Another year has come to a close, and damn, what an unbelievable year for extreme metal! Since there were so many great albums to sift through, we decided to break it up into two episodes that we'd run back to back-- long enough to fill most holiday commutes (at nearly 3 hours) and timeless enough to act as a mix tape of how truly rad 2009 was for metal!
Paradise, "The Rise of Denial", Faith Divides Us, Death Unites Us
Talkset #1
Burnt By The Sun, "Rust/Future Primitive", Heart of Darkness
Tombs, "Gossamer", The Winter Hours
Slayer, "Not of This God", World Painted Blood
Talkset #2
Funeral Mist, "Blessed Curse", Maranatha
Coalesce, "Wild Ox Moan", OX
Talkset #3
Napalm Death, "Time Waits For No Slave", Time Waits For No Slave
Immortal, "Norden On Fire", All Shall Fall
Converge, "Worms Will Feed/Rats Will Feast", Axe to Fall
Talkset #4
Katatonia, "The Longest Year", Night is the New Day
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