My Top 40 of 2012

TheLongshot · Dec 25, 2012

Ok, my top 10: (Warning: Not all metal)

1. Rush - Clockwork Angels
2. Beyond The Bridge - Old Man And The Spirit
3. 3rDegree - The Long Division
4. Diablo String Orchestra - Pandora's Pinata
5. Heaven's Cry - Wheels Of Impermanence
6. Alamaailman Vasarat - Valta
7. Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Lost In The New Real
8. Anglagard - Viljans Oga
9. Therion - Les Fleurs Du Mal
10. District 97 - Trouble With Machines

Probably more of Glenn's list would have made the list, if vendors at Progpower actually had them in stock. Would have bought Kontrust or Xandria if someone had them. Oh well.

lane_miller · Dec 26, 2012

Purveyor Of Evil said:
ORDEN OGAN and Atlanta. Like chocolate and peanut butter. Please, Glenn, make this happen!

The Purveyor and I don't agree on eveything, but the man has it right here. Here's hoping we see them at PP.

Locust0311 · Dec 26, 2012

I'm too lazy to lazy to rank my top 40, but here's my top 2 and then a bunch of others that I'd recommend:

1) Trail of Murder - Shades of Art
I got this from Urban over a year ago and its still as awesome today as it was when I got it from him. It holds the record of staying in my car's CD changer the longest, probably 9+ months. Easily the best thing he's ever done imho (and I do like his work with Tad Morose and Blooodbound).

2) Damnation Angels - Bringer of Light
Pride (The Warriors Way) is by far song of the year. The whole album is great from start to end. This was so good I faked a Japanese IP address so I could pay Amazon Japan for the digital album

Affector - Harmageddon
Beyond the Bridge - The Old Man and the Spirit
Circus Maximus - Nine
Delain - We Are the Others
Elvenking - Era
Galahad - Battle Scars/Beyond the Realms of Euphoria
Headspace - I Am Anonymous
Heaven's Cry - Wheels of Impermanence
I Legion - Beyond Darkness
Imminent Sonic Destruction - Recurring Themes
Neal Morse - Momentum
Oddland - The Treachery of Senses
The Omega Experiment - s/t
Orden Ogan - To The End
Rush - Clockwork Angels
SkyHarbor - Blinding White Noise: Illusion & Chaos
Testament - Dark Roots of Earth
Threshold - March of Progress
To-Mera - Exile
Xandria - Neverworld's End

And some disappointments:

Adrenaline Mob - Omerta... Not bad for what it is, but what it is ain't much my thing
Spheric Universe Experience - The New Eve... I found the change in sound jarring. I need to spend more time with it but have other stuff I'd rather listen to.
Therion - Les Fleurs Du Mal... Another one I need to spend more time with, but the first couple of passes were just kinda... dull
Yargos - Magical Karma... Just weird, not the way I wanted to see Mac go out

Qrusher14242 · Dec 26, 2012

1. Rush - Clockwork Angels
2. Flower Kings - Bank of Eden
3. Accept - Stalingrad
4. Beyond the Bridge - Old Man and the Spirit
5. Van Halen - Different Kind of Truth
6. Jeff Scott Soto - Damage Control
7. Threshold - March of Progress
8. Axel Rudi Pell - Circle of the Oath
9. Devil's Train - S/T
10. Evil Masquerade - Pentagram
11. Paragon - Force of Destruction
12. Rage - 21
13. Sunstorm - Emotional Fire
14. Suspye - S/T
15. Damnation Angels - Bringer of Light
16. Primal Fear - Metal Nation
17. Unisonic S/T
18. German Pascual - A New Beginning
19. Dark Empire - From Refuge to Ruin
20. Candlemass - Psalms for the Dead
21. Headspace - I Am Anonymous

Fizrider · Dec 27, 2012

Harvester said:
4. Beyond the Bridge- The Old Man and the Spirt: This is the #1 progressive metal release of the year. Its lush, epic, stunning, and simply beautiful. I wish them all the best in the world, but I truly think they are fucked in terms of trying to top this one.

Utterly screwed indeed. I spoke to Herbie at length about this project (which is funny, since I am a total Sinbreed-aholic), and he could not rave enough about the talent and skills of guitarist Peter Degenfeld and keyboardist Christopher Tarnow.

They were this year's Haken for me, only more so.

ApolloFC · Dec 27, 2012

Two albums that are automatically placed in my top 2012
1. Tetrafusion - Horizons
2. Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Pinata

Other albums that I've liked (in order of thought)

A Sound of Thunder - Out of The Darkness
Seven Kingdoms - The Fire Is Mine
Lacuna Coil - Dark Adrenaline
Circus Maximus - Nine
The Gathering - Disclosure
Ihsahn - Eremtia

Albums I would of liked to check out but aren't on Spotify
Kamelot - Silverthorn
Testament - Dark Roots of the Earth

Note that I'm still getting myself acquainted with most of Glenn's top 40. Recently digging Southern Cross & Orgen's Ogan & Kontrust. Its so hard for me to come up with a top list.

