2009 in heavy metal music

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2009.

Reformed bands

• Accept ^[1]
• Arcturus ^[2]
• Ark ^[3]
• Autopsy ^[4]
• Beherit
• Beneath the Sky ^[5]
• Creed
• The Crown ^[6]
• Decapitated ^[7]
• Faith No More ^[8]
• Gorguts ^[9]
• Saint Vitus (few shows only) ^[10]
• Steel Attack ^[11]
• To/Die/For ^[12]
• Unanimated ^[13]
• Year of Desolation ^[14]

Disbandments

• After Forever ^[15]
• Angelcorpse ^[16]
• Animosity ^[17]
• Battle of Mice ^[18]
• Burnt by the Sun ^[19]
• Burst ^[20]
• Divinity Destroyed ^[21]
• Falchion ^[22]
• God Seed ^[23]
• Gorefest ^[24]
• Grief ^[25]
• Lock Up ^[26]
• Lord Belial ^[27]
• Metal Church ^[28]
• Nothingface ^[29]
• The Old Dead Tree ^[30]
• Opiate for the Masses ^[31]
• Running Wild ^[32]
• Subzero ^[33]
• To/Die/For ^[34]
• Twilightning ^[35]
• xDEATHSTARx ^[36]

Events

• Iron Maiden complete their globe-trotting Somewhere Back in Time World Tour, playing 90 shows in 38 countries.
• Iron Maiden become the first heavy metal band to win a Brit Award, winning the Best Live Act at the awards ceremony.
• Former Arsis guitarist Ryan Knight joins The Black Dahlia Murder in late January, replacing John Kempainen.^{[ citation needed ]}
• Guitarist Doug Weber leaves Terror in January and is replaced by former No Warning guitarist Jordan Posner. ^[37]
• Metallica is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 4 April. ^[38]
• Metallica's 2008 album Death Magnetic is nominated for four Grammy categories, winning Best Recording Package and Best Metal Performance for "My Apocalypse". ^[39]
• Cannibal Corpse wins "Greatest Death Metal Song" with "Hammer Smashed Face" in a poll on the Metal Hammer website. Arch Enemy places second with "We Will Rise", Death third with "Crystal Mountain". ^[40]
• Finnish metal band Norther parts ways with longtime singer/guitarist Petri Lindroos ^[41] and announces Aleksi Sihvonen (Medicated, ex-Imperanon) as the replacement vocalist. ^[42]
• Varg Vikernes is released from prison after 16 years of incarceration for the murder of Øystein Aarseth (aka Euronymous). ^[43]
• The Gorgoroth name dispute concludes with a court verdict recognising Gorgoroth founding member Infernus as the legitimate user of the band name. ^[44] Contestants Gaahl and King ov Hell form God Seed, but Gaahl retires from metal within a few months and King forms Ov Hell with Shagrath.
• Susperia vocalist Athera suffers a heart attack, ^[45] and is diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder that requires a triple heart bypass. ^[46] Athera successfully undergoes open heart surgery at Rikshospitalet University Hospital in Oslo on 16 March 2009. ^[47]
• Dimmu Borgir's Dariusz "Daray" Brzozowski ranks No. 1 drummer in Poland's "Top Drummer" magazine. ^[48]
• Shadows Fall announces the formation of its own label in conjunction with Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group and Ferret Music. ^[49]
• Sonic Syndicate vocalist Roland Johansson quits the band. ^[50]
• Original Arsis drummer Michael VanDyne returns to the band full-time. ^[51]
• God Forbid confirms the departure of rhythm guitarist Dallas Coyle and announces former Darkest Hour guitarist Kris Norris as his replacement. ^[52]
• Former Sentenced guitarist Miika Tenkula is found dead in his home from a heart attack due to a genetic condition. His overall health was presumably worsened by his heavy drinking problem. ^[53]
• Satyricon bassist Victor Brandt quits the band in April. ^[54]
• Venom drummer Antton leaves the band to focus on his other musical projects. ^[55]
• Megadeth and Slayer co-headline "Canadian Carnage" with Machine Head and Suicide Silence. ^[56]
• Alexi Laiho of Children of Bodom breaks arm on tour. ^[57]
• Rigor Mortis guitarist Mike Scaccia is set to undergo emergency neck surgery. The MRI scan noticed Scaccia has a Cervical Herniated Disc in his lower neck, which could make him paralyzed without immediate surgery. ^[58]
• Dead to Fall announces farewell show. ^[59]
• Carpathian Forest guitarist/bassist Tchort leaves the band in May.^{[ citation needed ]}
• Kataklysm guitarist Jean-Francois Dagenais is detained and arrested under the presumption of being on the FBI international most wanted list. ^[60]
• Every Time I Die parts ways with drummer Mike "Ratboy" Novak, who had been with the band for 11 years. ^[61]
• Deep Purple are issued a fine in Russia for "illegally" playing their own songs in Rostov-on-Don in October 2008. ^[62]
• Brainstorm sign with AFM Records. ^[63]
• Founding member and original Crimson Glory frontman Midnight dies on 8 July 2009. ^[64]
• Jørn Lande returns to Masterplan. ^[65]
• Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine undergoes neck surgery. ^[66]
• The Bled signs to Rise Records. ^[67]
• Sonic Syndicate announces new vocalist Nathan James Biggs. ^[68]
• ICS Vortex and Mustis leaves Dimmu Borgir. ^[69]
• Destruction guitarist Mike Sifringer breaks his ring finger in Belgium. ^[70]
• Former 3 Inches of Blood bassist Brian Redman dies on Saturday 27 September in a car crash near his home in Tacoma, Washington. ^[71]
• Evile bassist Mike Alexander falls ill and dies at the age of 32 on 5 October in Luleå, Sweden. ^[72]
• In a partnership between Earache Records and RapidShare, Irish thrash metal band Gama Bomb makes its third studio album, Tales from the Grave in Space , available for free download on 5 November 2009. ^[73]
• Steven Tyler is laid off from Aerosmith on 14 November 2009. The lay-off was due to multiple factors, namely redundancies in the singing-songwriting division and rising rehab fees that have cost the group millions. ^{[74] [75]}
• Mercenary parts ways with drummer Mike Park, vocalist Mikke Sandager and keyboardist Morten Sandager. ^[76]
• Former Death and Control Denied guitarist Shannon Hamm suffers a heart attack at home on 1 October. ^[77]
• Ronnie James Dio is diagnosed with stomach cancer and is being treated at the Mayo Clinic. ^[78]
• The Rev, drummer of Avenged Sevenfold, is found dead at his home in Huntington Beach on 28 December. ^[79]

