This is the first year in probably six years in which I haven't kept a continuous albums of the year list throughout the 12 month period, mainly due to life getting into the way. However, this hasn't stopped me from listening to plenty of music. Here are my favourites of the year in no order apart from the top five.

The top five: No order.

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Tera Melos - X'ed Out

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Deafheaven - Sunbather

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Chelsea Wolfe - Pain Is Beauty

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Russian Circles - Memorial

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Owen - L'Ami du Peuple

The 'just missed out of the…

This probably the tightest my list have been. So many albums of similar quality have been released that separating them has been quite a task.

In descending order:

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15. Blacklisters - BLKLSTRS
Abrasive, loud and disgusting. Your Nan will love this one, or show her the video for Trickfuck at least.

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14. Shoes and Socks Off - Miles of Mad Water
The final album by one of my favourite singer-songwriters. Still has honestly sad as usual. RIP SASO (Toby is still alive, by the way.)

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13. Suis La Lune - Riala
Soppy and incredibly moist post-rock influenced…

I would do this on New Years Day, but I'm bored and I'll possibly be hungover tomorrow.

First I'd like to start off by saying RIP to these great bands: Oceansize, RX Bandits, Thrice and Thursday. Oceansize hit the hardest, especially since I never got to see them live and I'm sure I missed out a great deal.

I would write something about the albums I'm about the list, however I did that last year and it took me an absolute age and I can't really be bothered doing that again especially since reading back, my writing…

Here are 25 albums that have at some point this year have made sweet love to my ears.

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25. Fang Island - Fang Island
Riffs, riffs and more riffs. What more could you possibly want?

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24. 65daysofstatic - We Were Exploding Anyway
Local boys ditch put their post-rock tendencies on a backfoot and bring their more electronic side to the the forefront and even bring Robert Smith from The Cure on for the ride.

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23. Portugal. The Man - American Ghetto
P.TM show their hip-hop influences to add to their already eclectic sound and creating a record…

Personally, I thought 2009 was an incredible year for music with some brilliant new bands coming through to make some outstanding debut full lengths as well as the more experienced bands showing they still have it… or not in other cases.

Top 15 albums/EPs of the year.

15. Baroness - Blue Record
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In a nut shell: Strangely catchy yet still heavy as fuck.

14. Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez - Xenophanes
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In a nut shell: Omar and his girlfriend create his most accessible work to date yet his most cohesive. Also, it's all in Spanish.

13. Converge - Axe To…

I realise that I've seen some really shit bands.

*shels
¡Forward, Russia!
1994!
22
30 Seconds to Mars
65daysofstatic x3
A Wilhelm Scream
Actioner
Airship
Alexisonfire x2
Algernon Cadwallader
Alkaline Trio
Alpha Male Tea Party
American Football
Amour For Sleep
The Anomalies
And So I Watch You From Afar x3
Anti-Flag
Antlered Man
The Antlers
Apple Cannon
Arcade Fire
Arcane Roots
The Automatic x2
Babe Rainbow
Baddies
Bastions
Battles
Battleships x2
Be Your Own Pet x2
Bear Hands
Bear In Heaven
Best Friends
Between the Buried and Me
Biffy Clyro x7
Billy Talent x2
Binary Toad
The Blackout x2
Black…