Yonfon · Dec 28, 2012

Made a top 5. Couldn't come up with a solid top 10 list for this year. Some of my favorite bands just didn't pull through with their releases this year.

5. The Hollow Choir by Vuvuzela
4. The Old Man and the Spirit by Beyond The Bridge
3. Small Fame by Bend Sinister
2. NINE by Circus Maximus
1. Pandora's Pinata by Diablo Swing Orchestra:Smokedev:

worth noting that Devin Townsend's Epicloud just missed the top 5.

Oblivion Ocean · Dec 28, 2012

While we are sharing, here is mine.

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/zzax/my_favorite_albums_of_2012

zedowns · Dec 29, 2012

Here's my top 50, no write ups. This was a down year for me, few of my anticipated albums met my expectations and I hardly did any exploring outside of my comfort zone for the first time in a while. My top 5 is pretty great though, all of those except for Circus Maximus and Anathema were nice surprises.

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/zedowns/2012_rankings

Top 10:
10. The Omega Experiment - The Omega Experiment
9. Threshold - March of Progress
8. Damnation Angels - Bringer of Light
7. Beyond the Bridge - The Old Man and the Spirit
6. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city
5. Thank You Scientist - Maps of Non-Existent Places
4. Anathema - Weather Systems
3. Headspace - I Am Anonymous
2. Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I
1. Circus Maximus - Nine

hoodaman · Dec 30, 2012

My top 10 for the year:

10. Shadowside - Inner Monster Out
09. Eclipse - Bleed and Scream
08. Kamelot - Silverthorn
07. Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Pinata
06. Xandria - Neverworld's End
05. Jeff Scott Soto - Damage Control
04. Secret Sphere - Portrait of a Dying Heart
03. Dynazty - Sultans of Sin
02. H.E.A.T. - Address the Nation
01. Circus Maximus - Nine

dtguitarfan · Dec 31, 2012

My top 25 (out of a list that has now gone over 215):
25) Vision Divine – Destination Set to Nowhere
24) Dol Ammad – Cosmic Gods: Episode I – Hyperspeed
23) Secret Sphere – Portrait of a Dying Heart
22) Affector – Harmagedon
21) Warnot – His Blood Is Yours
20) Wintersun – Time I
19) Presto Ballet – Relic of the Modern World
18) Still Alive – Kyo
17) Sonata Arctica – Stones Grow Her Name
16) Sabaton – Carolus Rex
15) Syrek – Machine Elves
14) Änglagård – Viljans öga
13) Beardfish – The Void
12) The Flower Kings – Banks of Eden
11) Diablo Swing Orchestra – Pandora’s Piñata
10) To-Mera – Exile
9) Teramaze – Anhedonia
8) Kamelot – Silverthorn
7) Suspyre – Suspyre
6) Epica – Requiem for the Indifferent
5) Oddland – The Treachery of Senses
4) Circus Maximus – Nine
3) Distorted Harmony – Utopia
2) Beyond the Bridge – The Old Man And The Spirit
1) Headspace – I Am Anonymous

ApolloFC · Dec 31, 2012

Sadly I'm just starting to enjoy Beyond The Bridge. Skipped them at the festival..guess I'll see if I made a mistake.

Edit: Dammit.

oldboy · Dec 31, 2012

2012 was my favorite year in music since 1998, and these are my top 30 albums for the year. I know these were not all released in 2012, but they are all albums of recent release that I bought this year:

30) Van Halen: "A Different Kind of Truth"
29) Unisonic: s/t
28) ReinXeed: "Welcome to the Show"
27) Royal Hunt: ""Show me how to Live"
26) Last Kingdom: "Chronicles of the North"
25) Lorenguard: "Eve of Corruption"
24) Holy Knights: "Between Daylight and Pain"
23) Iron Mask: " Black as Death"
22) Elvenking: "Era"
21) Outloud: "Love Catastrophe"

20) Eclipse: "Bleed and Scream"
19) Animetal USA: s/t
18) Sabaton: "Carolus Rex"
17) Kimball/Jamison: s/t
16) Battle Beast: "Steel"
15) Primal Fear: "Unbreakable"
14) Iron Savior: "The Landing"
13) Ancient Bards: "Soulless Child"
12) Borknagar: "Urd"
11) Ten: "Stormwarning"

10) Vision Divine: "Destination set to Nowhere"
9) Sound Storm: "Immortalia"
8) Dragon Guardian: "Destiny of the Sacred Kingdom"
7) Dragonforce: "The Power Within"
6) Thy Majestie: "Shihuangdi"
5) Threshold: "March of Progress"
4) Galneryus: "Angel of Salvation"
3) Luca Turilli: "Ascending to Infinity"
2) Dragonland: "Under the Grey Banner"
1) Pathfinder: "Fifth Element"

dtfanatic · Dec 31, 2012

Don't know how I missed Headspace (guess I'm not paying attention to IO releases much) but thanks for the pimping everyone. Great album! Would love to see them and Threshold in 2014 as others do. I'd put money up for that for sure.

