2012 in heavy metal music

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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2012.

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Bands formed

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Bands reformed

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Events

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  • On January 4, American metalcore act Killswitch Engage have decided to continue without Howard Jones (ex-Blood Has Been Shed).[35] On February 6, the band announced that original singer Jesse Leach has taken Jones' place.[36]
  • On January 9, it was announced that Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has been diagnosed with lymphoma. However, the band have stated that they will continue recording their new album.[37] Within a month, the band announced that drummer Bill Ward has decided to leave the band.[38][39]
  • Singaporean grindcore act Wormrot were detained in Malaysia by the Selangor Islamic Religious Department. The reasoning for their arrest was "it is wrong for unmarried Muslim men and women to be in [the same] room."[40]
  • Cryptopsy announced their new bassist is Olivier Pinard (Neuraxis).[41]
  • After 16 years with the band, Anvil bassist Glenn Gyorffy (aka Glen Five) leaves the band to "broaden [his] horizons".[42]
  • Graveworm announced the return of founding member/guitarist Stefan Unterpertinger after a 10-year absence.[43]
  • Warbringer announced the departure of founding member/guitarist Adam Carroll, and his replacement as Andrew Bennett.[44]
  • After previously working with the band, Byron Stroud (Fear Factory, Strapping Young Lad) announced he is joining 3 Inches of Blood as their new permanent bassist.[45]
  • Founding member/guitarist of crossover thrash act D.R.I., Spike Cassidy, was rushed to the hospital due to complications with a colectomy.[46]
  • The Haunted founding member/vocalist Peter Dolving abruptly departs from the band via Facebook.[47] On October 16, founding lead guitarist Anders Björler leaves the band for the second time along with drummer Per Möller Jensen.[48]
  • Death metal band Suffocation parted ways with founding drummer Mike Smith due to musical differences.[49]
  • Christopher Amott, founding guitarist/vocalist leaves Arch Enemy because "Christopher simply isn't into playing extreme metal anymore."[50]
  • Brazilian Metal Open Air festival takes place, but is cancelled after severe logistical and financial problems.[51]
  • Michael Keene of technical death metal band The Faceless announced through Twitter that founding guitarist Steve Jones has departed from the band. This leaves Keene as the only original member left. Wes Hauch will be filling Steve's spot as the newest member.[52]
  • The Sonisphere Festival in Knebworth, UK was cancelled due to their weak economy.[53]
  • Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth) quits Bloodbath due to lack of interest in the death metal scene.[54]
  • Threat Signal announced the departure of drummer Alex Rüdinger due to his interest to pursue other projects.[55]
  • Slayer have announced that Jeff Hanneman will me taking more time off from the band to concentrate on his rehabilitation. Back in 2011, Jeff contracted necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating disease) on his right arm from a spider bite, and has been struggling in recovery since then. Gary Holt (Exodus) will continue to fill Jeff's spot until he is well enough to return. Slayer said "How long will that be? The best and most honest answer we can give you is 'as long as it takes.'"[56]
  • Dark Funeral signed a three album record deal with Century Media Records.[57]
  • Drummer Patrice Hamelin of Canadian death metal band Martyr has quit the band. "Martyr is on hold for now."[58]
  • Marduk were banned from Minsk, Belarus. "Pavel Radzivonaw, a departmental head at the Prosecutor General's Office, told reporters on Monday that Marduk's concert, scheduled for May 22, would not take place. 'The band preaches Satanism, which has nothing to do with art,' he says. 'This is an affront to Christian values, they preach the ideas of death, of the Third Reich.'"[59]
  • Angra vocalist Edu Falaschi announced his departure from the band. Bassist Felipe Andreoli also announced his departure from Almah.[60]
  • Iron Maiden's 1982 album The Number of the Beast won 9.2% of the 30,000 votes cast in the UK for their favorite British album of the past 60 years.[61]
  • Sonic Syndicate's founding member/guitarist Roger Sjunnesson quits the band.[62]
  • Queensrÿche parts ways with founding member/vocalist Geoff Tate. The band also announced Crimson Glory singer Todd La Torre hired as his replacement.[63]
  • Kamelot announced their new vocalist as Tommy Karevik (Seventh Wonder).[64]
  • Guitarist Liem N'Guyen leaves Benighted after 14 years with the band. His replacement is said to be Adrien Guerin.[65]
  • Peter Wichers leaves Soilwork again due to "musical differences".[66]
  • Atheist announced the return of bassist Tony Choy.[67]
  • Lamb of God vocalist Randy Blythe was arrested on June 28, 2012, by Czech Police for causing a fan's death by pushing him off stage in Prague, Czech Republic. The band's publicists, have stated that Blythe is "wrongfully accused".[68] Blythe was released on bail for 4,000,000 Czech Koruna (US$200,000), and has been held in the country because he was "considered a flight risk by the judge".[69] Blythe posted bail, but due to the prosecutor's complaint, his bail was doubled to 8,000,000 Czech Koruna (US$400,000).[70] Due to his jail-time being longer than expected, Lamb of God's tour with Dethklok and Gojira was cancelled.[71] On August 3 Randy was released from prison after 5 weeks, Lamb of God was confirmed for Knotfest.[72]
  • Frontman/guitarist Alexi Laiho of Children of Bodom was rushed to the hospital with stomach pains. He was released July 11 to continue the rest of the tour.[73]
  • The frontman/guitarist Josef "Humanoid" Vesely of death metal band !T.O.O.H.! was diagnosed with Schizophrenia.[74]
  • Blood Stain Child parts ways with female vocalist Sophia Aslanidou. In December she is replaced by Kiki, "What makes her so unique and talented is to be able to handle both clean voice and scream voice."[75][76]
  • Dagoba guitarist Izakar leaves the band due to "musical differences" and to focus on his other project Blazing War Machine.[77]
  • Nuclear Blast "quit the copyright case" against 80 alleged file-sharers for sharing the All Shall Perish album "This Is Where It Ends". The label went ahead with the charges without the band's permission.[78]
  • Ministry front-man Al Jourgensen collapsed on stage during a live performance. The doctors said, "he was examined by numerous physicians and diagnosed to have had a full-system collapse due to extreme dehydration and heat exhaustion intensified by the lack of ventilation on stage at the venue. Doctors confirm via blood tests conducted that Jourgensen's alcohol blood levels were well below normal and no narcotics were found in his system." The remainder of the weeks tour dates were canceled, until Al was feeling well enough to continue the "DeFiBriLlaTouR European tour".[79]
  • Baroness were caught in a terrible bus accident, where the bus fell 30 feet from a viaduct near Bath. A Facebook page statement was released as follows, "The band members of Baroness and their crew are recovering from injuries sustained after their tour bus crashed outside of Bath England early on Wednesday morning. John Baizley has broken his left arm and left leg. Allen Blickle and Matt Maggioni each suffered fractured vertebrae. All three remain in the hospital as of this writing. Pete Adams has been treated and released from the hospital. Three of the five crew members who were on the bus have also been treated and released. One member is still undergoing testing."[80]
  • Anthrax's song "Got The Time" was the first heavy metal song played on the planet Mars. The song "was one of several songs on NASA's wake-up playlist for the Mars Rover, Curiosity, that touched down on the Red Planet August 5th."[81]
  • Decapitated drummer Kerim "Krimh" Lechner quits the band due to "personal differences".[82]
  • Eluveitie lead guitarist Simeon Koch leaves the band after 8 years. Rafael Salzmann will be his replacement for live performances.[83]
  • Hydra Head Records has indefinitely closed its doors.[84]
  • Nightwish lead singer Anette Olzon parts ways with the band after 5 years. Floor Jansen (ex-After Forever) will replace her for the remainder of the band's Imaginaerum World Tour.[85]
  • Gwar announces their newest lead guitarist Pustulus Maximus on October 1.[86]
  • Metallica announces the launch of their own record label "Blackened Recordings", and have taken ownership of all their previous mastered tracks.[87]
  • Megadeth end their contract with Roadrunner Records after 5 years and 3 albums.[88]
  • On November 9, 2012, Amberian Dawn announced on their official site, that they are parting ways with singer Heidi Parviainen, along with drummer Heikki Saari and guitarist Kasperi Heikkinen. The replacement members are new vocalist Päivi "Capri" Virkkunen, and ex-members Joonas Pykälä-aho (drums) and Emil "Emppu" Pohjalainen (guitar). Parviainen explained via Facebook, "Early this year we noticed that we had reached the point where we didn't have much to offer to each other any more, and my own ambitions and Amberian Dawn's goals weren't coinciding any longer."

