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1
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Baroness - Blue Record
October 13, 2009
Sludge Metal
,
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
87
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Sunn O))) - Monoliths and Dimensions
May 26, 2009
Drone Metal
,
Drone
Critic Score
85
17
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Converge - Axe To Fall
October 20, 2009
Metalcore
Critic Score
81
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Mastodon - Crack The Skye
March 24, 2009
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
81
25
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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ISIS - Wavering Radiant
May 5, 2009
Post-Metal
Critic Score
79
22
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Zu - Carboniferous
February 17, 2009
Avant-Garde Metal
,
Brutal Prog
,
Math Rock
,
Noise Rock
Critic Score
79
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Megadeth - Endgame
September 9, 2009
Thrash Metal
,
Heavy Metal
Critic Score
79
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Katatonia - Night Is the New Day
November 2, 2009
Alternative Metal
Critic Score
78
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague
February 2, 2009
Death Metal
,
Brutal Death Metal
Critic Score
78
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Slayer - World Painted Blood
November 3, 2009
Thrash Metal
Critic Score
77
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Kylesa - Static Tensions
March 17, 2009
Sludge Metal
,
Stoner Metal
Critic Score
77
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Kreator - Hordes of Chaos
January 13, 2009
Thrash Metal
Critic Score
76
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Pelican - What We All Come to Need
October 27, 2009
Post-Metal
Critic Score
75
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Lamb of God - Wrath
February 23, 2009
Groove Metal
,
Thrash Metal
Critic Score
74
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
June 23, 2009
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
74
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Absu - Absu
February 16, 2009
Black Metal
Critic Score
73
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade
March 31, 2009
Atmospheric Black Metal
Critic Score
73
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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Immortal - All Shall Fall
September 25, 2009
Black Metal
Critic Score
72
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Voivod - Infini
June 23, 2009
Thrash Metal
Critic Score
72
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Rammstein - Liebe ist für alle da
October 16, 2009
Neue Deutsche Härte
,
Industrial Metal
Critic Score
70
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
21
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Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue
September 29, 2009
Grunge
,
Alternative Metal
,
Sludge Metal
Critic Score
69
14
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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Jesu - Opiate Sun
October 27, 2009
Shoegaze
,
Post-Metal
Critic Score
69
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Living Colour - The Chair In The Doorway
September 15, 2009
Hard Rock
,
Funk Metal
Critic Score
68
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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The Red Chord - Fed Through The Teeth Machine
October 27, 2009
Deathcore
,
Deathgrind
,
Technical Death Metal
Critic Score
68
5
reviews
Amazon
25
.
Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know
April 28, 2009
Heavy Metal
Critic Score
67
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
1
2
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