| 4.5 superb |
| *shels Plains Of The Purple Buffalo |
| And So I Watch You From Afar Gangs |
| Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works 85-92 |
| Arcade Fire Funeral |
| Architects Nightmares |
| Atoma Skylight |
| Am I overrating this? Maybe just a little... but the atmosphere on this record is really quite unique and refreshing, the songs are brilliantly constructed and well executed, and I find the whole thing very exciting. Listen to Highway to see what kind of range and scope this band has. From the eponymous title track, which is a tribal dance beat with Blade Runner dystopian vibes, to the blissful soaring heights of Cloud Nine, the album leaves me breathless and wanting more, in spite of its 50 minute runtime. Even in the face of the Ne Obliviscaris record, which is also fantastic, this is my favorite metal release from 2012 so far. |
| Between the Buried and Me Colors |
| Between the Buried and Me The Great Misdirect |
| Big L Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous |
| Bjork Homogenic |
| Botch We Are the Romans |
| Botch An Anthology of Dead Ends |
| Caspian The Four Trees |
| Cloudkicker Beacons |
| Common Be |
| Dan Deacon Bromst |
| Death Cab for Cutie Transatlanticism |
| DJ Shadow Endtroducing..... |
| Down I Go Gods |
| dredg Catch Without Arms |
| Explosions in the Sky The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place |
| Garage a Trois Always Be Happy, But Stay Evil |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven |
| Keller Williams Laugh |
| King Crimson Red |
| King Crimson Discipline |
| King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II |
| Led Zeppelin Houses Of The Holy |
| Massive Attack 100th Window |
| Mastodon Crack the Skye |
| Mastodon Leviathan |
| Maybeshewill To The Skies From A Hillside |
| Maybeshewill Not For Want Of Trying |
| Maybeshewill I Was Here For a Moment, Then I Was Gone |
| Meshuggah Destroy Erase Improve |
| Mew Frengers |
| Minus the Bear Highly Refined Pirates |
| My Bloody Valentine Loveless |
| Ne Obliviscaris Portal of I |
| I am going to need a few months to understand this album. It's monstrous and overwhelming. Even so I'm convinced that, when I finally figure out what's going on here, it will not be disappointing. |
| Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea |
| Opeth Lamentations |
| Porcupine Tree Fear of a Blank Planet |
| Protest the Hero Fortress |
| Radiohead OK Computer |
| Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine |
| Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles |
| Rinoa An Age Among Them |
| Rosetta The Galilean Satellites |
| Rosetta Wake/Lift |
| Rosetta A Determinism of Morality |
| Sigur Ros Agætis byrjun |
| Sigur Ros Takk... |
| Sigur Ros ( ) |
| Slint Spiderland |
| Talking Heads Stop Making Sense |
| The Fall of Troy Ghostship Demos |
| The Fall of Troy Phantom on the Horizon |
| The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots |
| The Mars Volta Frances the Mute |
| The Red Chord Fed Through the Teeth Machine |
| Tim Hecker Ravedeath, 1972 |
| Tim Hecker Harmony in Ultraviolet |
| Tool Ænima |
| Vessels Helioscope |
| Weezer Weezer |
| Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) |
