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December 27, 2012
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It’s been another year, y’all! So here are my favorite albums from this past year! It’s been fun doing reviews for you on the regular, and I plan to continue into 2013. Thanks for liking, commenting, watching, and believing.

Here is a YouTube playlist of music from these 50 albums.

Walter

First of all: I obviously overlooked the “Black Breath” album this year which sounds great from what I heard on Youtube (like it was recorded in the Sunlight Studios in Sweden). So it is not in my list but I will have to buy it soon… Next thing: Vektor’s “Outer Isolation” was released in January in Austria and Germany, so I count that for 2012. My entire list only consists of albums from the hard rock and metal genre because that’s the music I love and listen to the most. Have fun!

01. Testament – Dark Roots Of Earth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQrXXuZWGHg
02. Vektor – Outer Isolation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tAbcWrrIQU
03. Attic – The Invocation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UIcvgoJ6_k
04. The Graviators – Evil Deeds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd-c4ij892c
05. Hellwell – Beyond The Boundaries Of Sin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTAKie7vmzU
06. Nekromantheon – Rise, Vulcan Spectre http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHJLoy3pqTs
07. Blood Mortized – The Key To A Black Heart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO5u-NVKQsk
08. Graveyard – Lights Out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoVXvvV3mGE
09. Eis – Wetterkreuz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPhak72zTeo
10. Asphyx – Deathhammer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fn3RgpW_DA
11. Candlemass – Psalms For The Dead http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2EOM-W5dZY
12. The Sword – Apocryphon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZMX6h1WYEw
13. Ketzer – Endzeit Metropolis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8f9Ewl-o1Y
14. Kreator – Phantom Antichrist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojpQ3LCeQTY
15. Grand Supreme Blood Court – Bow Down Before The Blood Court http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myW7GAqeO54
16. Goatwhore – Blood For The Master http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybKifd3J0NI
17. Mammoth Mammoth – Vol.III – Hell’s Likely http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XS3tmKqOQw
18. Nile – At The Gate Of Sethu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6SZTiha8bw
19. Ahab – The Giant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WETwWI2CySU
20. Rush – Clockwork Angels http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcFGrWjOX0E
21. Dr.Living Dead! – Radioactive Intervention http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF4zCLXV-DQ
22. Paradise Lost – Tragic Idol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03WoO5WpckE
23. Tantara – Based On Evil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx6_j91qCcY
24. Soulfly – Enslaved http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veUFqzCMw30
25. Kryptos – The Coils Of Apollyon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryKtoSeyvIs
26. Tulsadoom – Barbarian Steel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH6Oq1btZG0
27. Fueled By Fire – Plunging Into Darkness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fce2hqzw9c
28. The 11th Hour – Lacrima Mortis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xJDnjERVMA
29. Woods of Ypres – Woods V: Grey Skies & Electric Lights http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McKvUU-9zXg
30. Satan’s Wrath – Galloping Blasphemy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYZchjJPgZw
31. Possessor – City Built With Skulls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftZd7gjbAiY
32. Desaster – The Arts of Destruction http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHv7BCpAPMk
33. Jess And The Ancient Ones – Jess And The Ancient Ones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9tvFkmZN3U
34. Exumer – Fire & Damnation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpIEVRugzSI
35. Revel in Flesh – Deathevokation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYhPjcoeZG0
36. Cannibal Corpse – Torture http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1lqGR8UNqI
37. Tiamat – The Scarred People http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rsyk5QVv5A
38. Grave – Endless Procession Of Souls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZpW-mODvJw
39. Dawn of Disease – Crypts of the Unrotten http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgqfx4qevno
40. Overkill – The Electric Age http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zU1LNg-6aQ
41. Angel Witch – As Above, So Below http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVXv97cBNzY
42. Savage Messiah – Plague of Conscience http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYf7twjfOEg
43. Mortillery – Murder Death Kill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PMF_PX8uOQ
44. A Forest of Stars – A Shadowplay of Yesterdays http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZrKbecv8qc
45. Altar of Oblivion – Grand Gesture of Defiance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_j9y4m8dpM
46. Postmortem – Bloodground Messiah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgFcV9TcoBk
47. Lamb Of God – Resolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBLW0RcxbOY
48. Hexen – Being And Nothingness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uORRX9xqW3A
49. Adrenaline Mob – Omertà http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAc9ndXxNs8
50. Huntress – Spell Eater http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SKELDVRJDY
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jakob-Ross/1472126959 Jakob Ross

Here’s my list!

