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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1.Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!

2.Amiensus - Restoration

3.Mors Principium Est - ...And Death Said Live

4.Deftones - Koi No Yokan

5.Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind

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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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You know the drill...

1.Enslaved - RIITIIR

2.Saturnus - Saturn In Ascension

3.Hail Spirit Noir - Pneuma

4.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

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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1.Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata

2.OSI - Fire Make Thunder

3.Beyond The Bridge - The Old Man And The Spirit

4.Dissona - Dissona

5.Devin Townsend - Epicloud

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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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1.Circus Maximus - Nine

2.Jeff Loomis - Plains Of Oblivion

3.Aerosmith - Music From Another Dimension

4.Epica - Requiem For The Indifferent

5.Gotthard - Firebirth

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1.Devin Townsend - Epicloud

2.Opera Diabolicus - 1614

3.Kamelot - Silverthorn

4.Halestorm - The Strange Case Of...

5.Devin Townsend - By A Thread - Live In London 2011

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1.Anathema - Weather Systems

2.Anneke Van Giersbergen - Everything Is Changing

3.Paradise Lost - Tragic Idol

4.Calabrese - Dayglo Necros

5.Tarja - Act I

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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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