Vesperian Sorrow - Stormwinds Of Ages (2012)

01. Sanguis Vitam Est 00:58
02. Stormwinds Of Ages 05:13
03. An Empire To Mourn 06:04
04. Casting Dawn Into a Shadow 05:23
05. Crown Of Glass 04:13
06. Legacies Befallen 04:46
07. Eye Of The Clock Tower 07:14
08. Oracle From The Ashes 05:42
09. Relics Of The Impure 05:10
10. Death She Cried 06:10
11. Of Opiates And Accolades 06:24

Genre: Symphonic Black/Death Metal
Rating: 9/10

Storm Corrosion - Storm Corrosion (2012)

01. Drag Ropes 09:52
02. Storm Corrosion 10:09
03. Hag 06:28
04. Happy 04:54
05. Lock Howl 06:10
06. Ljudet Innan 10:20

Genre: Atmospheric/Experimental Metal
Rating:  7/10

Infinitas - Journey To Infinity (2012)

01. A Milion Lights 02:12
02. Hinter grauen Wänden 09:20
03. Auf neuen Wegen 11:48
04. A Dream About the Loneliness of Aimless Travel 08:08
05. Ein Paradies das ich fand 08:55
06. Nur die Erinnerung 07:19
07. Frequency of the Bereaved 02:24
08. Ein Hauch von Ewigkeit 07:10
09. Through the Infinity 07:14
10. Immerwährende Nächte 06:46

Genre: Atmospheric/Depressive Black Metal
Rating:  8/10

Enthral - Obtenebrate (2012)

1. Obtenebrate 02:49
2. The Gospel of Woe 12:05
3. Lay Waste the Crops 05:22
4. Pallbearer 06:32
5. Sepulchre 06:34
6. On to the Never 08:24
7. The 7th Wave 06:15
8. Within the Tomb 06:57
9. Fields of Death 06:55
10. Death's Drum 06:36

Genre: Black Metal
Rating:  6/10

Prong - Carved Into Stone (2012)

01. Eternal Heat 03:53
02. Keep On Living In Pain 03:43
03. Ammunition 03:30
04. Revenge... Best Served Cold 04:23
05. State Of Rebellion 03:55
06. Put Myself To Sleep 03:46
07. List Of Grievances 02:54
08. Carved Into Stone 05:22
09. Subtract 03:51
10. Path Of Least Resistance 04:15
11. Reinvestigate 02:50

Genre: Thrash/Groove Metal
Rating: 9/10

Frailty - Melpomene (2012),

1. Wendigo 05:59
2. Cold Sky 14:53
3. Desolate Moors 05:58
4. Underwater 06:41
5. Onegins Death 05:45
6. The Doomed Halls Of Damnation 14:05
7. Eternal Emerald 04:08
8. Thundering Heights 05:42
9. The Cemetery Of Colossus 13:33

Genre: Doom/Death Metal
Rating:  5/10

Avenger - Bohemian Dark Metal (2012)

1. Vitej Zpatky 3:13
2. Fales A Apatie 4:21
3. Dusevni Chirurgie 6:18
4. Vstric Dalkam 6:07
5. Umirani Zivotem 6:38
6. Z Jeho Krve 1:02
7. Hle+me, Plamen Dute! 2:22
8. Dark Metal 7:52

Genre: Black/Death Metal
Rating: 8/10

Natron - Grindermeister (2012)

01. Morgue Feast 04:27
02. Leechlord 03:29
03. Quarantine of Leprosy 04:03
04. Flesh of a Sick Virgin 03:57
05. The Stake Crawlers 05:07
06. Undead Awake 04:46
07. Elmer the Exhumer 04:41
08. Dead Shall Rise 02:54

Genre: Technical Death Metal
Rating: 8/10

From Oceans To Autumn - Oath Of Eternals (2012)

01. Beyond A Thousand Years 07:13
02. Sleepwalk 06:48
03. We Were Immortal 06:06
04. The Stars Tell Your Story 04:26
05. Breathe 06:37
06. Letting Go 09:09
07. Carry On/Lead The Way 03:50
08. Days Forever Gone 06:16
09. The Ones We Left Behind 10:37

Genre: Post Metal/Post Rock
Rating:  9/10

Vendetta - World Under Fire (2012)

01. Convergence 00:34
02. Halo In Black 04:00
03. Machtpolitik 04:25
04. Veil Of Empathy 04:45
05. Blast Radius 05:25
06. Lords Of Chaos 04:36
07. Fragmented Reality 04:16
08. The Ghost Inside 05:00
09. All Your Setting Suns 07:09
10. We Are Legion 03:56

