best 2012 releases
best 2012 based on what I’ve downloaded (yes, I downloaded it illegally!) :
Aesop Rock - Skelethon (Hip Hop)
Arctic Flower - Procession (Deathrock/Punk Pock/Gothic Punk/Post-Punk/Anarcho Punk)
Atriarch - Ritual Of Passing (Doom Metal/Deathrock)
Belgrado - Panopticon/Vicious Circle (Dark Post-Punk/Gothic Rock/Deathrock/Anarcho Punk)
Burial - Kindred (Dubstep/Electronic/UK Bass/UK Garage/Experimental)
Christian Mistress - Possesion (Traditional Heavy Metal revival)
Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind (Mathcore/Hardcore/Metalcore)
Coffinworm - Great Bringer Of Night (Sludge/Atmospheric Sludge/Post-Metal/Neocrust)
Dash Berlin - #musicislife (Trance/Progressive Trance/Electronic)
Deathspell Omega - Drought (Progressive/Avant-Garde Black Metal)
Deftones - Koi No Yokan (Alternative Rock/Alternative Metal)
Dekoder - Between The Waking And The Dying (Dark Post-Punk/Gothic Rock/Deathrock/Anarcho Punk)
DIIV - Oshin (Indie Rock/Shoegaze)
Dragged Into Sunlight - Widowmaker (Blackened Sludge/Doom/Death Metal)
Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes (Hip Hop/Instrumental Hip Hop/Electronic/Experimental)
Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE (Contemporary RnB/Hip Hop)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend! (Post-Rock/Instrumental Rock/Art-Rock/Experimental)
Gojira - L’Enfant Sauvage (Progressive Metal/Groove Metal)
Haul - Rima Penghitam Cakrawala (Hardcore/Dark Hardcore/Neocrust)
High on Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis (Stoner Metal/Heavy Metal/Groove Metal)
How To Dress Well - Total Loss (RnB/Contemporary Rnb/Lo Fi/Experimental)
Kayo Dot - Gamma Knife (Avant-Garde Rock/Metal/Experimental)
Killing Joke - MMXII (Post-Punk/Industrial/Heavy Rock)
Lana Del Rey - Paradise (Pop/Indie Rock)
Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas (Folk Rock)
Lost Tribe - Unsound (Dark Post-Punk/Gothic Rock/Deathrock)
Napalm Death - Utilitarian (Grindcore)
Om - Advaitic Songs (Stoner Rock/Metal/Doom Metal)
Paradise Lost - Tragic Idol (Gothic Metal/Doom Metal)
Perfume - Spring of Life (J-Pop/Electronic/Electropop)
Psychic TV - Silver Sundown Machine Vs. Alien Lightning Meat Machine (Art Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Experimental/Avant-Garde)
Ssslothhh - Infinite Fracture (Sludge Metal/Atmospheric Sludge/Post-Metal)
Slug Guts - Playin’ In Time With The Deadbeat (Dark Post-Punk/Garage Punk)
Spectres - Nothing To Nowhere (Dark Post-Punk/Gothic Rock/Deathrock/Peace Punk)
Swans - The Seer (Post-Punk/Industrial/Post-No Wave/Art Rock/Experimental/Avant-Garde)
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Aufheben (Psychedelic Rock/Neo Psychedelic/Shoegaze/Indie Rock)
The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet (Progressive Rock/Alternative/Experimental)
Vallendusk - Vallendusk (Black Metal/Atmospheric Black Metal/Folk)
Venetian Snares - Fool The Detector (Breakcore/IDM/Electronic/Experimental)
If you can’t find your favorite releases from my list, probably I haven’t downloaded yet, or I’m not into them, or there’s something wrong with my taste or I don’t like it.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
