Results: Album of the year 2012 – Community Voting

For the most participants it was a difficult decision to put together a Top5. But you did it! With almost 90 (times five) votings and over 100 mentioned albums of 2012 we are very proud to present the result of the community voting for the best record of 2012.

Out of an European perspective this should be a relevant Top 10 of Stoner, Desert, Psychedelic, Doom or simply Underground Rock albums. Maybe you even find something new to discover here. Thanks for participating. The winners of the raffle will be announced soon!

1. Colour Haze – She Said (151 Points)

It’s not a big surprise to find She Said at the peak of the ratings. Colour Haze released an incredible diverse and complexe double LP with an amazing variation of instruments. For the courage of exploring new things and the endurance while production the first place is well deserved. Review.

2. Kadavar – Kadavar (136 Points)

Kadavar showed up with one of the most impressive entrances into the German scene ever made. The guys from Berlin embrace the heavy old school sound like many others but know especially well how to convert it into great songs, which they prove 2012 with their beloved debut record.

3. My Sleeping Karma – Soma (125 Points)

With their fourth record it seemed pretty difficult to avoid repetition because of the lack of vocals. Well they did it again. Soma sucks you in it’s hypnotic world of loud and quite, fast and slow and dark and uplifitng. Their presentation of their sound was a highlight for many in 2013. Review.

4. Graveyard – Lights Out (73 Points)

The new record came pretty fast after Hisingen Blues, so it could have happend, that Lights Out would be full of leftovers. Nope! The songs captivate with great song-writing, a lot of feeling and the still impressive authentic overall impressions which this band surrounds.

5. Glowsun – Eternal Season (42 Points)

Eternal Season performed live often was described as “pretty metal”. Even though it is really heavy it also still is on the psychedelic side. What ever you might call it, it’s an adrift and kick-ass record. Find in it’s flow and get lost in climaxes and forced nodding. Review.

6. The Machine – Calmer Than You Are (41 Points)

Again we have to give credit for trying new things. The Machine were (and still are) known for exceptional jams and guitar heavy psychedelic songs. With the new record the Dutch surprise with clearer song structures, more vocals and shorter tracks. You guys still seem to like it! Review.

7. Om – Advaitic Songs (40 Points)

It’s nice to have a fairly experimental record like Advaitiv Songs in the Top 10. It links Arabic music with psychedelic and doom in a totally unheard way. Sure it’s not for everybody, but fans will love the trippy hypnosis, OM is known for once more.

8. Orange Goblin – A Eulogy For The Damned (38 Points)

Five years after Healing Through Fire the new record marks a new level of the UK band. Ben Ward and his band members are back. Back on stage. Back with new material. Back in the scene. It doesn’t matter that the live performances beat the albums any time. This record still kicks ass.

9. Greenleaf – Nest Of Vipers (29 Points)

Another one which was released five years after the last album. And another one which was worth waiting for. The band originally consisting of Dozer and Demon Cleaner members, now really should loose the lable “side-project” and celebrated as its own Swedish highlight.

10. (1/2) Coogans Bluff – Poncho Express (25 Points)

You simply have to mention Beefheart firstly. Not least because of the great music video this song just can’t get out of your head ever again. You have to roar the lyrics too. The rest of the album convinces with extremly different genres and proves once again Coogans Bluff diversity. Review.

10. (2/2) Radar Men From The Moon – Echo Forever (25 Points)

With their second record the Dutch made a big step into the heart of our scene. Comparisons with Monkey 3 and 35007 don’t seem to be to far fetched. After listening to Echo Forever several times, we should all look ahead, because these guys will bring us more for sure. Review.