Genre: Heavy Metal
Rating: 6/10

Cyclopian - Cyclopian (2012)

1. Of Raven and Snake 09:28
2. Pyramids 06:51
3. The Dark Rift 09:47
4. Radiant Sea 06:49
5. Eventide Void 15:13

Genre: Atmospheric Sludge/Post Metal
Rating:  7/10

Moonspell - Alpha Noir/Omega White (2012)

CD1
01. Axis Mundi 04:57
02. Licknthrope 03:49
03. Versus 04:39
04. Alpha Noir 04:30
05. En Nome Do Medo 04:27
06. Opera Carne 03:53
07. Love Is Blashemy 04:31
08. Grandstand 04:54
09. Sine Missione 04:57

CD2
01. Whiteomega 04:21
02. White Skies 03:35
03. Fireseason 04:29
04. New Tears Eve 04:46
05. Herodisiac 04:47
06. Incantatrix 04:40
07. Sacrificial 04:11
08. A Greater Darkness 07:25

Genre: Gothic/Dark Metal
Rating: 5/10

Dark End - Grand Guignol - Book I (2012)

1. Descent/Ascent (II Movement) 02:12
2. Æinsoph: Flashforward To Obscurity 06:42
3. Doom: And Then Death Scythed 08:15
4. Spiritism: The Transmigration Passage 07:39
5. Bereavement: A Multitude In Martyrized Flesh 07:40
6. Grief: Along Our Divine Pathway 06:23
7. Bleakness: Of Secrecy, Haste And Shattered Crystals 05:49
8. Pest: Fierce Massive Slaying Grandeur 06:59
9. Decrepitude: One Last Laugh Beside Your Agonies 09:01
10. Dawn: Black Sun Rises 11:36

Genre: Symphonic Black Metal
Rating: 10/10

The Wretched End - Inroads (2012)

01. Tyrant Of The Mountain 04:06
02. Deathtopian Society 04:24
03. Death By Nature 03:38
04. Cold Iron Soul 04:26
05. The Haunting Ground 03:25
06. Fear Propaganda 05:16
07. Blackthorn Winter 04:02
08. Hunger 03:32
09. Throne Renowned Of Old 05:17

Genre: Death/Thrash Metal
Rating: 8/10

Dark Tranquillity - Zero Distance [ep] (2012)

01. Zero Distance 04:30
02. Out Of Gravity 04:32
03. Star Of Nothingness 02:07
04. To Where Fires Cannot Feed 03:51
05. The Bow AndTthe Arrow 03:53

Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Rating: 9/10

Six Feet Under - Undead (2012)

1. Frozen At the Moment of Death 03:42
2. Formaldehyde 02:47
3. 18 Days 02:40
4. Molest Dead 03:13
5. Blood On My Hands 03:37
6. Missing Victims 03:57
7. Reckless 03:04
8. Near Death Experience 02:56
9. The Scar 03:07
10. Delayed Combustion Device 03:27
11. Vampire Apocalypse 03:54
12. The Depths of Depravity 03:49

Genre: Death Metal
Rating: 6/10

Saint Vitus - Lillie: F-65 (2012)

01. Let Them Fall 03:52
02. The Bleeding Ground 06:07
03. Vertigo 02:37
04. Blessed Night 03:59
05. The Waste of Time 05:39
06. Dependence 07:36
07. Withdrawal 03:26

Genre: Doom Metal
Rating: 6/10

Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster - Exegesis (2012)

1. Fractal World 06:28
2. Exegesis 10:04
3. Calligraphy 08:22
4. Valis 11:49
5. Black Iron Prison 09:09
6. Going Out Like Lights On A Switchboard 02:13
7. Sungazer 06:50
8. Wake 12:33

Genre: Progressive Rock/Metal
Rating:  8/10

In Mourning - The Weight Of Oceans (2012)

01. Colossus 09:33
02. A Vow To Conquer The Ocean 07:24
03. From A Tidal Sleep 06:52
04. Celestial Tear 07:44
05. Convergence 08:35
06. Sirens 01:32
07. Isle Of Solace 04:53
08. The Drowning Sun 04:53
09. Voyage Of A Wavering Mind 05:50

Genre: Progressive Melodic Death Metal
Rating: 7/10

Axel Rudi Pell - Circle Of The Oath (2012)

