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Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
October 9, 2012
Critic Score
85
16
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2
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High on Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis
April 3, 2012
Critic Score
82
11
reviews
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3
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Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage
June 26, 2012
Critic Score
82
8
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4
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Pig Destroyer - Book Burner
October 22, 2012
Critic Score
82
9
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5
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Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction
February 21, 2012
Critic Score
81
6
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6
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Nachtmystium - Silencing Machine
July 31, 2012
Critic Score
80
7
reviews
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7
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Neurosis - Honor Found in Decay
October 30, 2012
Critic Score
80
15
reviews
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8
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Meshuggah - Koloss
March 23, 2012
Critic Score
79
10
reviews
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9
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Black Breath - Sentenced to Life
March 26, 2012
Critic Score
79
8
reviews
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10
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Katatonia - Dead End Kings
August 27, 2012
Critic Score
79
6
reviews
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11
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Deftones - Koi No Yokan
November 13, 2012
Critic Score
78
19
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Spotify
12
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UFOmammut - ORO: Opus Primum
April 17, 2012
Critic Score
78
5
reviews
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13
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Loincloth - Iron Balls of Steel
January 17, 2012
Critic Score
78
5
reviews
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14
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Torche - Harmonicraft
April 24, 2012
Critic Score
77
16
reviews
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15
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Baroness - Yellow & Green
July 17, 2012
Critic Score
76
15
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16
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Cannibal Corpse - Torture
March 13, 2012
Critic Score
76
6
reviews
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17
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Dragged Into Sunlight - Widowmaker
November 6, 2012
Critic Score
76
6
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18
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Corrosion of Conformity - Corrosion of Conformity
February 28, 2012
Critic Score
75
6
reviews
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19
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Krallice - Years Past Matter
August 25, 2012
Critic Score
75
6
reviews
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Spotify
20
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Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas
November 6, 2012
Critic Score
74
6
reviews
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Spotify
21
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Cradle of Filth - The Manticore and Other Horrors
October 30, 2012
Critic Score
72
8
reviews
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Spotify
22
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OM - Advaitic Songs
July 24, 2012
Critic Score
72
16
reviews
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23
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The Faceless - Autotheism
August 14, 2012
Critic Score
72
8
reviews
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24
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Isis - Temporal
November 6, 2012
Critic Score
71
6
reviews
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25
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As I Lay Dying - Awakened
September 25, 2012
Critic Score
70
5
reviews
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