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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Uldreth is good at deciding what he likes and what he does not, but is terrible at setting a definitive order at them. So all albums in this list are ordered alphabetically. All albums included are positives and the degree of their positivity is measured by stars.

1.65daysofstatic - Wild Light

2.After The Burial - Wolves Within

3.August Burns Red - Rescue & Restore

4.Bad Religion - True North

5.Barrow - Though I'm Alone

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My favourite albums of 2013. (In order of preference, and only including albums I would rate 7+).

1.Deafheaven - Sunbather

2.Protest The Hero - Volition

3.TesseracT - Altered State

4.Ovid's Withering - Scryers Of The Ibis

5.Means End - The Didact

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1.Haken - The Mountain

2.Vangough - Between The Madness

3.Caligula's Horse - The Tide, The Thief & River's End

4.Kingcrow - In Crescendo

5.Thought Chamber - Psykerion

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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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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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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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Same deal as the past 2 years. A list of albums I thoroughly enjoyed in 2013. No longer being edited.

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.Cangaço - Rastros

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

3.Omnium Gatherum - Beyond

4.The Ocean - Pelagial

5.Timo Tolkki's Avalon - The Land Of New Hope

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My choices of albums with strong forms of atmospheric sound in metal. Recommendations are welcome, though I won't add all as this will be towards personal taste.

1.A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays

2.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

3.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

4.Akelei - De Zwaarte Van Het Doorstane

5.Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde

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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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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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1.The Ocean - Pelagial

2.Dark Tranquillity - Construct

3.Leprous - Coal

4.Constantine - Resign Due

5.Fireproven - Omnipresence [EP]

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As always - work in progress

1.Witherscape - The Inheritance

2.The Ocean - Pelagial

3.Riverside - Shrine Of New Generation Slaves

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

5.Omnium Gatherum - Beyond

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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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