GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 2013

[Podgie]

IV: EMPIRES COLLAPSE by WARBRINGER

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Genre: Thrash Metal

"Warbringer? More like Snorebringer! I almost fell asleep listening to the new one, it was DULL." - @Podgie

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!!! I can't believe I said that (I'm such an arsehole haha) ...in my defense I still don't like that album. But to give them credit they bombed back into my good books when I heard Woe to the Vanquished, fucking killer record.

 

[Burkhard]

I don't remember when I called "Target Earth" just "quite enjoyable", but that was definitely an understatement, considering that this is my favourite Voivod-album since the realease of "Nothingface" and my overall fourth favourite album by them.

 

[CiG]

@RadicalThrasher let's do this thing!

 

[RadicalThrasher]

@RadicalThrasher let's do this thing!

Yeah started going through notes awhile back, but didn't look like a very good year for my liking. I'll give it another shot, probably do 2007 first just cause I'm close to finishing it

 

[CiG]

For me 2013 was a pretty killer year. Looking forward to the trip down memory lane!

 

[Slayed Necros]

I'll get us started.

1. Zemial - Nykta



2. Pentagram Chile - The Malefice



3. Krypts - Unending Degradation



4. Beyond - Fatal Power of Death



5. Sacriphyx - The Western Front



6. Darkthrone - The Underground Resistance



7. Cultes Des Ghoules - Henbane



8. Tribulation - The Formulas of Death



9. Ancient Crypts - Devoured by Serpents



10. Autopsy - The Headless Ritual

 

[RadicalThrasher]

Ancient Crypts is awesome!

 

[RadicalThrasher]

Spoiler

1. Beyond - Fatal Power of Death

2. Witchburner - Bloodthirsty Eyes

3. Warlord - The Holy Empire

4. Motorhead - Aftershock

5. Master - The Witchhunt

6. Condition Critical - Operational Hazard

7. Condor - S/T

8. Sorcery - Arrival at Six

9. Sodom - Epitome of Torture

10. Power Trip - Manifest Destination

 

[CiG]

Top 10 Albums of 2013 (10th anniversary edition):

1. Lobotomized - Norwegian Trash
Favourite song: "Crash Course in Camping"

2. Darkthrone - The Underground Resistance
Favourite song: "Leave No Cross Unturned"

3. Realmbuilder - Blue Flame Cavalry
Favourite song: "Blue Flame Cavalry"

4. Coffins - The Fleshland
Favourite song: "The Vacant Pale Vessel"

5. Obliteration - Black Death Horizon
Favourite song: "Black Death Horizon"

6. Tribulation - The Formulas of Death
Favourite song: "Apparitions"

7. Stone Titan - Scratch 'n Sniff
Favourite song: "I Wish I Was Fucking Dead"

8. Gorguts - Colored Sands
Favourite song: "Reduced to Silence"


9. Sacriphyx - The Western Front
Favourite song: "Wells of Beersheba"

10. Bottom Feeder - Grinding Teeth
Favourite song: "On Life Support"

Norwegian Trash is my only post-90's 10/10 album to date. Something I listen to a lot pretty much without fail.
If ever a single album could sum up my tastes, it's that one. It's retarded, catchy, funny, eclectic, derivative (in the best way possible), saxophone solos, accordions, harmonica, Autopsy-worship, sings about tractors, cheese, hobos, camper vans. It's glorious.

Choosing a favourite song was tough. I just as easily could've gone with any of these:

Spoiler

 

[Bloopy]

I also only have one post-90s 10/10 album... can ya believe the feckin' state of music these days. Near-middle aged man yells at cloud etc. Soon to be seen topping my 00s decade list if you can't be arsed looking it up.

 

[Burkhard]

1. Avatarium - Avatarium
2. Voivod - Target Earth
3. Bergtatt - Lagnadsoger
4. Mortillery - Origin of Extinction
5. Nightwish - Showtime, Storytime

My list remains the same.

 

[Cronopio]

01. Dreamtale - World Changed Forever
Favorite song: "The Signs Were True"

02. Helloween - Straight Out of Hell
Favorite song: "Far from the Stars"

03. Avantasia - The Myster of Time (A Rock Epic)
Favorite song: "Where Clock Hands Freeze"

04. ReinXeed - A New World
Favorite song: "The Journey Home"

05. Shadows Past - Perfect Chapter
Favorite song: "Impressed"

06. Battle Beast - Battle Beast
Favorite song: "Kingdom"

07. Timo Tolkki's Avalon - The Land of New Hope
Favorite song: "To the Edge of the Earth"

08. Alquimia de Alberto Rionda - Alquimia
Favorite song: "La Morada del Alquimista"

09. Armory - Empyrean Realms
Favorite song: "Dreamstate"

10. Civil War - The Killer Angels
Favorite song: "Saint Patrick's Day"

 

[Goodman]

1. Running Wild - Resilient
2. Annihilator - Feast
3. Anvil - Hope in Hell
4. Death Angel - The Dream Calls for Blood
5. Fates Warning - Darkness in a Different Light
6. Bloodgood - Dangerously Close
7. Dream Theater - Dream Theater
8. Queensrÿche - Queensrÿche
9. Royal Hunt - A Life to Die For
10. U.D.O. 2013 Steelhammer