In my very humble opinion, this albums are what made my 2012 more awesome. Yes, some of them are not as good as many other releases, I even may think that some titles do not deserve a greater score, but hey, this albums at least have a huge "replay" value, and that's what makes them so special to me.

1. Bell Witch - Longing

2. Pallbearer - Sorrow And Extinction

3. Elysian Blaze - Blood Geometry

4. The Howling Void - The Womb Beyond The World

5. Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata

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So, I figure with all the staff picks and ms awards going around, I'd post some of the new favorites I've found in 2012, as well as some anticipated favs of the year! Some of these have really changed since the MS awards, since I found myself enjoying certain albums way more than others, which likely would have been on my list otherwise.

1. Be'lakor - Of Breath and Bone

2. Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I

3. Enslaved - Riitiir

4. Xanthochroid - Blessed He With Boils

5. Atoma - Skylight

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same shit, different year. found the year lacking a bit at the very top but wowzers were there a lot of really good albums released last year... so much so that i ran out of spots in the top 25 before i ran out of "8's"... passers by were surprised by the unusual amount of blood. passers by were surprised by the unusual amount of blood. passers by were surprised by the unusual amount of blood.

1. Faal - The Clouds Are Burning

2. Tort - Tort

3. High On Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis

4. Lurk - Lurk

5. Enslaved - RIITIIR

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A really good year, full of surprises. Never been much of a Sabaton fan and especially not a fan of Lamb of God. Both bands released kick ass albums. Avatar keep on getting better and better. Rush released their best album in 25 years. Kreator gave me one of the best thrash albums I've ever heard.

1. Sabaton - Carolus Rex

2. Kreator - Phantom Antichrist

3. Wintersun - Time I

4. An Autumn For Crippled Children - Only The Ocean Knows

5. Darkend - Grand Guignol - Book I

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1. Enslaved - RIITIIR

2. In Mourning - The Weight Of Oceans

3. Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

4. The Faceless - Autotheism

5. Arkaik - Metamorphignition

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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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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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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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1. Cult Of Luna - Vertikal

2. Esoteric - Paragon Of Dissonance

3. Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All

4. Mouth Of The Architect - The Violence Beneath

5. Rosetta - A Determinism Of Morality

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1. Katatonia - Dead End Kings

2. Kreator - Phantom Antichrist

3. In Mourning - The Weight Of Oceans

4. DragonForce - The Power Within

5. Enslaved - RIITIIR

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This is my list of my favourite albums of 2012. These albums are not necessarily "the best" of the year, just what I've heard listed by how much I've enjoyed them.

1. Wintersun - Time I

2. Enslaved - RIITIIR

3. Sigh - In Somniphobia

4. Accept - Stalingrad

5. Kreator - Phantom Antichrist

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WIP !!!!

Quite opposite to 2011, which featured both freakingly awesome releases (Terra Tenebrosa, Lazuli, Thy Catafalque...) and crap that redefined crap (Lulu or Illud Divinum Isanus), 2012 was quite consistent. Sadly, consistently average. OK, consistently quite correct, but groundbreaking releases were few and far between...

1. A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays

2. Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas

3. Faal - The Clouds Are Burning

4. Klone - The Dreamer's Hideaway

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

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1. Wodensthrone - Curse

2. Winterfylleth - The Threnody Of Triumph

3. Woods Of Ypres - Woods V: Grey Skies & Electric Light

4. A Forest of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays

5. Blut Aus Nord - 777 - Cosmosophy

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My favourite albums of 2012

1. Wintersun - Time I

2. Korpiklaani - Manala

3. Eluveitie - Helvetios

4. Ensiferum - Unsung Heroes

5. Enslaved - RIITIIR

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This is the list of the songs released in 2012 that I listened to the most throughout the year.

1. Anathema - Weather Systems

2. Moonspell - Alpha Noir / Omega White

3. Moonspell - Alpha Noir / Omega White

4. Katatonia - Dead End Kings

5. Enslaved - RIITIIR

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