1. Abnormality - Contaminating The Hive Mind

2. Aborted - Global Flatline

3. Asphyx - Deathhammer

4. At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

5. Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

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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 personal top 20 albums of 2012 (in alphabetical order). I would have liked to add the debut album 'Lingua Franca' from T.R.A.M. but they are not on Metal Storm.

1. Alcest - Les voyages de l'âme

2. Aura Noir - Out To Die

3. Baroness - Yellow & Green

4. Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence

5. Deftones - Koi No Yokan

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There have been a lot more quality releases within the brutal genre in the past year or so. Maybe not as many as other genres but a lot when you consider the relatively small number of brutal bands there are. So, being that it's my favorite region of metal, and that the fanbase has expanded exponentially, I'd like to make a short list of the better releases (and a few soon to be released) to highlight some of the golden moments within a somewhat unappreciated genre.
Also note that; these are in no particular "best to worst" order. Just listed at random for anyone who may have missed a new release or someone who wants to get into the genre by beginning with some of the recent best.
Oh, and... My spelling for some of these releases might not be right so, if you would like to point out where please do.

1. Abominable Putridity - The Anomalies Of Artificial Origin

2. Abnormality - Contaminating The Hive Mind

3. Katalepsy - Autopsychosis

4. Beheaded - Never To Dawn

5. Portal - Vexovoid (I wouldn't necessarily consider this "brutal death metal" but they certainly deliver a fashion of brutality in their own way)

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1. Cannibal Corpse - Torture

2. Meshuggah - Koloss

3. Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage

4. Lamb of God - Resolution

5. Katatonia - Dead End Kings

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1. A Million Dead Birds Laughing - Xen

2. Abhorrent - Long Pig

3. Abnormality - Contaminating The Hive Mind

4. Absvrdist - Illusory

5. Ævangelist - De Masticatione Mortuorum In Tumulis

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2012 has been such a great year for metal releases. So in honor of that, here is my personal favourite Albums of 2012.

1. Indesinence - Vessels Of Light And Decay

2. Faal - The Clouds Are Burning

3. In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

4. Enochian Theory - Life... And All It Entails

5. Eternal Deformity - The Beauty Of Chaos

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The title is self-explanatory, i guess.

1. Dying Fetus - Reign Supreme

2. Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas

3. Be'Lakor - Of Breath And Bone

4. Kreator - Phantom Antichrist

5. Meshuggah - Koloss

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1. Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

2. Cattle Decapitation - Monolith Of Inhumanity

3. Pig Destroyer - Book Burner

4. Dying Fetus - Reign Supreme

5. Nile - At The Gate Of Sethu

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1. Vader - Welcome To The Morbid Reich

2. Azarath - Blasphemers' Maledictions

3. Vital Remains - Icons Of Evil

4. Nile - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka

5. Besatt - Black Mass

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1. Cattle Decapitation - Monolith of Inhumanity

2. Coheed And Cambria - The Afterman: Ascension

3. Gorod - A Perfect Absolution

4. Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage

5. Spawn Of Possession - Incurso

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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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Here are some totally Brootal albums I can't get enuff of! In alphabetical order...

1. Aeon - Rise To Dominate

2. Aeon - Bleeding The False

3. Aeon - Path Of Fire

4. Behemoth - The Apostasy

5. Blood Red Throne - Altered Genesis

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My evolving list of 2012

1. The Faceless - Autotheism

2. Gorod - A Perfect Absolution

3. Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

4. Bloodshot Dawn - Bloodshot Dawn

5. Katatonia - Dead End Kings

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