Here are ten albums that did not make it to my Looking Back On 2009/Awards List, Top Ten Hard Rock Albums List or my Top 25 Heavy Metal Albums List. These are albums that I did buy, enjoyed, still listen to and reviewed on Metal Odyssey during 2009. They all deserve some Metal attention as well. There is no specific order of importance here, these are albums that I really want to celebrate – for their overall integrity in musicianship and songs. From the Progressive/Extreme Metal of Daath to the Hard Rock meets Heavy Metal of the ultra legendary Thin Lizzy, these 2009 albums blanket a few genres. It just wouldn’t feel right to me, not revisiting these albums one more time, in an end of year list. I put the header link below each album, so you can read the original review I posted during 2009. Enjoy or scream at this list… Happy Metal New Year too!
CHARM CITY DEVILS – LET’S ROCK AND ROLL
Charm City Devils “Let’s Rock-N-Roll” – A Charming Hard Rock Album
GREAT WHITE – RISING
Great White “Rising” rises to the top with A+ Hard Rock
CHILDREN OF BODOM – SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET
Children Of Bodom – “Skeletons In The Closet” Album Of Cover Songs Is Metal Thrashing Good
U.D.O. – DOMINATOR
U.D.O. – “DOMINATOR” Unleashes Potent Heavy Metal
ANVIL – THIS IS THIRTEEN
ANVIL – “THIS IS THIRTEEN” – THIS IS OLD SCHOOL, REAL HEAVY METAL
LAZARUS A.D. – THE ONSLAUGHT
LAZARUS A.D. “The Onslaught” – a real intense Thrash Metal invasion
RONNY MUNROE – THE FIRE WITHIN
Ronny Munroe “The Fire Within” – Metal Church vocalist roars on solo debut
SAXON – INTO THE LABYRINTH
Saxon continues to Rock with Old School Heavy Metal
DAATH – THE CONCEALERS
DAATH – “The Concealers” is a full blown Metal onslaught!
THIN LIZZY – STILL DANGEROUS
LIVE AT THE TOWER THEATRE PHILADELPHIA 1977
Thin Lizzy “Still Dangerous” reminds me Metal never ages.
Well, this will be the fourth and final list, in the Best Of 2009 Series of posts I’ve done this past week. All of my Metal accolades are out in the open for all to read and dissect. I thank any and everyone for taking the time to stop by Metal Odyssey for a visit(s) in 2009! I anticipate a tremendously Metal 2010! Let the new Hard Rock and Heavy Metal releases come! If you like, you can check out the other Metal Odyssey – Best Of 2009 posts, (there are 3 other posts), just click on the header links below:
METAL ODYSSEY’S TOP TEN HARD ROCK ALBUMS OF 2009
METAL ODYSSEY’S TOP 25 HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 2009
METAL ODYSSEY LOOKS BACK ON HEAVY METAL 2009… AND SOME AWARDS!
Be sure to check out the following Hard Rock and/or Heavy Metal blogs for their respective Best Of 2009 Lists as well! There were many more cool albums released in 2009 than I was able to get my hands on! These other great blogs cover a ton of ground with Hard Rock and an array of Heavy Metal genres… it is all good fun to see so many albums that I have missed and where my favorites rank with other bloggers lists.
Heavy Metal Addiction – http://heavymetaladdiction.com/
All Metal Resource – http://allmetalresource.com/
Bring Back Glam – http://bringbackglam.squarespace.com/
Hair Metal Mansion – http://hairbangersradio.ning.com/
Hard Rock Hideout – http://hardrockhideout.com/
Heavy Metal Time Machine – http://metalmark.blogspot.com/
Imagine Echoes – http://www.imagineechoes.com/
Layla’s Classic Rock – http://laylasclassicrock.blogspot.com/
Metal Excess – http://metalexcess.com/
The Metal Minute – http://rayvanhornjr.blogspot.com/
Rock Of Ages – http://rockofages.wordpress.com/
The Ripple Effect – http://www.ripplemusic.blogspot.com/
U.D.O. is another justified example as to why I consider Germany the worlds greatest exporter of Metal Music outside of the great United States. U.D.O. does not stray from their Heavy Metal norm on Dominator, (released on October 6, 2009 in the U.S.A., on AFM Records). The first two songs on Dominator are like smash mouth football… Old School and punishing. The lyrics are not meant for NASA academics, they are meant for the Metalheads of the world who take pride in their Heavy Metal Music and bands. The Bogeyman and Dominator are song titles with lyrical content that follow a simple rule of Heavy Metal… thou shall not conform. Vintage Heavy Metal, baby. No political statements or hard to decipher words to be found. I love this stuff. I live for this stuff. Black and White is song three and glorifies the elegance of Heavy Metal guitar, not to forget Heavy Metal chorus as well. Udo Dirkschneider on lead vocals sounds as great as ever, anyone who states otherwise is simply jealous of this ageless Metal icon. Udo Dirkschneider has forever forged his legacy twice in Heavy Metal history, both with U.D.O. and Accept. Heavy Metal lightning does strike twice, Udo Dirkschneider is living proof of that.
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