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| Deep Cuts From Dark Clouds | Sludge / Noisecore | 2012 - Relapse Records | 8/10 | 7.67/10 | 7.33/10 |
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| Abraham |
| The Serpent, the Prophet & the Whore | Sludge/Post-Hardcore | 2012 - Pelagic Records | 8/10 | 7/10 | 7.15/10 |
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| Agalloch |
| Faustian Echoes (EP) | Black Metal / Folk | 2012 - Dämmerung Arts | 5/5 | -/5 | 3.75/5 |
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| Ahab |
| The Giant | Doom/Death atmosphérique | 2012 - Napalm Records | 6/10 | 6.75/10 | 7.93/10 |
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| Amenra |
| Mass V | Post-Metal | 2012 - Neurot Recordings | 6/10 | 6.44/10 | 7.96/10 |
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| Anathema |
| Weather Systems | Rock atmosphérique | 2012 - Kscope Music | 8.5/10 | 7.5/10 | 8.54/10 |
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| Anatomia |
| Decaying in Obscurity | Doom / Death Metal | 2012 - Nuclear War Now! Productions | 9/10 | 8.67/10 | 8.46/10 |
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| Asphyx |
| Deathhammer | Death / Doom | 2012 - Century Media Records | 8/10 | 8/10 | 8.22/10 |
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| Author & Punisher |
| Ursus Americanus | Industrial doom/drone | 2012 - Seventh Rule Recordings | 7.5/10 | 7.63/10 | 8/10 |
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| Baroness |
| Yellow & Green | Rock/Metal radio-friendly | 2012 - Relapse Records | 5.5/10 | 7.33/10 | 7.87/10 |
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| Bilocate |
| Summoning The Bygones | Doom death | 2012 - Code666 | 7.5/10 | -/10 | 7.54/10 |
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| Black Table |
| Sentinel (EP) | Black/Sludge/Doom/Et j'en passe | 2012 - Autoproduction | 2.75/5 | -/5 | 4.25/5 |
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| Blut Aus Nord |
| 777 - Cosmosophy | White Metal | 2012 - Debemur Morti Productions | 8/10 | 8.65/10 | 8.06/10 |
| What Once Was... Liber II (EP) | Black Metal | 2012 - Debemur Morti Productions | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.83/5 |
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| Botanist |
| III: Doom In Bloom / Allies | ''Eco-terrorist Black Metal'' | 2012 - Total Rust | 5/10 | 7/10 | 7/10 |
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| Bädr Vogu |
| Exitium | Sludge | 2012 - Memento Mori | 7/10 | 3.5/10 | -/10 |
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| Candlemass |
| Psalms For The Dead | Epic Doom Metal | 2012 - Napalm Records | 6.5/10 | 6.38/10 | 7.82/10 |
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| Converge |
| All We Love We Leave Behind | Hardcore Chaotique | 2012 - Epitaph Records | 9/10 | 8.9/10 | 8.29/10 |
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| Converge / Napalm Death |
| Converge / Napalm Death (Split 7") | Hardcore / Grindcore | 2012 - Autoproduction | 4/5 | 3.92/5 | -/5 |
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| Corpsessed |
| Corpsessed (EP) | Death Metal | 2012 - Dark Descent Records | 3.75/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 |
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| Cowards |
| Shooting Blanks and Pills | Blackened (post) Hardcore | 2012 - Throatruiner Records / Hellbound Records | 6.5/10 | 5.38/10 | 7.38/10 |
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| Daylight Dies |
| A Frail Becoming | Doom/death | 2012 - Candlelight Records | 7.5/10 | 10/10 | 7.73/10 |
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| Derkéta |
| In Death We Meet | Death / Doom | 2012 - Autoproduction | 7.5/10 | -/10 | 7.7/10 |
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| Down |
| Down IV Part I (EP) | Stoner Rock | 2012 - Roadrunner Records | 2/5 | 2.92/5 | 3.94/5 |
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| Dragged Into Sunlight |
| Widowmaker | Blackened Sludge / Death / Doom | 2012 - Prosthetic Records | 4.5/10 | 7.25/10 | 7.31/10 |
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| Drug Honkey |
| Ghost In The Fire | Industrial Doom/Death | 2012 - Diabolical Conquest Records | 8.5/10 | 8.8/10 | 8.63/10 |
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| Electric Wizard |
| Legalise Drugs & Murder (Single) | Stoner / Doom | 2012 - Rise Above Records | 4/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 |
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| Elysian Blaze |
| Blood Geometry | Black Funeral Doom | 2012 - Osmose Productions | 7/10 | 7.5/10 | 8.25/10 |
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| Evoken |
| Atra Mors | Funeral Death / Doom | 2012 - Profound Lore Records | 8/10 | 8/10 | 8.32/10 |
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| Eye Of Solitude |
| Sui Caedere | Brutal Funeral Doom | 2012 - Kaotoxin Records | 9/10 | 6.13/10 | 7.37/10 |
