1. The Project Hate MCMXCIX
The Lowdown: So this is a bit of a cheat. After 8 albums and doing more label hopping than Kim Kardashian hops on black guys, The Project Hate simply decided to go it alone and release their 2012 album The Cadaverous Retaliation Agenda independently. It was recorded and released via fan donations alone and the all star band is are already working on new material. Outspoken front man Lord K and his ever changing host of guests, appears to be done with labels and is forging a new path with his monstrous, blasphemous form of epic, cyber death metal.
RIYL: Grave, Techno, Blasphemy, Celine Dion http://youtu.be/GdMJRYelCGk
Honorable mentions: Thrawsunblat, Concentric, Oceans of Slumber, The Desert Beneath the Pavement, Noumena, Haiduk,