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| Deep Cuts From Dark Clouds | Sludge / Noisecore | 2012 - Relapse Records | 8/10 | 7.67/10 | 7.33/10 |
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| A Forest of Stars |
| A Shadowplay for Yesterdays | Black Metal Elitiste | 2012 - Prophecy Productions | 8.5/10 | 8/10 | 8.38/10 |
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| Abhorrence |
| Completely Vulgar (Compil.) | Death Metal | 2012 - Svart Records | 4.25/5 | 4/5 | 4.13/5 |
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| Abigail Williams |
| Becoming | Post-Black Metal | 2012 - Candlelight Records | 8/10 | 7.5/10 | 7.17/10 |
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| Abominable Putridity |
| The Anomalies Of Artificial Origin | Brutal Slam Death | 2012 - Brutal Bands | 4/10 | 5.88/10 | 6.86/10 |
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| Aborted |
| Global Flatline | Brutal Death | 2012 - Century Media Records | 8/10 | 7.63/10 | 8.07/10 |
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| Abraham |
| The Serpent, the Prophet & the Whore | Sludge/Post-Hardcore | 2012 - Pelagic Records | 8/10 | 7/10 | 7.15/10 |
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| Accept |
| Stalingrad | Heavy Metal | 2012 - Nuclear Blast Records | 8.5/10 | 8/10 | 8.22/10 |
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| Ad Patres |
| Scorn Aesthetics | Brutal Death | 2012 - Kaotoxin Records | 7.5/10 | 7.82/10 | 7.67/10 |
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| Affliction Gate |
| Shattered Ante Mortem Illusions (EP) | Death Metal | 2012 - Metal Inquisition Records | 4/5 | 3.75/5 | 3.45/5 |
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| Afgrund |
| The Age Of Dumb | Grind | 2012 - Willowtip Records | 7.5/10 | 3.5/10 | 7.43/10 |
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| Agalloch |
| Faustian Echoes (EP) | Black Metal / Folk | 2012 - Dämmerung Arts | 5/5 | -/5 | 3.75/5 |
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| Agruss |
| Morok | Post-Atomic Black Metal | 2012 - Code666 | 7.5/10 | 8/10 | 7.28/10 |
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| Ahab |
| The Giant | Doom/Death atmosphérique | 2012 - Napalm Records | 6/10 | 6.75/10 | 7.93/10 |
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| Al-Kamar |
| Bôshitsushita Kyôki no Mikazuki kara ... | Black shoegaze post-punk | 2012 - Autoproduction | 5.5/10 | -/10 | -/10 |
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| Alchemyst |
| Nekromanteion | Black / Death Metal | 2012 - Necroshrine Records | 8.5/10 | 8/10 | 8.95/10 |
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| Alda |
| :Tahoma: | Black Metal Atmosphérique | 2012 - Pest Productions | 8.5/10 | 8.5/10 | 7.5/10 |
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| Algebra |
| Polymorph | Thrash Metal | 2012 - Autoproduction | 7.5/10 | 7.75/10 | 8.08/10 |
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| Altars / Heaving Earth |
| Engulfed (Split-tape) | Death Metal | 2012 - Nihilistic Holocaust | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3.9/5 |
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| Aluk Todolo |
| Occult Rock | Black - Rock spé. vapeur | 2012 - Norma Evangelium Diaboli | 9/10 | 8.36/10 | 8.1/10 |
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| Amenra |
| Mass V | Post-Metal | 2012 - Neurot Recordings | 6/10 | 6.44/10 | 7.96/10 |
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| Anaal Nathrakh |
| Vanitas | Black / Grind | 2012 - Candlelight Records | 8.5/10 | 8.53/10 | 7.93/10 |
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| Anathema |
| Weather Systems | Rock atmosphérique | 2012 - Kscope Music | 8.5/10 | 7.5/10 | 8.54/10 |
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| Anatomia |
| Decaying in Obscurity | Doom / Death Metal | 2012 - Nuclear War Now! Productions | 9/10 | 8.67/10 | 8.46/10 |
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| Anneke van Giersbergen |
| Everything is Changing | Rock | 2012 - Pias | 7.5/10 | -/10 | 8.06/10 |
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| Antestor |