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| Eyehategod |
| New Orleans Is The New Vietnam (Single) | Sludge | 2012 - A389 Records | 4.5/5 | 4.67/5 | -/5 |
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| Forgotten Tomb |
| ...And Don't Deliver Us From Evil | Black Doom Metal | 2012 - Agonia Records | 5.5/10 | 5.5/10 | 7.17/10 |
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| Funeral |
| Oratorium | Doom | 2012 - Grau Records | 8/10 | 6.75/10 | 8.03/10 |
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| Gaza |
| No Absolutes In Human Suffering | Doomed chaotic Hardcore | 2012 - Black Market Activities | 8/10 | 7.21/10 | 8.14/10 |
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| Goatwhore |
| Blood For The Master | Black / Thrash | 2012 - Metal Blade Records | 7.5/10 | 7/10 | 7.57/10 |
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| Gorephilia |
| Embodiment Of Death | Brutal Old-School Death Metal | 2012 - Dark Descent Records | 8.5/10 | 8.25/10 | 7.65/10 |
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| Hangman's Chair |
| Hope /// Dope /// Rope | Stoner / Doom / Grunge | 2012 - Bones Brigade Records | 10/10 | 10/10 | -/10 |
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| Head of the Demon |
| Head of the Demon | Doom/Black Metal | 2012 - The Ajna Offensive | 7.5/10 | 7.9/10 | 7.5/10 |
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| Hesper Payne / Sabazius |
| Under The Alum Shale (Split-CD) | Lovecraftian Doom/Death/Drone | 2012 - Loathsome Unclean Music | 7/10 | -/10 | 8/10 |
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| High On Fire |
| De Vermis Mysteriis | Stoner/Thrash metal | 2012 - Century Media Records | 7.5/10 | 7.3/10 | 8.09/10 |
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| Hooded Menace |
| Effigies Of Evil | Death / Doom | 2012 - Relapse Records | 8/10 | 8/10 | 7.74/10 |
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| Horn Of The Rhino |
| Grengus | Sludge/Doom/Thrash/Death | 2012 - Doomentia Records | 8/10 | 7.9/10 | 7.49/10 |
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| Horseback |
| Half Blood | Drone / Rock Psychédélique / Black Metal | 2012 - Relapse Records | 7/10 | 8/10 | 7.57/10 |
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| Huata |
| Atavist Of Mann | Stoner/Doom | 2012 - De Arte Magica | 8/10 | 7.92/10 | 8.13/10 |
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| Ice Dragon |
| Tome of the Future Ancients | Psychedelic Doom Metal | 2012 - Autoproduction | 8/10 | 8/10 | -/10 |
| Dream Dragon | Psychedelic Rock / Folk / (Proto) Doom Metal | 2012 - Autoproduction | 8.5/10 | 5/10 | -/10 |
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| Incantation |
| Vanquish In Vengeance | Death Metal | 2012 - Listenable Records | 7/10 | 8.22/10 | 7.68/10 |
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| Inverloch |
| Dusk...Subside (EP) | Doom / Death | 2012 - Relapse Records | 2.75/5 | 2.17/5 | 3.86/5 |
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| Katatonia |
| Dead End Kings | Metal/Rock Mélancolique | 2012 - Peaceville Records | 7/10 | 6.79/10 | 7.65/10 |
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| Kylesa |
| From The Vaults Vol.1 (Compil.) | Sludge/Metal/Rock | 2012 - Season Of Mist | 2.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.83/5 |
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| Love Sex Machine |
| Love Sex Machine | Sludge / Post Hardcore | 2012 - Throatruiner Records / Braincrushing / Bloated Veins | 5.5/10 | 6.67/10 | 6.69/10 |
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| Mammoth Mammoth |
| Hell's Likely | Stoner | 2012 - Napalm Records | 7/10 | -/10 | 7.19/10 |
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| Menace Ruine |
| Alight in Ashes | Drone/Black Metal | 2012 - Profound Lore Records | -/10 | 6.83/10 | 7.65/10 |
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| Meshuggah |
| Koloss | Thrash/Sludge polyrythmique | 2012 - Nuclear Blast Records | 8.5/10 | 8.1/10 | 8.24/10 |
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| Mutilation Rites |
| Empyrean | Black / Doom / Crust | 2012 - Prosthetic Records | 7.5/10 | 7/10 | 6.85/10 |
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| My Sleeping Karma |
| Soma | Stoner rock instrumental | 2012 - Napalm Records | 7.5/10 | -/10 | 7.92/10 |
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| Nachtmystium |
| Silencing Machine | Black Metal / Rock Psychédélique / Rock Sudiste | 2012 - Century Media Records | 8.5/10 | 7.7/10 | 7.99/10 |
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| Napalm Death |
| Utilitarian | Grindcore | 2012 - Century Media Records | 8.5/10 | 8.31/10 | 8.82/10 |
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| Neurosis |
| Honor Found in Decay | Neurosis | 2012 - Neurot Recordings | 8.5/10 | 7.73/10 | 8.08/10 |
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| Om |
