Not Digging The 2012 Lists
Wasn't going to make one of these until after I looked at some of the rothers and didn't really rrrdig what was on them. Here's my favourite 3.5's, r4's, and 4.5's from 2012. |
52 | | Brutality Will Prevail Scatter the Ashes
3.5 Tough guy hardcore with sludgy goodness. |
51 | | Inverloch Dusk|Subside
3.5 Like dISEMBOWELMENT just not as awesome, pretty close to a 4. |
50 | | Waning The Human Condition
3.5 Black metal with modern influence. |
49 | | I Am the Ocean Overhead
3.5 Post-Hardcore/Alt Rock |
48 | | Pelican Ataraxia/Taraxis
3.5 Instrumental Post/Metal, Sludge |
47 | | Thou/Hell Resurrection Bay
3.5 Sludge Metal/ Doom Metal. Really loved the Thou side. |
46 | | Irreversible Ashes
3.5 Post-Metal/Post-Rock |
45 | | War From A Harlots Mouth Voyeur
3.5 Metalcore/Progressive |
44 | | No Omega Metropolis
3.5 Hardcore/Post-Hardcore |
43 | | Vampillia and Nadja The Primitive World
4 Drone/Ambient Always love me some Nadja, close to a 4.5. |
42 | | Make A Change...Kill Yourself Fri
4 Depressive Black Metal |
41 | | Dephosphorus Night Sky Transform
4 Grind/Black Metal |
40 | | El-P Cancer 4 Cure
4 Progressive Hip-hop |
39 | | Toluca Act I
4 Black Metal/Screamo/Post-Rock |
38 | | The Chariot One Wing
4 Chaotic Hardcore/Metalcore Nice to see these guys start realizing their potential. |
37 | | The Great Old Ones Al Azif
4 Black Metal/Post-Metal Personal favourite, really awesome debut. |
36 | | Mutilation Rites I Am Legion
4 Black Metal/Sludge Probably would have the full length, but haven't finished
listening to it yet. |
35 | | Coheed And Cambria The Afterman: Ascension
4 Progressive Rock/ Alt Rock |
34 | | Hexis XI
4 Hardcore/Black Metal |
33 | | Burn Idols Theodicy
4 Crust/Hardcore |
32 | | BATS The Sleep of Reason
4 Post-Hardcore/Progressive So close to a 4.5. |
31 | | Deftones Koi No Yokan
4 Alternative/Metal Still kinda iffy on this one. |
30 | | Beardfish The Void
4 Progressive/Hard Rock |
29 | | An Autumn For Crippled Children Only The Ocean Knows
4 Black Metal/Post-Rock/Drone Another personal favourite. |
28 | | Title Fight Floral Green
4 Pop-Punk/Post-Hardcore |
27 | | Krallice Years Past Matter
4 Black Metal/Progressive |
26 | | Such Gold Misadventures
4 Pop-Punk/Post-Hardcore |
25 | | Ash Borer Cold of Ages
4 Black Metal/Doom/atmospheric Really looking forward to what these guys have
in store. |
24 | | Suis La Lune Riala
4 Post-Hardcore/Screamo/Emo Probably one of my most listened to this year. |
23 | | Mares of Thrace The Pilgrimage
4 Sludge/Noise Rock One of the best live acts I saw this year. |
22 | | Author & Punisher Ursus Americanus
4 Drone/Doom/Industrial Love this dude. |
21 | | Skyharbor Blinding White Noise: Illusion & Chaos
4 Progressive Metal |
20 | | This Gift Is A Curse I, Gvilt Bearer
4 Hardcore with heavy BM influence. I thrashed out pretty hard to this. |
19 | | Meshuggah Koloss
4 Progressive/Groove Metal |
18 | | Unsane Wreck
4 Noise Rock/Punk |
17 | | Christian Mistress Possession
4 Hard Rock/Old School Metal |
16 | | Cathedraal Voix Blanches
4 Screamo/Post-Hardcore/Black Metal |
15 | | Pallbearer Sorrow and Extinction
4 Doom Metal Warning worship, but so awesome. |
14 | | Witch In Her Tomb Witch In Her Tomb
4 Black Metal |
13 | | Loma Prieta I.V.
4 Hardcore/Screamo Love this one, close to a 4.5. |
12 | | Torche Harmonicraft
4 Stoner Rock/ Stoner Metal It's definitely stoned. |
11 | | JJ DOOM Key to the Kuffs
4 Hip-Hop Definitely not DOOM's best, but it's new DOOM. |
10 | | Flourishing Intersubjectivity
4 Death Metal/Post-Metal/Industrial These dudes are truly awesome. |
9 | | Testament Dark Roots of Earth
4 Thrash Metal/Hard Rock |
8 | | Bone Dance Bone Dance
4 Hardcore/Metalcore |
7 | | Bell Witch Longing
4 Funeral Doom/Sludge Really great debut. |
6 | | Bosse-de-Nage III
4 Black Metal/Post-Rock |
5 | | Amenra Mass V
4.5 Sludge/Post-Metal Wonderful, really dark record. These guys are slowly becoming
something great. |
4 | | Enslaved RIITIIR
4.5 Black Metal/Progressive Going a little further into their progressive side
Enslaved try and write a more accessible record and succeed. |
3 | | Gaza No Absolutes In Human Suffering
4.5 Chaotic Hardcore/Metalcore Gaza continue to try and make their most hate
filled record. |
2 | | The Blue Letter Love Is Not Control
4.5 Post-Metal/Post-Hardcore These guys really deserve more attention, especially
for such a diverse and interesting record. |
1 | | Rush Clockwork Angels
4.5 Progressive Rock/Hard Rock The kings return to show us they still have it. |
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