Cadaveria - Horror Metal (2012)

01. Flowers In Fire 06:51
02. The Night’s Theatre 05:01
03. Death Vision 05:02
04. Whispers Of Sin 03:43
05. Assassin 05:08
06. The Days Of The After And Behind 05:48
07. Apocalypse 06:01
08. The Oracle (Of The Fog) 05:06
09. Requiem 05:17
10. This Is Not The Silence 05:35
11. Hypnotic Psychosis 03:15

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

Vinterblot - Nether Collapse (2012)

1. Prelude
2. Upon a Reign of Ashes
3. Council of Trees Beholder
4. Remembrance
5. Howling Shadow
6. Sol Invictus (Ritual Act)
7. Whispers to the Headless
8. The Forlorn War
9. ...To Nethereal
10. As Sleipnir Rides

Genre: Melodic Death/Viking Metal
Rating: 9/10

Cityscape Drawn In Black Ink - For The Atmosphere And Illusion's Sake [ep] (2012)

01. Atmosphere And Illusion 07:27
02. Some Other Place, Some Other Time 07:48

Genre: Depressive Black Metal
Rating: 6/10

Splattered Entrails - 2012 [ep] (2012)

1. Vanity Of Perversion 03:34
2. Magnum Rivet 02:47
3. Onslaught Of Warfare 03:07
4. Screams Of Distant Terror 03:24
5. Arcadia 03:20
6. Incessant Torture 03:22
7. Subject Delta 03:36

Genre: Death Metal
Rating: 5/10

Swallow The Sun - Emerald Forest And The Blackbird (2012)

01. Emerald Forest And The Blackbird 09:57
02. This Cut Is The Deepest 05:20
03. Hate, Lead The Way 06:13
04. Cathedral Walls (Feat. Anette Olzon) 06:47
05. Hearts Wide Shut 05:55
06. Silent Towers 04:01
07. Labyrinth Of London (Horror Pt. IV) 08:29
08. Of Death And Corruption 05:00
09. April 14th 08:28
10. Night Will Forgive Us 06:40

Genre: Melodic Death/Doom Metal
Rating: 9/10

Verwüstung - I First Saw You On That Snowy Night And Couldn't Shake An Overwhelming Feeling Of Sadness (2012)

01. City Of Dreamers 06:23
02. Those Evenings We Spent Alone Staring Out The Window 06:15
03. For The First Time, I Can Feel 05:02
04. Comasleep 05:08
05. Spiral Paradox 04:25
06. Please, Let Me Undo It All 04:58
07. When Our Hands Met 12:13

Genre: Black Metal
Rating: 8/10

Psycroptic - The Inherited Repression (2012)

1. Carriers of the Plague 06:07
2. Forward to Submission 03:57
3. Euphorinasia 04:55
4. The Throne of Kings 04:05
5. Unmasking the Traitors 03:56
6. Become the Cult 04:12
7. From Scribe to Ashes 03:50
8. Deprivation 05:44
9. The Sleepers Have Awoken 04:09

Genre: Technical Death Metal
Rating: 6/10

Ecliptica - Journey Saturnine (2012)

01. ђ (Saturn's Theme) 01:20
02. Journey Saturine 03:55
03. Fire! Burn! 04:00
04. Love & Misery 03:51
05. Dreamland 04:41
06. Blackened Day 03:40
07. Ready For A Ride 03:53
08. Kingdom Of Heaven 04:15
09. The Shadow 04:34
10. Condition Crest Fallen 04:45
11. Attitude 03:38
12. Without You 04:11

Genre: Power Metal
Rating: 4/10

Theudho - When Ice Crowns The Earth (2012)

1.War into the World 05:42
2.When Ice Crowns the Earth 04:44
3.The Second Coming 04:48
4.Niðr ok Norðr 04:58
5.Heracleidae (Seevölkersturm) 05:22
6.Sacrifice the King 04:16
7.Lokabrenna 07:37
8.The Straw Death 04:35

Genre: Black/Viking Metal
Rating: 7/10

Biohazard - Reborn In Defiance (2012)

