Best Albums Of 2009

1. Mastodon – Crack the Skye (Warner Bros.)
• “Doppelgängers: Mastodon’s Brent Hinds and Actor J.C. Quinn”
2. Dethklok – Dethalbum II (Williams Street)
3. Isis – Wavering Radiant (Ipecac)
• Bad Penny interview: “Isis’ Aaron Turner In ’02: Oceanic Is ‘The Best Material We’ve Ever Written’ ”
• Bad Penny essay: “Isis’ Oceanic: Mystery Revealed?”
4. Dååth – The Concealers (Century Media)
5. Job for a Cowboy – Ruination (Metal Blade)
6. Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures (DGC/Interscope)
7. Pissed Jeans – King of Jeans (Sub Pop)
8. Double Dagger – More (Thrill Jockey)
• Bad Penny interview: “Meet and Greet: Double Dagger”
9. Kylesa – Static Tensions (Prosthetic)
10. Black Moth Super Rainbow – Eating Us (Graveface)

Published in The Village Voice‘s Pazz & Jop poll.

Honorable mentions:

Baroness – Blue Record (Relapse)
The Family Curse – White Medicine (Fainting Room)
Prize Country – With Love (Hex)

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