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2012 - From the Awesome to the Awful
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Once again I have put together a top list of albums released during the year from best to worst. However, this time around I have also written a short personal opinion/mini review for most of the albums in their respective comment sections.

Created by: Draugen | 25.05.2012


1. Agruss - Morok
(9.5) Atmospheric Black/Death
2. Royal Thunder - CVI
(9.0) Stoner/Heavy
3. Lycanthia - Oligarchy
(9.0) Gothic/Doom
4. Dråpsnatt - Skelepht
(9.0) Atmospheric Black
5. Pallbearer - Sorrow And Extinction
(9.0) Traditional Doom
6. Alunah - White Hoarhound
(9.0) Stoner/Doom
7. Monolithe - Monolithe III
(9.0) Death/Doom
8. A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays
(9.0) Avantgarde/Black
9. Menace Ruine - Alight In Ashes
(9.0) Noise/Drone
10. Year Of The Goat - Angels' Necropolis
(9.0) Psychedelic Rock
11. Indesinence - Vessels Of Light And Decay
(9.0) Death/Doom
12. Witch Mountain - Cauldron Of The Wild
(9.0) Stoner/Doom
13. Anhedonist - Netherwards
(9.0) Death/Doom
14. Sigh - In Somniphobia
(9.0) Black/Avantgarde
15. Mono - For My Parents
(8.5) Post-Rock
16. The Great Old Ones - Al Azif
(8.5) Atmospheric Black/Post
17. Faal - The Clouds Are Burning
(8.5) Black/Doom
18. Lethian Dreams - Season Of Raven Words
(8.5) Atmospheric Doom
19. Monarch - Omens
(8.5) Drone/Doom
20. The Slow Death - II
(8.5) Death/Doom
21. Wodensthrone - Curse
(8.5) Atmospheric Black
22. Wilds Forlorn - We, The Damned
(8.5) Atmospheric Black
23. Seven Kingdoms - The Fire Is Mine
(8.5) Power
24. Lurk - Lurk
(8.5) Sludge/Doom
25. Christian Mistress - Possession
(8.5) Heavy
26. Windhand - Windhand
(8.5) Stoner/Doom
27. Frequency Drift - ... Laid To Rest
(8.5) Progressive
28. Elysian Blaze - Blood Geometry
(8.0) Funeral Doom/Black
29. Oak Pantheon - From A Whisper
(8.0) Atmospheric Black/Post
30. Reino Ermitaño - Veneración del Fuego
(8.0) Traditional Doom
31. Abigail Williams - Becoming
(8.0) Atmospheric Black
32. Faustcoven - Hellfire And Funeral Bells
(8.0) Black/Doom
33. An Autumn For Crippled Children - Only The Ocean Knows
(8.0) Atmospheric Black/Post
34. Evoken - Atra Mors
(8.0) Funeral Doom/Death
35. Xandria - Neverworld's End
(8.0) Symphonic
36. Hail Spirit Noir - Pneuma
(8.0) Blackened Progressive
37. Jess And The Ancient Ones - Jess And The Ancient Ones
(8.0) Psychedelic Rock
38. Officium Triste - Immersed [Split]
(8.0) Death/Doom
39. The Eden House - Timeflows
(8.0) Gothic
40. Les Discrets - Ariettes Oubliées...
(8.0) Post/Shoegaze
41. Castle - Blacklands
(8.0) Traditional Doom/Heavy
42. Psychonaut 4 - Have A Nice Trip
(8.0) Depressive Black
43. Saturnus - Saturn In Ascension
(8.0) Melodic Death/Doom
44. Dissona - Dissona
(8.0) Progressive
45. Dordeduh - Dar De Duh
(8.0) Black/Folk
46. Undersmile - Narwhal
(8.0) Sludge/Doom