Books

• ECW Press released a book looking at the work of producer Rick Rubin, entitled Rick Rubin: In the Studio, written by biographer Jake Brown on 11 August. ^[80]
• Former Stratovarius member Timo Tolkki published his autobiography, Hymn to Life – Entr'acte, on 2 November, through Goldenworks Ltd./Blacksmith Ltd. ^[81]
• At the End of the Day, a book charting the career of Blaze Bayley, was released on 25 September. ^[82]
• All That Matters, a Metallica biography written by Paul Stenning, was released in October via Plexus Publishing. ^[83]
• Led Zeppelin: Good Times, Bad Times: A Visual Biography, a book examining the public and private lives of the members of Led Zeppelin, was released on 1 October, via Abrams Publishing. ^[84]
• Rock photographer Neil Zlozower releases Mötley Crüe: A Visual History, 1983–2005 via Chronicle Books. ^[85]
• A limited-edition book, Vintage Kiss Photos: 1974–1981, compiled by Marc Scallatino, was released, charting Kiss's early days. ^[86]
• Cradle of Filth frontman Dani Filth and Gavin Baddeley release The Gospel of Filth, a book exploring the history of the band and more general topics of the dark side of humanity, on 31 October. ^[87]
• New book announced on the history of metal titled Louder Than Hell: The Unflinching Oral History of Metal. ^[88]
• Rudolf Schenker of the Scorpions released his autobiography, entitled Rock Your Life, in Germany on 14 October. ^[89]
• Heavy metal magazine Decibel released Precious Metal: The Stories Behind 25 Extreme Metal Masterpieces in July. The book pays tribute to the 25 most influential extreme metal albums of all time. Some of the albums listed include Slayer's Reign in Blood , Cannibal Corpse's Tomb of the Mutilated , Converge's Jane Doe and Meshuggah's Destroy Erase Improve . ^{[90] [91]}
• All Pens Blazing, a heavy metal writer's handbook containing interviews and a history of heavy metal publications, is released on 16 August. ^[92]
• Ozzy Osbourne released his autobiography, I Am Ozzy , on 1 October. ^[93]
• Bazillion Points Books released Only Death Is Real: An Illustrated History of Hellhammer and Early Celtic Frost, a book exploring the bands Hellhammer and Celtic Frost written by band members Tom Fischer and Martin Eric Ain, in November 2009. ^[94]
• Two books came from author Joel McIver, the first called The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists with a foreword by Glen Benton of Deicide and the second titled To Live Is to Die: The Life and Death of Metallica's Cliff Burton , with a foreword by Kirk Hammett.

Films

On 8 December, Bill Zebub will release Pagan Metal: A Documentary, the first documentary about pagan and folk metal. ^[95]

Albums released

January

Day	Artist	Album
5	Vreid	Milorg [96]
6	Destroy Destroy Destroy	Battle Sluts [97]
9	Bourbon Crow	Long Way to the Bottom
	Grave Digger	Ballads of a Hangman [98]
	Iron Fire	To the Grave [99]
13	Kreator	Hordes of Chaos [100]
	Saxon	Into the Labyrinth [101]
20	Cattle Decapitation	The Harvest Floor [102]
	Rumpelstiltskin Grinder	Living for Death, Destroying the Rest [101]
23	Sepultura	A-Lex [103]
	Napalm Death	Time Waits for No Slave [104]
	Sirenia	The 13th Floor [105]
	Vision Divine	9 Degrees West of the Moon [106]
26	Architects	Hollow Crown [107]
	Dark Moor	Autumnal [108]
	Ephel Duath	Through My Dog's Eyes [109]
30	Buckethead	Slaughterhouse on the Prairie
	Deathstars	Night Electric Night [110]

February

Day	Artist	Album
3	Cannibal Corpse	Evisceration Plague [111]
	This Ending	Dead Harvest [112]
9	Adagio	Archangels in Black [113]
10	Luna Mortis	The Absence [101]
	Red	Innocence & Instinct
16	God Forbid	Earthsblood [114]
17	Psyopus	Odd Senses [115]
	Saros	Acrid Plains [116]
	Wolves in the Throne Room	Malevolent Grain (EP) [117]
	Obscura	Cosmogenesis [118]
20	HammerFall	No Sacrifice, No Victory [119]
	Suidakra	Crógacht [120]
23	Autumn	Altitude [121]
	Rotting Christ	Non Serviam — A 20 Year Apocryphal Story (live DVD/CD) [122]
	The Agonist	Lullabies for the Dormant Mind [123]
	Wolf	Ravenous [124]
24	Absu	Absu [125]
	August Burns Red	Lost Messengers: The Outtakes (EP) [126]
	Lamb of God	Wrath [127]
25	Impellitteri	Wicked Maiden [128]
27	Arch Enemy	Manifesto of Arch Enemy (compilation) [129]
	The Burning	Rewakening [130]
	Isole	Silent Ruins [131]
	Lunatica	New Shores [132]
	Malefice	Dawn of Reprisal [133]
	The Sorrow	Origin of the Storm [134]

March

Day	Artist	Album
2	Solitude Aeturnus	Hour of Despair [135]
3	Buried Inside	Spoils of Failure [136]
6	Nightwish	Made in Hong Kong (And in Various Other Places) (live CD/DVD) [137]
	Samael	Above [138]
9	The Haunted	Warning Shots (compilation) [139]
10	Dope	No Regrets [140]
	The Number Twelve Looks Like You	Worse Than Alone [141]
	Red Fang	Red Fang [142]
	Yngwie Malmsteen	Angels of Love [143]
11	Dark The Suns	All Ends in Silence [144]
13	Domain	The Chronicles of Love, Hate and Sorrow [145]
15	Thanatos	Justified Genocide [146]
16	Pestilence	Resurrection Macabre [147]
17	Believer	Gabriel [148]
	Kylesa	Static Tensions [149]
	Static-X	Cult of Static [150]
20	Agathodaimon	Phoenix [151]
	Black Messiah	First War of the World [152]
	Ektomorf	What Doesn't Kill Me... [153]
	Delain	April Rain [154]
23	My Dying Bride	For Lies I Sire [155]
	Revolution Renaissance	Age of Aquarius [156]
24	Mastodon	Crack the Skye [157]
25	Fairyland	Score to a New Beginning [158]
	Raven	Walk Through Fire [159]
27	Candlemass	Death Magic Doom [160]
30	Hatesphere	To The Nines [161]
31	Impending Doom	The Serpent Servant [162]
	Queensrÿche	American Soldier [163]
	Wolves in the Throne Room	Black Cascade [164]

