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.
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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. Leprous - Coal

2. Shade Empire - Omega Arcane

3. Stratovarius - Nemesis

4. Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods

5. Amorphis - Circle

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Absolutely amazing year! The fact that a Dream Theater fanboy such as myself can't put their self titled release on the list either shows what a great year it was or how dissapointed I was with that album.

1. Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

2. Thyrfing - De Ödeslösa

3. Ghost B.C. - Infestissumam

4. An Autumn For Crippled Children - Try Not To Destroy Everything You Love

5. Kalmah - Seventh Swamphony

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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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Another yearly list from another faceless nobody. Yay!

1. Soilwork - The Living Infinite

2. Kalmah - Seventh Swamphony

3. Mercenary - Through Our Darkest Days

4. Fleshgod Apocalypse - Labyrinth

5. Lunarsea - Hundred Light Years

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TOP ALBUM ARTWORKS OF 2013

1. Inquisition - Obscure Verses For The Multiverse - Paolo Gidardi
2. Prosanctus Inferi - Noctambulous Jaws Within Sempiternal Night - Paolo Gidardi

1. Intronaut - Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words With Tones)

2. Gris - À L'Âme Enflammée, L'Äme Constellée...

3. Shade Empire - Omega Arcane

4. Dream Death - Somnium Excessum

5. Feared - Furor Incarnatus

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Same deal as the past 2 years. A list of albums I thoroughly enjoyed from this year. Subject to constant changing until the end of January 2014

1. Glorior Belli - Gators Rumble, Chaos Unfurls

2. Monster Magnet - Last Patrol

3. Anciients - Heart Of Oak

4. Amorphis - Circle

5. Autopsy - The Headless Ritual

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1. Finntroll - Blodsvept

2. Lunarsea - Hundred Light years

3. In Vain - Ænigma

4. Pessimist - Death from Above

5. Persefone - Spiritual Migration

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1. Finntroll - Blodsvept

2. Thyrfing - De Ödeslösa

3. Chthonic - Bú-Tik

4. Wolfchant - Embraced By Fire

5. Turmion Kätilöt - Technodiktator

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1. Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods

2. Amorphis - Circle

3. Finntroll - Blodsvept

4. Kalmah - Seventh Swamphony

5. Heaven Shall Burn - Veto

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Because I can't stop listening to music, but neither can I sacrifice my lovely descriptions, so same fare as before, but deleted descriptions for those covered in the first list.

1. Protest The Hero - Volition

2. Persefone - Spiritual Migration

3. Amorphis - Circle

4. Nero Di Marte - Nero Di Marte

5. Monolithe - Monolithe IV

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My favourite releases from 2013.

1. Abyssal - Novit Enim Dominus Qui Sunt Eius

2. Vallendusk - Black Clouds Gathering

3. Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn

4. Redwood Hill - Descender

5. Ævangelist - Omen Ex Simulacra

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That's the 2013 gnirpz's essentials in order, following the releases along the year. Every ranking should be based on production quality, originality, musical technicality and specs like that.

Unfortunatelly, mine is based on headbanging, taste of beer, air guitar and air drum solos.

2013 feelings, form best to worst

1. Gris - À L'Âme Enflammée, L'Äme Constellée...

2. Ghost B.C. - Infestissumam

3. Deafheaven - Sunbather

4. ASG - Blood Drive

5. Skeletonwitch - Serpents Unleashed

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1. Persefone - Spiritual Migration

2. Imperium Dekadenz - Meadows Of Nostalgia

3. Rotting Christ - Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy

4. Necrocurse - Grip Of The Dead

5. Gloryhammer - Tales From The Kingdom Of Fife

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1. Persefone - Spiritual Migration

2. Hypocrisy - End Of Disclosure

3. In Vain - Ænigma

4. October Tide - Tunnel Of No Light

5. Taake - Gravkamre, Kroner Og Troner

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