1. Dream Theater - Awake

2. Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

3. Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence

4. Dream Theater - Images And Words

5. Dream Theater - The Astonishing

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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. Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

2. Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings

3. Dream Theater - Images And Words

4. Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence

5. Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Of Events

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My album ratings, because Metalstorm's default album rating fineness of 1 does not satify me and because several albums are not featured here, partially due the fact not being metal or at least rock.

Ordered by rating, band, album release date

1. Árstíðir - Árstíðir

2. Bent Knee - Shiny Eyed Babies

3. Corsair - One Eyed Horse

4. Echolyn - Mei

5. Gorguts - Colored Sands

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Didn't explore so much as I wanted in 2013, but these ones caught my attention.
Order from the most to the rarely listened.

1. Orphaned Land - All Is One

2. Falkenbach - Asa

3. Amorphis - Circle

4. Equilibrium - Waldschrein

5. Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

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1. Persefone - Spiritual Migration

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

3. Witherscape - The Inheritance

4. Leprous - Coal

5. Avatarium - Avatarium

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My favorite albums of 2013. A year with a lot of great releases for prog fans!

1. Jolly - The Audio Guide To Happiness (Part 2)

2. Dream Theater - Dream Theater

3. Haken - The Mountain

4. Ghost B.C. - Infestissumam

5. Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

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This list is pretty diverse with the most Progressive Metal I think I've ever had on a year end list. This was also the toughest year end list to compile with the ridiculous amount of great music 2013 had.

1. Hell - Curse & Chapter

2. A Sound Of Thunder - Time's Arrow

3. Fates Warning - Darkness In A Different Light

4. Black Star Riders- All Hell Breaks Loose

5. Epysode - Fantasmagoria

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1. Witherscape - The Inheritance

2. Spiritual Beggars - Earth Blues

3. Soilwork - The Living Infinite

4. Kalmah - Seventh Swamphony

5. Tristania - Darkest White

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This is pretty much a carbon copy of a list I posted on deviantART. If you want to see me go into a little more detail on why I picked these albums (I find it hard to do that with MetalStorm's listing system) then check out the original list here: http://shuriken95.deviantart.com/journal/Top-35-Albums-of-2013-35-21-423820869

1. Leprous - Coal

2. Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

3. Future Of The Left - How To Stop Your Brain In An Accident

4. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

5. Haken - The Mountain

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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. Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

2. Dream Theater - Awake

3. Dream Theater - Octavarium

4. Dream Theater - Train Of Thought

5. Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Of Events

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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. Stratovarius - Nemesis

2. Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn

3. Heaven Shall Burn - Veto

4. Black Sabbath - 13

5. Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods

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