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List of 2012 releases that I've listen to with my personal rating.
I might write a review about the ones I really... really like.

r. = rating (0-100) might change after more listens
fs. = fav song('s)
asr. = all songs rock.

A
Abigail Williams - Becoming | fs. Beyond the Veil | 80
Aborted - Global Flatline | fs. From a Tepid Whiff | 86
Alcest - Les Voyages De L'Âme | fs. Là où naissent les couleurs nouvelles | 82
Aszension - Aszension | fs. Oracle, Playing the Game | 72

B
The Beauty of Gemina - Iscariot Blues | fs. Stairs 84
Biohazard - Reborn In Defiance | fs. Countdown Doom, Reborn | 82
Black Pyramid - II | fs. Dreams of the Dead, Sons of Chaos, Night Queen | 81
Buckethead - Electric Sea | fs. El Indio | 89

E
Erase - May I Sin | fs. Ripped Inside | 76
Everything Went Black - Cycles of Light | 78

F
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar | 84

H
Hesper Payne - The Strange Tale Of Samuel Gonzalez | fs. Ospreys Jar 79
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5.0 = amazing, everyone should get it, almost unquestionably aoty.
4.5 = extremely good, definitely aoty material but i don't feel comfortable with giving it a 5.
4.0 = very good, definitely worth grabbing.
3.5 = quite good, i would strongly recommend all albums at this level or above.
3.0 = good. i usually default to this if i feel it needs more listens but was pretty good on first / second listen.
2.5 = solid, worth getting. i usually default to this if i feel it needs more listens to fully get the hang of.
2.0 = not bad, worth getting if you're a fan of the band.
1.5 = mediocre, if you really like the band you may as well grab it but otherwise i don't recommend it.
1.0 = pretty bad but has a few redeeming features that salvage it somewhat.
0.5 = shit but not the shittiest of the shit.
0.0 = utter shit, don't even bother.

A Silver Mt. Zion - The West Will Rise Again
ACYL - Algebra 3.5
Al-Namrood - Kitab Al-Awthan 3.5
Alcest - Les Voyages De L'Âme 3.5
Anguish - Through The Archdemon's Head
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Marked with an * are my favorite songs of the year.
(+) = better than last album
(/) = somehow the same as last album
(-) = worse than last album

1.Devin Townsend Project– Deconstruction | 9,3 (+) ::USA::
Best: Stand / Juular / Sumeria / The Mighty Masturbator* / Pandemic* / Poltergeist
2.Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver | 9,0 [singer-songwriter] (+) ::USA::
Best: Minnesota, WI / Holoscene* / Hinnom, TX* / Calgary / Beth-Rest
3.40 Watt Sun – The Inside Room | 8,8 ::USA::
Best: Restless* / Open My Eyes / Carry me Home*
4.The Boxer Rebellion - The Cold Still | 8,7 [indie/rock] (?) ::ENG::
Best: No Harm* / Step out of the Car / Organ Song / Both Sides are Even / Doubt
5.Face Tomorrow – Face Tomorrow | 8,7 [alternatief/rock] (?) ::NED::
Best: All the Way / Delerium* / Enlighten Me / Burning Bridges / Paralusion* / The Maze
6.Austra– Feel it Break | 8,5 [elektronisch/experimenteel] ::CAN::
Best: Lose It / Beat and the Pulse* / The Choke / The Villain / The Beast
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Write the top 15 artists from your last.fm page. Then write the first song you heard, what song made you love them, and current favorite song.
^ That's how the person I copied this from put it. Here we go.

1. Tech N9ne
First song: Like Yeah
Song that made me love the nigga: He's a Mental Giant
Current favorite song: If I Could (feat. Stephen Carpenter & Chino Moreno)

2. System of a Down
First song: Chop Suey!
Song that made me love them: Prison Song
Current favorite song: Deer Dance

3. Pantera
First song: A New Level
Song that made me love them: A New Level
Current favorite song: Shedding Skin

4. Whitechapel
First song: This Is Exile
Song that made me love them: Possession
Current favorite song: Don't really listen to them anymore, but i'll go with End of Flesh

5. Amon Amarth
First song: Twilight of the Thunder God
Song that made me love them: Twilight of the Thunder God
Current favorite song: Runes to My Memory

6. In Flames
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i must be bored

1. How did you get into 29?
Ramones - uuuhm. There was a clip of em in some tv show document thingy and i though they sounded coool. So i bouht a "greatest hits" album of some kinda and so on