Deaths

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Albums released

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January

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Day Artist Album
4 Kayo Dot Gamma Knife
6 Alcest Les Voyages de l'Âme[109]
9 Wolfsbane Wolfsbane Save the World[110]
11 Skylark Twilights of Sand[111]
13 This Ending Systematic Worship (EP)[112][113]
17 Attack Attack! This Means War
20 Biohazard Reborn in Defiance[114]
Primal Fear Unbreakable[115]
Nothnegal Decadence[116]
23 Aborted Global Flatline[117]
Savage Messiah Plague of Conscience[118]
Sear Bliss Eternal Recurrence[119]
24 Abigail Williams Becoming[120]
Beyond the Bridge The Old Man and the Spirit[121]
Lacuna Coil Dark Adrenaline[122]
Lamb of God Resolution[123]
Opera IX Strix Maledictae in Aeternum[124]
25 Witchmaster Śmierć (EP)[125]
27 Blind Guardian Memories of a Time to Come (compilation)[126]
Iron Fire Voyage of the Damned[127]
Suicidal Angels Bloodbath[128]
30 Woods of Ypres Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light[129]
31 Astral Doors Jerusalem[130]
Azaghal Nemesis[131]
Bleeding Through The Great Fire[132]
Cadaveria Horror Metal[133]
Liberteer Better to Die on Your Feet Than Live on Your Knees[134]
Ram Death[135]

February

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Day Artist Album
1 Swallow the Sun Emerald Forest and the Blackbird[136]
3 Caliban I Am Nemesis[137]
6 Chimp Spanner All Roads Lead Here (EP)[138]
Therapy? A Brief Crack of Light[139]
7 Psycroptic The Inherited Repression[140]
8 Stam1na Nocebo[141]
10 Dunderbeist Black Arts & Crooked Tails[142]
Eluveitie Helvetios[143]
Engel Songs for the Dead (EP)[144]
Goatwhore Blood for the Master[145]
13 Coldworker The Doomsayer's Call[146]
Orange Goblin A Eulogy for the Damned[147]
14 Avatar Black Waltz[148]
Beneath the Massacre Incongruous[149]
Dawn of Ashes Farewell to the Flesh (EP)[150]
Earth Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II[151]
Isis Live VI (live album)[152]
Wykked Wytch The Ultimate Deception[153]
17 Ektomorf The Acoustic[154]
18 Kryptos The Coils of Apollyon[155]
20 Autopsy All Tomorrow's Funerals (EP)[156]
21 Buckethead Electric Sea[157]
22 Hypno5e Acid Mist Tomorrow[158]
Xandria Neverworld's End[159]
24 Desaster The Arts of Destruction[160]
Drudkh Eternal Turn of the Wheel[161]
Freedom Call Land of the Crimson Dawn[162]
Halloween Terrortory[163]
Lanfear This Harmonic Consonance[164]
Lyriel Leverage[165]
Rage 21[166]
Terrorizer Hordes of Zombies[167]
Vengeance Crystal Eye[168]
27 Asphyx Deathhammer[169]
Napalm Death Utilitarian[170]
28 Corrosion of Conformity Corrosion of Conformity[171]
Mgła With Hearts Toward None[172]
Monarch Omens[173]
Death Vivus! (live album)[174]
UFO Seven Deadly[175]
Veil of Maya Eclipse[176]
29 Amberian Dawn Circus Black[177]

