1. Haken - The Mountain

2. The Ocean - Pelagial

3. Persefone - Spiritual Migration

4. Witherscape - The Inheritance

5. Leprous - Coal

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MMmm yes....

1. Bölzer - Aura

2. Carcass - Surgical Steel

3. Extol - Extol

4. Inquisition - Obscure Verses For The Multiverse

5. Grave Miasma - Odori Sepulcrorum

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The albums I've enjoyed the most throughout the year. It won't be nearly as extensive as some others due to the fact that I simply don't have time to check out all the releases I'd like to. I'll try to keep it relatively varied however, that way there should hopefully be something for everyone. Also albums are in no specific order, might change that later.

1. All Pigs Must Die - Nothing Violates This Nature

2. Obsidian Tongue - A Nest Of Ravens In The Throat Of Time

3. Old Habits - Old Habits (EP)

4. Mouth Of The Architect - Dawning

5. Njiqahdda - Serpents In The Sky

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1. The Black Dahlia Murder - Everblack

2. Skeletonwitch - Serpents Unleashed

3. Bring Me The Horizon - Sempiternal

4. Dayshell - Dayshell

5. Rings Of Saturn - Dingir

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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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1. deafheaven - Sunbather

2. Protest the Hero - Volition

3. Omnium Gatherum - Beyond

4. The Ocean - Pelagial

5. Haken - The Mountain

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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 stand to this year's music since I'm dedicating myself to old records currently, so probably 3/4 of the stuff I checked out came to me from this site one way or another

1. Corrections House - Last City Zero

2. Dreadnought - Lifewoven

3. Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

4. Obscure Sphinx - Void Mother

5. Kayo Dot - Hubardo

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1. Gorguts - Colored Sands

2. The Ocean - Pelagial

3. Intronaut - Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words With Tones)

4. Anciients - Heart Of Oak

5. Revocation - Revocation

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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 no scale, the more ♦ there is, the better I like the album.

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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That's the 2013 gnirpz's essentials in order, following the releases along the year. Every ranking should be based on production quality, originality, musical technicality and specs like that.

Unfortunatelly, mine is based on headbanging, taste of beer, air guitar and air drum solos.

2013 feelings, form best to worst

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

2. Ghost B.C. - Infestissumam

3. Deafheaven - Sunbather

4. ASG - Blood Drive

5. Skeletonwitch - Serpents Unleashed

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Keeping track of my favourite albums this year (not really ordered)

1. Kingcrow - In Crescendo

2. Deafheaven - Sunbather

3. The Black Dahlia Murder - Everblack

4. Skeletonwitch - Serpents Unleashed

5. Anciients - Heart of Oak

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1. In Vain - Ænigma

2. Omnium Gatherum - Beyond

3. Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn

4. Dark Tranquillity - Construct

5. The Dillinger Escape Plan - One Of Us Is The Killer

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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 Stone- Haken/ s1- Blindead
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Great Lists to check out: R'Vannith, MechanisT, musclassia, teaster, Alex Fenger, !J.O.O.E.!, Nefarious, coolingsrock, 3rdWorld, any list by mz, Moose, etc.

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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Best (the rest, and the worst) of 2013 (thus far).
Partially ordered (the ones with descriptions).
Subject to change, as I see fit.

The curtain call to another fascinating year for metal beckons. Far from disappointing, 2013 is marked by some outstanding releases from various genres, many of whom excelled well beyond expectations. A pretty diverse and intense outing has yielded a very large number of albums to this list, a fact that I take heart from, especially from the more unknown ones from both MS and outside, as many of the obscure findings have truly caught me by surprise. All in all, it has been good fun finding and listening to awesome and diverse music, from both inside and outside of my comfort zone. Lastly, a special thank you to everyone who helped making the list better, with corrections and recommendations and whatever else, and those who made their appreciation felt in one way or the other, as well as other list makers, from whom I siphoned stuff up from time to time.

1. Ulcerate - Vermis

2. The Monolith Deathcult - Tetragrammaton

3. Persefone - Spiritual Migration

4. Witherscape - The Inheritance

5. Eye Of Solitude - Canto III

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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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