Wasn't intending to bother with any more lists but even with Spotify I'm having trouble keeping track of everything I like, so this list is purely for recording very good stuff, not even decent stuff I think is ok. Just 8 scores and above.

Added as I find new stuff, not in order of preference.

1. The Meads of Asphodel - Sonderkommando

2. Wormlust - The Feral Wisdom

3. Tribulation - The Formulas Of Death

4. Abyssal - Novit Enim Dominus Qui Sunt Eius

5. Portal - Vexovoid

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Albums that have intrigued me and ones that I've liked and loved from 2012, rather than EVERYTHING I've heard from 2012. One again, more emphasis on the obscure and the unknown.
No order.

BANDCAMP LINKS:

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Monolithe | Sigh | Chimp Spanner | Orange Goblin | Christian Mistress | Lord Mantis | Kayo Dot | Nadja | Abigail Williams | Yayla | Nachtruf | What The Blood Revealed | Hiemal | Abyssal | Hellvetron | Bologna Violenta | Vulgaari | Prison Of Mirrors | Nebula VII | Umbah | Ice Dragon | Vattnet Viskar | Biipiigwan | Conan | Pike | A Cloud Forest | Noûs | Beyond Terror Beyond Grace | Abest | Apotheosis | Hivelords | Spelljammer | Inverloch | SaturninE | Demon Lung | Bloodshot Dawn | Book Of Sand | Agruss

1. Reverence - The Asthenic Ascension

2. Monolithe - Interlude Second

3. Diskord - Dystopics

4. Sigh - In Somniphobia

5. Agruss - Morok

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...and everything in between.

Here's an intensive guide to 100 artists that inhabit the world of drones, ambients, noise and all the tiny variations within and between, both metal and beyond. One release per artist (aside from a few collaborations which I felt were of high quality and worthy of being mentioned). This is the world in which I am happiest, when structure is little more than a dot on the horizon of alien landscapes. This is where the mind drifts and consciousness and music become intertwined.

1. Abandoned Place - Shadow Of Memory

2. Abruptum - Potestates Apocalypsis

3. Aderlating - Spear of Gold and Seraphim Bone Pt.1

4. Aghast - Hexeri im Zwielicht der Finsternis

5. Alec Empire - Generation Star Wars

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An unoriginal list of 15 punk records that I dug/digged. One per band. No order.

1. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

2. X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents

3. Bad Brains - Bad Brains

4. Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing

5. Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come

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No aww-derr. Anything that feels like a 7.5+ will probably appear here before being filtered for an end-of-year list. Mostly researched stuff outside of Metal Storm. Songs from the majority of these can be found on Youtube, Bandcamp and/or Spotify.

1. Blut Aus Nord - 777 - The Desanctification

2. Blut Aus Nord - 777 - Sect(s)

3. SubRosa - No Help For The Mighty Ones

4. Botanist - I: The Suicide Tree / II: A Rose From the Dead

5. Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All

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Self explanatory list. No order.

1. Warning - Watching From A Distance

2. Electric Wizard - Witchcult Today

3. Cathedral - Forest Of Equilibrium

4. Anathema - Eternity

5. Paradise Lost - Lost Paradise

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The UK isn't exactly known for its black metal so here's a list of the best we have to offer, proving we have a number of unappreciated gems that can compete with the best there is. Each of these are hand-tested by me and come with a money back guarantee. Each offers something interesting and excellent, not just a bunch of ordinary dross picked for their regional significance! For further reading you could do worse than check out the Metal Archives reviews. Apart from Thus Defiled which has yet to receive any they all garnered positive reviews, some overwhelmingly so (Fen, TAoP, Forefather, Spearhead, Lyrinx). No order.

1. Fen - The Malediction Fields

2. Akercocke - The Goat Of Mendes

3. The Meads Of Asphodel - Damascus Steel

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Top 100 albums pre-2000. No order. Errors likely.

1. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

2. Candlemass - Nightfall

3. Candlemass - Tales of Creation

4. Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger

5. Hijokaidan - Romance

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Top 100 albums from 2000 onwards. No order. Errors likely.

1. Lurker of Chalice - Lurker of Chalice

2. !T.O.O.H.! - Rad a Trest

3. Blut aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God

4. Deathspell Omega - Kenose

5. Enslaved - Isa

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