米ギター誌Guitar Worldが「2012年のベスト・アルバム TOP50」を発表

50. Overkill - The Electric Age
49. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Last of a Dyin' Breed
48. Wayne Krantz - Howie 61
47. As I Lay Dying - Awakened
46. Municipal Waste - Fatal Feast
45. Paul Gilbert - Vibrato
44. The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
43. Firewind - Few Against Many
42. The Contortionist - Intrinsic
41. Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania
40. John 5 - God Told Me To
39. Robert Cray Band - Nothin But Love
38. Ihsahn - Eremita
37. The Sword - Aprocryphon
36. Enslaved - RIITIIR
35. Miss May I - At Heart
34. Coheed and Cambria - The Afterman: Ascension
33. High on Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis
32. Lee Ranaldo - Between the Times and the Tides
31. The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet
30. Santana - Shape Shifter
29. Pig Destroyer - Book Burner
28. Dethklok - Dethalbum III
27. Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
26. The Cult - Choice of Weapon
25. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
24. Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet on Sky
23. Gojira - L’Enfant Sauvage
22. Kiss - Monster
21. Joe Walsh - Analog Man
20. Jeff Loomis - Plains of Oblivion
19. Joe Bonamassa - Driving Towards the Daylight
18. Between the Buried and Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence
17. Testament - Dark Roots of Earth
16. Slash - Apocalyptic Love
15. Baroness - Yellow & Green
14. Lamb of God - Resolution
13. Deftones - Koi No Yokan
12. Aerosmith - Music From Another Dimension!
11. Steve Vai - The Story of Light
10. Green Day - !Uno!
09. Meshuggah - Koloss
08. Jack White - Blunderbuss
07. Gary Clark Jr. - Blak and Blu
06. Soundgarden - King Animal
05. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill
04. ZZ Top - La Futura
03. Periphery - Periphery II
02. Rush - Clockwork Angels
01. Van Halen - A Different Kind of Truth