these guys, so much fun is had whenever i see them
6.
Morbid Angel - HOLY FUCKING FUCK FUCK, the BEST Death Metal band i will EVER see live.
7.
Heaven Shall Burn - Despite being the Support act for Trivium *vomits* they made my whole evening, and i met them too :D
8.
Satyricon - Blew me away, they had so much energy and put on a fantastic set
9.
Deathstars - A rather enjoyable experience, was also my first overseas headline concert that i took photos for :)
10.
Psycroptic /
Ruins - Psycroptic, were a lot better this time around compared to November of last year and Ruins are Ruins really
Deathstars
