2012 - The Year in Reviews

Well, I list my top 12 of the year and some other favorites, and not so favorites here: http://themetalblogofmetal.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-dirty-dozen.html

Check it out and tell me why I don't know what the hell I am talking about.

Thanks for reading!

Good reviews. The only album I have off your list is Van Halen. I need to check out the new Accept and Dio re-issues.

Good reviews.

I was disappointed in the Grand Magus album (my favorite release was Wolf's Return)...and I don't get "3 Inches Of Blood" at all...but overall a very nicely done summation of 2012.

Did you get Witchcraft's album "Legend"? That album and High On Fire's latest were my two favorite metal releases from 2012.

journeyman wrote:

Good reviews. The only album I have off your list is Van Halen. I need to check out the new Accept and Dio re-issues.

Thanks for reading and I am glad you liked it!

S.D. wrote:

Good reviews.

I was disappointed in the Grand Magus album (my favorite release was Wolf's Return)...and I don't get "3 Inches Of Blood" at all...but overall a very nicely done summation of 2012.

Did you get Witchcraft's album "Legend"? That album and High On Fire's latest were my two favorite metal releases from 2012.

I was initially lukewarm to Grand Magus when it first came out, but I listened to it several times in December and really enjoyed it. I do think that it's much more mid-paced than even Hammer Of The North. Iron Will is excellent.

I still need to get the new Witchcraft, but everything I have heard from it was superb.

Good stuff, the only albums on your list that I've heard are the Accept and Overkill (2012 was a pretty lean year for CD-buying for me).

I agree with your comments about Chris Holmes' "solo project" too. I still have not been able to make it all the way through that video he posted on YouTube. I can only imagine how bad the rest must be!!

I still haven't warmed-up to The Sword's last release. That and Grand Magus were 2 of the bigger disappointments for me. I really, really wanted to like both of them, but they came off as "meh".

Accept, Testament and Overkill were all good, but that wasn't anything surprising. Overkill has always been quality. And Accept struck oil with Blood of Nations, so it was no surprise that they didn't tinker with that formula. Kinda of felt that way with Testament too. All 3 gave the fans what they wanted, so how could I complain?

The only other one on your list that I've heard and agree with whole heartedly is Van Halen. It could have been lame, but they pulled it off nicely. Old songs or not.

I was hoping that seeing Gypsyhawk live would fire me up enough to get the album, but that didn't happen. They were ok, but nothing that scorched my shorts.

I still need to pick up that new Cauldron. Maybe the UKJ too.

The Chris Holmes track? It started off nice enough, but then he opens his mouth and you're left saying "What the f**k is this?" Among the many, many things wrong with that video, why is he shot in front of a green screen? Isn't the idea supposed to be that you don't see that? Drop in some random video footage back there or something. Anything. Woof. It's just pathetic.