| Omen | Black Metal | 2012 - Bombworks Records | 8.5/10 | 8/10 | 7.93/10 |
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| Antimatter |
| Fear of a Unique Identity | Rock progressif | 2012 - Prophecy Productions | 8/10 | 6.25/10 | 8.03/10 |
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| Antropofagus |
| Architecture Of Lust | Brutal Death | 2012 - Comatose Music | 7.5/10 | 7.2/10 | 7.25/10 |
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| AntropomorphiA |
| Evangelivm Nekromantia | Death Metal | 2012 - Metal Blade Records | 7/10 | -/10 | 6.69/10 |
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| Asilent |
| Recalibrated Chaos (EP) | Brutal Death | 2012 - Sevared Records / Scrotum Jus Records | 2.75/5 | -/5 | 3.5/5 |
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| Asphyx |
| Deathhammer | Death / Doom | 2012 - Century Media Records | 8/10 | 8/10 | 8.22/10 |
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| Ataraxy |
| Revelations Of The Ethereal | Death Metal | 2012 - Memento Mori | 8.5/10 | 7.94/10 | 7.33/10 |
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| AtomA |
| Skylight | Metal avant-gardiste | 2012 - Napalm Records | 8/10 | 8.05/10 | 7.45/10 |
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| Autarcie |
| Epoque Révolue | Black Metal | 2012 - Dernier Bastion | 7/10 | 7.33/10 | -/10 |
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| Author & Punisher |
| Ursus Americanus | Industrial doom/drone | 2012 - Seventh Rule Recordings | 7.5/10 | 7.63/10 | 8/10 |
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| Baht |
| In My Veins | Death metal vraiment pas progressif | 2012 - Autoproduction | 5.5/10 | 6/10 | 6.79/10 |
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| BaK |
| Painter (EP) | Shéhérazade metal symphonique | 2012 - Autoproduction | 4/5 | 4.5/5 | 3.96/5 |
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| Baptism |
| As the Darkness Enters | Trve Black Mélodique | 2012 - Northern Heritage | 9/10 | 8.86/10 | 8.5/10 |
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| Baroness |
| Yellow & Green | Rock/Metal radio-friendly | 2012 - Relapse Records | 5.5/10 | 7.33/10 | 7.87/10 |
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| Barren Earth |
| The Devil's Resolve | Prog / Folk / Death | 2012 - Peaceville Records | 7.5/10 | 7.5/10 | 8.02/10 |
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| Beheaded |
| Never To Dawn | Brutal Death | 2012 - Unique Leader Records | 8.5/10 | 7.89/10 | 7.89/10 |
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| Behexen |
| Nightside Emanations | Black déjà-vu / Black Relou | 2012 - Debemur Morti Productions | 3/10 | 4.8/10 | 7.24/10 |
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| Beneath |
| Enslaved By Fear | Brutal Death | 2012 - Unique Leader Records | 7.5/10 | 7.25/10 | 7.52/10 |
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| Beneath The Massacre |
| Incongruous | Brutal Death technique moderne | 2012 - Prosthetic Records | 8/10 | 7.95/10 | 6.85/10 |
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| Bent Life |
| Bent Life (EP) | Hardcore | 2012 - 6131 Records | 4/5 | 3.75/5 | -/5 |
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| Besatt |
| Tempus Apocalypsis | Black Metal | 2012 - Witching Hour Productions | 7.5/10 | 7.5/10 | 6.84/10 |
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| Between The Buried And Me |
| The Parallax II: Future Sequence | Metal / Rock extrême progressif | 2012 - Metal Blade Records | 6.5/10 | 7.79/10 | 8.5/10 |
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| Beyond Mortal Dreams |
| Dreaming Death (EP) | Brutal Dark Death Metal | 2012 - Autoproduction | 4/5 | 4.25/5 | 3.92/5 |
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| Bilocate |
| Summoning The Bygones | Doom death | 2012 - Code666 | 7.5/10 | -/10 | 7.54/10 |
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| Binah |
| Hallucinating In Resurrecture | Death Metal | 2012 - Dark Descent Records | 8/10 | 8/10 | 7.78/10 |
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| Biohazard |
| Reborn In Defiance | Hardcore | 2012 - Nuclear Blast Records | 6.5/10 | 5.25/10 | 6.76/10 |
