The Best Metal Albums of 2009

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
51	Pagan's Mind Live Equation [Live]	Sep 14, 2009	95	3	0
52	Dark Funeral Angelus Exuro Pro Eternus	Nov 18, 2009	86.9	19	0
53	Slayer World Painted Blood	Nov 3, 2009	84	36	0
54	Lacrimosa Sehnsucht	May 8, 2009	88.7	12	1
55	Converge Axe to Fall	Oct 20, 2009	87.7	15	1
56	Hammerfall No Sacrifice, No Victory	Feb 20, 2009	87.4	16	2
57	Dark The Suns All Ends in Silence	Mar 11, 2009	90.4	8	0
58	Thousand Leaves Blind Night Sorrow	Dec 30, 2009	94.3	3	1
59	Proclamation Execration of Cruel Bestiality	Aug 3, 2009	92	5	0
60	Katatonia Night Is the New Day	Nov 2, 2009	87.2	15	2
61	Dark Mirror Ov Tragedy The Pregnant of Despair	Sep 1, 2009	85.3	23	3
62	Leaves' Eyes Njord	Aug 26, 2009	89.8	8	1
63	Centaurus-A Side Effects Expected	Mar 2, 2009	91.8	5	0
64	Dragged into Sunlight Hatred for Mankind	Sep 25, 2009	88.8	10	0
65	Alice in Chains Black Gives Way to Blue	Sep 29, 2009	88	12	1
66	Nocturnal Violent Revenge	Jun 15, 2009	92.5	4	0
67	Stratovarius Polaris	May 15, 2009	81.6	49	8
68	Pensées Nocturnes Vacuum	Apr 3, 2009	87.6	12	1
69	Shadow Gallery Digital Ghosts	Oct 23, 2009	84.9	22	2
70	Ensiferum From Afar	Sep 9, 2009	87.5	12	1
71	Dark Moor Autumnal	Feb 16, 2009	85.5	19	1
72	The Gathering The West Pole	May 4, 2009	93.3	3	0
73	Woods of Desolation Sorh [EP]	Nov 16, 2009	93.3	3	0
74	Deiphago Filipino Antichrist	Oct 31, 2009	93.3	3	0
75	Liquid Tension Experiment Live in LA [Live]	2009	93.3	3	0
76	Ingested Surpassing the Boundaries of Human Suffering	Jun 22, 2009	88.8	8	0
77	Rammstein Liebe ist für alle da	Oct 16, 2009	86.3	14	0
78	Kreator Hordes of Chaos	Jan 19, 2009	84.2	22	1
79	Devin Townsend Project Ki	May 25, 2009	90.6	5	0
80	Scar Symmetry Dark Matter Dimensions	Oct 2, 2009	82.8	30	1
81	Leprous Tall Poppy Syndrome	May 5, 2009	88.5	8	1
82	Narnia Course of a Generation	Jul 24, 2009	88.4	8	1
83	Wolves In The Throne Room Black Cascade	Mar 31, 2009	91.3	4	0
84	Abigail Sweet Baby Metal Slut	Aug 18, 2009	91.3	4	1
85	Rainy Sun Origin	Feb 2, 2009	91.3	4	1
86	Ketzer Satan's Boundaries Unchained	Sep 15, 2009	91.3	4	1
87	Metalucifer Heavy Metal Bulldozer	Mar 13, 2009	91.3	4	0
88	Deathcode Society Ite Missa Est [EP]	Jan 5, 2009	91.3	4	1
89	Amesoeurs Amesoeurs	Mar 10, 2009	85.5	15	4
90	Lethian Dreams Bleak Silver Streams	Jun 8, 2009	92.3	3	1
91	Sonata Arctica The Day of Grays	Sep 18, 2009	80.9	41	5
92	Sad Legend The Revenge of Soul	Sep 11, 2009	81.9	32	2
93	Blut Aus Nord Memoria Vetusta II - Dialogue With the Stars	Feb 23, 2009	90.8	4	0
94	Epica The Classical Conspiracy [Live]	May 8, 2009	86.8	10	1
95	Jorn Spirit Black	Jun 5, 2009	89.8	5	0
96	Warbringer Waking Into Nightmares	May 19, 2009	85.3	14	1
97	Ninesin The Death, We Will Face	Mar 31, 2009	89.6	5	1
98	Cannibal Corpse Evisceration Plague	Feb 3, 2009	83.5	20	1
99	Diablo Swing Orchestra Sing-Along Songs for the Damned and Delirious	Oct 2009	88.7	6	1
100	Sepsism Distorting the Mortal Visage	Sep 3, 2009	91.7	3	0

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