April

Day	Artist	Album
3	Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky	The Grand Partition and the Abrogation of Idolatry [165]
6	Cauldron	Chained to the Nite [166]
	Code	Resplendent Grotesque [167]
7	The Color of Violence	Youthanize [168]
9	Beherit	Engram [169]
10	Eluveitie	Evocation I - The Arcane Dominion [170]
14	Agoraphobic Nosebleed	Agorapocalypse [171]
	Brutal Truth	Evolution Through Revolution [172]
	Karl Sanders	Saurian Exorcisms [173]
15	Ajattara	Noitumaa [174]
	Rudra	Brahmavidya: Transcendental I [175]
	Soilent Green	Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction [176]
16	Emperor	Live Inferno (live CD/DVD) [177]
17	Death Angel	Sonic German Beatdown – Live in Germany (live album) [178]
	Disbelief	Protected Hell [179]
	Endstille	Verführer [180]
	Maroon	Order [181]
19	Mastercastle	The Phoenix [182]
20	Earth Crisis	To the Death [183]
	Hacride	Lazarus [184]
	Lacuna Coil	Shallow Life [185]
21	Black Label Society	Skullage (compilation/DVD) [186]
	Bloodbound	Tabula Rasa [187]
	Chimaira	The Infection [188]
	Dååth	The Concealers [189]
22	National Napalm Syndicate	Devolution of Species [190]
24	God Dethroned	Passiondale [191]
	Powerwolf	Bible of the Beast [192]
	Wolfchant	Determined Damnation [193]
27	Blood Tsunami	Grand Feast for Vultures [194]
	Heaven and Hell	The Devil You Know [195]
	Nadja	When I See the Sun Always Shines on TV (cover album) [196]
	OSI	Blood [197]
28	Animals as Leaders	Animals as Leaders [198]
29	Impiety	Terroreign (Apocalyptic Armageddon Command) [199]
	Jungle Rot	What Horrors Await [200]

May

Day	Artist	Album
1	Buckethead	A Real Diamond in the Rough
4	Edenbridge	LiveEarthDream [201]
	The Gathering	The West Pole [202]
5	The Chariot	Wars and Rumors of Wars [203]
	The Devil Wears Prada	With Roots Above and Branches Below [204]
	Hatebreed	For the Lions (cover album) [205]
	Isis	Wavering Radiant [206]
	Nachtmystium	Doomsday Derelicts (EP) [207]
	Necrodeath	Phylogensis [208]
	Zao	AWAKE? [209]
6	Obliterate	Something Wrong [210]
8	Epica	The Classical Conspiracy (live album) [211]
	Lacrimosa	Sehnsucht [212]
	Slough Feg	Ape Uprising! [213]
11	Devils Whorehouse	Blood & Ashes [214]
	Nattefrost	Engangsgrill [215]
	Vomitory	Carnage Euphoria [216]
12	Sacred Oath	Sacred Oath [217]
	The Black Dahlia Murder	Majesty (DVD) [218]
13	Spiritus Mortis	The God Behind The God [219]
15	Tim "Ripper" Owens	Play My Game [220]
18	Old Man's Child	Slaves of the World [221]
	Stratovarius	Polaris [222]
	Sunn O)))	Monoliths and Dimensions [223]
	Susperia	Attitude [224]
19	Warbringer	Waking into Nightmares [225]
20	Mystic Prophecy	Fireangel [226]
	Marilyn Manson	The High End of Low
22	Cage	Science of Annihilation [227]
	Devin Townsend	Ki [228]
	Neaera	Omnicide – Creation Unleashed [229]
	Primal Fear	16.6 (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead) [230]
	Skyclad	In The... All Together [231]
	Therion	The Miskolc Experience (Live Album) [232]
	Unanimated	In the Light of Darkness (The Covenant of Death) [233]
25	Ava Inferi	Blood of Bacchus [234]
	Heaven Shall Burn	Bildersturm – Iconoclast II (The Visual Resistance) (DVD) [235]
	Pathosray	Sunless Skies [236]
	Xasthur	All Reflections Drained [237]
26	Bury Your Dead	It's Nothing Personal [238]
	Khanate	Clean Hands Go Foul [238]
	Minsk	With Echoes in the Movement of Stone [239]
	Nahemah	A New Constellation [240]
27	Alestorm	Black Sails at Midnight [241]
	Glittertind	Landkjenning [242]
	Stream of Passion	The Flame Within [243]
	Trail of Tears	Bloodstained Endurance [244]
29	Amorphis	Skyforger [245]
	Andreas Kisser	Hubris I & II [246]
	Devourment	Unleash the Carnivore [247]
	Necrophobic	Death To All [248]
	Týr	By the Light of the Northern Star [249]
	UFO	The Visitor [250]

June

Day	Artist	Album
1	Avulsed	Nullo (The Pleasure of Self-Mutilation) [251]
	Buckethead	Forensic Follies
	Pantheon I	Worlds I Create [252]
2	1349	Revelations of the Black Flame [253]
4	Pelican	Ephemeral (EP) [254]
8	Hate	The Litanies of Satan (DVD) [255]
	Steel Panther	Feel the Steel [256]
9	Amoral	Show Your Colors [257]
	The Autumn Offering	Requiem [258]
	Coalesce	OX [259]
	Darkness Dynamite	The Astonishing Fury of Mankind [260]
	Mortification	The Evil Addiction Destroying Machine [261]
15	Artillery	When Death Comes [262]
	Riverside	Anno Domini High Definition [263]
16	Graveworm	Diabolical Figures [264]
	Madder Mortem	Eight Ways [265]
	Sworn Enemy	Total World Domination [266]
19	Deströyer 666	Defiance [267]
	Ex Deo	Romulus [268]
	Goatwhore	Carving Out The Eyes of God [269]
	RAM	Lightbringer [270]
22	Asphyx	Death...The Brutal Way [271]
	Drudkh	Microcosmos [272]
	Nightrage	Wearing a Martyr's Crown [273]
	Spinal Tap	Back from the Dead [274]
23	Darkest Hour	The Eternal Return [275]
	Dream Theater	Black Clouds & Silver Linings [276]
	Seventh Angel	The Dust of Years [277]
	Voivod	Infini [278]
24	Elias Viljanen	Fire-Hearted [279]
26	Korpiklaani	Karkelo [280]
	U.D.O.	Infected (EP) [281]
29	Amberian Dawn	The Clouds of Northland Thunder [282]
	Anaal Nathrakh	In the Constellation of the Black Widow [283]
30	Blood Red Throne	Souls of Damnation [284]
	Killswitch Engage	Killswitch Engage [285]
	Obituary	Darkest Day [286]
	Shining	Shining VI: Klagopsalmer [287]
	Suicide Silence	No Time to Bleed [288]

