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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