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2012: Towards The Megalist

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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Created by strade on 23.01.2012



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2012 Musical Perusals

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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Created by R'Vannith on 12.01.2012



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The Pussiest Poser Guide To 2012 - Iron's Favorites

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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Created by IronAngel on 18.02.2012



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All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Albums

An entirely subjective list of my all-time favourite metal albums, well lets better say albums/genres featured on MS, since not all here is precisely metal.
Objective quality is not a criteria here, just how much I like the album. Ordered by preference, top down.

1.Anathema - The Silent Enigma
2.Opeth - Morningrise
3.Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum
4.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans
5.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

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Created by Redel on 01.03.2014



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This Is Not A 2012 List

Too many 2012 lists around, you complain? You don't have to complain about this, though, it is NOT a 2012 list!

Previously, this list contained long-ass reviews, and distorted orders. But then this made people lose order and no one really reads what I write except about a handful of albums, so I decided to remove the X/10 rating system and use an "A-F" kinda stuff.

1.Rush - Clockwork Angels
2.Cytotoxin - Radiophobia
3.Overkill - The Electric Age
4.Gorod - A Perfect Absolution
5.Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth

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Created by Iron Nostarion on 01.04.2012



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My Top Albums Of 2012

My favorite albums of 2012.

2012 was a good year for Metal, or should I say for Metal of my taste. The year was packed with a lot of Doom Metal albums, and the big names like My Dying Bride, Paradise Lost, Anathema, Candlemass and Katatonia all came good.

My favorites Moonspell and Saturnus also came up with good albums. Epica was a bit of a let down, but still good enough for me. Then there were a couple of really good debut albums (Atoma and In The Silence top the list for me). So overall, it was a year where the hits just kept coming and music-wise I was never bored.

1.Saturnus - Saturn In Ascension
2.Swallow The Sun - Emerald Forest And The Blackbird
3.Moonspell - Alpha Noir / Omega White
4.My Dying Bride - A Map Of All Our Failures
5.Falling Leaves - Mournful Cry Of A Dying Sun

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Created by The Melting Snow on 01.05.2012



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MS Meta(l) List Of The 2010's - Top 200

Input:
10 years
20 decade lists
749 bands
973 albums

Output:
200 top albums from 2010-2019

FAQ

How are the points calculated?
Simple math.

Ranked top lists:
1st place = 150 pts.
2nd place = 149 pts.
...
100th place = 51 pts.
...
150th place = 1 pt.

Alphabetically sorted lists:
Each place = 100 pts.

1.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
2.Esoteric - Paragon Of Dissonance
3.Emptiness - Nothing But The Whole
4.Esoteric - A Pyrrhic Existence
5.Tribulation - The Formulas Of Death

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Created by Starvynth on 24.05.2020



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Top 30 of 2012 (+5)

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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Created by InnerSelf on 21.09.2012



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My Top Albums Of 2012

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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Created by Red_Travis on 02.01.2012



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150 Albums To Become An Adult To: 2010-2019

I began this decade in my final year of high school, in the early phases of my metal journey (Mastodon, Machine Head, Dream Theater, Pantera and Avenged Sevenfold were still recent discoveries). One Masters degree and one PhD later, I'm now a tax-paying Londonian, and have ploughed through what must be comfortably over 2000 new releases during the previous ten years. To commemorate the end of a turbulent decade, I've put together a list of the albums that have stuck with me throughout this decade - I wouldn't consider this to be a 'best albums' list, as there have been some truly ingenious works released in more avant-garde territories, but ultimately these are the albums that have ended up dominating my listening habits, or otherwise making a sufficient impression to make this list.

1.Sylosis - Monolith
2.Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth
3.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud
4.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone
5.Cult Of Luna - Vertikal

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Created by musclassia on 27.12.2019



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2012 - Best To Worst

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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Created by SceneryOfLoss on 10.01.2012



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Metal Rambo's Absolute Favorite Albums Of All Time

Updated 24.1.2022

My rather personal and improvised take on the subject matter. The list is pretty wage, I'll be updating it a lot and the order might vary a little depending on some things, but they're all great and awesome records no matter what.

Limited to metal and rock albums found on Metal Storm. Most of them (at least 90%) are anyway, so doesn't matter. The absent ones are mostly more pop and synth oriented stuff and some really obscure jazz and fusion albums.

1.Marillion - Marbles
2.Anathema - Weather Systems
3.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
4.Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta
5.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

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Created by Metal Rasputin on 15.02.2020



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2012 Album Ranking

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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Created by Risto on 30.05.2012



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A Nefarious List Of 2012's Best Albums

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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Created by Nefarious on 19.12.2012



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2012 So Far

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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Created by Xylem on 02.01.2012