July

Day	Artist	Album
6	The Project Hate	The Lustrate Process [289]
	Skyfire	Fractal (EP) [290]
7	Born of Osiris	A Higher Place [291]
	Church of Misery	House of the Unholy [292]
	Grief of War	Worship [293]
	Job for a Cowboy	Ruination [294]
	Moss	Tombs of the Blind Drugged (EP) [295]
	Novembers Doom	Into Night's Requiem Infernal [296]
	Suffocation	Blood Oath [297]
14	Arkaea	Years in the Darkness [298]
	Arsonists Get All the Girls	Portals [299]
	August Burns Red	Constellations [300]
	DevilDriver	Pray for Villains [301]
	Jorn	Spirit Black [302]
	Judas Priest	A Touch of Evil: Live [303]
17	Horna	Musta Kaipuu [304]
	Manowar	Thunder in the Sky (EP) [305]
	Merauder	God is I [306]
20	Onslaught	Live Damnation (live album) [307]
21	Atheist	Unquestionable Presence: Live at Wacken (live album) [308]
	Stryper	Murder by Pride [309]
	For the Fallen Dreams	Relentless
	The Word Alive	Empire (EP)
22	Ahab	The Divinity of Oceans [310]
	Persefone	Shin-Ken [311]
24	Leaves' Eyes	My Destiny (EP) [312]
	Narnia	Course of a Generation [313]
27	Dismember	Under Bloodred Skies (DVD) [314]
	Nazxul	Iconoclast [315]
28	Divine Heresy	Bringer of Plagues [316]

August

Day	Artist	Album
3	Ghost Brigade	Isolation Songs [317]
4	Man Must Die	No Tolerance for Imperfection [318]
6	Dead and Divine	The Machines We Are [319]
7	Behemoth	Evangelion [320]
10	Chthonic	Mirror of Retribution [321]
11	Bloody Panda	Summon [322]
	Winds of Plague	The Great Stone War [323]
18	Goreaphobia	Mortal Repulsion [324]
	Gwar	Lust in Space [325]
	Ignominious Incarceration	Of Winter Born
	Otep	Smash the Control Machine
21	U.D.O.	Dominator [326]
	Vader	Necropolis [327]
24	Caliban	Say Hello to Tragedy [328]
	Municipal Waste	Massive Aggressive [329]
25	Azaghal	Teraphim [330]
	Burnt by the Sun	Heart of Darkness
	Oh, Sleeper	Son of the Morning [331]
	Skillet	Awake
26	Leaves' Eyes	Njord [332]
	Warmen	Japanese Hospitality [333]
28	Axxis	Utopia [334]
	Guilt Machine	On This Perfect Day [335]
	Illdisposed	To Those Who Walk Behind Us [336]
	Jorn	The Dukebox (best of) [337]
	Krypteria	My Fatal Kiss [338]
	Saltatio Mortis	Wer Wind Sat [339]
	The 69 Eyes	Back in Blood [340]

September

Day	Artist	Album
8	3 Inches of Blood	Here Waits Thy Doom [341]
	Advent	Naked And Cold [342]
	Dethklok	The Dethalbum II [343]
9	Ablaze My Sorrow	The Suicide Note (EP) [344]
	Candiria	Toying with the Insanities [345]
	Ensiferum	From Afar [346]
	Insomnium	Across the Dark [347]
	Thunderstone	Dirt Metal [348]
11	Secrets of the Moon	Privilegivm [349]
	Threat Signal	Vigilance [350]
13	The Gates of Slumber	Hymns of Blood & Thunder [351]
14	Skyfire	Esoteric [352]
15	Asking Alexandria	Stand Up and Scream
	The Black Dahlia Murder	Deflorate [353]
	Dream Theater	Wither (EP) [354]
	Dying Fetus	Descend into Depravity [355]
	Every Time I Die	New Junk Aesthetic [356]
	It Dies Today	Lividity [357]
	Kittie	In The Black [358]
	Living Colour	The Chair in the Doorway [359]
	Megadeth	Endgame [360]
	Meliah Rage	Masquerade [361]
	Ministry	The Last Dubber (Re-mix Album) [362]
	Protest the Hero	Gallop Meets the Earth (live CD/DVD) [363]
	Salt the Wound	Ares [364]
	Shadows Fall	Retribution [365]
	Skinlab	The Scars Between Us [366]
18	At Vance	Ride the Sky [367]
	Danger Danger	Revolve [368]
	Europe	Last Look at Eden [369]
	Lynch Mob	Smoke And Mirrors [370]
	Sonata Arctica	The Days of Grays [371]
	Theatre of Tragedy	Forever Is the World [372]
21	Diablo Swing Orchestra	Sing Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious [373]
	Evile	Infected Nations [374]
	Ronny Munroe	The Fire Within [375]
	Sinister	Prophecies Denied (DVD) [376]
22	Children of Bodom	Skeletons in the Closet [377]
	Despised Icon	Day of Mourning [378]
	Echoes of Eternity	As Shadows Burn [379]
	Five Finger Death Punch	War Is the Answer [380]
	Parkway Drive	The DVD (DVD) [381]
	Skindred	Shark Bites and Dog Fights [382]
	Three Days Grace	Life Starts Now
24	Buckethead	Needle in a Slunk Stack
	Marduk	Wormwood [383]
25	Destruction	The Curse of the Antichrist – Live in Agony (live album) [384]
	Immortal	All Shall Fall [385]
	Metalium	Grounded – Chapter Eight [386]
	Paradise Lost	Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us [387]
26	Tyrants Blood	Crushing Onward into Oblivion [388]
28	Arch Enemy	The Root of All Evil [389]
	Dalriada	Arany-Album [390]
	Redemption	Snowfall on Judgment Day [391]
29	Alice in Chains	Black Gives Way to Blue [392]
	Austrian Death Machine	Double Brutal [393]
	Black Cobra	Chronomega [394]
	Breaking Benjamin	Dear Agony
	Doomriders	Darkness Come Alive [395]
	Evergreen Terrace	Almost Home [396]
	Hatebreed	Hatebreed [397]

