1.Alcest - Les Voyages De L'âme

2.Eluveitie - Helvetios

3.Swallow The Sun - Emerald Forest And The Blackbird

4.The 11th Hour - Lacrima Mortis

5.Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas

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1.Kreator - Phantom Antichrist

2.Katatonia - Dead End Kings

3.Paradise Lost - Tragic Idol

4.Adrenaline Mob - Omertá

5.To-Mera - Exile

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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.

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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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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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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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My top 2012…

1.Blind Guardian - Memories Of A Time To Come

2.Kamelot - Silverthorn

3.Sabaton - Carolus Rex

4.Moonspell - Alpha Noir / Omega White

5.Katatonia - Dead End Kings

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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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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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1.Machine Head - The Blackening

2.Overkill - Ironbound

3.Tool - Lateralus

4.Rush - Clockwork Angels

5.Rush - Snakes & Arrows

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1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.Testament - The Gathering

3.Tiamat - Wildhoney

4.E Nomine - Die Prophezeiung

5.Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor

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