2012 in Retrospect

As luck would have it, within a month of finishing my top 30 albums list for 2012, I have found a bunch of great albums from last year. I am writing an addendum post going over them, but here are some previews of the highlights:

Absolutely beautiful neo-prog from a former death/doom metal band:

Brilliant and truly unique metal sung by a dead man:

Foo Fighters cover by a psychedelic trance band:

Extreme(ly) progressive metal with a violin; Opeth meets Unexpect meets Wintersun: