Your best 2013-albums, the biggest letdown and your high hopes for 2014

[Kazar]

Let's take a look back at 2013, and share your high hopes/expectations for next year as well.

First, what are your favourite albums of 2013?
Second, which album unfortunately did not meet your expectations?
Third, what are the albums you are looking forward to the most in 2014?


P.s. Here's a big list of albums that will be released in 2014 (although not complete of course):
http://www.metalstorm.net/events/new_releases.php?upcoming=1

 

[CharlesWinter]

Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

 

[Xandra]

I've made a Top10 list of my favorite albums:

1. Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything
2. Haken - The Mountain
3. Pretty Maids - Motherland
4. Subsignal - Paraiso
5. The Winery Dogs
6. Sound Of Contact - Dimensionaut
7. Spock's Beard - Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep
8. Clive Nolan - Alchemy
9. Alter Bridge - Fortress
10. Stone Sour - House Of Gold & Bones Part 2

But it was so hard this year, maybe I should've done a Top20 and also add the new albums of Dream Theater, ReVamp, The Flower Kings, Avantasia, Leprous, Hardcore Superstar, Buckcherry, Stratovarius, Eden's Curse & James LaBrie.

Not sure if I had any disappointments... maybe I had hoped for a bit more out of the Dream Theater album and I gotta admit that the new self-titled Queensryche album didn't make it near my Top10 list even that I think the changes they made are more than fine.

Which albums do I look forward to most? The new Seventh Wonder album hopefully! Don't need much aside from that.

But I do look forward to get the new 'Frequency Drift' album, that's for sure. Also the new albums of Brother Firetribe, Transatlantic, Pain Of Salvation, Bigelf, Crippled Black Phoenix, Magnum and I'm sure lots more.

On a festival/concert note I would love to have Seventh Wonder at Sweden Rock Festival. That would be like the icing on the cake.

 

[Frankgate]

I could change my opinion in the next months but by now:

PROTEST THE HERO - VOLITION

 

[psychotropek]

Favorite albums of 2013 (not all metal):
Ayreon - Theory of Everything
Depeche Mode - Delta Machine
Front Line Assembly - Echogenetic
Mesh - Automation Baby
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
Pet Shop Boys - Electric
ReVamp - Wild Card

I still haven't listened to this year's Avantasia, Leaves' Eyes, and Dream Theater albums, but I do intend to!

For 2014, I'm looking forward to Within Temptation's Hydra, the new Adrenaline Mob and Devin Townsend's Casualties of Cool. If 2014 brought a new SW album that would be MINT.

 

[Stand Undefeated]

2013 was a bad year for me regarding prog metal, 2014 should be a good one.

I'm looking forward to the new SW if that happens and the new Distorted Harmony. They are great prog rock/metal, check them out!

 

[Islandstone]

Distorted Harmony are great, I have "Utopia" and look forward to their upcoming release. Other releases I look forward to (hopefully) this year....


Darkwater
Evergrey
Seventh Wonder
Opeth
Anathema
Gazpacho
Threshold
Vanden Plas
Adagio
Blind Guardian?? :Spin:



As for 2013 top discs....

Haken - The Mountain
Steven Wilson - The Raven that Refused to Sing
Witherscape - The Inheritance
Enshine - Origin
Jolly - The Audio Guide to Happiness Part 2

 

[guitarrizer]

Best of 2013 -my list in no particular order:

Joe Satriani "Unstoppable Momentum"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jRsh2PPHBI (in this song, everything after 1:40 brings me close to intelectual orgasm )

LaValle "Dear Sanity"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVdKQaojMfs (Dokken could do that nowadays if they only want to)


Fates Warning "Fates Warning - Darkness In A Different Light"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uapH3PTmSZk (excellent as hell, as in Parallels times)

Beggren Kerlake Band "Walk Tall"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FvC9Qaorck (a new incarnation of classic hard rock)

DGM "Momentum"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfzAL9jk2aI (not as good as FrAme, but still worth attention)

Dream Theater "Dream Theater"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx9-5AxFa4Y (everybody knows that or almost he should)

Jorn "Traveller"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If9T_KfkDyI (excellent hard rock)

Liquid Rain "Bright Obscurity"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDyTEicyCTg (progressive melodic metal gem)

Megadeth "Super Collider"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zZMnnOe-2A (the second half of the CD is much better than the first one)

Michael Shenker's Tempel Of Rock "Bridge The Gap"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kTNiX1b_ko (another gem for hard rock fans in the vain of Rainbow)

Royal Hunt "A Life To Die For"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97KICGmPzmI (DC Cooper is back)

Schubert In Rock "Schubert In Rock"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiitWIGMLBQ (hard rock once again)

Strike "We're Back"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGGSZ9_osDQ (melodic hard rock/AOR)

The Winery Dogs "The Winery Dogs"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnMBix9Zq5o (just brilliand musicianship - Portnoy+Sheehan+Kotzen)

Until Rain "Anthem To Creation"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E27fMfyI0bk (good heavy progressive stuff)

Vindcictiv "Cage Of Infinity"
(No clip on YT unfortunately... anyway, the new material is different than previous releases, more heavy metal but still with progressive touch)

New releases fot for 2014 wishlist:
Seventh Wonder (nothing left to say)
Anthriel (impressive band from Lion Music as well)
H.e.a.t (sound clips are excellent)
Winger (band that never failed)
Loud Lion (few years of waiting; check them out if you like classic Def Leppard)
Adagio (i'm still hungry after "Archangels Of Black")
and new releases from King Diamond, Symphony X, SOns Of Seasons and Silent Call would be a bliss

 

[guitarrizer]

Best of 2013 -my list in no particular order:

Joe Satriani "Unstoppable Momentum"
(in this song, everything after 1:40 brings me close to intelectual orgasm )

LaValle "Dear Sanity"
(Dokken could do that nowadays if they only want to)


Fates Warning "Fates Warning - Darkness In A Different Light"
(excellent as hell, as in Parallels times)

Beggren Kerlake Band "Walk Tall"
(a new incarnation of classic hard rock)

DGM "Momentum"
(not as good as FrAme, but still worth attention)

Dream Theater "Dream Theater"
(everybody knows that or almost he should)

Jorn "Traveller"
(excellent hard rock)

Liquid Rain "Bright Obscurity"
(progressive melodic metal gem)

Megadeth "Super Collider"
(the second half of the CD is much better than the first one)

Michael Shenker's Tempel Of Rock "Bridge The Gap"
(another gem for hard rock fans in the vain of Rainbow)

Royal Hunt "A Life To Die For"
(DC Cooper is back)

Schubert In Rock "Schubert In Rock"
(hard rock once again)

Strike "We're Back"
(melodic hard rock/AOR)

The Winery Dogs "The Winery Dogs"
(just brilliand musicianship - Portnoy+Sheehan+Kotzen)

Until Rain "Anthem To Creation"
(good heavy progressive stuff)

Vindcictiv "Cage Of Infinity"
(No clip on YT unfortunately... anyway, the new material is different than previous releases, more heavy metal but still with progressive touch)

New releases 2014 wishlist:

Seventh Wonder (nothing left to say)
Anthriel (impressive band from Lion Music as well)
H.e.a.t (sound clips are excellent)
Winger (band that never failed)
Loud Lion (few years of waiting; check them out if you like classic Def Leppard)
Adagio (i'm still hungry after "Archangels Of Black")
and new releases from King Diamond, Symphony X, Sons Of Seasons and Silent Call would be a bliss