March

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Day Artist Album
1 Obscura Illegimitation[178]
2 Heidevolk Batavi[179]
6 Every Time I Die Ex Lives[180]
7 Lullacry Where Angels Fear[181]
Torture Killer I Chose Death (EP)[182]
9 Epica Requiem for the Indifferent[183]
12 Angel Witch As Above, So Below[184]
Enochian Theory Life...And All It Entails[185]
Gorod A Perfect Absolution[186]
Sigh In Somniphobia[187]
13 Adrenaline Mob Omertà[188]
Barren Earth The Devil's Resolve[189]
Cannibal Corpse Torture[190]
Impending Doom Baptized in Filth[191]
Soulfly Enslaved[192]
Spawn of Possession Incurso[193]
Monstrosity Live Apocalypse (DVD)[194]
14 Powerwolf Alive in the Night (live)[195]
16 Secrets of the Moon Seven Bells[196]
20 Enthroned Obsidium[197]
23 Aura Noir Out to Die[198]
Cynic The Portal Tapes (EP)[199]
Gun Barrel Brace for Impact[200]
Ministry Relapse
Axel Rudi Pell Circle of the Oath[201]
26 Borknagar Urd[202]
Flying Colors Flying Colors[203]
God Forbid Equilibrium[204]
Iron Maiden En Vivo! (DVD)[205]
Naglfar Téras[206]
Wodensthrone The Storm[207]
Wretched Son of Perdition[208]
27 3 Inches of Blood Long Live Heavy Metal[209]
A Sound of Thunder Out of the Darkness[210]
Black Breath Sentenced to Life[211]
Dark Empire From Refuge to Ruin[212]
Kill Devil Hill Kill Devil Hill[213]
Meshuggah Koloss[214]
OSI Fire Make Thunder[215]
Overkill The Electric Age[216]
28 Dol Ammad Cosmic Gods: Episode I – Hyperspeed[217]
Galneryus Phoenix Living In The Rising Sun (DVD)[218]
30 Atrocity Die Gottlosen Jahre (Double live DVD)[219]
Exilia Decode[220]

April

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Day Artist Album
2 Impiety Ravage & Conquer[221]
3 High on Fire De Vermis Mysteriis[222]
6 Accept Stalingrad[223]
Eths III[224]
Exumer Fire & Damnation[225]
Illdisposed The Best of Illdisposed 2004 – 2011 (compilation)[226]
9 Jeff Loomis Plains of Oblivion[227]
The Safety Fire Grind the Ocean[228]
Ufomammut Oro: Opus Primum[229]
10 Demon Hunter True Defiance[230]
Dirge Within There Will Be Blood[231]
Hortus Animae Funeral Nation MMXII[232]
Emmure Slave to the Game[233]
Ignitor Year of the Metal Tiger[234]
Job for a Cowboy Demonocracy[235]
Municipal Waste The Fatal Feast[236]
Pelican Ataraxia/Taraxis (EP)[237]
Suspyre The Cycle[238]
Undeads Exits Wounds Merry Go Round 2[239]
14 Buckethead Balloon Cement[240]
15 DragonForce The Power Within[241]
16 Gory Blister Earth-Sick[242]
Anathema Weather Systems[243]
18 In Mourning The Weight Of Oceans[244]
Verjnuarmu Pimmeyvven Ruhtinas[245]
20 The Foreshadowing Second World[246]
Mekong Delta Intersections[247]
Orden Ogan To the End[248]
Running Wild Shadowmaker[249]
Saxon Heavy Metal Thunder – Live – Eagles Over Wacken (live DVD)[250]
Unleashed Odalheim[251]
23 Arjen Lucassen Lost in the New Real[252]
Paradise Lost Tragic Idol[253]
24 16 Deep Cuts from Dark Clouds[254]
Earthen Grave Earthen Grave[255]
Prong Carved into Stone[256]
Storm Corrosion Storm Corrosion[257]
Vesperian Sorrow Stormwinds of Ages[258]
Vorkreist Sigil Whore Christ[259]
War of Ages Return to Life[260]
26 Mezarkabul MMXII[261]
27 At Vance Facing Your Enemy[262]
Before the Dawn Rise of the Phoenix[263]
Catamenia The Rewritten Chapters[264]
Crystal Viper Crimen Excepta[265]
Huntress Spell Eater[266]
Moonspell Alpha Noir / Omega White[267]
Saint Vitus Lillie: F-65[268]
30 Angelus Apatrida The Call[269]
Oddland The Treachery of Senses[270]

May

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Day Artist Album
1 Marilyn Manson Born Villain
4 Cattle Decapitation Monolith of Inhumanity[271]
Dawn of Destiny Praying to the World[272]
U.D.O. Celebrator – Rare Tracks (Compilation)[273]
8 John 5 God Told Me To[274]
Saratoga Nemesis[275]
14 Distorted Harmony Utopia[276]
15 Shadows Fall Fire From the Sky[277]
Tenacious D Rize of the Fenix[278]
16 Shining Lots of Girls Gonna Get Hurt (EP)[279]
18 Antigama Stop the Chaos (EP)[280]
Carach Angren Where the Corpses Sink Forever[281]
Engel Blood of Saints[282]
Nightmare The Burden of God[283]
Sonata Arctica Stones Grow Her Name[284]
21 Evil Masquerade Pentagram[285]
Firewind Few Against Many[286]
Tesseract Perspective (EP)[287]
22 Burzum Umskiptar[288]
Diablo Swing Orchestra Pandora's Piñata[289]
For Today Immortal[290]
Headspace I Am Anonymous[291]
Malice New Breed of Godz[292]
Six Feet Under Undead[293]
To Speak of Wolves Find Your Worth, Come Home[294]
25 5 Star Grave Drugstore Hell[295]
Ahab The Giant[296]
Grand Magus The Hunt[297]
Insision 15 Years of Exaggerated Torment (compilation)[298]
The Murder of My Sweet Bye Bye Lullaby[299]
Sabaton Carolus Rex[300]
28 Architects Daybreaker[301]
Sarah Jezebel Deva Malediction (EP)[302]
29 Synthetic Breed Zero Degrees Freedom (EP)[303]