01. The Guillotine Suite 01:51
02. Ghost In The Black 04:37
03. Run With The Wind 04:43
04. Before I Die 04:30
05. Circle Of The Oath 09:20
06. Fortunes Of War 05:19
07. Bridges To Nowhere 07:11
08. Lived Our Lives Before 06:31
09. Hold On To Your Dreams 05:48
10. World Of Confusion (The Masquerade Ball Pt. II) 09:29
11. Temple Of The King (Live) 10:15

Genre: Heavy Metal
Rating: 5/10

Cattle Decapitation - Monolith Of Inhumanity (2012)

1. The Carbon Stampede 03:39
2. Dead Set on Suicide 03:18
3. A Living, Breathing Piece of Defecating Meat 02:58
4. Forced Gender Reassignment 03:54
5. Gristle Licker 04:54
6. Projectile Ovulation 03:31
7. Lifestalker 04:15
8. Do Not Resuscitate 03:18
9. Your Disposal 04:47
10. The Monolith 03:39
11. Kingdom of Tyrants 04:50

Genre: Death/Grindcore
Rating: 7/10

Dahlia's Tear - Dreamsphere (2012)

1. The Transition 8:23
2. Entrance to Dreamsphere 8:00
3. Carousel of the Headless Horses 9:16
4. Dreamescape (Liquid Chamber) 9:40
5. Toward the Dark Cellar 4:29
6. An Enigma in the Black Gap 7:14

Genre: Dark Ambient
Rating: 8/10

Wild's Reprisal - Cascadia Rising (2012)

1.A Fierce Green Fire Dying in Her Eyes 10:08
2.Transpersonal Ecology 09:57
3.Tragedy of the Commons 07:05
4.Ecosophy T 07:45
5.Unpolluted, Uncontaminated, Undammed 12:22
6.Silent Spring 07:02

Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
Rating: 6/10

Desaster - The Arts Of Destruction (2012)

1. Intro 01:13
2. The Art of Destruction 04:04
3. Lacerate (With Rays of Doom) 03:11
4. The Splendour of the Idols 04:20
5. Phantom Funeral 05:12
6. Queens of Sodomy 03:12
7. At Hell's Horizons 04:13
8. Troops of Heathens, Graves of Saints 03:49
9. Possessed and Defiled 08:28
10. Beyond Your Grace 03:51
11. Outro 02:50

Genre: Black/Thrash Metal
Rating: 6/10

Running Wild - Shadowmaker (2012)

01. Piece Of The Action 04:36
02. Riding On The Tide 04:25
03. I am Who I am 04:52
04. Black Shadow 05:19
05. Locomotive 04:40
06. Me & The Boys 05:03
07. Shadowmaker 04:38
08. Sailing Fire 04:23
09. Into The Black 04:51
10. Dracula 07:25

Genre: Heavy/Power Metal
Rating: 4/10

Jeff Loomis - Plains Of Oblivion (2012)

01. Mercurial (Feat. Marty Friedman) 05:29
02. The Ultimatum (Feat. Tony Macalpine) 04:39
03. Escape Velocity 04:29
04. Tragedy And Harmony (Feat. Christine Rhoades) 05:00
05. Requiem For The Living (Feat. Attila Voros) 04:52
06. Continuum Drift (Feat. Chris Poland) 05:37
07. Surrender (Feat. Ihsahn) 05:29
08. Chosen Time (Feat. Christine Rhoades) 04:32
09. Rapture 02:43
10. Sibylline Origin 04:33

Genre: Progressive/Instrumental Metal
Rating: 9/10

Arjen Anthony Lucassen's - Lost In The New Real (2012)

CD 1:
01. The New Real 06:24
02. Pink Beatles In A Purple Zeppelin 03:36
03. Parental Procreation Permit 05:03
04. When I'm A Hundred Sixty-Four 02:30
05. E-Police 04:07
06. Don't Switch Me Off 04:06
07. Dr Slumber's Eternity Home 03:51
08. Yellowstone Memorial Day 03:31
09. Where Pigs Fly 03:47
10. Lost In The New Real 10:19

CD 2:
01. Our Imperfect Race 06:27
02. Welcome To The Machine 04:45
03. So Is There No God? 04:41
04. Veteran Of The Psychic Wars 04:34
05. The Social Recluse 03:55
06. Battle Of Evermore 05:28
07. The Space Hotel 03:49
08. Some Other Time 03:21
09. You Have Entered The Reality Zone 03:24
10. I'm The Slime 02:53

Genre: Progressive Rock/Metal
Rating: 8/10

Acephalix - Deathless Master (2012)

