Album of the Year Nominations 2013

Passenger

It's around that time of year where we consider the best releases of 2013. There have been plenty of excellent releases this year so there shouldn't be any lack of contributions.

With the good Lord and Doctor's blessing of course I suggest we keep the nominations to cover the gamut of Rock & Metal as opposed to doing separate categories for each subgenre as last year didn't garner a huge amount of participation as there was too many categories IMO thus the voting process became convoluted.

So go ahead and nominate your favourite albums of the year and at the appropriate time the Mods or myself will announce the winners. (I'm thinking a Top 10 list). If anybody has any opinions, feel free to express them or go ahead and make any suggestions you may have.

*Try keep your nominations to around 5 releases this year for the interest of quality.

GLaDOS

So many quality releases this year, though my first choice is Steven Wilson - The Raven that Refused to Sing

I will also nominate
Ayreon - The Theory of Everything
Pelican - Forever Becoming
Russian Circles - Memorial
ASG - Blood Drive

scudzilla

How about doing the same as i do in the gig of the year thread? Take all nominations, then the Top 10 go into a poll in a separate thread, with 1 vote per user, has worked fine for gig of the year for last 3yrs

Passenger

Superb list ScienceNerd. I'm sure I'll think of other releases but off the top of my head my nominations are:

Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing
James Labrie - Impermeable Resonance
Ayreon - The Theory of Everything
Dark Tranquillity - Construct
Ihsahn - Das Seelenbrechen

Passenger

scudzilla wrote: »

How about doing the same as i do in the gig of the year thread? Take all nominations, then the Top 10 go into a poll in a separate thread, with 1 vote per user, has worked fine for gig of the year for last 3yrs

Well that's what we're doing. Everybody nominates their top 5 albums and then the most nominated albums at the end are compiled in the seperate Album of the Year thread.

xerces

There are a few more I would have liked to listen to, but my five are:

Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories)

Deafheaven - Sunbather

Sigur Ros - Kveikur

Karnivool - Asymmetry

Bruce Soord with Jonas Renkse - Wisdom of Crowds

Morf

Autopsy - The Headless Ritual
Deafheaven - Sunbather
Paramore - Paramore
Portal - Vexovoid
Refraction - Helixian

Lithium93_

I know it's not 5 albums, but 2013 has seen some quality releases, so this is my list for the album of the year nomination

Airbourne - Black Dog Barking
Stone Sour - House Of Gold & Bones Part 2
Black Sabbath -13
Children Of Bodom - Halo Of Blood
Dream Theater - Self Titled
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
Alter Bridge - Fortress
A7X - Hail To The King

SilverScreen

Altar of Plagues - Teethed Glory and Injury
Cult of Luna - Vertikal
Stara Rzeka - Cień Chmury Nad Ukrytym Polem
Amplifier - Echo Street
Kylesa - Ultraviolet

Gonzovision

Deafheaven - Sunbather
65daysofstatic - Wild Light
Russian Circles - Memorial
Ulver - Messe I.X-VI.X
Gorguts - Colored Sands

Say Your Number

Lordi - To Beast or Not To Beast

Stone Sour - House of Gold & Bones Part 2

Volbeat - Outlaw Gentlemen and Shady Ladies

The Answer - New Horizon

Black Spiders - This Savage Land

Liam McPoyle

Disappointing year for albums imo.

Highlight for me has been Everblack by The Black Dahlia Murder.

Havnt had a chance to listen to the new Deicide one yet but I have high hopes for it.

RayCon

Steven Wilson - The Raven that Refused to Sing

close thread.

Mushy

Steven Wilson - Raven That Refused to Sing
QotSA - ...Like Clockwork
Arctic Monkeys - AM

Nea

So many good albums this year.....hard to break down to 5.

The Ocean - Pelagial
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing
Amorphis - Circle
Orphaned Land - All Is One
Satan - Life Sentence

StaticAge11

Queens of the Stone Age - ...like Clockwork
Alterbridge - Fortress
Biffy Clyro -Opposites
Trivium -Vengeance Falls
Stone Sour - House of Gold and Bones part 2

Somnus

Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing
Ayreon - The Theory of Everything
Pelican - Forever Becoming
Russian Circles - Memorial

These are definitely the albums that stand out to me so far. It'll be tricky to pick just one!

Angron

Carcass - Surgical Steel

Have yet to listen to the Deicide album Coleman Slawski mentioned, hope that's a good one.

Knifey Spoony

Slow enough year for new releases for me, but...

Rest - I Hold the Wolf
Earthless - From the Ages

Nephilim Wolf

I nominate:

Amorphis - Circle
Dark Tranquillity - Construct
Amon Amarth - Deciever of The Gods
Magister Templi - Lucifer Leviathan Logos
Omnium Gatherum - Beyond
Black Sabbath - 13
Darkthrone - The Underground Resistance
Soror Dolorosa - No More Heroes
Ghost - Infestissumam
Mael Mordha - Damned When Dead

Useful.Idiot

I have still quite a apparent few crackers to get around to listening but so far for me:

Ulcerate - Vermis
Altar of Plagues - Teethed Glory and Injury
Gorguts - Colored Sands
Grave Miasma - Odori Sepulcrorum
Portal - Vexovoid
Mourning Beloveth - Formless
Ruins of Beverast - Blood Vaults
Queens of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
Foals - Holy Fire

machiavellianme

Ghost - Infestissumam
Bad Religion - True North
Amon Amarth - Deceiver of the Gods
Future of the Left - How to Stop your brain in an accident

buck65

Mourning Beloveth - Formless

Altar of Plagues - Teethed Glory and Injury



2 massive albums from 2 Irish bands, nothing else came close this year for me. Pity these acts are sometimes ignored on this forum and by the Irish public. Just a cursory look at some of the albums mentioned here already pale against these releases.

