everyone has one, an opinion and the internet access to share it. aka top 10 of 2012. so here goes ours. in no particular order:
NEUROSIS - HONOR FOUND IN DECAY
obviously. i wanted this so bad i bought it on CD. when the vinyl drops next year it will go on my 2013 list as well. i don't know the last time my CD player saw this much action. spun this so many times i'm afraid it's going to burn up the motor.
TRAGEDY - DARKER DAYS AHEAD
the first few years of tragedy's existence i would pick up every new 7" hoping to like it as much as his hero is gone and never did. when i saw this i grabbed it for the sake of consistency. made me go back and re-listen to all their old stuff and it's totally changed my mind. everything they ever recorded fucking slays.
HOAX - three 7"s
so i guess they have 3 EPs? i'm not exactly sure the dates on them but i picked up all three over the course of the year and any of them could make the list easily regardless of date.
ROT IN HELL / VEGAS - SPLIT 6"
exactly what you'd expect from both of them and i think that's the best compliment i could possibly give it. another obvious one here. i wish it was 1 to 6 inches longer.
COLUMN OF HEAVEN - MISSION FROM GOD
i feel super fortunate to have worked on this project. when andrew first emailed me the tracks i knew it would be on my 10 whether we were able to work together or not.
OAK - SILENT SPRING
this was in with a box of tapes chris from prairie fire/dub ditch picnic sent me and i'm really glad he did because i otherwise might not have heard or heard of this one. if there isn't already talk of giving this the vinyl treatment there should be.
YOUNG AND IN THE WAY - live/2x12"
i don't know if they even had anything new come out in 2012. they're just that good. i guess the 2LP of their stuff from 2010 and 2011 came out this year. and i know the 2nd press of their torch runner split 7" is coming up. did the first press come out in 2012? either way, top 10.
SUTEKH HEXEN - BEHIND THE THRONE
wait, did the empyraisch 12" come out this year too? in that case its a tie.
INTEGRITY / GEHENNA - SPLIT 7"
another obvious one.
IRON LUNG / THE PROCESS - SPLIT 7"
i guess this is a re-release of the same split from 2007. but it's new to me and i've already almost worn out the grooves. best song the process ever recorded.
honorable mention:
HORDERS - FIMBULVETR
i'm not enough of an egoist to put my own album on a top 10. but it was really exciting and meant a lot to me to have this album see the light of day. so even just as a personal experience, this was a big one for me for 2012.
