Pitchfork's top metal albums of 2012

buck65

http://pitchfork.com/features/show-no-mercy/9021-the-top-40-metal-albums-of-2012/

Thoughts? Have heard the Pallbearer album quite good. Krallice is excellent, as is the Neurosis and Blut Aus Nord albums, can't say I've heard the rest.

Knifey Spoony

Not a mention of Ahab's "The Giant", kinda disappointed by that. I would have ranked it above High on Fire's "De Vermis Mysteriis", which is still a pretty good album in it's own right. Just picked up the new Neurosis album and it kind of surprised me given that I was so used to the complete bleakness of Through Silver in Blood, the only other album I have listen to by them. But, it has really grown on me and is one hell of an album.

I'm kind of pleased with myself as well, as I am familiar with a good few of the bands on the list, unlike last years list, when I knew only one or two.

GLaDOS

Wouldn't be familiar with any of them myself +1 on The Giant, best metal album released last year that I heard.

machiavellianme

Opened the list expecting to see Converge number 1. Thought, wow, Pallbearer must be something special to have pipped it. Gave it a whirl... it wasnt. Some good ones on there though. Pinkish Black, Pig Destroyer and Nachtmystium featuring highly were pleasant surprises.

nacho libre

Panopticon should be in the top 10