1.Avantasia - Angel Of Babylon

2.Avantasia - The Wicked Symphony

3.Volbeat - Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies

4.Evergrey - Hymns For The Broken

5.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

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1.Volbeat - Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies

2.Volbeat - Rock The Rebel/Metal The Devil

3.Volbeat - Beyond Hell/Above Heaven

4.Volbeat - Rewind, Replay, Rebound

5.Volbeat - Seal The Deal & Let's Boogie

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Must Listen: The First 4

1.Volbeat - Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies

2.Civil War - The Killer Angels

3.Trivium - Vengeance Falls

4.James LaBrie - Impermanent Resonance

5.Pretty Maids - Motherland

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1.Ghost - Opus Eponymous

2.Iron Maiden - The Book Of Souls

3.Judas Priest - Firepower

4.In Solitude - Sister

5.Gojira - Magma

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Party albums!!

1.Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine

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3.Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

4.Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

5.Anthrax - Persistence Of Time

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My personal favorite studio albums of 2013

1.Shade Empire - Omega Arcane

2.Kauan - Pirut

3.Ghost - Infestissumam

4.Wolfheart - Winterborn

5.Amorphis - Circle

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1.Rainbow - Rising

2.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

3.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

4.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

5.AC/DC - Powerage

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Will be updated constantly as I remember albums/have time to add them! if more than one album per year- runner up. If none, then i picked none for that year.

1.The Agonist - The Eye of Providence

2.Queensrÿche - Condition Hüman

3.Arch Enemy - War Eternal

4.Marty Friedman - Inferno

5.Conquering Dystopia - Conquering Dystopia

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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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1.Letlive. - The Blackest Beatiful

2.Clutch - Earth Rocker

3.Protest The Hero - Volition

4.Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here

5.Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork

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1.Orphaned Land - All Is One

2.Volbeat - Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies

3.Tarja - Colours In The Dark

4.Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods

5.Avatarium - Avatarium

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1.Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories)

2.Ghost B.C. - Infestissumam

3.Soilwork - The Living Infinite

4.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

5.Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

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1.Orphaned Land - All Is One

2.Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories)

3.Ghost B.C. - Infestissumam

4.Trivium - Vengeance Falls

5.Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King

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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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1.Soilwork - The Living Infinite

2.The Ocean - Pelagial

3.The Dillinger Escape Plan - One Of Us Is The Killer

4.Killswitch Engage - Disarm The Descent

5.In Vain - Ænigma

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