Top 5 Albums of 2012

Well, I hope everyone is going to have a awesome NYE.  2012 was a great year for music.  Found some new bands that I now love.  And enjoyed some new music from my favorite bands.  Hope 2013 brings us some more great music.

#5. Pig Destroyer- Book Burner

I have been waiting for Pig Destroyer to make a new album forever.  After listening to this album so many times, it gets more intense.  The deluxe version made my day with the bonus disc of punk covers.  And J.R. Hayes short story, The Atheist, was a good read.

#4. Evoken- Altra Mors

Oh how I heart death/doom.  And Evoken continue to make that sub-genre awesome.  Very dark and brutal.  These guys never disappoint.  If you're a fan of doom and it's many micro-genres, you have to pick this up.  A great listen when reading The Walking Dead.

#3. Author & Punisher- Ursus Americanus 

This album was also very intense.  Harsh and brutal.  Tristan Shone is one of the few pioneers of this generation.  His shows are even much intense.  A lot of my co-workers who are into dub-step became really huge fans of Ursus Americanus.  More bands/artist should be very creative like Mr. Shone.

#2. Royal Thunder- CVI

My favorite new band of 2012.  CVI, Royal Thunder's first album is one rocking album.  "Whispering World" is my favorite song of 2012.  It was nice seeing these kids get some great reaction.  It was really refreshing to see a more hard rock band (compared to the more extreme).

#1. Unsane- Wreck

I've been a huge fan of these guys since I saw the video for "Scrape".  And since then I've been a fan of noise rock.  Chris Spencer and Co. have made another great album for me to rock out.  Got see them withe Melvins, which was awesome.  Their cover of Flipper's "Ha Ha Ha" was the greatest cover I've heard in a while.  This is the album I recommend people to pick up.

Pig Destroyer- "Book Burner" Deluxe Edition (2012)

Probably one of the most anticipated albums of this year.  Mostly because this album was hyped to be a "back to basics" album.  On the last Pig Destroyer albums, PD dabbled on a lot of experimental stuff.  With "Book Burner", they wanted to make a killer grind album.  

"Book Burner" may not sound like "Prowler in the Yard" or "38 Count of Battery", but it's still a intense album.  And with the loss of drummer Brian Harvey, Pig Destroyer were able to get Misery Index's Adam Jarvis to play the skins.  "Book Burner" also has guest vocals by Jason Netherton (Misery Index), Richard Johnson (Agoraphobic Nosebleed), and Katherine Katz (Salome, Agoraphobic Nosebleed).  Most of the songs I enjoy are with Katz,  Her and Hayes sounded great on "The Bug".  But of course I'm a huge on female vocalist in extreme music.  Scott Hull also has some great riffs on "Booker Burner".  Especially on "Valley of the Geysers"  and "Kamikaze Heart".

Now if you have the deluxe edition, you get a short story that J.R. wrote called "The Atheist".  And also a second CD with some awesome hardcore punk covers by The Misfits, Minor Threat, and Circle Jerks.  If it's still available, I highly recommend getting the deluxe edition.  Evan though I would have like for PD to continue from "Phantom Limb", "Book Burner" is still a heavy album.  By itself, I will give it a 4/5.  But with the deluxe edition, I give it "5 Hitlers punched in the face"

To purchase "Book Burner", click on the links below

Book Burner at Amazon

http://www.relapse.com/book-burner-cd-deluxe-edition.html