No particular order

1.Graveworm - As The Angels Reach The Beauty

2.Graveworm - Scourge Of Malice

3.Dimmu Borgir - For All Tid

4.Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst

5.Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

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Hello and welcome to my first ever top albums list. While I've been listening to metal for over 15 years I've never compiled an actual year end list. The reason for this is because I feel my current favorites to be ever changing dependent on mood, season and situational. But the reason I feel it's necessary is because I want to spread the joy of music. I see many people jaded on music, well if this list is any indication music is alive and doing some amazing things. I've encountered so many lists this year and honestly can't say there's anything close to my list. Whole brilliant albums left off of list after list, but it is all opinion. Other albums held up in high regard that just made me shake my head or perplex me. Even reading many lists gets annoying do to slideshows or advertisement overload or no explanations, I've made this as easy to browse as I could. This is a celebration of the music of 2013. Doing this list was fun yet stressful for me. To me a list isn't a versus or better than. It's just a personal list, still I want to make the numbers carry weight and importance.
Enjoy, comment below and spread the word

1.In Vain - Ænigma

2.Soilwork - The Living Infinite

3.Amorphis - Circle

4.Obscure Sphinx - Void Mother

5.Haken - The Mountain

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2013 was a awesome year for all metal fan

1.Persefone - Spiritual Migration

2.Soilwork - The Living Infinite

3.Shade Empire - Omega Arcane

4.Officium Triste - Mors Viri

5.Agrypnie - Aetas Cineris

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1.Carcass - Surgical Steel

2.Sodom - Epitome Of Torture

3.Gorguts - Colored Sands

4.Hail Of Bullets - III The Rommel Chronicles

5.Omnium Gatherum - Beyond

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1.Carcass - Surgical Steel

2.Black Sabbath - 13

3.Sodom - Epitome Of Torture

4.Volbeat - Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies

5.Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods

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to be continued...

1.Shade Empire - Omega Arcane

2.Vulture Industries - The Tower

3.Chthonic - Bú-Tik

4.Thousand Eyes - Bloody Empire

5.Illnath - 4 Shades Of Me

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1.Witherscape - The Inheritance

2.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

3.Týr - Valkyrja

4.Thrawsunblat - Thrawsunblat II: Wanderer On The Continent Of Saplings

5.Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn

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My Favorite albums from 2013 so far

1.Officium Triste - Mors Viri

2.Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle

3.Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn

4.Avatarium - Avatarium

5.Eternal Tears Of Sorrow - Saivon Lapsi

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1.Eden's Curse - Symphony Of Sin

2.Týr - Valkyrja

3.Wizard - Trail Of Death

4.Wisdom - Marching For Liberty

5.Annihilator - Feast

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Apologies for possible writing errors or bad grammar.

Non MetalStorm band links:

Basarabian Hills: bandbasarabianhills.bandcamp.com/
Eoront: eoront.bandcamp.com
Synkvervet: http://www.reverbnation.com/synkvervet
Winter Eternal: https://wintereternal.bandcamp.com/
Winternehst: winternehst.bandcamp.com

1.Carpe Noctem - In Terra Profugus

2.The Meads Of Asphodel - Sonderkommando

3.Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn

4.Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle

5.Synkvervet - Vår Avmakt

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1.Carcass - Surgical Steel

2.Gorguts - Colored Sands

3.Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods

4.Autopsy - The Headless Ritual

5.Deeds Of Flesh - Portals To Canaan

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Only Awesome Albums (OAA)

1.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

2.Machine Head - The Blackening

3.Omnium Gatherum - The Redshift

4.Viikate - Marraskuun Lauluja I

5.Viikate - Marraskuun Lauluja II

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1.The Ocean - Pelagial

2.Cult Of Luna - Vertikal

3.Soilwork - The Living Infinite

4.Hypocrisy - End Of Disclosure

5.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Labyrinth

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My first list in Metal Storm. This is pretty much an abridged version of the homonym list I'm making in RateYourMusic (http://rateyourmusic.com/list/gustman17/journey_into_2013s_metal_heart/).

1.Soilwork - The Living Infinite

2.Omnium Gatherum - Beyond

3.Amorphis - Circle

4.In Vain - Ænigma

5.Stratovarius - Nemesis

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Order is sorted by album repeat.

1.Shade Empire - Omega Arcane

2.Soilwork - The Living Infinite

3.The Safety Fire - Mouth Of Swords

4.Protest The Hero - Volition

5.Battlecross - War Of Will

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