Comment from Tim Keaton
Time: January 5, 2009, 5:47 am

Where’s Gojira-The Wall of All Flesh under the Best of 2008? Really guys? Leaving that album out is like…a crime against metal.

Comment from cody
Time: January 5, 2009, 1:11 pm

I actually simply forgot to add it to this list Tim, but you are right, that is a great album. If you check out the main page, however, I believe Cole or Nate did include it in their best of lists for the year.

Comment from coled24
Time: February 11, 2009, 3:42 pm

I wonder what the Death Magnetic of 09 will be. My guess? Death Magnetic. We’re due for another one of their dismal songs to hit the radio soon and uneducated “metal heads” to start blathering about how “they’re back.” I think that as of right now, AMR should truly coin the genre tag of Trash Metal. The term will be used for old bands that try to rehash their old sound but for the life of them can not do it. You could put 2 Megadeth albums in there (Risk and The World Needs A Hero) and 2 Metallica albums (I need not go into detail as to which ‘Tallica albums belong).

Comment from Tim
Time: February 11, 2009, 6:00 pm

I’m still not over how rediculously good Napalm Death’s new album is.

And haha I miss-titled Gojira’s album. The Way of All Flesh…my bad.

Comment from Dave
Time: April 7, 2009, 1:57 pm

I think this the best thing of 2009 so far:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzjKMYsiGyk

But then again I’m musically stuck in the 90s!

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Time: May 25, 2009, 12:58 am

[...] New Life Behind Closed Eyes just doesn’t do enough to maintain my interest. The watered down riffs that we have been hearing from a multitude of metalcore bands, and the paint by numbers scheme that Pantera instituted years ago, is not something that is really worth more time than the listens it takes me to review this. Take your hard earned money elsewhere and pick up one of the many releases this year that I and others on this site have given glowing reviews for which can be accessed here. [...]

Comment from MetalMeatHammer
Time: July 8, 2009, 1:51 am

I just removed this website from my bookmarks…. Crack the Skye #8??? Its possibly the best album in all of music thus far in 09 though more experimental than Metal. And dubbing Wrath as one of the worst albums is just amazing to me. You people do this for a living. The Grave Digger album is average AT BEST. I know everyone has their own preferences, but yours are obviously puerile.

Comment from coled24
Time: July 8, 2009, 11:47 am

I don’t agree with this list either but I think I’m correct when I say that Cody hasn’t put these in any kind of order. Wait til the end of the year for the ordered list.

Comment from cody
Time: July 8, 2009, 12:44 pm

Seriously MetalMeatHammer, before you take us off your bookmarks, read the damn intro. This is an ongoing list of noteworthy releases for the year in no particular, both good and bad. Chillax brother!

Comment from aws
Time: July 9, 2009, 4:51 pm

hey !!! wrath should be the 1st of the (best) list
!

Comment from coled24
Time: July 10, 2009, 1:48 pm

No. It shouldn’t. That said, Wrath really isn’t THAT bad. Contractor and Set To Fail are both cool songs. The rest is kinda forgettable.

Comment from DethDonald
Time: August 8, 2009, 12:06 am

Anaal Nathrakh’s new album is fantastic and so isn’t Kalisia’s (spelling?) new album.

Comment from DethDonald
Time: August 10, 2009, 9:04 pm

Giant Squid, and maudlin of the Well should be added as well.

Its good to see another Maine metal head who actually listens to some good stuff. You should also make an entry in your blog for local Maine metal bands, only Dead Season and Tomorrows Tragedy come to mind.

Comment from cody
Time: August 10, 2009, 10:25 pm

DethDonald – Thanks for the comment! And the reason why I don’t feature many Maine bands, is because most of them suck. Dead Season is probably the most famous, but I really can’t stand them. I have featured a review of a great punk band by the name of Jodi Explodi who play Portland often.

Comment from Tim
Time: August 11, 2009, 10:26 am

Dood that Giant Squid album is DIRTY! Thats some of the craziest weird metal I’ve heard in a while. It’s freaking awesome.

If you want some old school Death metal with a cool classical(?) influence, go for Fleshgod Apocalypse’s album Oracles. Its like…Immolation style death metal but some of the song have like…harp intros or a gregorian chant outro. It’s in my running for album of the year again Napalm Death’s new stuff.

Comment from Tim
Time: August 20, 2009, 6:45 pm

2 things!: First, the new scar symmetry leaked on youtube sounds really really really good. The dual singers work out extremely well; video found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqsOelqaqzE
Second, the 3 new songs on Winds of Plague’s new album on their myspace have definently embraced the melodic side of what they started and sound a lot more….death metally than deathcorey. I’m thoroughly happy they didn’t screw that up.

Comment from DethDonald
Time: October 12, 2009, 3:15 am

You have to review Thy Catafalque’s Róka Hasa Rádió. One of the most interesting albums Ive heard this year.

Comment from Kaiborg
Time: November 24, 2009, 1:51 pm

Magnum Carnage on the worst of 2009 list? Really? Next time, I think I’ll just capture my irritable bowel syndrome blasts (6-10 daily) directly to Pro-Tools.

Comment from Troll
Time: December 18, 2009, 7:55 pm

The new Scar Symmetry under best? Really? That album fucking sucked

Comment from Todd
Time: January 7, 2010, 10:31 am

all music is subjective…period,the best metal bands in the world are the ones i like,and only one of them is on the 2009 Best list,Megadeth,i used to be a huge Saxon fan too back when most of you were wearing 3 cornered pants

Comment from CARTER
Time: January 7, 2010, 12:27 pm

hey todd, most likely nobody gives a shit.