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2012: A Year In Review

January 20, 2013

2012: A Year In Review
2012: A Year In Review

Top 5 Splits (within the realm of Metal) in 2012

Top 5 Splits (within the realm of Metal) in 2012

Top 5 Splits within the realm of Metal.

1

Barghest/False - Split

Gilead Media

Total hatred. Complete blasphemy. Essential.

2

Bleakwood/Ekadzati - Split

Milam Records

Black metal misery. Uniquely disturbing.

3

deafheaven/Bosse-de-Nage - Split LP

Flenser Records

Refreshing black metal from the Bay. Sadness and madness in spades.

4

Palace of Worms/Mastery - Split

Flenser Records

One man metal. Cold. Solitude.

5

Thou/Hell - Resurrection Bay

Gilead Media

Sludged out doom. Heavy.

- Cheryl

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— words by the SPB team • January 20, 2013

2012: A Year In Review
2012: A Year In Review

Pages in this feature

  1. Opening page
  2. Top 5 London Live Shows of 2012
  3. Top 5 Records That Don't Really Count of 2012
  4. Top 5 Splits (within the realm of Metal) in 2012
  5. Best Hip-Hop Records of 2012
  6. Best Hip-Hop Mixtapes of 2012
  7. Top 5 Awesome Reissues of 2012
  8. Worst 5 Albums You Had to Pay Money For of 2012
  9. Top 5 Great (Legally) Free Albums From 2012
  10. Top 5 Albums By Classic Rock Artists Who Have No Business Continuing to Release Music in 2012
  11. Top 5 Late Arrivals or Records I Never Got to in 2012
  12. EPs That Deserved Extra Attention in 2012
  13. Top Sorta Mainstream Records That We Didn't Quite Get To Review But Need To Be Heard of 2012
  14. Top 5 Bands I Discovered in 2012
  15. Top 5 Awesome Songs from 2012
  16. Top 5 Bands At Fest 11 We Caught, Missed & Discovered in 2012
  17. Top 5 Pieces of Album Art of 2012
  18. Top 10 Worst Pieces of Album Art of 2012

Series: Year End 2012

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