2012 had a tough act to follow after the incredible year that 2011 was, but it was able to hold it's own. 2012 was an especially strong year for hip-hop. I actually can't think of the last time there was this many great hip-hop albums within a single year. Of course being the metalhead that I am, 2012 produced a good amount of great metal records as well, but unfortunately it didn't really hold a candle to 2011 for the most part. A lot of acts surprised me with the quality of their records (including Whitechapel, Killer Mike, Kendrick Lamar, and Sylosis) while others disappointed mightily (Meshuggah, Nile, Baroness, Devin Townsend, All That Remains, and did I mention Baroness?). One thing that I did find impressive about 2012 was only a mere 13 full-length and 2 EP's got below a 3-star rating from me. This shows that while 2012 might not have as many top-level albums as 2011, It did give it a run for it's money in terms of depth. Well with delaying any further, Here is my list of every LP and EP I listened to 2012 from worst to best complete with star ratings.
EP's
7.Chelsea Grin-Evolve (1.5/5)
6.TesseracT-Persepective (2.5/5)
5.Hodgy Beats-Untitled EP (3.5/5)
4.T.R.A.M-Lingua Franca (3.5/5)
3.Brother Ali-The Bite-Marked Heart
(3.5/5)
2.Down-Down IV Part I: The Purple EP
(3.5/5)
1.Revocation-Tertrogenesis (4/5)
LP's
80.Baroness-Yellow & Green (1.5/5)
79.The Mars Volta-Noctourniquet (2/5)
78.Curren$y-The Stoned Immaculate (2/5)
77.Soundgarden-King Animal (2/5)
76.Trash Talk-119 (2.5/5)
75.Van Halen-A Different Kind of Truth
(2.5/5)
74.Chiddy Bang-Breakfast (2.5/5)
73.All That Remains-A War You Cannot
Win (2.5/5)
72.The Safety Fire-Grind the Ocean
(2.5/5)
71.Schoolboy Q-Habits and
Contradictions (2.5/5)
70.Devin Townsend Project-Epicloud
(2.5/5)
69.Sleigh Bells-Reign of Terror (2.5/5)
68.Joey Bada$$-1999 (2.5/5)
67.Lacuna Coil-Dark Adrenaline (3/5)
66.Miss May I-At Heart (3/5)
65.Thy Art Is Murder-Hate (3/5)
64.Nile-At the Gate of Sethu (3/5)
63.Meshuggah-Koloss (3/5)
62.Napalm Death-Utilitarian (3/5)
61.OFWGKTA-OF Tape Vol.2 (3/5)
60.Psycroptic-The Inherited Repression
(3.5/5)
59.Big K.R.I.T-Live From the
Underground (3.5/5)
58.Texas in July-Texas in July (3.5/5)
57.Jack White-Blunderbuss (3.5/5)
56.The Ghost Inside-Get What You Give
(3.5/5)
55.Pig Destroyer-Book Burner (3.5/5)
54.Monuments-Gnosis (3.5/5)
53.Eluveitie-Helvetios (3.5/5)
52.Aborted-Global Flatline (3.5/5)
51.Cancer Bats-Dead Set On Living
(3.5/5)
50.Glass Cloud-The Royal Thousand
(3.5/5)
49.Municipal Waste-The Fatal
Feast....Waste in Space (3.5/5)
48.Cannibal Corpse-Torture (3.5/5)
47.War of Ages-Return to Life (3.5/5)
46.The Acacia Strain-Death is the Only
Mortal (3.5/5)
45.JJ Doom-Key to the Kuffs (3.5/5)
44.The Tony Danza Tapdance
Extravaganza-Danza IIII: The Alpha- The Omega (3.5/5)
43.Frank Ocean-Channel Orange (3.5/5)
42.Shadows Fall-Fire from the Sky
(3.5/5)
41.Spawn of Possession-Incurso (3.5/5)
40.Aesop Rock-Skelethon (3.5/5)
39.Macklemore and Ryan Lewis-The Heist
(3.5/5)
38.Big K.R.I.T- 4eva N A Day (3.5/5)
37.Cattle Decapitation-Monolith of
Inhumanity (4/5)
36.Code Orange Kids-Love Is Love//
Return to Dust (4/5)
35.El-P-Cancer 4 Cure (4/5)
34.Parkway Drive-Atlas (4/5)
33.Gaza-No Absolutes In Human Suffering
(4/5)
32.Testament-Dark Roots of Earth (4/5)
31.Goatwhore-Blood for the Master (4/5)
30.Hour of Penance-Sedition (4/5)
29.Gojira-L'enfant Sauvage (4/5)
28.Job for a Cowboy-Demonocracy (4/5)
27.Black Breath-Sentenced to Life (4/5)
26.3 Inches of Blood-Long Live Heavy
Metal (4/5)
25.Whitechapel-Whitechapel (4/5)
24.Overkill-The Electric Age (4/5)
23.The Sword-Apocrophyon (4/5)
22.Death Grips-No Love Deep Web (4/5)
21.The Contortionist-Intrinsic (4/5)
20.Brother Ali-Mourning in America and
Dreaming in Color (4/5)
19.Deftones-Koi No Yokan (4/5)
18.The HAARP Machine-Disclosure (4/5)
17.Veil of Maya-Eclipse (4/5)
16.Killer Mike- R.A.P. Music (4/5)
15.Nas-Life Is Good (4/5)
14.God Forbid-Equilibrium (4/5)
13.Converge-All We Love We Leave Behind
(4/5)
12.Dying Fetus-Reign Supreme (4/5)
11.Coheed and Cambria-The Afterman:
Ascension (4/5)
10.As I Lay Dying-Awakened (4/5)
9.Kendrick Lamar-good kid, m.A.A.d city
(4/5)
8.Periphery-II (4/5)
7.Every Time I Die-Ex Lives (4/5)
6.High on Fire-De Vermis Mysteriis
(4.5/5)
5.Sylosis-Monolith (4.5/5)
4.Lamb of God-Resolution (4.5/5)
3.The Faceless-Autotheism (4.5/5)
2.Death Grips-The Money Store (4.5/5)
1.Between The Buried and Me-The
Parallax II: Future Sequence (5/5)
Albums I plan on checking out in the future:
Gorod-A Perfect Absolution
The Smashing Pumpkins-Oceania
The Offspring-Days Go By
MellowHype-Numbers
Ensiferum-Unsung Heroes
Nerousis-Honor Found in Decay
The Agonist-Prisoners
Demon Hunter-True Defiance
Kreator-Phantom Antichrist
Fear Factory-The Industrialist
Nachtmystium-Silencing Machine
7 Horns 7 Eyes-Throes of Absolution
Xibalba-Hasta La Murete
Unleashed-Odalheim
Alleageon-Formshifter
Chimp Spanner-All Roads Lead Here
Trioscapes-Seperate Realites
Ne Oblisicaris-Portal of I
Becoming the Archetype-I Am
Bison-Lovelessness
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