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2012 In Albums

My best albums of 2012.

1

Loma Prieta
I.V.

screamo/hardcore - It came out early in the year and no album was able to top it.

2

Irreversible
Ashes

post-metal/sludge - It may be considered an EP but it's thirty-five minutes long, longer than many LPs.

3

Mount Eerie
Clear Moon

indie/folk - Phil Elverum

4

Swans
The Seer

post-punk - Michael Gira's best since Soundtracks for the Blind.

5

Mirrorring
Foreign Body

ambient/folk - Liz Harris (Grouper) with Jesy Fortino (Tiny Vipers).

6

Proud Father
Hearu Shi no Proud Father

ambient/noise/drone - Dark and versatile. http://proudfather1.bandcamp.com/album/hearu-shi-no-proud-father

7

Saaad
Confluences

ambient/drone/field recordings - Water sounds and beautiful ambient. http://saaad.bandcamp.com/album/confluences

8

Converge
All We Love We Leave Behind

metalcore - Riffs and riffs.

9

Vampillia and Nadja
The Primitive World

drone/doom - Aidan Baker's best work in awhile helped greatly by Vampillia's touches.

10

The Blue Letter
Love Is Not Control

screamo/post-metal - Everyone who knows this band loves them.

11

Neurosis
Honor Found in Decay

post-metal/sludge - Neurosis

12

Killer Mike
R.A.P. Music

hip-hop - Angry yet smooth Atlanta rap.

13

Anoice
The Black Rain

post-rock/classical - The Japanese make some of the best music.

14

Beau Navire
Lumens

screamo - Best band at mixing pretty cleans with chaotic screamo since Funeral Diner.

15

The Mountain Goats
Transcendental Youth

indie/folk - John Darnielle

16

Mount Eerie
Ocean Roar

folk/black metal - Phil Elverum

17

Windy and Carl
We Will Always Be

drone/ambient - Pretty.

18

You Blew It!
Grow Up, Dude

emo - Part of what you could call a recent wave of American Football influenced emo but excellent quality.

19

witxes
Sorcery/Geography

dark ambient - name your price http://witxes.bandcamp.com/album/sorcery-geography

20

Lil Ugly Mane
Mista Thug Isolation

hip-hop/drugs - Memphis meets Texas, born in Richmond.

21

Amenra
Mass V

post-metal/sludge - Not as good as Mass IIII but still awesome.

22

Old Man Gloom
NO

sludge/ambient - OMG's best since Seminar III: Zozobra.

23

Death Grips
The Money Store

experimental hip-hop - You either get what they are trying to do or you hate it.

24

Dweller on the Threshold
Dweller on the Threshold

folk/ambient - Dark and unpredictable.

25

Je Suis Le Petit Chevalier
An Age of Wonder

ambient/drone - Beautiful second track.

26

honorable
mentions

27

Eight
Nayt Kauas

screamo/post-metal - name your price http://eightband.bandcamp.com/album/n-yt-kauas

28

We Were Skeletons
Blame and Aging

screamo - My favorite album of theirs.

29

Vales
Clarity

screamo - Second best EP.

30

Nadja
Dagdr?m

drone/doom - Their first album in a couple of years but not as good as the collaboration with Vampillia obviously.

31

Capacities
The Unexamined Life

screamo - I think this is considered an album but it's only 13 minutes long.

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