Album of the Year Nominations 2013

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.