Want to listen to the albums of the year? Well thanks to Spotify you can:

1. Van Halen – A Different Kind Of Truth

2. Deftones – Koi No Yokan

3. Overkill – The Electric Age

4. Angelus Apatrida – The Call

5. Lamb Of God – Resolution

6. Kill Devil Hill – S/T

7. Kiss – Monster

8. Prong – Carved Into Stone

9. Fear Factory – The Industrialist

10. Ihsahn – Eremita

11. Soundgarden – King Animal

12. Accept – Stalingrad

13. Mnemic – Mnemisis

14. Hell’s Fire – A.M.M.O.

15. Gypsyhawk – Revelry And Resilience

16. Testament – Dark Roots Of Earth

17. The Cult – Choice Of Weapon

18. Stone Sour – House Of Gold & Bones

19. Marilyn Manson – Born Villain

20. Shadows Fall – Fire From The Sky

In past years I’ve reached out to artists and listeners and compiled a list of top albums and tracks of the year. This year however I was extremely busy with the birth of my second son, and did not have the time to do so. Hell I’m typing this up at 4:28AM local time, I’ve currently got my hands pretty, pretty, pretty full. With that said, I have spent the past few weeks listening to as may releases as I could, reviewing albums I had listed to already, and touching on ones I had wanted to get to, but hadn’t until now. Out of those albums, I was able to put together what I feel are the top twenty albums to have come out in 2012. In the past I’ve done a countdown episode of the podcast, but this year I’m going to leverage something Spotify now allows us to do, and that’s add a playlist to a website without needing to access or sign up for their service. As a result, you’ll also find a play list I compiled that highlights all of the best hard rock, metal, or just plain heavy music to be released this year. Again, this is strictly my opinion, feel free to add your comments below, and add your own top albums of the year list to the comments section as well.

1. Van Halen – A Different Kind Of Truth
2. Deftones – Koi No Yokan
3. Overkill – The Electric Age
4. Angelus Apatrida – The Call
5. Lamb Of God – Resolution
6. Kill Devil Hill – S/T
7. Kiss – Monster
8. Prong – Carved Into Stone
9. Fear Factory – The Industrialist
10. Ihsahn – Eremita
11. Soundgarden – King Animal
12. Accept – Stalingrad
13. Mnemic – Mnemisis
14. Hell’s Fire – A.M.M.O.
15. Gypsyhawk – Revelry And Resilience
16. Testament – Dark Roots Of Earth
17. The Cult – Choice Of Weapon
18. Stone Sour – House Of Gold & Bones
19. Marilyn Manson – Born Villain
20. Shadows Fall – Fire From The Sky

Here is a short list of 40 some odd tracks:

You can listen to the full list of (a few hundred tracks) by copying and pasting this link (http://open.spotify.com/user/vmr907/playlist/6jB4r5WD7w7YgxhEG0eiRy) it will open the playlist in Spotify.

Enjoy

- Victor

The top 20 albums of the year countdown starts in a few minutes. Before jumping into that, here are the picks that didn’t make the top 20.

21. Vicious Rumors – Razorback Killers
22. Megadeth – Th1rt3en
23. Arch Enemy – Khaos Legions
24. Bobaflex – Hell In My Heart
25. Chimaira – The Age Of Hell
26. Kittie – I’ve Failed You
27. IWABO – Ruining It For Everybody
28. Wayne Static – Pighammer
29. Barn Burner – Bangers II: Sum Of The Earth
30. Indestructible Noise Command – Heaven Sent…Hellbound
31. Chickenfoot – III
32. Alice Cooper – Welcome 2 My Nightmare
33. High Spirits – Another Night In The City
34. Elder – Dead Roots Stirring
35. 3 – The Ghost You Gave Me
36. Foo Fighters – Waisting Light
37. Fishbone – Crazy Glue
38. Chevelle – Hats Off To The Bull
39. Sepultura – Kairos
40. Sarah Jezebel Deva – The Corruption Of Mercy
41. A Pale Horse Called Death – A Pale Horse Called Death
42. Generation Kill – Red, White And Blood
43. Vangough – Kingdom Of Ruin
44. Dream Theater – A Dramatic Turn Of Events
45. Straight Line Stitch – Fight Of Our Lives

These are the top 30 hard rock / metal albums of 2010 as per the audience.

