01:: Porcupine Tree - The Incident ------------------------------------------------- 02:: maudlin of the Well - Part The Second 03:: Tortoise - Beacons Of Ancestorship 04:: The Mars Volta - Octahedron 05:: Thrice - Beggars 06:: Pianos Become The Teeth - Old Pride 07:: Poison The Well - The Tropic Rot 08:: Mono - Hymn To The Immortal Wind 09:: Isis - Wavering Radiant 10:: The Appleseed Cast - Sagmartha Porcupine Tree's new album killed music forever.
1) Mastodon - Crack The Skye 2) Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic 3) The Ghost of a Thousand - New Hopes, New Demonstrations 4) Baroness - Blue Record 5) Thrice - Beggars 6) Brand New - Daisy 7) Gallows - Grey Britain 8) Saosin - In Search Of Solid Ground 9) Lamb Of God - Wrath 10) Dead Swans - Sleepwalkers Mastodon haven't moved from that spot so far this year, and probably won't. Looking forward to Converge, Paramore, Breaking Benjamin, Dead By Sunrise and Blessthefall
01.Papa Roach - Metamorphosis 02.InMe - Herald Moth 03.Megadeth - Endgame 04.ReinXeed - Higher 05.Hoobastank - For(n)ever 06.Kiko Loureiro - Fullblast 07.Stratovarius - Polaris 08.Celesty - Vendetta 09.Fightstar - Be Human Sill looking forward to new albums by : Dead By Sunrise, Limp Bizkit, Beaking Benjamin, Heavenly, Derdian, Alter Bridge, Serj Tankian.
1.Fightstar – Be Human 2.Eyes Set To Kill – The World Outside 3.Hoobastank – For(N)ever 4.Sick Puppies – Tri-Polar 5.Smile Empty Soul - Consciousness 6.Thrice - Beggars 7. Three Days Grace - Life Starts Now 8. Grinspoon - Six to Midnight 9.Chevelle - Sci-Fi Crimes 10.Papa Roach – Metamorphosis Still to come: Breaking Benjamin - Dear Agony Dead By Sunrise - Out of Ashes Flyleaf – Memento Mori Paramore – Brand New Eyes
I'm surprised that with all the hip-hop heads in here, that this hasn't been mentioned. BEST ALBUM OF '09 Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day
1. The Devil Wears Prada - With Roots Above And Branches Below 2. Asking Alexandria - Stand Up And Scream 3. Dead By April - Dead By April 4. Of Machines - As If Everything Was Held In Place 5. I See Stars - 3D 6. A Day To Remember - Homesick 7. Lacuna Coil - Shallow Life 8. Silverstein - A Shipwreck In The Sand 9. Papa Roach - Metamorphosis Still to come: Three Days Grace - Life Starts Now Breed 77 - Insects Dead By Sunrise - Out Of Ashes Atreyu - Congregation Of The Damned
I needed a few more listens... 1. The Prodigy- Invaders Must Die 2. The Used- Artwork 3. Eminem- Relapse 4. Deadmau5- For Lack of a Better Name 5. Kid Cudi- Man on the Moon: The End of Day 6. Falling Up- Fangs! 7. Brand New- Daisy 8. Simian Mobile Disco- Temporary Pleasure 9. MSTRKRFT- Fist of God 10. Jay-Z- The Blueprint 3 11. The Bloody Beetroots- Romborama 12. LMFAO- Party Rock 13. The Audition- Self-Titled Album 14. RED- Innocence and Instinct 15. A Love Like Pi- The Atlas and the Oyster 16. Asher Roth- Asleep in the Bread Aisle 17. Madina Lake- Attics to Eden 18. Papa Roach- Metamorphosis 19. Flo Rida- R.O.O.T.S. 20. Family Force 5- Dance or Die With a Vengeance
1. Wale - Back To The Feature 2. J. Cole - The Warm Up 3. Slaughterhouse - Slaughterhouse 4. Mos Def - The Ecstatic 5. Jay Z - The Blueprint 3 6. Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx II 7. Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon 8. UGK - UGK 4 Life 9. Redman & Method Man - Blackout! 2 10. Eminem - Relapse
