| 2013 |
| Lil B 05 Fuck Em | 1.0 |
| Croatian Amor The World | 1.5 |
| Burial Rival Dealer | 2.0 |
| fantastic Burial release |
| Year of No Light Tocsin | 3.5 |
| Hammock Oblivion Hymns | 4.0 |
| Kauan Pirut | 4.0 |
| Insomnium Ephemeral | 3.0 |
| M83 You and the Night (OST) | 3.0 |
| Obscure Sphinx Void Mother | 3.5 |
| An Autumn For Crippled Children Try Not To Destroy Everything You Love | 4.0 |
| Exivious Liminal | 4.0 |
| Obliteration Black Death Horizon | 4.5 |
| Germ Grief | 3.0 |
| Russian Circles Memorial | 3.5 |
| Vaura The Missing | 3.5 |
| East of the Wall Redaction Artifacts | 3.5 |
| Autechre L-event | 3.5 |
| Blindead Absence | 4.0 |
| Pelican Forever Becoming | 3.5 |
| Oranssi Pazuzu Valonielu | 4.0 |
| Tim Hecker Virgins | 4.5 |
| Arovane Ve Palor | 4.0 |
| Four Tet Beautiful Rewind | 2.5 |
| This is the most disappointing album for me so far this year. I've been afraid that Kieran was going to switch to house ever since There Is Love in You and he's finally taken the plunge. If you're into house this might be your favorite Four Tet album yet, but it unfortunately doesn't do much for me |
| Oneohtrix Point Never R Plus Seven | 4.0 |
| ~lol~r |
| Jesu Everyday I Get Closer to the Light from Which I Came | 3.5 |
| A Storm Of Light Nations to Flames | 3.0 |
| Last Days Satellite | 3.0 |
| Ulcerate Vermis | 4.0 |
| 65daysofstatic Wild Light | 3.0 |
please be good please be good please be good please be good please be good please be good
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| God Is an Astronaut Origins | 3.5 |
| Cloudkicker Subsume | 3.5 |
| Moving Mountains Moving Mountains | 3.0 |
| Satyricon Satyricon | 3.0 |
| mum Smilewound | 3.5 |
| Ef Ceremonies | 4.0 |
| Hecq Horror Vacui | 3.5 |
| I Am Robot and Proud Touch/Tone | 4.0 |
| Nine Inch Nails Hesitation Marks | 3.0 |
| Let me guess, guys. AOTY? |
| Gorguts Colored Sands | 4.5 |
| Frosttide Awakening | 3.5 |
| Vali Skogslandskap | 4.5 |
| Avenged Sevenfold Hail to the King | 1.5 |
| King Apathy The Elk | 4.0 |
| Born of Osiris Tomorrow We Die Alive | 1.5 |
| Ulver Messe I.X-VI.X | 3.5 |
| Explosions In The Sky and David Wingo Prince Avalanche | 2.5 |
| Rosetta The Anaesthete | 3.5 |
| Pelican Deny the Absolute/The Truce | 3.5 |
| Morne Shadows | 2.5 |
| Thy Light No Morrow Shall Dawn | 4.0 |
| ASC Time Heals All | 3.5 |
| Whirr Around | 3.0 |
| Sombres Forets La Mort du Soleil | 4.0 |
| Gris À L'Âme Enflammée, L'Âme Constellée... | 5.0 |
| Manegarm Legions of the North | 3.5 |
| Probably the best Viking Metal album of the year so far. |
| Vagrond Temporal | 4.0 |
| Palms Palms | 2.5 |
| lol @ searching for new music on piratebay. in need of some serious internet lessons. |
| Amon Amarth Deceiver of the Gods | 3.5 |
| u-Ziq Chewed Corners | 3.5 |
| Mouth Of The Architect Dawning | 5.0 |
| I don't see anything topping this for 2013 - this is a fantastic album. This is four excellent albums in a row. With Dawning, Mouth of the Architect have secured themselves a spot amongst the post-metal elite. No conversation that includes Isis, Cult of Luna, or Neurosis should ever exclude Mouth of the Architect. Check this out if you haven't already. |
| Kanye West Yeezus | 1.0 |
| This is even more 1 than the last album |
| Lil B 100% Gutta | 1.0 |
| Representing for the gangstas all across the world still |
| Dark Moor Ars Musica | 2.5 |
| Sigur Ros Kveikur | 4.0 |
| Kalmah Seventh Swamphony | 3.5 |
| A 5 should have no stand out tracks. Every track should be of consistent quality. If just a few tracks stood out, it wouldn't be a 5. |
| Jex Thoth Blood Moon Rise | 3.5 |
| Deafheaven Sunbather | 3.5 |
| Talk about a hype album! This is alright, but nothing new. There's better blackgaze out there. |
| Boards of Canada Tomorrow's Harvest | 4.0 |
| Summoning Old Mornings Dawn | 4.0 |
| Frigoris Wind | 3.5 |
| Megadeth Super Collider | 1.0 |
| Alice in Chains The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here | 2.5 |
