1.The Ocean - Pelagial

2.Deafheaven - Sunbather

3.Kvelertak - Meir

4.Obscure Sphinx - Void Mother

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

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1.Dark Tranquillity - Construct

2.Rotting Christ - Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy

3.Leprous - Coal

4.Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn

5.Heaven Shall Burn - Veto

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My favorite albums of 2013. They are listed in a random order.

1.Kvelertak - Meir

2.Shade Empire - Omega Arcane

3.Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods

4.Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle

5.Wolfheart - Winterborn

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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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1.Haken - The Mountain

2.The Ocean - Pelagial

3.Witherscape - The Inheritance

4.Obscure Sphinx - Void Mother

5.Persefone - Spiritual Migration

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There is no real arrangement here, apart for the top 3.

1.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

2.Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn

3.The Vision Bleak - Witching Hour

4.Avatarium - Avatarium

5.Black Sabbath - 13

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List of my Favourite Metal albums of 2013

I have definitely found myself straying away from "classic metal" albums and have rather been drawn to albums which are more experimental.

1.Deafheaven - Sunbather

2.Altar Of Plagues - Teethed Glory & Injury

3.Touche Amore - Is Survived By

4.Oathbreaker - Eros-Anteros

5.Locrian - Return To Annihilation

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1.Haken - The Mountain

2.The Ocean - Pelagial

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

4.Deafheaven - Sunbather

5.Leprous - Coal

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10 Best albums of June 2013

1.Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn

2.Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods

3.Kalmah - Seventh Swamphony

4.Black Sabbath - 13

5.Agathodaimon - In Darkness

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1.Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn

2.Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle

3.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Labyrinth

4.Kalmah - Seventh Swamphony

5.Ulcerate - Vermis

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These albums get me hard.

1.The Meads Of Asphodel - Sonderkommando

2.Power Trip - Manifest Decimation

3.Lingua Mortis Orchestra - LMO

4.Symbolic - Xenatopia

5.Carpe Noctem - In Terra Profugus

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1.The Ocean - Pelagial

2.Dark Tranquillity - Construct

3.Leprous - Coal

4.Constantine - Resign Due

5.Fireproven - Omnipresence [EP]

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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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1.Ghost - Infestissumam

2.Black Sabbath - 13

3.Rotting Christ - Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy

4.Clutch - Earth Rocker

5.Inquisition - Obscure Verses For The Multiverse

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These are the albums I've enjoyed so far this year to which I've given an approximate rating and organised in a rough order of preference. As the year progresses I'll add some descriptions to them as well. EP's are also included.

Recent additions: Armory, Russian Circles, Ulver, Tad Morose, SubRosa, Almah, Blood Bright Star, Autumnblaze, Ayreon, Chthonic, Darkestrah, God Is An Astronaut, Képzelt Város, Lodz, Månegarm, Obscure Sphinx, Caligula's Horse, Sky Architect, Keldian, Monster Magnet

1.Vulture Industries - The Tower

2.The Moth Gatherer - A Bright Celestial Light

3.Walrus - Walrus

4.Clutch - Earth Rocker

5.Oranssi Pazuzu - Valonielu

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