1. Devin Townsend - Epicloud

2. 3 Inches Of Blood - Long Live Heavy Metal

3. Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth

4. Threshold - March of Progress

5. Barren Earth - The Devil's Resolve

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In the years since I began listening to metal, black metal has become my go-to genre. The despair, anger, dissonance, experimentation, beauty, passion and hatred are second to none. These are the albums which sit at the forefront of my listening experience.

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

2. Agrypnie - Exit

3. Blut aus Nord - Odinist - The Destruction of Reason By Illumination

4. Blut aus Nord - 777 - Cosmosophy

5. Cobalt - Gin

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My favorites of 2012.
Please comment and/or suggest me stuff!

1. Ysengrin - To Endotation

2. Hail Spirit Noir - Pneuma

3. Sigh - In Somniphobia

4. Diskord - Dystopics

5. Nocturnal Vomit - Cursed Relics

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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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1. Enslaved - RIITIIR

2. Ancestors - In Dreams And Time

3. Wintersun - Time I

4. Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas

5. Royal Thunder - CVI

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1. Ektomorf - Black Flag

2. Ex Deo - Caligvla

3. Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth

4. Lacrimosa - Revolution

5. In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

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1. Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth

2. Ex Deo - Caligvla

3. Lacrimosa - Revolution

4. In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

5. Pro-Pain - Straight To The Dome

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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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If you have any recommendations on similar albums I might like, you can suggest me.

1. Behemoth - Sventevith (Storming Near The Baltic)

2. Behemoth - Grom

3. Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss

4. Lutomysl - Catharsis

5. Furia (POL) - Martwa Polska Jesień

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In descending order from best to weakest. Subject to change.
*Did some rearranging.

1. Sigh - Scenes From Hell

2. Cryptopsy - None So Vile

3. Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse

4. Sigh - In Somniphobia

5. Behemoth - Sventevith (Storming Near The Baltic)

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Within the past decade, black metal has seen bands from all over the world incorporating new sounds to the style and changing its delivery like never before. As great as the classic acts are, BM bands today seem to be branching out in every possible direction. From the beautiful chaos of the French bands to the psychedelic dabblings of the Finns to the atmospheric scene out West in the U.S... all the experimentation is helping to create a new identity for the genre. So, in no particular order, here are some of the best releases from this growing trend of originality within black metal's foundations (atmospheric, psychedelic, black doom, and otherwise).

1. Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum

2. Blut Aus Nord - MoRT

3. Diapsiquir - Virus STN

4. Glorior Belli - The Great Southern Darkness

5. Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

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Note; Anything I rate lower than 8 I deem underwhelming. Sure, I might even acknowledge some of them as being rather enjoyble, but considering the "bigger picture of things", I find them unsatisfactory (in varying degrees, depending on their rating).

Partially ordered (the ones with descriptions). The rest are arranged alphabetically.

1. Sybreed - God Is An Automaton

2. Gorod - A Perfect Absolution

3. The Faceless - Autotheism

4. Ihsahn - Eremita

5. A Million Dead Birds Laughing - Xen

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While I'm slightly disappointed the world didn't end this year, I thought I'd share my musical tastes from throughout the year by arbitrarily ranking other people's art. When the year began I was really into sludge and stoner but as the year has worn on, it's been the black metal releases which by and large have won my attention and appreciation.

1. Royal Thunder - CVI

2. Ancestors - In Dreams and Time

3. Merrimack - The Acausal Mass

4. Hail Spirit Noir - Pneuma

5. Hidden Orchestra - Archipelago

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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.

1. Royal Thunder - CVI

2. Lycanthia - Oligarchy

3. Dråpsnatt - Skelepht

4. Agruss - Morok

5. Elysian Blaze - Blood Geometry

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