Sarah Petchell had a Converge, Deftones kinda year.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
1. All We Love We Leave Behind CONVERGE
2. Koi No Yokan DEFTONES
3. Free To Rot, Free Of Sin THE BRODERICK
4. Young Man, Old Man HOODLUM SHOUTS
5. Skelethon AESOP ROCK
6. Grey Matter/White Matter SXWZD
7. Book Burner PIG DESTROYER
8. Sol Obscura IN TRENCHES
9. Get What You Give THE GHOST INSIDE
10. White Walls WHITE WALLS
MISCELLANEOUS ALBUM OF THE YEAR
1. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROSS
2. Celebration Day LED ZEPPELIN
3. Turn On The Bright Lights 10th Anniversary Reissue INTERPOL
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SONG OF THE YEAR
1. All We Love We Leave Behind CONVERGE
2. Underwater Bimbos From Outer Space EVERY TIME I DIE
3. Engine 45 THE GHOST INSIDE
4. Flowermouth (The Leech) CODE ORANGE KIDS
5. We Take Care Of Our Own BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
1. Converge
2. Hoodlum Shouts
3. The Smith Street Band
4. Refused
5. letlive
BEST WEBSITE
1. noheroesmag.com
2. twitter.com
3. boston.redsox.mlb.com
4. maximumrocknroll.com
5. questionablecontent.net
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE
1. Radiohead
2. Refused
3. letlive
4. At The Gates
5. Soundgarden
BEST AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE
1. Hoodlum Shouts
2. Break Even
3. The Smith Street Band
4. Coerce
5. Totally Unicorn
BEST TV SHOW
1. The Newsroom
2. Sons Of Anarchy
3. Treme
4. Man Vs Food
5. True Blood
BEST MOVIE
1. Skyfall
3. Looper
4. Brave
5. The Avengers
2012 HIGHLIGHT
Seeing two bands I never, ever thought I would see in my lifetime live – Refused and Soundgarden.
2013 PREDICTION
Continuation of the trend of bands breaking up and getting back together six months later.