AKA the best in metal, punk, hardcore and alternative, plus: record store day releases, indie, local, country, death, pop and reggae/ska record/cds, along with reissues and/or vinyl only releases from 2012...
I was going to break this down to the TOP TEN of each genre. But then I would have had to decide what genre Torche belongs in... it was tough enough determining the cutoff for 100, never mind categorizing...
Originally 300 releases were under consideration. This list represents the diversity that was 2012 in my aural explorations and entertainment. These records/cds/downloads made 2012 pretty sweet (musically).
Looking forward to finding out what I missed in 2012 (by reading other's top lists of the year). Looking forward to more discovery!
Cheers,
Frank FOE
Addendummy: Forgot these mandatory 2012 releases:
Originally 300 releases were under consideration. This list represents the diversity that was 2012 in my aural explorations and entertainment. These records/cds/downloads made 2012 pretty sweet (musically).
Looking forward to finding out what I missed in 2012 (by reading other's top lists of the year). Looking forward to more discovery!
Cheers,
Frank FOE
Addendummy: Forgot these mandatory 2012 releases:
DEAD END DRIVE "Skullhands and Ghostheads" (belongs in the TOP 50)
DOOMED TO OBSCURITY (belongs in the TOP 25)
DAMNED DIRTY APES (Belongs in the TOP 100)
Top 100 of 2012
Top 100 of 2012
1 Mould, Bob “Silver
Age” Merge
2 Torche “Harmonicraft”
Volcom
3 Ramone,
Joey “Ya Know?” BMG
4 Dinosaur
Jr. “The Electronic Anthology Project” EAPDJ
5 Bloc Party “Four”
Dim Mak
6 Cannibal
Corpse “Torture” Metal Blade
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7 Cockney
Rejects “East End Babylon” Cadiz
8 Poison Idea
“The Fatal Erection Years” TKO/SOUTHERN LORD
9 Poison Idea
“Darby Crash Rides Again” TKO/SOUTHERN LORD
10 Corrosion of
Conformity “Eye for An Eye” Candlelight
11 Buck Satan
& the 666 Shooters “Bikers Welcome, Ladies Drink Free” AFM
12 Napalm Death
“Utilitarian” Century Media
13 Flag of
Democracy “Shatter Your Day” SRA
14 Teenage
Bottlerocket “Freak Out!” Fat
15 High on Fire
“The Art of Self Defense” Southern Lord
16 High on Fire
“De Vermis Mysteriis” Entertainment One
17 Bad American
“Pretty / Ugly” Bad Recordings
18 Black Breath
“Sentenced To Life” Southern Lord
19 Reverend
Horton Heat “25 To Life” Yep Roc
20 Revilers “Revilers”
Black Hole
21 Enabler “All
Hail The Void” Southern Lord
22 Ty Segall “Singles
2007-2010” Goner
23 Dollyrots “Dollyrots”
Arrested Youth
24 Cattle
Decapitation “Monolith of Inhumanity” Metal Blade
25 Dying Fetus “Reign
Supreme” Relapse
26 Angels and
Airwaves “Stomping the Phantom Brake Pedal” Angels and Airwaves
27 Antidote “No
Peace In Our Time” Bridge 9
28 Toy Dolls “The
Album After the Last One” King Midas
29 Unsane “Wreck”
Alternative Tentacles
30 Corrosion of
Conformity “Corrosion of Conformity” Candlelight
31 Devo “Live
1981 Seattle” Booji Boy
32 Pig
Destroyer “Book Burner” Relapse
33 Off! “Off!” Vice
34 Fear Factory
“The Industrialist” Candlelight
35 NOFX “Self Entitled” Fat
36 Night Birds “Fresh Kills Vol. 1” Grave Mistake
37 Plow United “Narcolepsy” Square of Opposition
38 Primate “Draw Back A Stump” Relapse
39 Sleep “Dopesmoker” Southern Lord
35 NOFX “Self Entitled” Fat
36 Night Birds “Fresh Kills Vol. 1” Grave Mistake
37 Plow United “Narcolepsy” Square of Opposition
38 Primate “Draw Back A Stump” Relapse
39 Sleep “Dopesmoker” Southern Lord
40 Kylesa “From the Vaults Vol.1” Season of Mist
41 Blink 182 “Dogs Eating Dogs” Blink 182
42 Flag of Democracy “Chinese Food!” Who Cares
44 Hank III “Long Gone Daddy” Curb
45 F.U.2 “Punk Rock” 1-2-3-4 Go
46 Face To Face “All For Nothing” Antagonist
47 Avengers “Official Re-release of the Pink Album” Water/4 Men With Beards
48 Bloc Party “Four More” Dim Mak
49 Various Artists “Cashing In On Christmas” Black Hole
50 Ty Segall “Twins” Drag City
51 Ty Segall
Band “Slaughterhouse” In the Red
52 Hounds & Harlots “The Good Fight” Black Hole
53 Biters “It’s
All Chewed Up, OK” Rock and Roll Kills, Pop the Balloon, Yeah Right!
