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Pig Destroyer - Book Burner
October 22, 2012
Score
90
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Dragged Into Sunlight - Widowmaker
November 6, 2012
Score
90
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Yakuza - Beyul
October 16, 2012
Score
80
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My Dying Bride - A Map of All Our Failures
October 15, 2012
Score
80
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Neurosis - Honor Found in Decay
October 30, 2012
Score
80
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Isis - Temporal
November 6, 2012
Score
70
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Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas
November 6, 2012
Score
70
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While She Sleeps - This Is the Six
August 13, 2012
Score
70
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The Faceless - Autotheism
August 14, 2012
Score
70
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Tiamat - The Scarred People
November 2, 2012
Score
70
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Dethklok - Dethalbum III
October 16, 2012
Score
70
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Cradle of Filth - The Manticore and Other Horrors
October 30, 2012
Score
60
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Thy Art Is Murder - Hate
October 19, 2012
Score
60
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout 2012.
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