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2009 ALBUM GENRE SCORE 1 PARADISE LOST FAITH DIVIDES US - DEATH UNITES US GOTHIC METAL 2 EPICA DESIGN YOUR UNIVERSE GOTHIC METAL 3 NOVEMBERS DOOM INTO NIGHT'S REQUIEM INFERNAL DOOM DEATH 4 SHADOW GALLERY DIGITAL GHOSTS PROGRESSIVE METAL 5 CANDLEMASS DEATH MAGIC DOOM DOOM 6 THE GATHERING THE WEST POLE GOTHIC METAL 7 DREAM THEATER BLACK CLOUDS & SILVER LININGS PROGRESSIVE METAL 8 REDEMPTION SNOWFALL ON JUDGMENT DAY PROGRESSIVE METAL 9 BLACK SUN AEON DARKNESS WALKS BESIDE ME DOOM / GOTHIC 10 EPOCHATE CHRONICLES OF A DYING ERA INDUSTRIAL METAL 11 THEATRE OF TRAGEDY FOREVER IS THE WORLD GOTHIC METAL / DARKWAVE 12 KREATOR HORDES OF CHAOS THRASH / DEATH 13 AGUA DE ANNIQUE IN YOUR ROOM GOTHIC METAL / ROCK 14 SWALLOW THE SUN NEW MOON DOOM DEATH 15 KATATONIA NIGHT IS THE NEW DAY GOTHIC DEATH --> GOTHIC METAL 16 QUEENSRYCHE AMERICAN SOLDIER PROGRESSIVE METAL 17 ALICE IN CHAINS BLACK GIVES WAY TO BLUE GRUNGE 18 ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW CHILDREN OF THE DARK WATERS GOTHIC METAL 19 MASTODON CRACK THE SKYE INDUSTRIAL METAL 20 SCAR SYMMETRY DARK MATTER DIMENSIONS PROGRESSIVE DEATH