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Torche - Harmonicraft
April 24, 2012
Score
100
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Panopticon - Kentucky
June 4, 2012
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100
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Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
October 9, 2012
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100
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Pig Destroyer - Book Burner
October 22, 2012
Score
90
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Lacuna Coil - Dark Adrenaline
January 23, 2012
Score
80
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Corrosion of Conformity - Corrosion of Conformity
February 28, 2012
Score
80
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Testament - Dark Roots of Earth
July 27, 2012
Score
80
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Sigh - In Somniphobia
March 13, 2012
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80
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High on Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis
April 3, 2012
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80
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Cannibal Corpse - Torture
March 13, 2012
Score
80
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Katatonia - Dead End Kings
August 27, 2012
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80
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Goatwhore - Blood for the Master
February 14, 2012
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80
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Metallica - Beyond Magnetic
January 30, 2012
Score
80
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Incantation - Vanquish in Vengeance
November 26, 2012
Score
80
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Between the Buried and Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence
October 9, 2012
Score
80
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The Chariot - One Wing
August 28, 2012
Score
80
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Nachtmystium - Silencing Machine
July 31, 2012
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80
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Korpiklaani - Manala
August 3, 2012
Score
80
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Black Breath - Sentenced to Life
March 26, 2012
Score
80
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UFOmammut - ORO: Opus Primum
April 17, 2012
Score
80
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Spawn of Possession - Incurso
March 13, 2012
Score
80
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Meshuggah - Koloss
March 23, 2012
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80
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Sylosis - Monolith
October 5, 2012
Score
80
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The Sword - Apocryphon
October 22, 2012
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80
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Deftones - Koi No Yokan
November 13, 2012
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80
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