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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2012.

Bands disbanded

• A Plea for Purging ^[1]
• Ajattara ^[2]
• Anterior ^[3]
• Averse Sefira ^[4]
• Blind Witness ^[5]
• The Carrier ^[6]
• Cathedral ^[7]
• The Crimson Armada ^[8]
• Dead and Divine ^[9]
• Decadence ^[10]
• Defiance ^[11]
• Elis ^[12]
• Heavy Heavy Low Low ^[13]
• Hevein ^[14]
• In the Midst of Lions ^[15]
• Nahemah ^[16]
• Norther ^[17]
• One Man Army and the Undead Quartet ^[18]
• The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza ^[19]
• Underoath ^[20]
• Unearthly Trance ^[21]

Bands formed

• Dayseeker
• Infant Annihilator
• Khemmis
• Polaris
• The Skull ^[22]
• Slugdge
• United Forces ^[23]

Bands reformed

• Broken Hope ^[24]
• Byzantine ^[25]
• Coal Chamber ^[26]
• Confide ^[27]
• Eternal Oath ^[28]
• Extol ^[29]
• Malice ^[30]
• The Obsessed ^[31]
• Otyg ^[32]
• Riot ^[33]
• Sonic Syndicate ^[34]

Events

• On January 4, American metalcore act Killswitch Engage have decided to continue without Howard Jones (ex-Blood Has Been Shed). ^[35] On February 6, the band announced that original singer Jesse Leach has taken Jones' place. ^[36]
• On January 9, it was announced that Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has been diagnosed with lymphoma. However, the band have stated that they will continue recording their new album. ^[37] Within a month, the band announced that drummer Bill Ward has decided to leave the band. ^{[38] [39]}
• Singaporean grindcore act Wormrot were detained in Malaysia by the Selangor Islamic Religious Department. The reasoning for their arrest was "it is wrong for unmarried Muslim men and women to be in [the same] room." ^[40]
• Cryptopsy announced their new bassist is Olivier Pinard (Neuraxis). ^[41]
• After 16 years with the band, Anvil bassist Glenn Gyorffy (aka Glen Five) leaves the band to "broaden [his] horizons". ^[42]
• Graveworm announced the return of founding member/guitarist Stefan Unterpertinger after a 10-year absence. ^[43]
• Warbringer announced the departure of founding member/guitarist Adam Carroll, and his replacement as Andrew Bennett. ^[44]
• After previously working with the band, Byron Stroud (Fear Factory, Strapping Young Lad) announced he is joining 3 Inches of Blood as their new permanent bassist. ^[45]
• Founding member/guitarist of crossover thrash act D.R.I., Spike Cassidy, was rushed to the hospital due to complications with a colectomy. ^[46]
• The Haunted founding member/vocalist Peter Dolving abruptly departs from the band via Facebook. ^[47] On October 16, founding lead guitarist Anders Björler leaves the band for the second time along with drummer Per Möller Jensen. ^[48]
• Death metal band Suffocation parted ways with founding drummer Mike Smith due to musical differences. ^[49]
• Christopher Amott, founding guitarist/vocalist leaves Arch Enemy because "Christopher simply isn't into playing extreme metal anymore." ^[50]
• Brazilian Metal Open Air festival takes place, but is cancelled after severe logistical and financial problems. ^[51]
• Michael Keene of technical death metal band The Faceless announced through Twitter that founding guitarist Steve Jones has departed from the band. This leaves Keene as the only original member left. Wes Hauch will be filling Steve's spot as the newest member. ^[52]
• The Sonisphere Festival in Knebworth, UK was cancelled due to their weak economy. ^[53]
• Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth) quits Bloodbath due to lack of interest in the death metal scene. ^[54]
• Threat Signal announced the departure of drummer Alex Rüdinger due to his interest to pursue other projects. ^[55]
• Slayer have announced that Jeff Hanneman will me taking more time off from the band to concentrate on his rehabilitation. Back in 2011, Jeff contracted necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating disease) on his right arm from a spider bite, and has been struggling in recovery since then. Gary Holt (Exodus) will continue to fill Jeff's spot until he is well enough to return. Slayer said "How long will that be? The best and most honest answer we can give you is 'as long as it takes.'" ^[56]
• Dark Funeral signed a three album record deal with Century Media Records. ^[57]
• Drummer Patrice Hamelin of Canadian death metal band Martyr has quit the band. "Martyr is on hold for now." ^[58]
• Marduk were banned from Minsk, Belarus. "Pavel Radzivonaw, a departmental head at the Prosecutor General's Office, told reporters on Monday that Marduk's concert, scheduled for May 22, would not take place. 'The band preaches Satanism, which has nothing to do with art,' he says. 'This is an affront to Christian values, they preach the ideas of death, of the Third Reich.'" ^[59]
• Angra vocalist Edu Falaschi announced his departure from the band. Bassist Felipe Andreoli also announced his departure from Almah. ^[60]
• Iron Maiden's 1982 album The Number of the Beast won 9.2% of the 30,000 votes cast in the UK for their favorite British album of the past 60 years. ^[61]
• Sonic Syndicate's founding member/guitarist Roger Sjunnesson quits the band. ^[62]
• Queensrÿche parts ways with founding member/vocalist Geoff Tate. The band also announced Crimson Glory singer Todd La Torre hired as his replacement. ^[63]
• Kamelot announced their new vocalist as Tommy Karevik (Seventh Wonder). ^[64]
• Guitarist Liem N'Guyen leaves Benighted after 14 years with the band. His replacement is said to be Adrien Guerin. ^[65]
• Peter Wichers leaves Soilwork again due to "musical differences". ^[66]
• Atheist announced the return of bassist Tony Choy. ^[67]
• Lamb of God vocalist Randy Blythe was arrested on June 28, 2012, by Czech Police for causing a fan's death by pushing him off stage in Prague, Czech Republic. The band's publicists, have stated that Blythe is "wrongfully accused". ^[68] Blythe was released on bail for 4,000,000 Czech Koruna (US$200,000), and has been held in the country because he was "considered a flight risk by the judge". ^[69] Blythe posted bail, but due to the prosecutor's complaint, his bail was doubled to 8,000,000 Czech Koruna (US$400,000). ^[70] Due to his jail-time being longer than expected, Lamb of God's tour with Dethklok and Gojira was cancelled. ^[71] On August 3 Randy was released from prison after 5 weeks, Lamb of God was confirmed for Knotfest. ^[72]
• Frontman/guitarist Alexi Laiho of Children of Bodom was rushed to the hospital with stomach pains. He was released July 11 to continue the rest of the tour. ^[73]
• The frontman/guitarist Josef "Humanoid" Vesely of death metal band !T.O.O.H.! was diagnosed with Schizophrenia. ^[74]
• Blood Stain Child parts ways with female vocalist Sophia Aslanidou. In December she is replaced by Kiki, "What makes her so unique and talented is to be able to handle both clean voice and scream voice." ^{[75] [76]}
• Dagoba guitarist Izakar leaves the band due to "musical differences" and to focus on his other project Blazing War Machine. ^[77]
• Nuclear Blast "quit the copyright case" against 80 alleged file-sharers for sharing the All Shall Perish album "This Is Where It Ends". The label went ahead with the charges without the band's permission. ^[78]
• Ministry front-man Al Jourgensen collapsed on stage during a live performance. The doctors said, "he was examined by numerous physicians and diagnosed to have had a full-system collapse due to extreme dehydration and heat exhaustion intensified by the lack of ventilation on stage at the venue. Doctors confirm via blood tests conducted that Jourgensen's alcohol blood levels were well below normal and no narcotics were found in his system." The remainder of the weeks tour dates were canceled, until Al was feeling well enough to continue the "DeFiBriLlaTouR European tour". ^[79]
• Baroness were caught in a terrible bus accident, where the bus fell 30 feet from a viaduct near Bath. A Facebook page statement was released as follows, "The band members of Baroness and their crew are recovering from injuries sustained after their tour bus crashed outside of Bath England early on Wednesday morning. John Baizley has broken his left arm and left leg. Allen Blickle and Matt Maggioni each suffered fractured vertebrae. All three remain in the hospital as of this writing. Pete Adams has been treated and released from the hospital. Three of the five crew members who were on the bus have also been treated and released. One member is still undergoing testing." ^[80]
• Anthrax's song "Got The Time" was the first heavy metal song played on the planet Mars. The song "was one of several songs on NASA's wake-up playlist for the Mars Rover, Curiosity, that touched down on the Red Planet August 5th." ^[81]
• Decapitated drummer Kerim "Krimh" Lechner quits the band due to "personal differences". ^[82]
• Eluveitie lead guitarist Simeon Koch leaves the band after 8 years. Rafael Salzmann will be his replacement for live performances. ^[83]
• Hydra Head Records has indefinitely closed its doors. ^[84]
• Nightwish lead singer Anette Olzon parts ways with the band after 5 years. Floor Jansen (ex-After Forever) will replace her for the remainder of the band's Imaginaerum World Tour. ^[85]
• Gwar announces their newest lead guitarist Pustulus Maximus on October 1. ^[86]
• Metallica announces the launch of their own record label "Blackened Recordings", and have taken ownership of all their previous mastered tracks. ^[87]
• Megadeth end their contract with Roadrunner Records after 5 years and 3 albums. ^[88]
• On November 9, 2012, Amberian Dawn announced on their official site, that they are parting ways with singer Heidi Parviainen, along with drummer Heikki Saari and guitarist Kasperi Heikkinen. The replacement members are new vocalist Päivi "Capri" Virkkunen, and ex-members Joonas Pykälä-aho (drums) and Emil "Emppu" Pohjalainen (guitar). Parviainen explained via Facebook, "Early this year we noticed that we had reached the point where we didn't have much to offer to each other any more, and my own ambitions and Amberian Dawn's goals weren't coinciding any longer."