1.Fightstar – Be Human 2.Eyes Set To Kill – The World Outside 3.Grinspoon - Six to Midnight (after many listens moves up in position all the way to third) 4.Hoobastank – For(N)ever 5.Sick Puppies – Tri-Polar 6.Smile Empty Soul - Consciousness 7.Thrice - Beggars 8.Chevelle-Sci-Fi Crimes 9.Three Days Grace-Life Starts Now (Disappointing, but still in the top ten. Drops below Chevelle.) 10.Papa Roach – Metamorphosis Also, I will point out that Paramore - Brand New Eyes did not make the top ten. Very disappointing. Still to come: 30 Seconds To Mars - The War (added; high hopes for this one.) Breaking Benjamin - Dear Agony Dead By Sunrise - Out of Ashes Flyleaf – Memento Mori
Kid Cudi is not exactly hip-hop. I've heard a couple of tracks from his album. Not my thing. Best albums of '09: Chris Cornell - Scream Joe Budden - Padded Room Joe Budden - Escape Route Slaughterhouse - Slaughterhouse Mute Math - Armistice Jay-Z - The Blueprint³ J. Cole - The Warm Up Brother Ali - Us Looking forward to: Man Bites Dog Records - The Swashbuckler Vol. 1 Copywrite - Ultrasound: The Rebirth Copywrite & KingDom - The Misadventures of Dom & Pete Apathy - Wanna Snuggle? Dead By Sunrise - Out of Ashes Breaking Benjamin - Dear Agony Lupe Fiasco - Lasers Joe Budden - The Great Escape Vakill - The Armor Of God Chino XL - The RICANstruction The Roots - How I Got Over The last 3 months of 2009 will mark the release of some great albums! Can't wait.
Top 10 : 01.Papa Roach - Metamorphosis 02.InMe - Herald Moth 03.Megadeth - Endgame 04.ReinXeed - Higher 05.Hoobastank - For(n)ever 06.Kiko Loureiro - Fullblast 07.Stratovarius - Polaris 08.Cain's Offering - Gather the Faithful 09.Breaking Benjamin - Dear Agony 10.Celesty - Vendetta Looking forward to : Dead By Sunrise - Out Of Ashes Limp Bizkit - Untitled Heavenly - Carpe Diem Derdian . New Era Part III : The Apocalypse Alter Bridge - Live In Amsterdam Serj Tankian and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra - Elect the Dead Symphony
1. breaking benjamin - Dear Agony 2. Thousand Foot Krutch - Welcome to the Masquarade 3. 32 Leaves - Panoramic 4. Rains - Stories 5. RED - Innocence and Instinct 6. Caliban - Say Hello To Tragedy 7. Three Days Grace - Life Starts Now 8. Lamb of God - Wrath 9. Skillet - Awake 10. Sick Puppies - Tri-Polar 11. Chevelle - Sci-Fi Crimes 12. Killswitch Engage - Killswitch Engage 13. Evans Blue - Evans Blue 14. Shadows Fall - Retribution 15. Chimaira - The Infection
1) Mastodon - Crack The Skye 2) Baroness - Blue Record 3) Kylesa - Static Tensions 4) Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic 5) The Ghost of a Thousand - New Hopes, New Demonstrations 6) Thrice - Beggars 7) Brand New - Daisy 8) Gallows - Grey Britain 9) Paramore - Brand New Eyes 10) Saosin - In Search Of Solid Ground 11) Lamb Of God - Wrath 12) Dead Swans - Sleepwalkers 13) Five Finger Death Punch - War Is The Answer 14) Breaking Benjamin - Dear Agony 15) Architects - Hollow Crown Mastodon and Baroness and kinda tied for first place. After DBS, BTF, Converge and Biffy are out, 2009's done for me.
My Top 5 01. Green Day // 21st Century Breakdown 02. AFI // Crash Love 03. Muse // The Resistance 04. Breaking Benjamin // Dear Agony 05. Paramore // Brand New Eyes
01:: Porcupine Tree - The Incident 02:: Truth From Facts - Truth From Facts 03:: maudlin of the Well - Part The Second 04:: Tortoise - Beacons Of Ancestorship 05:: The Mars Volta - Octahedron 06:: Thrice - Beggars 07:: Pianos Become The Teeth - Old Pride 08:: Poison The Well - The Tropic Rot 09:: Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic 10:: Mono - Hymn To The Immortal Wind Truth From Facts is the shit.