June

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Day Artist Album
1 Be'lakor Of Breath and Bone[304]
Circus Maximus Nine[305]
Delain We Are The Others[306]
Empires of Eden Channelling the Infinite[307]
Gotthard Firebirth[308]
Kekal Autonomy[309]
Jorn Bring Heavy Rock to the Land[310]
Kreator Phantom Antichrist[311]
4 The Agonist Prisoners[312]
Tank War Nation[313]
5 Autopsy Born Undead (DVD)[314]
Fear Factory The Industrialist[315]
Gojira The Flesh Alive (live album)[316]
Hellyeah Band of Brothers[317]
Marduk Serpent Sermon[318]
Ulver Childhood's End (covers album)[319]
Watain Opus Diaboli (DVD)[320]
6 Hibria Blinded by Tokyo – Live in Japan (DVD)[321]
8 Candlemass Psalms for the Dead[322]
Mnemic Mnemesis[323]
11 Bilocate Summoning the Bygones[324]
12 Klank Urban Warfare[325]
Proyecto Eskhata Decadencia
Rush Clockwork Angels[326]
13 Arthemis We Fight[327]
17 Dying Fetus Reign Supreme[328]
18 Spineshank Anger Denial Acceptance[329]
Devin Townsend By a Thread – Live in London 2011 (DVD)[330]
19 Burning Point The Ignitor[331]
Chelsea Grin Evolve (EP)[332][333]
The Ghost Inside Get What You Give[334]
Ihsahn Eremita[335]
Rumpelstiltskin Grinder Ghostmaker[336]
Vampires Everywhere! Hellbound and Heartless[337]
Whitechapel Whitechapel[338]
21 Blacklodge MachinatioN[339]
Ephel Duath On Death and Cosmos (EP)[340]
22 Luca Turilli's Rhapsody Ascending to Infinity
Deathspell Omega Drought (EP)[341]
25 Sodom 30 Years Sodomized: 1982-2012 (compilation)[342]
26 Bosse-de-Nage III[343]
Gojira L'Enfant Sauvage[344]
Memphis May Fire Challenger[345]
Old Man Gloom No[346]
29 Miseration Tragedy Has Spoken[347]

July

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Day Artist Album
2 Bonded by Blood The Aftermath[348]
Six Magics Falling Angels[349]
3 Icarus Witch Rise[350]
Kataklysm The Iron Will: 20 Years Determined (DVD)[351]
Nile At the Gate of Sethu[352]
Periphery Periphery II: This Time It's Personal[353]
The Word Alive Life Cycles[354]
4 Coldrain Through Clarity[355]
6 Naer Mataron Ζήτω Ο Θάνατος[356]
10 Saint Diablo Saint Diablo [357]
Serj Tankian Harakiri [358]
13 Bury Tomorrow The Union of Crowns[359]
16 God Forbid Beneath the Scars of Glory and Progression (DVD)[360]
Waylander Kindred Spirits[361]
17 A Hero A Fake The Future Again[362]
Baroness Yellow & Green[363]
The Contortionist Intrinsic[364]
Tourniquet Antiseptic Bloodbath[365]
20 Antagonist A.D. Nothing from No One[366]
Black Majesty Stargazer[367]
23 Zonaria Arrival of the Red Sun[368]
24 Om Advaitic Songs[369]
Slipknot Antennas to Hell (compilation)[370]
26 Heretic A Time of Crisis[371]
27 Dew-Scented Icarus[372]
Tankard A Girl Called Cerveza[373]
Testament Dark Roots of Earth[374]
30 Devilish Impressions Simulacra[375]
Massacre Condemned to the Shadows (EP)[376]
Still Alive Kyo[377]
31 Evoken Atra Mors[378]
Nachtmystium Silencing Machine[379]

August

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Day Artist Album
6 Obliterate Superboring[380]
7 Memorain Evolution[381]
13 Cryptopsy Cryptopsy (EP)[382]
14 The Faceless Autotheism[383]
Fen Of Losing Interest[384]
Fozzy Sin and Bones[385]
In This Moment Blood[386]
Scott Kelly The Forgiven Ghost in Me[387]
Master The New Elite[388]
Texas Hippie Coalition Peacemaker[389]
Steve Vai The Story of Light[390]
17 Eluveitie The Early Years (compilation)[391]
21 Black Moor Lethal Waters[392]
22 Loudness 2012[393]
24 Grave Digger Clash of the Gods[394]
Tarja Turunen Act I : Live in Rosario (DVD)[394]
Trollfest Brumlebassen[395]
27 Ensiferum Unsung Heroes[396]
Grave Endless Procession of Souls[397]
Katatonia Dead End Kings[398]
28 Beardfish The Void[399]
Eagle Twin The Feather Tipped the Serpent's Scale[400]
Murder Construct Results[401]
Stratovarius Under Flaming Winter Skies – Live in Tampere (DVD)[402]
31 Ektomorf Black Flag[403]
Ex Deo Caligvla[404]
Phantom-x The Opera of the Phantom[405]
Threshold March of Progress[406]

September

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Day Artist Album
3 Primitive Graven Image Psychededlic Episodes (Observations On Death and Deathlessness)[407]
Sacred Mother Tongue A Light Shines (EP)[408]
7 Lacrimosa Revolution[409]
10 Aeon Zen Enigma[410]
11 Beastwars Beastwars[411]
Cloudscape New Era[412]
Cryptopsy Cryptopsy[413]
Kittie Not So... Safe (compilation)[414]
Prototype Catalyst[415]
Spheric Universe Experience The New Eve[416]
12 The Gathering Disclosure[417]
14 Elvenking Era[418]
Vision Divine Destination Set to Nowhere[419]
18 Becoming the Archetype I Am[420]
Devin Townsend Project Epicloud[421]
Down Down IV Part I - The Purple EP (EP)[422]
Ufomammut Oro: Opus Alter[423]
Vision of Disorder The Cursed Remain Cursed[424]
20 Buckethead Racks[425]
March of the Slunks[426]
The Silent Picture Book[427]
21 Behexen Nightside Emanations[428]
Blut Aus Nord 777 – Cosmosophy[429]
The Chariot One Wing[430]
Dokken Broken Bones[431]
Handguns Angst[432]
Illdisposed Sense the Darkness[433]
Witchcraft Legend[434]
24 Steve Harris British Lion[435]
To-Mera Exile[436][437]
Tygers of Pan Tang Ambush[438]
25 As I Lay Dying Awakened[439]
Car Bomb w^w^^w^w[440]
Kerion CloudRiders, Part 1: Road to Skycity[441]
Pathology The Time of Great Purification[442]
Revocation Teratogenesis (EP)[443]
Winterfylleth The Threnody of Triumph[444]
28 Angband Saved from the Truth [445]
Enslaved RIITIIR[446]
Maiden uniteD Across the Seventh Sea[447]
Sinister The Carnage Ending[448]
Therion Les Fleurs du Mal[449]