| Burzum Sol austan, Mani vestan | 2.5 |
| Lovesliescrushing Ghost Colored Halo | 4.0 |
| Daft Punk Random Access Memories | 1.0 |
| Of the Wand and the Moon Shall Love Fall From View? | 3.5 |
| Enshine Origin | 4.0 |
| Eluvium Nightmare Ending | 3.5 |
| Bibio Silver Wilkinson | 3.0 |
| Immolation Kingdom of Conspiracy | 3.5 |
| Procession (CL) To Reap Heavens Apart | 4.0 |
| Altar of Plagues Teethed Glory and Injury | 4.5 |
| woo |
| Pan American Cloud Room, Glass Room | 4.0 |
| The Ocean Pelagial | 4.0 |
| Woe Withdrawal | 3.0 |
| Noumena Death Walks With Me | 3.0 |
| Vallendusk Black Clouds Gathering | 5.0 |
| Apocynthion Sidereus Nuncius | 3.0 |
| Saor Roots | 4.5 |
| Progenie Terrestre Pura U.M.A. | 4.0 |
| Csejthe Reminiscence | 4.0 |
| M83 Oblivion (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | 3.5 |
| Midas Fall Wilderness | 4.0 |
| This album is beautiful. |
| Fallujah Nomadic | 4.0 |
| Ash Borer Bloodlands | 2.0 |
| Bonobo The North Borders | 4.0 |
| Persefone Spiritual Migration | 4.0 |
| October Tide Tunnel of No Light | 3.5 |
| Ceephax Cro Magnox | 4.0 |
| Wow, I didn't expect this. Awesome album. |
| And So I Watch You From Afar All Hail Bright Futures | 1.0 |
| Intronaut Habitual Levitations | 3.5 |
| Nothing but clean vocals? I hope this is a Damnation kind of situation. |
| October Falls The Plague of a Coming Age | 4.0 |
| In Vain (NO) Aenigma | 4.0 |
| I predict seeing this on many a year-end list. their strongest work by far. |
| Appalachian Winter Ghosts of the Mountains | 4.0 |
| This is a really unique black metal venture. AW borrows alot of civil war era musical technique... from the way certain passages are chanted to flutes and fiddles. Eastcoast USBM at it's finest. It's very epic in some places where the folk metal almost transcends to viking metal. I can't explain exactly what happens in Patriarchs, but it's one of the strangest black metal songs I've ever heard. Any fan of black, folk, or even viking metal should definitely check this. |
| Oval Calidostópia! | 3.5 |
| Markus Popp (of Oval) went to Brazil and recorded this 16 track collaboration with seven artists that he had never met before over a ten day period. Each day Popp would show up at the Goethe Institute and would be introduced to a South American singer participating in the project. They'd spend the remainder of the day recording, and Calidostopia! is the cumulative effort of those seven recording sessions. He utilized previously recorded and unreleased material in the production of this album. The album was then released for free, funded by the Goethe Institute and the Cultural Foundation of the State of Bahia. Only a producer as talented as Popp could possibly pull something like this so smoothly and naturally. The Oval aspect of the release is what primarily concerns me, however I am not disappointed that glitch takes the passenger seat here. It's not something I would normally seek out, but it's very cool for what it is. |
| Solar Fields Origin #02 | 3.5 |
| Autechre Exai | 4.0 |
| Time to commit seppuku, MisterTornado. The album's really good, so at least you'll have something nice to listen to on your way out |
| Fell Voices Regnum Saturni | 2.0 |
| meh |
| Entropia (PL) Vesper | 3.5 |
| Do you use sputnik? Want realistic album ratings? If so, subtract a half star from each album and you're in business. |
| Mogwai Les Revenants OST | 2.5 |
| Olafur Arnalds For Now I Am Winter | 3.5 |
| Eternal Tears of Sorrow Saivon Lapsi | 3.5 |
| Vreid Welcome Farewell | 3.5 |
| Omnium Gatherum Beyond | 4.0 |
| Mourning Beloveth Formless | 4.0 |
| the 1984 references were pretty cool. |
| Suffocation Pinnacle of Bedlam | 3.5 |
| Portal Vexovoid | 3.5 |
| Matmos The Marriage of True Minds | 3.5 |
