About.com Heavy Metal has published our list of the best heavy metal CDs of 2009. That list was compiled with input from all our writers. We also came up with some other "best of" awards for 2009, some serious, some a little more lighthearted. Here are our 2009 Heavy Metal Awards, sorted by writer.
1. Megadeth - Endgame
2. Katatonia - Night Is The New Day
Chad Bowar:
Chad's Top 5 Metal CDs Of 20091. Megadeth - Endgame
2. Katatonia - Night Is The New Day
3. Mastodon - Crack The Skye
4. Nile - Those Whom The Gods Detest
5. Baroness - Blue Record
4. Nile - Those Whom The Gods Detest
5. Baroness - Blue Record
- Best Heavy Metal DVD: Anvil!: The Story Of Anvil
- Best Heavy Metal Book: Joel McIver - To Live Is To Die: The Life and Death Of Metallica's Cliff Burton
- Metal Record Label Of The Year: Nuclear Blast Records
- Biggest Disappointment: Black Dahlia Murder - Deflorate
- Newcomer Of The Year: Revocation
- Most Overrated CD: Converge - Axe To Fall
- Most Underrated CD: Wolves In The Throne Room - Black Cascade
- Metal Artist Of The Year: Katatonia
Jay H. Gorania:
Jay's Top 5 Metal CDs of 2009
1. Brutal Truth - Evolution Through Revolution
2. Napalm Death - Time Waits For No Slave
3. Slayer - World Painted Blood
4. Absu - Absu (Candlelight)
5. Goatwhore - Carving Out The Eyes Of God
1. Brutal Truth - Evolution Through Revolution
2. Napalm Death - Time Waits For No Slave
3. Slayer - World Painted Blood
4. Absu - Absu (Candlelight)
5. Goatwhore - Carving Out The Eyes Of God
- Best Heavy Metal DVD: Iron Maiden: Flight 666
- Metal Record Label Of The Year: Profound Lore
- Biggest Disappointment: Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague
- Newcomer Of The Year: Crucifist
- Most Overrated CD: Katatonia - Night Is The New Day
- Most Underrated CD: Thy Will Be Done - In Ancient Of Days
- Most Metal Event: Maryland Deathfest
Dan Marsicano:
Dan's Top 5 Metal CDs of 2009
1. Between The Buried And Me - The Great Misdirect
2. Mastodon - Crack The Skye
3. Revocation - Existence Is Futile
4. Leprous - Tall Poppy Syndrome
5. Slough Feg - Ape Uprising
1. Between The Buried And Me - The Great Misdirect
2. Mastodon - Crack The Skye
3. Revocation - Existence Is Futile
4. Leprous - Tall Poppy Syndrome
5. Slough Feg - Ape Uprising
- Best Heavy Metal Book:
Precious Metal: Stories Behind 25 Extreme Metal Masterpieces - Metal Record Label Of The Year: Metal Blade
- Biggest Disappointment: 1349 - Revelations Of The Black Flame
- Newcomer Of The Year: Revocation
- Most Overrated CD: Lamb Of God - Wrath
- Most Underrated CD: Razor Of Occam - Homage To Martyrs
- Metal Artist Of The Year: Devin Townsend
Justin M. Norton:
Justin's Top 5 Metal CDs of 2009
1. Sunn O))) - Monoliths and Dimensions
2. Various Artists - Swedish Death Metal
3. The Gates Of Slumber - Hymns Of Blood and Thunder
4. Goatwhore - Carving Out The Eyes Of God
5. Baroness - Blue Record
1. Sunn O))) - Monoliths and Dimensions
2. Various Artists - Swedish Death Metal
3. The Gates Of Slumber - Hymns Of Blood and Thunder
4. Goatwhore - Carving Out The Eyes Of God
5. Baroness - Blue Record
- Best Heavy Metal Book: Precious Metal
- Best Heavy Metal DVD: Iron Maiden: Flight 666
- Metal Record Label Of The Year: Relapse
- Biggest Disappointment: 1349 - Revelations Of The Black Flame
- Newcomer Of The Year: Revocation
- Most Overrated CD: Slayer - World Painted Blood
- Most Underrated CD: Lye By Mistake - Fea Jur
- Metal Artist Of The Year: The Gates Of Slumber
MetalGeorge Pacheco:
MetalGeorge's Top 5 Metal CDs of 2009
1. Amorphis - Skyforger
2. The Company Band - The Company Band
3. The Devil's Blood - The Time Of No Time Evermore
4. Revocation - Existence Is Futile
5. The Black League - Ghost Brothel
1. Amorphis - Skyforger
2. The Company Band - The Company Band
3. The Devil's Blood - The Time Of No Time Evermore
4. Revocation - Existence Is Futile
5. The Black League - Ghost Brothel
- Best Heavy Metal DVD: Dark Tranquillity - Where Death Is Most Alive
- Metal Record Label Of The Year: Rise Above
- Biggest Disappointment: Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough
- Newcomer Of The Year: Astra
- Most Overrated CD:Converge - Axe To Fall
- Most Underrated CD: The Black League - Ghost Brothel
- Metal Artist Of The Year: Revocation
Ray Van Horn, Jr.:
Ray's Top 5 Metal CDs of 20091. Mastodon - Crack The Skye
2. Isis - Wavering Radiant
3. Between The Buried And Me - The Great Misdirect
4. Kylesa - Static Tensions
5. Candlemass - Death Magic Doom
- Best Heavy Metal Book: Joel McIver - To Live Is To Die: Life and Death Of Metallica's Cliff Burton
- Best Heavy Metal DVD: Iron Maiden: Flight 666
- Metal Record Label Of The Year: Southern Lord & Metal Mind
- Biggest Disappointment Of 2009: Melvins - Chicken Switch
- Newcomer Of The Year: Black Breath
- Most Underrated CD: Between The Buried And Me - The Great Misdirect
- Best Feelgood Story of 2009: Anvil
- Metal Artist Of The Year: Isis
