RYM's Top 15 Metal Albums Of 2012 So Far... (January - July)

        Well, so far the apocalypse hasn’t happened, although we could be a mere five months away. Allegedly. Anyway, it would be an act of utter futility for me to try to make a list of the best metal albums of this year so far as I’ve really only been listening to older stuff for the most part as usual. I wil say that the new albums from Overkill and Sigh are awesome, and I’m still waiting to hear the latest maniacal renderings from Tankard and Testament. The new Cannibal Corpse album is also a monster.

       Anyway, I’m gonna give you the list of the top albums of 2012 so far as ranked by the legions of people at RYM. Still my favorite online music resource after all these years…

The entire list: http://rateyourmusic.com/customchart?page=1&chart_type=top&type=album&year=2012&genre_include=1&include_child_genres=1&genres=heavy+metal%2C+doom+metal%2C+death+metal%2C+speed+metal%2C+thrash+metal%2C+black+metal%2C+sludge+metal%2C+avant-garde+metal%2C+grindcore%2C+glam+metal%2C+NWOBHM&include_child_genres_chk=1&include=both&origin_countries=&limit=none&countries=

The Top 15:

1		Be’lakor Of Breath and Bone
2		In Mourning The Weight of Oceans
3		Mgła With Hearts Toward None
4		High on Fire De Vermis Mysteriis
5		Overkill The Electric Age
6		Sigh In Somniphobia
7		Paradise Lost Tragic Idol
8		Accept Stalingrad
9		Dying Fetus Reign Supreme
10		Diablo Swing Orchestra Pandora’s Piñata
11		Candlemass Psalms for the Dead
12		Dawnbringer Into the Lair of the Sun God
13		Spawn of Possession Incurso
14		Lunar Aurora Hoagascht
15		Pallbearer Sorrow and Extinction