1 Deftones – Diamond Eyes
2 High On Fire – Snakes For The Divine
3 The Dillinger Escape Plan – Option Paralysis
4 Enslaved – Axioma Ethica Odini
5 Periphery – Periphery
6 Agalloch – Marrow Of The Spirit
7 Triptykon – Eparistera Daimones
8 Alcest – Ecailles De Lune
9 Ihsahn – After
10 Iron Maiden – The Final Frontier
11 Kvelertak – Kvelertak
12 Decrepit Birth – Polarity
13 Watain – Lawless Darkness
14 Intronaut – Valley Of Smoke
15 Kylesa – Spiral Shadow
16 Blind Guardian – At The Age Of Time
17 Nachtmystium – Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. 2
18 The Ocean – Heliocentric
19 Nevermore – The Obsidian Conspiracy
20 Cephalic Carnage – Misled By Certainty
21 Overkill – Ironbound
22 Electric Wizard – Black Masses
23 Soilwork – The Panic Broadcast
24 Fear Factory – Mechanize
25 Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare
26 Grand Magus – Hammer Of The North
27 Torche – Songs For Singles
28 Immolation – Majesty And Decay
29 Misery Index – Heirs To Thievery
30 Accept – Blood Of Nations

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A continuation of yesterday’s list.

31 The Sword – Warp Riders
32 Deathspell Omega – Paracletus
33 Cloudkicker – Beacons
34 The Ocean – Anthropocentric
35 Black Breath – Heavy Breathing
36 Daughters – Daughters
37 As I Lay Dying – The Powerless Rise
38 Daath – Daarth
39 Stone Sour – Audio Secrecy
40 Dimmu Borgir – Abrahadabra
41 Exodus – Exhibit B – The Human Condition
42 Slash – Slash
43 Melvins – Bride Screamed Murder
44 The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza – Danza 3: The Series Of Unfortunate Events
45 Norma Jean – Meridional
46 Salome – Terminal
47 Black Label Society – Order Of The Black
48 Fleshwrought – Dementia / Dyslexia
49 Ghost – Opus Eponymous
50 Veil Of Maya – ID
51 Nails – Unsilent Death
52 Ludicra – The Tenant
53 Sons Of Aurelius – Sons Of Aurelius
54 Kingdom Of Sorrow – Behind The Blackest Tears
55 Parkway Drive – Deep Blue
56 Burzum – Belus
57 Melechesh – The Epigenesis
58 Sevendust – Cold Day Memory
59 Cancer Bats – Bears, Mayors, Scraps and Bones
60 Death Angel – Relentless Revolution
61 Shining – Blackjazz
62 Sick Of It All – Based On A True Story
63 Dark Tranquility – We Are The Void
64 TesseracT – Concealing Fate
65 Wichery – Witch Krieg
66 Orphaned Land – Never Ending Way Of Orwarrior
67 Ion Dissonance – Cursed
68 Holy Grail – Crisi In Utopia
69 Bison B.C. – Dark Ages
70 Black Anvil – Triumverate
71 Rotting Christ – Aealo
72 Allegaeon – Fragments Of Form and Function
73 Atheist – Jupiter
74 Pain Of Salvation – Road Salt One
75 Hail Of Bullets – On Divine Winds
76 Keep Of Kalessin – Reptilian
77 Rob Zombie – Hell Billy Deluxe 2
78 Solution .45 – For Aeons Past
79 Coliseum – House With A Curse
80 Heathen – The Evolution Of Chaos
81 The Acacia Strain – Wormwood
82 Autopsy – The Tomb Within
83 Cough – Ritual Abuse
84 Murderdolls – Women & Children Last
85 Levi / Werstler – Avalanche Of Worms
86 Ratt – Infestation
87 The Crown – Doomsday King
88 Anathema – We’re Here Because We’re Here
89 Forbidden – Omega Wave
90 Kalmah – 12 Gauge
91 Kataklysm – Heavens Venom
92 Zoroaster – Matador
93 Alterbridge – AB III
94 Arsis – Strarve For The Devil
95 Bring Me The Horizon – There Is A Hell Believe Me I-ve Seen It, There Is A Heaven Let-s Keep It A Secret
96 Comeback Kid – Symptoms + Cures
97 Cynic – Re-Traced
98 White Chapel – A New Era Of Corruption
99 Underoath – (Disambiguation)

