The Best Metal Albums of 2012

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Ne Obliviscaris Portal of I	May 7, 2012	91.3	115	10
2	Anathema Weather Systems	Apr 16, 2012	92.8	71	2
3	Wintersun Time I	Oct 19, 2012	91	78	8
4	Circus Maximus Nine	Jun 5, 2012	92.1	51	2
5	Luca Turilli's Rhapsody Ascending to Infinity	Jun 22, 2012	90.8	67	5
6	In Mourning The Weight of Oceans	Apr 18, 2012	91.2	41	6
7	Cult of Fire Triumvirát	Jul 13, 2012	94.4	19	1
8	Anaal Nathrakh Vanitas	Oct 15, 2012	91.3	28	1
9	Cannibal Corpse Torture	Mar 13, 2012	89.6	41	0
10	Be'lakor Of Breath and Bone	Jun 4, 2012	90.6	31	0
11	Hour of Penance Sedition	Apr 6, 2012	90	35	1
12	Galneryus Angel of Salvation	Oct 10, 2012	87.7	55	4
13	Mors Principium Est ...And Death Said Live	Dec 14, 2012	89.1	39	4
14	Between the Buried and Me The Parallax II: Future Sequence	Oct 9, 2012	89.8	33	2
15	Primal Fear Unbreakable	Jan 20, 2012	91.2	22	2
16	Periphery Periphery II: This Time It's Personal	Jul 3, 2012	88.6	40	2
17	Hail Spirit Noir Pneuma	Mar 5, 2012	90.2	27	3
18	Diablo Swing Orchestra Pandora's Piñata	Apr 2012	91.9	18	0
19	Rush Clockwork Angels	Jun 8, 2012	94.4	10	1
20	Dragonforce The Power Within	Apr 15, 2012	87	52	4
21	Testament Dark Roots of Earth	Jul 27, 2012	86.5	52	0
22	Cattle Decapitation Monolith of Inhumanity	May 8, 2012	89.5	25	2
23	Threshold March of Progress	Aug 31, 2012	94.4	8	0
24	Cryptopsy Cryptopsy	Sep 11, 2012	90	22	0
25	Converge All We Love We Leave Behind	Oct 9, 2012	92.5	12	0
26	Alcest Les voyages de l'âme	Jan 6, 2012	86	52	4
27	Blessed by a Broken Heart Feel the Power	Jan 25, 2012	89	25	0
28	Abominable Putridity The Anomalies of Artificial Origin	Feb 28, 2012	90.3	18	2
29	Orden Ogan To the End	Oct 26, 2012	95	6	0
30	Paradise Lost Tragic Idol	Apr 23, 2012	92.5	10	0
31	Accept Stalingrad: Brothers in Death	Apr 6, 2012	90.9	14	0
32	Elderwind Волшебство живой природы	Nov 25, 2012	89.1	21	1
33	Nahu Eternal Recurrence of Carnage	Dec 12, 2012	90.8	14	1
34	Overkill The Electric Age	Mar 27, 2012	88.2	25	0
35	The Stranded Survivalism Boulevard	Jul 2, 2012	90	16	0
36	High on Fire De vermis mysteriis	Apr 3, 2012	94.2	6	0
37	As I Lay Dying Awakened	Sep 25, 2012	86.4	31	0
38	Sigh In Somniphobia	Mar 12, 2012	88.9	17	1
39	Lamb of God Resolution	Jan 24, 2012	86.2	31	2
40	Intervals In Time [EP]	Oct 30, 2012	95	4	0
41	Xandria Neverworld's End	Feb 22, 2012	86.7	27	1
42	Tempel On the Steps of the Temple	Aug 3, 2012	91.1	9	2
43	Kamelot Silverthorn	Oct 26, 2012	83.8	48	3
44	Damnation Angels Bringer of Light	Mar 7, 2012	92.1	7	0
45	Eclipse Bleed & Scream	Aug 24, 2012	90	11	0
46	The Gathering Disclosure	Sep 12, 2012	91.3	8	0
47	Kreator Phantom Antichrist	Jun 1, 2012	85	34	1
48	Cytotoxin Radiophobia	Nov 6, 2012	92.5	6	0
49	Dying Fetus Reign Supreme	Jun 19, 2012	88.8	14	0
50	Katatonia Dead End Kings	Aug 27, 2012	86.3	24	2

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