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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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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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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Note; Anything I rate lower than 8 I deem underwhelming. Sure, I might even acknowledge some of them as being rather enjoyble, but considering the "bigger picture of things", I find them unsatisfactory (in varying degrees, depending on their rating).

Partially ordered (the ones with descriptions). The rest are arranged alphabetically.

1. Sybreed - God Is An Automaton

2. Gorod - A Perfect Absolution

3. The Faceless - Autotheism

4. Ihsahn - Eremita

5. Saturnus - Saturn In Ascension

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No longer going to list the albums in order of preference, can't rate music like that. Gonna go alphabetically.
January albums to listen to-Iron Fire, Horrendous

March albums to listen to- Sigh, God Forbid, OSI, Dark Empire, Ignivomous

May- Litrosis, Ne Obliviscaris

June- Miseration, Ihshan, Vintersorg, Abnormality, Gnaw Their Tongues,

1. 3 Inches Of Blood - Long Live Heavy Metal

2. 7 Horns 7 Eyes - Throes Of Absolution

3. Abigail Williams - Becoming

4. Abiotic - Symbiosis

5. Abominable Putridity - The Anomalies Of Artificial Origin

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This is a list of almost every album/EP/demo I listened to from 2012. It is primarily composed of the better albums I listened to as I tend to forget about bad albums (and rightfully so).

NOTE: Most of these ratings don't stand anymore.

1. Igorrr - Hallelujah

2. Blut Aus Nord - What Once Was... Liber II

3. Aluk Todolo - Occult Rock

4. Indesinence - Vessels Of Light And Decay

5. Elderwind - Волшебство живой природы

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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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While I'm slightly disappointed the world didn't end this year, I thought I'd share my musical tastes from throughout the year by arbitrarily ranking other people's art. When the year began I was really into sludge and stoner but as the year has worn on, it's been the black metal releases which by and large have won my attention and appreciation.

1. Royal Thunder - CVI

2. Ancestors - In Dreams and Time

3. Merrimack - The Acausal Mass

4. Hail Spirit Noir - Pneuma

5. Hidden Orchestra - Archipelago

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1. Wintersun - Time I

2. Sybreed - God Is An Automaton

3. Atoma - Skylight

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

5. Circus Maximus - Nine

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Updated as the year goes on...

1. Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

2. Oddland - The Treachery Of Senses

3. Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

4. Barren Earth - The Devil's Resolve

5. Enslaved - RIITIIR

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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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I will be logging here everything I check out and at least slightly enjoy on 2012, so I don't miss anything by the end of the year. Scores are subject to change.

1. Ihsahn - Eremita

2. Hypno5e - Acid Mist Tomorrow

3. Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata

4. Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence

5. Hail Spirit Noir - Pneuma

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Being that this is the last year of humanity you would figure it would be an excellent year for Metal!!! So far it seems so ,some great releases to enjoy as the oceans rise ,the earth cracks,and the polar axis shifts so we all float into oblivion,ENJOY!!!!!!

1. Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage

2. Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence

3. High On Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis

4. Sylosis - Monolith

5. Gorod - A Perfect Absolution

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2012 album i listen to

1. Goatwhore - Blood For The Master

2. Veil Of Maya - Eclipse

3. Swallow The Sun - Emerald Forest And The Blackbird

4. Aborted - Global Flatline

5. Alcest - Les voyages de l'âme

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One of likely hundreds of these, more for self-enjoyment (or something) above anything, but if it helps someone find a good album/albums they wouldn't've otherwise heard I'll be happy.

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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