Author Topic: Top 5 Songs of 2012 (so far) (Read 2780 times)

lateralus88 · « **on:** August 17, 2012, 02:40:35 PM »

Instead of just doing a top albums list, I wanted to narrow it down a bit. What do you guys consider to be the best individual tracks released this year?

My list:

1. Honey Trap Aftermath - Diablo Swing Orchestra
2. Equale: 1.) Prelude 2.) Fugato 3.) Coda - Sigh
3. Forget Not - Ne Obliviscaris
4. The Paranoid - Ihsahn
5. No Friendly Neighbor - Primal Rock Rebellion

some that come close:
Carolous Rex - Sabaton
I Spit in the Stomach of Zombies - Self Spiller
Clash - Caravan Palace
Marrow - Meshuggah

Okay, go!

KevShmev · « **Reply #1 on:** August 17, 2012, 02:48:18 PM »

Hard to get into listing too many without the same artists being repeated, but for my money, the two best so far this year:

Storm Corrosion - Storm Corrosion
Rush - Clockwork Angels

Nekov · « **Reply #2 on:** August 17, 2012, 02:48:49 PM »

Untouchable pt. 1 - Anathema
Lightning Song - Anathema
Sunlight - Anathema
Infinite Fire - Flying Colors
Of monsters and men - Little Talks

yeah, I love Weather Systems

Edit: Modifying the last one as I didn't realize the OMAM album was released this year.

Zydar · « **Reply #3 on:** August 17, 2012, 02:54:11 PM »

Top 5:

Beach Boys - Shelter
Bruce Springsteen - We Take Care Of Our Own
Van Halen - Blood And Fire
Rush - The Garden
Unisonic - I've Tried

Came close:

Beach Boys - Isn't It Time
Rush - Headlong Flight
Rush - Clockwork Angels
Flying Colors - The Storm
Asia - Bury Me In Willow

bosk1 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 17, 2012, 02:58:23 PM »

Well, I've only gotten three albums this year so far, so my picks are not going to be very diverse:

1. Flying Colors - Infinite Fire
2. Nightwish - Story Time
3. Nightwish - Scaretale
4. Flying Colors - Blue Ocean
5. Flying Colors - The Storm

Pockets17red · « **Reply #5 on:** August 17, 2012, 02:58:35 PM »

Not in any specific order

Storm Corrosion - Ljudet Innan
Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Lost In The New Real
Anathema - Untouchable (Pt 1 & 2)
Ian Anderson - Thick As A Brick 2
The Flower Kings - Numbers

Zantera · « **Reply #6 on:** August 17, 2012, 03:02:30 PM »

Right now I would say something like this: (and there's more than 5)

1. The Smashing Pumpkins - Pinwheels
2. Periphery - Ragnarok
3. Storm Corrosion - Ljudet Innan/Storm Corrosion (I honestly can't pick, I love both so much)
4. The Tallest Man on Earth - There's No Leaving Now
5. Anathema - Untouchable 1+2
6. Ancestors - On the Wind
7. Diablo Swing Orchestra - Mass Rapture

skydivingninja · « **Reply #7 on:** August 17, 2012, 03:03:44 PM »

In no order:

Rush-The Garden
Sigur Ros-Varuo
Coheed & Cambria-Sentry the Defiant
Storm Corrosion-Storm Corrosion (Lock Howl and Drag Ropes could also be considered)
Rush-Clockwork Angels

Elite · « **Reply #8 on:** August 17, 2012, 03:12:05 PM »

I don't have lots of albums from this year, but so far:

1. Headspace - Daddy Fucking Loves You
2. Flying Colors - Blue Ocean
3. Anathema - Untouchable
4. Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Pink Beatles in a Purple Zeppelin
5. Circus Maximus - Architect of Fortune

others:

Storm Corrosion - Lock Howl
Headspace - Stalled Armageddon
Headspace - The Big Day
Affector - Harmagedon
Flying Colors - The Storm

lateralus88 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 17, 2012, 03:14:33 PM »

Quote from: skydivingninja on August 17, 2012, 03:03:44 PM

Coheed & Cambria-Sentry the Defiant

I was considering this, but I'm going to wait for the studio version to be released before I make final judgements. Same goes for Domino the Destitute.

skydivingninja · « **Reply #10 on:** August 17, 2012, 03:39:50 PM »

Based on the acoustic version alone (and what I got to see live) it deserves a spot already.

Dark Castle · « **Reply #11 on:** August 17, 2012, 03:53:04 PM »

March To The Sea - Baroness
5000 At The Funeral - Gorod
Blood & Honour - Sophicide
Parsonz Curse - Royal Thunder
Native Blood - Testament

Abstained from filling the list almost entirely with Baroness, took one song from 5 of my favorites that I can't stop listening to.