October

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Day Artist Album
2 Three Days Grace Transit of Venus
3 Obsession Order of Chaos[450]
5 Rebellion The Best Of Viking History (compilation)[451]
Sylosis Monolith[452]
8 Cauldron Tomorrow's Lost[453]
Krisiun Arise from Blackness (compilation)[454]
9 The Acacia Strain Death Is the Only Mortal[455]
August Burns Red August Burns Red Presents: Sleddin' Hill[456]
Between the Buried and Me The Parallax II: Future Sequence[457]
Converge All We Love We Leave Behind[458]
Daylight Dies A Frail Becoming[459]
Dio The Very Beast of Dio Vol. 2[460]
Malignancy Eugenics[461]
Nonpoint Nonpoint[462]
Seven Kingdoms Fire is Mine[463]
Texas in July Texas in July[464]
Weapon Embers and Revelations[465]
10 Poema Arcanus Transient Chronicles[466]
12 Fall of the Idols Solemn Verses[467]
Magica Center of the Great Unknown[468]
15 Anaal Nathrakh Vanitas[469]
My Dying Bride A Map of All Our Failures[470]
16 Dethklok Dethalbum III[471]
Kiss Monster[472]
No Bragging Rights Cycles[473]
Yakuza Beyul[474]
19 Machinae Supremacy Rise of a Digital Nation[475]
Manowar The Lord of Steel[476]
Mob Rules Cannibal Nation[477]
Paragon Force of Destruction[478]
Subhuman Tributo di Sangue[479]
Thy Art Is Murder Hate[480]
War from a Harlots Mouth Voyeur[481]
Wintersun Time I[482]
22 Bison B.C. Lovelessness[483]
Dark Tranquillity Zero Distance (EP)[484]
Ill Niño Epidemia[485]
The Sword Apocryphon[486]
23 A Life Once Lost Ecstatic Trance[487]
Behold The Arctopus Horrorscension[488]
God Seed I Begin[489]
Pig Destroyer Book Burner[490]
Sister Sin Now and Forever[491]
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza Danza IIII: The Alpha – The Omega[492]
24 Angra Best Reached Horizons (compilation)[493]
26 Kamelot Silverthorn[494]
Neurosis Honor Found in Decay[495]
Parkway Drive Atlas[496]
Rebellion Arminius – Furor Teutonicus[497]
Skálmöld Börn Loka[498]
The Sorrow Misery Escape[499]
27 Eyefear The Inception of Darkness[500]
29 Shining Redefining Darkness[501]
30 Cradle of Filth The Manticore and Other Horrors[502]
Early Graves Red Horse[503]
Forgotten Tomb ...And Don't Deliver Us From Evil...[504]
Nadja Dagdrøm[505]
Ragnarok Malediction[506]
Ultimatum Heart of Metal (compilation)[507]
31 A Band of Orcs Adding Heads to the Pile[508]
Von Satanic Blood[509]

November

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Day Artist Album
1 Arsenite Ashes of the Declined[510]
2 NonExist From My Cold Dead Hands[511]
PAIN We Come In Peace (DVD)[512]
Tiamat The Scarred People[513]
3 Moonlight Lucifer's Rising[514]
6 All That Remains A War You Cannot Win[515]
Beheaded Never to Dawn[516]
General Surgery Like an Ever Flying Limb[517]
Otep Sounds Like Armageddon (live album)[518]
7 Bloodbound In the Name of Metal[519]
8 Isis Temporal (compilation)[520]
9 Carcariass Hell and Torment (compilation)[521]
12 Soundgarden King Animal[522]
Tank War Machine Live (DVD)[523]
13 Deftones Koi No Yokan[524]
Machine Head Machine Fucking Head Live (live album)[525]
14 Led Zeppelin Celebration Day (DVD)[526]
16 Elysion Killing My Dreams (EP)[527]
Kylesa From The Vaults, Vol. 1 (compilation)[528]
20 Aeon Aeons Black[529]
Cryptopsy The Best of Us Bleed (Compilation)[530]
Devolved Reprisal[531]
Meldrum Lifer[532]
Prototype Retrospect (Compilation)[533]
Sacred Reich Live At Wacken (DVD)[534]
21 Flotsam and Jetsam Ugly Noise[535]
23 Adorned Brood Kuningaz[536]
Destruction Spiritual Genocide[537]
Royal Hunt 20th Anniversary (compilation)[538]
Vicious Rumors Live You to Death (live album)[539]
25 Secret Sphere Portrait of a Dying Heart[540]
26 Incantation Vanquish in Vengeance[541]
27 Full Force Next Level[542]
29 Ashes You Leave The Cure for Happiness[543]
30 Fragments of Unbecoming The Art of Coming Apart[544]
Gamma Ray Skeletons & Majesties Live (CD/DVD)[545]
HammerFall Gates Of Dalhalla (DVD)[546]
Saturnus Saturn in Ascension[547]

December

[edit]
Day Artist Album
4 Arsis Lepers Caress (EP)[548]
5 Yngwie Malmsteen Spellbound[549]
10 Metallica Quebec Magnetic (DVD)[550]
12 The Project Hate MCMXCIX The Cadaverous Retaliation Agenda[551]
14 Paradox Tales of the Weird[552]
21 The Unguided InvaZion (EP)[553]

