Here are Alex’s top albums for 2012.

headspace – i am anonymous
between the buried and me – parallax series 2
coheed and cambria – the afterman: ascension
cryptopsy – cryptopsy
the contortionist – intrinsic
bloodshot dawn – bloodshot dawn
devin townsend – epicloud
meshuggah – koloss
marillion – sounds that can’t be made
revocation – teratogenesis
stone sour – house of gold and bones
shinedown – amaryllis
lamb of god – resolution
cannibal corpse – torture
soulfly – enslaved
gojira – l’enfant sauvage
tesseract – perspective
rush – clockwork angels
as i lay dying – awakened
deftones – koi no yokan