Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything.

Hard to believe it, but Thanksgiving is just a few days away. With that in mind, we decided to continue a tradition we started last year and list the top five events we’re thankful occurred in 2012. Sure, 2012 was filled with its fair share of lows (we’ll discuss those another time). Despite this, though, there was still plenty for metal fans to be thankful for. So without further ado, click on the page numbers below to see the five things we’re happy to see happen in 2012.