1.Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell

2.My Dying Bride - Songs Of Darkness, Words Of Light

3.Evoken - A Caress Of The Void

4.Draconian - Where Lovers Mourn

5.Swallow The Sun - New Moon

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1.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

2.Eternal Tears Of Sorrow - Children Of The Dark Waters

3.Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs

4.Paradise Lost - Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us

5.Amorphis - Skyforger

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1.My Dying Bride - The Angel And The Dark River

2.Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came

3.Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell

4.Novembers Doom - The Pale Haunt Departure

5.Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs

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1.Katatonia - Brave Murder Day

2.Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came

3.Insomnium - Above The Weeping World

4.Daylight Dies - Dismantling Devotion

5.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

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1.Bleed From Within - Fracture

2.Shadow Of Intent - Elegy

3.Kardashev - Liminal Rite

4.Orbit Culture - Nija

5.Imminence - Turn The Light On

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These are my favorite releases of 2009 in order

1.Katatonia - Night Is The New Day

2.Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs

3.Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings

4.Swallow The Sun - New Moon

5.Amorphis - Skyforger

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1.Swallow The Sun - New Moon

2.Insomnium - Across The Dark

3.Darkness By Oath - Fear Yourself

4.Finsterforst - ...Zum Tode Hin

5.Ensiferum - From Afar

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A very hard list to make, all 5 are exellent albums yet there are a few other really great ones that missed the list.

1.Insomnium - Across The Dark

2.Stream Of Passion - The Flame Within

3.Swallow The Sun - New Moon

4.Eluveitie - Evocation I - The Arcane Dominion

5.The Gathering - The West Pole

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My best of 2009

1.Epica - Design Your Universe

2.Trail Of Tears - Bloodstained Endurance

3.Wine From Tears - Through The Eyes Of A Mad

4.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

5.Novembers Doom - Into Night's Requiem Infernal

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In this list, many Death Doom have also

1.Empyrium - A Wintersunset...

2.Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields

3.Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die

4.Shape Of Despair - Illusion's Play

5.Shape Of Despair - Angels Of Distress

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These are my top 25 albums. You probably don't agree with me and you may not of heard of all of these but I do encourage you to check them out!
I had a very hard time ordering these so they are in alphabetical order. That just means you should check them all out!

1.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

2.Austere - To Lay Like Old Ashes

3.Autumns eyes - The Awakening of the Sleeping King

4.Bathory - Blood Fire Death

5.Bethlehem - Sardonischer Untergang Im Zeichen Irreligiöser Darbietung

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1.Insomnium - Across The Dark

2.The 11th Hour - Burden Of Grief

3.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

4.Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition

5.The Moon And The Nightspirit - Ősforrás

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1.Swallow The Sun - New Moon

2.Swallow The Sun - Hope

3.Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came

4.Swallow The Sun - Plague Of Butterflies

5.Swallow The Sun - Ghosts Of Loss

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1.Swallow The Sun - New Moon

2.Avantasia - The Wicked Symphony

3.Epica - Design Your Universe

4.Avantasia - Angel Of Babylon

5.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

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