Top Ten 2013

[Wyvern]

Is the time of the year again. The regulars know the drill, and for the newbies basically is to post your top 10 (20, 25, whatever) albums, songs, concerts, DVDs, and anything else related to METAL.

Anyone can comment on any other person list as long as is not to drop a bomb, being annoying or so. So any post that the mods deemed as offensive or irrelevant to topic will be eliminated on sight.

And as usual I'm not going to post mine until Dec 31. Still waiting or some albums and not sure about the positions 10-20

P.S After some posts are made I'm going to put it in the sticky section.

 

[poundingmetal74]

The "Big 3" of prog metal made my top 10. Is it 1994?
10. Pink Cream 69 - Ceremonial
9. Queensryche - Frequency Unknown (For obvious reasons)
8. Place Vendome - Thunder in the Distance (Not quite Unisonic, but the best PV disc so far. Kiske still has it)
7. Fates Warning - Darkness in a Different Light (Great return to form)
6. Dream Theater - Self Titled (See above)
5. Pamela Moore - Resurrect Me (Really enjoyed this disc. Production is slammin' too. She was a joy to interview earlier this year)
4. Stratovarius - Nemesis (Haven't cared anything they've done in a decade, what a fantastic album. Very heavy, very controlled.)
3. Stryper - No More Hell to Pay (Best album of their career!)
2. Skid Row - United World Rebellion Chapter 1 (Solid return to form, with an absolutely killer EZO cover)
1. Queensryche - S/T (They're back on top, with an album I've been waiting 20 years to hear)
*Theocracy - S/T 2013 Remix (Absolutely loved the great job Matt did remixing this album. It went from a very good album, to a great one)

Concerts: Skid Row - Detroit, Queensryche - twice (Toledo and Detroit, including meeting the band in Toledo!), Kim Mitchell, Vince Neil, BB King, Alice Cooper, and a handful of comedians like Lisa Lampanelli and Frank Caliendo.

Interviews:
This was an amazing year for me in terms of radio interviews. I got to interview a dozen or so musical heroes and record producers. Other huge names coming either this month or next. Musicians I interviewed included:
Geoff Tate (Queensryche)
Snake Sabo (Skid Row)
Scott Rockenfield (Queensryche)
Gus G (Ozzy, Firewind, Dream Evil)
Pamela Moore (Queensryche's Sister Mary)
Dave Rude (Tesla)
Michael Sweet (Stryper)
Joseph and Jon Leon (White Wizzard)

And producers/engineers:
Michael Wagener (Master of Puppets, No More Tears, Slave to the Grind)
Jimbo Barton (Rush, Queensryche, Metallica)
Paul Northfield (Rush's Moving Pictures, Alice Cooper, Dream Theater)
Maor Appelbaum (Mastering engineer of Halford, Sepultura, William Shatner, etc.)

 

[mdmatt4ever]

i will post my top 25 as i feel it gives a better picture of not only my tastes in music but the year in music

1 david bowie- the next day
2 black sabbath- 13
3 tom keifer- the way life goes
4 dave davies- I will be me
5 the winery dogs- self titled
6 the rides- can’t get enough
7 stryper- no more hell to pay
8 willie nelson- lets face the music and dance
9 king kobra- II
10 deep purple- now what
11 buddy guy- rhythm and blues
12 elton john- the diving board
13 shooter jennings- the other life
14 leslie west- still climbing
15 eric burdon- til your river runs dry
16 league of gentlemen- first album
17 kill devil hill- revolution rise
18 sammy hagar- sammy and friends
19 joan jett- unvarnished
20 flotsam and jetsam- ugly noise
22 rob zombie- venomous rat
22 justin hayward- spirits of the western sky
23 bon jovi- what about now
24 megadeth- super collider
25 krokus- dirty dynamite


have not heard yet:
boston- life, love and hope
stone sour- house of gold and bones part II
soulfly- savages
buckcherry- confessions
fates warning- darkness in a different light

 

[TageRyche]

My list isn't ready yet as I've got a few discs left to listen to.

 

[wdiv]

There were 4 standout albums for me:
1. Black Sabbath - 13
2. Fates Warning - Darkness in a Different Light
3. Warlord - The Holy Empire
4. Blood Ceremony - The Eldrich Dark

 

[Platinum Maze]

my favs this year:

Queensryche - Queensryche
Fates Warning - Darkness In A Different Light
Death Angel - The Dream Calls For Blood
Dream Theater - Dream Theater (first one from them I've liked in a long time)
Generation Kill - We're All Gonna Die (these guys are good friends of mine!)
Carcass - Surgical Steel
Michael Schenker - Bridge The Gap (just got this... so far, so good)
Voivod - Target Earth

 

[Hawk]

The albums that made an impression on me in alphabetic order:

Annihilator - Feast
Attacker - Giants Of Canaan
Carcass - Surgical Steel
Cloudkicker - Subsume
Cynthesis - ReEvolution
Gigan - Multi-Dimensional Fractal Sorcery and Super Science
Intronaut - Habitual Levitations
Kataklysm - Waiting For The End To Come
Memento Waltz - Division By Zero
Misery Index - Live In Munich
Queensryche - Queensryche
Satyricon - Satyricon
Tad Morose - Revenant
Watain - The Wild Hunt
Woe - Withdrawal

Carcass will probably be my number one. Queensryche and Cloudkicker will be second and third place (when nothing changes).

I guess most of you have never heard of Cloudkicker. So I post a youtube of the album below.
Note: this is a instrumental album and the sound starts after the 1:40 mark. Yes, that is a bit weird, I know.