01. 9:IIIX6.941
02. Vengeance Is Mine
03. Decay
04. Reborn
05. Killing Me
06. Countdown Doom
07. Come Alive
08. Vows Of Redemption
09. Waste Away
10. You Were Wrong
11. Skullcrusher
12. Never Give In
13. Season The Sky

Genre: Hardcore/Metalcore
Rating: 6/10

Sear Bliss - Eternal Recurrence (2012)

01. The Eternal Quest 05:47
02. Ballad of the Shipwrecked 05:22
03. Great Cosmic Disorder 05:59
04. A Lost Cause 04:39
05. The New Era of Darkness 04:32
06. There’s no Shadow without Light 04:35
07. Entering the Seventh Gate 06:43

Genre: Atmospheric/Black Metal
Rating: 6/10

Eluveitie - Helvetios (2012)

1. Prologue 01:25
2. Helvetios 04:01
3. Luxtos 03:55
4. Home 05:17
5. Santonian Shores 03:58
6. Scorched Earth 04:18
7. Meet the Enemy 03:46
8. Neverland 03:43
9. A Rose For Epona 04:26
10. Havoc 04:05
11. The Uprising 03:42
12. Hope 02:27
13. The Siege 02:45
14. Alesia 03:58
15. Tullianum 00:24
16. Uxellodunon 03:52
17. Epilogue 03:14

Genre: Melodic/Folk Metal
Rating: 7/10

Anneke Van Giersbergen - Everything Is Changing (2012)

01. Feel Alive 03:42
02. You Want To Be Free 03:29
03. Everything Is Changing 03:21
04. Take Me Home 03:30
05. I Wake Up 03:30
06. Circles 04:17
07. My Boy 04:17
08. Stay 04:15
09. Hope, Pray, Dance, Play 03:25
10. Slow Me Down 03:04
11. Too Late 04:161
12. 1000 Miles Away From You 05:01

Genre: Melodic/Pop Rock
Rating: 7/10

Lacuna Coil - Dark Adrenaline (2012)

1. Trip the Darkness 03:15
2. Against You 03:51
3. Kill the Light 03:34
4. Give Me Something More 03:56
5. Upsidedown 03:04
6. End of Time 03:53
7. I Don't Believe in Tomorrow 04:12
8. Intoxicated 03:48
9. The Army Inside 03:12
10. Losing My Religion (REM cover) 03:42
11. Fire 02:55
12. My Spirit 05:50

Genre: Gothic Metal
Rating: 8/10

Soulfallen - The Promise Of Hell (2012)

1. The Birth of Newfound Death
2. Questions and Answers
3. Ghosts
4. Scars Aligned
5. The Silence of the Storm
6. Cold Beneath the Sun
7. Dead and Dying
8. Bring Me My Demons
9. At The Heart of Dying

Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Rating: 8/10

Dreamerion - All Gods Are Dumb (2012)

1. All Gods Are Dumb 1:59
2. The Unnamed Flower 5:25
3. Are You Listening To Me 5:40
4. This Beautiful Moment Will Never Come Back 5:18
5. Awareness of Death 4:23
6. The Birth of The Queen of The Eternal Ice 6:19
7. Funeral March For The Queen Of Eternal Ice 3:33
8. How The Fog Can Be Dispersed 5:22
9. I'm in You 5:21

Genre: Atmospheric Rock/Ambient Metal
Rating: 8/10

The Mire & Chronos - The Mire/Chronos [split] (2012)

The Mire
1.Dreamwrecker 05:36
2.Palmreader 04:34

Chronos
3.Old Toby 11:22

Genre: Doom/Post Metal
Rating: 9/10

Woods Of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light (2012)

1. Career Suicide (Is Not Real Suicide) 03:45
2. Travelling Alone 05:05
3. Alternate Ending 04:28
4. Lightning & Snow 04:41
5. Finality 03:56
6. Death Is Not An Exit 05:11
7. Adora Vivos 05:42
8. Silver 04:50
9. Modern Life Is Architecture 07:21
10. Kiss My Ashes Goodbye (Part 1) 05:48
11. Kiss My Ashes Goodbye (Part 2) 05:13

Genre: Atmospheric Doom/Gothic Metal
Rating: 7/10

Abigail Williams - Becoming (2012)

