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