Having seen 171 performances by 152 bands at 23 concerts and 10 festivals in 2009 I thought it might be a nice idea to keep a tally about the best live bands of the year. So here it is, my very own run-off of the 30 best performances in 2009.

Btw, the guy on the left is the fiddler of #9.

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Promonex | 11.03.2010

1.	Enslaved (Wacken Open Air, August 1)
2.	Epica (Wacken Open Air, July 31)
3.	Moonspell (Summer Breeze Open Air, August 15)
4.	Einherjer (Ragnarök Festival, April 18)
5.	Amon Amarth (Wacken Open Air, July 31)
6.	Amorphis (Summer Breeze Open Air, August 14)
7.	Hanzel Und Gretyl (World Fukken Tour, Frankfurt, May 18)
8.	Dark Tranquillity (Winterfire Festival, February 21)
9.	Dornenreich (Eisenwahn Festival, July 25)
10.	Samael (supporting Paradise Lost, Mannheim, November 14)
11.	Imperium Dekadenz (Wolfszeit Festival, August 28)
12.	Benighted (Summer Breeze Open Air, August 15)
13.	Heaven And Hell (Wacken Open Air, July 30)
14.	Cryptopsy (Eisenwahn Festival, July 25)
15.	Mistress (Damnation Festival, October 24)
16.	Bolt Thrower (Rock Area Festival, August 22)
17.	Ghost Brigade (supporting Paradise Lost, Mannheim, November 14)
18.	Onslaught (Rock Area Festival, August 22)
19.	Volbeat (Wacken Open Air, August 1)
20.	Borknagar (Wacken Open Air, August 1)
21.	Toxic Holocaust (Unholy Trinity Tour, Darmstadt, December 18)
22.	Letzte Instanz (UnschuldsTour, Ludwigshafen, March 25)
23.	Andras (Ragnarök Festival, April 18)
24.	Ahab (supporting Dornenreich, Munich, September 18)
25.	Walls Of Jericho (Summer Breeze Open Air, August 13)
26.	Parity Boot (supporting Hanzel und Gretyl, Frankfurt, May 18)
27.	FEJD (Ragnarök Festival, April 18)
28.	Absu (European Tour 2009, Darmstadt, October 16)
29.	Bison B.C. (supporting The Ocean, Darmstadt, March 17)
30.	Torture Squad (Killfest Tour, Aschaffenburg, February 23)