Album(s) of the Year: 2012

[blaaargh]

I just remembered that Jodis (Aaron Turner, James Plotkin) put out another album this year. Really great stuff, don't know how I forgot about it

 

[Justin7]

T.R.A.M.- Lingua Franca
Steve Vai- The Story Of Light
Monuments- Gnosis
Periphery- 2
The Contortionist- Intrinsic
Twelve Foot Ninja- Silent Machine
Chimp Spanner- All Roads Lead Here

 

[elnyrb10]

in no order:

tram
periphery
the faceless
meshuggah
chimp
between the buried and me
gojira

 

[travis bickle]

shit, i forgot about that TRAM release, and periphery II.

 

[Brodessa]

I would have to say...

The Parallax II from Between the Buried and Me
Ex-Lives from Every Time I Die
Being EP from Aegaeon
Dingir from Rings of Saturn

Those were the four that really had the biggest impact on me. I was blown away by each one. I was disappointed in an album though..
Intrisic from The Contortionist was a real let down. I thought it was somewhat boring, and it lost the effect that Exoplanet had. I do understand they are headed towards something different, but it's just not something that I personally enjoy. I will definitely not say it's bad album.

 

[sakeido]

gojira - l'enfant sauvage
danza - danza IIII
exotic animal petting zoo - tree of tongues
meshuggah - koloss
the new revocation EP also

 

[Xaios]

Gotta give it to Wintersun - Time I. Even if it weren't the best album of the year, I'd probably still give it the "Album of the Year" title simply because there haven't been very many good melodic death metal albums since about 2005. However, the incredible epic quality of this album pushes it over the top.

Second place goes to Elysian - Wires of Creation. Probably the best debut album from a melodic death metal band since Disillusion - Back To Times of Splendor.

 

[Don Vito]

The Manticore and Other Horrors - Cradle of Filth

Just got this.

 

[Larrikin666]

The new Gojira and Revocation albums are permanently part of the playlist in my car. There were a lot of exceptional releases this year, but these two absolutely blew me away.

 

[Prydogga]

Epicloud - Devin Townsend
Eremita - Ihsahn
Weather Systems - Anathema
The Man With No Face - Slice the Cake
Job for a Cowboy - Demonocracy
RIITIIR - Enslaved
Whitechapel

Also, albums that came out prior to this year that I didn't get onto until now, also being favourites:
Lazarus - Hacride
The Final Conversation of Kings - The Butterfly Effect
Erebos - Hate
Omnivium - Obscura
The Aura - Beyond Creation
Marée Noire - Beneath the Massacre
Immersion - Pendulum


It's been a good year. Still got The Armed, another Slice the Cake release, Carthage and Infant Annihilator to go, with some great releases coming q1 2013.

 

[jehu12141987]

The Afterman- Coheed and Cambria
The Parallax 2- BTBAM
I thought Neal Morse's "Momentum" album and the Flying Colors album were nice as well, on a lighter, proggier side.

 

[PettyThief]

Wintersun.

 

[elnyrb10]

damn it! I forgot bilo 2.0 by david maxim micic that shit was amazing!

 

[ilyti]

I just heard Jeff Loomis' Plains of Oblivion. I give it durrdukkadurrdurrbliddleleeeebliddleweeooweeoo/10

 

[slenderman]

Oh man, this is always so hard for me. My sense of time if so warped.

Car Bomb - ^--^6^^*87696&&6^^^
Converge - All we love we leave behind
Gaza - No Absolutes In Human Suffering
Glassjaw - Coloring Book
Undersmile - Narwhal
Pianos Become the Teeth - The Lack Long After
Teitanblood - Woven Black Arteries

There's a few.

Sick list. All of those are amazing albums

 

[wankerness]

Coloring Book was from 2011. It was good, though.

 

[Skyblue]

For all prog fans out there:

Anglagard.

 

[Ralyks]

So my list started like this;
Periphery - Periphery II: This Time It's Personal
Anathema - Weather Systems
Cloudkicker - Fade
T.R.A.M. - Lingua Franca
Stealing Axion - Moments
Crica Survive - Violent Waves
Meshuggah - Koloss
Overkill - The Electric Age
Aesop Rock - Skelethon
Brother Ali - Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color
Monuments - Gnosis
Katatonia - Dead End Kings
Arsis - Lepers Caress
Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence
Easy Star All Stars - Easy Stars Thrillah
The Devin Townsend Project - Epicloud
The Faceless - Autotheism
Haji's Kitchen - Twenty Twelve
Rush - Clockwork Angels
7 Horns 7 Eyes - Throes of Absolution

Then I realized I still need to check out Enslaved, Glass Cloud, The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, Testament, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Cattle Decapitation, Steve Vai, Twelve Foot Ninja, Car Bomb, Matchbox Twenty, The Fray... This is going to be hell trimming this list down to 10 of 15 choices.

 

[elnyrb10]

WAIT HOLD EVERYTHING! i totally forgot grind the ocean came out this year cause huge hammers was leaked in 2011. that takes the cake for me no doubt about it. that album is on my top 10 of all time

so officially here it is.

Top 10 of 2012
1. The Safety Fire – Grind the Ocean
2. Periphery – Periphery II: This Time Its Personal
3. The Faceless – Autotheism
4. Between the Buried and Me – The Parallax II: Future Sequence
5. Meshuggah – Koloss
6. Gojira – L’Enfant Sauvage
7. Mestis – Basal Ganglia
8. David Maxim Micic – Bilo 2.0
9. T.R.A.M – Lingua Franca
10. Intervals – In Time
Honorable Mentions
Veil of Maya- Eclipse
Twelve Foot Ninja – Silent Machine
Monuments – Gnosis
The HAARP Machine – Disclosure
Chimp Spanner – All Roads Lead Here
Zelliack – Noir Tone

 

[Sikthness]

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