Well, this is my first try of a list, probably not a lot will agree on my choices, but whatever. Here are the releases I thought were the best of 2013.

1.Ovid's Withering - Scryers Of The Ibis

2.Dead Silence Hides My Cries - The Symphony Of Hope

3.Abysmal Growls Of Despair - Eternal Lament

4.Shade Empire - Omega Arcane

5.Erra - Augment

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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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So now it's routine.

1.Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel

2.Nightingale - Retribution

3.Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen

4.Ghost Brigade - IV - One With The Storm

5.Boris - Noise

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Amon Amarth, kings of Skandinavia, melodic death titans! Their albums are here Best to worst. All are IMO, don't panic!

1.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

2.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

3.Amon Amarth - Versus The World

4.Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising

5.Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods

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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.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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Its in alphabetical order by albums... Some albums on this list may or may not be the exact description of Black or Doom Metal or their subgenres. They just seem to fit for my taste and way I like my Black And Doom dosage. I'm sure some may say Les Discrets and Alcest and other bands on the list can't be Black or Doom because of their sounds and lyrical themes, but if their music gives me that darkness that let's say Watain or Gorgoroth give in Black Metal just without the Satanic lyrics and more of the emotions of Blackness and Doom then to me its Black Metal and the same goes to whatever Doom bands are on my list. If anyone checks out my list, thanks.

1.Mental Home - Угра

2.Forgotten Tomb - ...And Don't Deliver Us From Evil

3.Profetus - ...To Open The Passages In Dusk

4.Narrow House - A Key To Panngrieb

5.A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays

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Essentially I composed this list as a note-to-self not to take my negative first impressions so seriously. Most of these tend to be works I initially rated a couple points (/10) lower, because the music didn't seem all that great to my ears. Again, most, tend to have increased value once I delved into the lyrics - sometimes entirely away from the music. Yeah... normally I couldn't care less whether you're singing about clown-phobias, alien invasions, SC battles, real war on Earth or alternative uses for vacuum cleaners. Oh, and on that note: Acid Reign (ensure Bandcamp-player is enabled in your user Settings) - is that another band's music entirely?

1.Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies

2.Anthrax - Stomp 442

3.Cathedral - Kingdom of Ends

4.Hypocrisy - Catch 22

5.Intruder - Psycho Savant

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1.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3.Stormwitch - Stronger Than Heaven

4.Fifth Angel - Fifth Angel

5.Pokolgép - Totális Metál

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1.Stratovarius - Nemesis

2.Powerwolf - Preachers Of The Night

3.Dragonfly - Atlas

4.Thaurorod - Anteinferno

5.Dreamtale - World Changed Forever

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No, I haven't yet really checked out MS' own 'Clandestine Cuts' demo-highlighting series. Lemme know, if you will, which ones might be the aces in the holes - and what's the best demo you've ever heard?

(write-ups are also on the way for Morbid Angel, Kataklysm, & possibly Nasca and Verm; text for Asphyx & Abandoned may or may not come... they kinda sing for themselves)

1.Anacrusis - Manic Impressions Demo

2.Deadfall - Ordeal by Fire

3.Testament - Demo:1

4.Vektor - Demolition

5.Ackros - Ackros

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1.Helloween - Walls Of Jericho

2.Rage - Prayers Of Steel

3.W.A.S.P. - The Last Command

4.Nasty Savage - Nasty Savage

5.Accept - Metal Heart

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1.Soilwork - The Living Infinite

2.Carcass - Surgical Steel

3.Death Angel - The Dream Calls For Blood

4.Monster Magnet - Last Patrol

5.Autopsy - The Headless Ritual

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This are some of the best bands coming from Serbia, all genres included. Needles to say, I will put in this list just bands I personally like, not all. Also, songs included may not be their best, but the ones I love. This is not final version of the list, it will be updated.

1.Abonos - Abonos

2.Alogia - Priče O Vremenu

3.Amon Din - Dinamoneyezed

4.Atlantida - Atlantida

5.Borislav Mitic - Fantasy

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