Off the top of my head,

MARTYRDOOM FEST IN BROOKLYN
INQUISITION UPSTAIRS AT MIDDLE EAST
HORNA AT GREAT SCOTTS
SUPERCHRIST AT RALPHS
MORTEM AT SAINT VITUS
OBITUARY/BROKEN HOPE/DECREPIT BIRTH IN ALBANY
CENTRAL ILLINOIS METALFEST 9
MESSE DES MORTS II IN MONTREAL
SUFFOCATION AT MIDDLE EAST
CANNIBAL CORPSE AT THE MET


BEST NEW LOCAL BAND I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME = WITCH KING
MOST IMPROVED LOCAL BAND THIS YEAR = SEAX
BEST/FAVORITE SET FROM A LOCAL BAND = BLESSED OFFAL AT RALPHS

Was only at these from your list but all three were home runs. It's hard to choose between them but I probably had the best time at Suffocation with Horna a hair behind, Inq a hair behind that.

I can't remember why I flaked on Superchrist. Ugh.

My live music year 2012 was a very good one. I had a couple of good trips, especially down south to see Primordial twice. In Atlanta, getting to see Pretty Maids was awesome, and Solution .45 exceeded expectations. In the spring, I went west to Illinois to see Pharaoh and Brocas Helm at Ragnarokkr, but the Brocas set was kind of a head scratcher (no rehearsal, a guitar solo that went on forever resulting in them having to cut Skullfucker).

Closer to home, I saw an INCREDIBLE set by Y&T at a bar in Rhode Island that I can't remember. I was giddy about getting to see Morbid Angel; they and Grave did not let me down. Napalm Death at the Middle East was something special.

Outside of metal, there were three shows I was very glad to have caught this year: Marillion at Paradise (flat-out best show I saw all year), Allan Holdsworth at Johnny D's, and Altan (the Irish Celtic group) at Davis Square Theater. Thr3e at TT The Bear's tickled my prog nerd nerve; I'm glad I got to see them do a headline set without driving an hour.

Locally, I watched many excellent sets including Bog of the Infidel, Hessian (ME, but the PA one was also cool), Hekseri, Herugrim, BSV's bands, and Set. I still did not get to see Ipsissimus :(

Overall there were a ton of Good-to-Excellent shows this year, I missed quite a few I would've liked to have seen, and was disappointed by almost nothing. Also excited to have joined a couple bands; here's to a productive 2013.

This came out longer than I really intended...oh well

Braid at the Middle East Downstairs
Suffocation at the Middle East Downstairs
Las Vegas Deathfest 4
Central Illinois Metalfest 9
Gutrot in Detroit, MI
Malignancy CD Release in Brooklyn
Gorgasm at the Midway
Dehumanized at O'Brien's
Cattle Decapitation at the Worthen House
Sexcrement in San Diego, CA (best show of our West Coast tour)
Iron Maiden at the Comcast Center
KISS at the Comcast Center



probably some more i'm forgetting because I smoke a weed

Godflesh at MDF
Maiden at the tweeter center for great bank north woods

I honestly can't even think of any shows I went to this year at all other than that. I'm a total poser.

Yeah, there you go. Forgot about Maiden

Probably the most FUN I had at a show this year was at Ralphs when we played with Untombed, Engorged and Mausoleum. Not necessarily the best sets or anything, but a solid show overall.

and KISS wtf

I totally missed KISS :............c

Also fuck the haterz, The Devils Blood killed it at MDF.

also



bennyhillifier

You all suck

Death to All / Gorguts in NYC in June was easily my best show of 2012; Rush in NH and Primordial in Rochester NY were both quite memorable and excellent as well. Oh yeah, Agalloch at the Middle East was quite the show too.

Regrettably, I only went to maybe twelve concerts this year, and most of them I actually regret spending money on.

All ammonia booking shows!

Thanks for reminding me I missed Marillion. Dick.

Also, when did Holdsworth play?

masters eye/Hour of 13 mini tour

LOL

Marillion still play shows? Damn, I would've loved to have seen that.

Vomitor in Brooklyn.

Speedwolf at WWTA, Hammers Of Misfortune/Gates of Slumber/Magic Circle at AS220, really enjoyed Archgoat & Sortilegia at Messe Des Mortes as well. Was a fuck-ass and missed Iron Maiden, Manowar, In Solitude, and Vomitor.

It was in late march, 24th I believe.

Hammers/Gates was another good one I missed, though I've seen the bands before

Gorjira - Palladium upstairs

Wintersun and Eluveitie -club royale

I missed more good shows than I actually went to. Superchrist was a great one. Katatonia/paradise lost/devin townsend was another awesome show. Seeing kvelertak was fun too. I didn't go to much else.

Martyrdoom

MDF and Martyrdoom for sure.

Bone Awl 10th Anniversary at St Vitus with Negative Plane/Villains
Midnight at Acheron the next evening
D-Clone/Perdition/Who Killed Spikey Jacket/Bloodkrow Butcher/Aspects of War in worcester.

That was easily my favorite set of the festival.

Manowar was fantastic a couple weeks ago in Worcester.

Martyrdoom was fun, especially Dead Congregation.

Inquisition at the Middle East really impressed me.

Pallbearer had one of the best sounding sets I saw all year.

The Speedwolf show in Allston was a fun drunk mess.

Superchrist!

Obsidian Tongue and were the local band to impress me most this year, at O'Briens some time. Bog of the Infidel too.

Into Another / Youth of Today @ Irving Plaza

Martyrdoom

MDF

And whatever shows Spence missed.

Oh yeah - Integrity at the El N Gee. So fuckin.

Origin/Malignancy @ Saint Vitus
Cannibal Corpse/Misery Index on a boat in the East River
Obituary/Broken Hope @ The Gramercy Theater
Horna @ Great Scott
Suffocation @ The Mid East Downstairs
Dehumanized @ OBriens

in no particular order also im sure i am missing plenty of others. NO CARE

And how could I forget Fabio Frizzi & Goblin with Umberto and Nino Ceruttti @ Tintie Lavendre's

and also Old Wainds, Arghoslent, Deathspell Omega, Thorns, Profanatica, Behexen and Katechon at Das Sekret Bunkur

Having a hard time even remembering what few shows I went to this year. But...

Cocksparrer @ Lido
Nightstick @ The Midway
Carnivore, Dissection & the Heath Ledgers @ Cafe Mio

Are ones that jump immediately to mind.