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3 Inches Of Blood, Goatwhore, Havok and Angelus Apatrida
The White Rabbit, Plymouth 18th May 2012

I had already decided this was destined to be an interesting night, just with the mix of bands in the line-up. I had sneaked in the back door but had already noticed a sizable crowd gathering around the front a whole hour before doors were due to open.

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3 Inches Of Blood | Goatwhore | Havok | Angelus Apatrida

Sun 15 Apr – Metal Alliance Tour 2012

Even though the lineup of this year's Metal Alliance tour paled in comparison to last year's, it was still a really fun show. The Granada had a good amount of people in it that were ready to mosh and give their all for each band on the bill.

The first band of the day was local band Enemies Laid To Rest. The music they played was a big like a typical melodic metalcore band, not so unlike Killswitch Engage or As I Lay Dying. Their drummer was the vocalist as well, and he really worked his small kit all over the place. A great drummer. They weren't great by any means, but they were alright. Kind of just how an opening band should be!

The first band of the tour was Wretched. I really hadn't listened to them before, but they did a great job! I felt like they were the perfect combination of deathcore and technical death metal that just caused for great stupid fun. Their guitarists can shred, too. Fun stuff, if not the most intellectually stimulating music.
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This is as close to the complete list as I'll ever get. I've even sacrificed my credibility and included Godsmack. Some were shit, some were good. A few were amazing

Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.
Acoustic Ladyland
Afro Celt Sound System
Against Me!
Alexander Tucker
Alexisonfire
Aliases
Alkaline Trio x 2
Amen
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Andrew W.K.
Angels & Airwaves
Angel Witch
Animals as Leaders
Anti-flag
Arcade Fire
Architects x 2
Arctic Monkeys
Ash x 3
At The Gates
Autopsy
Babyshambles
Bardo Pond
Baroness
Battles
Bedouin Soundclash x 3
The Bees
Behemoth
Benediction
Benga
Between the Buried and Me
Biffy Clyro x 3
Big Business
Big Country
Billy Talent x 2
Black Breath
Black Label Society x 2
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club x 2
Black Sabbath
The Bled
Bloc Party x 4
The Blood Brothers
Bloodbath
Blur x 2
Bolt Thrower
Bon Iver
Borbetomagus
Boris
Boysetsfire
Brand New x 3
Breed 77
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Best albums of 2012

There are mostly albums of folk, viking, pagan, black, melodic death, power, symphonic and heavy metal.

Meaning of marks:

5/10 – Medium albums, not to say ... bad.
6/10 – Average albums, not really "thrilling".
7/10 – Good albums but no revelations.
8/10 – Very good albums, they keep nice level.
9/10 – Super albums, revelations of this year.
10/10 – Masterpieces, will be remembered for years.

January
Steelwing - Zone of Alienation – 8.1/10
Iron Fire - Voyage Of The Damned – 7.6/10
Vinterblot - Nether Collapse – 7/10
Alcest - Les voyages de l'Âme – 7/10
Lacuna Coil - Dark Adrenaline – 6.9/10
Primal Fear - UNBREAKABLE – 6.5/10
Avatar - Black Waltz – 6.4/10

February
Eluveitie - Helvetios – 8.3/10
Svartby - Elemental Tales – 8.1/10
Rage - 21 – 7.9/10
Oakenshield - Legacy – 7.7/10
Xandria - Neverworld's End - 7.2/10
Freedom Call - Land Of The Crimson Dawn – 7.1/10
Drudkh - Eternal Turn of the Wheel – 7/10
Black Messiah - The Final Journey – 6.9/10
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Last updated: April 3rd 2012

2 Many DJ's
3 Inches Of Blood
30 Seconds to Mars
36 Crazyfists
A Million Dead Birds Laughing
The Acacia Strain
Alcest
Alkaline Trio
All That Remains
The Amenta
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Andrew W.K.
Atreyu
August Burns Red
Bad Religion
Birds Of Tokyo
Blonde Redhead
The Bloody Beetroots
Boris
The Bouncing Souls
Bridezilla
The Bronx
Bullet For My Valentine
Burst
Cansei de Ser Sexy
Captain Cleanoff (x2)
Carcass
Cardopusher
The Chemical Brothers
Clagg
Coal Chamber
Coerce
Crystal Castles (x2)
Dead Letter Circus (x2)
Death By Stereo
Deftones (x3)
Descendents
Despised Icon
The Devin Townsend Project (x2)
Die Antwoord
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Dimmu Borgir
Disembowelment / D.usk / Inverloch
Doomriders
Dredg (x2)
Dropkick Murphys
Dying Fetus
Every Time I Die
Explosions In The Sky
Extortion (x2)
Faust
Fear Factory
Finch
Five Star Prison Cell
Foo Fighters
From Autumn To Ashes
Fuck… I'm Dead
Fucked Up (x2)
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3 Inches Of Blood - Here Awaits Thy Doom
Antichrist - Sacrament of Blood
Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations,Stoned and 7" of Midnight Mass
Archgoat - The Aeon Of The Angelslaying Darkness
Blasphemy - Blood Upon The Altar/Gods of War
Bathory - S/T
Beherit - At The Devil's Studio 1990
Black Witchery - Inferno Of Sacred Destruction,Split with Conqueror
Blasphemophagher - Return To Nuclear Hell,Nuclear Empire of Apocalypse and Split with Necroholocaust
Conqueror - Split with Black Witchery and War.Cult.Supermacy
Damnation - Speed Anarchy
Inquisition - Into the Infernal Regions of the Ancient Cult,Anxious Death - Forever Under and Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm
Morbosidad - Profana la Cruz del Nazareno,Invocaciones Demoníacas with Perversor ,Rites of Desecration split with SadomatorVocifero Lucifer / Muerte split with Pseudogod,and Split with Witchrist
Midnight - Satanic Royalty
Proclamation - Execration Of Cruel Bestiality
Revenge - Infiltration.Downfall.Death
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