Deaths

• January 3 – Joseph G. "Joey "Fingers" Lombard, former bassist of Incantation, died by suicide at the age of 42. ^[89]
• January 5 – Nicole Bogner, former vocalist of Visions of Atlantis, died from an undisclosed disease at the age of 27. ^[90]
• January 14 – Robbie France, former drummer of Diamond Head, UFO and Wishbone Ash, died from a ruptured aorta at the age of 52. ^[91]
• January 25 – Mark Reale, guitarist and founding member of Riot, died from complications with Crohn's disease at the age of 57. ^[92]
• February 9 – Herbert Dreger, former drummer of Holy Moses, died of heart failure at the age of 44. ^[93]
• February 13 – Tommi Kristian "Tonmi" Lillman, drummer of Lordi (known as "Otus") and former drummer of Ajattara (known as "Malakias IV"), To/Die/For, and Sinergy, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 38. ^[94]
• February 15 – Hans Jørgen Andersen, former guitarist of Mercenary, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 36.
• March 3 – Ronnie Montrose, guitarist and leader of Montrose and Gamma, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 64. ^[95]
• April 5 – James Charles "Jim" Marshall OBE, drummer and founder of Marshall Amplification, died at the age of 88. ^[96]
• April 10 – Richie Teeter, drummer of the Dictators and former drummer of Twisted Sister, died from esophageal cancer at the age of 61. ^[97]
• April 21 – Rob Cranny (a.k.a. Balfabar Nosugref the Almighty), owner of Canadian Northern Storm Records and vocalist of Detsörgsekälf, died from a heart attack at the age of 27. ^[98]
• May 4 – Rob Doherty, former guitarist and vocalist of Into Eternity, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 41. ^[99]
• May 13 – Trond "Trondr Nefas" Bråthen, also known as "Alastor Nefas" and "Nefas", founder, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter of Urgehal, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 34. ^[100]
• May 20 – Steeve Hurdle, former guitarist of Gorguts, died of post-surgical complications at the age of 41. ^[101]
• May 31 – Michael Grant, singer of Crescent Shield, Onward, Legend Maker and Cypher Seer, died of unidentified illness at the age of 39. ^[102]
• June 4 – George Marino, Grammy Award-winning mastering engineer of thousands of albums by numerous artists in a wide array of genres, including Metallica, Testament, Anthrax, Dio, Sepultura, Dream Theater, and Ozzy Osbourne, among others, died from lung cancer at the age of 65. ^[103]
• June 29 – Teddy Mueller, former drummer of AXE, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 57.
• July 16 – John Douglas "Jon" Lord, composer, founding member and former keyboardist of Deep Purple and former keyboardist of Whitesnake, died from a pulmonary embolism after a battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 71. ^[104]
• August 12 – Bill Kennedy, record engineer and producer of numerous artists, including Megadeth, Deep Purple, Morbid Angel, Testament, Nine Inch Nails, and Danzig, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 49. ^[105]
• November 1 – Mitch Lucker, singer of Suicide Silence, died from a motorcycle accident at the age of 28. ^[106]
• December 8 – Huw Lloyd-Langton, guitarist of Hawkwind and the Meads of Asphodel, died from cancer at the age of 61. ^[107]
• December 22 – Michael Ralph "Mike" Scaccia, founding member and guitarist of Rigor Mortis and guitarist of Ministry and Revolting Cocks, collapsed onstage while performing as part of a 50th birthday celebration for Rigor Mortis singer Bruce Corbitt and died shortly afterwards from a heart attack at the age of 47. ^[108]

Albums released

January

Day	Artist	Album
4	Kayo Dot	Gamma Knife
6	Alcest	Les Voyages de l'Âme [109]
9	Wolfsbane	Wolfsbane Save the World [110]
11	Skylark	Twilights of Sand [111]
13	This Ending	Systematic Worship (EP) [112] [113]
17	Attack Attack!	This Means War
20	Biohazard	Reborn in Defiance [114]
	Primal Fear	Unbreakable [115]
	Nothnegal	Decadence [116]
23	Aborted	Global Flatline [117]
	Savage Messiah	Plague of Conscience [118]
	Sear Bliss	Eternal Recurrence [119]
24	Abigail Williams	Becoming [120]
	Beyond the Bridge	The Old Man and the Spirit [121]
	Lacuna Coil	Dark Adrenaline [122]
	Lamb of God	Resolution [123]
	Opera IX	Strix Maledictae in Aeternum [124]
25	Witchmaster	Śmierć (EP) [125]
27	Blind Guardian	Memories of a Time to Come (compilation) [126]
	Iron Fire	Voyage of the Damned [127]
	Suicidal Angels	Bloodbath [128]
30	Woods of Ypres	Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light [129]
31	Astral Doors	Jerusalem [130]
	Azaghal	Nemesis [131]
	Bleeding Through	The Great Fire [132]
	Cadaveria	Horror Metal [133]
	Liberteer	Better to Die on Your Feet Than Live on Your Knees [134]
	Ram	Death [135]

February

Day	Artist	Album
1	Swallow the Sun	Emerald Forest and the Blackbird [136]
3	Caliban	I Am Nemesis [137]
6	Chimp Spanner	All Roads Lead Here (EP) [138]
	Therapy?	A Brief Crack of Light [139]
7	Psycroptic	The Inherited Repression [140]
8	Stam1na	Nocebo [141]
10	Dunderbeist	Black Arts & Crooked Tails [142]
	Eluveitie	Helvetios [143]
	Engel	Songs for the Dead (EP) [144]
	Goatwhore	Blood for the Master [145]
13	Coldworker	The Doomsayer's Call [146]
	Orange Goblin	A Eulogy for the Damned [147]
14	Avatar	Black Waltz [148]
	Beneath the Massacre	Incongruous [149]
	Dawn of Ashes	Farewell to the Flesh (EP) [150]
	Earth	Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II [151]
	Isis	Live VI (live album) [152]
	Wykked Wytch	The Ultimate Deception [153]
17	Ektomorf	The Acoustic [154]
18	Kryptos	The Coils of Apollyon [155]
20	Autopsy	All Tomorrow's Funerals (EP) [156]
21	Buckethead	Electric Sea [157]
22	Hypno5e	Acid Mist Tomorrow [158]
	Xandria	Neverworld's End [159]
24	Desaster	The Arts of Destruction [160]
	Drudkh	Eternal Turn of the Wheel [161]
	Freedom Call	Land of the Crimson Dawn [162]
	Halloween	Terrortory [163]
	Lanfear	This Harmonic Consonance [164]
	Lyriel	Leverage [165]
	Rage	21 [166]
	Terrorizer	Hordes of Zombies [167]
	Vengeance	Crystal Eye [168]
27	Asphyx	Deathhammer [169]
	Napalm Death	Utilitarian [170]
28	Corrosion of Conformity	Corrosion of Conformity [171]
	Mgła	With Hearts Toward None [172]
	Monarch	Omens [173]
	Death	Vivus! (live album) [174]
	UFO	Seven Deadly [175]
	Veil of Maya	Eclipse [176]
29	Amberian Dawn	Circus Black [177]

March

Day	Artist	Album
1	Obscura	Illegimitation [178]
2	Heidevolk	Batavi [179]
6	Every Time I Die	Ex Lives [180]
7	Lullacry	Where Angels Fear [181]
	Torture Killer	I Chose Death (EP) [182]
9	Epica	Requiem for the Indifferent [183]
12	Angel Witch	As Above, So Below [184]
	Enochian Theory	Life...And All It Entails [185]
	Gorod	A Perfect Absolution [186]
	Sigh	In Somniphobia [187]
13	Adrenaline Mob	Omertà [188]
	Barren Earth	The Devil's Resolve [189]
	Cannibal Corpse	Torture [190]
	Impending Doom	Baptized in Filth [191]
	Soulfly	Enslaved [192]
	Spawn of Possession	Incurso [193]
	Monstrosity	Live Apocalypse (DVD) [194]
14	Powerwolf	Alive in the Night (live) [195]
16	Secrets of the Moon	Seven Bells [196]
20	Enthroned	Obsidium [197]
23	Aura Noir	Out to Die [198]
	Cynic	The Portal Tapes (EP) [199]
	Gun Barrel	Brace for Impact [200]
	Ministry	Relapse
	Axel Rudi Pell	Circle of the Oath [201]
26	Borknagar	Urd [202]
	Flying Colors	Flying Colors [203]
	God Forbid	Equilibrium [204]
	Iron Maiden	En Vivo! (DVD) [205]
	Naglfar	Téras [206]
	Wodensthrone	The Storm [207]
	Wretched	Son of Perdition [208]
27	3 Inches of Blood	Long Live Heavy Metal [209]
	A Sound of Thunder	Out of the Darkness [210]
	Black Breath	Sentenced to Life [211]
	Dark Empire	From Refuge to Ruin [212]
	Kill Devil Hill	Kill Devil Hill [213]
	Meshuggah	Koloss [214]
	OSI	Fire Make Thunder [215]
	Overkill	The Electric Age [216]
28	Dol Ammad	Cosmic Gods: Episode I – Hyperspeed [217]
	Galneryus	Phoenix Living In The Rising Sun (DVD) [218]
30	Atrocity	Die Gottlosen Jahre (Double live DVD) [219]
	Exilia	Decode [220]

April

Day	Artist	Album
2	Impiety	Ravage & Conquer [221]
3	High on Fire	De Vermis Mysteriis [222]
6	Accept	Stalingrad [223]
	Eths	III [224]
	Exumer	Fire & Damnation [225]
	Illdisposed	The Best of Illdisposed 2004 – 2011 (compilation) [226]
9	Jeff Loomis	Plains of Oblivion [227]
	The Safety Fire	Grind the Ocean [228]
	Ufomammut	Oro: Opus Primum [229]
10	Demon Hunter	True Defiance [230]
	Dirge Within	There Will Be Blood [231]
	Hortus Animae	Funeral Nation MMXII [232]
	Emmure	Slave to the Game [233]
	Ignitor	Year of the Metal Tiger [234]
	Job for a Cowboy	Demonocracy [235]
	Municipal Waste	The Fatal Feast [236]
	Pelican	Ataraxia/Taraxis (EP) [237]
	Suspyre	The Cycle [238]
	Undeads Exits Wounds	Merry Go Round 2 [239]
14	Buckethead	Balloon Cement [240]
15	DragonForce	The Power Within [241]
16	Gory Blister	Earth-Sick [242]
	Anathema	Weather Systems [243]
18	In Mourning	The Weight Of Oceans [244]
	Verjnuarmu	Pimmeyvven Ruhtinas [245]
20	The Foreshadowing	Second World [246]
	Mekong Delta	Intersections [247]
	Orden Ogan	To the End [248]
	Running Wild	Shadowmaker [249]
	Saxon	Heavy Metal Thunder – Live – Eagles Over Wacken (live DVD) [250]
	Unleashed	Odalheim [251]
23	Arjen Lucassen	Lost in the New Real [252]
	Paradise Lost	Tragic Idol [253]
24	16	Deep Cuts from Dark Clouds [254]
	Earthen Grave	Earthen Grave [255]
	Prong	Carved into Stone [256]
	Storm Corrosion	Storm Corrosion [257]
	Vesperian Sorrow	Stormwinds of Ages [258]
	Vorkreist	Sigil Whore Christ [259]
	War of Ages	Return to Life [260]
26	Mezarkabul	MMXII [261]
27	At Vance	Facing Your Enemy [262]
	Before the Dawn	Rise of the Phoenix [263]
	Catamenia	The Rewritten Chapters [264]
	Crystal Viper	Crimen Excepta [265]
	Huntress	Spell Eater [266]
	Moonspell	Alpha Noir / Omega White [267]
	Saint Vitus	Lillie: F-65 [268]
30	Angelus Apatrida	The Call [269]
	Oddland	The Treachery of Senses [270]

