2012 half year list

[dcowboys311]

The year hasn't picked up a whole lot, but there have been some totally killer records released in the past two or three months, so there's a few to add.

Mgla - With Hearts Towards None
Degial - Death's Striking Wings
Jess and the Ancient Ones - Jess and the Ancient Ones
Ostots - Heriotzaren Bidezidorrak
Accept - Stalingrad
Pseudogod - Deathwomb Catechesis
Chapel - Satan's Rock and Roll
Dark Sonority - Kaosrekviem
Elysian Blaze - Blood Geometry

 

[Justin G]

Witchcraft: Legend - a late addition, but top 5 for me easy.

 

[The Invisible Guest]

These are the only six so far that are deserving of a top 10 spot on my list. There are several others that could push for a spot yet, but to date haven't logged the proper amount of spins to solidify a slot.

Moonspell - Alpha Noir
Headspace - I Am Anonymous
Lanfear - The Harmonic Consonance
Savage Messiah - Plague Of Conscience
Soen - Cognitive
Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth



Britt

 

[General Zod]

Savage Messiah - Plague Of Conscience

Totally forgot about this one. It has definitely secured a place in my Top 10.

 

[Justin G]

Forte: Unholy War is another contender.

 

[General Zod]

Good year so far...

A Sound of Thunder - Out of the Darkness
Corroded - State of Disgrace
Drudkh - Eternal Turn of the Wheel
Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage
Icarus Witch - Rise
In the Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad
Lamb of God - Resolution
Lunar Aurora - Hoagascht
Mustasch - Sounds Like Hell, Looks Like Heaven
Oddland - The Treachery of Sense
Orange Goblin - Eulogy for the Damned
Phoenix - Summoner
Savage Messiah - Plague of Conscience
Seven Kingdoms - The Fire is Min
Sister Sin - Now and Forever
Teodor Tuff - Soliloquy
Testament - Dark Roots of the Earth
Texas Hippie Coalition - Peacemaker
Trail of Murder - Shades of Art
Witchcraft - Legend
Woods of Ypres - Woods 5

 

[Harvester]

Good year so far...

A Sound of Thunder - Out of the Darkness
Corroded - State of Disgrace
Drudkh - Eternal Turn of the Wheel
Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage
Icarus Witch - Rise
In the Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad
Lamb of God - Resolution
Lunar Aurora - Hoagascht
Mustasch - Sounds Like Hell, Looks Like Heaven
Oddland - The Treachery of Sense
Orange Goblin - Eulogy for the Damned
Phoenix - Summoner
Savage Messiah - Plague of Conscience
Seven Kingdoms - The Fire is Min
Sister Sin - Now and Forever
Teodor Tuff - Soliloquy
Testament - Dark Roots of the Earth
Texas Hippie Coalition - Peacemaker
Trail of Murder - Shades of Art
Witchcraft - Legend
Woods of Ypres - Woods 5

 

[labrekk]

As of now, my list of faves would go like this, in no particular order:

Accept - Stalingrad
Axel Rudi Pell - Circle of the Oath
Eternal Of Sweden - Chapter I
Grand Magus - The Hunt
Jaded Heart- Common Destiny
Nightmare - The Burden of God
Primal Fear - Unbreakable
Sabaton - Carolus Rex
Sunstorm - Emotional Fire
Tank - War Nation
Devil's Train - Devil's Train
Jeff Scott Soto - Damage Control
A Sound Of Thunder - Out Of The Darkness
Love.Might.Kill - 2 Big 2 Fail
Demon - Unbroken
Persian Risk - Once A King
Redline - Vice
Eclipse - Bleed And Scream
Threshold - March Of Progress
Icarus Witch - Rise
Bloodbound - In The Name Of Metal
Trail Of Murder - Shades Of Art
Full Force - Next Level

 

[Qrusher14242]

1. Threshold - March of Progress
2. Accept - Stalingrad
3. JSS - Damage Control
4. The Flower Kings - Banks of Eden
5. Van Halen - A Different Kind of Truth
6. Axel Rudi Pell - Circle of the Oath
7. Devil's Train - S/T
8. Paragon - Force of Destruction
9. Rage - 21
10. Sunstorm - Emotional Fire
11. Beyond the Bridge - The Old Man and the Spirit


Still need to listen to a few(Lanfear, Persian Risk, Icarus Witch, Sister Sin)