October

Day	Artist	Album
2	Scar Symmetry	Dark Matter Dimensions [398]
5	Marionette	Enemies [399]
6	Ancestors	Of Sound Mind [400]
	Hirax	El Rostro de la Muerte [401]
	HORSE the band	Desperate Living [402]
	Inhale Exhale	Bury Me Alive [403]
	Kiss	Sonic Boom [404]
	Powerman 5000	Somewhere on the Other Side of Nowhere [405]
9	Belphegor	Walpurgis Rites – Hexenwahn [406]
	Lifelover	Dekadens (EP) [407]
	Mob Rules	Astral Hand (EP) [408]
10	Massacration	Good Blood Headbanguers [409]
	Pythia	Beneath the Veiled Embrace [410]
12	Ram-Zet	Neutralized [411]
	Slowmotion Apocalypse	Mothra [412]
	W.A.S.P.	Babylon [413]
13	Baroness	Blue Record [414]
	Dawn of Azazel	Relentless [415]
	Saviours	Accelerated Living [416]
	Skeletonwitch	Breathing the Fire [417]
14	Decadence	Chargepoint [418]
	Waltari	Below Zero [419]
16	Brainstorm	Memorial Roots [420]
	Epica	Design Your Universe [421]
	Fragments of Unbecoming	The Everhaunting Past/Chapter IV – A Splendid Retrospection [422]
	Rammstein	Liebe ist für alle da [423]
	Winger	Karma [424]
19	Skitliv	Skandinavisk Misantropi [425]
20	Converge	Axe to Fall [426]
	Portal	Swarth [427]
21	Freak Kitchen	Land of the Freaks [428]
	Gorgoroth	Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt [429]
	Russian Circles	Geneva [430]
22	Månegarm	Nattväsen [431]
23	Hypocrisy	A Taste of Extreme Divinity [432]
	Savage Circus	Of Doom and Death [433]
	Transatlantic	The Whirlwind [434]
24	To-Mera	Earthbound (EP) [435]
26	Dark Tranquillity	Where Death Is Most Alive (live CD/DVD) [436]
	Hellbastard	Eco-War (mini-CD) [437]
	Hellbastard	The Need to Kill [437]
	My Dying Bride	Bring Me Victory (EP) [438]
	Rob Halford	Halford III - Winter Songs [439]
	Shadow Gallery	Digital Ghosts [440]
27	Atreyu	Congregation of the Damned [441]
	Between the Buried and Me	The Great Misdirect [442]
	Creed	Full Circle
	Pelican	What We All Come to Need [443]
	The Red Chord	Fed Through The Teeth Machine [444]
	Suffocation	Live in Quebec – The Close of a Chapter (live album) [445]
	Whiplash	Unborn Again [446]
28	Arkona	Goy, Rode, Goy! [447]
	Coldrain	Final Destination [448]
	Hollenthon	Tyrants and Wraiths (EP) [449]
30	Annihilator	Live at Masters of Rock (Video album) [450]
	Nile	Those Whom the Gods Detest [451]
	Ruins	Front The Final Foes [452]
	Within Temptation	An Acoustic Night at the Theatre (Live Album) [453]
31	Welicoruss	Apeiron

November

Day	Artist	Album
2	Katatonia	Night Is the New Day [454]
	Slayer	World Painted Blood [455]
3	Defiance	The Prophecy [456]
	Genitorturers	Blackheart Revolution [457]
	We Came as Romans	To Plant a Seed
5	Gama Bomb	Tales from the Grave in Space [73]
6	Brainstorm	Just Highs No Lows (12 Years of Persistence) (best-of) [458]
	Impious	Death Domination [459]
	Sonic Syndicate	Rebellion (EP) [460]
10	Jacobs Dream	Beneath the Shadows [461]
	Krallice	Dimensional Bleedthrough [462]
	Swallow the Sun	New Moon [463]
	Throwdown	Deathless [464]
	Witchmaster	Trücizna [465]
11	Lonewolf	The Dark Crusade [466]
13	Mob Rules	Radical Peace [467]
	Nostradameus	Illusion's Parade [468]
	Running Wild	ReUnation – A Tribute to Running Wild (tribute album) [469]
16	Miseration	The Mirroring Shadow [470]
	Urgehal	Ikonoklast [471]
17	Devin Townsend	Addicted [472]
	The Empire Shall Fall	Awaken
	Helix	Vagabond Bones [473]
	Rush	Working Men (Live Album) [474]
18	Dark Funeral	Angelus Exuro pro Eternus [475]
	Nightwish	Lokikirja (box set) [476]
19	Obituary	Live Xecution – Party. San 2008 (live DVD) [477]
23	Metallica	Français Pour Une Nuit (live DVD) [478]
24	Scorpions	Amazonia – Live in the Jungle (live DVD) [479]
25	Elis	Catharsis [480]
	Outrage	Outrage [481]
27	Manowar	Hell on Earth V (DVD) [482]
30	Metallica	Orgullo, Pasión Y Gloria - Tres Noches En La Ciudad De México (DVD) [483]

December

Day	Artist	Album
1	Carcass	Pungent Excruciation: Live (live album) [484]
3	Master's Hammer	Mantras [485]
7	Yngwie Malmsteen	High Impact (compilation) [486]
8	Nonpoint	Cut the Cord (EP) [487]
	Puddle of Mudd	Volume 4: Songs in the Key of Love & Hate
9	Disarmonia Mundi	The Isolation Game [488]
16	Helloween	Unarmed - Best of 25th Anniversary [489]
18	Coronatus	Fabula Magna [490]
	Heavenly	Carpe Diem [491]
	Tankard	Open All Night – Reloaded (DVD) [492]
22	Mudvayne	Mudvayne [493]
23	Heathen	The Evolution of Chaos [494]
26	Nokturnal Mortum	The Voice of Steel [495]