May

Day	Artist	Album
1	Marilyn Manson	Born Villain
4	Cattle Decapitation	Monolith of Inhumanity [271]
	Dawn of Destiny	Praying to the World [272]
	U.D.O.	Celebrator – Rare Tracks (Compilation) [273]
8	John 5	God Told Me To [274]
	Saratoga	Nemesis [275]
14	Distorted Harmony	Utopia [276]
15	Shadows Fall	Fire From the Sky [277]
	Tenacious D	Rize of the Fenix [278]
16	Shining	Lots of Girls Gonna Get Hurt (EP) [279]
18	Antigama	Stop the Chaos (EP) [280]
	Carach Angren	Where the Corpses Sink Forever [281]
	Engel	Blood of Saints [282]
	Nightmare	The Burden of God [283]
	Sonata Arctica	Stones Grow Her Name [284]
21	Evil Masquerade	Pentagram [285]
	Firewind	Few Against Many [286]
	Tesseract	Perspective (EP) [287]
22	Burzum	Umskiptar [288]
	Diablo Swing Orchestra	Pandora's Piñata [289]
	For Today	Immortal [290]
	Headspace	I Am Anonymous [291]
	Malice	New Breed of Godz [292]
	Six Feet Under	Undead [293]
	To Speak of Wolves	Find Your Worth, Come Home [294]
25	5 Star Grave	Drugstore Hell [295]
	Ahab	The Giant [296]
	Grand Magus	The Hunt [297]
	Insision	15 Years of Exaggerated Torment (compilation) [298]
	The Murder of My Sweet	Bye Bye Lullaby [299]
	Sabaton	Carolus Rex [300]
28	Architects	Daybreaker [301]
	Sarah Jezebel Deva	Malediction (EP) [302]
29	Synthetic Breed	Zero Degrees Freedom (EP) [303]

June

Day	Artist	Album
1	Be'lakor	Of Breath and Bone [304]
	Circus Maximus	Nine [305]
	Delain	We Are The Others [306]
	Empires of Eden	Channelling the Infinite [307]
	Gotthard	Firebirth [308]
	Kekal	Autonomy [309]
	Jorn	Bring Heavy Rock to the Land [310]
	Kreator	Phantom Antichrist [311]
4	The Agonist	Prisoners [312]
	Tank	War Nation [313]
5	Autopsy	Born Undead (DVD) [314]
	Fear Factory	The Industrialist [315]
	Gojira	The Flesh Alive (live album) [316]
	Hellyeah	Band of Brothers [317]
	Marduk	Serpent Sermon [318]
	Ulver	Childhood's End (covers album) [319]
	Watain	Opus Diaboli (DVD) [320]
6	Hibria	Blinded by Tokyo – Live in Japan (DVD) [321]
8	Candlemass	Psalms for the Dead [322]
	Mnemic	Mnemesis [323]
11	Bilocate	Summoning the Bygones [324]
12	Klank	Urban Warfare [325]
	Proyecto Eskhata	Decadencia
	Rush	Clockwork Angels [326]
13	Arthemis	We Fight [327]
17	Dying Fetus	Reign Supreme [328]
18	Spineshank	Anger Denial Acceptance [329]
	Devin Townsend	By a Thread – Live in London 2011 (DVD) [330]
19	Burning Point	The Ignitor [331]
	Chelsea Grin	Evolve (EP) [332] [333]
	The Ghost Inside	Get What You Give [334]
	Ihsahn	Eremita [335]
	Rumpelstiltskin Grinder	Ghostmaker [336]
	Vampires Everywhere!	Hellbound and Heartless [337]
	Whitechapel	Whitechapel [338]
21	Blacklodge	MachinatioN [339]
	Ephel Duath	On Death and Cosmos (EP) [340]
22	Luca Turilli's Rhapsody	Ascending to Infinity
	Deathspell Omega	Drought (EP) [341]
25	Sodom	30 Years Sodomized: 1982-2012 (compilation) [342]
26	Bosse-de-Nage	III [343]
	Gojira	L'Enfant Sauvage [344]
	Memphis May Fire	Challenger [345]
	Old Man Gloom	No [346]
29	Miseration	Tragedy Has Spoken [347]

July

Day	Artist	Album
2	Bonded by Blood	The Aftermath [348]
	Six Magics	Falling Angels [349]
3	Icarus Witch	Rise [350]
	Kataklysm	The Iron Will: 20 Years Determined (DVD) [351]
	Nile	At the Gate of Sethu [352]
	Periphery	Periphery II: This Time It's Personal [353]
	The Word Alive	Life Cycles [354]
4	Coldrain	Through Clarity [355]
6	Naer Mataron	Ζήτω Ο Θάνατος [356]
10	Saint Diablo	Saint Diablo [357]
	Serj Tankian	Harakiri [358]
13	Bury Tomorrow	The Union of Crowns [359]
16	God Forbid	Beneath the Scars of Glory and Progression (DVD) [360]
	Waylander	Kindred Spirits [361]
17	A Hero A Fake	The Future Again [362]
	Baroness	Yellow & Green [363]
	The Contortionist	Intrinsic [364]
	Tourniquet	Antiseptic Bloodbath [365]
20	Antagonist A.D.	Nothing from No One [366]
	Black Majesty	Stargazer [367]
23	Zonaria	Arrival of the Red Sun [368]
24	Om	Advaitic Songs [369]
	Slipknot	Antennas to Hell (compilation) [370]
26	Heretic	A Time of Crisis [371]
27	Dew-Scented	Icarus [372]
	Dust Bolt	Violent Demolition [373]
	Tankard	A Girl Called Cerveza [374]
	Testament	Dark Roots of Earth [375]
30	Devilish Impressions	Simulacra [376]
	Massacre	Condemned to the Shadows (EP) [377]
	Still Alive	Kyo [378]
31	Evoken	Atra Mors [379]
	Nachtmystium	Silencing Machine [380]

August

Day	Artist	Album
6	Obliterate	Superboring [381]
7	Memorain	Evolution [382]
13	Cryptopsy	Cryptopsy (EP) [383]
14	The Faceless	Autotheism [384]
	Fen	Of Losing Interest [385]
	Fozzy	Sin and Bones [386]
	In This Moment	Blood [387]
	Scott Kelly	The Forgiven Ghost in Me [388]
	Master	The New Elite [389]
	Texas Hippie Coalition	Peacemaker [390]
	Steve Vai	The Story of Light [391]
17	Eluveitie	The Early Years (compilation) [392]
21	Black Moor	Lethal Waters [393]
22	Loudness	2012 [394]
24	Grave Digger	Clash of the Gods [395]
	Tarja Turunen	Act I : Live in Rosario (DVD) [395]
	Trollfest	Brumlebassen [396]
27	Ensiferum	Unsung Heroes [397]
	Grave	Endless Procession of Souls [398]
	Katatonia	Dead End Kings [399]
28	Beardfish	The Void [400]
	Eagle Twin	The Feather Tipped the Serpent's Scale [401]
	Murder Construct	Results [402]
	Stratovarius	Under Flaming Winter Skies – Live in Tampere (DVD) [403]
31	Ektomorf	Black Flag [404]
	Ex Deo	Caligvla [405]
	Phantom-x	The Opera of the Phantom [406]
	Threshold	March of Progress [407]

September

Day	Artist	Album
3	Primitive Graven Image	Psychededlic Episodes (Observations On Death and Deathlessness) [408]
	Sacred Mother Tongue	A Light Shines (EP) [409]
7	Lacrimosa	Revolution [410]
10	Aeon Zen	Enigma [411]
11	Beastwars	Beastwars [412]
	Cloudscape	New Era [413]
	Cryptopsy	Cryptopsy [414]
	Kittie	Not So... Safe (compilation) [415]
	Prototype	Catalyst [416]
	Spheric Universe Experience	The New Eve [417]
12	The Gathering	Disclosure [418]
14	Elvenking	Era [419]
	Vision Divine	Destination Set to Nowhere [420]
18	Becoming the Archetype	I Am [421]
	Devin Townsend Project	Epicloud [422]
	Down	Down IV Part I - The Purple EP (EP) [423]
	Ufomammut	Oro: Opus Alter [424]
	Vision of Disorder	The Cursed Remain Cursed [425]
20	Buckethead	Racks [426]
		March of the Slunks [427]
		The Silent Picture Book [428]
21	Behexen	Nightside Emanations [429]
	Blut Aus Nord	777 – Cosmosophy [430]
	The Chariot	One Wing [431]
	Dokken	Broken Bones [432]
	Handguns	Angst [433]
	Illdisposed	Sense the Darkness [434]
	Witchcraft	Legend [435]
24	Steve Harris	British Lion [436]
	To-Mera	Exile [437] [438]
	Tygers of Pan Tang	Ambush [439]
25	As I Lay Dying	Awakened [440]
	Car Bomb	w^w^^w^w [441]
	Kerion	CloudRiders, Part 1: Road to Skycity [442]
	Pathology	The Time of Great Purification [443]
	Revocation	Teratogenesis (EP) [444]
	Winterfylleth	The Threnody of Triumph [445]
28	Angband	Saved from the Truth [446]
	Enslaved	RIITIIR [447]
	Maiden uniteD	Across the Seventh Sea [448]
	Sinister	The Carnage Ending [449]
	Therion	Les Fleurs du Mal [450]

