411 Mania — Merry Christmas! The Mosh Pit takes a look at its favorite 25 metal songs from the last decade. With great music from Heaven and Hell, Megadeth, Wintersun, Nile, Dismember, Mastodon, and more which songs got our attention and why? Click the link f... more info

411 Mania — 411 staff unveils their top 15 albums of the year today. See if Mastodon's Crack the Skye, Eminem's Relapse, Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion or another top contender takes the #1 spot for 2009! more info

Stereogum — Earlier this week we took a magnifying glass to Pitchfork's Top 100 Songs Of 2009. Most of those songs appeared on albums, which leads us to the site's Top 50 Albums Of 2009. For starters, metal creeps in via Baroness and Sunn O))), but not Mastod... more info

Rollo & Grady — Paste – The 25 Best Albums of 2009 25. Thomas Function – In the Valley of Sickness 24. Various Artists – Dark Was the Night 23. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz! 22. Sufjan Stevens – The BQE 21. Wilco – Wilco (The A... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — By Diane Kamikaze: Records I LOVED this year: Mastodon - Crack the Skye Kylesa - Static Tensions Saviours - Accelerated Living Orcustus - Orcustus Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder Baroness - Blue Record 16 - Bridges To Burn Subarachnoid Space - 8... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 01-15 Auckland, New Zealand - Big Day Out Festival01-17 Gold Coast, Australia - Big Day Out Festival01-22 Sydney, Australia - Big Day Out Festival01-26 Melbourne, Australia - Big Day Out Festival01-29 Adelaide, Australia - Big Day Out Festival01-31 P... more info

Thrash Hits — So my liver and I survived November somehow, but man was it a struggle on both of us. November was packed full of amazing metal shows here in Atlanta, and luckily I went to every damn one. The month started with one of the best tours of the year- Mas... more info

8/1 — 40 Kiss - Sonic Boom39 Wilco - Wilco38 Rick Ross - Deeper Than Rap37 Gallows - Grey Britain36 Brakesbrakesbrakes - Touchdown35 Miike Snow - Miike Snow34 Mariachi El Bronx - Mariachi El Bronx33 The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You32 U2 - No Line On... more info

MTV.com News — MTV News' James Montgomery picks his top 25 songs of the year.By James Montgomery Jay-Z Photo: Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage/Joe Klamar/Jim Dyson/G In 2009, we killed Auto-Tune, we partied in the U.S.A., and we howled "Awooo!" at the moon (e... more info

411 Mania — This week, the 411Music Staffers look back at a year of good albums and filter through what floated for the top for them. They discuss everything from Eminem's Relapse to Jay-Z's Blueprint 3, Alice In Chains' Black Gives Way to Blue to Dave Matthews ... more info