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Remembering 2009

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Remembering 2009

By Electric Sheep· September 25, 2026 · 45 items ·267 views

Every year is a good year for music if you know where to look. Some years are gooder than others, though. 2009 was one of the goodest. Here are my favorites from then in no particular order.

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Axe to Fall1A+
Axe to Fall
Converge · 2009
MetalcoreHardcore Punk
Classic metalcore album
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt II2A
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt II
Raekwon · 2009
Hip Hop
Arguably Rae's best album
Never Better3A
Never Better
P.O.S · 2009
Hip HopRock +1
Formative album for me. Early hip-hop favorites
…In Shallow Seas We Sail4A+
…In Shallow Seas We Sail
Emery · 2009
Post-Hardcore
Aged like fine wine. Easily their best.
The Tropic Rot5A
The Tropic Rot
Poison the Well · 2009
Post-HardcoreMetalcore +1
Classic metalcore album [2]
Lungs6A
Lungs
Florence + the Machine · 2009
Alternative RockIndie Rock +1
The Sleep of Morbid Dreams7A
The Sleep of Morbid Dreams
Funebrarum · 2009
Death MetalRock
New Junk Aesthetic8A
New Junk Aesthetic
Every Time I Die · 2009
Metalcore
Classic metalcore album (3)
The Family Jewels9A
The Family Jewels
MARINA · 2009
Pop
To this day one of my all-time favorite pop albums
Gin10A
Gin
Cobalt · 2009
Black Metal
Lost Ground11A-
Lost Ground
Defeater · 2009
Post-Hardcore
A little hardcore concept EP. "Red, White & Blues" is probably my favorite track from them.
Houses of the Unholy12A
Houses of the Unholy
Church of Misery · 2009
Doom Metal
White Tomb13A
White Tomb
Altar of Plagues · 2009
Black Metal
Early black metal favorite of mine
…To the Beat of a Dead Horse14A
…To the Beat of a Dead Horse
Touche Amoure · 2009
Post-Hardcore
classic post-hardcore record
Mean Everything to Nothing15A
Mean Everything to Nothing
Manchester Orchestra · 2009
Indie RockAlternative Rock
Still my favorite from them. Solid indie-rock album all the way through.
Unforgivable16A
Unforgivable
Weekend Nachos · 2009
Sludge Metal
Classic powerviolence record
Introverted Romance In Our Troubled Minds17A
Introverted Romance In Our Troubled Minds
P.S. Eliot · 2009
PunkIndie Rock
An underrated little indie-rock album
Microcosmos18A
Microcosmos
Drudkh · 2009
Black Metal
One of their best imo
Phrenitis19A
Phrenitis
Atrium Carceri · 2009
Dark Ambient
Very cool dark ambient record. Perfect for spooky season
The Ocarina of Rhyme20A
The Ocarina of Rhyme
Team Teamwork · 2009
One of the coolest mash-up records out there
Everything Is Fire21A
Everything Is Fire
Ulcerate · 2009
Death Metal
Classic death metal record
Endgame22A-
Endgame
Megadeth · 2009
Thrash MetalHeavy Metal
They really should have hung it up after this
Constellations23A
Constellations
August Burns Red · 2009
Metalcore
Feathergun24A-
Feathergun
Rishloo · 2009
Progressive Rock
I will die on the hill that this album is an underrated classic in prog/psych rock
Sound Awake25A-
Sound Awake
Karnivool · 2009
Progressive RockAlternative Metal +1
Fun rock riffs all day long
Within the Vacuum of Infinity...26A-
Within the Vacuum of Infinity...
Arizmenda · 2009
Black MetalRock
Credit to my buddy Brandon Nurick for rec'ing me this one back in the day. RIP
Hospice27A-
Hospice
The Antlers · 2009
Rock
Classic indie record. devestatingly sad.
Wavering Radiant28A-
Wavering Radiant
Isis · 2009
Sludge Metal
Classic post-metal record
Beggars29B+
Beggars
Thrice · 2009
Post-HardcoreAlternative Rock
Collapse30A-
Collapse
Panopticon · 2009
Black Metal
I like this more than most did, but I love almost everything he's done.
Happiness31B+
Happiness
Dance Gavin Dance · 2009
Post-Hardcore
Hell I32B+
Hell I
Hell · 2009
Doom Metal
Scrambles33B+
Scrambles
Bomb the Music Industry! · 2009
Punk
a fun ska/punk album
Succubus34B+
Succubus
The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation · 2009
Dark Ambient
Dark moody jazz
Sing the Word Hope in Four‐Part Harmony35B+
Sing the Word Hope in Four‐Part Harmony
Maybeshewill · 2009
Post-Rock
instrumental rock with riffs for days
OX36B+
OX
Coalesce · 2009
MetalcoreRock
Black Gives Way to Blue37B+
Black Gives Way to Blue
Alice in Chains · 2009
GrungeAlternative Metal +1
They should have hung it up after this one (2)
Hymn to the Immortal Wind38B
Hymn to the Immortal Wind
MONO · 2009
Post-Rock
Classic post-rock release. Gorgeous album. Takes you on a journey
Sci‐Fi Crimes39B+
Sci‐Fi Crimes
Chevelle · 2009
Alternative MetalAlternative Rock
Far40B+
Far
Regina Spektor · 2009
FolkIndie Rock
Goodbye to the Machine41B
Goodbye to the Machine
Hurt · 2009
Alternative RockPost-Hardcore
Black Future42B+
Black Future
Vektor · 2009
Thrash Metal
Mandala43B+
Mandala
Rx Bandits · 2009
ExperimentalIndie Rock
Animals as Leaders44B+
Animals as Leaders
Animals as Leaders · 2009
Progressive Metal
Ineffable Mysteries From Shpongleland45B+
Ineffable Mysteries From Shpongleland
Shpongle · 2009
AmbientElectronic
Trippy band makes another trippy record. Fun electronic album

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Inveigh
InveighOctober 29, 2026 at 2:28 AM

Seriously. An all time great year for music. Up there with 1986 and 1990 in terms of heavy sounds.

Emim
EmimOctober 28, 2026 at 7:47 AM

Banger of a year

Caleb
CalebGold badge · Topped the community leaderboard for October 2026October 27, 2026 at 12:41 PM

Stand Up and Scream

kenzo
kenzoSilver badge · Used every grade at least once, A+ through FSeptember 28, 2026 at 2:59 PM

Brand New Eyes erasure

combustion07
combustion07Silver badge · Graded works released in 10 different decadesSeptember 25, 2026 at 8:51 PM

Very good year

alkemest
alkemestBronze badge · Graded 100+ Black Metal albumsSeptember 25, 2026 at 7:15 PM

Some crazy awesome black metal in 2009. Plus that's the only Regina Spektor album I own on cd haha

Electric Sheep
Electric SheepPlatinum badge · Graded more Post-Rock albums than anyone on the siteSeptember 25, 2026 at 7:27 PM

It's not my favorite from her by any means, but it's Regina. Hard not to love it.