October

Day	Artist	Album
2	Three Days Grace	Transit of Venus
3	Obsession	Order of Chaos [451]
5	Rebellion	The Best Of Viking History (compilation) [452]
	Sylosis	Monolith [453]
8	Cauldron	Tomorrow's Lost [454]
	Krisiun	Arise from Blackness (compilation) [455]
9	The Acacia Strain	Death Is the Only Mortal [456]
	August Burns Red	August Burns Red Presents: Sleddin' Hill [457]
	Between the Buried and Me	The Parallax II: Future Sequence [458]
	Converge	All We Love We Leave Behind [459]
	Daylight Dies	A Frail Becoming [460]
	Dio	The Very Beast of Dio Vol. 2 [461]
	Malignancy	Eugenics [462]
	Nonpoint	Nonpoint [463]
	Seven Kingdoms	Fire is Mine [464]
	Texas in July	Texas in July [465]
	Weapon	Embers and Revelations [466]
10	Poema Arcanus	Transient Chronicles [467]
12	Fall of the Idols	Solemn Verses [468]
	Magica	Center of the Great Unknown [469]
15	Anaal Nathrakh	Vanitas [470]
	My Dying Bride	A Map of All Our Failures [471]
16	Dethklok	Dethalbum III [472]
	Kiss	Monster [473]
	No Bragging Rights	Cycles [474]
	Yakuza	Beyul [475]
19	Machinae Supremacy	Rise of a Digital Nation [476]
	Manowar	The Lord of Steel [477]
	Mob Rules	Cannibal Nation [478]
	Paragon	Force of Destruction [479]
	Subhuman	Tributo di Sangue [480]
	Thy Art Is Murder	Hate [481]
	War from a Harlots Mouth	Voyeur [482]
	Wintersun	Time I [483]
22	Bison B.C.	Lovelessness [484]
	Dark Tranquillity	Zero Distance (EP) [485]
	Ill Niño	Epidemia [486]
	The Sword	Apocryphon [487]
23	A Life Once Lost	Ecstatic Trance [488]
	Behold The Arctopus	Horrorscension [489]
	God Seed	I Begin [490]
	Pig Destroyer	Book Burner [491]
	Sister Sin	Now and Forever [492]
	The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza	Danza IIII: The Alpha – The Omega [493]
24	Angra	Best Reached Horizons (compilation) [494]
26	Kamelot	Silverthorn [495]
	Neurosis	Honor Found in Decay [496]
	Parkway Drive	Atlas [497]
	Rebellion	Arminius – Furor Teutonicus [498]
	Skálmöld	Börn Loka [499]
	The Sorrow	Misery Escape [500]
27	Eyefear	The Inception of Darkness [501]
29	Shining	Redefining Darkness [502]
30	Cradle of Filth	The Manticore and Other Horrors [503]
	Early Graves	Red Horse [504]
	Forgotten Tomb	...And Don't Deliver Us From Evil... [505]
	Nadja	Dagdrøm [506]
	Ragnarok	Malediction [507]
	Ultimatum	Heart of Metal (compilation) [508]
31	A Band of Orcs	Adding Heads to the Pile [509]
	Von	Satanic Blood [510]

November

Day	Artist	Album
1	Arsenite	Ashes of the Declined [511]
2	NonExist	From My Cold Dead Hands [512]
	PAIN	We Come In Peace (DVD) [513]
	Tiamat	The Scarred People [514]
3	Moonlight	Lucifer's Rising [515]
6	All That Remains	A War You Cannot Win [516]
	Beheaded	Never to Dawn [517]
	General Surgery	Like an Ever Flying Limb [518]
	Otep	Sounds Like Armageddon (live album) [519]
7	Bloodbound	In the Name of Metal [520]
8	Isis	Temporal (compilation) [521]
9	Carcariass	Hell and Torment (compilation) [522]
12	Soundgarden	King Animal [523]
	Tank	War Machine Live (DVD) [524]
13	Deftones	Koi No Yokan [525]
	Machine Head	Machine Fucking Head Live (live album) [526]
14	Led Zeppelin	Celebration Day (DVD) [527]
16	Elysion	Killing My Dreams (EP) [528]
	Kylesa	From The Vaults, Vol. 1 (compilation) [529]
20	Aeon	Aeons Black [530]
	Cryptopsy	The Best of Us Bleed (Compilation) [531]
	Devolved	Reprisal [532]
	Meldrum	Lifer [533]
	Prototype	Retrospect (Compilation) [534]
	Sacred Reich	Live At Wacken (DVD) [535]
21	Flotsam and Jetsam	Ugly Noise [536]
23	Adorned Brood	Kuningaz [537]
	Destruction	Spiritual Genocide [538]
	Royal Hunt	20th Anniversary (compilation) [539]
	Vicious Rumors	Live You to Death (live album) [540]
25	Secret Sphere	Portrait of a Dying Heart [541]
26	Incantation	Vanquish in Vengeance [542]
27	Full Force	Next Level [543]
29	Ashes You Leave	The Cure for Happiness [544]
30	Fragments of Unbecoming	The Art of Coming Apart [545]
	Gamma Ray	Skeletons & Majesties Live (CD/DVD) [546]
	HammerFall	Gates Of Dalhalla (DVD) [547]
	Saturnus	Saturn in Ascension [548]

December

Day	Artist	Album
4	Arsis	Lepers Caress (EP) [549]
5	Yngwie Malmsteen	Spellbound [550]
10	Metallica	Quebec Magnetic (DVD) [551]
12	The Project Hate MCMXCIX	The Cadaverous Retaliation Agenda [552]
14	Paradox	Tales of the Weird [553]
21	The Unguided	InvaZion (EP) [554]

