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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Ne Obliviscaris Portal of I	May 7, 2012	90.7	124	9
2	Anathema Weather Systems	Apr 16, 2012	92.5	69	2
3	Wintersun Time I	Oct 19, 2012	90.6	71	8
4	Circus Maximus Nine	Jun 5, 2012	91.8	50	2
5	Luca Turilli's Rhapsody Ascending to Infinity	Jun 22, 2012	89.9	68	5
6	Cult of Fire Triumvirát	Jul 13, 2012	95.7	16	1
7	Anaal Nathrakh Vanitas	Oct 15, 2012	91.9	30	1
8	In Mourning The Weight of Oceans	Apr 18, 2012	90.8	35	5
9	Hour of Penance Sedition	Apr 6, 2012	90.9	34	1
10	Between the Buried and Me The Parallax II: Future Sequence	Oct 9, 2012	90.6	31	3
11	Galneryus Angel of Salvation	Oct 10, 2012	87.8	58	4
12	Hail Spirit Noir Pneuma	Mar 5, 2012	90.6	28	3
13	Testament Dark Roots of Earth	Jul 27, 2012	87.8	53	0
14	Cannibal Corpse Torture	Mar 13, 2012	89	39	0
15	Revenge Scum.Collapse.Eradication	Feb 20, 2012	96.7	6	0
16	Rush Clockwork Angels	Jun 8, 2012	93.9	11	1
17	Diablo Swing Orchestra Pandora's Piñata	Apr 2012	92	17	0
18	Blessed by a Broken Heart Feel the Power	Jan 25, 2012	89.4	30	0
19	Primal Fear Unbreakable	Jan 20, 2012	90.7	22	2
20	Mors Principium Est ...and Death said live	Dec 14, 2012	88	41	4
21	Elderwind Волшебство живой природы	Nov 25, 2012	90.3	23	1
22	Dragonforce The Power Within	Apr 15, 2012	86.1	60	4
23	Periphery Periphery II: This Time It's Personal	Jul 3, 2012	87.9	39	2
24	Be'lakor Of Breath and Bone	Jun 4, 2012	89.2	28	0
25	Alcest Les voyages de l'âme	Jan 6, 2012	86.2	54	4
26	Cattle Decapitation Monolith of Inhumanity	May 8, 2012	90	22	3
27	Converge All We Love We Leave Behind	Oct 9, 2012	92.5	12	0
28	Nahu Eternal Recurrence of Carnage	Dec 12, 2012	90.7	17	1
29	Harakiri for The Sky Harakiri for the Sky	Oct 23, 2012	92	12	2
30	Cryptopsy Cryptopsy	Sep 11, 2012	90	19	0
31	The Stranded Survivalism Boulevard	Jul 2, 2012	90.7	16	0
32	Overkill The Electric Age	Mar 27, 2012	88.3	27	0
33	Mgła With Hearts Toward None	Feb 28, 2012	92.8	9	0
34	Orden Ogan To the End	Oct 26, 2012	96.3	4	0
35	Threshold March of Progress	Aug 31, 2012	93.6	7	0
36	Katatonia Dead End Kings	Aug 27, 2012	88.4	23	2
37	Tempel On the Steps of the Temple	Aug 3, 2012	92.2	9	1
38	Lamb of God Resolution	Jan 24, 2012	86.2	31	3
39	Damnation Angels Bringer of Light	Mar 7, 2012	93.3	6	0
40	Make Them Suffer Neverbloom	May 25, 2012	87.5	22	1

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