| Advaitic Songs | Stoner Doom Ethnique | 2012 - Drag City | 9/10 | 6.59/10 | 7.09/10 |
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| Opium Warlords |
| We Meditate Under the Pussy in the Sky | Experimental Rock / Folk / Black / Drone / Doom Metal | 2012 - Svart Records | 5.5/10 | -/10 | 5.63/10 |
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| Orange Goblin |
| Eulogy For The Damned | Stoner | 2012 - Candlelight Records | 6.5/10 | 7.5/10 | 8.19/10 |
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| P.H.O.B.O.S. |
| Atonal Hypermnesia | Industrial blackened doom/noise | 2012 - Megaton Mass Products | 8.5/10 | 8.5/10 | 7.79/10 |
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| Paradise Lost |
| Tragic Idol | Metal Gothique | 2012 - Century Media Records | 8.5/10 | 7.73/10 | 8/10 |
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| Pilgrim |
| Misery Wizard | Traditional Doom Metal | 2012 - Metal Blade Records | 7/10 | 7.5/10 | 6.51/10 |
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| Reverence |
| The Asthenic Ascension | Black Avant-gardiste | 2012 - Candlelight Records | 7.5/10 | 7/10 | 7.6/10 |
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| Samothrace |
| Reverence To Stone | Sludge Atmosphérique | 2012 - 20 Buck Spin Records | 8.5/10 | -/10 | 8/10 |
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| Saturnus |
| Saturn in Ascension | Doom mélodique | 2012 - Cyclone Empire Records | 7.5/10 | 7.5/10 | 8.18/10 |
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| Serpentine Path |
| Serpentine Path | Doom / Death | 2012 - Relapse Records | 5/10 | 6.67/10 | 7.24/10 |
| Erebus/Depravity (EP) | Doom / Death | 2012 - Parasitic Records | 3.75/5 | 3.83/5 | 5/5 |
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| Seven Sisters of Sleep |
| Seven Sisters of Sleep (EP) | Sludge | 2012 - A389 Records | 4.5/5 | 4.17/5 | 4.42/5 |
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| Stonehelm |
| Stonehelm | Stoner / Doom Metal | 2012 - Totem Cat Records | 7/10 | -/10 | -/10 |
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| Swallow The Sun |
| Emerald Forest and the Blackbird | Doom/Death très très atmosphérique | 2012 - Spinefarm Records | 8.5/10 | 7.93/10 | 7.59/10 |
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| The Austrasian Goat |
| Paved Intentions | The Austrasian Folk | 2012 - Vendetta Records | 6/10 | -/10 | 9/10 |
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| The Foreshadowing |
| Second World | Doom/gothique | 2012 - Cyclone Empire Records | 6/10 | 7/10 | 7.52/10 |
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| The Gathering |
| Disclosure | Rock atmosphérique | 2012 - Psychonaut Records | 7.5/10 | 8/10 | 7.68/10 |
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| The Love Below |
| Every Tongue Shall Caress | Hardcore sludge-friendly | 2012 - A389 Records | 7.5/10 | -/10 | 8.1/10 |
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| The Sword |
| Apocryphon | Stoner | 2012 - Napalm Records | 7/10 | 7.25/10 | 7.7/10 |
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| Torche |
| Harmonicraft | Stoner / Punk / Pop | 2012 - Volcom Entertainment | 8.5/10 | 8/10 | 7.87/10 |
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| Undergang |
| Til Døden Os Skiller | Death Metal | 2012 - Xtreem Music | 7/10 | 6.75/10 | 8/10 |
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| Undergang / Funebrarum |
| The Dead Of Winter (Split 7") | Death Metal | 2012 - Doomentia Records | 3.25/5 | 3/5 | 3.25/5 |
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| Urfaust |
| Ritual Music For The True Clochard (C... | Black Metal / Ambient | 2012 - Ván Records | 4.5/5 | 4.25/5 | 4.56/5 |
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| Various Artists |
| Hellfest 2012 (Compil.) | Métal | 2012 - Sony Music | -/5 | -/5 | -/5 |
| Falling Down IIV (Compil.) | Drone/Progressif/Post Hardcore/Ambiant/Doom etc. | 2012 - Autoproduction | -/5 | -/5 | 4.25/5 |
| A Tribute to Emperor (Tribute) | Black symphonique | 2012 - Candlelight Records | -/5 | -/5 | 3/5 |
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| Verdun |
| The Cosmic Escape Of Admiral Masuka (EP) | Doom / Hardcore | 2012 - Throatruiner Records / Head Records | 3.5/5 | 3.7/5 | 3.95/5 |
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| Vintersorg |
| Orkan | Folk Metal Progressif | 2012 - Napalm Records | 7.5/10 | 6.5/10 | 7.7/10 |
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| Witchcraft |
| Legend | Heavy doom | 2012 - Nuclear Blast Records | 10/10 | 8/10 | 8.3/10 |
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| Witchden |
| Consulting The Bones | Sludge / Stoner | 2012 - Zero Budget Records | 8.5/10 | 7.63/10 | 10/10 |
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| Ævangelist |
| De Masticatione Mortuorum in Tumulis | Black/Death Metal | 2012 - I, Voidhanger Records | 8/10 | 8.25/10 | 7.17/10 |
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