| This is Matmos' most experimental foray so far. Glitch often gets bogged down when musicians attempt to stay within the confines of accessibility. The Marriage of True Minds was created without such reservation - it is coarse, abrasive, and whimsical to the extreme, and that is the very philosophy of glitch. There is very little consistency to the album; the tracks are short, disparate forays into various concepts that once ended are dismissed and a new direction is taken. There are fleeting moments of brilliance that come to rapid fruition, but they then wilt just as quickly. This hasn't gotten very much play from me this year, but neither has it fallen completely out of circulation. A worthwhile listen for an old fan, but not an appropriate introduction for someone trying to get into Matmos' work. |
| Sadistik Flowers for My Father | 4.0 |
| This is the best indie-hop act since Personal Journals. Or maybe since First Born. |
| Redwood Hill Descender | 4.5 |
| This is where demons dwell! |
| The Flight of Sleipnir Saga | 4.0 |
| Caladan Brood Echoes Of Battle | 4.5 |
| The Fall of Every Season Amends | 5.0 |
| Airs Adore | 1.0 |
| An Autumn For Crippled Children Hearts Of Light/Blossoms | 4.0 |
| Light Bearer Silver Tongue | 4.0 |
| This website is ruled by trends. The new Darkthrone release is a shining example of that. Once so many people had rated the album a 5, it became difficult for anyone to rate it negatively. Alot of people who didn't even like the album rated it a 4, or 3.5, to be conservative. It couldn't possibly be a 2, because to so many others it was flawless. It is difficult to rate something without taking everyone else's opinions into consideration. This album has fallen foul to another trend, and the trend here is to dislike the album. Give the first and last track respect, and disregard the remainder. Well, I disagree. The entire album is fantastic. There are no bookends, every track is great. Light Bearer embraces the "post-" aspect of their music, and they take time to build crescendos and develop atmosphere. To the impatient, this causes the album to appear drawn out and boring. Nothing could be further from the truth. If you haven't listened to this, I hope you will disregard the trendy negativity and listen to it with an open mind. You will not be disappointed. |
| Grouper The Man Who Died in His Boat | 4.0 |
| I can't believe these are B-Sides to DADDUAH. This is just as good, if not better. If 2013 ended today, this would probably be my AOTY. |
| My Bloody Valentine m b v | 3.5 |
| Kettel Unreleased (2002-2012) | 4.0 |
| Kettel and u-Ziq have both released unreleased material albums this year. Hopefully RDJ is next. |
| Cult of Luna Vertikal | 4.0 |
| Skagos Anarchic | 4.0 |
| Fen Dustwalker | 4.0 |
| ASAP Rocky LONG.LIVE.A$AP | 3.0 |
| Four Tet 0181 | 3.5 |
| Huldra Monuments, Monoliths | 4.0 |
| Hollywood Undead Notes From the Underground | 1.0 |
| Why would any band ever be interested in ripping off Linkin Park and Slipknot? I thought it was pretty established that those were the two worst bands in the universe. I think we have a new contender though. This shit is as gay as it gets. |
| Antediluvian λόγος | 3.0 |
| On second thought, this is garbage |
| Annorkoth The Last Days | 4.0 |
| Holy shit! It's the black metal m83! |
| Encircling Sea A Forgotten Land | 4.0 |
| 2010 |
| Airs Rainclouds over the Remains of Hope | 4.0 |
This album is unarguably interesting. The black metal/shoegaze wave that has been sweeping over the scene may have found an emergent voice in Airs. The atmosphere is unmistakably black metal, yet the guitar's shimmering and the ethereal vocals bring to mind Slowdive or the Catherine Wheel. The songs are lengthy and show some post rock influence. The only drawback is a lack of consistency. Track two seems as if the beginning was chopped off during production, and track eight doesn't belong on this album at all. Despite those flaws, this is a very nice listen and this could be one of the better acts in its genre with a little more cohesiveness.