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194. "Blood Tsunami – Grand Feast for Vultures". Dis-order.com. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
195. "Heaven & Hell Feeling Devilish on New Album". Billboard. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
196. Doug Gibson. "Nadja To Release All Covers Album". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
197. "O.S.I. – New Album Details". Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
198. "Animals As Leaders". Amazon.ca. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
199. ""29.04.09 – Album out now" myspace blog update". Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
200. Doug Gibson. "Jungle Rot Reveals New Album, "What Horrors Await," Details". Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
201. Doug Gibson. "Edenbridge Postpones "LiveEarthDream" Release Date". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
202. "The Gathering Announces New Album "The West Pole" Release Date". Metalunderground.com. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
203. "The Chariot Release Info". Absolutepunk.net. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
204. Doug Gibson. "The Devil Wears Prada Posts New Song, "Dez Moines," Online". Archived from the original on 12 April 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
205. "Hatebreed Reveals Covers Album Release Date". Metalunderground.com. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
206. "Isis Rides The 'Wave' On New Album". Billboard. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
207. Doug Gibson. "Nachtmystium Announces New EP "Doomsday Derelicts" Release Date". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
208. "'Phylogenesis' at". Amazon. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
209. Doug Gibson. "Zao Announces New Album "Awake?" Release Date". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
210. Doug Gibson. "Obliterate Returns With New Album, "Something Wrong"". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
211. "Epica – New Live Album Details". Archived from the original on 17 March 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
212. "Lacrimosa to release 'Sehnsucht' in May". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 1 March 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
213. "Slough Feg Reveals New Album Details". Metalunderground.com. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
214. "Blood & Ashes worldwide release info". Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
215. Doug Gibson. "Nattefrost Posts New Song, "Nekronaut II Nekro Spirituals," Online". Archived from the original on 28 April 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
216. "Vomitory – New Album Artwork, Tracklist Revealed". Archived from the original on 1 April 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
217. "Sacred Oath to release new album in May". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
218. "Majesty at". Amazon. 12 May 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
219. Doug Gibson. "Spiritus Mortis Streaming Entire New Album "The God Behind The God" Online". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
220. Doug Gibson. "Tim "Ripper" Owens Unveils Solo Album "Play My Game" Details". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
221. "Old Man's Child Announces Slaves of the World". Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
222. "Stratovarius: The New Album 'Polaris'". Archived from the original on 9 September 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
223. "Monoliths and Dimensions info". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
224. "Susperia – Attitude". Archived from the original on 7 May 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
225. Doug Gibson. "Warbringer Posts New Song "Severed Reality" Online". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
226. Doug Gibson. "Mystic Prophecy Announces New Album "Fireangel" Release Shows". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
227. "Cage Posts New Album, "Science of Annihilation," Samples Online and Announces European Tour Dates". Metalunderground.com. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
228. Devin Townsend – Ki ^{[ permanent dead link ]}"
229. Doug Gibson. "Neaera Reveals New "Omnicide – Creation Unleashed" Album Cover Art". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
230. Doug Gibson. "Primal Fear Reveals New Album Details For "Before The Devil Knows You're Dead"". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
231. "In The...All Together at Musicmight". Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
232. "The Miskolc Experience at musicmight.com". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
233. "In the Light of Darkness at musicmight.com". Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
234. "Ava Inferi Reveals New Album, "Blood of Bacchus," Details". Metalunderground.com. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
235. "Heaven Shall Burn: 'Bildersturm – Iconoclast II' first-week chart positions". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
236. Doug Gibson. "Pathosray Signs To Frontiers Records". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
237. "Xasthur Announces New Album "All Reflections Drained" Details". Metalunderground.com. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
238. Doug Gibson. "Bury Your Dead Announces New Album "It's Nothing Personal" Release Date". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
239. "Minsk Posts New Song, "Three Moons," Online". Metalunderground.com. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
240. "New album in stores May 26th". Archived from the original on 9 January 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
241. Doug Gibson. "Alestorm Announces New Album, "Black Sails at Midnight," Details". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
242. Doug Gibson. "Glittertind Announces New Album "Landkjenning" Details". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
243. "Stream of Passion – New Drummer, Two New Songs Online". Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
244. "Trail of Tears Announces New Album "Bloodstained Endurance" Release Date". Metalunderground.com. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
245. "Amorphis reveal new album details". Metalstorm.ee. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
246. Doug Gibson. "Sepultura Guitarist To Release Solo Album in May". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
247. Doug Gibson. "Devourment Streaming Two New Songs Online". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
248. "Death To All". Necrophobic.net. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
249. "TÝR: Icelandic TV Performance Available". Archived from the original on 13 August 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
250. "UFO To Release 'The Visitor' In The Spring". Archived from the original on 18 June 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
251. "Avulsed – New Album Out". Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
252. "Pantheon I – New Album Details". Metalstorm.ee. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
253. "1349 – Album E-Card Online". Metalstorm.ee. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
254. Doug Gibson. "Pelican Posts New Song, "Embedding The Moss," Online". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
255. "Hate To Release Live Album "The Litanies of Satan"". Metalunderground.com. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
256. "Feel the Steel at amazon.co.uk". Amazon UK. Archived from the original on 30 August 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
257. Doug Gibson. "Amoral Announces New Album, "Show Your Colors," Release Date". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
258. "Victory Releases". Victoryrecords.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
259. "Coalesce Announce New Album Details, First Ever European Tour Dates". Metalunderground.com. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
260. "The Astonishing Fury of Mankind at musicmight.com". Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
261. "The Evil Addiction Destroying Machine at amazon". Amazon. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
262. "'When Death Comes' release date confirmed". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
263. "Riverside – New Album Details". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
264. "Graveworm – New Album Details". Archived from the original on 13 May 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
265. "Madder Mortem Announces Album Release Date". Metalunderground.com. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
266. Doug Gibson. "Sworn Enemy Streaming New Song "Still Hating" Online". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
267. "Destoyer [sic] 666 Updates New Album "Defiance" Release Date". Metalunderground.com. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
268. "Ex Deo's Romulus Album Streaming in Its Entirety". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles . 15 June 2009. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
269. "Goatwhore Names New Album". Metalunderground.com. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
270. "RAM – Lightbringer". Metalreviews.com. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
