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The Menzingers - On the Impossible Past
February 21, 2012
Punk Rock
Score
90
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Japandroids - Celebration Rock
June 5, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
90
Amazon
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3
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Minus the Bear - Infinity Overhead
August 28, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
90
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Amazon
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4
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Turing Machine - What is the Meaning of What
May 8, 2012
Score
90
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5
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Circa Survive - Violent Waves
August 28, 2012
Score
90
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6
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Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth
July 17, 2012
Reggae
Score
90
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7
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Caspian - Waking Season
September 25, 2012
Post-Rock
Score
90
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Spotify
8
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The Chariot - One Wing
August 28, 2012
Metalcore
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Avant-Garde Metal
,
Mathcore
Score
90
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Music
Spotify
9
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The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
July 24, 2012
Alternative Rock
Score
90
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10
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Joyce Manor - Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired
April 3, 2012
Punk
Score
90
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11
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METZ - METZ
October 9, 2012
Noise Rock
Score
90
Source →
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12
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Enter Shikari - A Flash Flood of Colour
January 16, 2012
Post-Hardcore
,
Trancecore
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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Now, Now - Threads
March 6, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Two Door Cinema Club - Beacon
September 4, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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High on Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis
April 3, 2012
Stoner Metal
,
Sludge Metal
Score
80
Amazon
Spotify
16
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The Amity Affliction - Chasing Ghosts
September 7, 2012
Score
80
Amazon
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Spotify
17
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Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
October 9, 2012
Metalcore
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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The Evens - The Odds
November 20, 2012
Indie Rock
Score
80
Amazon
Spotify
19
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Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
July 10, 2012
Art Pop
,
Progressive Pop
,
Indie Pop
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Yeasayer - Fragrant World
August 21, 2012
Psychedelic Pop
,
Indietronica
,
Art Pop
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Lost Songs
October 23, 2012
Alternative Rock
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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Neurosis - Honor Found in Decay
October 30, 2012
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage
June 26, 2012
Progressive Metal
,
Death Metal
,
Groove Metal
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Redd Kross - Researching the Blues
August 7, 2012
Power Pop
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Coheed and Cambria - The Afterman: Ascension
October 9, 2012
Progressive Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
80
Amazon
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Alternative Press awarded albums throughout 2012.
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