1. Circus Maximus - Nine

2. Jeff Loomis - Plains Of Oblivion

3. Aerosmith - Music From Another Dimension

4. Epica - Requiem For The Indifferent

5. Gotthard - Firebirth

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1. Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

2. Wodensthrone - Curse

3. Circus Maximus - Nine

4. Enslaved - RIITIIR

5. Threshold - March Of Progress

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My favourite studio albums of 2012 (May change over time)

1. Kamelot - Silverthorn

2. Xandria - Neverworld's End

3. Epica - Requiem For The Indifferent

4. Sabaton - Carolus Rex

5. Circus Maximus - Nine

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1. Vision Divine - Destination Set To Nowhere

2. Weeping Silence - For The Unsung

3. Paradox - Tales Of The Weird

4. Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

5. Luca Turilli's Rhapsody - Ascending To Infinity

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Best metal albums, as chosen by me, for the year 2012. Or perhaps the ones that had influenced me most during this year. List was written or made for metalstorm, but I added it to my other profiles, because of long texts, which I didn't feel like putting here.

http://www.last.fm/user/Telcontar666/journal/2012/12/30/5pizbd_longing_for_creation:_top_10_metal_albums_of_the_2012

1. Sabaton - Carolus Rex

2. Kamelot - Silverthorn

3. Wintersun - Time I

4. Eluveitie - Helvetios

5. Mors Principium Est - ...And Death Said Live

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Now that the year is coming close to an end, I draw the line and show the albums that impressed me (more or less) this year. This is not a best to worst list.

1. Marillion - Sounds that Can't Be Made

2. Threshold - March of Progress

3. Headspace - I Am Anonymous

4. In the Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

5. OSI - Fire Make Thunder

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Because I reached the word limit on the previous list, and don't want to lose my quite excellent in-depth descriptions. Those without descriptions are from my other list.

1. Sylosis - Monolith

2. Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

3. In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

4. Abigail Williams - Becoming

5. Enslaved - RIITIIR

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These are my favorite 20 Progressive/Symphonic/Neo-Classical Power Metal albums

1. Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy

2. Adagio - Underworld

3. Symphony X - The Odyssey

4. Symphony X - Paradise Lost

5. To-Mera - Delusions

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I picked one album by each of my favorite bands for this list. Keep in mind that after the first few albums I put on the list, it became increasingly difficult to figure out where to place artists in my list. Also, this is kind of how my favorite bands lie now, as far as how often I listen to them - whereas some of these bands used to be much more frequently played, years ago. But this is, more or less, a list of my favorite albums by my favorite bands.

1. Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

2. Seventh Wonder - The Great Escape

3. Symphony X - The Odyssey

4. Circus Maximus - Nine

5. Haken - Visions

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1. Storm Corrosion - Storm Corrosion

2. Dead Can Dance - Anastasis

3. The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet

4. Anathema - Weather Systems

5. Ihsahn - Eremita

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In progress, and subject to change.

1. Headspace - I Am Anonymous

2. Xandria - Neverworld's End

3. Threshold - March Of Progress

4. Epica - Requiem For The Indifferent

5. Luca Turilli's Rhapsody - Ascending To Infinity

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this is my list and i update it when i should

1. Enslaved - RIITIIR

2. Kråke - Conquering Death

3. Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

4. Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

5. Vision Divine - Destination Set To Nowhere

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This is a list of almost every album/EP/demo I listened to from 2012. It is primarily composed of the better albums I listened to as I tend to forget about bad albums (and rightfully so).

NOTE: Most of these ratings don't stand anymore.

1. Igorrr - Hallelujah

2. Blut Aus Nord - What Once Was... Liber II

3. Aluk Todolo - Occult Rock

4. Indesinence - Vessels Of Light And Decay

5. Elderwind - Волшебство живой природы

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Well so far this year has been quite a let-down when it comes to quality metal. Many of you will probably disagree, but to each his own.

So in order for me to even make a list containing 10 entries I had to fetch them from a year ago which had some really fantastic post-July releases!

1. Vale of Pnath - The Prodigal Empire

2. Vildhjarta - Måsstaden

3. Circus Maximus - Nine

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Here is my list for what I consider to be the top 20 best albums from the year 2012. Keep in mind that one of them is not featured on Metal Storm, and one of them is an EP.

1. Beyond The Bridge - The Old Man and the Spirit

2. Wintersun - Time I

3. Katatonia - Dead End Kings

4. Circus Maximus - Nine

5. Sylvan - Sceneries

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