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| Birds In Row |
| You, Me & the Violence | Hardcore / Screamo | 2012 - Deathwish Inc. | 8.5/10 | 7.83/10 | 8.06/10 |
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| Black Bomb A |
| Enemies Of The State | Metal / Hardcore / Punk | 2012 - AT(h)ome | 7.5/10 | 6.5/10 | 6.83/10 |
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| Black Breath |
| Sentenced To Life | Crust / Hardcore | 2012 - Southern Lord Recordings | 6.5/10 | 7.79/10 | 8.21/10 |
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| Black Knives |
| The Rise (EP) | Beatdown Hardcore | 2012 - Autoproduction | 3.25/5 | -/5 | 3.64/5 |
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| Black Mask. |
| Black Mask. (EP) | Grindcore / Hardcore | 2012 - Autoproduction | 3.5/5 | 4/5 | -/5 |
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| Black Sheep Wall |
| No Matter Where It Ends | Fat Post Hardcore | 2012 - Season Of Mist | 4.5/10 | 5.5/10 | 6.03/10 |
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| Black Table |
| Sentinel (EP) | Black/Sludge/Doom/Et j'en passe | 2012 - Autoproduction | 2.75/5 | -/5 | 4.25/5 |
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| Blacklodge |
| MachinatioN | Black Industriel | 2012 - Season Of Mist | 9/10 | 7.64/10 | 7.08/10 |
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| Blessed Curse |
| Blessed Curse | Thrash metal | 2012 - Cyclone Empire Records | 6.5/10 | 7/10 | 6.83/10 |
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| Blood Red Fog |
| Harvest | Black Metal mélodique | 2012 - Saturnian Productions | 8.5/10 | -/10 | 6.71/10 |
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| Blut Aus Nord |
| 777 - Cosmosophy | White Metal | 2012 - Debemur Morti Productions | 8/10 | 8.65/10 | 8.06/10 |
| What Once Was... Liber II (EP) | Black Metal | 2012 - Debemur Morti Productions | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.83/5 |
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| Bone Dance |
| Bone Dance | Hardcore lourd et chaotique | 2012 - Prototype Records / Throatruiner Records / Melotov Records | 8/10 | 7.5/10 | 7.25/10 |
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| Borgne |
| Royaume des Ombres | Black Atmosphérique | 2012 - Sepulchral Productions | 9/10 | 8.21/10 | 8.26/10 |
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| Borknagar |
| Urd | Black Metal Progressif | 2012 - Century Media Records | 9/10 | 8.45/10 | 8.47/10 |
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| Bosse-de-Nage |
| III | Post black metal | 2012 - Profound Lore Records | 8/10 | 7.71/10 | 8.38/10 |
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| Botanist |
| III: Doom In Bloom / Allies | ''Eco-terrorist Black Metal'' | 2012 - Total Rust | 5/10 | 7/10 | 7/10 |
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| Brume d'Automne |
| Brume d'Automne | Black Metal | 2012 - Sepulchral Productions | 8/10 | 6.83/10 | 7.4/10 |
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| BurstHead |
| The Price Of War | Thrash Metal | 2012 - Useless Pride Distribution | 7/10 | -/10 | 7.75/10 |
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| Burzum |
| Umskiptar | Folk Black Metal | 2012 - Byelobog Productions | 4.5/10 | 6.67/10 | 6.06/10 |
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| Bädr Vogu |
| Exitium | Sludge | 2012 - Memento Mori | 7/10 | 3.5/10 | -/10 |
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| Bølzer |
| Roman Acupuncture (Démo) | Death Metal | 2012 - Autoproduction | 4/5 | 4/5 | -/5 |
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| Cadaveric Fumes |
| Macabre Exaltation (Démo) | Death Metal | 2012 - Impious Desecration Records | 4.25/5 | 3.75/5 | 3.46/5 |
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| Calvaiire |
| Rigorisme (EP) | Hardcore/Crust | 2012 - Throatruiner Records | 3.75/5 | 3.3/5 | 3.86/5 |
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| Can Of Worms |
| World Collapse | Thrash death | 2012 - Autoproduction | 7.5/10 | -/10 | 7.5/10 |
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| Candlemass |