TwizstedJesus · Jan 1, 2013

Locust0311 said:
This was so good I faked a Japanese IP address so I could pay Amazon Japan for the digital album

This is fucking brilliance!

TwizstedJesus · Jan 1, 2013

Ok, I've been lured into this conversation a little late, but here goes...

1) Circus Maximus – Nine By far the best disc of the year, and the #1 reason why I'm coming back to ProgPower again this year after planning to retire from the annual trip.
2) Kamelot – Silverthorn I saw it said somewhere; Roy WHO? Tommy fucking killed it and this disc was a great comeback after two mildly disappointing releases.
3)Adler-"Back From The Dead" If you haven't heard it you must seek it out! Jacob Bunten is a star in the making, and this is a great slab of commercial hard rock.
4)Lanfear-"This Harmonic Consonance" I just love Nuno Miguel de Barros Fernandes midrange. Reminds me a touch of Ray Alder. "BOW DOWN TO THE REVEREND!"
5)A Perfect Day-"ST" Very good cd! Thanks to whomever tipped me off to this one.
6)Scelerata- "The Sniper" This one just hit home for some reason. Very under the radar band.
7)Led Zeppelin-"Celebration Day" I still can't believe that it was that fucking good of a show! Never expected Robert Plant to sound this good!
8) Overkill-The Electric Age Its Overkill. There has never been a bad album.
9)Primal Fear: "Unbreakable" Judas Priest fucked up. Thank God! Because Primal Fear is as consistent as it gets.
10)Epica – Requiem for the Indifferent I love you Simone.
11)Reverence-"When Darkness Calls" Another under the radar disc
12) Suspyre – Suspyre They continue to grow with each release.
13)Jorn-Bring Heavy Rock To The Land ANother who consistently puts out soild, if not spectacular discs
14)Van Halen: "A Different Kind of Truth" DLR may be on his last legs vocally. If so, a solid sendoff
15)Beyond the Bridge - The Old Man and the Spirit I thought the cd was more impressive than the live show, but they have mega potential.
16)Vision Divine: "Destination set to Nowhere" Surprised me with this one
17) Secret Sphere – Portrait of a Dying Heart See above comments
18) Devil's Train - S/T Very bluesbased rock which gets better with each listen
19) Xandria - Neverworld's End Who needs Nightwish when there is Xandria...always put out listenable material; this is a step up.
20)Damnation Angels - Bringer of Light Can't wait to see these guys.
21)Cloudscape-"New Era" Heres another band who puts out solid but unspectacular metal
22)Flotsam and Jetsam-"Ugly Noise" Comeback disc for these guys didn't disappoint me
23)Bad Salad-"Uncivilized Talent galore!
24)Ancient Bards: "Soulless Child" I'm still trying to dig into this a bit more, but from what I've heard, not too shabby
25)Speaking to Stones-"Elements" I've only heard one song, but based on that it enters the top 25 (besides the fact that I only have 24 releases for this year)

zekeyou · Jan 1, 2013

My top 15-- unfortunately just got a few albums that might have cracked it had I heard them earlier (Lunar Aurora, Finsterforst)...

1. Woods of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies and Electric Light
2. Baroness - Yellow and Green
3. Enslaved - RIITIIR
4. Anathema - Weather Systems
5. Accept - Stalingrad
6. Agalloch - Faustian Echoes
7 - Rush - Clockwork Angels
8 . Kreator - Phantom Antichrist
9. Christian Mistress - Possession
10. Dawnbringer - Into the Lair of the Sun God
11. Asphyx - Deathhammer
12. Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction
13. Corrosion of Confromity - Corrosion of Conformity
14. Jess and the Ancient Ones - Jess and the Ancient Ones
15. Between the Buried and Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence

nomisofsiman · Jan 5, 2013

TwizstedJesus said:
Ok, I've been lured into this conversation a little late, but here goes...

22)Flotsam and Jetsam-"Ugly Noise" Comeback disc for these guys didn't disappoint me

As far as I can see, this has not been released yet. Anyways, did you listen to their last one? No matter how good it is, which I'm sure it is, I think for it to be a comeback disc, their latest effort has to be subpar.

lane_miller · Feb 1, 2013

Orden Ogan and Headspace in Atlanta!!!!!!!! Glenn, you would once again be my hero!

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