Ryzee · « **Reply #12 on:** August 17, 2012, 03:54:16 PM »

I don't think I've gotten a lot of new releases this year so far either, but I'll also go with the two new Coheed songs (Sentry especially) and Untouchable 1&2 from Weather Systems. Thems some good musicing right there.

Elite · « **Reply #13 on:** August 17, 2012, 03:58:46 PM »

Quote from: Dark Castle on August 17, 2012, 03:53:04 PM

March To The Sea - Baroness

Abstained from filling the list almost entirely with Baroness, took one song from 5 of my favorites that I can't stop listening to.

And a good song it is.

Lowdz · « **Reply #14 on:** August 17, 2012, 04:13:02 PM »

Dynasty- Come Alive
Blessed By A Broken Heart- Deathwish
Halestorm- Love Bites (And So Do I)
Rush- The Wreckers
Rush- Headlong Flight

Close-

Accept- Stalingrad
Adrenaline Mob- All On The Line
Dynazty- Bastards Of Rock n Roll
H.E.A.T.- Living On the Run

wolfking · « **Reply #15 on:** August 17, 2012, 04:22:41 PM »

Blessed By A Broken Heart - Shut and And Rock
Eclipse - Bleed and Scream
Circus Maximus - I Am
Jeff Scott Soto - Damage Control
Accept - Stalingrad

senecadawg2 · « **Reply #16 on:** August 17, 2012, 06:03:42 PM »

Quote from: Elite on August 17, 2012, 03:12:05 PM

I don't have lots of albums from this year, but so far:

1. Headspace - Daddy Fucking Loves You
2. Flying Colors - Blue Ocean
3. Anathema - Untouchable
4. Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Pink Beatles in a Purple Zeppelin
5. Circus Maximus - Architect of Fortune

others:

Storm Corrosion - Lock Howl
Headspace - Stalled Armageddon
Headspace - The Big Day
Affector - Harmagedon
Flying Colors - The Storm

Nothing but win in this post

wolfking · « **Reply #17 on:** August 17, 2012, 06:08:27 PM »

Quote from: Lowdz on August 17, 2012, 04:13:02 PM

H.E.A.T.- Living On the Run

That's such a killer song.

jingle.boy · « **Reply #18 on:** August 17, 2012, 06:28:20 PM »

Affector - Harmagedon
Blessed By A Broken Heart - Shut Up and Rock
Flying Colors - Blue Ocean
Beyond the Bridge - Triumph of Irreality
Circus Maximus - Last Goodbye

I could go on and on.

It was painful to leave Hardling/Fever Dreams off that list.

wolfking · « **Reply #19 on:** August 17, 2012, 07:26:39 PM »

Quote from: jingle.boy on August 17, 2012, 06:28:20 PM

Affector - Harmagedon
Blessed By A Broken Heart - Shut Up and Rock
Flying Colors - Blue Ocean
Beyond the Bridge - Triumph of Irreality
Circus Maximus - Last Goodbye

I could go on and on.

It was painful to leave Hardling/Fever Dreams off that list.

Yeah, Fever Dreams would make my top 10 definitely.

for Shut and And Rock.

darkshade · « **Reply #20 on:** August 17, 2012, 07:30:47 PM »

The Flower Kings - Numbers
The Flower Kings - For The Love Of Gold
Flying Colors - Blue Ocean
The Mars Volta - The Whip Hand
Lettuce - Madison Square

The King in Crimson · « **Reply #21 on:** August 17, 2012, 08:03:53 PM »

Ne Obliviscaris - "Forget Not"
Meshuggah - "Do Not Look Down"
Anathema - "The Storm Before The Calm"
Flying Colors - "Blue Ocean"
Ihsahn - "The Grave"

Honorable Mentions:
The Mars Volta - "The Whip Hand"
High On Fire - "Madness of an Architect"
Nightwish - "Storytime"
Diablo Swing Orchestra - "Honey Trap Aftermath"
Circus Maximus - "Architect of Fortune"

ColdFireYYZ · « **Reply #22 on:** August 17, 2012, 09:42:34 PM »

Anathema - Lightening Song
Anathema - Untouchable (both parts)
Änglagård - Snårdom
Rush - Clockwork Angels
Susanne Sundfør - The Silicone Veil

Honorable Mentions:
Mike Keneally - You Kill Me
Echolyn - (Speaking In) Lampblack
District 97 - The Actual Color
Epica - Storm The Sorrow
Storm Corrosion - Storm Corrosion
Rush - The Wreckers

There are so many more that I can list. 2012 has been a great year so far.