1. Bastard Self 03:01
2. Deathless Master 03:07
3. Tombs of Our Fathers 03:11
4. On Wings... 03:49
5. Raw Life 04:15
6. Blood of Desire 03:12
7. In Arms of Nothing 03:35
8. The Hunger

Genre: Death Metal
Rating: 6/10

High On Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis (2012)

1. Serums Of Liao
2. Bloody Knuckles
3. Fertile Green
4. Madness Of An Architect
5. Samsara
6. Spiritual Rites
7. King Of Days
8. De Vermis Mysteriis
9. Romulus And Remus
10. Warhorn

Genre: Doom/Stoner Metal
Rating: 7/10

Paradise Lost - Tragic Idol (2012)

01. Solitary One 04:08
02. Crucify 04:08
03. Fear Of Impending Hell 05:24
04. Honesty In Death 04:07
05. Theories From Another World 05:02
06. In This We Dwell 03:55
07. To The Darkness 05:09
08. Tragic Idol 04:35
09. Worth Fighting For 04:11
10. The Glorious End 05:22

Genre: Doom/Gothic Metal
Rating: 8/10

Hammer Horde - Vinlander (2012)

01. Infinite Warthirst 06:01
02. Vinlander 06:00
03. Hero's Heart 05:08
04. Oathkeeper 05:23
05. Hymn Of The Fjords 00:56
06. Riders Of Annihilation 05:48
07. Archaic Offerings 05:35
08. Led By The Ancient Light 06:22
09. Midgårdian Revelry 04:29
10. Hoddmímir's Holt 02:24
11. The Curse Of Andvari 06:01

Genre: Melodic Death/Viking Metal
Rating: 6/10

Nefarious - The Universal Wrath (2012)

1. The Chosen Ones 07:25
2. The Universal Wrath 04:31
3. False Words of Prophets 05:04
4. In the Hell of Eternal Depths 05:57
5. Become Nothing 04:01
6. The King of Slaves 08:38
7. A Mountain of Crosses 05:04

Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
Rating: 5/10

Unleashed - Odalheim (2012)

01. Fimbulwinter 04:11
02. Odalheim 04:29
03. White Christ 03:12
04. The Hour Of Defeat 03:11
05. Gathering The Battalions 03:06
06. Vinland 03:58
07. Rise Of The Maya Warriors 02:41
08. By Celtic And British Shores 03:49
09. The Soil Of Our Fathers 04:55
10. Germania 03:34
11. The Great Battle Of Odalheim 05:52

Genre: Death Metal
Rating: 7/10

Phoenix Rizing - MMXII (2012)

01. Tenebris Revelantur 02:17
02. Agoraphobia 05:18
03. The Chosen One 06:05
04. Last Eternal Night 05:48
05. Fury And Rage 04:08
06. My Love Still Remains 04:54
07. Abaddon 06:26
08. Exodus 01:26
09. Lost Souls 05:31
10. Nova Era 11:21

Genre: Power Metal
Rating: 8/10

Job For A Cowboy - Demonocracy (2012)

01. Children Of Deceit 04:36
02. Nourishment Through Bloodshed 03:42
03. Imperium Wolves 04:48
04. Tongueless And Bound 04:03
05. Black Discharge 03:55
06. The Manipulation Stream 04:40
07. The Deity Misconception 04:05
08. Fearmonger 04:18
09. Tarnished Gluttony 06:15

Genre: Technical Death Metal
Rating: 6/10

Auspicium - For The World That Was And That Is To Come (2012)

1. For All Who Seek These Waves 06:10
2. The World that is to Come(instrumental) 01:49
3. Judgement 07:28
4. Reclamation 05:42
5. Justice 11:27
6. A Basilica of Black Stars 03:06

Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
Rating: 6/10

DragonForce - The Power Within (2012)

01. Holding On 04:56
02. Fallen World 04:09
03. Cry Thunder 05:17
04. Give Me The Night 04:29
05. Wings Of Liberty 07:17
06. Seasons 05:05
07. Heart Of The Storm 04:44
08. Die By The Sword 04:38
09. Last Man Stands 05:12
10. Seasons (Acoustic Version) 04:26
11. Cry Thunder (Live Bonus Track) 05:13
12. Heart Of The Storm (Alternative Version Bonus Track) 04:41
13. Avant La Tempete (Instrumental) 02:01

Genre: Power Metal
Rating: 8/10

Aeba - Nemesis - Decay Of God's Grandeur (2012)

01. The Hunter And The Hunted One 05:27
02. Towards The Grandness From Above 04:46
03. Leitwolf 05:38
04. Shatterer Of Worlds 05:13
05. In Memoriam 04:29
06. Where I Am There Is No God 05:45
07. Amok - Natural Born Killer 05:30
08. Antagonism, Eternal... 06:21