 

[Marco Spain]

Above all, by far:

CALADAN BROOD - Echoes of battle (one of the best albums I listened in years)

After that:

HELL - Curse and chapter
ANNEKE VAN GIESBERGEN - Drive
PURSON - The Circle and the blue door
WITHERSCAPE - The inheritance
ALTER BRIDGE - Fortress
RAGE WITH LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTRA
AUTUMN BLAZE - Every sun is fragile
CARCASS - Surgical Steel
MY DYING BRIDE - The manuscript
AVULSED - Ritual zombie
ORCHID - The mouth of madness

 

[kuier]

1. Carcass - Surgical Steel
2. Vreid - Welcome Farewell
3. Queensrÿche- Queensrÿche
4. Newsted- Heavy Metal Music
5. King Kobra - KKII
6. Black Sabbath - 13
7. Krokus - Dirty Dynamite
8. Arx - Ordo Ab Pax
9. Barbe-Q-Barbies - Breaking All The Rules
10.James LaBrie - Impermanent Resonance
11.Autopsy - Headless Ritual
12.Five Finger Death Punch - The Wrong Side blah blah
13.Mercenary - Through Our Darkest Days
14.Crashdiet - Savage Playground
15.Amon Amarth - Deceiver of the Gods

 

[SoundMaster]

1) Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing

2) Dream Theater - Dream Theater
3) Sabbath - 13
4) My Dying Bride - Manuscript
5) Fates Warning - Darkness in a Different Light
6) UDO - Steamhammer (a barn-stormer to be sure!)
7) Pearl Jam - Sirens
8) S.U.N.
9) Jolly - Audio Guide to Happiness
10) Gorguts - Sands
11) Govt Mule - Shout
12) Megadeth - Supercollider
13) Flotsam
14) Deep Purple
15) Queensryche (both of them!)


There were also a slew of awesome live releases this year:
1) Humble Pie - Rockin the Fillmore Complete Collection
2) Steve Hackett - Genesis Revisited
3) Dream Theater - Live at Luna Park
4) Robin Trower - Live Across America
5) Rush - Clockwork
6) Hendrix - Miami Pop
7) Kreator
8) Testament

 

[KMADD]

In no particular order.
Scorpion Child-S/T
All Pigs Must Die-Nothing Violates This Nature
Battlecross-War Of Will
The Black Dahlia Murder-Everblack
Carcass-Surgical Steel
Gorguts-Colored Sands
Impending Doom-Death Will Reign
Pathology-Lords Of Rephaim
Jungle Rot-Terror Regime

Yeah I know only 9 but I'm broke and i also have a f/t job and I'm still a drilling reservist so i have no time.

 

[MetalAges]

I have a silly question for you all.

I am always TERRIBLE about these kind of lists because I can't seem to recall what I picked up and when. that said... how do you all recollect what you bought (and that it was released this year) to be able to come up with your lists?

That said - one of my tops this year is the new Vangough "Between the Madness" - if you are a fan of Pain of Salvation, Barren Earth and Porcupine Tree - I HIGHLY recommend you check this one out. It's a great combination of those 3 yet they maintain their own sound. www.officialvangough.com has some full song streams.

 

[Hawk]

I rip my albums to mp3 (320 CBR) and sort them on year in iTunes. And because I use the 'smart playlist' option new albums are automaticly added to the list.

So I have a nice and complete overview.

Btw, When I used windows I used foobar2000 to do the same thing.

 

[poundingmetal74]

I have a silly question for you all.

I am always TERRIBLE about these kind of lists because I can't seem to recall what I picked up and when. that said... how do you all recollect what you bought (and that it was released this year) to be able to come up with your lists?

Like Hawk said, I sort my mp3 collection by Date Modified and see what I've added in the past year. I also take note of how many songs I added from each album. If I added 1-2, it's probably not making my top 10. If I added the entire disc, likely top 5 material.

 

[Wyvern]

I have a silly question for you all.

I am always TERRIBLE about these kind of lists because I can't seem to recall what I picked up and when. that said... how do you all recollect what you bought (and that it was released this year) to be able to come up with your lists?

Since I only buy in physical format it's pretty easy. I have a Word document and I start inserting the data as I get the CDs.

The actual problem for me it's not remembering but sorting the albums from top to bottom

 

[mdmatt4ever]

Since I only buy in physical format it's pretty easy. I have a Word document and I start inserting the data as I get the CDs.

The actual problem for me it's not remembering but sorting the albums from top to bottom

thats what i do. create a word document so as the year goes on i can somewhat keep track of what i buy. i am running out of room though so eventually the buying will slow down. i guess thats ok since the cd format will be dead in a few years.

 

[wdiv]

thats what i do. create a word document so as the year goes on i can somewhat keep track of what i buy. i am running out of room though so eventually the buying will slow down. i guess thats ok since the cd format will be dead in a few years.

I use rateyourmusic.com and log each of my CDs when I add them to my collection. Site also lets you rate & review disks.

 

[MetalAges]

^ I've often thought of building a site similar to that - but somehow coming up with a novel idea of creating a true music social media site.

Sorting by year in itunes was a big "duh" moment haha. I'll have to try that.

 

[Hawk]

Sorting by year in itunes was a big "duh" moment haha. I'll have to try that.

Deron you can dot it with 'smart playlists'.
iTunes does not have a 'sort on year' option. But smart playlists are much better.

Be sure to check 'live updating'.

 

[Burkhard]

Among the 10 albums released this year which I bought were only four metal albums, so my list is very short:

1. Avatarium - "Avatarium"
2. Mortillery - "Origin Of Extinction"
2. Voivod - "Target Earth"
4. Nightwish - "Showtime, Storytime"

Another album might at least be considered metal-related, so I'll mention it as well:
Bergtatt - "Lagnadsoger"

np: Avatarium - "Moonhorse"