Chuck's Top 15 Of 2013
So 2013 is two and a half hours from being over and I'm finally getting to this list. All
together 2013 has been a great year for music. It's been a pretty cool year for me too,
I've graduated high school, started college, and moved halfway across the country all in
this year. This year I'm only including albums that currently have a rating of 4.5 or
higher and it just happened to be 15 instead of some weird number. Anyway, here's my
Top 15, loosely ranked. |
| 15 |  | The Arisrocrats
Culture Clash
You know that Guthrie Govan is the best guitarist living right? |
| 14 |  | Scale the Summit
The Migration
Scale the Summit at their best. |
| 13 |  | Fallujah
Nomadic
A new side to death metal. |
| 12 |  | Modern Day Babylon
Travelers
An instrumental metal album that actually hits me emotionally. Incredible m |
| 11 |  | Soilwork
The Living Infinite
A double disc, 84 minute experience that keeps me interested the whole time? You bet it's deserving
of its place. |
| 10 |  | Haken
The Mountain
Combining prog metal with the eccentricities of 70's prog and genuine emotion make for a fantastic
listen. |
| 9 |  | Gorguts
Colored Sands
It's Gorguts, what else is there to say? |
| 8 |  | Means End
The Didact
The Didact legitimately sounds like music from the future. If the elitists can look past the use of 8
string guitars and djent riffs, they will find an extremely dense and experimental metal album that
supplies the listener with as much jazz fusion as it does metal. |
| 7 |  | Night Verses
Lift Your Existence
Riffs. Catchiness. Intensity. Emotion. Experimentation. |
| 6 |  | Deafheaven
Sunbather
Despite the black metal stylings and breakneck speed, Sunbather is easily one of the most
emotional and touching albums of the year. |
| 5 |  | Erra
Augment
Erra take the same formula used on Impulse and further refine it, and themselves to make one of
the best and most creative metal albums this year. |
| 4 |  | August Burns Red
Rescue and Restore
Despite not being a Christian "Beauty in Tragedy" still gives me chills. |
| 3 |  | Steven Wilson
The Raven that Refused to Sing
Steven Wilson's genius plus the best backing musicians he has worked with to date make a startling
good prog album. |
| 2 |  | The Dillinger Escape Plan
One of Us is the Killer
Not many share this sentiment but this is DEP's best album in my eyes. |
| 1 |  | Misery Signals
Absent Light
"Everything Will Rust" alone makes this album a 4.5. |
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