Haunting The Chapel: The 30 Best Metal Albums Of 2009 (Plus Dozens Of Guest Lists)

Every year I'm tempted to -- and sometimes do -- say "this has been a great year for metal." It's a toss-away idea: If you consume the genre obsessively, every year seems sort of great, the chaff turning fuzzy and falling into the background, the favorites cementing themselves in your brain and eardrums. Or maybe I'm just an optimist. Whatever the case, it was hard coming up with a Top 30 Of 2009: I liked a ton of stuff, though I didn't love all of it. The last two years gave me clear No. 1s,...

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