The Best Metal Albums of 2012

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Rank	Artist name	Album title	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Ne Obliviscaris	Portal of I	2012-05-07	90.9	120	9
2	Anathema	Weather Systems	2012-04-16	92.9	62	2
3	Luca Turilli's Rhapsody	Ascending to Infinity	2012-06-22	90.5	65	5
4	Circus Maximus	Nine	2012-06-05	91.9	43	2
5	Wintersun	Time I	2012-10-19	89.6	61	6
6	Cult of Fire	Triumvirát	2012-07-13	96.7	11	1
7	Hail Spirit Noir	Pneuma	2012-03-05	91.8	26	3
8	Anaal Nathrakh	Vanitas	2012-10-15	91	30	1
9	In Mourning	The Weight of Oceans	2012-04-18	90.2	33	4
10	Hour of Penance	Sedition	2012-04-06	90.6	28	1
11	Diablo Swing Orchestra	Pandora's Piñata	2012-04	92.7	17	0
12	Testament	Dark Roots of Earth	2012-07-27	88	48	0
13	Cannibal Corpse	Torture	2012-03-13	88.9	36	0
14	Between the Buried and Me	The Parallax II: Future Sequence	2012-10-09	89.8	29	1
15	Elderwind	Волшебство живой природы	2012-11-25	91.3	20	1
16	Primal Fear	Unbreakable	2012-01-20	91	21	2
17	Mors Principium Est	...and Death said live	2012-12-14	88.3	39	3
18	Alcest	Les voyages de l'âme	2012-01-06	86.8	52	4
19	Blessed by a Broken Heart	Feel the Power	2012-01-25	89.3	29	0
20	Harakiri for The Sky	Harakiri for the Sky	2012-10-23	93.8	10	2
21	Dragonforce	The Power Within	2012-04-15	86.1	59	4
22	Galneryus	Angel of Salvation	2012-10-10	86.5	52	4
23	The Stranded	Survivalism Boulevard	2012-07-02	91	17	0
24	Rush	Clockwork Angels	2012-06-08	93.1	10	0
25	Cattle Decapitation	Monolith of Inhumanity	2012-05-08	90.3	19	1
26	Nahu	Eternal Recurrence of Carnage	2012-12-12	91.3	14	1
27	Periphery	Periphery II: This Time It's Personal	2012-07-03	87.2	36	2
28	Overkill	The Electric Age	2012-03-27	88.6	25	0
29	Be'lakor	Of Breath and Bone	2012-06-04	88.4	26	0
30	Mgła	With Hearts Toward None	2012-02-28	93.1	8	0
31	Converge	All We Love We Leave Behind	2012-10-09	91.7	11	0
32	Katatonia	Dead End Kings	2012-08-27	88.4	23	2
33	Revenge	Scum.Collapse.Eradication	2012-02-20	95	5	0
34	Cryptopsy	Cryptopsy	2012-09-11	89.7	17	0
35	Tempel	On the Steps of the Temple	2012-08-03	92.2	9	1
36	Havok	Point of No Return [EP]	2012-05-22	93.3	6	0
37	Make Them Suffer	Neverbloom	2012-05-25	87.5	22	1
38	As I Lay Dying	Awakened	2012-09-25	85.8	31	1
39	Sigh	In Somniphobia	2012-03-12	89.1	14	1
40	The Gathering	Disclosure	2012-09-12	92.1	7	0
41	Eclipse	Bleed & Scream	2012-08-24	90	11	0
42	Lamb of God	Resolution	2012-01-24	86.4	25	3
43	Before the Dawn	Rise of the Phoenix	2012-04-27	89.5	12	0
44	Xandria	Neverworld's End	2012-02-22	85.8	28	0
45	High on Fire	De vermis mysteriis	2012-04-03	92.3	6	0
46	Damnation Angels	Bringer of Light	2012-03-07	91.4	7	0
47	Dark Tranquillity	Zero Distance [EP]	2012-03-05	91.4	7	0
48	Accept	Stalingrad: Brothers in Death	2012-04-06	89.4	11	0