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  259. ^ Vorkreist Reveals New Album "Sigil Whore Christ" Details
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  268. ^ Saint Vitus Announces Release Date For "Lillie: F-65"
  269. ^ Angelus Apatrida – Reveal New Album Artwork, Announce Spanish Tour Dates
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  271. ^ Cattle Decapitation Reveals Details On New Album "Monolith Of Inhumanity"
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  275. ^ Saratoga Reveals New Artwork And Track List For "Nemesis"
  276. ^ Distorted Harmony to release their second album "Chain Reaction"
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  278. ^ Tenacious D 'To Be Taken Seriously' With New Album
  279. ^ Shining – Reveal New EP Details
  280. ^ Antigama – New Song Online
  281. ^ Carach Angren – New Album Title And Release Date Revealed
  282. ^ Engel Reveals New Album "Blood Of Saints" Details
  283. ^ Nightmare (FRA) – New Album Cover Art Revealed
  284. ^ Sonata Arctica Announces New Album Details For "Stones Grow Her Name'
  285. ^ Evil Masquerade – New Album Cover Art And Release Date Revealed
  286. ^ Firewind – Unveil New Album Cover Art And Release Date
  287. ^ Tesseract Announces New Acoustic EP "Perspective" Details
  288. ^ Burzum Reveals New Album "Umskiptar" Release Date
  289. ^ Diablo Swing Orchestra – Unveil New Album Artwork And Release Date
  290. ^ For Today announce new album, "Immortal"
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  292. ^ Malice Reveals Details Of "New Breed Of Godz" Comeback LP
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  294. ^ To Speak Of Wolves Announces New Album "Find Your Worth, Come Home"
  295. ^ 5 Star Grave Streams "Daddy" From New LP "Drugstore Hell"
  296. ^ Ahab Streaming Title Track From New Album "The Giant"
  297. ^ Grand Magus – Unveil New Album Cover Art And Release Date
  298. ^ Insision Releasing 15th Anniversary Double CD "15 Years Of Exaggerated Torment"
  299. ^ The Murder Of My Sweet Unveils Cover Art & Track Listing For New LP "Bye Bye Lullaby"
  300. ^ Sabaton – New Album Tracklist And Cover Art Revealed
  301. ^ Architects – New Album Cover Art Revealed
  302. ^ Sarah Jezebel Deva – New EP Artwork Revealed
  303. ^ Synthetic Breed Reveals New EP "Zero Degrees Freedom" Track Listing
  304. ^ Be'lakor – New Album Details Announced
  305. ^ Circus Maximus – Reveal New Album Details
  306. ^ Delain Announces Release Date For "We Are The Others"
  307. ^ Empires Of Eden Posts Teaser Video For "Channelling the Infinite"
  308. ^ Gotthard To Release New Album "Firebirth" In June
  309. ^ Kekal – Autonomy
  310. ^ Jorn – Bring Heavy Rock to the Land (Official)
  311. ^ Kreator – Unveil New Album Title And Release Date
  312. ^ The Agonist Reveals New Album Title As "Prisoners"
  313. ^ Tank Reveals New Album Release Date, Tracklisting And Artwork
  314. ^ Autopsy To Release New DVD "Born Undead"
  315. ^ Fear Factory: 'The Industrialist' North American Release Date Announced
  316. ^ Gojira – New Song Online, Upcoming DVD Trailer Released
  317. ^ Hellyeah Drummer Explains New Album Title Archived 2012-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
  318. ^ Marduk Announces New Single "Souls For Belial"
  319. ^ Ulver To Release Covers Album "Childhood's End"
  320. ^ Watain To Release New DVD "Opus Diaboli"
  321. ^ Blinded by Tokyo – Live in Japan
  322. ^ candlemass Psalms for the Dead
  323. ^ Mnemic – Mnemesis
  324. ^ Bilocate Reveals New Album "Summoning The Bygones" Artwork
  325. ^ Urban Warfare
  326. ^ Rush – Unveil New Album Details
  327. ^ Arthemis Unveils Artwork For New LP "We Fight"
  328. ^ Dying Fetus Posts New Album "Reign Supreme" Teaser
  329. ^ Spineshank Comments Signing With Century Media For New Album "Anger Denial Acceptance"
  330. ^ Devin Townsend – Upcoming DVD Trailer Online
  331. ^ Burning Point – Reveal New Album Details
  332. ^ Chelsea Grin – Working On New EP
  333. ^ Evolve available 6.19.2012
  334. ^ The Ghost Inside Posts New Album "Get What You Give" Trailer
  335. ^ Ihsahn Posts New Album "Eremita" Teaser
  336. ^ Rumpelstiltskin Grinder – Reveal New Album Details
  337. ^ Vampires Everywhere! Reveals New Album "Hellbound And Heartless" Details
  338. ^ Whitechapel Announces New Self-Titled Album Details
  339. ^ Blacklodge Announces New Album Title As "MachinatioN"
  340. ^ Ephel Duath – New EP Details
  341. ^ Deathspell Omega Streaming New Song "Abrasive Swirling Murk"
  342. ^ Sodom's "30 Years Sodomized" Boxset Release Delayed
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  345. ^ Challenger to Memphis May Fire
  346. ^ Old Man Gloom – New Album Details
  347. ^ Miseration – New Album Details Revealed
  348. ^ Bonded By Blood – New Album Title And Artwork Revealed
  349. ^ Six Magics – New Album Details And Live Video Available
  350. ^ Icarus Witch – New Album Details, Teaser And Song Online
  351. ^ Kataklysm – Reveal Upcoming DVD Tracklist
  352. ^ Nile – New Album Release Date Revealed
  353. ^ Periphery Tap Guthrie Govan & The Faceless Guitarist to Guest on New Album
  354. ^ The Word Alive Streaming New Album Online
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  356. ^ Naer Mataron – Ζήτω Ο Θάνατος (Long Live Death)
  357. ^ Saint Diablo To Release Self-Titled Album, Announces New Tour Dates
  358. ^ Serj Tankian's New Solo Album Gets Release Date
  359. ^ Bury Tomorrow Signs With Nuclear Blast For Release Of "The Union Of Crowns"
  360. ^ Beneath the Scars and Glory of Progression
  361. ^ Waylander – Reveal New Album Details, New Song Online
  362. ^ A Hero A Fake Announces New Album "The Future Again"
  363. ^ Baroness – Set New Album Title And Release Date
  364. ^ Release Date News
  365. ^ Tourniquet – Antiseptic Bloodbath
  366. ^ Antagonist A.D. Releases "I'm Just Not There" Music Video
  367. ^ Black Majesty Unveils Album Art, Release Date For "Stargazer"
  368. ^ Zonaria – Sign With Listenable Records, Reveal New Album Details
