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Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
October 9, 2012
Metalcore
Critic Score
85
20
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage
June 26, 2012
Progressive Metal
,
Death Metal
,
Groove Metal
Critic Score
84
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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The Chariot - One Wing
August 28, 2012
Metalcore
,
Avant-Garde Metal
,
Mathcore
Critic Score
84
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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High on Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis
April 3, 2012
Stoner Metal
,
Sludge Metal
Critic Score
82
14
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
5
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Neurosis - Honor Found in Decay
October 30, 2012
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
Critic Score
81
22
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction
February 21, 2012
Doom Metal
Critic Score
81
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Deftones - Koi No Yokan
November 12, 2012
Alternative Metal
Critic Score
81
24
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Baroness - Yellow & Green
July 17, 2012
Sludge Metal
Critic Score
80
19
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Nachtmystium - Silencing Machine
July 31, 2012
Black Metal
Critic Score
80
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Dawnbringer - Into the Lair of the Sun God
May 29, 2012
Heavy Metal
Critic Score
80
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Meshuggah - Koloss
March 23, 2012
Djent
,
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
79
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Kamelot - Silverthorn
October 29, 2012
Power Metal
,
Symphonic Metal
Critic Score
79
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Katatonia - Dead End Kings
August 27, 2012
Alternative Metal
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
79
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Mount Eerie - Ocean Roar
September 4, 2012
Post-Rock
,
Drone
,
Post-Metal
Critic Score
79
15
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
UFOmammut - ORO: Opus Primum
April 17, 2012
Doom Metal
,
Sludge Metal
Critic Score
78
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Devin Townsend Project - Epicloud
September 24, 2012
Progressive Metal
,
Alternative Metal
Critic Score
78
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Loincloth - Iron Balls of Steel
January 17, 2012
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
78
5
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
18
.
Torche - Harmonicraft
April 24, 2012
Sludge Metal
Critic Score
77
16
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Cannibal Corpse - Torture
March 13, 2012
Death Metal
Critic Score
77
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
The Sword - Apocryphon
October 22, 2012
Doom Metal
Critic Score
77
5
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
21
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Corrosion of Conformity - Corrosion of Conformity
February 28, 2012
Sludge Metal
Critic Score
77
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Dragged Into Sunlight - Widowmaker
November 6, 2012
Doom Metal
,
Sludge Metal
Critic Score
76
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Christian Mistress - Possession
February 28, 2012
Heavy Metal
Critic Score
76
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas
November 6, 2012
Black Metal
,
Grindcore
Critic Score
75
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Krallice - Years Past Matter
August 25, 2012
Black Metal
Critic Score
75
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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