Top 25 Albums of 2009

This year had so many great albums from bands new and old. We saw the return of greatness from Alice In Chains. An album of epic proportions from Mastodon. An album rich with real punk energy from Gallows. A new blueprint for those who have talent in Hip Hop to follow from Jay-Z. A supergroup that truly is super in Them Crooked Vultures. As well as new blood from Latitudes, Narrows, and Struck By Lightning. There were so many great surprises that I couldn't just pick 10. So without further or do... The top 25 of 2009!!!

1) Mastodon- Crack The Skye

1) Alice In Chains- Black Gives Way To Blue

2) Gallows- Grey Britain

3) Latitudes- Agonist

4) Silversun Pickups- Swoon

5) Jay Z- The Blueprint 3

6) Isis- Wavering Radiant

7) Pearl Jam- Backspacer

8) Depeche Mode- Sounds Of The Universe

9) Slayer- World Painted Blood

10) Them Crooked Vultures- Them Crooked Vultures

11) Rammstein- Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da

12) Placebo- Battle For The Sun

13) Dredg- The Parrot, The Pariah, The Delusion

14) Narrows- New Distances

15) Mudvayne- Mudvayne

16) Bon Jovi- The Circle

17) Devildriver- Pray For Villians

18) Mariachi El Bronx- Mariachi El Bronx

19) Struck By Lightning- Serpents

20) And So I Watch You From Afar- S/T

21) Sights and Sounds- Monolith

22) Baroness- Blue Record

23) Doomriders- Darkness Come Alive

24) The Empire Shall Fall- Awaken

25) Converge- Axe To Fall

Honorable Mention:

The New Regime- Coup

Coalesce- Ox

Big Business- Mind The Drift

Killswitch Engage- Killswitch Engage (2009)

Five Finger Death Punch- War Is The Answer

Darkest Hour- The Eternal Return

Spinnerette- S/T

Chimaira- The Infection

Biggest Disappointments

AFI- Crash Love

Brand New- Daisy

Hatebreed- S/T

Street Sweeper Social Club- S/T

Lamb Of God- Wrath

Static X- Cult Of Static

Julien K- Death To Analog

30 Seconds To Mars- This Is War