 

[orcslayr23]

My favorite albums of this year (In order)

Woods of Ypres: Woods 5: Grey Skies and Electric Light
Kamelot: Silverthorn
Poets of the Fall: Temple of Thought (not metal, but still)
Paradise Lost: Tragic Idol
Mnemic: Mnemesis
3 Inches of Blood: Long Live Heavy Metal
Meshuggah: Koloss
Nightwish: Imaginaerum

Honorable Mention:

ORCumentary: Praise Gor-Nacular! (EP)

Disappointments of the year:

Firewind: Few Against Many (Second shitty album in a row, probably not bothering with them anymore)
Elvenking: Era

 

[jem777az]

This one will be my number one for the year. I can guarantee that. This band is untouchable as far as I'm concerned.

Sybreed - God Is An Automation

Some other top releases will be

Mnemic - Mnemesis
Meshuggah - Koloss
Testament - Dark Roots Of The Earth

There are bunch of others that could possibly make my list as well.

 

[General Zod]

LOL. It does seem that way.

 

[orcslayr23]

This one will be my number one for the year. I can guarantee that. This band is untouchable as far as I'm concerned.

Sybreed - God Is An Automation

That good, huh? I'm a big fan of the genre and have heard good things about these guys, but i've never gotten around to give them a serious listen. Methinks i'll change that immediamente.

 

[Fire breath]

My favorite albums of this year (In order)

Firewind: Days of Defiance (Second shitty album in a row, probably not bothering with them anymore)

Shitty? harsh very very harsh.

 

[J-Man]

My list for 2012:

1. Kamelot- Silverthorn
2. Nightwish- Imaginareum
3. Circus Maximus- Nine
4. Crow7- Symphony of Souls
5. Jess and The Ancient Ones - S/T
6. German Pascual - A New Beginning
7. Lord of Mushrooms- Perspectives
8. DSO - Pandora's Pinate
9. Teodor Tuff - Soliloquy
10. Beyond the Bridge - The Old Man and the Spirit
11. Oceans of Time - Faces
12. Order of Nine - Seventh Year of the Broken Mirror
13. Wintersun - Time I
14.Moonspell - Alph Noir
15. Haji's Kitchen - Twenty twelve
16. Anathema - Weather Systems
17. Prototype - Catalyst
18. The Agonist - Prisoners
19. Spheric Universe Experience - The New Eve
20. Cloudscape - New Era

 

[Justin G]

Shitty? harsh very very harsh.

Yeah. Forgettable is probably closer to the mark.

 

[zedowns]

Circus Maximus and Anathema have been at the top of this since they came out.

1. Circus Maximus - Nine
2. Anathema - Weather Systems
3. Headspace - I Am Anonymous
4. Thank You Scientist - Maps of Non-Existent Places
5. Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I
6. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, M.A.A.D City
7. Between the Buried and Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence
8. Beyond the Bridge - The Old Man and the Spirit
9. Threshold - March of Progress
10. The Faceless - Autotheism

 

[labrekk]

Disappointments of the year:

Firewind: Days of Defiance (Second shitty album in a row, probably not bothering with them anymore)

Well, Days Of Defiance was from 2010 and was excellent in my book (one of my faves from the band), far to be shitty.
Few Against Many is the new album, and is indeed disappointing, but not shitty. It's just an average album, with a few good songs, and some so-so stuff. It seemed to have been rushed and has not as much memorable melodies as previous albums.

 

[orcslayr23]

Sorry, got the two mixed up, meant to say Few against Many. I didn't even buy Few Against Many because DoD gave me a feeling that they were on the way down, and I was right. I love their first 5 albums though. I'd say DoD was below average (the 3-4 good songs kept me hopeful) but with Few Against Many they threw out so much of what made them great and turned into a classic rock/metal wannabe band. Bad lyrics, ("yeah yeah yeah" choruses...c'mon), bad production, the guitar tone is way too clean with no balls left (Compare to Burning Earth, Forged by Fire, even Allegiance. I'll let the cleaner tone slide on The Premonition because that album was fuckin awesome), not to mention Apollo's voice sucking. Basically their new stuff is just so bland.

 

[General Zod]

So far my Disappointment of the Year goes to the new Eyefear, The Inception of Darkness. The Unseen was my #1 CD of 2008. But the new disc is just tough to listen to.