Sigz · « **Reply #23 on:** August 17, 2012, 10:13:11 PM »

The standouts:

1. Ne Obliviscaris - Forget Not
2. Caravan Palace - Clash
3. Portico Quartet - Ruins
4. Necro Deathmort - Endless Vertex

RuRoRul · « **Reply #24 on:** August 17, 2012, 10:35:12 PM »

1. Tremonti - The Things I've Seen
2. Stone Sour - Gone Sovereign / Absolute Zero
3. Tremonti - Leave It Alone
4. Circus Maximus - Architect Of Fortune
5. Tremonti - Giving Up

Plenty of others come close and I fully expect a few more to make the list but that's what I'd say right now.

Cedar redaC · « **Reply #25 on:** August 17, 2012, 11:05:45 PM »

Off the top of my head and in no order:

-The Garden - Rush
-Architect of Fortune- Circus Maximus
-The Wreckers- Rush
- I Am- Circus Maximus
- The Anarchist- Rush

(sorry, most of the records I've bought this year weren't from 2012, but "Clockwork Angels" and "Nine" are both worth checking out.)

P.S. My main reason for putting "The Anarchist" is because it is the first song I've ever tried to transcribe all the way through, so it has a weird sentimental value I suppose....

Elite · « **Reply #26 on:** August 18, 2012, 05:40:12 AM »

Quote from: jingle.boy on August 17, 2012, 06:28:20 PM

Beyond the Bridge - Triumph of Irreality

Crap, for some reason I thought it was released in 2011.. I need a track of this album on my list as well.

MoraWintersoul · « **Reply #27 on:** August 18, 2012, 06:35:59 AM »

Mine would look like:

OSI - Guards
Dissona - Nest (or Eccentress, that album is just too good)
Enochian Theory - This Aching Isolation
Steelwing - Solar Wind Riders
Barren Earth - As It Is Written

And if you haven't heard any of these... they're pretty worth checking out, methinks. All on youtube.

Ruba · « **Reply #28 on:** August 18, 2012, 06:48:54 AM »

Ministry - Ghouldiggers
Meshuggah - Behind the Sun
PMMP - Pahvinaamari
Meshuggah - The Demon Name Is Surveillance
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe

Mladen · « **Reply #29 on:** August 18, 2012, 06:56:41 AM »

1. Flying colors - Infinite fire
2. Steven Wilson - Luminol
3. of Montreal - Spiteful intervention
4. Rush - The Garden
5. Ian Anderson - Kismet in suburbia

jingle.boy · « **Reply #30 on:** August 18, 2012, 07:08:44 AM »

Quote from: Elite on August 18, 2012, 05:40:12 AM

Quote from: jingle.boy on August 17, 2012, 06:28:20 PM
Beyond the Bridge - Triumph of Irreality

Crap, for some reason I thought it was released in 2011.. I need a track of this album on my list as well.

Announced in 2011, but officially released in Jan.

johnnysuperfan · « **Reply #31 on:** August 18, 2012, 07:22:59 AM »

1. Pyramid Theorem - The Dream
2. Rush - Wish Them Well
3. Anathema - The Storm Before The Calm
4. Periphery - Erised / Epoch
5. Circus Maximus - Last Goodbye

Heretic · « **Reply #32 on:** August 18, 2012, 09:42:47 AM »

Anathema - Lightning Song
Right Away, Great Captain! - Fur Stop Caring
Periphery - Luck as a Constant
The Tallest Man on Earth - There's No Leaving Now
Of Monsters and Men - Slow and Steady
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Ne Obliviscaris - Xenoflux
Cloudkicker - Seattle
Anathema - The Storm Before the Calm
fun. - Some Nights (LOLYUP)
Atoma - Resonance

New BTBAM, Coheed, Wintersun, Mumford & Sons, and such will definitely change this a lot.

senecadawg2 · « **Reply #33 on:** August 18, 2012, 10:04:11 AM »

This thread has inspired me to finally listen to Ne Obliviscaris. Needless to say, I'm going to have to listen at least another 10 times before deciding anything.

Heretic · « **Reply #34 on:** August 18, 2012, 10:07:05 AM »

Quote from: senecadawg2 on August 18, 2012, 10:04:11 AM

This thread has inspired me to finally listen to Ne Obliviscaris. Needless to say, I'm going to have to listen at least another 10 times before deciding anything.

Yeah man it's definitely an album you have to let sink in, because there are so many intricacies to every song.

News: Paralyzed official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7m7l8iqGAk

Author Topic: Top 5 Songs of 2012 (so far) (Read 2780 times)