Tonight you’ll hear 30 through 1 on MarkStriglRadio.com on Stream A at 8PM EST / 5PM PST / 2AM CET

There where 200 metal, hard rock, punk or hardcore albums where voted on, there were well over 300 voted on, but that’s where we cut the list off. We’ll wrap things up this Thursday on Mars Attacks Radio with a countdown of the top 30 albums selected by you the listeners. A podcast version of the show will follow on Friday.

Without further ado here are the 100 to 200 most voted metal albums:

100 Killing Joke – Absolute Dissent
101 East Of The Wall – Ressentiment
102 Howl – Full Of Hell
103 Negura Bunget – Virstele Pamintului
104 Scorpions – Sting In The Tail
105 Animal As Leaders – Wave Of Babies
106 Danzig – Deth Red Sabaoth
107 Disturbed – Asylum
108 Ozzy Osbourne – Scream
109 Darkthrone – The Guessing Game
110 Mantric – The Descent
111 Sabbath Assembly – Restored To One
112 Spiritual Beggars – Return To Zero
113 Ufomammut – Eve
114 1349 – Demonoir
115 Firewind – Days Of Defiance
116 Star One – Victims Of The Modern Age
117 Envy – Recitation
118 Baptized In Blood – Baptized In Blood
119 Coffinworm – When All Became None
120 Defeated Sanity – Chapters Of Repugnance
121 Harvey Milk A Small – Turn Of Human Kindness
122 Kill The Client – Set For Extinction
123 Soulfly – Omen
124 Coheed And Cambria – Year Of The Black Rainbow
125 Hail The Villain – Population Declining
126 Immortal – All Shall Fall
127 Terror – Keepers Of The Faith
128 Unleashed – As Yggdrasil Trembles
129 Danko Jones – Below The Bealt
130 Helmet – Seeing Eye Dog
131 Slough Feg – The Animal Spirits
132 Boris & Ian Astbury – BXI
133 Halford – Made Of Metal
134 Korn – III
135 Thou – Summit
136 Unearthly Trance – V
137 Knut – Wonder
138 Airbourne – No Guts, No Glory
139 Aeon – Path Of Frie
140 All That Remains – For We Are Many
141 Fintroll – Nifelvind
142 Heaven Shall Burn – Invictus
143 Karnivool – Sound Awake
144 Woe – Quietly Undramatically
145 Avantasia – The Wicked Symphony
146 Dommin – Love Is Gone
147 Sister Sin – Ture Sound Of The Underground
148 Charred Walls Of The Damned – Charred Walls Of The Damned
149 Joe Satriani – Black Swans And Wormhole Wizards
150 The Birthday Massacre – Pins And Needles
151 Bad Religion – The Dissent Of Men
152 Barren Earth – Curse Of The Red River
153 Dawnbringer – Nucleus
154 Magrudergrind – Crusher
155 Pendulum – Immersion
156 Salem – King Night
157 Celeste – Morte(s) Nee(s)
158 Gamma Ray – To The Metal
159 Priestess – Prior To The Fire
160 Protest The Hero – Fortress
161 Stargazer – A Great Workd Of Ages
162 Withered – Dualitas
163 Disprirt – Rehearsal At Oboroten
164 Satanic Warmaster – Nachzehrer
165 Castevet – Mounds Of Ash
166 Drudkh – Handful Of Stars
167 God Dethroned – Under The Sign Of The Iron Cross
168 Apocalyptica – 7th Symphony
169 Constants – If Tomorrow The War
170 Demiurg – Signed By Evil
171 Karma To Burn – Appalachian Incantation
172 Monster Magnet – Mastermind
173 Power Glove – Saturday Morning Apocalypse
174 Rock Bottom – Born To Hate
175 Suicidal Tendencies – No Mercey Fool! The Suicidal Family
176 Cradle Of Filth – Darkly, Darkly Venus Aversa
177 Mutiny Within – Mutiny Within
178 Paul Gilbert – Fuzz Universe
179 Spock’s Beard – SBX
180 Trash Talk – Eyes & Nines
181 Weapon – From The Devil’s Tomb
182 36 Crazy Fists – Collisions And Castaways
183 A Day To Remember – What Separates Me From You
184 Circa Survive – Blue Sky Noise
185 Enforcer – Diamonds
186 Far – At Night We Live
187 Kamelot – Poetry For The Poisoned
188 The Vision Bleak – Set Sail To Mystery
189 Volbeat – Beyond Hell Above Heaven
190 Bloody Sign – Chaos Echoes
191 Gypsyhawk – Patience And Perseverance
192 Hardcore Superstar – Split Your Lip
193 Jorn – Dio
194 More Than A Thousand – Volume IV: Make Friends And Enemies
195 Philm – Amoniac
196 Seventh Wonder – The Great Escape
197 The Creepshow – They All Fall Down
198 The Grotesquery – Tales Of The Coffin Born
199 The Left Rights – Bad Choices Made Easy
200 The Red Shore – The Avarice Of Man

