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1.Saturnus - Saturn In Ascension

2.Blut Aus Nord - 777 - Cosmosophy

3.Dordeduh - Dar De Duh

4.Indesinence - Vessels Of Light And Decay

5.Enslaved - RIITIIR

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Includes every full-length and EP from 2012 I listened to. Ordered alphabetically. More albums will be added, and the ratings are subject to change.

1.A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays

2.Addaura - Burning For The Ancient

3.Agalloch - Faustian Echoes

4.Agruss - Morok

5.Alkerdeel - Morinde

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My tastes seem to have changed quite a bit since I originally made this list.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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It is time to make a list of the albums released in 2012 that managed to move my heart or at least made me enjoy myself. Let's go!

1.Enslaved - RIITIIR

2.My Dying Bride - A Map Of All Our Failures

3.Storm Corrosion - Storm Corrosion

4.Moonspell - Alpha Noir / Omega White

5.Sigh - In Somniphobia

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My top 20 favorite albums of 2012 (will be updated as time moves along)

1.Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas

2.In Mourning - The Weight Of Oceans

3.Cattle Decapitation - Monolith Of Inhumanity

4.Pallbearer - Sorrow And Extinction

5.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

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1.Alcest - Les Voyages De L'âme

2.Eluveitie - Helvetios

3.Swallow The Sun - Emerald Forest And The Blackbird

4.The 11th Hour - Lacrima Mortis

5.Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas

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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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8+ shit only

1.Grave - Endless Procession Of Souls

2.Process Of Guilt - Fæmin

3.Krallice - Years Past Matter

4.Thy Art Is Murder - Hate

5.Pallbearer - Sorrow And Extinction

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A list of 2012 albums I found good, interesting or just worth checking out - and some I reviewed that turned out to be crap.

The albums are in order of preference down to and not including those ranked 3/5. Those and below are grouped by style, so that you can easily find similar recommendations.

You can find several full reviews on my RYM list. Check it out.

1.Susanne Sundfør - The Silicone Veil

2.Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do

3.Mount Eerie - Clear Moon

4.A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays

5.Aluk Todolo - Occult Rock

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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, Deathmole, Leonard Cohen, 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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1.Wintersun - Time I

2.Sybreed - God Is An Automaton

3.Atoma - Skylight

4.The Omega Experiment - The Omega Experiment

5.Circus Maximus - Nine

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Well another year went by so it is time for me to make a list of ALL my favorite releases this year. I didn't exactly keep up with every underground or main stream release for that matter. I didn't even hear all that many new albums this year. Pretty much, What you see is what I bought. However I had just enough to make an adequate list. I think I at least nailed all the heavy hitters anyway. Feel free to message me about the things I missed that I NEED to hear. Enjoy!

1.Napalm Death - Utilitarian

2.Cannibal Corpse - Torture

3.Cattle Decapitation - Monolith Of Inhumanity

4.Aborted - Global Flatline

5.Pig Destroyer - Book Burner

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Troy had the right idea doing this at the start instead of waiting so here we go...

However my list is in alphabetic order...

1.Abnormality - Contaminating The Hive Mind

2.Abominable Putridity - The Anomalies Of Artificial Origin

3.Aborted - Global Flatline

4.Aeon - Aeons Black

5.After Oblivion - Stamina

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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.Katatonia - Dead End Kings

2.Wintersun - Time I

3.Saturnus - Saturn In Ascension

4.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

5.Paradise Lost - Tragic Idol

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