Congratulations to Baroness, Royal Thunder and Between The Buried And Me for their strong showings on various year end/best of 2012 lists.
Baroness
#46 – Amazon
#2 – Decibel (Top 40 Extreme Albums of 2012)
#1 – Entertainment Weekl y (The Six Best Metal Albums of 2012)
#15 – Guitar World (Top 50 Albums of 2012)
#4 – Loudwire (10 Best Rock Albums of 2012), #4 – March To The Sea (10 Best Rock Songs of 2012)
#12 – Magnet (Top 25 Albums of 2012)
#47 – Paste (50 Best Albums of 2012)
#3 – Pitchfork (Show No Mercy’s Top 40 Metal Albums of 2012); #27 – Pitchfork (Best Albums of 2012)
#5 – PopMatters (The Best Metal of 2012); #4 – The Best Progressive Rock of 2012
#4 – Revolver
#6 – Spin (20 Best Metal Albums of 2012) ;(#15 on 50 Best Albums of 2012)
#18 – Stereogum
#2 – Treble (Top Metal Albums of 2012), #16 on Top 50 Albums of 2012, “Cocainium” (#39) and “Take My Bones Away” (#19) on Top 50 Songs of 2012
#6 – Village Voice (The Ten Best Metal Albums of 2012)
Royal Thunder
Unnumbered – CT.com (Featured in Top 30 Albums of 2012)
#8 – Decibel (Top 40 Extreme Albums of 2012)
#1 – Metal Sucks (Kip Wingerschmit’s Top 15 Albums of 2012)
#22 – Pitchfork (Show No Mercy’s Top 40 Metal Albums of 2012)
#6 – PopMatters (The 20 Most Devastating Metal Albums of 2012)
#11 – Revolver (20 Best Albums of 2012)
#6 – Spin (20 Best Metal Albums of 2012)
#10 – Treble Zine (Top Metal Albums of 2012)
#10 – Village Voice (Top Ten Metal Albums of 2012)
Between The Buried And Me
Unnumbered – Alarm Magazine – Top 50 Albums of 2012
#18 – Guitar World (Top 50 Albums of 2012)
#1 – Loudwire – (10 Best Metal Albums of 2012), #2 Telos – Best Metal Songs of 2012
#17 – Metal Assault (Top 20 Albums of 2012)
#7 – PopMatters (The Best Progressive Rock and Metal of 2012)
Melvins Lite
Unnumbered – Alarm Magazine – Top 50 Albums of 2012
#29 – Geek Magazine (Top 50 Albums of 2012)
PHILM
#7 – Metal Assault (Top 20 Albums of 2012)
Guano Padano
Unnumbered – Alarm Magazine – Top 50 Albums of 2012
Judgement Day
Unnumbered – Alarm Magazine – Top 50 Albums of 2012