At the end of the 80s the Thrash metal popularity go down… those five or Ten years of success are destined to disappear and only will survive just a bunch of popular bands like Metallica, Slayer, Overkill, Kreator, Testament, Megadeth, Anthrax and a few more.
Maybe the reasons was the irruption of the Glam Metal, Grunge Music was all over the place too, I always believed that the popularity of Pantera . But the real thing is the world its a little bit tired of the lack of originality of the genre and the new bands are part of the same.

1.Mantic Ritual - Executioner

2.Bonded By Blood - Feed The Beast

3.Havok - Burn

4.Blessed Curse - Blessed Curse

5.Evile - Skull

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My personal favorite studio albums of 2013

1.Shade Empire - Omega Arcane

2.Kauan - Pirut

3.Ghost - Infestissumam

4.Wolfheart - Winterborn

5.Amorphis - Circle

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1.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

4.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

5.Kreator - Hordes Of Chaos

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1.Carcass - Surgical Steel

2.Sodom - Epitome Of Torture

3.Gorguts - Colored Sands

4.Hail Of Bullets - III The Rommel Chronicles

5.Omnium Gatherum - Beyond

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TOP ALBUM ARTWORKS OF 2013

1.Intronaut - Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words With Tones)

2.Gris - À L'Âme Enflammée, L'Äme Constellée...

3.Shade Empire - Omega Arcane

4.Obliteration - Black Death Horizon

5.Dream Death - Somnium Excessum

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1.Carcass - Surgical Steel

2.Black Sabbath - 13

3.Sodom - Epitome Of Torture

4.Volbeat - Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies

5.Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods

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1.Cangaço - Rastros

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

3.Omnium Gatherum - Beyond

4.The Ocean - Pelagial

5.Timo Tolkki's Avalon - The Land Of New Hope

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Album Rating System
9-10 = A
8-9 = B
7-8 = C
6-7 = D
0-6 = F

1.Watain - The Wild Hunt

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3.The Black Dahlia Murder - Everblack

4.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Labyrinth

5.Deafheaven - Sunbather

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Because I can't stop listening to music, but neither can I sacrifice my lovely descriptions, so same fare as before, but deleted descriptions for those covered in the first list.

1.Protest The Hero - Volition

2.Persefone - Spiritual Migration

3.Amorphis - Circle

4.Nero Di Marte - Nero Di Marte

5.Monolithe - Monolithe IV

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May of 2013

1.Shade Empire - Omega Arcane

2.Dark Tranquillity - Construct

3.Evile - Skull

4.Lunarsea - Hundred Light Year

5.Leprous - Coal

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to be continued...

1.Shade Empire - Omega Arcane

2.Vulture Industries - The Tower

3.Chthonic - Bú-Tik

4.Thousand Eyes - Bloody Empire

5.Illnath - 4 Shades Of Me

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These are the albums I've enjoyed so far this year to which I've given an approximate rating and organised in a rough order of preference. As the year progresses I'll add some descriptions to them as well. EP's are also included.

Recent additions: Armory, Russian Circles, Ulver, Tad Morose, SubRosa, Almah, Blood Bright Star, Autumnblaze, Ayreon, Chthonic, Darkestrah, God Is An Astronaut, Képzelt Város, Lodz, Månegarm, Obscure Sphinx, Caligula's Horse, Sky Architect, Keldian, Monster Magnet

1.Vulture Industries - The Tower

2.The Moth Gatherer - A Bright Celestial Light

3.Walrus - Walrus

4.Clutch - Earth Rocker

5.Oranssi Pazuzu - Valonielu

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My other lists:
Tasty Stuff Not Currently Featured On MS
So I Heard You Like Opeth...

A concise list of my metalhead man-crushes (now featuring ladies.)

While there is little introduction required for some of these bands and their front(wo)men, there are no words that can accurately describe such jaw-dropping talent anyhow. The albums and youtube links listed are meant to display the full capacity of vocalists' talents, not the bands' most quality or popular tracks - click the links below and behold the prowess.

1.Abstrakt Algebra - Abstrakt Algebra

2.Adagio - Underworld

3.Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone

4.Amorphis - Silent Waters

5.Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas

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1.Avatarium - Avatarium

2.Amorphis - Circle

3.Wine From Tears - Glad To Be Dead

4.Orphaned Land - All Is One

5.The Vision Bleak - Witching Hour

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A small list of what I will be keeping an eye on in 2013.

1.Clutch - Earth Rocker

2.Hypocrisy - End Of Disclosure

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

4.October Tide - Tunnel Of No Light

5.Hacride - Back To Where You've Never Been

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