| 2012 |
| Paradox Tales of the Weird | 3.5 |
| Destruction Spiritual Genocide | 3.0 |
| Orden Ogan To The End | 4.0 |
| Earthcry Where the Road Leads | 3.0 |
| Kendrick Lamar good kid, m.A.A.d city | 4.5 |
| Kalter Ubuntu | 3.0 |
| Galneryus Angel of Salvation | 3.0 |
| Sylosis Monolith | 3.5 |
| Lich King Born of the Bomb | 3.0 |
A fun crossover thrash album with a few good moments, but this is largely predictable and
and not very creative. There is way more innovative 2012 thrash to choose from. Still, this
album was tolerable and decent enough for a listen or two, and for that it gets a 3.00/5 |
| Enslaved RIITIIR | 4.5 |
| Grave Digger Clash of the Gods | 2.5 |
| Threshold March of Progress | 4.0 |
| Reminds me of power metal and yet sometimes more traditional styles, but remains starkly rdifferent than almost everything I have heard up to this point in 2012. Audible bass, good rguitar tone, and the vocalist is very talented. This is definitely going on my 2012 best of rlist. |
| Dublin Death Patrol Death Sentence | 3.5 |
| Dew-Scented Icarus | 3.0 |
Pretty heavy and aggressive sounding Thrash/Death metal. Album is decent, but lacks
variation, as the band's aggressive musical assault tends to become a bit boring a few songs
in. Typical death metal vocals, coupled with fast drumming and a wall of heavy guitar riffs.
If only they would have expanded their sound a bit, tried a couple new things... Still,
this album does thrash fairly hard. despite a lack of creativity. |
| Testament Dark Roots of Earth | 4.0 |
| This album surely stands as one of the finest thrash offerings of 2012. Its Certainly not reinventing the genre, instead it pleases old school standards while still appealing to a new and younger fan base. |
| Vindicator United We Fall | 3.5 |
| Tankard A Girl Called Cerveza | 3.0 |
Abysmally shitty album cover and subject matter aside, Tankard displays some fairly heavy
material and occasionally a catchy song or two. Their energy driven form of thrash is quite
enjoyable, but there is really nothing special here, just some decent thrash songs. |
| Bonded by Blood The Aftermath | 2.5 |
Bonded by Blood do little to distinguish themselves from the rest of the pack. This is
simply thrash by numbers done well. It has its merits and certainly sounds heavy, but this
is not very creative or innovative. A decent but otherwise average effort. |
| Perzonal War Captive Breeding | 2.5 |
Some Decent production could have helped this album a little, but this German metal band has
a lot of room for improvement. The album begins to sound quite stale only a couple songs in
and never really grabs my attention. |
| Gojira L'Enfant Sauvage | 3.0 |
| Cripper Antagonist | 3.0 |
| Blood on the Dance Floor Evolution | 1.0 |
| Metric Synthetica | 3.5 |
| Ne Obliviscaris Portal of I | 5.0 |
| Fear Factory The Industrialist | 3.0 |
| Kreator Phantom Antichrist | 4.0 |
| Reverence When Darkness Calls | 3.5 |
| Hexen Being and Nothingness | 3.5 |
| Hexon brings forth a creative and unique album tinged with progressive traits that will keep ryou listening for hours, however the vocals aren't so unique. The vocals sound like so many rother bands; with repetitive yelling dominating the album. Still, this remains one of the rbest thrash efforts of 2012. |
| Witchtrap Vengeance Is My Name | 3.0 |
| Another decent thrash revival album with obvious classic thrash influences. Nothing special, but still a decent listen. |
| Firewind Few Against Many | 3.5 |
| Another solid power metal album from Firewind. While it may not be their best work, it is one of the better albums to come out this year. |
| Nightmare (FRA) The Burden of God | 4.0 |
| Kind of your standard power metal act, but this band really knows how to make an album. A rtruly decent effort with some pretty good songs. Traditional power metal with slight rsymphonic elements to boot. Shame this is going unnoticed around here. |
