Pat Seals from FLYLEAF Checks In With His Top 5 Albums Of 2012

Flyleaf guitarist Pat Seals has checked in with his top 5 albums of 2012.

<b>Deftones (Koi No Yokan)</b> - Another great Deftones album-- Entombed is my favorite track on this one - haunted and dreamy with a soaring chorus - perfect.

<b>Fiona Apple (The Idler Wheel is Wiser...)</b> - These brooding, heartache-fueled ballads marinated in what feels like maybe psychosis are a cut above the rest - one of the best albums I have heard in a while. “Werewolf” and bonus track “Largo” are two of my favorites from this release.

<b>Crosses (EPs 1& 2)</b>- With Deftones frontman Chino Moreno on vocals, and Shaun Lopez of Far. “Option” and “Prurient” are my highlights of these EPs. I love the use of hip-hop and the mixes absolutely shimmer, sonically. Hats off!

<b>Sleigh Bells (Reign of Terror)</b> - Got me thru some gym time while recording New Horizons - A sinister, modern Abba playing songs soaked in metal guitar over gullet-rattling beats - yes!!

<b>Godspeed You! Black Emperor (Alleluia! Don't Bend! Ascend!)</b> - My cousin gave me Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven several years ago on tour and I have enjoyed getting lost in this band's eerie and vastly sprawling, records ever since. Though a bit of a time commitment, “We Drift Like Worried Fire” is as maddening as it is enchanting, though I'm not sure I would recommend hearing this track if one were actually worried about something.

<b>Stone Sour - (House of Gold and Bones)</b> - These guys rule - bringing high energy metal without forsaking pop-sensible songwriting. "Taciturn" is a ballad made for arenas, for sure.

Last month, Flyleaf released "New Horizons".