My tastes seem to have changed quite a bit since I originally made this list. I have since updated it to better reflect my opinions of 2012 in retrospect. A well rounded and impressive year for metal.

1.Indesinence - Vessels Of Light And Decay

2.Faal - The Clouds Are Burning

3.Agruss - Morok

4.Lord Mantis - Pervertor

5.Elysian Blaze - Blood Geometry

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1.Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

2.Carach Angren - Where The Corpses Sink Forever

3.Marduk - Serpent Sermon

4.Ahab - The Giant

5.Cattle Decapitation - Monolith Of Inhumanity

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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.Agruss - Morok

2.Menace Ruine - Alight In Ashes

3.Summer Fades Away - We Meet The Last Time, Then Departure

4.Sigh - In Somniphobia

5.Faal - The Clouds Are Burning

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This is all my opinion dudes and dudettes.

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This is a favorites list, not a guide or anything of that sort. It just highlights the albums that I've enjoyed listening to and spinned extensively since last November (When I got into this monolithic genre.) One entry for each band. The descriptions aren't necessarily descriptions of the music. I just wrote what came to my mind. I will update with new albums frequently.
EDIT: Got to 50 entries, so I guess I'll stop for now. I want more time to revisit these 50, get into the other albums of the bands listed below and delve into other genres of metal. I guess that taking a break from black metal (at least new stuff) will ensure that I won't get bored of it. It is likely that I'll continue this list by the half of July.

1.A Forest Of Stars - Opportunistic Thieves Of Spring

2.Addaura - Burning For The Ancient

3.Agalloch - Pale Folklore

4.Alcest - Écailles De Lune

5.Alda - : Tahoma :

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1.Blind Guardian - A Night At The Opera

2.Blind Guardian - A Twist In The Myth

3.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

4.Blind Guardian - Tales From The Twilight World

5.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

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Next: Turisas, Kivimetsän Druidi, Ensiferum & Wintersun

1.Equilibrium - Des Sängers Fluch

2.Equilibrium - Mana

3.Equilibrium - Heimdalls Ruf + Die Prophezeiung

4.Equilibrium - Kurzes Epos

5.Equilibrium - Ruf in Den Wind

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1.Ikuinen Kaamos - Condemned

2.Death - Flesh And The Power It Holds

3.Death - Voice Of The Soul

4.Necrophagist - Stabwound

5.Necrophagist - The Stillborn One

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Coolingsrock's Albums of 2008. What I managed to listen to that year and know very well. order: Best to worst.

1.Protest The Hero - Fortress

2.After The Burial - Rareform

3.Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh

4.Trivium - Shogun

5.Testament - The Formation Of Damnation

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How my tastes evolved over the last two years. For the sake of comparison, I reported the original list below the updated one.

1.Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale

2.Virus - The Black Flux

3.TotalSelfHatred - Totalselfhatred

4.ColdWorld - Melancholie²

5.Mar De Grises - Draining The Waterheart

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1.Avulsed - Faves. Can't shed 'em...and don't wanna.

2.King Diamond - Always. ALWAYS.

3.Kamelot - Brilliance in the form of deep, longingly beautiful power metal.

4.Cannibal Corpse - Oh...well...I never grow tired of the first 6 albums. Some bands just stick.

5.Sabaton - Such gritty, melodic, and bombastic fluff. Gotta love it.

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Pretty damn hard list to do.

This list is for people who found Iced Earth and wondering what are some other songs they should listen to.

For the record Night of the Stormrider is probably my favourite album and Dark Saga is probably the most underrated.

1.Iced Earth - Horror Show

2.Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked - Part 1)

3.Iced Earth - Night Of The Stormrider

4.Iced Earth - The Dark Saga

5.Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes

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1.Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage

2.Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

3.Ihsahn - Eremita

4.Meshuggah - Koloss

5.Enslaved - RIITIIR

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1993 now. Jiri's faves of the year he just spoke of are conveniently written below.

1.Conception - Parallel Minds

2.Satyricon - Dark Medieval Times

3.Darkthrone - Under A Funeral Moon

4.Immortal - Pure Holocaust

5.Angra - Angels Cry

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