Current Top 10 2012 Albums

I have heard all, great choices, in my opinion no doubt, I will go for the underdog the one who surprised and thrilled me the most, thus have to choose CORVUS STONE, no doubt.  yep ahum yes!  

From this list I only know and own Beyond The Realms Of Euphoria and March of Progress. My vote goes to Galahad´s Beyond the ... , my favourite 2012 release! Big Big Train is on my shopping list!

AtomicCrimsonRush wrote: In order of my best albums of 2012 are (final vote) 1. Rush - Clockwork Angels 2. Shadow Circus - On a dark and stormy night 3. The Flower Kings - Banks of Eden 4. Arjen A Lucassen - Lost in the new real 5. Profusion - Rewotower 6. Big Big Train- English Electric Part one 7. Threshold - March of Progress 8. Nine Stones Close - One Eye on the Sunrise  9. Anglagard - Viljans Oga 10. Astra - The Black Chord 11. Corvus Stone - Corvus Stone 12. Breaking Orbit - The Time Traveller 13. Tomera - Exile 14. Hemina - Synthetic 15. Utopia - Distorted harmony 16. Dean Watson - Imposing Elements 17. Jethro Tull - TAAB2 18. Overhead - Of sun and moon 19. GYBE - Alellujah! Don't Bend! 20. Hawkwind - Onward followed by A strong year for PROG!!!!

Edited by someone_else - December 17 2012 at 15:24

In order of my best albums of 2012 are (final vote)

Edited by AtomicCrimsonRush - December 15 2012 at 08:13

I own all but Threshold and Nine Stones Close--though I've heard these two--but am only really familiar, so far, with about half. Catch me in a few weeks and, hopefully, I'll know them all pretty well. 

I've only heard two of the above albums in the list.

One by a band I've been familiar with for quite some time and who I consider to be a favourite of mine.  Another by a brand new band who very much surprised me and came from leftfield.

Both releases are excellent.

Magma's Félicité Thosz is perhaps disappointing in its length but I do enjoy it nevertheless.  It's a far more relaxed piece.  I've heard many live versions of it before but the studio release adds higher-fidelity and they've certainly extended and improved the piece since it's first conception.  So it's great to have it on record finally.  Hopefully Sl*g Tanz is next.

Corvus Stone's debut self-titled album is fantastic and very much impressed me.  It's still sinking in though and with further listens I can definitely see it being a future favourite.  Compared to Magma it most definitely isn't short.  All 80 minutes of the CD are filled and no track is really alike.  The musicians are all fabulous too.  I am very glad I got to hear this album and also very glad I heard it before the end of the year.

The only real reason I voted for Magma was because I've had the album longer and so I'm more familiar with it.

However, everyone should definitely check out Corvus Stone's debut.  The CD packaging and music is fantastic.  All the guys in the band are highly talented and thoroughly nice people too.

I most definitely look forward to hearing the follow-up.  I know there's a lot more music in them yet.

I should check out some of the other albums on this list too.  I love Anglagard's Hybris so I shall check out the new album and I've heard great things about Motorpsycho and they're one of those bands I've been meaning to check out for a while.


Edited by VanderGraafKommandöh - December 11 2012 at 08:45

Wow. Good to see that Corvus Stone have been found. I just wish we had released it much earlier. There just hasn't been enough time for people here to get to know it like other releases.
I can vote here? Ha ha!

SaltyJon wrote: I don't have any of those.

Not even Magma's?

richardh wrote: Wanorak wrote: It blows my mind that Sounds That Can't Be Made isn't even on the top 100 on this site its a good album for sure but so far this year I've only heard one album that I can get really excited about and that's Anathema - Weather Systems. There have been a lot of solid releases in 2012 of which the Marillion album is one. If anything I prefer the Steve Hogarth /Richard Barbieri side project 'The Hand Not the Weapon' but both are very good (4 stars imo)

Wanorak wrote: It blows my mind that Sounds That Can't Be Made isn't even on the top 100 on this site

its a good album for sure but so far this year I've only heard one album that I can get really excited about and that's Anathema - Weather Systems. There have been a lot of solid releases in 2012 of which the Marillion album is one. If anything I prefer the Steve Hogarth /Richard Barbieri side project 'The Hand Not the Weapon' but both are very good (4 stars imo)