Obviously, a list of my favorite songs, or songs that mean something special to me at least. I don't remember them all of course so I'll be adding more as soon as I'm reminded of them.
I wanted to pull this off on Spotify but I'm missing a whole lot of songs, so I figured this would be a good place to save it.

1. After Forever - Decipher

2. Ahab - The Giant

3. Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs

4. Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

5. Between The Buried And Me - The Great Misdirect

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This list contains most beautiful, majestic and soul-touching releases I've ever experienced.
My most favorite genres are Black Metal, Post Metal, Shoegaze, Doom Metal, Ambient and Neo-Classical in general .

Albums are ranked by the year,I think this way is more useful.

I will keep expanding my list as i can.

1. Anathema - The Silent Enigma

2. Blut Aus Nord - Ultima Thulée

3. Deinonychus - The Silence Of December

4. Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta I - Fathers Of The Icy Age

5. Burzum - Filosofem

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Exclusively stuff off Metalstorm, list would be way too big if not.

1. Woods of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light

2. Devin Townsend - Deconstruction

3. Death Grips - The Money Store

4. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

5. Swans - To Be Kind

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Here's a list of albums that are so obscure it's almost a crime. The list is ordered so that albums scoring high in both obscurity and quality are near the top.

WORK IN PROGRESS. Some of the albums ending up here may already be "Metal Storm approved", but this might be used for broader reference.

1. Skein - Of Wings Unfolding

2. Oddland - The Treachery Of Senses

3. Turbid North - Orogeny

4. Chaos Divine - The Human Connection

5. Anthriel - The Pathway

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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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I do my best to feel confident about my top 10, After that 11-100 are just alphabetical.

1. Ayreon - The Theory of Everything

2. Iron Maiden - Brave New World

3. Evergrey - The Inner Circle

4. Obscure Sphinx - Void Mother

5. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor

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All genres...

1. Chelsea Wolfe - Pain is Beauty

2. In Solitude - Sister

3. True Widow - Circumambulation

4. Subrosa - More Constant Than The Gods

5. Mazzy Star - Seasons Of Your Day

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Hello and welcome to my first ever top albums list. While I've been listening to metal for over 15 years I've never compiled an actual year end list. The reason for this is because I feel my current favorites to be ever changing dependent on mood, season and situational. But the reason I feel it's necessary is because I want to spread the joy of music. I see many people jaded on music, well if this list is any indication music is alive and doing some amazing things. I've encountered so many lists this year and honestly can't say there's anything close to my list. Whole brilliant albums left off of list after list, but it is all opinion. Other albums held up in high regard that just made me shake my head or perplex me. Even reading many lists gets annoying do to slideshows or advertisement overload or no explanations, I've made this as easy to browse as I could. This is a celebration of the music of 2013. Doing this list was fun yet stressful for me. To me a list isn't a versus or better than. It's just a personal list, still I want to make the numbers carry weight and importance.
Enjoy, comment below and spread the word

1. In Vain - Ænigma

2. Soilwork - The Living Infinite

3. Amorphis - Circle

4. Obscure Sphinx - Void Mother

5. Haken - The Mountain

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1. Haken - The mountain

2. The Ocean - Pelagial

3. New Keepers Of The Water Towers - The Cosmic Child

4. Persefone - Spiritual Migration

5. Leprous - Coal

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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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1. Dark Tranquillity - Construct

2. Wolfheart - Winterborn

3. Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods

4. Ihsahn - Das Seelenbrechen

5. October Tide - Tunnel Of No Light

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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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in no particular order

1. At The Gates - At War With Reality

2. Eluveitie - Origins

3. Opeth - Pale Communion

4. Alestorm - Sunset On The Golden Age

5. Equilibrium - Erdentempel

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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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Here are my top 20 metal albums of this year (without any order).

* The list's title in eng means: "decent year".
** To create the thumbnail I used Sky Ferreira's cover art for Night Time, My Time, shot by Gaspar Noé.

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

2. Obscure Sphinx - Void Mother

3. Subrosa - More Constant Than The Gods

4. Tribulation - The Formulas Of Death

5. Funeralium - Deceived Idealism

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