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http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/4113/83245779.png Mark Lanegan ~ 'Bleeding Muddy Water'. From the 2012 release 'Blues Funeral'.
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/3194/swe.png Graveyard ~ 'Endless Night'. From the 2012 release 'Lights Out'.
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/4113/83245779.png High on Fire ~ 'Fertile Green'. From the 2012 release 'De Vermis Mysteriis'.
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/3194/swe.png Horisont ~ 'Thunderflight'. From the 2012 release 'Second Assault'.
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/3194/swe.png Witchcraft ~ 'Dystopia'. From the 2012 release 'Legend'.
http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/868/gerv.png Kadavar ~ 'Goddess of Dawn'. From the 2012 release 'Kadavar'.
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/3194/swe.png Troubled Horse ~ 'Bring My Horses Home'. From the 2012 release 'Step Inside'.
http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/7467/fratst.png Glowsun ~ 'The Thing'. From the 2012 release 'Eternal Season'.
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Echoes of Yul/Guantanamo Party Program/Sun For Miles3way split

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Well, it's April Fool's Day, and I'm just now getting my Best of 2009 list up. Like last year, there seems to be a trend forming. Anyway, those of you who are actually interested, feel free to comment, criticize, and suggest any albums that you may have heard that I might have missed in any of the heavy metal or hard rock genres.

I'm open to any listening suggestions!

Also, if you are interested in other genres of music aside from heavy metal, feel free to visit my Best of 2009 journal entries on Neofolk / Martial / Dark Ambient styles, as well as my entry on Indie / Electronic / Etc.

Enjoy! :-]

+ Best In Heavy Metal / Hard Rock in 2009 +

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1.)Katatonia - "Night Is The New Day"

Night Is The New Day is a rather controversial choice for my number one metal album, and in some ways it is out of place. It’s not exactly the most aggressive or original work they have released to date…

what new additions i have, i post here. not to brag or anything... although... yeah, pretty much to shove it in your faces:)) (the fact remains still that i don't really have that much to brag about). without further ado:

Cynic - Traced in Air

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Indukti - Idmen

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Ihsahn - After

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The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath

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Cult of Luna - Salvation

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Echoes of Yul - Echoes of Yul

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that's it for now, folks.

лучше поздно, чем никогда.

Favourite albums of '09:

Aidan Baker - Gathering Blue
Isis - Wavering Radiant
Jodis - Secret House
Callisto - Providence
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Junius - The Martyrdom of a Catastrophist
Ben Frost - By The Throat
Immanu El - Moen
Blueneck - The Fallen Host

Good albums:

Giant Squid - The Ichthyologist
iLiKETRAINS - Sea Of Regrets
Heaven in Her Arms - Duplex Coated Obstruction
To Kill a Pretty Bourgeoisie - Marlone
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - Here Be Dragons
Long Distance Calling - Avoid The Light
Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
Mono – Hymn to the Immortal Wind
Saxon Shore - It Doesn't Matter
Vanessa Van Basten - Psygnosis
I Hear Sirens - Beyond the Sea, Beneath the Sky
Greymachine - Disconnected
Hands - The Sounds of Earth
Echoes of Yul – Echoes Of Yul
City of Ships - Look What God Did To Us
Seven - Cymatics
Indukti - Idmen
Prince of Assyria - Missing Note
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Najważniejsze:

Callisto - Providence
Florence + the Machine - Lungs
The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die

...i nie mniej ważne:

And So I Watch You From Afar – And So I Watch You From Afar
Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
Blindead - Impluse EP
Dub FX - Everythinks a Ripple
Echoes of Yul - Echoes of Yul
Editors - In This Light and on This Evening
Enter Shikari - Common Dreads
IAMX - Kingdom of Welcome Addiction
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Rachel Grimes - Book Of Leaves
The Lonely Island - Incredibad
Tides From Nebula - Aura
White Lies - To Lose My Life
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg

*According to me.

If i've realised one thing this year it's that i'm a little too obsessed with music. Not necessarily a bad thing, but i know it's got to simmer down at some point. This year takes the cake for sure…, as i think this stupidly long list will prove.

Decided not to include a section of albums i didn't like… theres already too many to mention of the good stuff, so what's the point.

In alphabetical order...

THE STANDOUTS (My absolute favourite albums of 2009)http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/rr313/kieran0411/2009/youngcardinals.jpg

Artist: Alexisonfire
Album: Old Crows/Young Cardinals

Alexisonfire are the quintessential hipster emo/screamo scene kid band-of-choice, and as such i have generally avoided them for years. Was given the album and didn't really give it much play, but the heavy rotation of the 'Young Cardinals' single on the radio eventually hooked me and made me listen again, and this is a great album. …

A Storm of Light - Forgive Us Our Trespasses
5/10
Z bólem serca wystawiam taką ocenę, ale nic nie poradzę na to, że tak dobrze zapowiadający się zespół wydał tak przeciętną i nijaką płytę. Nic się z niej nie da zapamiętać, a jeśli już to tylko te co bardziej beznadziejne momenty.

Æthenor - Faking Gold And Murder
7,5/10
Od tej płyty zacząłem poznawać ten projekt (modne słowo!) i to jest chyba ich najlepsza. Zwłaszcza że tam na niej coś David Tibet stęka po swojemu.

Aidan Baker & thisquietarmy - A Picture Of A Picture
8/10
586575784567846 projekt Nadjana (śmieszny żart) ale tym razem taki że niekoniecznie człowiek ma ochotę się powiesić z nudów niczym pasażer w "Aeroplane!" słuchający wspomnień wojennych głównego bohatera. Ciemny ambient, jakieś soundscapy = "idealny podkład do sesji RPG" (cha cha cha lol!)

Altar of Plagues - White Tomb
7/10
Blek metal + rock pocztowy. O ile ich wcześniejsze epki to nudna jak flaki z olejem typowa blekowa młócka, to to czasem melodią zaskoczy…