47. Hooded Menace - Effigies Of Evil
(8.0) Death/Doom
48. Agalloch - Faustian Echoes
(7.5) Atmospheric Black/Post
49. Bell Witch - Longing
(7.5) Funeral Doom
50. Black Moth - The Killing Jar
(7.5) Stoner/Doom
51. Skogen - Eld
(7.5) Black/Folk
52. Graveyard - Lights Out
(7.5) Hard Rock/Blues
53. Ash Borer - Cold Of Ages
(7.5) Atmospheric Black
54. Ides Of Gemini - Constantinople
(7.5) Psychedelic Post
55. Abske Fides - Abske Fides
(7.5) Death/Doom
56. Narrow House - A Key To Panngrieb
(7.5) Funeral Doom
57. Verdunkeln - Weder Licht Noch Schatten
(7.5) Atmospheric Black
58. Anguish - Through The Archdemon's Head
(7.5) Traditional Doom
59. Angellore - Errances
(7.0) Gothic/Doom
60. Frailty - Melpomene
(7.0) Melodic Death/Doom
61. Ahab - The Giant
(7.0) Funeral Doom/Post
62. Ereb Altor - Gastrike
(7.0) Black/Folk
63. Pandemonium - Misanthropy
(7.0) Blackened Death
64. Vintersorg - Orkan
(7.0) Melodic Black/Progressive
65. The 11th Hour - Lacrima Mortis
(7.0) Melodic Death/Doom
66. Árstíðir Lífsins - Vápna Lækjar Eldr
(7.0) Black/Folk
67. Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata
(7.0) Symphonic/Avantgarde
68. Ævangelist - De Masticatione Mortuorum In Tumulis
(7.0) Blackened Death
69. The Howling Void - The Womb Beyond The World
(7.0) Funeral Doom
70. Dämmerfarben - Herbstpfad
(7.0) Black/Folk
71. Funeral - Oratorium
(7.0) Gothic/Doom
72. Winterfylleth - The Threnody Of Triumph
(7.0) Atmospheric Black
73. Derkéta - In Death We Meet
(7.0) Death/Doom
74. In Mourning - The Weight Of Oceans
(7.0) Melodic Death/Progressive
75. To-Mera - Exile
(7.0) Progressive
76. Occultation - Three & Seven
(6.5) Psychedelic Doom
77. Vagrant God - Vagrant God
(6.5) Gothic
78. Worship - Terranean Wake
(6.5) Funeral Doom
79. Porta Nigra - Fin De Siècle
(6.5) Black/Avantgarde
80. Worm Ouroboros - Come The Thaw
(6.5) Post/Ambient
81. Ishmael - Hell Is Empty And All The Devils Are Here
(6.0) Sludge/Doom
82. Nadja - The Primitive World
(6.0) Ambient/Drone
83. When Nothing Remains - As All Torn Asunder
(6.0) Melodic Death/Doom
84. Placid Art - Rainbow Destruction Process
(6.0) Gothic/Doom
85. Soulfallen - The Promise Of Hell
(6.0) Melodic Death/Black
86. Swallow The Sun - Emerald Forest And The Blackbird
(6.0) Melodic Death/Doom
87. Alcest - Les voyages de l'âme
(6.0) Atmospheric Black/Shoegaze
88. Demon Lung - Pareidolia
(6.0) Traditional Doom
89. Borknagar - Urd
(6.0) Melodic Black/Progressive
90. Atriarch - Ritual Of Passing
(5.5) Black/Doom
91. Barren Earth - The Devil's Resolve
(5.5) Melodic Death/Progressive
92. Cult Of Herodias - Dance Of The Seven Veils
(5.0) Atmospheric Doom
93. Seremonia - Seremonia
(5.0) Psychedelic Rock
94. Uzala - Uzala
(5.0) Stoner/Doom
95. Process Of Guilt - Fæmin
(5.0) Atmospheric Sludge/Doom
96. Sabbath Assembly - Ye Are Gods
(4.0) Psychedelic Rock


Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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