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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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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as of 01.01.13

1. Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

2. Eyefear - The Inception Of Darkness

3. Carach Angren - Where The Corpses Sink Forever

4. pg.lost - Key

5. Vesperian Sorrow - Stormwinds Of Ages

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As title may indicate, this is just a list I made in a moment of boredom, and it include my 2012 top 10 albums based on my last.fm account scrobbles.

Some of my reviews, for some good 2012 albums, when I was writing for JorZine.com

Blaakyum - Lord Of The Night review

Soen - Cognitive review

Crow7 - Symphony Of Souls review

1. Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage

2. Muse - The 2nd Law

3. Deftones - Koi No Yokan

4. El Rass & Munma - Kachf el Mahjoub / Unveiling the Hidden

5. Lamb of God - Resolution

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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. Saturnus - Saturn In Ascension

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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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Due to the overwhelming "popularity" of my last list, I have decided to do the same thing in 2012

1. Hail Spirit Noir - Pneuma

2. Baroness - Yellow & Green

3. Devin Townsend - Epicloud

4. Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Lost In The New Real

5. Royal Thunder - CVI

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2012 album i listen to

1. Goatwhore - Blood For The Master

2. Veil Of Maya - Eclipse

3. Swallow The Sun - Emerald Forest And The Blackbird

4. Aborted - Global Flatline

5. Alcest - Les voyages de l'âme

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My favorite albums of 2012.

*Now separated into a 'metal' and 'non-metal' section. (non-metal is at the bottom of the list).

Soon to be added: Clocks, Kiko Loureiro, Lich King, Deathmole, Sylosis, Leonard Cohen, After Oblivion, Panzerballett, Coronado, Striker, Dethklok, The Sword.

1. Between the Buried and Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence

2. Hypno5e - Acid Mist Tomorrow

3. The Faceless - Autotheism

4. Gorod - A Perfect Absolution

5. Save Us From the Archon - How Terrible, The Undergrowth's Jaws That Tangle

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I will be logging here everything I check out and at least slightly enjoy on 2012, so I don't miss anything by the end of the year. Scores are subject to change.

1. Ihsahn - Eremita

2. Hypno5e - Acid Mist Tomorrow

3. Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata

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

5. Hail Spirit Noir - Pneuma

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My fav albums of 2012

1. Ihsahn - Eremita

2. Swallow the Sun - Emerald Forest And The Blackbird

3. Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

4. Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

5. Alcest - Les voyages de l'âme

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My list of favourites and interests for this year ordered roughly in descending order. My new years resolution is to branch out a bit and listen to new and unfamiliar genres, metal and non-metal.

Edit: Anything above about a 7/10 I'll keep here. Now with approximate rating in a .5 scale and ordered according to **replay value** i.e how often I listen to them. AND now with some comments, adding them gradually.

1. Enslaved - RIITIIR

2. Pharaoh - Bury The Light

3. Anglagard - Viljans Öga

4. Overkill - The Electric Age

5. The Foreshadowing - Second World

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One of likely hundreds of these, more for self-enjoyment (or something) above anything, but if it helps someone find a good album/albums they wouldn't've otherwise heard I'll be happy.

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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This is my order of preference of the 2012's albums I've listened for now. Feel free to make recommendations or ask anything.

1. Devin Townsend - Epicloud

2. Moonspell - Alpha Noir / Omega White

3. Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind

4. Paradise Lost - Tragic Idol

5. Kreator - Phantom Antichrist

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1. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!

2. Amiensus - Restoration

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

4. Deftones - Koi No Yokan

5. Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind

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