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146. Coldworker Streaming New Song "Flesh World"
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148. Avatar Streaming Entire New Album "Black Waltz"
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157. Buckethead – Electric Sea
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159. Xandria Issues New Album Update
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161. Drudkh To Release New Album "Eternal Turn Of The Wheel" Next Year
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163. Halloween (U.S.) Details New LP "Terrortory"
164. Lanfear Streaming New Track "By-Product Nation"
165. Lyriel To Release New LP "Leverage" In February
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167. Terrorizer Completes New Album "Hordes Of Zombies"
168. Vengeance Announces Album Details For "Crystal Eye"
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176. Veil Of Maya Finishes New Album "Eclipse," Set To Embark On Tour
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182. Torture Killer Reveals "I Chose Death" MCD Details
183. Epica Reveals New Album Title
184. Angel Witch – New Album In March
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187. Sigh – In Somniphobia
188. Adrenaline Mob Unveils Album Artwork For "Omertà"
189. Barren Earth Reveals New Album "The Devil's Resolve" Release Date
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210. A Sound Of Thunder Releasing New Album "Out Of The Darkness"
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212. Dark Empire Announces New Album "From Refuge To Ruin" Release
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219. Atrocity – To Release Double Live DVD
220. Exilia To Release 'Decode' In March
221. Impiety – Ravage & Conquer
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223. Accept Reveals New Album, "Stalingrad" Release Date
224. Eths – New Album Delayed
225. Exumer Posts Video Trailer For Comeback Album "Fire & Damnation"
226. Illdisposed To Release New Compilation Album "The Best Of Illdisposed 2004 – 2011"
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228. The Safety Fire Pushes Back "Grind The Ocean" Album Release
229. Ufomammut Confirms "Oro: Opus Primum" Album Details
230. Demon Hunter Reveals Track Listing For "True Defiance"
231. Dirge Within: 'There Will Be Blood' Cover Artwork Unveiled
232. Hortus Animae – Funeral Nation MMXII
233. Emmure Announces New Album "Slave To The Game"
234. Ignitor To Release Fourth LP "Year Of The Metal Tiger"
235. Job for a Cowboy To Release New Album
236. Municipal Waste – New Album Cover Art Revealed
237. Pelican Announces New EP "Ataraxia/Taraxis"
238. Suspyre Signs With Impulse Music To Release New Album "The Cycle"
239. [Undeads Exits Wounds New Album "Merry Go Round"]
240. Buckethead – Balloon Cement
241. DragonForce Reveal Details of New Album
242. Gory Blister Earth-Sick
243. "Anathema - Weather Systems".
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245. Verjnuarmu Releasing New Album "Pimmeyvven Ruhtinas"
246. The Foreshadowing Reveals New Album "Second World" Artwork
247. Mekong Delta – New Album Details Unveiled
248. Orden Ogan: Release Date Set For 'To The End'
249. Running Wild – Unveil New Album Tracklist And Cover Art
250. Saxon Comments On Upcoming Live DVD "Heavy Metal Thunder – Live – Eagles Over Wacken"
251. Unleashed Reveals "Odalheim" Album Release Date
252. Arjen Lucassen – Unveils New Solo Album Title And Cover Art
253. Paradise Lost – Unveil New Album Details
254. 16 Reveals New Album "Deep Cuts From Dark Clouds" Release Date
255. Earthen Grave To Release New Self-Titled Album
256. Prong Unveils Art, Track Listing And Release Date For "Carved Into Stone"
257. Storm Corrosion Announces Its Signing With Roadrunner Records
258. Vesperian Sorrow Announces "Stormwinds Of Ages" Album Release
259. Vorkreist Reveals New Album "Sigil Whore Christ" Details
260. War Of Ages Announces New Album Title As "Return To Life"
261. Mezarkabul – New Album Teaser Released
262. At Vance Announces New LP For April Release, Unveils Album Artwork
263. Before The Dawn Posts Details Of New Album "Rise Of The Phoenix"
264. Catamenia – The Rewritten Chapters
265. Crystal Viper Taps Hell's Bower And Vader's Peter For "Crimen Excepta"
266. Huntress Releases New Album "Spell Eater" Preview Clip
267. Moonspell – New Album Cover Art Revealed
268. Saint Vitus Announces Release Date For "Lillie: F-65"
269. Angelus Apatrida – Reveal New Album Artwork, Announce Spanish Tour Dates
270. Oddland To Release 'The Treachery Of Senses' In April
271. Cattle Decapitation Reveals Details On New Album "Monolith Of Inhumanity"
272. Dawn Of Destiny – To Release New Album In May
273. "U.D.O. – Celebrator". Archived from the original on May 7, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
274. John 5 Announces Solo CD/DVD Release "God Told Me To"
275. Saratoga Reveals New Artwork And Track List For "Nemesis"
276. Distorted Harmony to release their second album "Chain Reaction"
277. Shadows Fall: 'Fire From The Sky' Track Listing Revealed Archived April 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
278. Tenacious D 'To Be Taken Seriously' With New Album
279. Shining – Reveal New EP Details
280. Antigama – New Song Online
281. Carach Angren – New Album Title And Release Date Revealed
282. Engel Reveals New Album "Blood Of Saints" Details
283. Nightmare (FRA) – New Album Cover Art Revealed
284. Sonata Arctica Announces New Album Details For "Stones Grow Her Name'
285. Evil Masquerade – New Album Cover Art And Release Date Revealed
286. Firewind – Unveil New Album Cover Art And Release Date
287. Tesseract Announces New Acoustic EP "Perspective" Details
288. Burzum Reveals New Album "Umskiptar" Release Date
289. Diablo Swing Orchestra – Unveil New Album Artwork And Release Date
290. For Today announce new album, "Immortal"
291. "Headspace announces release date, artwork, track-listing for new album, "I Am Anonymous"; album teaser trailer now available". Metal-Rules.com News, Interviews, Concert Reviews. April 25, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
292. Malice Reveals Details Of "New Breed Of Godz" Comeback LP
293. ""Undead" Six Feet Under Unveil First Single From Forthcoming Studio Offering Cover Art + Track Listing Revealed". Archived from the original on October 26, 2004. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
294. To Speak Of Wolves Announces New Album "Find Your Worth, Come Home"
295. 5 Star Grave Streams "Daddy" From New LP "Drugstore Hell"
296. Ahab Streaming Title Track From New Album "The Giant"
297. Grand Magus – Unveil New Album Cover Art And Release Date
298. Insision Releasing 15th Anniversary Double CD "15 Years Of Exaggerated Torment"
299. The Murder Of My Sweet Unveils Cover Art & Track Listing For New LP "Bye Bye Lullaby"
300. Sabaton – New Album Tracklist And Cover Art Revealed
301. Architects – New Album Cover Art Revealed
302. Sarah Jezebel Deva – New EP Artwork Revealed
303. Synthetic Breed Reveals New EP "Zero Degrees Freedom" Track Listing
304. Be'lakor – New Album Details Announced
305. Circus Maximus – Reveal New Album Details
306. Delain Announces Release Date For "We Are The Others"
307. Empires Of Eden Posts Teaser Video For "Channelling the Infinite"
308. Gotthard To Release New Album "Firebirth" In June
309. Kekal – Autonomy
310. Jorn – Bring Heavy Rock to the Land (Official)
311. Kreator – Unveil New Album Title And Release Date
312. The Agonist Reveals New Album Title As "Prisoners"
313. Tank Reveals New Album Release Date, Tracklisting And Artwork