Liam McPoyle

buck65 wrote: »

Mourning Beloveth - Formless

Altar of Plagues - Teethed Glory and Injury



2 massive albums from 2 Irish bands, nothing else came close this year for me. Pity these acts are sometimes ignored on this forum and by the Irish public. Just a cursory look at some of the albums mentioned here already pale against these releases.

In your opinion.

Banjo

QotSA - ...Like Clockwork
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt

I'd vote for more, but that's basically all the new music I got around to. I'm sure there were many other quality releases this year, but I didn't get time to listen to them

happyoutscan

Surprised it hasn't been mentioned in more lists but for me it's Carcass 'Surgical Steel'. An absolute masterpiece.

Frank Grimes

I'll go with two already mentioned:

Carcass - Surgical Steel
Portal - Vexovoid

sxt

CuLtHes Des GhOulEs - Henbane *
Paysage d'hiver ~ Das Tor
Inquisition ~ Obscure Verses for the Multiverse
Progenie Terrestre Pura : U.M.A.
Ruins of Beverast .:. Blood Vaults /The Blazing Gospels of Heinrich Kramer
Mourning Beloveth - Formless

Useful.Idiot

Coleman Slawski wrote: »

In your opinion.

nah, it's fact :P

still really have to give Surgical Steel a listen, the promo single released from it was excellent

Kess73

In no particular order, and no doubt I will be kicking myself for leaving something good out......

Five Finger Death Punch - The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1

Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing

Bad Religion - True North

Clutch - Earth Rocker

Ancient Wisdom - Deathlike

Karnivool - Asymmetry

Pelican - Forever Becoming

Soil - Whole

TRC - Nation

Protest The Hero - Volition

We As Human - We As Human



Have ended up leaving out a lot of other albums (has actually been a pretty busy year in terms of good releases although not a good year for blow everything away type releases imo) and am struggling to turn the above list into a top five.

nacho libre

Inquisition ~ Obscure Verses for the Multiverse
Monarque - Lys Noir
Deicide - In the Minds of Evil
The Ruins of Beverast - Blood Vaults - The Blazing Gospel of Heinrich Kramer

Nippledragon

Carcass - Surgical Steel. Brilliant guitar work as always

blastman

The Temperance Movement - The Temperance Movement
Fish - A Feast Of Consequences
Frank Turner - Tape Deck Heart
Clutch - Earth Rocker
13 - Black Sabbath
Maiden England '88 - Iron Maiden

Axe2fall

Hard to narrow down but mine would be:

Windhand – Soma
High on Fire – Spitting Fire (Live)
Kvelertak – Meir
Cult of Luna - Vertikal
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats – Mind Control
Altar of Plagues – Teethed Glory and Injury

bigbadcon

Nothing this year that I was amazed with...
A couple that were ok are:

Battlecross - War of Will
KSE - Disarm The descent (was hoping for better though)

120_Minutes

Didnt listen to a lot of new albums this year, so my list is:

Steven Wilson - Raven (along with everyone else it seems)
Karnivool - Asymmetry
Dead Letter Circus - The Catalyst Fire
Carcass - Surgical Steel (i wouldnt have bothered, but someone put it on in my presence and it was a lot better than i'd expected it to be)

Honourable mention: Breaking Orbit - The Time Traveller (it came out in 2012 but i only heard it this year, and i love it)

Joe_Dull

I'll throw in another vote for

James LaBrie - Impermanent Resonance

Furious-Red

Killswitch Engage - Disarm The Decent
Graffiti on the train - Stereophonics
Like Clockwork - QOTSA
Opposites - Biffy Clyro

Liam McPoyle

Been listening to Suffocation's fantastic "Pinnacle of Bedlam" all weekend and it deserves to be considered. Along with Dying Fetus, imo the finest death metal band plying their trade at the moment.

Passenger

Keep your votes coming as I'll be creating the Album of the Year poll during the week.

Richy06

In no particular order....
Rock/Metal choices....

Karnivool - Asymmetry
TesseracT - Altered State
O'Brother - Disillusion
Ihsahn - Das Seelenbrechen
Cult Of Luna - Vertikal
Russian Circles - Memorial
Pelican - Forever Becoming
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing
Clutch - Earth Rocker
Sound Of Contact - Dimensionaut
Bouts - Nothing Good Gets Away
The Ocean - Pelagial
Circles - Infinitas
Dead Letter Circus - The Catalyst Fire
Pomegranate Tiger - Entities
Kvelertak - Meir
Chelsea Wolfe - Pain Is Beauty
Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
QOTSA - ...Like Clockwork
Red Fang - Whales & Leeches
Sigur Ros - Kveikur
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt (don't like it that much, bit of a soft spot for 'em....)
Birds Of Tokyo - March Fires
Dream Theater - Dream Theater
Haken - The Mountain
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
Volcano Choir - Repave
The National - Trouble Will Find Me

Not rock/metal per se choices...
Midlake - Antiphon
Jonathan Wilson - Fanfare
John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts
Jon Hopkins - Immunity
Charles Bradley - Victim Of Love
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
Kurt Vile - Wakin' On A Pretty Daze

There's definitely afew that I'm forgetting....

Nephilim Wolf

I can't believe nobody mention 'The Wild Hunt' by Watain. It's a truly incredible and fantastic album.