My top 20 list of 2009

1. CANDLEMASS: Death Magic Doom
2. ASPHYX: Death...The Brutal Way
3. HELLWITCH: Omnipotent Convocation
4. COUNT RAVEN: Mammons War
5. INTO THE MOAT: The Campaign
6. EXCORIATE: On Pestilent Winds
7. NILE: For Whom The Gods Detest
8. GNOSTIC: Engineering The Rule
9. PSYOPUS: Odd Senses
10. PESTILENCE: Resurrection Macabre
11. ARTILLERY: When Death Comes
12. BELIEVER: Gabriel
13. WARBRINGER: Waking Into Nightmare
14. WINO: Punctuated Equilibrium
15. KEEPER OF DREAMS: Taste Smashed To Pieces
16. SUPREME PAIN: Nemesis Enforcer
17. DAMNED SPIRIT'S DANCE: Weird Constellation
18. STEEL PANTHER: Feel The Steel
19. ANVIL CHORUS: The Killing Sun
20. SHRINEBUILDER: Shrinebuilder