  369. ^ Om Reveals Tour Dates And "Advaitic Songs" Details
  370. ^ Slipknot Reveals New Best-Of Album "Antennas To Hell" Details
  371. ^ Heretic (US) Unveils Artwork For Comeback LP "A Time Of Crisis"
  372. ^ Dew-Scented Posts Teaser For New Album "Icarus"
  373. ^ Tankard Reveals Track Listing And Commentary For New LP "A Girl Called Cerveza"
  374. ^ Testament – New Album Details Revealed
  375. ^ Devilish Impressions Signs To Lifeforce Records For Release Of New Album "Simulacra"
  376. ^ Massacre – New Song Online
  377. ^ "Still Alive: confirmado show de lançamento do debut álbum em São Paulo". Archived from the original on 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  378. ^ Evoken To Release New Album "Atra Mors"
  379. ^ Nachtmystium – New Album Title And Release Date Revealed
  380. ^ "NOVINKY | OBLITERATE - Superboring | GOTHOOM ESHOP". Archived from the original on 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  381. ^ Memorain – "Evolution" (album preview)
  382. ^ "Cryptopsy – Cryptopsy EP". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
  383. ^ The Faceless – New Album Trailer Online
  384. ^ Fen Reveals New Album "Of Losing Interest" Details
  385. ^ Fozzy Announces New Album "Sin And Bones" Release Date
  386. ^ publisher=BW&BK In This Moment – Blood Album Due August 14th Via Century Media
  387. ^ Scott Kelly To Release New Solo Album "The Forgiven Ghost In Me"
  388. ^ Master Announces "The New Elite" Album Release Date
  389. ^ Texas Hippie Coalition – Peacemaker CD
  390. ^ Steve Vai – New Album Details Unveiled, New Song Streaming Online
  391. ^ Eluveitie – To Release Early Years Collection In August
  392. ^ Black Moor Streaming Entire New Album "Lethal Waters"
  393. ^ Loudness Streams Preview Samples From New LP "2012"
  394. ^ a b Grave Digger Unveils Album Artwork & Title To New LP
  395. ^ Trollfest – Brumlebassen
  396. ^ Ensiferum – Album Details Revealed
  397. ^ Grave – New Album Release Date Announced
  398. ^ Katatonia Reveals Full Details On New Album "Dead End Kings"
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  400. ^ Eagle Twin Confirms New LP "The Feather Tipped the Serpent's Scale" Details
  401. ^ Murder Construct Unveil Details Of "Results"
  402. ^ Stratovarius DVD "Under Flaming Winter Skies – Live In Tampere" Getting North American Release
  403. ^ Ektomorf – New Album Details Unveiled
  404. ^ Ex Deo Announces New Album "Caligvla" Release Date
  405. ^ Phantom-X Details New Album "The Opera Of The Phantom"
  406. ^ Threshold Posts Lyric Video For "Ashes"
  407. ^ Primitive Graven Image – New Song Streaming Online
  408. ^ Sacred Mother Tongue To Release New EP "A Light Shines..."
  409. ^ Lacrimosa To Release New Album "Revolution", Special Guests Announced
  410. ^ Aeon Zen Pushes Back "Enigma" Album Release
  411. ^ Beastwars Streaming New Song "Red God"
  412. ^ Cloudscape Posts "New Era" Album Teaser Clip
  413. ^ Cryptopsy – New Album Trailer Online
  414. ^ Kittie Announces Compilation Album "Not So... Safe"
  415. ^ Prototype Announces Release Date For New Album "Catalyst"
  416. ^ Spheric Universe Experience Reveals Artwork For Upcoming Album "The New Eve"
  417. ^ The Gathering – Reveal New Album Tracklist
  418. ^ Elvenking Unveils Details On New LP "Era"
  419. ^ Vision Divine Signs With EarMusic/Edel, New LP "Destination Set to Nowhere" Set for Fall
  420. ^ Becoming The Archetype Announces Details On New Album "I Am"
  421. ^ Devin Townsend Project Announces New Album "Epicloud"
  422. ^ Down – Reveal New EP Details, New Single Online
  423. ^ Ufomammut Reveals Full Details On New Album "Opus Alter"
  424. ^ Vision Of Disorder Reveals New Album "The Cursed Remain Cursed" Details
  425. ^ Buckethead – Racks
  426. ^ Buckethead – March Of The Slunks
  427. ^ Buckethead – The Silent Picture Book
  428. ^ Behexen – New Album Details Revealed
  429. ^ Blut Aus Nord – New Album Teaser Trailer Online
  430. ^ The Chariot – Ink European Deal With Season Of Mist
  431. ^ Dokken Reveals Details On New Album "Broken Bones"
  432. ^ Handguns in Release Date of September
  433. ^ Illdisposed – Unveil New Album Details
  434. ^ Witchcraft Reveals New Album Title As "Legend"
  435. ^ Iron Maiden – Steve Harris To Release Solo Album In September
  436. ^ To-Mera – Exile
  437. ^ To-Mera – New Album Streaming Online
  438. ^ Tygers Of Pan Tang Reveals New Album, "Ambush" Release Date
  439. ^ As I Lay Dying Announces "Awakened" Info, New Tour Dates
  440. ^ Car Bomb Posts New Single "Third Revelation" Featuring Gojira's Joseph Duplantier
  441. ^ Kerion Posts In Studio Video On "CloudRiders, Part 1: Road To Skycity"
  442. ^ Pathology – Reveal New Album Details
  443. ^ Revocation – Teratogenesis (EP)
  444. ^ Winterfylleth Reveals New Album "The Threnody Of Triumph" Details
  445. ^ "Angband To Release 'Saved From The Truth' In September". Blabbermouth. 6 August 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  446. ^ Enslaved – Unveil New Album Title And Artwork
  447. ^ "Perttu Kivilaakso to Guest on Album; First Sound Sample Online". Archived from the original on 2013-05-17. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
  448. ^ Sinister Streams New Track "Transylvania"
  449. ^ Therion Posts Cover For LP "Les Fleurs Du Mal" On Band's Official Website
  450. ^ Obsession Posts Teaser Clip For New LP "Order Of Chaos"
  451. ^ Rebellion Reveals Details On Compilation Album "The Best Of Viking History"
  452. ^ Sylosis: "Monolith" Track List Released!
  453. ^ Cauldron Unveils Album Art And Track List For New LP "Tomorrow's Lost"
  454. ^ Krisiun – Arise From Blackness (Compilation)
  455. ^ The Acacia Strain Reveals Details On New Album "Death Is The Only Mortal"
  456. ^ August Burns Red Releasing New Album "August Burns Red Presents: Sleddin' Hill, A Holiday Album"
  457. ^ Between The Buried And Me – Reveal New Album Details
  458. ^ Converge announce release date for All We Love We Leave Behind
  459. ^ Daylight Dies Reveals Details For New Album "A Frail Becoming"
