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WHAT WERE MY FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2012?

	1) ABORTED: Global Flatline This album came out last January, but manages to retain the top spot all year long due to tremendous song writing and crazy drumming. The song 'The Origin of Disease' is still probably my favorite song of the year, it's what death metal is all about.
	2) CRYPTOPSY: Cryptopsy So glad to have these guys back and Jon back in the band, this album is just spectacularly written from beginning to end.
	3) BENEATH THE MASSACRE: Incongruous The incredible speed and brutality of this album keeps me coming back again and again. Simple, but elegant.
	4) GLASS CLOUD: The Royal Thousand I really dig the riffs on this one, nice and experimental in all the right ways.
	5) SPAWN OF POSSESSION: Incurso Best technical death metal of the year, the songs are complex, everytime I listen to this I hear something new and interesting.
	6) NILE: At The Gate Of Sethu Another great album, would have a higher spot but this was a particularly good year for metal, and it's tough to outdo the perfection this band has hit so many years in a row.
	7) PERIPHERY: Periphery II Not as good as their first album, but Misha had a lifetime to get ready for that one. Certainly not bad for a second album, more musical and experimental in a lot of ways.
	8) MESHUGGAH: Koloss Mixing their earlier riff based work with their more droning recent work, these guys pack the largest hammer in the business.
	9) THE FACELESS: Autotheism Not as good as their second album, but I appreciate their decision to go extra conceptual and to incorporate more odd chord progressions. Maybe next time they'll bring a little more of the speed back.
	10) ARKAIK: Metamorphignition Really spectacular riffs, this was the surprise album of the year, was expecting something good but got something great instead. Best technical death metal next to Spawn.

Honorable Mention:

DEVIN TOWNSEND: Epicloud
A little too uneven to take a top spot, but still has some kickass songs!

TESTAMENT: Dark Roots Of Earth
A nice strong album from the kings of thrash, better than their last.

UNEVEN STRUCTURE: Februus
This album came out in 2011, but I first heard it in 2012 (It would have been in my top 10 of 2011 if I had heard it in time), and it's just a fantastic album beginning to end, it has so much mood and feel to it, and the odd time signatures and start stop patterns are great as well.

WHAT WERE YOUR FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2012?

1) MESHUGGAH: Koloss
2) CRYPTOPSY: Cryptopsy
3) THE FACELESS: Autotheism
4) SPAWN OF POSSESSION: Incurso
5) BE'LAKOR: Of Breath And Bone
6) GOJIRA: L'Enfant Sauvage
7) ABORTED: Global Flatline
8) FEAR FACTORY: The Industralist
9) PERIPHERY: Periphery II
10) NILE: At The Gates Of Sethu

And congrats to our giftcard winner Paul N!

	DEVIN TOWNSEND: Epicloud A little too uneven to take a top spot, but still has some kickass songs!
	TESTAMENT: Dark Roots Of Earth A nice strong album from the kings of thrash, better than their last.
	UNEVEN STRUCTURE: Februus This album came out in 2011, but I first heard it in 2012 (It would have been in my top 10 of 2011 if I had heard it in time), and it's just a fantastic album beginning to end, it has so much mood and feel to it, and the odd time signatures and start stop patterns are great as well.