1. Ascension Sickness 11:12
2. Radiance 05:33
3. Elestal 08:12
4. Infinite Fields of Mind 10:11
5. Three Days of Darkness 02:27
6. Beyond the Veil 17:31

Genre: Black Metal
Rating: 8/10

Abidetherein - Paralysis Engulfed The Myth (2012)

1. Begotten 09:35
2. Oscenita 03:03
3. Ninety Nine Names 09:08
4. Lachrymation Murder 08:03
5. A Marvel of Faith (The Sun and the Moon) 08:46
6. Sin Sculptor 06:42
7. The Winds That Scattered 07:01
8. Sphacelate Metastasized Inevitable 08:13

Genre: Black Metal
Rating: 4/10

Charon - Sulphur Seraph (The Archon Principle) (2012)

1. -!- 01:28
2. Sulphur Seraph (The Archon Principle) 04:21
3. Flagellum Horribils (Trident Lash) 06:48
4. Ambassador Of Bonds 05:28
5. Thy Weapon 03:38
6. Key To Nowhere – The Absolute 05:09
7. S.olution… A.verse… T.enebrous… A.nswer – N.othingness 07:49
8. -!!- 03:29

Genre: Black/Thrash Metal
Rating: 8/10

Nebula VII - The Damaged Hope... (2012)

1. Renovation
2. White Worms
3. Melting Brains
4. Solitude
5. The Eternal Winter
6. In The Fog
7. Track Of Star Birth
8. Untitled (Geriht Cover) (Version 2012)
9. Stage 3. Paranoia (Version 2012)

Genre: Blackened Drone/Ambient Metal
Rating: 8/10

Lethian Dreams - Season Of Raven Words (2012)

1. Dawn 07:17
2. Wandering 05:26
3. See 01:36
4. Raven 06:40
5. White Gold 04:31
6. Invisible 02:38
7. Satyrs 06:50
8. Roads 06:46

Genre: Atmospheric Doom Metal
Rating: 6/10

Upcoming releases in rock and metal music

January:

3 Inches of Blood
Lunar Aurora
The Way of Purity
Vesperian Sorrow
OSI
Drakkar
Aborted
Abigail Williams
Opera IX
Lacuna Coil
Lillian Axe
Woods of Ypres
Cadaveria
   

February:

Borknagar
The Faceless
Sear Bliss
Swallow the Sun
Psycroptic
Van Halen
Eluveite
Goatwhore
Drudkh
Coldworker
Xandria
Lay Down Rotten
Black Messiah
Asphyx
Napalm Death


March:

Moonspell
Cannibal Corpse
Obscura
Gojira
Sigh
Naglfar
Prong
Warmen
Eths
Epica
Soulfly
Spawn of Possession
Wodensthrone
Meshuggah
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Cradle of Filth
Jeff Loomis
Marduk
Deeds of Flesh
Europe
Secrets of the Moon
Cattle Decapitation
Den Saakaldte
Dying Fetus
Accept
Demon Hunter
Anathema
Paradise Lost
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Sonata Arctica
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Sabaton
Obituary
Testament

June:

October Falls
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Mnemic
Svart
The Ocean
Cult of Luna


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Obscenity


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Haggard
Necrophagia


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Slayer
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In This Moment
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Severe Torture
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Pig Destroyer
Cloudscape
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Demons and Wizards
Mortiis
Devin Townsend
Cryptopsy
The Project Hate MCMXCIX
The Red Chord
Shining
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Powermad
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Anaal Nathrakh
Helloween
Cynic
Blind Guardian
Nile
Periphery
Dark Funeral
Alice in Chains
Swashbuckle
Quo Vadis
Into Eternity
Soundgarden
Kreator
Enthroned
Tesla
Voivod
Fragements of Unbecoming
Judas Priest
Cathedral
Augury

Alcest - Les Voyages De L'Âme (2012)

1. Autre Temps 05:50
2. Là Où Naissent Les Couleurs Nouve 08:50
3. Les Voyages De L'Âme 06:59
4. Nous Sommes L'Emeraude 04:20
5. Beings Of Light 06:11
6. Faiseurs De Mondes 07:57
7. Havens 02:10
8. Summer's Glory 08:04

