Subject:	The complete list, some thoughts and loose ends
From:		.jh
Date:		2009-12-15T05:13:37Z
Tags:		best\ of best\ of\ 2009 music blog thoughts 2009


While looking over this years list what strikes me most is that while
I enjoyed them all, most of these bands have produced better works, so
is it cognitive bias or do bands really get worse over time? There are
of course exceptions to every rule, but on the whole I think the
evidence is against most bands. Perhaps a better way of putting it is
that bands get less and less original over time, drawing more on
influences from heroes as well as peers, this in turn makes them less
interesting and hence "worse". I'm not sure how bands would get around
this, not listening to other music to avoid tainting is obviously not
an answer.

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1. Gorgoroth - Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt
2. Funeral Mist - Maranatha
3. Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue with the Stars
4. Anaal Nathrakh - In the Constellation of the Black Widow
5.  Shining - VI - Klagopsalmer
6. Arckanum - ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ
7. Immortal - All Shall Fall
8. Katharsis - Fourth Reich
9. Deströyer666 - Defiance
10. Nazxul - Iconoclast

Finally that the following albums where not the list because of
personal bias: I'm related to or close personal friends with at least
one person in each band. While I believe I can be objective, I'd like
to avoid any semblance of impropriety and excluded them. They are all
strong albums that should make any top ten list for this year.

![Alt](/gfx/wap_small.jpg "Will and Perception cover") [Canopy - Will and Perception](http://www.entercanpoy.com)
![Alt](/gfx/d_small.jpg "Dekadens cover") [Lifelover - Dekadens](http://www.lifelover.se)
![Alt](/gfx/tmotd_small.jpg "The March of the Drones cover") [Obitus - The March of the Drones](http://www.obitus.org)
![Alt](/gfx/wap_small.jpg "Population Control cover") [Waning - Population Control](http://www.waning.se)