Christmas is finally here and we are entering into the last few days of December 2009, that means it’s time for my year end awards! It’s been another great year for Hard Rock and Heavy Metal and I have listened to more new releases by many different bands in many different genres than any other year. I have a huge pile of albums released in 2009 that I have been re-listening to over the last few weeks so I can post my picks for the best and the worst albums of 2009. I will post those picks along with my top DVD picks, albums I missed in 2008 that could have made my best of 2008 list, and the last CD Scavenger Hunt of the year. I’ve got my eye on 2010, along with some catching up on 2009 albums I missed, and it looks like it’s going to be a very busy Metal New Year!
Here is the schedule for the 2009 Awards Week:
Friday 12/25 — The final CD Scavenger Hunt of 2009
Saturday 12/26 — Albums I Missed in 2008
Sunday 12/27 — The Top 5 Music DVDs of 2009
Monday 12/28 — The 5 Worst Albums of 2009
Tuesday 12/29 — The Top 40 Albums of 2009 (#26-#40)
Wednesday 12/30 — The Top 40 Albums of 2009 (#11-#25)
Thursday 12/31 — The Top 40 Albums of 2009 (#1-#10)
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For the last couple of years, a few of us bloggers out there have linked our year end lists together and 2009 is no different. The best thing about these lists is that there is always room for debate and many albums some of us may have missed during the year. Please check out the websites below for more best of/worst of 2009 lists by some excellent writers with a serious passion for music. Some of the websites published their lists earlier in the month, some later and some as a month long daily post so check out the websites’ December 2009 archives for everyone’s picks.
All Metal Resource — http://allmetalresource.com/
Bring Back Glam — http://bringbackglam.squarespace.com/
Hair Metal Mansion — http://hairbangersradio.ning.com/
Hard Rock Hideout — http://hardrockhideout.com/
Hard Rock Nights — http://hardrocknights.wordpress.com/
Heavy Metal Time Machine — http://metalmark.blogspot.com/
Imagine Echoes — http://www.imagineechoes.com/
Layla’s Classic Rock — http://laylasclassicrock.blogspot.com/
Metal Excess — http://metalexcess.com/
The Metal Minute — http://rayvanhornjr.blogspot.com/
Metal Odyssey — http://metalodyssey.wordpress.com/
The Ripple Effect — http://www.ripplemusic.blogspot.com/
Rock of Ages – http://rockofages.wordpress.com
Hey dudes! Really enjoyed reading all the “Best of ’09″ lists. Can I join your club? I could quickly post a top 5 or top 10 personal favorites of 2009, but really I’m looking forward to see what my readers pick as the best album of ’09 in my readers poll. See my blog to vote!
happyheadbanger.blogspot.com
Rock on y’all!
J