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1
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God Seed - I Begin
Black Metal
Score
90
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Amazon
2
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Amenra - Mass V
November 26, 2012
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Blood Command - Funeral Beach
October 5, 2012
Post-Hardcore
,
Pop Punk
,
Hardcore Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
4
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Neurosis - Honor Found in Decay
October 30, 2012
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas
November 6, 2012
Black Metal
,
Grindcore
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
October 9, 2012
Metalcore
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Devin Townsend Project - Epicloud
September 24, 2012
Progressive Metal
,
Alternative Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Swans - The Seer
August 28, 2012
Post-Rock
,
Experimental Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Old Corpse Road - 'Tis Witching Hour... as Spectres We Haunt This Kingdom
November 11, 2012
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
10
.
Parkway Drive - Atlas
October 26, 2012
Melodic Metalcore
,
Metalcore
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Napalm Death - Utilitarian
February 28, 2012
Grindcore
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Every Time I Die - Ex Lives
March 6, 2012
Metalcore
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Crossfaith - Zion
May 20, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Thy Art Is Murder - Hate
October 19, 2012
Deathcore
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Sister Sin - Now and Forever
October 23, 2012
Heavy Metal
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Wintersun - Time I
October 19, 2012
Symphonic Metal
,
Power Metal
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Atriarch - Ritual of Passing
October 30, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Incantation - Vanquish in Vengeance
November 26, 2012
Death Metal
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Funeral - Oratorium
November 23, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
20
.
Abraham - The Serpent, the Prophet & the Whore
October 1, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
21
.
Brutality Will Prevail - Scatter The Ashes
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
22
.
Code Orange Kids - Love Is Love // Return To Dust
November 19, 2012
Metalcore
,
Hardcore Punk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
23
.
Nidingr - Greatest of Deceivers
November 20, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Rattenfänger - Epistolae Obscurorum Virorum
November 9, 2012
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
25
.
Rolo Tomassi - Astraea
November 5, 2012
Mathcore
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Metal Hammer awarded albums throughout 2012.
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