Albums of the Year

It was going to be a top 10 but I couldn’t narrow it down any further. So here they are, in order – the gems of 2009, like pouring honey in your ears, guaranteed to make you all sticky and a bit deaf.

1. Hacride – Lazarus (May)
2. Lamb of God – Wrath (Feb)
3. Katatonia – Night is the New Day (Nov)
4. Guilt Machine – On This Perfect Day (Aug)
5. Amorphis – Skyforger (June)
6. Swallow the Sun – New Moon (Nov)
7. Alice in Chains – Black Gives Way to Blue (Sept)
8. Between the Buried and Me – The Great Misdirect (Oct)
9. Insomnium – Across the Dark (Sept)
10. Devin Townsend – Addicted (Nov)
11. Isis – Wavering Radiant (May)