Hi guys. I figured it was about that time of year, so here are my top ten picks for a pretty damn great year in metal.

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

2.Catuvolcus - Voyageurs De L'Aube

3.Amiensus - Restoration

4.Redwood Hill - Descender

5.Carcass - Surgical Steel

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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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TOP ALBUM ARTWORKS OF 2013

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

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

3.Shade Empire - Omega Arcane

4.Obliteration - Black Death Horizon

5.Dream Death - Somnium Excessum

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1.Carcass - Surgical Steel

2.Black Sabbath - 13

3.Sodom - Epitome Of Torture

4.Volbeat - Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies

5.Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods

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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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Same deal as the past 2 years. A list of albums I thoroughly enjoyed in 2013. No longer being edited.

1.Glorior Belli - Gators Rumble, Chaos Unfurls

2.Monster Magnet - Last Patrol

3.Anciients - Heart Of Oak

4.Amorphis - Circle

5.Autopsy - The Headless Ritual

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1.Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn

2.Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle

3.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Labyrinth

4.Kalmah - Seventh Swamphony

5.Ulcerate - Vermis

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1.Finntroll - Blodsvept

2.Thyrfing - De Ödeslösa

3.Chthonic - Bú-Tik

4.Wolfchant - Embraced By Fire

5.Turmion Kätilöt - Technodiktator

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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.Ghost - Infestissumam

2.Black Sabbath - 13

3.Rotting Christ - Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy

4.Clutch - Earth Rocker

5.Inquisition - Obscure Verses For The Multiverse

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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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My personal favourite Albums of 2013 so far. I'll try my best to keep this as updated as possible as the year goes on.

1.Tribulation - The Formulas Of Death

2.Carpe Noctem - In Terra Profugus

3.Bølzer - Aura (EP)

4.Eye Of Solitude - Canto III

5.Riverside - Shrine Of New Generation Slaves

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1.Persefone - Spiritual Migration

2.Imperium Dekadenz - Meadows Of Nostalgia

3.Rotting Christ - Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy

4.Necrocurse - Grip Of The Dead

5.Gloryhammer - Tales From The Kingdom Of Fife

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1.Persefone - Spiritual Migration

2.Hypocrisy - End Of Disclosure

3.In Vain - Ænigma

4.October Tide - Tunnel Of No Light

5.Taake - Gravkamre, Kroner Og Troner

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Ranked from Best to Worst, to what Sucks...
Suggestions are welcomed!

1.Amorphis - Circle

2.Sirenia - Perils Of The Deep Blue

3.Dark Tranquillity - Construct

4.Kalmah - Seventh Swamphony

5.Orphaned Land - All Is One

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