| After All Dawn of the Enforcer | 2.5 |
| The vocals are somewhat unique, as is their overall sound. However the band fails to write compelling material as this album gets old after only a listen or two. |
| Teramaze Anhedonia | 3.0 |
| Angelus Apatrida The Call | 3.5 |
A decent collection of revival-thrash songs. The band is heavy and boasts solid
instrumentation, but the album lacks innovation. A good effort but nothing extraordinary. |
| Datsik Vitamin D | 1.0 |
| Municipal Waste The Fatal Feast | 2.5 |
| Seems like the album is missing something, it falls just short of being a good release. Perhaps its because this album brings absolutely nothing new to the table. The band seems content with just copying older thrash bands, rather than actually being creative. And the vocals sound way to similar to John Connely of Nuclear Assault. However this album can roccasionally thrash hard, though it provides little in creativity. 2.5/5 |
| Exumer Fire and Damnation | 3.5 |
A solid effort that stands above most stand issue thrash from 2012. These thrash veterans
know how to craft an enjoyable album, even after all those dormant years. |
| Lonewolf Army Of The Damned | 2.0 |
| While there is really nothing musically offensive or dreadfully terrible here, Lonewolf's Army of the Damned is a prefect example of bad vocals not working in tandem with the guitars and drums. Poorly structured songs, and absolutely no catchy material. The album sounds like its all over the place, seemingly lacking any direction or musical stability. An average album at best, but why even bother listening to this crap? Way better 2012 power metal out there to choose from. |
| 3 Inches of Blood Long Live Heavy Metal | 3.0 |
| The vocals can be a bit rough due to the singer's high pitched delivery, but the rest of the rband is solid. There is certainly some memorable material to be found here given enough rlistens. |
| Overkill The Electric Age | 3.5 |
Overkill found a sound they are happy with in "Ironbound" and are sticking to it here. The
band proves with this release that the old-school is still very much alive. However they
bring nothing new to the table, instead they stick to their guns and thrash hard as fuck.
Sure to be included in many people's 2012 best-of lists. 3.5/5 |
| Dark Empire From Refuge to Ruin | 4.0 |
| With many different musical styles such as power metal, thrash, and progressive elements all present, this album offers a volatile mix of styles that will keep you interested and listening for hours. Truly a satisfying piece of work. |
| Aura Noir Out to Die | 2.5 |
| Desaster The Arts of Destruction | 3.0 |
| Freedom Call Land of the Crimson Dawn | 3.0 |
| Pharaoh Bury the Light | 3.0 |
| Rage 21 | 4.0 |
| There is some really Strong material here, tracks like "Twenty One", "Forever Dead", "Serial Killer", and even the slow closer "Eternally" are all excellent tracks that really impressed me. |
| Oceans of Time Faces | 2.0 |
| 4Arm Submission for Liberty | 3.5 |
| Madmaze Frames of Alienation | 3.0 |
| Suicidal Angels Bloodbath | 3.5 |
| RedMist Destruction Nobility In Death | 3.0 |
| A decent thrash revival band, with obvious slayer influences. Nothing groundbreaking, and nothing abysmally terrible, just a good effort. |
| Primal Fear Unbreakable | 4.0 |
| Nekromantheon Rise, Vulcan Spectre | 2.5 |
| Raw sounding retro-thrash, but nothing you haven't heard before. |
| Nowen Essence of Fear | 3.0 |
The vocals are rather typical of the genre, but the instrumentals are excellently done. Some
call this death/thrash metal, but in reality this is thrash metal with death metal vocals
thrown in for good measure. A pretty good effort but nothing extraordinary to be found here. |
| White Skull Under This Flag | 4.0 |
| Surprisingly good album. Female fronted power metal in the vain of Primal Fear or even Rage. Highly recommended. |
