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1.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

2.Caliban - I Am Nemesis

3.Sabaton - Carolus Rex

4.Carach Angren - Where The Corpses Sink Forever

5.Parkway Drive - Atlas

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1.The Ocean - Pelagial

2.Harakiri For The Sky - III: Trauma

3.Neurosis - The Eye Of Every Storm

4.Isis - Panopticon

5.Ghost Brigade - IV - One With The Storm

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1.Lunatic Gods - Vlnobytie

2.Enslaved - RIITIIR

3.Borknagar - Urd

4.In Mourning - The Weight Of Oceans

5.Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage

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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

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My personal top 20 albums of 2012 (in alphabetical order). I would have liked to add the debut album 'Lingua Franca' from T.R.A.M. but they are not on Metal Storm.

1.Alcest - Les Voyages De L'âme

2.Aura Noir - Out To Die

3.Baroness - Yellow & Green

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

5.Deftones - Koi No Yokan

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This is my list of my favourite albums of 2012. These albums are not necessarily "the best" of the year, just what I've heard listed by how much I've enjoyed them.

1.Wintersun - Time I

2.Enslaved - RIITIIR

3.Sigh - In Somniphobia

4.Accept - Stalingrad

5.Kreator - Phantom Antichrist

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Another year, another list.

1.Enslaved - RIITIIR

2.Kreator - Phantom Antichrist

3.Mgła - With Hearts Toward None

4.A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays

5.Neurosis - Honor Found In Decay

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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

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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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1.Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage

2.Meshuggah - Koloss

3.Allegaeon - Formshifter

4.Wretched - Son Of Perdition

5.Jeff Loomis - Plains Of Oblivion

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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…

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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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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This is currently undergoing a year end overhaul. All albums added, but not ordered or commented. Expect completion whenever I get round to it!…

1.Lamb Of God - Resolution

2.Wilds Forlorn - We, The Damned

3.Dodecahedron - Dodecahedron

4.Monolithe - Interlude Second

5.Liberteer - Better To Die On Your Feet Than Live On Your Knees

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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:…

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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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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