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Top Albums of 2012


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I figured it is now time to do my usual top albums of 2012

this is the first time doing this on mygnr but i have been doing this for 4 or 5 years now :lol:

so first here is some notable mentions that didnt make the final list:

1. kalter- ubuntu (melodic death metal)

2. forgotten tomb- and dont deliver us from evil (melodic black metal/doom)

3. witchsorrow- god curse us(doom)

... 4. pallbearer- sorrow and exctinction(doom)

5. atoma-skylight(progressive rock/metal)

debut album of the year: xanthochroid- blessed he with boils(melodic black metal)

top 25 albums of the year:

1. wintersun- time I(melodic death)

2. the slow death- II (death/funeral doom)

3. xanthochroid- blessed he with boils(melodic black metal)

4. woods of ypres-woods V grey skies and electric light(melodic black/doom)

5. daylight dies- a frail becoming(death/doom)

6. astral sleep- visions(death/doom)

7. swallow the sun- emeral sun and the blackbird(melodic death/doom)

8. enslaved- riitiiir(progressive black/viking metal)

9. dark empire- from refuge to ruin(power/thrash/melodic death)

10.before the dawn-rising phoenix(melodic death)

11.kreator- phantom antichrist(thrash)

12.ne obliviscaris- portal of I(progressive metal)

13.candlemass- psalms for the dead(doom)

14.bloodshed walhalla- the battle will never end(viking metal)

15.sear bliss-eternal recurrence(atomspheric black metal)

16.testament- dark roots of earth(thrash)

17.be'lakor-of breath and bone(melodic death)

18.dreams after death- fading chains (funeral doom)

19.ensiferum- unsung heroes(folk/viking metal)

20.blind stare- the dividing line(melodic death)

21.borknagar- urd(progressive,folk/viking metal)

22.saturnus- saturnus in ascension(melodic death/doom)

23.moonspell- alpha noir(progressive,gothic extreme metal)

24.my dying bride- a map of all our failures(doom)

25.ashes you leave- the cure for hapiness(melodic death/doom)

what is your top favorite albums of 2012?

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There were so many good albums this year. Here's mine :

1. Van Halen - Different Kind Of truth (Rock)

2. Buckethead - Electric Sea (Acoustic/Experimental)

3. Jack White - Blunderbuss (Folk/Rock)

4. Frank Ocean - channel Orange (R&B/Soul)

5. Tenacious D - Rize Of The Fenix (Comedy Rock)

6. Marylin Manson - Born Vilain (Industrial Rock)

7. The Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania (Alternative Rock)

8. KISS - Monster (Rock)

9. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...(Alternative Rock/Jazz)

10. Graveyard - Lights Out (Rock)

11. Soundgarden - King Animal (Rock)

12. Black Country Communion - Afterglow (Rock)

13. Foxy Shazam - Church Of RnR (Rock)

14. Slash - Apocalyptic Love (Rock)

15. Muse - Second Law (Alternative Rock)

16. Serj Tankian - Harakiri (Alternative Metal)

17. Lana Del rey - Born To Die (Pop)

18. Papa Roach - Connection (Rock)

19. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Last Of A Dyin' Breed (Southern Rock)

20. Accept - Stalingrad (Metal)

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Albums I bought this year:

A Different Kind Of Truth - Van Halen

En Vivo! - Iron Maiden

Apocalyptic Love - Slash

Clockwork Angels - Rush

25 To Life - Reverend Horton Heat

British Lion - Steve Harris

Live At River Plate - AC/DC

Celebration Day - Led Zeppelin

Of those, only ADKOT, Apocalyptic Love, Clockwork Angels, and British Lion were new studio albums. Though Apocalyptic Love and British Lion were shit, and loved ADKOT and Clockwork Angels.

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1- Linkin Park: Living Things

2- KISS: Monster

3- Van Halen: A Different Kind Of Truth

4- Slash: Apocalyptic Love

5- Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day

6- Iron Maiden: ¡En Vivo!

7- AC/DC: Live At Riverplate

9- Aerosmith: Music From Another Dimension

10- Motörhead: The World Is Ours - Vol. 2: Anyplace Crazy As Anywhere Else

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Rival Sons - Head Down

Pretty Reckless - Hit Me Like A Man EP

Slash - Apocalyptic Love

Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day

Black Country Comunion - Afterglow

Grace Potter and The Nocturnals - Lion Witch Wardrobe

Iron Maiden - En Vivo

the Van Halen one without Sam or Michael.

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1. Coheed and Cambria - The Afterman: Ascension

2. Deftones - Koi No Yokan

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

4. P.O.S. - We Don't Even Live Here

5. Big Boi - Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors

6. Circa Survive - Violent Waves

7. Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind

8. Cloudkicker - Fade

9. Smashing Pumpkins - Ocenia

10. Between the Buried and Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence

The last five aren't really concrete, because there were a hell of a lot of albums this year that I really liked, but didn't really hit me as hard as my top 5. Here's the other stuff I dug this year.

Kaki King - Glow

Soundgarden - King Animal

The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet

Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE

Silversun Pickups - Neck of the Woods

Say Anything - Anarchy, My Dear

Serj Tankian - Harikiri

Rush - Clockwork Angels

Pelican - Ataraxia/Taraxis

The Prize Fighter Inferno - Half Measures

Muse - The 2nd Law

Mark Lanegan Band - Blues Funeral

Linkin Park - Living Things

Just Like Vinyl - Black Mass

Japandroids - Celebration Rock

Jack White - Blunderbuss

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