My Top 10 Best Concerts (and Honorable & Dishonorable Mentions) of 2009

Here are the gigs of 2009 that I had the pleasure, and displeasure, of attending - a total of 18 metal concerts this past year.


BEST CONCERTS OF 2009


1. Metallica (w/ Machine Head & The Sword) @ Nassau Coliseum - January 29, 2009


2. Lamb of God (w/ As I Lay Dying, Children of Bodom, God Forbid & Municipal Waste) @ Roseland Ballroom - May 5, 2009


3. Dethklok (w/ Mastodon, Converge & High on Fire) @ Hammerstein Ballroom - October 30, 2009


4. Hatebreed (w/ Cannibal Corpse, Unearth, Born of Osiris & Hate Eternal) @ Nokia Theatre - December 18, 2009


5. Metallica (w/ Lamb of God & Volbeat) @ Madison Square Garden - November 14, 2009


6. Down (w/ Melvins & Weedeater) @ Nokia Theatre - September 11, 2009


7. Type O Negative (w/ Seventh Void, Destrophy) @ Nokia Theatre - October 22, 2009


8. Motorhead (w/ Reverend Horton Heat & Nashville Pussy) @ Roseland Ballroom - September 9, 2009


9. Cro-Mags @ Santos Party House - December 29, 2009


10. Trivium (w/ Chimaira & Whitechapel) @ The Fillmore - November 5, 2009



TOP 5 HONORABLE MENTIONS


1. Kreator (w/ Exodus, Belphagor & Warbringer) @ Nokia Theatre - April 8, 2009


2. Soulfly (w/ Prong) @ Blender Theater - October 19, 2009


3. Napalm Death (w/ Kataklysm) @ Blender Theater - April 11, 2009


4. Deicide @ BB King - July 5, 2009


5. Mayhem @ The Fillmore - May 21, 2009


TOP 4 DISHONORABLE MENTIONS


1. Necrophagist (Summer Slaughter Tour) @ The Fillmore - July 19, 2009


2. Destruction (w/ Krisiun & Mantic Ritual) @ BB King - April 7, 2009


3. Cradle of Filth (w/ Satyricon) @ Nokia Theatre - February 27, 2009


4. 1349 (w/ Annunaki) @ BB King - March 2, 2009