314. Autopsy To Release New DVD "Born Undead"
315. Fear Factory: 'The Industrialist' North American Release Date Announced
316. Gojira – New Song Online, Upcoming DVD Trailer Released
317. Hellyeah Drummer Explains New Album Title Archived February 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
318. Marduk Announces New Single "Souls For Belial"
319. Ulver To Release Covers Album "Childhood's End"
320. Watain To Release New DVD "Opus Diaboli"
321. Blinded by Tokyo – Live in Japan
322. candlemass Psalms for the Dead
323. Mnemic – Mnemesis
324. Bilocate Reveals New Album "Summoning The Bygones" Artwork
325. Urban Warfare
326. Rush – Unveil New Album Details
327. Arthemis Unveils Artwork For New LP "We Fight"
328. Dying Fetus Posts New Album "Reign Supreme" Teaser
329. Spineshank Comments Signing With Century Media For New Album "Anger Denial Acceptance"
330. Devin Townsend – Upcoming DVD Trailer Online
331. Burning Point – Reveal New Album Details
332. Chelsea Grin – Working On New EP
333. Evolve available 6.19.2012
334. The Ghost Inside Posts New Album "Get What You Give" Trailer
335. Ihsahn Posts New Album "Eremita" Teaser
336. Rumpelstiltskin Grinder – Reveal New Album Details
337. Vampires Everywhere! Reveals New Album "Hellbound And Heartless" Details
338. Whitechapel Announces New Self-Titled Album Details
339. Blacklodge Announces New Album Title As "MachinatioN"
340. Ephel Duath – New EP Details
341. Deathspell Omega Streaming New Song "Abrasive Swirling Murk"
342. Sodom's "30 Years Sodomized" Boxset Release Delayed
343. Weingarten, Christopher R. (July 12, 2012). "Bosse-De-Nage, 'iii' (Profound Lore)". Spin . Retrieved January 24, 2016.
344. L'Enfant Sauvage
345. Challenger to Memphis May Fire
346. Old Man Gloom – New Album Details
347. Miseration – New Album Details Revealed
348. Bonded By Blood – New Album Title And Artwork Revealed
349. Six Magics – New Album Details And Live Video Available
350. Icarus Witch – New Album Details, Teaser And Song Online
351. Kataklysm – Reveal Upcoming DVD Tracklist
352. Nile – New Album Release Date Revealed
353. Periphery Tap Guthrie Govan & The Faceless Guitarist to Guest on New Album
354. The Word Alive Streaming New Album Online
355. "Review: Coldrain – Through Clarity (EP)". Hit The Floor. February 3, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
356. Naer Mataron – Ζήτω Ο Θάνατος (Long Live Death)
357. Saint Diablo To Release Self-Titled Album, Announces New Tour Dates
358. Serj Tankian's New Solo Album Gets Release Date
359. Bury Tomorrow Signs With Nuclear Blast For Release Of "The Union Of Crowns"
360. Beneath the Scars and Glory of Progression
361. Waylander – Reveal New Album Details, New Song Online
362. A Hero A Fake Announces New Album "The Future Again"
363. Baroness – Set New Album Title And Release Date
364. Release Date News
365. Tourniquet – Antiseptic Bloodbath
366. Antagonist A.D. Releases "I'm Just Not There" Music Video
367. Black Majesty Unveils Album Art, Release Date For "Stargazer"
368. Zonaria – Sign With Listenable Records, Reveal New Album Details
369. Om Reveals Tour Dates And "Advaitic Songs" Details
370. Slipknot Reveals New Best-Of Album "Antennas To Hell" Details
371. Heretic (US) Unveils Artwork For Comeback LP "A Time Of Crisis"
372. Dew-Scented Posts Teaser For New Album "Icarus"
373. Schaffer, Florian (July 23, 2012). "DUST BOLT: 'Violent Demolition' – Video und Albumpreview online". Vampster (in German). Retrieved March 23, 2025.
374. Tankard Reveals Track Listing And Commentary For New LP "A Girl Called Cerveza"
375. Testament – New Album Details Revealed
376. Devilish Impressions Signs To Lifeforce Records For Release Of New Album "Simulacra"
377. Massacre – New Song Online
378. "Still Alive: confirmado show de lançamento do debut álbum em São Paulo". Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
379. Evoken To Release New Album "Atra Mors"
380. Nachtmystium – New Album Title And Release Date Revealed
381. "NOVINKY | OBLITERATE - Superboring | GOTHOOM ESHOP". Archived from the original on April 18, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2012.
382. Memorain – "Evolution" (album preview)
383. "Cryptopsy – Cryptopsy EP". Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
384. The Faceless – New Album Trailer Online
385. Fen Reveals New Album "Of Losing Interest" Details
386. Fozzy Announces New Album "Sin And Bones" Release Date
387. publisher=BW&BK In This Moment – Blood Album Due August 14th Via Century Media
388. Scott Kelly To Release New Solo Album "The Forgiven Ghost In Me"
389. Master Announces "The New Elite" Album Release Date
390. Texas Hippie Coalition – Peacemaker CD
391. Steve Vai – New Album Details Unveiled, New Song Streaming Online
392. Eluveitie – To Release Early Years Collection In August
393. Black Moor Streaming Entire New Album "Lethal Waters"
394. Loudness Streams Preview Samples From New LP "2012"
395. Grave Digger Unveils Album Artwork & Title To New LP
396. Trollfest – Brumlebassen
397. Ensiferum – Album Details Revealed
398. Grave – New Album Release Date Announced
399. Katatonia Reveals Full Details On New Album "Dead End Kings"
400. "Beardfish: reveal cover artwork and tracklist of their new album + announce tour in fall supporting Flying Colours". Archived from the original on June 16, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2016. Beardfish: reveal cover artwork and tracklist of their new album + announce tour in fall supporting Flying Colours]
401. Eagle Twin Confirms New LP "The Feather Tipped the Serpent's Scale" Details
402. Murder Construct Unveil Details Of "Results"
403. Stratovarius DVD "Under Flaming Winter Skies – Live In Tampere" Getting North American Release
404. Ektomorf – New Album Details Unveiled
405. Ex Deo Announces New Album "Caligvla" Release Date
406. Phantom-X Details New Album "The Opera Of The Phantom"
407. Threshold Posts Lyric Video For "Ashes"
408. Primitive Graven Image – New Song Streaming Online
409. Sacred Mother Tongue To Release New EP "A Light Shines..."
410. Lacrimosa To Release New Album "Revolution", Special Guests Announced
411. Aeon Zen Pushes Back "Enigma" Album Release
412. Beastwars Streaming New Song "Red God"
413. Cloudscape Posts "New Era" Album Teaser Clip
414. Cryptopsy – New Album Trailer Online
415. Kittie Announces Compilation Album "Not So... Safe"
416. Prototype Announces Release Date For New Album "Catalyst"
417. Spheric Universe Experience Reveals Artwork For Upcoming Album "The New Eve"
418. The Gathering – Reveal New Album Tracklist
419. Elvenking Unveils Details On New LP "Era"
420. Vision Divine Signs With EarMusic/Edel, New LP "Destination Set to Nowhere" Set for Fall
421. Becoming The Archetype Announces Details On New Album "I Am"
422. Devin Townsend Project Announces New Album "Epicloud"
423. Down – Reveal New EP Details, New Single Online
424. Ufomammut Reveals Full Details On New Album "Opus Alter"
425. Vision Of Disorder Reveals New Album "The Cursed Remain Cursed" Details
426. Buckethead – Racks
427. Buckethead – March Of The Slunks
428. Buckethead – The Silent Picture Book
429. Behexen – New Album Details Revealed
430. Blut Aus Nord – New Album Teaser Trailer Online
431. The Chariot – Ink European Deal With Season Of Mist
432. Dokken Reveals Details On New Album "Broken Bones"
433. Handguns in Release Date of September
434. Illdisposed – Unveil New Album Details
435. Witchcraft Reveals New Album Title As "Legend"
436. Iron Maiden – Steve Harris To Release Solo Album In September
437. To-Mera – Exile
438. To-Mera – New Album Streaming Online
