If Today Were December 31, 2012...

If today were December 31, 2012, this would be my Top 10 Albums of 2012 list:

Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Lost In The New Real
Flying Colors - Flying Colors
God Forbid - Equilibrium
Moonspell - Alpha Noir/Omega White
OSI - Fire Make Thunder
Pennywise - All Or Nothing
Prong - Carved Into Stone
Suspyre - Suspyre
Therapy? - A Brief Crack Of Light
Xandria - Neverworld's End

What about you? Wondering if I've missed any albums worth checking out. =)

The odds of me having something that you haven't heard are about a million to one, but I'll play your game.

My 2012 purchases have been slow, but 2 that have really stuck with me are:

Christian Mistress - Possession
Astra - The Black Chord

2 very different bands, but I enjoy them both immensely. Honorable mention to Orange Goblin's latest, Eulogy For the Damned. It didn't do much for me on the first coupla spins, but it's grown on me with repeated listens.

Accept - STALINGRAD
Overkill - ELECTRIC AGE
Scorpions - COMEBLACK

I think that's all I've got for 2012 releases thus far, but hey, that new Joey Ramone CD comes out tomorrow.

(and before anybody gets nitpicky and tells me that Scorpions disc came out in 2011 - it got a European release in late '11, and U.S. release in January of '12.)

Accept - Stalingrad
Overkill - Electric Age
3 Inches of Blood - Long Live Heavy Metal
Metallica - Beyond Magnetic EP

Looking forward to the new Molly Hatchet and Havok.

Also, I've been listening non-stop to Sepultura's Kairos. It was a 2011 release which I only recently received.

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Metallica - Beyond Magnetic EP

Whoops, forgot about this one. I have this too.

Fat Freddy wrote:

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Metallica - Beyond Magnetic EP

Whoops, forgot about this one. I have this too.

Meh, I have that one as well, but I don't see it making my Top 10 by the end of the year. It's ok, I guess, but nothing great.

And I'll probably get crucified on this one, but I'm not sure that Accept's Stalingrad is going to make the cut either. Now that the shine is off the apple, I haven't been all that inclined to revisit that album. Could just be me and some other music I've been obsessed with recently. I'm sure I'll go back to it at some point, but it's been shelved for now.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

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Metallica - Beyond Magnetic EP

Whoops, forgot about this one. I have this too.

Meh, I have that one as well, but I don't see it making my Top 10 by the end of the year. It's ok, I guess, but nothing great.

And I'll probably get crucified on this one, but I'm not sure that Accept's Stalingrad is going to make the cut either. Now that the shine is off the apple, I haven't been all that inclined to revisit that album. Could just be me and some other music I've been obsessed with recently. I'm sure I'll go back to it at some point, but it's been shelved for now.

To get things moving, I am going to chop down the tree now



Nah, that's why we all have opinions.

In addition to Accept, Overkill, Scorps and completely agree with Ult on 3 Inches Of Blood, I would add Storm Corrosion, Iron Maiden (yes, it's a live release but its great), A Sound Of Thunder. I am sure the list willgrow and possible look different by the end of the year. I really need to get the new Astral Doors and Therapy?

Thanks for that. , but just to clairify, I don't dislike the album. It just didn't grab me by the short n' curlies the way Blood of the Nations did. I played that one over and over. Not so with Stalingrad. I liked it, played it a few times, then said "ok, that's enough of that for now." Perhaps when I revisit it, something will click.

So far...

Storm Corrosion - s/t
Rush - Clockwork Angels
Ian Anderson - TAAB2
Beardfish - The Void
Anathema - Weather Systems
Steven Wilson - Catalogue/Preserve/Amass
High On Fire - De Vermi Mysteriis
Orange Goblin - A Eulogy For The Damned
Asia - XXX
Alcest - Les Voyages De L'Ame

MetalGuy71 wrote:

The odds of me having something that you haven't heard are about a million to one, but I'll play your game.

My 2012 purchases have been slow, but 2 that have really stuck with me are:

Christian Mistress - Possession
Astra - The Black Chord

2 very different bands, but I enjoy them both immensely. Honorable mention to Orange Goblin's latest, Eulogy For the Damned. It didn't do much for me on the first coupla spins, but it's grown on me with repeated listens.

