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2012 TOP 100 ARTISTS

1 Kreator 333
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2 Accept 267
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3 Municipal Waste 260
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4 Rage 243
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5 Van Halen 238
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6 Overkill 233
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7 Destruction 222
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8 Napalm Death 210
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9 Eluveitie 209
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10 Tank 205
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11 Cannibal Corpse 196
12 Aerosmith 195
13 As I Lay Dying 194
14 Testament 191
15 Dew-Scented 182
16 Dying Fetus 180
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Better late than never.

…or so they say? Well, it is kinda late, but then again, I was too greedy – wanted to rat—I mean, listen to so much music, hence the delay.

Note that my rating scale may (and probably will) differ from yours. Short summary:
9 – amazing
8 – very good, recommended for everyone
7 – not bad, if you like the genre/band very much, you might give it a try…
6 – well, you CAN listen to it, but there’s no point. Boring/annoying for some reason. Not recommended (maybe if you’re a fanboy of the band – but in that case you’d already own the album)
Anything below 6 – no. Just no.

2/10
This or the Apocalypse – Dead Years // I’d rather have the Apocalypse…

5/10
All That Remains – A War You Can Not Win

5,5/10
As I Lay Dying – Awakened
Ektomorf – Black Flag
Every Time I Die – Ex Lives

6/10
Arthemis – We Fight
At Vance – Facing Your Enemy
Cradle of Filth – The Manticore and Other Horrors
Delain – We Are the Others
DragonForce – The Power Within
Eluveitie – Helvetios
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So, yet another issue of the Year End Summary is about to amuse and bewilder you. It was an awesome year for music, and it was also a totally magnificent year for my other passion, cinema, but that's not the place to speak about it. Anyway, for quite some time I've had this thought that this summary business is kinda stupid – suddenly in December you realise how many potentially awesome albums you've missed and then you desperately try to make up for it by listening as much as you can, neglecting your work, studies, family, girlfriend, cat or whatever you've got to care for. Not that I intend to drop doing this or something, I guess I just like doing pointless stuff nobody cares about. Oh well, I start to blabber here. So, let's get ready to rumble!


3/10:
This or the Apocalypse – Dead Years (The Worst Album of the Year and The Disappointment of the Year; it's actually really, really sad how this band managed to stoop so low after two great releases...)
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I didn't listen to much new music this year, but i've tried to make a top 10.

10)
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Graveyard - Lights Out
Favorite song: 20/20 (Tunnel Vision)

9)
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Shinedown - Amaryllis
Favorite song: Enemy

8)
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Anathema - Weather Systems
Favorite song: Untouchable, Part 1

7)
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Slash - Apocalyptic Love
Favorite song: Anastasia

6)
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Rival Sons - Head Down
Favorite song: Keep On Swinging

5)
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Black Country Communion - Afterglow
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1. Frank Ocean - Channel ORANGE (Def Jam)
2. Beach House – Bloom (Sub Pop)
3. Woods – Bend Beyond (Woodsist)
4. Grizzly Bear – Shields (Warp)
5. Twin Shadow – Confess (4AD)
6. Perfume Genius– Put Your Back N 2 It (Matador)
7. Wild Nothing – Nocturne (Captured Track)
8. Chromatics – Kill For Love (Italians Do It Better)
9. Tame Impala – Lonerism (Modular Recordings)
10. Grimes – Visions (4AD)
11. Baroness – Yellow & Green (Relapse)
12. Spiritualized – Sweet Heart, Sweet Light (Double Six Records)
13. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend! 14. (Constellation)
14. Japandroids – Celebration Rock (Automatic Entertainment)
15. Lambchop – Mr. M (Merge)
16. The xx – Coexist (Young Turks)
17. Liars– WIXIW (Mute)
18. Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (Columbia)
19. The Weeknd – Trilogy (Republic)
20. Scott Walker – Bish Bosch (4AD)
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