439. Tygers Of Pan Tang Reveals New Album, "Ambush" Release Date
440. As I Lay Dying Announces "Awakened" Info, New Tour Dates
441. Car Bomb Posts New Single "Third Revelation" Featuring Gojira's Joseph Duplantier
442. Kerion Posts In Studio Video On "CloudRiders, Part 1: Road To Skycity"
443. Pathology – Reveal New Album Details
444. Revocation – Teratogenesis (EP)
445. Winterfylleth Reveals New Album "The Threnody Of Triumph" Details
446. "Angband To Release 'Saved From The Truth' In September". Blabbermouth. August 6, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
447. Enslaved – Unveil New Album Title And Artwork
448. "Perttu Kivilaakso to Guest on Album; First Sound Sample Online". Archived from the original on May 17, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
449. Sinister Streams New Track "Transylvania"
450. Therion Posts Cover For LP "Les Fleurs Du Mal" On Band's Official Website
451. Obsession Posts Teaser Clip For New LP "Order Of Chaos"
452. Rebellion Reveals Details On Compilation Album "The Best Of Viking History"
453. Sylosis: "Monolith" Track List Released!
454. Cauldron Unveils Album Art And Track List For New LP "Tomorrow's Lost"
455. Krisiun – Arise From Blackness (Compilation)
456. The Acacia Strain Reveals Details On New Album "Death Is The Only Mortal"
457. August Burns Red Releasing New Album "August Burns Red Presents: Sleddin' Hill, A Holiday Album"
458. Between The Buried And Me – Reveal New Album Details
459. Converge announce release date for All We Love We Leave Behind
460. Daylight Dies Reveals Details For New Album "A Frail Becoming"
461. Dio: 'The Very Beast Of Dio Vol. 2' Artwork, Track Listing Revealed
462. Malignancy – New Album Details
463. Nonpoint Posts New Song "Go Time" Online
464. Seven Kingdoms – Reveal New Album Title And Artwork
465. Texas In July Posts New Lyric Video For "Cry Wolf"
466. Weapon Announces New Album "Embers And Revelations" Release Date
467. "Chilean Doomsters Poema Arcanvs To Release Fifth Album Next Month". Archived from the original on November 14, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
468. "Fall of the Idols – "Solemn Verses"". Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
469. Magica – Reveal Upcoming Album Tracklist
470. Anaal Nathrakh – Teaser For Upcoming Album Streaming Online
471. My Dying Bride – Reveal New Album Details
472. Dethklok Reveals Details On New Album "Dethalbum III"
473. Kiss – Unveil New Album Cover Art And Tracklist
474. No Bragging Rights Announces New Album Title As "Cycles"
475. Yakuza Reveals Details On New Album "Beyul"
476. Machinae Supremacy – New Song Online
477. Manowar Pushes Back "The Lord Of Steel" Physical Album Release
478. Mob Rules: 'Cannibal Nation' Cover Artwork, Track Listing, Release Date Revealed
479. Paragon Reveals New Album "Force Of Destruction" Details
480. Subhuman – New Song Online
481. Thy Art Is Murder Releases New Music Video For "Reign Of Darkness"
482. War From A Harlots Mouth Posts Teaser For New Album "Voyeur"
483. Wintersun – 'Time I' Release Date Pushed Back A Week
484. Bison B.C. – Reveal New Album Details
485. Dark Tranquillity Releasing Digital Edition Of "Zero Distance" EP
486. Ill Niño – New Album Cover Art Revealed
487. The Sword – New Album Release Date Announced
488. A Life Once Lost – Reveal New Album Title And Release Date
489. Behold The Arctopus – Reveal New Album Details, Alter Name, Stream New Song
490. God Seed – Debut Album Out In October
491. Pig Destroyer – New Album Details
492. Sister Sin Releases New Lyric Video For "End Of The Line"
493. The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza Announces New Album "Danza IIII: The Alpha – The Omega"
494. Angra Announces "Best Reached Horizons" Details
495. Kamelot – New Album Title Revealed
496. Neurosis – New Album Title And Release Date Unveiled
497. Parkway Drive Announce New Album "Atlas"
498. Rebellion Reveals New Album "Arminius – Furor Teutonicus" Artwork
499. "Skálmöld – Börn Loka". Archived from the original on December 20, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
500. The Sorrow Unveils New Album "Misery Escape" Artwork
501. Eyefear – The Inception Of Darkness
502. Shining – Redefining Darkness
503. Cradle Of Filth Reveals New Album "The Manticore & Other Horrors" Release
504. Early Graves Finishes Work On New Album "Red Horse"
505. Forgotten Tomb Streaming New Song "Deprived" Off Upcoming Album "And Don't Deliver Us From Evil"
506. Nadja – Streaming New Track
507. Ragnarok – New Album Details Revealed
508. Ultimatum Reveals 20th Anniversary "Heart Of Metal" Album Details
509. A Band Of Orcs Invades Earth With New Album "Adding Heads To The Pile"
510. Von – New Single Streaming Online
511. Arsenite Announces New Album "Ashes Of The Declined," Posts Video Clip
512. "From My Cold Dead Hands – Nonexist" . Retrieved December 1, 2024.
513. Pain – Release Upcoming DVD Details And Trailer
514. Tiamat – New Album Cover Art, Tracklist And Release Date Unveiled
515. Lucifer's Rising
516. All That Remains – Another New Song Streaming Online
517. Beheaded To Release 'Never To Dawn' In November – Aug. 2, 2012
518. General Surgery – New Song Streaming Online
519. Otep – Releasing Live Album
520. Bloodbound – Release New Album Tracklist
521. Isis – Release Temporal
522. Carcariass – Hell And Torment (Compilation)
523. "Soundgarden: New Album Title Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. August 21, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
524. Tank To Release First Ever Live DVD
525. Deftones – Reveal New Album Title, Announce US Fall Headline Tour
526. Machine Head – Machine Fucking Head Live
527. Led Zeppelin – Reunion DVD To Be Released, Trailer Available
528. Elysion To Release New EP "Killing My Dreams"
529. Kylesa – New Song Streaming Online
530. Aeon – New Album Details Revealed, New Song Online
531. Cryptopsy – The Best Of Us Bleed (Compilation)
532. Devolved – New Album Title And Tracklist Revealed
533. Meldrum Releasing New Album "Lifer" Later This Month
534. Prototype – Retrospect (Compilation)
535. Sacred Reich To Release "Live At Wacken" CD/DVD
536. New Album Artwork Unveiled From Flotsam & Jetsam
537. Adorned Brood Posts New Album "Kuningaz" Studio Trailer
538. Destruction Posts New Album "Spiritual Genocide" Art Trailer
539. Royal Hunt – Preparing To Release 20th Anniversary Compilation
540. Vicious Rumors Reveals Details On "Live You To Death" Album
541. Secret Sphere – Portrait Of A Dying Heart
542. Incantation – Vanquish In Vengeance
543. Fullforce Confirm November 27th North American Release Date for Next Level
544. Ashes You Leave – New Album Details Revealed
545. Fragments Of Unbecoming Announces Release Date For New Album "The Art Of Coming Apart"
546. New DVD Clip Of "Time To Break Free" Posted By Gamma Ray
547. HammerFall – Releasing New DVD In November
548. Saturnus – New Album Release Date And Tracklist Revealed
549. Arsis – New Song Streaming Online
550. Yngwie Malmsteen – New Album Tracklist And Cover Art Unveiled
551. Metallica – Quebec Magnetic (DVD)
552. "The Cadaverous Retaliation Agenda – The Project Hate MCMXCIX". Metal Archives. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
553. Paradox – Reveal New Album Tracklist And Release Date
554. The Unguided – InvaZion (EP)

External links

• About.com: Heavy Metal Archived May 31, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
• Blabbermouth.net
• www.FactorMetal.com
• Metalstorm.net
• Metalunderground.com
• Ultimate-Guitar.com
• TheGauntlet.com

Preceded by 2011

Heavy Metal Timeline 2012

Succeeded by 2013