| Psalms For The Dead | Epic Doom Metal | 2012 - Napalm Records | 6.5/10 | 6.38/10 | 7.82/10 |
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| Cannibal Corpse |
| Torture | Death Metal | 2012 - Metal Blade Records | 5.5/10 | 7.87/10 | 8.11/10 |
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| Carach Angren |
| Where the Corpses Sink Forever | Black Symphonique Orchestral | 2012 - Season Of Mist | 7/10 | 7.29/10 | 8.01/10 |
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| Carnal Lust |
| The Hate Complete | B.O.F. death metal | 2012 - Great Dane Records | 5.5/10 | -/10 | 7.56/10 |
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| Castleumbra |
| Cthulu Wgah'nagl Fntagn (EP) | Death Metal | 2012 - Obliteration Records | 3.5/5 | -/5 | 3.25/5 |
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| Catamenia |
| The Rewritten Chapters (Réenr.) | Black Metal mélodique | 2012 - Massacre Records | 3/5 | -/5 | 3.46/5 |
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| Cataplexy |
| Devangelight | Black Metal brutal et mélodique | 2012 - Zero Dimensional Records | 8.5/10 | -/10 | 7.5/10 |
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| Cathedraal |
| Voix Blanches | Screamo 2.0 | 2012 - Autoproduction | 8.5/10 | 8.5/10 | 6.83/10 |
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| Cattle Decapitation |
| Monolith Of Inhumanity | Schizophrenic Anti-Human Vegan Modern Extreme Metal | 2012 - Metal Blade Records | 6.5/10 | 8.27/10 | 8.13/10 |
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| Centurion |
| Serve No One | Death Metal | 2012 - Wydawnictwo Muzyczne Psycho | 5/10 | 5.25/10 | 6.62/10 |
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| Chaos Dei |
| Arising From Chaos | Black Metal | 2012 - Total Rust | 6/10 | 6/10 | 6.7/10 |
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| Chaos Echoes |
| Tone Of Things To Come (EP) | Death Metal Expérimental | 2012 - Chaos Echoes Products | 4/5 | 4/5 | 3.99/5 |
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| Chaos Inception |
| The Abrogation | Death Metal | 2012 - Lavadome Productions | 8.5/10 | 8.12/10 | 7.49/10 |
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| Chapel Of Disease |
| Summoning Black Gods | Death Metal | 2012 - F.D.A. Records | 7.5/10 | 7.4/10 | 7.6/10 |
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| Charon |
| Sulphur Seraph | Sulphurous Thrashy Blackened Death Metal | 2012 - Sepulchral Voice Records | 8/10 | 7.63/10 | 8.24/10 |
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| Christian Mistress |
| Possession | Heavy Metal | 2012 - Relapse Records | 7.5/10 | 7.67/10 | 7.61/10 |
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| Chthe'ilist |
| Amechth'ntaas'm'rriachth (Démo) | Death Metal Cryptico-Cosmico-Occulte | 2012 - Autoproduction | 4/5 | 4/5 | -/5 |
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| Chthonic |
| Final Battle at Sing Ling Temple (DVD) | Black Metal Asiatique | 2012 - Spinefarm Records | 4.25/5 | -/5 | 4.75/5 |
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| Coffin Texts |
| The Tomb Of Infinite Ritual | Death Metal | 2012 - Dark Descent Records | 8/10 | 7.44/10 | 8/10 |
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| Coldworker |
| The Doomsayer’s Call | Death Metal | 2012 - Listenable Records | 7/10 | 7.25/10 | 7.32/10 |
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| Converge |
| All We Love We Leave Behind | Hardcore Chaotique | 2012 - Epitaph Records | 9/10 | 8.9/10 | 8.29/10 |
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| Converge / Napalm Death |
| Converge / Napalm Death (Split 7") | Hardcore / Grindcore | 2012 - Autoproduction | 4/5 | 3.92/5 | -/5 |
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| Corpsessed |
| Corpsessed (EP) | Death Metal | 2012 - Dark Descent Records | 3.75/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 |
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| Cowards |
| Shooting Blanks and Pills | Blackened (post) Hardcore | 2012 - Throatruiner Records / Hellbound Records | 6.5/10 | 5.38/10 | 7.38/10 |
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