The goats. The near perfect albums that never get old. Some are full of catchy bangers I'm always humming, and some are so full to the brim of details that I still haven't even uncovered them…

1.Devin Townsend - Empath

2.Andrew Prahlow - Outer Wilds, Outer Wilds: Echoes Of The Eye

3.Gareth Coker - Ori And The Will Of The Wisps

4.Memories Of Old - The Zeramin Game

5.Wintersun - Time I

      View entire list ››

1.Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

2.Antimatter - Fear Of A Unique Identity

3.Sigh - In Somniphobia

4.Enslaved - RIITIIR

5.Katatonia - Dead End Kings

      View entire list ››

My personal favorite studio albums of 2012…

1.Wintersun - Time I

2.Kreator - Phantom Antichrist

3.Katatonia - Dead End Kings

4.Khors - Wisdom Of Centuries

5.If These Trees Could Talk - Red Forest

      View entire list ››

1.

2.Fates Warning - The Spectre Within

3.Slauter Xstoyes - Winter Kill

4.Watch Tower - Energetic Disassembly

5.Trilogy - Life On Earth

      View entire list ››

1.Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata

2.Periphery - Periphery II: This Time It's Personal

3.Woods Of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light

4.Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

5.Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind

      View entire list ››

This is my personal favourite top 50 albums of all time, this list can change because i can enter new things and my tastes may differ over time.

IS NOT UPDATED!…

1.Cult Of Luna - Somewhere Along The Highway

2.Ulver - Perdition City

3.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

4.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

5.Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal

      View entire list ››

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

      View entire list ››

1.Enslaved - RIITIIR

2.Meshuggah - Koloss

3.Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage

4.In Mourning - The Weight Of Oceans

5.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

      View entire list ››

This is my personal list of the best albums in 2012. Only full-length albums, no EPs or live albums.

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

2.Devin Townsend - Epicloud

3.Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth

4.Rush - Clockwork Angels

5.Overkill - The Electric Age

      View entire list ››

1.Devin Townsend - Epicloud

2.3 Inches Of Blood - Long Live Heavy Metal

3.Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth

4.Threshold - March Of Progress

5.Barren Earth - The Devil's Resolve

      View entire list ››

1.Devin Townsend - Epicloud

2.Opera Diabolicus - 1614

3.Kamelot - Silverthorn

4.Halestorm - The Strange Case Of...

5.Devin Townsend - By A Thread - Live In London 2011

      View entire list ››

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…

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

      View entire list ››

1.Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata

2.Anathema - Weather Systems

3.Devin Townsend - Epicloud

4.Atoma - Skylight

5.Torche - Harmonicraft

      View entire list ››

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

      View entire list ››

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.Rodrigo Y Gabriela - Area 52

      View entire list ››