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…

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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So here we are again . After many years of dedication and love to this music that we call progressive metal, here are some of the best albums that ever existed and made the earth a better place . Give…

1.Dan Swanö - Moontower

2.Cynic - Traced In Air

3.Cynic - Focus

4.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

5.Enslaved - Ruun

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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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1.Deafheaven - Sunbather

2.Protest The Hero - Volition

3.Omnium Gatherum - Beyond

4.The Ocean - Pelagial

5.Haken - The Mountain

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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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1.Adrenaline Mob - Covertá

2.Amaranthe - The Nexus

3.Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods

4.Avantasia - The Mystery Of Time

5.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

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This is my list of favorite metal albums anno 2013. Make sure to give a comment or a thumb up, or both …

1.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

2.Avantasia - The Mystery Of Time

3.Stratovarius - Nemesis

4.Carcass - Surgical Steel

5.Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork

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My ranking of all Ayreon's studio albums. The indisputable best album for me is Into The Electric Castle, followed up closely by The Human Equation (I think Disc II is superior to Disc I though).

1.Ayreon - Into The Electric Castle

2.Ayreon - The Human Equation

3.Ayreon - 01011001

4.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

5.Ayreon - The Final Experiment

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1.Ihsahn - Das Seelenbrechen

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

3.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

4.Leprous - Coal

5.Obscure Sphinx - Void Mother

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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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Albums that share their name with a song usually have only one title track. However, there are also examples of albums where several songs contribute to the album name.

Please feel free to suggest more…

1.Alpinist - Lichtlærm

2.Anathema - Eternity

3.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

4.Black Flag - Damaged

5.Blindead - Absence

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A third revision was in order, after hearing the colossal "Void Mother" from Obscure Sphinx.

1.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

2.Obscure Sphinx - Void Mother

3.Chthonic - Bú-Tik

4.Altar Of Plagues - Teethed Glory & Injury

5.Skeletal Spectre - Voodoo Dawn

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Albums from 2013 worth being considered for a replay, I'm already having trouble remembering some of them. I'll TRY to order them from the one I liked most to the least.
I'm taking a passive…

1.Cult Of Luna - Vertikal

2.Corrections House - Last City Zero

3.Dreadnought - Lifewoven

4.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

5.Obscure Sphinx - Void Mother

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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…

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.Persefone - Spiritual Migration

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

3.Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle

4.Leprous - Coal

5.The Ocean - Pelagial

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