El batería de DREAM THEATER, Mike Portnoy, ha hecho su habitual “Best Of…” de este año, además de hacer otro listado con los mejores discos de la última década desde su punto de vista.

Mejores de 2009: CDs:

01. BIGELF – Cheat The Gallows
02. MASTODON – Crack The Skye
03. ALICE IN CHAINS – Black Gives Way To Blue
04. THE FLAMING LIPS – Embryonic
05. BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME – The Great Misdirect
06. THEM CROOKED VULTURES – Them Crooked Vultures
07. MEGADETH – Endgame
08. THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT – Ki/Addicted
09. HEART OF CYGNUS – Over Mountain Under Hill
10. ANIMALS AS LEADERS – Animals As Leaders

Mención especial::

LAZARUS A.D. – The Onslaught
MUSE – The Resistance
PORCUPINE TREE – The Incident
BARONESS – Blue Record
RIVERSIDE – Anno Domini High Definition
DREAM THEATER – Black Clouds & Silver Linings
TRANSATLANTIC – The Whirlwind

Mejores discos de la década:

CDs:

01. MUSE – Absolution
02. BIGELF – Cheat The Gallows
03. OPETH – Blackwater Park
04. SPOCK»S BEARD – Snow
05. THE FLAMING LIPS – At War With The Mystics
06. ENDOCHINE – Day Two
07. BEARDFISH – Sleeping In Traffic Pts 1&2
08. METALLICA – Death Magnetic
09. LAMB OF GOD – Ashes Of The Wake
10. PETER GABRIEL – Up
11. BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME – Colors
12. MACHINE HEAD – The Blackening
13. WILCO – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
14. SLIPKNOT – Vol 3: The Subliminal Verses
15. PAIN OF SALVATION – Remedy Lane
16. COLDPLAY – A Rush Of Blood To The Head
17. KING CRIMSON – The Power To Believe
18. WEEZER – Green Album
19. PORCUPINE TREE – Fear Of A Blank Planet
20. MASTODON – Crack The Skye