49	Bloodshot Dawn	Bloodshot Dawn	2012-01-26	89.4	11	0
50	Unisonic	Unisonic	2012-03-30	82.8	50	2
51	Paradise Lost	Tragic Idol	2012-04-23	90.6	8	0
52	Kreator	Phantom Antichrist	2012-06-01	84.6	32	1
53	Amiensus	Restoration	2012-12-31	90	9	1
54	Machine Head	Machine Fking Head Live** [Live]	2012-11-09	91.7	6	0
55	Unisonic	Ignition [EP]	2012-01-27	90.6	7	1
56	Sabaton	Carolus Rex	2012-05-25	90	8	1
57	Adrenaline Mob	Omertá	2012-03-13	85.2	24	1
58	Sithu Aye	Invent the Universe	2012-10-15	90	7	0
59	Obscurcis Romancia	Theatre of Deception	2012-02-26	88.9	9	0
60	Elvenking	Era	2012-09-14	88.9	9	0
61	Secret Sphere	Portrait of a Dying Heart	2012-11-25	88.9	9	1
62	Thy Art Is Murder	Hate	2012-10-19	89.4	8	1
63	Aborted	Global Flatline	2012-01-23	88.1	10	0
64	Dying Fetus	Reign Supreme	2012-06-19	88.1	10	0
65	Crossfaith	Zion [EP]	2012-06-20	88.1	10	0
66	Kamelot	Silverthorn	2012-10-26	81.7	43	2
67	Six Feet Under	Undead	2012-05-22	91	5	0
68	Devin Townsend Project	Epicloud	2012-09-18	86.8	13	0
69	Words of Farewell	Immersion	2012-03-30	89.4	7	0
70	Slash	Apocalyptic Love	2012-05-16	88.3	9	0
71	Kiko Loureiro	Sounds of Innocence	2012-06-20	88.3	9	1
72	Anthem	Burning Oath	2012-10-24	88.3	9	0
73	The Agonist	Prisoners	2012-06-04	83.9	23	2
74	Lacrimosa	Revolution	2012-09-07	85.8	14	1
75	Baroness	Yellow & Green	2012-07-17	88.1	8	0
76	Hellvetron	Death Scroll of Seven Hells and It's Infernal Majesties	2012-04-10	90	5	0
77	Deals Death	Elite	2012-03-14	90	5	1
78	Paradox	Tales of the Weird	2012-12-14	90	5	1
79	Galneryus	絆 - Fist of the Blue Sky [EP]	2012-01-25	85.7	13	0
80	H.E.A.T	Address the Nation	2012-03-28	87.2	9	0
81	Napalm Death	Utilitarian	2012-02-27	87.9	7	0
82	Lustre	They Awoke to the Scent of Spring	2012-09	86.7	9	1
83	Happy Days	Cause of Death: Life	2012-03-06	86.7	9	1
84	Terrorizer	Hordes of Zombies	2012-02-28	86.3	8	0
85	Midnight Realm	Polarissima [EP]	2012-03-05	88	5	0
86	Striker	Armed to the Teeth	2012-07-07	88	5	1
87	The Sorrow	Misery-Escape	2012-10-26	86.4	7	0
88	Jeff Loomis	Plains of Oblivion	2012-04-09	84	12	1
89	Barren Earth	The Devil's Resolve	2012-03-07	84.3	11	1
90	Abominable Putridity	The Anomalies of Artificial Origin	2012-02-28	85	9	1
91	Om	Advaitic Songs	2012-07-23	86.7	6	2
92	Bury Tomorrow	The Union of Crowns	2012-07-16	86.7	6	0
93	Van Halen	A Different Kind of Truth	2012-02-06	84.3	10	1
94	Gorod	A Perfect Absolution	2012-03-23	84.7	9	0
95	Eluveitie	Helvetios	2012-02-10	85.7	7	1
96	Iron Maiden	En Vivo! [Live]	2012-03-23	85.7	7	0
97	Delain	We Are the Others	2012-06-01	87	5	0
98	Led Zeppelin	Celebration Day [Live]	2012-11-19	87	5	0
99	Psychonaut 4	Have a Nice Trip	2012-08-11	83	12	1
100	Ihsahn	Eremita	2012-06-18	83.9	9	0

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