| 2013 |
| Dominator Et Sanctum Omega | 4.0 |
| HaShem New Life | 4.0 |
| Everything in Slow Motion Phoenix | 4.5 |
| Solamors Depravity's Demise | 4.0 |
| Living Sacrifice Ghost Thief | 4.5 |
| It's nothing new, but that doesn't stop Ghost Thief from being another consistent and excellent release from the guys in Living Sacrifice. |
| Seeds Of Hope Restoration | 4.0 |
| Impending Doom Death Will Reign | 4.5 |
| It's not a return to their death metal stuff (which, by this point, will probably never happen), but Impending Doom's new album is really heavy, really dark, and really fun to listen to. One of their best releases yet |
| This Divided World The Missing Pages | 4.0 |
| The Devil Wears Prada 8:18 | 4.5 |
| TDWP has definitely grown since their inception, despising their Rise Records sound and opting for a more mature metalcore sound. And 8:18 is no different; it continues the route TDWP took on Dead Throne and create an excellent album showing their progress from despised Risecore to a competent metal band. |
| Abated Mass of Flesh The Anatomy Of Impurity | 4.5 |
Continues on from Brutal Death, but excels more in its brutality and musicianship. My favorite release from these
guys so far. |
| Norma Jean Wrongdoers | 4.5 |
| Norma Jean's best album in years. Not since O God The Aftermath has this band managed to retain the aggressive nature of their sound. This isn't a return to their mathcore roots, but it's definitely a quality hardcore album that crushes their previous releases by a long shot. A great return to form. |
| Beartooth Sick | 4.0 |
| Caleb Shomo's newest project is a hard-hitting, honest, and heavy release that shows promise. Don't let his involvement in Attack Attack! keep you from checking this beast out. 4/5 |
| The Order Of Elijah Dethrone | 3.5 |
| DEAF Sola Scriptura | 4.0 |
| My Heart to Fear Algorithm | 3.5 |
| Kinda loses its weight in the middle, but Algorithm by My Heart To Fear definitely shows great potential for this band and hopefully they'll continue to grow as time goes on. |
| Soul Embraced Mythos | 4.0 |
| The Burial In The Taking Of Flesh | 4.5 |
| I enjoyed their previous record "Lights and Perfection" but here The Burial prove themselves as a great technical metal band, combining so many elements together to create an absolute monster of an album. Definitely a band that I will be keeping my eye on in the future. |
| Maranatha Spiritless | 4.0 |
| Phinehas The Last Word Is Yours to Speak | 4.0 |
| Phinehas provides an excellent follow up to their 2011 debut, showing them as one of the better metalcore bands to come out in recent years. |
| Immortal Guardian Super Metal | 4.0 |
| Extol Extol | 4.5 |
| Extol return with what could be considered a modern day Undeceived, and deliver exactly what they set out to accomplish. No wonder these guys are considered one of the best not only in Christian metal but in progressive death metal in general. |
| August Burns Red Rescue & Restore | 4.5 |
| August Burns Red expand on their sound just enough to make Rescue and Restore stand out among their previous releases. It's more melodic, sure, but at the same time provides a more emotionally engaging and cohesive release. My favorite album by these guys so far with Constellations slowly behind. |
| Christageddon Metal Unblack | 4.0 |
| Creations Unworthy/Humility | 4.0 |
| Better than what I heard from their previous release. A dark metal release that definitely hits hard with its blunt message. |
| Love and Death Between Here And Lost | 3.5 |
| Monotheist Genesis Of Perdition | 4.5 |
| Ark of the Covenant Self Harvest | 3.5 |
| Deuteronomium The Amen | 4.0 |
| Vials of Wrath Seeking Refuge | 4.0 |
| Monolith (CAN) Voyager | 4.0 |
| For Today Prevailer | 4.5 |
| Hope For The Dying Aletheia | 4.5 |
| Grave Declaration When Dying Souls Scream Praise | 4.5 |
| Abated Mass of Flesh Brutal Death | 4.5 |
| Necroblation Ablation Of Death | 4.5 |
| Hillsong United Zion | 4.5 |
| Red (USA) Release the Panic | 3.5 |
| Those Who Fear Unholy Anger | 4.0 |
| A Prophet's Exile Onslaught I | 4.0 |
| Broken Flesh Warbound | 4.0 |
| Every Knee Shall Bow Slayers of Eden | 4.0 |
| Krig Decay's Beholder | 4.0 |
| Adelaide Slugtrail | 4.5 |