Here is the list of reissues that were most voted on, the voting was close, especially between the top two which where only separated by four points. The way the voting was calculated any album that was listed as number 1 on someone’s list received 10 points, second received 9, and so on until number ten received 1 point.

Here is the list:

1 Pantera – Cowboys From Hell
2 Wormrot – Abuse
3 Judas Priest – British Steel
4 Black Sabbath – The Eternal Idol
5 Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine
6 Godflesh – Streetcleaner
7 Fates Warning – Parallels
8 King Crimson – Islands (40th Anniversary)
9 Refused – The Shape Of Punk To Come
10 Control Denied – The Fragile Art of Existence
11 Eskorbuto – Anti Todo
12 Amorphis – Magic & Mahem
13 Michael Buble – Crazy Love
14 Goatsnake – Flower Of Disease
15 City Of Fire – City Of Fire
16 Napalm Death – Torn Apart / Words From The Exit Wound
17 Brutal Truth – Need To Control
18 Black Sabbath - Seventh Star

To check out Spanish artists numbers 27 through 16 go here

To check out numbers 68 through 16 of the indie/pop/hip hop, etc. albums go here

This week on Fusion Sonica, Mars Attacks and The Incoherent Ramblings of Victor M. Ruiz we will count down what you the listeners have voted as the top albums of the year. Fusion Sonica will focus on Spanish language artists, Mars Attacks on hard rock and metal (and anything else that closely resembles it, eg. punk, hardcore, etc.) and The Incoherent Ramblings of Victor M. Ruiz will focus on everything else (indie, pop, hip-hop, etc.).

Keeping that in mind, here are the albums that were most voted in the live albums/greatest hits category:

1 Opeth – En El Royal Albert Hall
2 Varoius – Big 4
3 Dio – Live At Donnington 83 & 87
4 Megadeth – Rust In Peace…Live!
5 Lamb Of God – Hourglass
6 Down – Diary Of A Mad Band
7 Amorphis – Forging The Land Of The Thousand Lakes
8 Neurosis – Live At Roadburn 2007
09 Triumph – Greatest Hits Remixed
10 Heaven & Hell – Neon Knights
11 Bon Jovi – Greatest Hits
12 Shinedown – iTunes Sessions
13 Immortal – The Seventh Date Of Blashyrkh
14 Various – Whome The Moon A Nightsong Sings
15 Shadows Fall – Madness In Manila
16 Anneke Van Giersberger & Agua De Annique – Live In Europe
17 Papa Roach – Time For Annihilation
18 Faith No More – Midlife Crisis: The Very Best Of Faith No More
19 AC/DC – Iron Man 2
20 King’s X – Live In London

To check out Spanish artists numbers 39 through 28 go here

To check out numbers 120 through 69 of the indie/pop/hip hop, etc. albums go here