1. Godspeed You! Black Emperor “Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!”

2. Japandroids “Celebration Rock”

3. Captain Murphy “Duality”

4. Kendrick Lamar “good kid, m.A.A.d. city”

5. Caspian “Waking Season”

6. Frank Ocean “Channel Orange”

7. Death Grips “No Love Deep Web”

8. Swans “The Seer”

9. Converge “All We Love We Leave Behind”

10. Crystal Castles “III”

11. Code Orange Kids “Love Is Love // Return to Dust”

12. Sigur Rós “Valtari”

13. Death Grips “The Money Store”

14. Killer Mike “R.A.P. Music”

15. Meshuggah “Koloss”

16. Action Bronson “Rare Chandeliers”

17. METZ “METZ”

18. Flying Lotus “Until the Quiet Comes”

19. Titus Andronicus “Local Business”

20. Gojira “L’Enfant Sauvage”

21. OFF! “OFF!”

22. Loma Prieta “I.V.”

23. Dope Body “Natural History”

24. Bob Mould “Silver Age”

25. Soundgarden “King Animal”

26. David Byrne and St. Vincent “Love This Giant”

27. The Evens “The Odds”

28. Torche “Harmonicraft”

29. BADBADNOTGOOD “BBNG2″

30. Big Boi “Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors”

31. Dan Deacon “America”

32. Bat For Lashes “The Haunted Man”

33. Holograms “Holograms”

34. Echo Movement “Love and the Human Outreach”

35. Perfume Genius “Put Your Back N 2 It”

36. Sleigh Bells “Reign of Terror”

37. Pallbearer “Sorrow and Extinction”

38. Fiona Apple “The Idler Wheel…”

39. Baroness “Yellow and Green”

40. Tim Hecker and Daniel Lopatin “Instrumental Tourist”

41. Screaming Females “Ugly”

42. El-P “Cancer 4 Cure”

43. Cloud Nothings “Attack on Memory”

44. Gary Clark Jr. “Blak and Blu”

45. Tame Impala “Lonerism”

46. Alabama Shakes “Boys and Girls”

47. King Tuff “King Tuff”

48. Circa Survive “Violent Waves”

49. Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra “Theatre is Evil”

50. billy woods “History Will Absolve Me”
Saturday Morning Cartoons

Hey Anthony, solid list man. Glad to see some of my favorites up there heres my list

1. Swans- The Seer
2. Spiritualized- Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
3. Death Grips- The Money Store/No Love Deep Web
4. Godspeed You Black Emperor- Allelujah Don’t Bend Ascend
5.Fiona Apple- The Idler Wheel
6. Kendrick Lamar- Good Kid M.A.A.D City
7. Japandroids- Celebration Rock
8. Animal Collective- Centipede HZ
9. Beach House- Bloom
10. Tame Impala- Lonerism
11.Grizzly Bear- Shields
12. Ty Segall Band- Slaughterhouse
13. Frank Ocean- Channel Orange
14. The Men- Open Your Heart
15. Flying Lotus- Until the Quiet Comes
16. Andy Stott- Luxury Problems
17. Killer Mike- R.A.P Music
18. Cloud Nothings- Attack on Memory
19. How to Dress Well- Total Loss
20. Mount Eerie- Clear Moon/Ocean’s Roar
21. Wild Nothing- Nocturne
22. Perfume Genius- Put Your Back N 2 It
23. Grimes- Visions
24. John Talabot- Fin
25. Goat- World Music
26. Daughn Gibson- All Hell
27. Tallest Man On Earth- There’s No Leaving Now
28. Converge- All That We Love We Leave Behind
29. Dirty Projectors- Swing Lo Magellan
30. Chromatics- Kill For Love
31. Titus Andronicus- Local Business
32. Lotus Plaza- Spooky Action at a Distance
33. EL-P- Cancer 4 Cure
34. Scott Walker- Bisch Bosch
35. Ty Segall and White Fence- Hair
36.Torche- Harmonicraft
37. Twin Shadow- Confess
38. Dr. John- Locked Down
39. DIIV- Oshin
40.The Walkmen- Heaven
41. Zammuto- Zammuto
42. Sharon Van Etten- Tramp
43.Royal Headache- Royal Headache
44. The Evens- The Odds
45. Mac DeMarco- 2
46.Niki and the Dove- Instinct
47. Liars- WIXIW
48. Lust For Youth- Growing Seeds
49. Laurel Halo- Quarantine
50. Willis Earl Beal- Acousmatic Sorcery

This was a good year
Jamie

Top Five will honestly say:

1. JJ Doom – Key To The Kuffs

2.Machinedrum – SXLND

3. Purity Ring – Shrines

4. RZA – The Man With The Iron Fists OST

5.YOUNG JEEZY – ITS THA WORLD!

seriously….new jeezy mixtape is not to be trifled with

fuck kendrick lamar kind of…
Dear Psychedelic

Lonerism should have been higher. It is a top 5 worthy album of the year
kendrick

where lupe
admin

didn’t like the lupe.
jerry

toujours aussi bon, c’est contagieux le plaisir, continue comme ça

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