Genre: Black Metal
Rating: 10/10

Nutr - Al-lahd (2012)

1.Alzolomat
2.Allahd
3.Wa Hasratah
4.Alnajat
5.Samt Alqabr
6.Serakh
7.Tho'banon Aqra'

Genre: Funeral Doom Metal
Rating: 9/10

Decaying - Encirclement (2012)

1. Initiation
2. Operation Citadel
3. From the Cradle to the Grave
4. Artillery Barrage
5. Battle of the Somme
6. Conclusion
7. On the Path of Subjugation
8. The Hell of Verdun
9. Public Enlightenment
10. The Rising Sun

Genre: Death Metal
Rating: 7/10

Annorkoth - Annorkoth (2012)

1.The Sorrow Days 6:41
2.Lost And Forgotten 6:11
3.Autumnal Remembrance 5:10
4.Dawn 6:05
5.An Insignificant Life 6:37
6.Shades Of Misanthropy 7:03
7.The Last Chance To Escape 4:50
8.Wolves Are Howling At The Moon 5:14
9.The Mysteries Of Winter Forest 7:31
10.A Moment Of Indifference 5:56

Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
Rating: 8/10

Simulacrum - Master And The Simulacrum (2012)

01. Master And The Simulacrum 06:46
02. The Depraved 04:20
03. Battle Within 05:51
04. Hammerhead 05:50
05. Flagiston 06:15
06. Autumn Rain 05:55
07. The Beginning Of Nothing 06:05
08. Genesis Part 1: The Celestial Architect 08:44

Genre: Progressive Metal
Rating: 9/10

Primal Fear - Unbreakable (2012)

1. Unbreakable (Part 1)
2. Strike
3. Give 'em Hell
4. Bad Guys Wear Black
5. And There Was Silence
6. Metal Nation
7. Where Angels Die
8. Unbreakable (Part 2)
9. Marching Again
10. Born Again
11. Blaze of Glory
12. Conviction

Genre: Power Metal
Rating: 6/10

Faith Or Fear - Titanium (2012)

1. Titanium
2. Grinding Halt
3. System Is Armed
4. Machine
5. Deep Down
6. Forever's Not That Long
7. Afterglow
8. Bloodbath
9. CJ

Genre: Thrash Metal
Rating: 8/10

Lamb Of God - Resolution (2012)

1. Straight For The Sun 02:10
2. Desolation 03:55
3. Ghost Walking 04:27
4. Guilty 03:25
5. The Undertow 04:47
6. The Number Six 05:23
7. Barbaraosa 01:37
8. Invictus 04:15
9. Cheated 02:34
10. Insurrection 04:50
11. Terminally Unique 04:21
12. To The End 03:48
13. Visitation 04:01
14. King Me 06:37

Genre: Thrash/Metalcore
Rating: 5/10

Wilds Forlorn - We, The Damned (2012)

1. Traces 11:10
2. Path of Sorrows 03:33
3. Renouncing the World 07:46
4. We, the Damned 15:40
5. Parting 05:06

Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
Rating: 9/10

Malmort - Vox In Excelso (2012)

1. XIII October MCCCVII 07:42
2. Cruciatus 04:44
3. Templi Secretum 06:41
4. De Laude Novae Militiae 05:11
5. Faciens Misericordiam 07:34
6. Roi de Marbre 06:16
7. Considerentes Dudum 04:49
8. Finis Regni Et Funereus Successiones 05:37

Genre: Black Metal
Rating: 6/10

Innerty - Tabula Rasa (2012)

01. Abiotic Landscapes
02. Sphenoid
03. Monism Needs A Ro
04. (Enter) The Void
05. Kubark (feat. Igorrr)
06. The Divine Phenomenology Of Cold Fire
07. Tabula Rasa Pt. 1 - Cave
08. Tabula Rasa Pt. 2 - Noesis
09. Tabula Rasa Pt. 3 - Solipsism Of A Dying Man
10. Qualophobia
11. Innate Anamnesis

Genre: Progressive/Experimental Metal
Rating: 7/10