My Top 5 Albums of 2009

I think 2009 is the golden year of post-hardcore. A lot of amazing albums were released and many new awesome bands were formed. Here are my overall top 5 post-hardcore albums for this year:

#5 Blessthefall - Witness

Witness is the second full-length studio album by blessthefall. It was released on October 6, 2009, through Fearless Records. It is the band's first album with singer Beau Bokan. The lyrics in Witness are way better than in their last album.


#4 In Fear And Faith - Your World on Fire
Your World on Fire is In Fear and Faith's first release since signing with Rise Records, as well as being their first full-length album. It was released on January 6, 2009 and contained several tracks from their "Voyage" EP.


#3 A Day To Remember - Homesick
Homesick is the third album by American post-hardcore band A Day to Remember. It was released on February 2, 2009 in Europe and February 3, 2009 in the United States and as of February 21, it sold over 22, 000 copies in its first week.


#2 The Devil Wears Prada - With Roots Above And Branches Below
With Roots Above and Branches Below is the third studio album by American christian metalcore/post-hardcore band The Devil Wears Prada. The album was released on May 5, 2009 through Ferret Music. It reached #1 in US Top Christian Albums.


#1 Adept - Another Year Of Disaster
Another Year of Disaster is the debut album by Swedish post-hardcore band Adept, released on February 4, 2009. Most of the songs from this album are about a girl, who the lead singer possibly hates. :D The songs are very melodic and have amazing lyrics!! It's by far the best album for 2009!!

Escape the Fate

My previous post was about my favorite band - blessthefall. This one will be about my 2nd favorite band - Escape the Fate :). Escape the Fate also has only 2 full-length albums. The first one of which is named "Dying is your Latest Fashion," and was recorded with their former vocalist Ronnie Radke, who was unable to continue touring with the band because he was put on probation for participating in a fight in which a boy was murdered, so he had to leave the band, and Escape the Fate started looking for a new vocalist, and found Craig Mabbitt (ex- blessthefall). Radke was later put in jail, for possesion of drugs, and is getting out this December and will start recording with his new band - Falling in Reverse.
There are rumors that Escape the Fate will be releasing a new song next month, and a new album, springtime 2010. Can't wait!!! Here's my favorite ever!! Not just by them, but in general.. I love it! :)

blessthefall now and then..

Blessthefall is my all-time favorite band. They have only two full-length albums, the second of which was released only 9 days ago with their new vocalist - Beau Bokan. I liked them better before, but they are still awesome. Their live performance is outrageous!

Their first full-length album was released in the year of 2007. It is called "His Last Walk" and is recorded with their former vocalist - Craig Mabbitt, who is now in a band called "Escape the Fate" which also rocks. Mabbitt left blessthefall in the middle of a tour in 2008 due to personal rasons, and when he returned to the band, the other members decided to move on without him. Their bassist, Jared Warth, filled in the vocals for the remainder of the tour. In may 2008, Mabbitt joined Escape the Fate, and in september the same year, blessthefall announced that they had chosen a new lead singer, Beau Bokan, after months of searching.

Bokan was the former lead singer of a band called "Take the Crown" who released one album in 2008 before disbanding. The new blessthefall album, released on october 6th this year is called "Witness." It has a less hardcore sound than "His Last Walk."

Here is one of my favorite songs by them from His Last Walk, called Higinia.. Enjoy :)