271. Doug Gibson. "Asphyx Announces New Album "Death...The Brutal Way" Release Date". Archived from the original on 10 September 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
272. "Drudkh Releases New Album, "Microcosmos," Details". Metalunderground.com. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
273. "Nightrage: New Album Track Listing, Artwork Unveiled". 29 April 2009. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
274. Petidis, Alexis, "Still Smelling the Glove", The Guardian Weekend 30 May 2009 p. 26, "The Back From The Dead album is out on 22 June"
275. Doug Gibson. "Darkest Hour Announces New Album "The Eternal Return" Release Date". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
276. "Dream Theater: new album title, track listing, artwork revealed". Archived from the original on 16 March 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
277. Doug Gibson. "Seventh Angel Streaming New Song Online". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
278. "Voivod: Official 'Infini' Cover Unveiled". Archived from the original on 20 April 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
279. "Sonata Arctica guitarist's "Fire-Hearted": More details revealed". Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
280. "KARKELO • 2009". musicmight.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
281. "U.D.O. – To Release New EP". Metalstorm.ee. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
282. "Amberian Dawn Sets Release Date For New Album And Band Members Discuss Album Details". Metalunderground.com. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
283. Doug Gibson. "Anaal Nathrakh Announces New Album "In The Constellation of the Black Widow" Release Date". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
284. Doug Gibson. "Blood Red Throne Releases New Track". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
285. Doug Gibson. "Killswitch Engage Announces New Self-Titled Album". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
286. "Obituary Reveals New Album Title, Tracklisting". Metalunderground.com. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
287. "Shining Recording New Album "Shining VII"". Metalunderground.com. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
288. Doug Gibson. "Suicide Silence Reveals New Album "No Time To Bleed" Details". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
289. "The Project Hate Announces New Album "The Lustrate Process" Details". Metalunderground.com. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
290. "'Fractal' now available". Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
291. Doug Gibson. "Born of Osiris Posts New Song, "Now Arise," Online". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
292. "Church of Misery: 'House of the Unholy' to receive North American release". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
293. "Grief of War: 'Worship' artwork, track listing revealed". Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
294. "Job for a Cowboy: New Album Artwork Unveiled". Blabbermouth.net . Roadrunner Records. 21 May 2009. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
295. "Moss to release four-song, 40-minute album". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
296. Un. "Novembers Doom myspace". Myspace.com. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
297. Doug Gibson. "Suffocation Reveals "Blood Oath" Release Date". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
298. "Arkaea Reveals New Album Details". Metalunderground.com. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
299. "Arsonists Get All the Girls to release "Portals" in July". Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
300. Doug Gibson. "August Burns Red Announces New Album, "Constellations," Release Date". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
301. Doug Gibson. "Devildriver Frontman Dez Fafara Gives An Update". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
302. "Jorn – New Album Details". Metalstorm.ee. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
303. "Judas Priest: Entire 'A Touch of Evil: Live' album available for streaming". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
304. "Horna Announces New Album "Musta Kaipuu" Details". Metalunderground.com. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
305. "'Thunder in the Sky' at". Musicmight.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
306. "'God is I' at Musicmight.com". Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
307. Doug Gibson. "Onslaught Announces Live Album Release Date". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
308. "Atheist: Live album sample available". Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
309. Doug Gibson. "Stryper Announces New Album Release Date". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
310. "Ahab Announces Release Dates For New Album, "The Divinity of Oceans"". Metalunderground.com. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
311. "Persefone – Album Details Revealed". Metalstorm.ee. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
312. "Leaves' Eyes – My Destiny". Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
313. "Narnia Announces New Album "Course of a Generation" Update". Metalunderground.com. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
314. Doug Gibson. "Dismember Posts "Under Bloodred Skies" Teaser Trailer Online". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
315. Nazxul Announces New Album "Iconoclast" Release Date
316. "Original Fear Factory Members Reunite". Archived from the original on 11 April 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
317. Doug Gibson. "Ghost Brigade Announces New Album "Isolation Songs" Details". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
318. "Release date on main myspace.com page". Archived from the original on 16 August 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
319. "Dead and Divine myspace: 'The Machines We Are' out now". Blogs.myspace.com. 6 August 2009. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
320. Doug Gibson. "Behemoth Reveals "Evangelion" Artwork And Release Date". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
321. Doug Gibson. "Cthonic announces new album release date". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
322. "Bloody Panda – Complete New Album". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
323. "Winds of Plague: New album teaser posted online". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
324. "Goreaphobia Announces New Album "Mortal Repulsion" Details". Metalunderground.com. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
325. Doug Gibson. "Gwar Announces New Album, "Lust in Space," For 25th Anniversary". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
326. "U.D.O.: 'Dominator' artwork revealed". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
327. Doug Gibson. "Vader And Marduk To Tour Europe". Archived from the original on 14 June 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
328. Caliban at musicmight.com: "the group's seventh album, 'Say Hello to Tragedy', scheduled for release on 24 August 2009" Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 14 September 2009. Archived 18 September 2009.
329. Doug Gibson. "Municipal Waste Issues Tour Report". Archived from the original on 10 July 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
330. Doug Gibson. "Azaghal Announces New Album "Teraphim" Release Date". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
331. Doug Gibson. "Oh, Sleeper Announces Album Release Date". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
332. "Leaves' Eyes: 'Njord' release dates announced". Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
333. "'Japanese Hospitality' at". Musicmight.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
334. "Axxis: New album details revealed". Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
335. "Guilt Machine – Album Release Dates And Album Info". Metalstorm.ee. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
336. Doug Gibson. "Illdisposed reveals new album details". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
337. "Jorn's 'Dukebox' collection due in August". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
338. "Krypteria announces album release party". Metalunderground.com. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
339. "Saltatio Mortis: New album details revealed". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
340. "The 69 Eyes – Back in Blood". Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
341. "3 Inches of Blood – New Album Tracklisting". Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
342. Doug Gibson. "Advent Streaming New Song, "Nothing"". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
343. "Dethklok: New album details revealed". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
344. "Ablaze My Sorrow to release new EP". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
345. "Candiria Posts "Toying with the Insanities" Promotional Video". Metalunderground.com. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
346. "Ensiferum: New album title, track listing revealed". Archived from the original on 4 July 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
347. Doug Gibson. "Insomnium's New Album "Across The Dark" Release Date Delayed". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
348. "Thunderstone: New album title, record label, release date announced". Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