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Running Wild - i really dont remember. i think it was Rivalry or Privateer

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33?
Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble - iasfidsfjs i dont know. too tired to think

4. What is your favorite album by 49?
Devin Townsend - right now its Ki

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Joe Satriani - uuuhm, 7

6. What is your favorite song by 50?
Stray Cats - Rock This Town

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad?
Elf - well... yyeeeah i could say so. Happy (dats dat good ol irony, mate)

8. What is your favorite song by 15?
Anthrax - I Am The Law, Madhouse, Indians

9. What is your favorite song by 5?
Judas Priest - Blood Red Skies

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1980
3 Headed Monster
5ive's Continuum Research Project
65daysofstatic
A Silver Mt. Zion
A((wake))
Aardtmann op Vuurtopberg
Abolishment Of Hate
Abstract
Adai
ADAM WORRELL
Ad Lustrum
Admiral Browning
AeA
Aes Liquor (formerly Simbelin)
Afiqme
Against Nature
- (2009) The First Rain
Ageless Kingdoms
Akaname
Al Candello
Alejandro Silva Power Cuarteto
Alex Masi
Alien Forcep
Ally the Fiddle
Almòfar
A.M.P
Anakron
An Endless Sporadic
Apocalyptica
Aras
- (2006) Arpa
- (2006) Fountain Of Aras
- (2007) Ballad For Arpa
- (2007) Crypt
Armenian Space Station
Artificial Fear
Atratus
Azure Agony
Balance of one
Balero
Bardo
Behold... the Arctopus
Beithíoch
Benalthel
Between the Buried and Me
- (2005) Alaska
Bioshock
Blackwaves
Blank Faces
BLIND VANDAL
Blotted Science
Bob Katsionis
Boris
- (2000) Flood
- (2005) Feedbacker
Braveyoung
Brotherhood of Sleep
Buckethead
Bulb
Caldera
- (2008) Mist Through Your Consciousness
- (2011) Mithra
Canvas Solaris
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105 Pioneer St., Santa Cruz, CA
Janurary '12
Deafheaven
Wolves in the Throne Room
Worm Ouroboros

105 Pioneer St., Santa Cruz, CA
Janurary '12
Beau Navire
Conquest For Death
Dangers
Ghost Limb
Troubled Coast

105 Pioneer St., Santa Cruz, CA
Janurary '12
Continuum
Larry David
Parasitic Ejaculation
Pathology

Branx & Rotture, Portland, OR
Janurary '12 (NYE 2012)
Addison Groove
Dam Funk
Machinedrum
Sepulcure
Salva

Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, CA
December'11
Baths
Dntel
Raleigh Moncrief

105 Pioneer St., Santa Cruz, CA
December'11
Mothers
Palmz
Purple Mercy

The Crepe Place, Santa Cruz, CA
December'11
David Bazan
il gato

105 Pioneer St., Santa Cruz, CA
December'11
Full Of Hell
Heartless
howdareyou
Leer
Parasitic Ejeculation

105 Pioneer St., Santa Cruz, CA
November'11
Alcatraz
Alpha & Omega
Domination
The Wrath
Xibalba

105 Pioneer St., Santa Cruz, CA
November'11
Heroshima
Old Arc
SUPERMAN FAST
Wolf Feet

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Jest lato, a więc i idealny moment (zresztą jak zawsze) na słuchanie klimatów niekoniecznie cięzkich, niekoniecznie szybkich a po prostu klimatycznych. Rzecz jasna chodzi oczywiście o muzykę gatunku ambient. Gatunku, który w moim odczuciu jest czymś więcej niż zbiorem nic nie znaczących dżwięków. Jest po prostu jedną z najpiękniejszych rzeczy, jakie na tym świecie powstały.
Lista ta jest moją subiektywną listą 20-tu najlepszych utwórów w obrębie gatunku. Warto o tym pamiętać.


20. Solar Fields - The Road to Nothingness
19. Aphex Twin - Rhubarb
18. Hammock - Kenotic
17. Burial - Forgive
16. Helios - Bless This Morning Year
15. Delerium - Euphoria (Firefly)
14. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - The Dead Flag Blues
13. Buckethead - Electric Tears
12. Noon - Warsaw Sun
11. Cichy - Sunday Is The Day I Miss You
10. July Skies - Coastal Stations
9. William Basinski - d|p 3
8. Gas - 07
7. Labradford - V
6. The Field - Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime
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