2009 IN MUSIC
THESE ALBUMS WERE ALL FUCKING AWESOME
danger - 09/16 2007 (videogame-influenced dance electro; france
)
converge - axe to fall (extreme mathcore; usa)
amesoeurs - s/t (post-punk/shoegaze/black metal; france)
isis - wavering radiant (post-metal; usa)
jesu - opiate sun (shoegaze metal; wales)
mastodon - crack the skye (progressive sludge; usa)
om - god is good (raga-drone; usa)
russian circles - geneva (instru-metal; usa)
them crooked vultures - s/t (josh homme supergroup; usa)
OH AND THESE ONES WERE DAMN SWEET TOO
raekwon the chef - only built 4 cuban linx... pt. ii (wu-tang clan; usa)
the bloody beetroots - romborama (disco-powered bulldozer; italy)
church of misery - houses of the unholy (stoner metal; japan)
kylesa - static tensions (progressive sludge; usa)
maybeshewill - sing the word hope in four-part harmony (post-rock; england)
black pyramid - s/t (stoner/sludge metal; usa)
riff cannon - mercury mountain (stoner rock; usa)
sunn O))) - monoliths and dimensions (BWOOOOOOOOOOOM; usa)
slayer - world painted blood (fucking awesome; usa)
yeah yeah yeahs - it's blitz! (giddiness; usa)
I GUESS THESE ONES WERE PRETTY GOOD
giant squid - the ichthyologist (like the mars volta except not annoying; usa)
ahab - divinity of oceans (funeral doom metal; germany)
boys noize - power (electro; germany)
immortal - all shall fall (KRIEG UND VINTERFROST; norway)
major lazer - guns don't kill people, lazers do (dancehall ridiculousness; usa/jamaica)
the subs - subculture (they call themselves trance but don't believe them for a minute; belgium)
wolfmother - cosmic egg (retro-rock; australia)
wolves in the throne room - black cascade (atmospheric black metal; usa)
yob - the great cessation (stoner/drone; usa)
EEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNN
dethklok - the dethalbum ii (roflmetal; usa/norway/sweden)
gorgoroth - quantos possunt ad satanitatem trahunt (black metal with awful latin translation; norway)
iwrestledabearonce - it's all happening (if tim & eric made metal it would be this; usa)
muse - the resistance (muse trying to be queen and failing; england)
pelican - what we all come to need (instru-metal; usa)
THESE SUCKED A LOT AND I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE MUSICIANS THAT MADE THEM
the mars volta - octahedron (trash; usa)
simian mobile disco - temporary pleasure (trash; england)
danger - 09/16 2007 (videogame-influenced dance electro; france
)
converge - axe to fall (extreme mathcore; usa)
amesoeurs - s/t (post-punk/shoegaze/black metal; france)
isis - wavering radiant (post-metal; usa)
jesu - opiate sun (shoegaze metal; wales)
mastodon - crack the skye (progressive sludge; usa)
om - god is good (raga-drone; usa)
russian circles - geneva (instru-metal; usa)
them crooked vultures - s/t (josh homme supergroup; usa)
OH AND THESE ONES WERE DAMN SWEET TOO
raekwon the chef - only built 4 cuban linx... pt. ii (wu-tang clan; usa)
the bloody beetroots - romborama (disco-powered bulldozer; italy)
church of misery - houses of the unholy (stoner metal; japan)
kylesa - static tensions (progressive sludge; usa)
maybeshewill - sing the word hope in four-part harmony (post-rock; england)
black pyramid - s/t (stoner/sludge metal; usa)
riff cannon - mercury mountain (stoner rock; usa)
sunn O))) - monoliths and dimensions (BWOOOOOOOOOOOM; usa)
slayer - world painted blood (fucking awesome; usa)
yeah yeah yeahs - it's blitz! (giddiness; usa)
I GUESS THESE ONES WERE PRETTY GOOD
giant squid - the ichthyologist (like the mars volta except not annoying; usa)
ahab - divinity of oceans (funeral doom metal; germany)
boys noize - power (electro; germany)
immortal - all shall fall (KRIEG UND VINTERFROST; norway)
major lazer - guns don't kill people, lazers do (dancehall ridiculousness; usa/jamaica)
the subs - subculture (they call themselves trance but don't believe them for a minute; belgium)
wolfmother - cosmic egg (retro-rock; australia)
wolves in the throne room - black cascade (atmospheric black metal; usa)
yob - the great cessation (stoner/drone; usa)
EEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNN
dethklok - the dethalbum ii (roflmetal; usa/norway/sweden)
gorgoroth - quantos possunt ad satanitatem trahunt (black metal with awful latin translation; norway)
iwrestledabearonce - it's all happening (if tim & eric made metal it would be this; usa)
muse - the resistance (muse trying to be queen and failing; england)
pelican - what we all come to need (instru-metal; usa)
THESE SUCKED A LOT AND I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE MUSICIANS THAT MADE THEM
the mars volta - octahedron (trash; usa)
simian mobile disco - temporary pleasure (trash; england)