Compiled for personal recollection as much as it is for public scrutiny, I hope this list leads you somewhere you want to go. No Order whatsoever. I'm using ♦ to rate the albums, there's really…

1.The Ruins Of Beverast - Blood Vaults (The Blazing Gospel Of Heinrich Kramer)

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

3.Witherscape - The Inheritance

4.Wormlust - The Feral Wisdom

5.Ulcerate - Vermis

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Pretty self explanatory. Although I usually forget to keep these kinds of lists up all year so we'll see if I keep this one up all year or forget about this one too after a couple months...

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1.Abyssal - Novit Enim Dominus Qui Sunt Eius

2.Amiensus - Restoration

3.Lascaille's Shroud - Interval 01: Parallel Infinities - The Inner Universe

4.Katalepsy - Autopsychosis

5.Octopus - Into The Void Of Fear

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Track of the year: Prayer for Ascetic Misery- Ævangelist
Runners-up: Dyodyo Asema- Gnaw Their Tongues & Alkerdeel / Hereditaria- Lords of Bukkake /In Silence - The Prophecy/ Overcome- Hacride/ Atlas…

1.Ævangelist - Omen Ex Simulacra

2.Cult Of Occult - Hic Est Domus Diaboli

3.Lords of Bukkake - Desagravio

4.Eloa Vadaath - Dead End Proclama

5.Haken - The Mountain

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1.Witherscape - The Inheritance

2.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

3.Týr - Valkyrja

4.Thrawsunblat - Thrawsunblat II: Wanderer On The Continent Of Saplings

5.Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn

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My top 50 from 2013. Definitely a triumphant year for death metal. Enjoy, my heathens.

1.Grave Miasma - Odori Sepulcrorum

2.Wormlust - The Feral Wisdom

3.Station Dysthymia - Overhead, Without Any Fuss, The Stars Were Going Out

4.Gorguts - Colored Sands

5.Altar Of Plagues - Teethed Glory & Injury

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This will the best place to jot down my favorite music for 2013...I'll follow IronAngel's rating system (3.5-5 and can change at anytime). Arrows indicate trending...

1.Altar Of Plagues - Teethed Glory & Injury

2.Everything In Slow Motion - Phoenix

3.Steak Number Eight - The Hutch

4.Fen - Dustwalker

5.Enshine - Origin

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1.Progenie Terrestre Pura - U . M . A.

2.Battle Dagorath - Cursed Storm Of Ages

3.Abyssal - Novit Enim Dominus Qui Sunt Eius

4.Lychgate - Lychgate

5.Deafheaven - Sunbather

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1.Persefone - Spiritual Migration

2.Amorphis - Circle

3.Nero Di Marte - Nero Di Marte

4.Riverside - Shrine Of New Generation Slaves

5.The Ocean - Pelagial

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

2.Monolithe - Monolithe IV

3.Nails - Abandon All Life

4.Totem Skin - Still Waters Run Deep

5.Ataraxie - L'Être Et La Nausée

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A little list of albums that have been kicking my ass as of late. Some albums on this list may appear to be "odd" choices, but "crushing" in this context does not necessarily mean heavy.

1.Esoteric - The Pernicious Enigma

2.Ahab - The Divinity Of Oceans

3.Agalloch - The Mantle

4.Warning - Watching From A Distance

5.Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All

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