54 Cliff, Jimmy “Rebirth” UMe
52 Hounds & Harlots “The Good Fight” Black Hole
54 Cliff, Jimmy “Rebirth” UMe
55 Lost Sounds “The Lost Lost” Goner
56 Madness “Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da” Koch
57 Stone Sour “House of Gold and Bones Part 1” Roadrunner
58 Jimmy Cliff “Sacred Fire” Collective Sounds
59 Soulfly “Enslaved” Roadrunner
60 Fang “Here Come the Cops” Malt Soda
61 Municipal Waste “The Fatal Feast” Nuclear Blast
62 Common Enemy “As The World Burns” Overdose on Records
63 White, Jack “Blunderbuss” Third Man
64 Killing Joke “MMXII” Spinefarm
66 Linkin Park “Living Things” WB
67 Japandroids “Celebration Rock” Polyvinyl
68 Rites of Spring “Six Song Demo” Dischord
69 Neurosis “Honor Found in Decay” Neurot
70 Whitechapel “Whitechapel” Metal Blade
71 Abba “Voulez Vous Extended” Polar
73 Failure Face “Discography” Give Praise
74 Autopsy “All Tomorrow's Funerals” Peaceville
75 Anaal Nathrakh "Vanitas" Candlelight
76 Ex Friends “No Wonder We Prefer the Dark” Paper + Plastic
77 Gallows “Gallows” Bridge 9
78 Hives “Lex Hives” No Fun
79 Destruction “Spiritual Genocide” Nuclear Blast
80 Ringworm “Venomous Grand Design” Revelation
81 Snapcase “Progression Through Unlearning” Victory
82 Ministry “Relapse” AFM
83 Stooges, Iggy and the “Live at ATP 2010” MVDaudio
84 Baroness “Yellow and Green” Relapse
85 The Transmission Now “The Transmission Now” The Transmission Now
86 Modern Pets “Modern Pets” Modern Action
87 Revocation “Teratogenesis” Scion
88 The Briefs “Singles Only” 7” Box Set Modern Action
89 Municipal Waste / Toxic Holocaust “split” Tank Crimes
90 Bouncing Souls “Comet” Rise
91 Rumpelstiltskin Grinder “Ghostmaker” Candlelight
92 Strong Intention “Razorblade Express” Patac
93 Ty Segall and White Fence “Hair” Drag City
94 Dinosaur Jr. “I Bet on Sky” Jagjaguar
95 DOA “We Come In Peace” Sudden Death
96 Queers “Later Days and Better Lays” Universal Warning
97 Kaiser Chiefs “Souvenir” Polydor
98 Alaric / Atriarch "Split" 20 Buck Spin
99 Ringworm “Justice Replaced By Revenge” Revelation
100 Saint Vitus “Lillie: F-65” Season of Mist
Cheers,
Frank FOE
