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Highest Rated Albums of 2009

Year

2009
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  - 2016
  - 2015
  - 2014
  - 2013
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  - 2009
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Genre

All
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  - Atmospheric Black Metal
  - Black Metal
  - Electropop
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  - Metal
  - Pop
  - Pop Rock
  - Post-Rock
  - Progressive Metal
  - Progressive Rock
  - Rock
  - Thrash Metal

1. Mastodon - Crack The Skye

Mastodon - Crack The Skye

March 24, 2009

Progressive Metal

Score

100

2. Nashville Pussy - From Hell to Texas

Nashville Pussy - From Hell to Texas

October 10, 2009

Score

90

3. God Forbid - Earthsblood

God Forbid - Earthsblood

February 24, 2009

Score

90

4. Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue with the Stars

Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue with the Stars

February 23, 2009

Score

90

5. Obscura - Cosmogenesis

Obscura - Cosmogenesis

February 17, 2009

Score

90

6. Scale The Summit - Carving Desert Canyons

Scale The Summit - Carving Desert Canyons

February 17, 2009

Score

80

7. Tombs - Winter Hours

Tombs - Winter Hours

February 17, 2009

Score

80

8. Absu - Absu

February 16, 2009

Score

80

9. Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague

Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague

February 2, 2009

Score

80

10. Napalm Death - Time Waits for No Slave

Napalm Death - Time Waits for No Slave

January 23, 2009

Score

80

11. Vreid - Milorg

January 20, 2009

Score

80

12. Rumpelstiltskin Grinder - Living for Death, Destroying the Rest

Rumpelstiltskin Grinder - Living for Death, Destroying the Rest

January 20, 2009

Score

80

13. Cattle Decapitation - The Harvest Floor

Cattle Decapitation - The Harvest Floor

January 19, 2009

Score

80

14. Kreator - Hordes of Chaos

Kreator - Hordes of Chaos

January 13, 2009

Score

80

15. Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade

Wolves in the Throne Room - Black Cascade

March 31, 2009

Score

70

16. Lamb of God - Wrath

Lamb of God - Wrath

February 23, 2009

Score

70

17. Wino - Punctuated Equilibrium

Wino - Punctuated Equilibrium

January 26, 2009

Score

70

18. Xasthur - All Reflections Drained

Xasthur - All Reflections Drained

May 12, 2009

Atmospheric Black Metal

Score

60

19. Cobalt - Gin

March 17, 2009

Score

60

20. Stinking Lizaveta - Sacrifice and Bliss

Stinking Lizaveta - Sacrifice and Bliss

March 16, 2009

Score

60

21. Sepultura - A-Lex

Sepultura - A-Lex

January 23, 2009

Score

60

22. 16 - Bridges to Burn

16 - Bridges to Burn

January 20, 2009

Score

60

23. Psyopus - Odd Senses

Psyopus - Odd Senses

February 17, 2009

Score

50

24. Irepress - Sol Eye Sea I

Irepress - Sol Eye Sea I

February 17, 2009

Score

40

25. Rose Funeral - The Resting Sonata

Rose Funeral - The Resting Sonata

January 20, 2009

Score

30

NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Metal Sucks awarded albums throughout 2009.

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New Album Releases

73

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55

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71

61

87

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65

80

77

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80

71

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