edit: I just listened to Gloomlights, and it looks like Airs has decided to change directions. Their music has no black metal influence at all, and reminded me of Blink182. Very disappointing. |
| Solar Fields Origin #01 | 3.5 |
| Amia Venera Landscape The Long Procession | 4.0 |
| Lone Emerald Fantasy Tracks | 2.0 |
| Agalloch Marrow of the Spirit | 5.0 |
| Blindead Affliction XXIX II MCMXCVI | 4.0 |
| Dark Moor Ancestral Romance | 3.0 |
| Tipper Broken Soul Jamboree | 3.5 |
| Cradle of Filth Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa | 2.5 |
| The Ocean Anthropocentric | 3.5 |
| Deathspell Omega Paracletus | 4.0 |
| Helios Unleft | 3.5 |
| Eluvium Static Nocturne | 3.5 |
| Woe Quietly, Undramatically | 2.5 |
| Intronaut Valley of Smoke | 5.0 |
| Asura 360 | 3.5 |
| Enabl.ed Dips33 EP | 4.0 |
| Procession (CL) Destroyers Of The Faith | 3.5 |
| October Tide A Thin Shell | 3.5 |
| Enslaved Axioma Ethica Odini | 4.5 |
| Dimmu Borgir Abrahadabra | 2.0 |
| Drudkh Handful of Stars | 3.5 |
| Gallowbraid Ashen Eidolon | 3.5 |
| World's End Girlfriend Seven Idiots | 3.5 |
| Oval O | 3.0 |
| Lights Out Asia In The Days Of Jupiter | 4.0 |
| Arcade Fire The Suburbs | 2.5 |
| Appalachian Winter I Become The Frozen Land | 4.5 |
| Encircling Sea Écru | 4.0 |
| Limbonic Art Phantasmagoria | 2.5 |
| Winterfylleth The Mercian Sphere | 4.0 |
| Cold Body Radiation The Great White Emptiness | 4.0 |
| Autechre Move Of Ten | 3.5 |
| ASC Nothing Is Certain | 3.5 |
| Pallbearer Demo 2010 | 4.0 |
| Oval Oh | 3.0 |
| Lantlos .neon | 4.5 |
| Current 93 Baalstorm, Sing Omega | 3.0 |
| Whirr Distressor | 4.0 |
| Rosetta A Determinism of Morality | 4.5 |
| Emeralds Does It Look Like I'm Here? | 4.0 |
| Cynic Re-Traced | 2.5 |
| Hammock Chasing After Shadows...Living with the Ghosts | 4.0 |
| God Is an Astronaut Age of the Fifth Sun | 3.5 |
| Sage Francis Li(f)e | 3.5 |
| Carbon Based Lifeforms Interloper | 4.0 |
| 1349 Demonoir | 3.0 |
| Mouth Of The Architect The Violence Beneath | 3.0 |
| Year of No Light Ausserwelt | 4.0 |
| Midas Fall Eleven Return and Revert | 4.5 |
| An Autumn For Crippled Children Lost | 4.5 |
| Khoma A Final Storm | 4.0 |
| Red Sparowes The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein... | 3.5 |
| Ef Mourning Golden Morning | 3.5 |
| Altar of Plagues Tides | 3.5 |
| Flourishing A Momentary Sense of the Immediate World | 3.5 |
| Near The Parenthesis Music for the Forest Concourse | 4.0 |
| Bitcrush Of Embers | 4.0 |
| Fans of Lights Out Asia, Hammock, and m83 should check this out. |
| Alcest Écailles De Lune | 4.0 |
| The Flight of Sleipnir Lore | 4.5 |
| Bonobo Black Sands | 4.5 |
| Immolation Majesty and Decay | 4.0 |
| Jatun Blanket Of Ash | 4.0 |
| Burzum Belus | 2.5 |
| Ikuinen Kaamos Fall of Icons | 3.5 |
| Savath y Savalas The Predicate | 1.0 |
| Kalmah 12 Gauge | 4.0 |
| Thranenkind/Heretoir Wiedersehen - Unsere Hoffnung | 3.5 |
| Loscil Endless Falls | 4.0 |
| Carach Angren Death Came Through a Phantom Ship | 4.0 |
| Eluvium Similes | 3.0 |
| Grey Waters Below The Ever Setting Sun | 3.5 |
| Autechre Oversteps | 4.0 |
| Eluveitie Everything Remains As It Never Was | 3.0 |
| In Mourning Monolith | 3.5 |
| Four Tet There is Love in You | 4.0 |
| Ihsahn After | 4.5 |
| In Vain (NO) Mantra | 3.5 |
| Ceephax Acid Crew United Acid Emirates | 4.5 |
| Lovesliescrushing CRWTH (Chorus Redux) | 3.0 |
| Annorkoth Silent Woods | 2.5 |
| Proem Enough Conflict | 3.0 |
| Bitcrush from arcs to embers | 3.0 |
| Lovesliescrushing Avianium (Microphona Magnetica) | 3.0 |
| The American Dollar Atlas | 3.5 |
| Miserere Luminis Miserere Luminis | 3.5 |
| Sleeping Peonies Rose Curl, Sea Swirl | 3.5 |
| Solar Fields Altered - Second Movements | 4.0 |
| We Lost the Sea Crimea | 4.0 |