Well, I've heard neither.

Accept, Sabaton, Knight Fury (it may be '11 though), Axel Rudi Pell. Oh, high hopes for Malison Rogue and Enforcer.
Astral Doors was meh imo.

Eyesore wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

The odds of me having something that you haven't heard are about a million to one, but I'll play your game.

My 2012 purchases have been slow, but 2 that have really stuck with me are:

Christian Mistress - Possession
Astra - The Black Chord

2 very different bands, but I enjoy them both immensely. Honorable mention to Orange Goblin's latest, Eulogy For the Damned. It didn't do much for me on the first coupla spins, but it's grown on me with repeated listens.

Well, I've heard neither.

Really? I thought you were the one that suggested Christian Mistress in the "Female-Fronted Rock Band" thread. Guess not. Regardless, you should check them out. Kind of a NWOBHM-vibe to them.

As far as Astra goes, if you like The Weirding, you should like The Black Chord. It follows the same path, more-or-less.

Accept

Overkill

Teramaze

Yeah, I definitely intend to check out Astra, but I don't think I even listened to the sample of Christian Mistress in that thread. =(

Unisonic

Eyesore wrote:

Yeah, I definitely intend to check out Astra, but I don't think I even listened to the sample of Christian Mistress in that thread. =(

Ok, so apparently is was ME that posted the Christian Mistress clips. Guess I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue. Anyway, check them out...

http://www.heartofmetal.net/t17610p100-female-fronted-rock-metal

Those clips are from the new album Possession. They have another one out before that one called Agony & Opium equally as good. I highly recommend both of them.

Christian Mistress - Possession
Pallbearer - Sorrow And Extinction
Accept - Stalingrad
High On Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis
Alcest - Les Voyages De L'Ame
Black Breath - Sentenced To Life
Cannibal Corpse - Torture
Orange Goblin - A Eulogy For The Damned
Paradise Lost - Tragic Idol
Demon Hunter - True Defiance

nevermore wrote:

Alcest - Les Voyages De L'Ame

I didn't realize that was a 2012 release, it definitely makes my list then, love that album!

I'll wait til I get some more 2012 releases under my belt.

Stand outs so far this year
Demon Hunter - True Defiance
Meshuggah - Koloss
DragonForce - Power Within
7 Horns & Eyes - Throes Of Absolution
Shadow's Fall - Fire From The Sky
Red Lamb - S/T

Honorable mention:
Impending Doom - Baptized In Filth

ive heard fewer than 20 2012 releases so far, i really need to do some research. i need more black metal.

spawn of possession - incurso
nekromantheon - rise, vulcan spectre
napalm death - utilitarian
desecravity - implicit obedience
obolus - lament
acephalix - deathless master
dodecahedron - dodecahedron

and finishing up with non-metal:

venetian snares - fool the detector
the mars volta - noctourniquet
caul - green is the night and out of madness woven

So far, all I've heard from this year is:

Accept: Stalingrad
Angel Witch: As Above, So Below
Metallica: Beyond Magnetic
Shadows Fall: Fire from the Sky

I don't see Metallica or Shadows Fall making my actual year-end list if I get enough other new releases.

Accept - Stalingrad
Overkill - The Electric Age
3IOB - Long Live Heavy Metal
Van Halen - A Different Kind Of Truth
Ram - Death

And the worst thing I bought so far this year:

Metallica - Beyond Magnetic - The lyrics alone are some of the worst I've ever heard and Lars's drumming is beyond pathetic. How people like this crap I'll never know.

Witchfinder wrote:

And the worst thing I bought so far this year:

Metallica - Beyond Magnetic - The lyrics alone are some of the worst I've ever heard and Lars's drumming is beyond pathetic. How people like this crap I'll never know.

Beyond Pathetic would have been a good title for that EP.

S.D. wrote:

Witchfinder wrote:

And the worst thing I bought so far this year:

Metallica - Beyond Magnetic - The lyrics alone are some of the worst I've ever heard and Lars's drumming is beyond pathetic. How people like this crap I'll never know.

Beyond Pathetic would have been a good title for that EP.

Zing! Great minds think alike: http://themetalblogofmetal.blogspot.com/2012/02/far-beyond-pathetic.html