Nuclear Blast Staff Top 5 Albums of 2012

Nuclear Blast has issued as follows:

It’s that time of year again when the industry and fans alike start putting together lists of their favourite albums that have been released since January and in keeping with this tradition, we decided to gather some Top 5 Albums of 2012 lists from the staff here at Nuclear Blast. There’s a wide variety of releases in the staff picks, including some choice picks from other labels / our favourite bands, as well as our favourite Nuclear Blast releases.

We also happened to stumble upon EQPTV on YouTube recently and in case you hadn’t heard of the channel, it’s run by 12-year-old Elliot Paisley. Elliot first caught our eye when we saw him reviewing the likes of ISIS and Neurosis – both bands posted his reviews on their Facebook pages they were that taken with the little guy’s well-informed views. We decided to get Elliot involved in the list making and filmed his Top 5 Nuclear Blast releases of 2012 recently, which you can check out below:

Nuclear Blast Staff Top 5 Albums of 2012:

Mark Palmer (UK):

Rush – Clockwork Angels
Enslaved – RIITIIR (http://bit.ly/enslaved-spotify)
Baroness – Yellow & Green
Gojira – L’Enfant Sauvage
Kreator – Phantom Antichrist (http://bit.ly/kreator-spotify)

Lisa Cope (UK):

Gojira – L’Enfant Sauvage
Baroness – Yellow & Green
The Safety Fire – Grind The Ocean
Graveyard – Lights Out (http://bit.ly/graveyard-spotify)
Old Man Gloom – No

Lottie Hunt (UK):

Every Time I Die – Ex Lives
Deftones – Koi No Yokan
Baroness – Green And Yellow
Gojira – L’Enfant Sauvage
Witchcraft – Legend (http://bit.ly/witchcraft-spotify)

Pete Bailey (UK):

Alcest – Les Voyages de l’Âme
Don Broco – Priorities
Bury Tomorrow – The Union Of Crowns (http://bit.ly/burytomorrow-spotify)
Gojira – L’Enfant Sauvage
Testament – Dark Roots Of Earth (http://bit.ly/testament-spotify)

Tobias ‘Tobe’ Pfletschinger (DE):

Graveyard – Lights Out (http://bit.ly/graveyard-spotify)
Testament – Dark Roots Of Earth (http://bit.ly/testament-spotify)
Orchid – Heretic (http://bit.ly/orchid-spotify)
Overkill – The Electric Age (http://bit.ly/overkill-spotify)
Witchcraft – Legend (http://bit.ly/witchcraft-spotify)

Jaap Waagemaker (Jaap’s favourite NON NB releases of 2012) (DE):

Rush – Clockwork Angels
Black Breath – Sentenced to Life
Rival Sons – Head Down
Gojira – L’Enfant Sauvage
Down – Part IV – The Purple EP

Andy Siry (DE):

Witchcraft – Legend (http://bit.ly/witchcraft-spotify)
Testament – Dark Roots Of Earth (http://bit.ly/testament-spotify)
Graveyard – Lights Out (http://bit.ly/graveyard-spotify)
Fueled By Fire – Plunging Into Darkness
Grand Magus – The Hunt (http://bit.ly/grandmagus-spotify)

Felix Bürkle (DE):

Be’lakor – Of Breath And Bones
Witchcraft – Legend (http://bit.ly/witchcraft-spotify)
Before The Dawn – Rise of the Phoenix (http://bit.ly/beforethedawn-spotify)
Gojira – L’Enfant Sauvage
AHAB – The Giant

Markus Jakob (DE):

Katatonia – Dead End Kings
Emmure – Slave To The Game
Graveyard – Lights Out (http://bit.ly/graveyard-spotify)
Aliens Ate My Setlist – Illusions (http://bit.ly/aliensatemysetlist-spotify)
Witchcraft – Legend (http://bit.ly/witchcraft-spotify)

Markus Wosgien (DE):

Rhapsody – Ascending To Infinity (http://bit.ly/rhapsody-spotify)
Kissin’ Dynamite – Money, Sex & Power
Accept – Stalingrad (http://bit.ly/accept-spotify)
Black Country Communion – Afterglow
Doro – Raise Your Fist (http://bit.ly/doro-spotify)

Philipp Raabe (DE):

Threshold – March Of Progress (http://bit.ly/threshold-spotify)
Sabaton – Carolus Rex (http://bit.ly/sabaton-spotify)
Rhapsody –Ascending To Infinity (http://bit.ly/rhapsody-spotify)
Battle Beast – Steel (http://bit.ly/battlebeast-spotify)
Kreator – Phantom Antichrist  (http://bit.ly/kreator-spotify)

Stephanie Lehwald (DE):

Architects – Daybreaker
Your Demise – The Golden Age
Caliban – I Am Nemesis
The Sorrow – Misery Escape
Mnemic – Mnemesis (http://bit.ly/mnemic-spotify)

Julien Clair (DE):

Brutality Will Prevail – The Path
Desolated – Verse Of Judas
Expire – Pendulum Swings
Municipal Waste – The Fatal Feast (http://bit.ly/municipalwaste-spotify)
Xibalba – Hasta La Muerte

Olli Steinwand (DE):

Overkill – The Electric Age (http://bit.ly/overkill-spotify)
Accept – Stalingrad (http://bit.ly/accept-spotify)
Tankard – A Girl Called Cerveza (http://bit.ly/tankard-spotify)
Bullet – Full Pull (http://bit.ly/bullet-spotify)
Testament – Dark Roots Of Earth (http://bit.ly/testament-spotify)

Florian Milz (DE):

Bleeding Red – Evolution’s Crown
Kreator – Phantom Antichrist (http://bit.ly/kreator-spotify)
Tankard – A Girl Called Cerveza (http://bit.ly/tankard-spotify)
Accept – Stalingrad (http://bit.ly/accept-spotify)
Freedom Call – Land of the Crimson Dawn

Pamela Scavran (IT):

Gotthard – Firebirth (http://bit.ly/gotthard-spotify)
Bullet – Full Pull (http://bit.ly/bullet-spotify)
Accept – Stalingrad (http://bit.ly/accept-spotify)
Running Wild – Shadowmaker
The 69 Eyes – X (http://bit.ly/the69eyes-spotify)

Monte Connor (US):

Rush – Clockwork Angels
Testament – Dark Roots Of Earth (http://bit.ly/testament-spotify)
Gojira – L’Enfant Sauvage
Midnight – Satanic Royalty
Prong – Carved Into Stone

Darren Edwards (US):

Gojira-L’enfant Sauvage
Witchcraft – Legend (http://bit.ly/witchcraft-spotify)
Therapy?- A Brief Crack Of Light
Down- Down IV, Part I, The Purple EP
Stone Sour- House Of Gold and Bones, Part 1

Elliot Paisley – EQPTV:

EQPTV Top 5 Albums of 2012

If you fancy getting your hands on any of the Nuclear Blast releases mentioned above, you can find buy links for the releases below: