Except for the songs that made my Top 20 Songs of 2009, these are the rest of the best aggressive rock tracks of 2009. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2008 and November 30, 2009.

1. The Mars Volta “Teflon” Octahedron (Warner Brothers)

2. The Mars Volta “Cotopaxi” Octahedron (Warner Brothers)

3. Them Crooked Vultures “Scumbag Blues” Them Crooked Vultures (Interscope)

4. Them Crooked Vultures “New Fang” Them Crooked Vultures (Interscope)

5. Future of the Left “The Hope That House Built” Travels with Myself and Another (4AD)

6. The Rural Alberta Advantage “The Dethbridge in Lethbridge” Hometowns (Saddle Creek)

7. Obits “Two-Headed Coin” I Blame You (Sub Pop)

8. Obits “Widow of My Dreams” I Blame You (Sub Pop)

9. Ladyfinger (ne) “Over and Over” Dusk (Saddle Creek)

10. Thrice “Doublespeak” Beggars (Vagrant)

11. AFI “Torch Song” Crash Love (Interscope)

12. And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead “Fields of Coal” The Century of Self (Justice)

13. The Veils “Killed by the Boom” Sun Gangs (Rough Trade)

14. Cursive “In the Now” Mama, I’m Swollen (Saddle Creek)

15. Cursive “Mama, I’m Satan” Mama, I’m Swollen (Saddle Creek)

16. Future of the Left “Arming Eritrea” Travels With Myself and Another (4AD)

17. Future of the Left “Throwing Bricks at Trains” Travels With Myself and Another (4AD)

18. Thrice “All the World Is Mad” Beggars (Vagrant)

19. Thrice “Beggars” Beggars (Vagrant)

20. The Mars Volta “Desperate Graves” Octahedron (Warner Brothers)

21. Them Crooked Vultures “Bandoliers” Them Crooked Vultures (Interscope)

22. The Dead Weather “Treat Me Like Your Mother” Horehound (Third Man/Warner Brothers)

23. Thursday featuring Tim McIlrath “Resuscitation of a Dead Man” Common Existence (Epitaph)

24. Cursive “From the Hips” Mama, I’m Swollen (Saddle Creek)

25. Cursive “Mama, I’m Swollen” Mama, I’m Swollen (Saddle Creek)