Metal albums (and yes, I consider metalcore to be metal) that rocked my world, with maximum 2 albums per band sorted by bands in alphabetic order. Live, EP and compilation albums allowed, also including hard rock and stoner rock albums.

It will be updated as I discover new bands so check it sometime

1. Alabama Thunderpussy - Open Fire

2. Alice In Chains - Dirt

3. All That Remains - The Fall Of Ideals

4. Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

5. Annihilator - Alice In Hell

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in no particular order

1. At The Gates - At War With Reality

2. Eluveitie - Origins

3. Opeth - Pale Communion

4. Alestorm - Sunset On The Golden Age

5. Equilibrium - Erdentempel

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Beware of contact high and feelings of severe misanthropy.

1. Acid Witch - Stoned

2. Ancestors - In Dreams and Time

3. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality

4. Bongripper - Hippie Killer

5. CHRCH - Unanswered Hymns

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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. Enslaved - RIITIIR

2. Ancestors - In Dreams And Time

3. Wintersun - Time I

4. Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas

5. Royal Thunder - CVI

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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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My tastes seem to have changed quite a bit since I originally made this list.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. Desolate Shrine - The Sanctum of Human Darkness

3. Royal Thunder - CVI

4. Igorrr - Hallelujah

5. Hidden Orchestra - Archipelago

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Once again I have put together a top list of albums released during the year from best to worst. However, this time around I have also written a short personal opinion/mini review for most of the albums in their respective comment sections.

Top 10 Bandcamp links:

Agruss - Morok
Summer Fades Away - We Meet the Last Time, Then Departure

1. Agruss - Morok

2. Summer Fades Away - We Meet The Last Time, Then Departure

3. Les Discrets - Ariettes Oubliées...

4. Monarch - Omens

5. Sigh - In Somniphobia

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Another year, another favourites of the year list... But hopefully this will be more complete than the previous years ones. Rather than making a massive list of everything I have listened to, I'll be as selective as possible. I've only started listening to 2012 releases since February, so I'll be playing catch up throughout the year as my time is limited. I've only gone through 556 releases this year properly as of 07/01/2013, so the list can only expand! If you feel strongly about certain albums released this year and it's not here, be sure to leave a comment! Feel free to make a list that's exactly the same =P

1. CSSABA - Underground Lo-Fi Songs

2. Indesinence - Vessels Of Light And Decay

3. Monolithe - Interlude Second

4. Nadja - The Primitive World

5. In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

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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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Welcome to Lkoturnindrin's obligatory rating system of 2012. There will be only one voice of reason, mine. And since I have loads of albums to review, that will be all.

Re-edits in process

1. Christian Mistress - Possession

2. Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata

3. High on Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis

4. Pharaoh - Bury the Light

5. Ram-Zet - Freaks in Wonderland

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I'm (sorta) back. *The Finishing Touches* OKAY, so obviously not as much stuff from the last half of the year as the first. Sorry guys, but that first six months nearly killed me. Some stuff as a result will be missing, but major stuff not present is stuff I probably didn't care for. Alrighty then, enough with the "stuff"...

1. Bound by Entrails - The Stars Bode You Farewell

2. Royal Thunder - CVI

3. Akphaezya - Anthology IV: The Tragedy of Nerak

4. Dissona - Dissona

5. Anhedonist - Netherwards

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A list, much like my list of good 2011 albums. Ranging from great to good. Snapshot of 2012 for me. No longer editing.

1. Lurk - Lurk

2. Everything Went Black - Cycles Of Light

3. Murder Construct - Results

4. 3 Inches Of Blood - Long Live Heavy Metal

5. Hail Spirit Noir - Pneuma

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My list of favourites and interests for this year ordered roughly in descending order. My new years resolution is to branch out a bit and listen to new and unfamiliar genres, metal and non-metal.

Edit: Anything above about a 7/10 I'll keep here. Now with approximate rating in a .5 scale and ordered according to **replay value** i.e how often I listen to them. AND now with some comments, adding them gradually.

1. Enslaved - RIITIIR

2. Pharaoh - Bury The Light

3. Anglagard - Viljans Öga

4. Overkill - The Electric Age

5. The Foreshadowing - Second World

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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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