SS.org'ers, vote on the albums of 2009!

[Ben.Last]

First 3 that come to mind for best:

AIC- Black Gives Way to Blue
Mastodon- Crack the Skye
Katatonia- Night is the New Day(I know it just came out but damn is it some good shit)

Also, the Deftones not releasing Eros is not directly because of what happened to Chi according to Chino and Stephan. They have just said that it wasn't really reflecting where they were currently at in the band. I'm sure it has a lot to do with Chi but his condition isn't why there's no album. Eros was basically finished apparently.

 

[the hittmann]

Best:
porcupine tree-the incident
Tso-night castle
scale the summit-carving desert canyons

disappointment
Dream theater

 

[controversyking]

Best
Wrath by Lamb of God
&
Crack the Skye by Mastodon

 

[heineken_fretwalker]

Best
Paramore- Brand New Eyes
Cannibal Corpse- Evisceration Plague
Lamb of God- Wrath
Megadeth- Endgame

Biggest Disappointment
No new Necrophagist

Best Production
Porcupine Tree - The Incident

 

[Kevp714]

Best

August Burns Red - Constellations
Arkaea - Years In The Darkness
Keith Merrow - Lonestar Transcend

Honorable Mention:
The Devil Wears Prada - With Roots Above and Branches Below

Disappointments

Devildriver - Pray For Villains
Killswitch Engage
Saosin - In Search Of Solid Ground (I really like Saosin, but I was very letdown with this album )

Best Production

Keith Merrow - Lonestar Transcend
August Burns Red - Constellations
The Devil Wears Prada - With Roots Above and Branches Below


This list will probably change by the end of the year. we'll see...

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[CooleyJr]

Scar Symmetry - Dark Matter Dimension

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[Esp Griffyn]

Best: Rammstein - Liebe ist fur alle da

I knew from the first little previews on youtube that this was gonna blow the doors off 09. It's got everything you need from a Rammstein, crushing riffs, pounding drums, bellowing German vocals and plenty of synths, which were lacking on the last 2 albums I thought. It turned out to be the best album I've heard since they released Mutter in 2001.


Biggest disappointment: Devin Townsend - Ki

This album was doomed to fail before it even started. A croaky old blues drummer, a Beatles cover band bassist, hardly the set up for something progressive and awesome. The album is just completely flat. Trainfire is a decent interlude, Ki is ok and Quiet Riot is quite cool, but none of can stand up for a second to the stuff Dev is really capable of. After smouldering for several tracks, the album almost smokes towards the end, but never really catches fire. Instead it goes out like a damp squib.

Best Production: Rammstein - Liebe ist fur alle da. To be expected really. Animals as Leaders deserves honorable mention.

 

[jesusandtori]

Best:

1. Devourment - Unleash The Carnivore
2. Converge - Axe To Fall
3. Isis - Wavering Radiant
4. Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect
5. Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue
6. Animals As Leaders - Self titled
7. Fleshgod Apocalypse - Oracles
8. Vomit The Soul - Apostles of Inexpression
9. Napalm Death - Time Waits For No Slave
10. Ingested - Surpassing the Boundaries of Human Suffering
11. Gorod - Process Of A New Decline
12. Paramore - Brand New Eyes



Biggest Disappointment:
Killswitch Engage - Self Titled

Converge - Axe To Fall

 

[yellowv]

Best
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Nile - Those Whom the Gods Detest
Porcupine Tree - The Incident
Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue
Animals as Leaders
Devin Townsend - Ki

Worst
Killswitch
Dream Theater

 

[ralphy1976]

disappoinment - Killswitch for sure

 

[minusthemonkey]

Best

Animals As Leaders - Self titled
Scale the Summit - Carving Desert Canyons
Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect

So guess how bummed I am that the current Animals as Leaders/BTBAM/Veil of Maya tour is coming nowhere near me?

Disappointments

Slayer - World Painted Blood
Megadeth - End Game

 

[AVWIII]

The new album I reallllly enjoyed this year was:
Augury - Fragmentary Evidence
This is probably my most listened to album of the year as well. It took me about a week to actually get into it, as it's a lot different sounding than Concealed. After that period, it didn't leave my "now playing" for about a month or two, and I still go back to it about once a week or so.

Honorary Mentions:
Devin Townsend - Ki
I realize a lot of people don't like the album, and it has it's low points, but the high points are great. I think the biggest appeal to me is that Devin's voice seems to only get stronger.

Animals as Leaders
I tend to take bands with a lot of "forum cred" with a grain of salt. I kinda thought it was just going to be some kind of poly-rhythmic Steve Vai album. Fortunately it was not. It reminded me heavily of meshuggah jamming with king crimson and a tame venetian snares, which are all massive pluses in my book. I'd love to see them live, especially if the human drummer can pull it off.

My biggest disappointment:
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
It's cool they're going in a different direction and constantly changing their sound (stagnant bands = a huge pet peeve) but at this point it's really clear that their new directions don't really appeal to me. I did like oblivion and divinations though.

 

[SerratedSkies]

My biggest disappointment:
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
It's cool they're going in a different direction and constantly changing their sound (stagnant bands = a huge pet peeve) but at this point it's really clear that their new directions don't really appeal to me. I did like oblivion and divinations though.

I seriously agree with this statement. Divinations is still the shit, regardless of the rest of the album.

 

[AbstractAsylum]

Best
Dark Matter Dimension
Lonestar Transcend
Animals as Leaders

 

[Womb-Vision]

Best
Ulcerate - Everything is Fire
Portal - Swarth

 

[tbird11]

BEST ALBUMS OF '09

Devin Townsend - Ki
Suffocation - Blood Oath
Karnivool - Sound Awake

WORST ALBUMS OF '09

Mastadon - Cracke the sky
Dream Theatre - Black clouds and silver linings
Killswitch Engage

BEST PRODUCTION
Nile - Those whom the Gods detest
Devin Townsend - Addicted
Karnivool - Sound Awake

 

[ralphy1976]

AS OF TODAY :

THE ARRIVAL - KEITH MERROW

http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/ge...-the-arrival-2nd-online-ep-available-now.html

any other album i have bought is MEEEHHH in comparison!!!

 

[-K4G-]

AS OF TODAY :

THE ARRIVAL - KEITH MERROW

http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/ge...-the-arrival-2nd-online-ep-available-now.html

any other album i have bought is MEEEHHH in comparison!!!

2nded.

 

[BrainArt]

Keith Merrow - The Arrival
Rammstein - Liebe Ist Für Alle Da
Marilyn Manson - The High End Of The Low
Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Lining
Devin Townsend Project - Ki
Devin Townsend Project - Addicted

All of those for the best.

 

[heineken_fretwalker]

I definitely throw my vote in for The Arrival as well. I just downloaded it, and its fantastic.

Also, I vouch for this