11. Wight – Through The Woods Into Deep Water (24 Points) [Review]
12. Baroness – Yellow & Green (22 Points)
13. Ufomammut – Oro (21 Points)
14. Witchcraft – Legend (20 Points)
15. The Sword – Apocryphon (19 Points) [Review]
16. Black Bombain – Titans (17 Points)
16. Nightstalker – Dead Rock Commandos (17 Points)
18. Goat – World Music (16 Points)
19. Baby Woodrose – Third Eye Surgery (15 Points)
20. Heat – Old Sparky (14 Points) [Review]
20. Wo Fat – The Black Code (14 Points)

Stoned Jesus – Seven Thunders Roar (13 Points)
Ancestors – In Dreams and Time (12 Points)
Stubb – Stubb (12 Points) (Review)
High on Fire – De Vermis Mysteriis (11 Points)
Mark Lanegan Band – Blues Funeral (11 Points)
Horisont – Second Assault (9 Points)
Wovenhand – The Laughing Stalk (9 Points)
Mamont – Passing Through The Mastery Door (8 Points)
Tame Impala – Lonerism (8 Points)

7 Points

Dead Man’s Band – Dead Man’s Band
Golden Void – Golden Void (Review)
Kadavar & Aqua Nebula Oscillator – White Ring
Motorpsycho – The Death Defying Unicorn
Soundgarden – King Animal
Sula Bassana – Dark Days

St. Vitus – Lillie: F-65 (6 Points)

5 Points

Ahab – The Giant
Arc Of Ascent – The Higher Key
Black Moth – The Killing Jar
Black Space Riders – Light Is The New Black
Hawkwind – Onward
Naam – The Ballad of the Starchild
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Psychedelic Pill
Obelyskkh – White Lightning (Review)
Propane Propane – Indigo
Samavayo – Soul Invictus
Trippy Wicked and the Cosmic Children of the Knight – Going Home

4 Points

Aluk Todolo – Occult Rock
Ararat – II
Bison Machine – Behold o’ Inhabitants of the Mortar
Cachimbo de Paz & Parasol Caravan – Use The Fuzz
Colaris – Renewal
Dinosaur Jr. – I Bet on Sky
Earth – Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II
Gandhi’s Gunn – The Longer The Beard The Harder The Sound
Ivy Garden Of The Desert – Blood Is Love
King Kronos – Soundzilla
Marlous Oosting – Verslaafd aan Muziek
Shit, The – Dingleberry Fields Forever
Swans – The Seer
Tuber – EP
White Hills – Frying On This Rock

3 Points

… and you will know us by the teail of dead – Lost Songs
Black Mountain – Year Zero
Black Pyramid – 2
Brujas del Sol – Moonliner
Chris Brown – Fortune
Crippled Black Phoenix – (Mankind) The Crafty Ape
Deftones – Koi No Yokan
Downfall Of Gaia – Suffocating In The Swarm Of Cranes
Hidria Spacefolk- Astronautica
Maeth – Horse Funeral
Pontiak – Echo Ono
Three Seasons – Understand The World
Vibravoid – Gravitiy Zero (Review)

2 Points

Castle – Blacklands
Conan – Monnos
Diesel King – The Ancient And The Nameless
Eagle Twin – The Feather Tipped The Serpent’s Scale
Estoner – The Stump Will Rise
Kylesa – From The Vaults Vol. 1
Melvins – Freak Puke (Review)
Melvins – The Bulls and the Bees (EP)
Monster Of The Ordinary – On The Edge And Beyond (Review)
Troubled Horse – Step Inside
Verma – Exu
Wheelfall – Interzone

1 Point

16 – Deep Cuts From Dark Clouds
Brian Jonestown Massacre, The – Aufheben
Buried Sleeper – Colosseum
Christian Mistress – Posession
Five Horse Johnson – The Taking Of Blackheart (2013)
Hawklords – We Are One
King Bong – Space Shanties
Love Sex Machine – Love Sex Machine
Monobrow – Bennington Triangle Blues
Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
One Direction – Take Me Home (!)
Sideburn IV – Monument
Spiritualized – Sweet Heart Sweet Light
Year Of The Goat – Angel`s Necropolis