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. Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

2. Wodensthrone - Curse

3. Circus Maximus - Nine

4. Enslaved - RIITIIR

5. Threshold - March Of Progress

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I haven't been able to listen to all of this years top albums (As voted on by MS Users ) but, I tried dammit. This year was a bit disappointing as other years have had many more 9's and so on. Still a lot of great to really good releases either way.

1. Seven Kingdoms - The Fire Is Mine

2. Overkill - The Electric Age

3. Agua De Annique - Everything Is Changing

4. Sabaton - Carolus Rex

5. Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Lost In The New Real

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1. Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata

2. Anathema - Weather Systems

3. Devin Townsend - Epicloud

4. Atoma - Skylight

5. Torche - Harmonicraft

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This is the list of the songs released in 2012 that I listened to the most throughout the year.

1. Anathema - Weather Systems

2. Moonspell - Alpha Noir / Omega White

3. Moonspell - Alpha Noir / Omega White

4. Katatonia - Dead End Kings

5. Enslaved - RIITIIR

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Please, keep in mind that this list is subject to changes. If you find a prettier album cover, please send me a PM.

1. Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse

2. Anathema - Eternity

3. Epica - The Divine Conspiracy

4. Anathema - Weather Systems

5. Candlemass - Ancient Dreams

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2012 has been such a great year for metal releases. So in honor of that, here is my personal favourite Albums of 2012.

1. Indesinence - Vessels Of Light And Decay

2. Faal - The Clouds Are Burning

3. In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

4. Enochian Theory - Life... And All It Entails

5. Eternal Deformity - The Beauty Of Chaos

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Now that the year is coming close to an end, I draw the line and show the albums that impressed me (more or less) this year. This is not a best to worst list.

1. Marillion - Sounds that Can't Be Made

2. Threshold - March of Progress

3. Headspace - I Am Anonymous

4. In the Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

5. OSI - Fire Make Thunder

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1. Saturnus - Saturn In Ascension

2. Daylight Dies - A Frail Becoming

3. Atoma - Skylight

4. In Mourning - The Weight Of Oceans

5. Katatonia - Dead End Kings

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Because I reached the word limit on the previous list, and don't want to lose my quite excellent in-depth descriptions. Those without descriptions are from my other list.

1. Sylosis - Monolith

2. Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

3. In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

4. Abigail Williams - Becoming

5. Enslaved - RIITIIR

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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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As of 16 October 2012

1. Anathema - Weather Systems

2. Devin Townsend - Epicloud

3. 3 Inches Of Blood - Long Live Heavy Metal

4. Baroness - Yellow & Green

5. Napalm Death - Utilitarian

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1. The Foreshadowing - Second World

2. Alcest - Les voyages de l'âme

3. Les Discrets - Ariettes Oubliées...

4. Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

5. Moonspell - Omega White

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1. Storm Corrosion - Storm Corrosion

2. Dead Can Dance - Anastasis

3. The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet

4. Anathema - Weather Systems

5. Ihsahn - Eremita

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Voila.

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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