No particular order

1.Graveworm - As The Angels Reach The Beauty

2.Graveworm - Scourge Of Malice

3.Dimmu Borgir - For All Tid

4.Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst

5.Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

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1.Wintersun - Wintersun

2.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

3.Ensiferum - Ensiferum

4.Septicflesh - Communion

5.Insomnium - Above The Weeping World

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List of my favourite, 10/10 rated albums. One album per band.

Will be updated.

1.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Judas Priest - Painkiller

4.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

5.Iron Maiden - Brave New World

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This serves as a memory note, pretty much.

1.Insomnium - Above The Weeping World

2.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

3.Ghost Brigade - IV - One With The Storm

4.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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Order is sorted by album repeat.

1.Shade Empire - Omega Arcane

2.Soilwork - The Living Infinite

3.The Safety Fire - Mouth Of Swords

4.Protest The Hero - Volition

5.Battlecross - War Of Will

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2008 might've been my first proper taste of metal, with the acquisition of albums from the likes of Metallica, Megadeth, Black Sabbath and that most grandiose of gateway bands, DragonForce. 2009 might've seen me expanding my palette, with Iron Maiden, Alice In Chains, Avenged Sevenfold, and more entering my world, and Guns N' Roses triumphantly re-entering it. But 2010 was when I delved into more 'intense' stuff with Machine Head, In Flames, and most notably of all, Sylosis, and saw my relationship with metal shift from ever-increasing interest into full-blown love affair. To commemorate this 5-year anniversary, and because I love making lists, I decided to do a retrospective of the best albums and songs that have been released during this time period, and give brief tributes to them. Yay music!

1.Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth

2.Sylosis - Monolith

3.Protest The Hero - Volition

4.Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR

5.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

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1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Metallica - Metallica

3.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

4.Scorpions - Face The Heat

5.Stratovarius - Dreamspace

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1.Omnium Gatherum - Beyond

2.Stratovarius - Nemesis

3.Helloween - Straight Out Of Hell

4.Pretty Maids - Motherland

5.Battle Beast - Battle Beast

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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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Absolutely amazing year! The fact that a Dream Theater fanboy such as myself can't put their self titled release on the list either shows what a great year it was or how dissapointed I was with that album.

1.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

2.Tribulation - The Formulas Of Death

3.Frosttide - Awakening

4.Ghost - Infestissumam

5.In Vain - Ænigma

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1.Bring Me The Horizon - Sempiternal

2.Omnium Gatherum - Beyond

3.Stratovarius - Nemesis

4.Falkenbach - Asa

5.Asking Alexandria - From Death To Destiny

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1.Carcass - Surgical Steel

2.Sodom - Epitome Of Torture

3.Gorguts - Colored Sands

4.Hail Of Bullets - III The Rommel Chronicles

5.Omnium Gatherum - Beyond

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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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1.Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods

2.Omnium Gatherum - Beyond

3.Persefone - Spiritual Migration

4.Shade Empire - Omega Arcane

5.Kalmah - Seventh Swamphony

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1.In Vain - Ænigma

2.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

3.Witherscape - The Inheritance

4.Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods

5.Officium Triste - Mors Viri

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