  460. ^ Dio: 'The Very Beast Of Dio Vol. 2' Artwork, Track Listing Revealed
  461. ^ Malignancy – New Album Details
  462. ^ Nonpoint Posts New Song "Go Time" Online
  463. ^ Seven Kingdoms – Reveal New Album Title And Artwork
  464. ^ Texas In July Posts New Lyric Video For "Cry Wolf"
  465. ^ Weapon Announces New Album "Embers And Revelations" Release Date
  466. ^ "Chilean Doomsters Poema Arcanvs To Release Fifth Album Next Month". Archived from the original on 2012-11-14. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
  467. ^ "Fall of the Idols – "Solemn Verses"". Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
  468. ^ Magica – Reveal Upcoming Album Tracklist
  469. ^ Anaal Nathrakh – Teaser For Upcoming Album Streaming Online
  470. ^ My Dying Bride – Reveal New Album Details
  471. ^ Dethklok Reveals Details On New Album "Dethalbum III"
  472. ^ Kiss – Unveil New Album Cover Art And Tracklist
  473. ^ No Bragging Rights Announces New Album Title As "Cycles"
  474. ^ Yakuza Reveals Details On New Album "Beyul"
  475. ^ Machinae Supremacy – New Song Online
  476. ^ Manowar Pushes Back "The Lord Of Steel" Physical Album Release
  477. ^ Mob Rules: 'Cannibal Nation' Cover Artwork, Track Listing, Release Date Revealed
  478. ^ Paragon Reveals New Album "Force Of Destruction" Details
  479. ^ Subhuman – New Song Online
  480. ^ Thy Art Is Murder Releases New Music Video For "Reign Of Darkness"
  481. ^ War From A Harlots Mouth Posts Teaser For New Album "Voyeur"
  482. ^ Wintersun – 'Time I' Release Date Pushed Back A Week
  483. ^ Bison B.C. – Reveal New Album Details
  484. ^ Dark Tranquillity Releasing Digital Edition Of "Zero Distance" EP
  485. ^ Ill Niño – New Album Cover Art Revealed
  486. ^ The Sword – New Album Release Date Announced
  487. ^ A Life Once Lost – Reveal New Album Title And Release Date
  488. ^ Behold The Arctopus – Reveal New Album Details, Alter Name, Stream New Song
  489. ^ God Seed – Debut Album Out In October
  490. ^ Pig Destroyer – New Album Details
  491. ^ Sister Sin Releases New Lyric Video For "End Of The Line"
  492. ^ The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza Announces New Album "Danza IIII: The Alpha – The Omega"
  493. ^ Angra Announces "Best Reached Horizons" Details
  494. ^ Kamelot – New Album Title Revealed
  495. ^ Neurosis – New Album Title And Release Date Unveiled
  496. ^ Parkway Drive Announce New Album "Atlas"
  497. ^ Rebellion Reveals New Album "Arminius – Furor Teutonicus" Artwork
  498. ^ "Skálmöld – Börn Loka". Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
  499. ^ The Sorrow Unveils New Album "Misery Escape" Artwork
  500. ^ Eyefear – The Inception Of Darkness
  501. ^ Shining – Redefining Darkness
  502. ^ Cradle Of Filth Reveals New Album "The Manticore & Other Horrors" Release
  503. ^ Early Graves Finishes Work On New Album "Red Horse"
  504. ^ Forgotten Tomb Streaming New Song "Deprived" Off Upcoming Album "And Don't Deliver Us From Evil"
  505. ^ Nadja – Streaming New Track
  506. ^ Ragnarok – New Album Details Revealed
  507. ^ Ultimatum Reveals 20th Anniversary "Heart Of Metal" Album Details
  508. ^ A Band Of Orcs Invades Earth With New Album "Adding Heads To The Pile"
  509. ^ Von – New Single Streaming Online
  510. ^ Arsenite Announces New Album "Ashes Of The Declined," Posts Video Clip
  511. ^ "From My Cold Dead Hands – Nonexist". Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  512. ^ Pain – Release Upcoming DVD Details And Trailer
  513. ^ Tiamat – New Album Cover Art, Tracklist And Release Date Unveiled
  514. ^ Lucifer's Rising
  515. ^ All That Remains – Another New Song Streaming Online
  516. ^ Beheaded To Release 'Never To Dawn' In November – Aug. 2, 2012
  517. ^ General Surgery – New Song Streaming Online
  518. ^ Otep – Releasing Live Album
  519. ^ Bloodbound – Release New Album Tracklist
  520. ^ Isis – Release Temporal
  521. ^ Carcariass – Hell And Torment (Compilation)
  522. ^ "Soundgarden: New Album Title Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  523. ^ Tank To Release First Ever Live DVD
  524. ^ Deftones – Reveal New Album Title, Announce US Fall Headline Tour
  525. ^ Machine Head – Machine Fucking Head Live
  526. ^ Led Zeppelin – Reunion DVD To Be Released, Trailer Available
  527. ^ Elysion To Release New EP "Killing My Dreams"
  528. ^ Kylesa – New Song Streaming Online
  529. ^ Aeon – New Album Details Revealed, New Song Online
  530. ^ Cryptopsy – The Best Of Us Bleed (Compilation)
  531. ^ Devolved – New Album Title And Tracklist Revealed
  532. ^ Meldrum Releasing New Album "Lifer" Later This Month
  533. ^ Prototype – Retrospect (Compilation)
  534. ^ Sacred Reich To Release "Live At Wacken" CD/DVD
  535. ^ New Album Artwork Unveiled From Flotsam & Jetsam
  536. ^ Adorned Brood Posts New Album "Kuningaz" Studio Trailer
  537. ^ Destruction Posts New Album "Spiritual Genocide" Art Trailer
  538. ^ Royal Hunt – Preparing To Release 20th Anniversary Compilation
  539. ^ Vicious Rumors Reveals Details On "Live You To Death" Album
  540. ^ Secret Sphere – Portrait Of A Dying Heart
  541. ^ Incantation – Vanquish In Vengeance
  542. ^ Fullforce Confirm November 27th North American Release Date for Next Level
  543. ^ Ashes You Leave – New Album Details Revealed
  544. ^ Fragments Of Unbecoming Announces Release Date For New Album "The Art Of Coming Apart"
  545. ^ New DVD Clip Of "Time To Break Free" Posted By Gamma Ray
  546. ^ HammerFall – Releasing New DVD In November
  547. ^ Saturnus – New Album Release Date And Tracklist Revealed
  548. ^ Arsis – New Song Streaming Online
  549. ^ Yngwie Malmsteen – New Album Tracklist And Cover Art Unveiled
  550. ^ Metallica – Quebec Magnetic (DVD)
  551. ^ "The Cadaverous Retaliation Agenda – The Project Hate MCMXCIX". Metal Archives. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  552. ^ Paradox – Reveal New Album Tracklist And Release Date
  553. ^ The Unguided – InvaZion (EP)
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