1.Swallow The Sun - Songs From The North I, II & III

2.Evoken - Hypnagogia

3.Woods Of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light

4.Grand Magus - The Hunt

5.Candlemass - Psalms For The Dead

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1.Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas

2.Cult Of Fire - Triumvirát

3.Abyssal - Denouement

4.Cannibal Corpse - Torture

5.Marduk - Serpent Sermon

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1.Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata

2.Periphery - Periphery II: This Time It's Personal

3.Woods Of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light

4.Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

5.Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind

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Whenever making general lists like this, I try to include as many genres I listen to as possible. There were so many good doom/gothic/symphonic albums last year, but I didn't want to include them all, even though they deserve a high place on the list. I'll explain the reasons behind my selection, a few words for each album.

1.Woods Of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light

2.Wintersun - Time I

3.Kamelot - Silverthorn

4.Swallow The Sun - Emerald Forest And The Blackbird

5.Sabaton - Carolus Rex

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1.Les Discrets - Ariettes Oubliées...

2.Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

3.In Aevum Agere - The Shadow Tower

4.Der Weg Einer Freiheit - Unstille

5.Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata

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1.Woods Of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light

2.Wintersun - Time I

3.Sophicide - Perdition Of The Sublime

4.Avatar - The Black Waltz

5.Demon Hunter - True Defiance

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A list of a few releases that metalheads should listen to if they want to get acquainted with 2012 canadian metal.

I did not list some albums that I have not heard yet (Bison B.C., Black Moor, Devin Townsend, Mortor, Show of Bedlam, The Unconscious Mind) and I am probably forgetting a whole bunch more releases.

1.3 Inches Of Blood - Long Live Heavy Metal

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

3.Striker - Armed To The Teeth

4.Weapon - Embers And Revelations

5.Cauldron - Tomorrow's Lost

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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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Another year, another list.
My 20 favorite albums of the year...

1.Woods Of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light

2.Katatonia - Dead End Kings

3.Shining - Redefining Darkness

4.Evoken - Atra Mors

5.Anathema - Weather Systems

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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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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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1.Liberteer - Better To Die On Your Feet Than Live On Your Knees

2.Bleeding Through - The Great Fire

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

4.Avatar - Black Waltz

5.Suicidal Angels - Bloodbath

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