Genre: Melodic Black Metal
Rating: 7/10

Demon Hunter - True Defiance (2012)

01. Crucifix 03:44
02. God Forsaken 05:40
03. My Destiny 04:15
04. Wake 04:13
05. Tomorrow Never Comes 04:54
06. Someone to Hate 05:25
07. This I Know 04:05
08. Means to an End 02:51
09. We Don't Care 03:37
10. Resistance 04:25
11. Dead Flowers 05:24
12. What is Left (Bonus Track) 04:29
13. I Am a Stone (Bonus Track) 05:46

Genre: Metalcore
Rating: 8/10

Ephemeral Temple - Leave Your Fears [ep] (2012)

01. Want To Be 05:36
02. Los Ecos De La Oscuridad 04:52
03. Leave Your Fears 04:25
04. The Promise Alive 04:14
05. Embracing Hope 04:05

Genre: Symphonic/Gothic Metal
Rating:  4/10

Dol Ammad - Cosmic Gods Episode I: Hyperspeed (2012)

01. Magus Invicta 04:00
02. Noctis Labyrinthus 02:52
03. Golden Phantasma 02:29
04. Titan Warriors 03:57
05. Xenocide 03:03
06. Stargate Pyramid 04:56
07. Hyperspeed 04:58
08. Supernova 05:34
09. Caravan of Mars 06:52
10. Seeds of Life 04:35

Genre: Symphonic/Progressive Metal
Rating:  6/10

Ram-Zet - Freaks In Wonderland (2012)

01. Story Without a Happy End 08:03
02. I Am 05:49
03. Mojo 06:23
04. Land of Fury 06:54
05. Madre 05:53
06. Circle 05:48
07. The Sign 06:31
08. As the Carpet Silent Falls 10:00

Genre: Avant-Garde Extreme Metal
Rating: 8/10

Atrium Carceri - Reliquiae (2012)

1. Floating Above The City 2:28
2. Unveiled 3:44
3. Approaching The Coven 4:01
4. Knowledge Of The Few 5:20
5. Acolyte 3:41
6. Injection 4:38
7. Third From The Centre 2:49
8. Portal Key 1:58
9. Manufactured Minds 4:23
10. Her Blessing 4:57
11. Rusty Red Memory 3:26
12. The Long Walk 4:14
13. Through The Tunnels 3:42
14. A Factory Of Souls 2:33
15. Recovering Fragments 3:40
16. Synchronization 3:18
17. Disassembling The Creator 3:23
18. Truth Revealed 3:33
19. Godess 3:55

Genre: Dark Ambient
Rating: 7/10

Heidevolk - Batavi (2012)

01. Een Nieuw Begin 03:57
02. De Toekomst Lonkt 04:26
03. Het Verbond met Rome 05:08
04. Wapenbroeders 04:00
05. In het Woud Gezworen 06:39
06. Veleda 02:30
07. Als de Dood Weer Naar Ons Lacht 03:51
08. Einde der Zege 04:06
09. Vrijgevochten 05:08

Genre: Folk/Viking Metal
Rating: 7/10

Burzum - Umskiptar (2012)

01. Blóðstokkinn 01:22
02. Jóln 05:53
03. Alfadanz 09:22
04. Hit Helga Tré 06:52
05. Æra 03:58
06. Heiðr 03:01
07. Valgaldr 08:05
08. Galgviðr 07:19
09. Surtr Sunnan 04:16
10. Gullaldr 10:21
11. Níðhöggr 05:06

Genre: Black Metal
Rating: 4/10

Aosoth - Our Crown Of Sins [ep] (2012)

1. Our Crown Of Sins 05:16
2. Aura Of Pills II 04:01

Genre: Black Metal
Rating: 6/10

Diabulus In Musica - The Wanderer (2012)

01. A Journey's End (Intro) 02:15
02. Ex Nihilio 05:32
03. Sceneries Of Hope 03:51
04. Blazing A Trail 04:03
05. Call From A Rising Memory (Intro) 01:17
06. Hidden Reality 04:43
07. Shadow Of The Throne 04:45
08. Allegory Of Faith, Innocence And Future 05:19
09. Sentenced To Life 05:03
10. Ohiuka Bihotzetik 04:52
11. No Time For Repentance (Lamentatio) 08:28
12. The Wanderer 04:37

Genre: Symphonic Power/Gothic Metal
Rating: 8/10