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Manager/Promoter in
Grindbor Records

Country:Jordan

Age: 21

International Picks: 

1. Saturnus - Saturn In Ascension

2. Wintersun - Time I

3. The Faceless - Autotheism

4. Hideous Divinity - Obeisance Rising

  Middle Eastern Picks:

1. Bilocate - Summoning the Bygones

Honorable Mentions:

2. El Morabba3 - El Morabba3

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Owner of Grindbor Records

Country: Syria

Age: 23

International Picks: 

1. Royal Thunder - CVI

2. Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas

3. Lord Mantis - Pervertor

4. Cattle Decapitation - Monolith Of Inhumanity

  Middle Eastern Picks:

1. Abidetherein - Paralysis Engulfed The Myth

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Vocalist/composer of Chalice Of Doom, Forgive Me, Al Lat

Country: Jordan

Age: 23

International Picks: 

1. Luca Turilli's Rhapsody - Ascending to Infinity

2. The Faceless - Autotheism

3. Saturnus - Saturn In Ascension

4. Shining - Redefining Darkness

  Middle Eastern Picks:

1. Bilocate - Summoning the Bygones

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Country: Egypt

Age: 21

International Picks: 

1. In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

2. Dordeduh - Dar De Duh

3. Heidevolk - Batavi 

4. Butterfly Temple - Дыхание

  Middle Eastern Picks:

1. Acyl - Algebra

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www.shehadistan.wordpress.com

Country: Germany
Age: 32 

International Picks: 

1. Deftones - Koi No Yokan

2. Katatonia - Dead End Kings

3. Skunk Anansie - Black Traffic

Middle Eastern Picks:

3. Absolace - Fractals

4. Who Will Guard The Guardians - The Split

5. Acyl - Algebra

Honorable Mentions

1. Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage

2. Atoma - Skylight 

3. Enslaved - RIITIIR

4. Deftones - Koi No Yokan 

[un]Honorable mention for the worst album of the year,

Burzum - Umskiptar

Middle Eastern Picks:

Creative Waste - Slaves to Conformity

El Morabba3 - El Morabba3, the best album out of the middle east this year, but its more of indie rock/post-rock stuff, cant put it in the main list of a metal site!

Exile - Suspended Society... Mutilated Variety, a great debut from one of the best thrashers in the Middle East.

1. Accept - Stalingrad

2. Kamelot - Silverthorn

3. Dragonforce - The Power Within

 (I hate this band but this album is very

good)

4. Freedom Call - Land Of The Crimson Dawn

1. Aeternam - Moongod

2. Lamb of God - Resolution

3. The Faceless - Autotheism

4. Before the Dawn - Rise of the Phoenix

5. In Mourning - The Weight of Oceans 

Middle Eastern Picks:

5. Falling Leaves - Mournful Cry Of A Dying Sun

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Metal Webzine

Country: France

Age: 22

International Picks: 

1. Locus Neminis - Weltenwanderung

2. Sybreed - God Is An Automaton

3. Carach Angren - When Corpses Sink Forever

4. Minority Sound - The Explorer

1. Sand Aura - Elegy of the Orient

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Reporter and reviewer for Metal Blast Egypt

Freelance reviewer and reporter on http://nada-kahmed.blogspot.com/ 

Country: Egypt

Age: 22

International Picks: 

1. The Foreshadowing – Second World

2. Storm Corrosion – Storm Corrosion

3. Saturnus - Saturn In Ascension

4. My Dying Bride – A Map of All Our Failures

 1. Acyl - Algebra

4. Blaakyum - Lord Of The Night

1. Accept - Stalingrad

2. Unisonic - Unisonic

3. Manowar - The Lord of Steel

4. Michael Schenker - Live In Europe

5. Firewind - Few Against Many 

1. Sand Aura - Elegy of the Orient

2. Ostura - Ashes of the Reborn

3. Amadeus Awad - Time Of The Equinox

4. Jay Wud - False Utopia

5. Vortex of Clutter - The Ghosts of a New Generation

Raffi Shahbazian - Damn Good Days EP & Pezhvake Khial: "Damn Good Days EP" is a must for everyone who enjoys guitar maestro's music. "Pezhvake Khial" is also included in the list because despite the fact it was originally recorded in 2009, it remained unreleased until this year. This is probably one of the best Persian rock albums I've ever listened to.

Lazywall - Aporia's Bane: I was only able to listen to the album a couple of times during the short time it was available for streaming, but I think it deserves to be featured as one of the best 2012 releases.

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Reviewer at Freak Show 

Country: Lebanon

Age: 17

International Picks: 

1. Eluveitie - Helvetios

2. Avatar - The Black Waltz

3. Nightwish - Imaginaerum

4. Lamb of God - Resolution

Honorable Mentions:

1. Amadeus Awad - Time Of The Equinox