Final Exam 2012: Show No Mercy's Top 40 Metal Albums

Brandon Stosuy, who's in charge of Pitchfork's Show No Mercy metal column, recently made known his top 40 metal albums of the year.  Be sure to head over to the site to check out Stosuy's explanations for his top 25 as well as sample tracks from those records.  Go here for the detailed list.





Show No Mercy's top 40 metal albums of 2012:
40. Inverloch - Dusk I Subside
39. Primitive Weapons - The Shadow Gallery
38. Bosse-de-Nage - III
37. Incantation - Vanquish in Vengeance
36. Nachtmystium - Silencing Machine
35. Anhedonist - Netherwards
34. Krallice - Years Past Matter
33. Saint Vitus - Lillie F-65
32. Panopticon - Kentucky
31. Aluk Todolo - Occult Rock
30. Paradise Lost - Tragic Idol
29. Winterfylleth - The Threnody of Triumph
28. Farsot - Insects
27. Martyrdöd - Paranoia
26. Liberteer - Better to Die on Your Feet Than Live on Your Knees
25. Horseback - Half Blood
24. Vattnet Viskar - Vattnet Viskar
23. Bell Witch - Longing…
22. Royal Thunder - CVI
21. Samothrace - Reverence to Stone
20. Early Graves - Red Horse
19. haarp - HUSKS
18. Black Breath - Sentenced to Life
17. Satan’s Wrath - Galloping Blasphemy
16. Grave - Endless Procession of Souls
15. Evoken - Altra Mors
14. Pig Destroyer - Book Burner
13. Atriarch - Ritual of Passing
12. Gaza - No Absolutes in Human Suffering
11. Mutilation Rites - Empyrean
10. Bereft - Leichenhaus
09. High on Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis
08. Ash Borer - Cold of Ages
07. Neurosis - Honor Found in Decay
06. Pinkish Black - Pinkish Black
o5. Asphyx - Deathhammer
04. Blut Aus Nord - 777 – Cosmosophy
03. Baroness - Yellow & Green
02. Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
01. Pallbearer - Sorrow & Extinction