349. "Secrets of the Moon: 'Privilegivm' artwork unveiled". Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
350. "Threat Signal: Vigilance release pushed back to September". Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
351. "The Gates of Slumber – Complete Work on New Album". Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
352. SE. "Official Myspace page, on top banner". Myspace.com. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
353. "The Black Dahlia Murder: New album title, release date revealed". Archived from the original on 4 July 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
354. "Dream Theater Releases 'Wither' EP". Ultimate-guitar.com. 15 September 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
355. "Dying Fetus: New album title revealed". Archived from the original on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
356. "Every Time I Die: New album artwork, track listing revealed". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
357. "It Dies Today's 'Lividity' To Arrive in September". Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
358. Doug Gibson. "Kittie Announces New Album "In The Black" Tracklisting". Archived from the original on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
359. "Living Colour Ready New Album". Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
360. "Megadeth: 'Endgame' track listing revealed". Archived from the original on 4 July 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
361. "Meliah Rage announces Boston-area show". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
362. Doug Gibson. "Ministry Announces New Remix Album, "The Last Dubber"". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
363. "Vagrant Records News: 07.06.09 Protest the Hero – Live CD/DVD – Available 9/15!" Archived 17 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine . Vagrant Records. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
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365. "Shadows Fall: New album title revealed". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
366. "Skinlab: 'The Scars Between Us' release date announced". Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
367. "At Vance – New Album in September". Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
368. Doug Gibson. "Danger Danger Announces New Album "Revolve" Release Date". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
369. "Europe – Last Look at Eden". Archived from the original on 14 June 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
370. Doug Gibson. "Lynch Mob Reveals New Album "Smoke And Mirrors" Details". Archived from the original on 29 October 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
371. "Sonata Arctica: New album details revealed". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
372. "Theatre of Tragedy: New album title, release date announced". Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
373. "Diablo Swing Orchestra: New album artwork unveiled". Archived from the original on 20 July 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
374. Doug Gibson. "Evile Reveals New Album, "Infected Nations," Details". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
375. "'The Fire Within' at amazon". Amazon UK. Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
376. Doug Gibson. "Sinister Announces Live Album "Prophecies Denied" Release Date". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
377. Doug Gibson. "Children of Bodom Streaming Three New Songs Online From "Skeletons in the Closet"". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
378. Doug Gibson. "Despised Icon Reveals New Album Title And Release Date". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
379. "Echoes of Eternity: New album track listing revealed". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 22 July 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
380. "Five Finger Death Punch Guitarist Interviewed on Australia's 'The Racket'; Audio Available – 29 July 2009". Archived from the original on 27 September 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
381. "Parkway Drive Reveals New "The DVD" Details". Metalunderground.com. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
382. Doug Gibson. "Skindred's "Shark Bites and Dog Fights" Delayed Until Late September". Archived from the original on 21 July 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
383. Doug Gibson. "Marduk Reveals "Wormwood" Release Date". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
384. "Destruction: 'The Curse of the Antichrist' pushed back to September". Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
385. Doug Gibson. "Immortal Reveals New Album Release Date". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
386. "Metalium: Another new song posted online". Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
387. Doug Gibson. "Paradise Lost Announce Album Release Dates". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
388. Tyrants Blood 'Crushing Onward Into Oblivion' coming next Archived 2 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
389. "Arch Enemy Name New Album". Ultimate-guitar.com. 24 June 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
390. "Dalriada website: Arany-Album out now". Dalriada.hu. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
391. "Redemption – New Album Details, Video Teaser Online". Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
392. "Alice in Chains: New album title, release date revealed". Archived from the original on 17 August 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
393. "Austrian Death Machine – Double Brutal". Archived from the original on 21 December 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
394. Doug Gibson. "Black Cobra Announces New Album "Chronomega" Release Date". Archived from the original on 13 July 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
395. US. "Doomriders myspace, "Darkness Come Alive in stores September 29". Myspace.com. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
396. "Evergreen Terrace Post First Single From 'Almost Home'". Smnnews.com. 6 July 2009. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
397. "Hatebreed Reveals New Album, "Hatebreed," Details". Metalunderground.com. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
398. "Nuclear Blast OnlineShop". Archived from the original on 20 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
399. "'Enemies' at official Marionette merchandise site". Backstreet-merch.com. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
400. Doug Gibson. "Ancestors Announces New Album "Of Sound Mind" Release Date". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
401. "Hirax: New album samples available". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
402. "Horse The Band Reveals New Album, "Desperate Living," Details". Metalunderground.com. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
403. "Inhale Exhale Posts New Song, "Rooms," Online". Metalunderground.com. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
404. Doug Gibson. "Kiss Announces New Album Title And Tracklisting". Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
405. "Powerman 5000: New Album Title Revealed – 1 August 2009". Archived from the original on 4 August 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
406. Doug Gibson. "Belphegor Announces New Album "Walpurgis Rites – Hexenwahn" Details". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
407. 'Dekadens' at lifelover.se Archived 11 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
408. "Mob Rules to release new EP in October". Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
409. Rodrigo Monteiro (9 October 2009). "Massacration lança novo álbum amanhã". Omelete (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 December 2020.
410. "'Beneath the Veiled Embrace' out October 10th". Archived from the original on 5 March 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
411. "Ram-Zet: Two songs from forthcoming album posted online". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
412. "Mothra: new song online and official street team". Blogs.myspace.com. 20 September 2009. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
413. "W.A.S.P.: New album details revealed". Archived from the original on 17 August 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
414. "Baroness on Myspace". Archived from the original on 17 August 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
415. "Dawn of Azazel signs with Unique Leader Records". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
416. "Saviours begins recording new album". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
417. "Skeletonwitch: New album title announced". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
418. Doug Gibson. "Decadence Reveals New Album "Chargepoint" Details". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
419. "Waltari: New album 'Below Zero' due next month". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
420. "Brainstorm: New album artwork, release date revealed". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
421. "Epica: 'Design Your Universe' artwork unveiled". Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
422. [Fragments of Unbecoming announces new bassist]
423. Doug Gibson. "Rammstein Announces New Album Release Date". Archived from the original on 9 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
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Heavy Metal Timeline 2009

Succeeded by 2010