Top 10 Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Albums of 2012

#1 Van Halen – A Different Kind of Truth #2 Soundgarden – King Animal #3 Slash – Apocalyptic Love #4 Accept – Stalingrad #5 Deftones – Koi No Yokan #6 Gojira – L’Enfant Sauvage #7 Halestorm – The Strange Case of… #8 Overkill – The Electric Age #9 Orange Goblin – A Eulogy for the Damned #10 Testament  – Dark Roots of Earth