1.Alcest - Les Voyages De L'âme

2.Borknagar - Urd

3.Katatonia - Dead End Kings

4.In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

5.The Gathering - Disclosure

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At times, we neglect a certain genre or overall sound due to a "kick" of something that we greatly enjoy. This is a list that goes in circular motions - as the releases tag-out the current "kick", getting us back into something we know we love, but almost forgot about...then back to a previous one - and so on, and so forth.

1.Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

2.My Dying Bride - A Line Of Deathless Kings

3.Disgorge - Cranial Impalement

4.Morbid Angel - Domination

5.King Diamond - Them

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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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I decided not to include "folk metal" albums like "Wintersun - Time" or "Enslaved - RIITIIR".

1.Finsterforst - Rastlos

2.Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

3.Eluveitie - Helvetios

4.Hammer Horde - Vinlander

5.King Of Asgard - ?To North

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1.Deep Purple - Machine Head

2.Black Sabbath - Volume 4

3.Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards

4.Wishbone Ash - Argus

5.Uriah Heep - The Magician's Birthday

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I kind of got into classical covers by metal so decided to make a list
any song which covers or uses parts of classical music do suggest and i'll add it.

1.Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Beethoven's Last Night

2.Virtuocity - Secret Visions

3.Concerto Moon - Waltz For Masquerade

4.Magic Kingdom - Black Magic Castle

5.Nightwish - Phantom Of The Opera

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1.The Faceless - Autotheism

2.Wintersun - Time I

3.Saturnus - Saturn In Ascension

4.Enslaved - RIITIIR

5.In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

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My top 10 albums of the year 2012.

1.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

2.Zonaria - Arrival Of The Red Sun

3.Wintersun - Time I

4.Words Of Farewell - Immersion

5.Pain Confessor - Incarcerated

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1.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

2.In Mourning - The Weight Of Oceans

3.Bilocate - Summoning The Bygones

4.Kreator - Phantom Antichrist

5.In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

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Albums I love that, at the moment, have at most 20 votes on this site. Ordered genre-wise, and not quality-wise.

1.Legend - Fröm The Fjörds

2.Saracen - Heroes, Saints & Fools

3.Dark Quarterer - Dark Quarterer

4.Demon - Taking The World By Storm

5.Hellfueled - Born II Rock

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1.Overkill - The Electric Age

2.Kreator - Phantom Antichrist

3.Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth

4.Paradox - Tales Of The Weird

5.Suicidal Angels - Bloodbath

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The title says it all. Of course it's highly subjective.

1.Isis - Panopticon

2.Year Of No Light - Ausserwelt

3.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

4.Rosetta - Wake / Lift

5.Shape Of Despair - Illusion's Play

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And they said the germans don't have nice metal music...

1.Kreator - Pleasure To Kill

2.Kreator - Extreme Agression

3.Kreator - Coma Of Souls

4.Kreator - Enemy Of God

5.Kreator - Violent Revolution

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1.Ensiferum - From Afar

2.Savage Circus - Of Doom And Death

3.Guilt Machine - On This Perfect Day

4.Heaven And Hell - The Devil You Know

5.Cain's Offering - Gather The Faithful

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