Personal Favorites Of 2013
2013 has been a huge year for music; there have been so many quality ralbums released this year, but I can only list so many. These 100 albums rare some of the ones I personally enjoyed the most or had listened to the rmost over the year. |
| 1 |  | Misery Signals
Absent Light
Doesn't live up to Controller, but still fantastic nonetheless |
| 2 |  | Dance Gavin Dance
Acceptance Speech
Was kind of skeptical after hearing Tillian was joining this band, but this turned out to
be quite great. |
| 3 |  | Hope For the Dying
Aletheia |
| 4 |  | My Heart to Fear
Algorithm
Metalcore at it's finest |
| 5 |  | Tesseract
Altered State
Ashe is a fantastic vocalist, just kind of a shame they lost the harsh vocals. |
| 6 |  | Rosetta
The Anaesthete |
| 7 |  | Celeste
Animale(s)
Slays so hard |
| 8 |  | Erra
Augment
This is like Impulse on steroids. |
| 9 |  | Old Gray
An Autobiography |
| 10 | | Hacride
Back To Where You've Never Been |
| 11 |  | Fallstar
Backdraft
Kris Crummett produced this, so therefore it's quite epic. |
| 12 |  | Palm Reader
Bad Weather |
| 13 |  | Eleventh He Reaches London
Banhus |
| 14 |  | My Epic
Behold
Zion is song of the year, hands down. |
| 15 |  | City in the Sea
Below the Noise
This was quite the suprise. |
| 16 |  | David Maxim Micic
Bilo 3.0 |
| 17 |  | letlive.
The Blackest Beautiful
letlive. know how to make a fantastic album, although the production kinda sucks. |
| 18 |  | Arcane Roots
Blood & Chemistry
It's like ATDI mixed with Frank Turner vocals, and it's fantastic. |
| 19 |  | Dangerkids
Collapse
Not the Hybrid Theory pt. 2 we were promised, but still enjoyable. |
| 20 |  | K Sera
Collisions and Near Misses |
| 21 | | A Day to Rememember
Common Courtesy
Never expected this to be as good as it is.. |
| 22 |  | Mouth of the Architect
Dawning |
| 23 |  | Dayshell
Dayshell
Shayley is such a fantastic vocalist. |
| 24 |  | Killswitch Engage
Disarm the Descent |
| 25 | | O'Brother
Disillusion |
| 26 |  | The Circle Ends Here
The Division Ahead |
| 27 |  | Earl Sweatshirt
Doris |
| 28 |  | Janelle Monae
The Electric Lady
It's a crime that she's so underrated. |
| 29 |  | Shadow of the Colossus
End Game |
| 30 |  | KEN Mode
Entrench |
| 31 |  | Oathbreaker
Eros|Anteros
Female fronted hardcore that's amazing. |
| 32 |  | Raum
The Event of Your Leaving |
| 33 |  | The Black Dahlia Murder
Everblack |
| 34 | | The Venetia Fair
Every Sick, Disgusting Though... |
| 35 |  | Red Seas Fire
Exposition |
| 36 |  | Modern Life Is War
Fever Hunting
Nowhere near as good as Witness, but it's great to see these guys back. |
| 37 |  | State Champs
The Finer Things
Pop punk makes me happy |
| 38 |  | Saviour
First Light to My Death Bed |
| 39 |  | Sadistik
Flowers for My Father
Hip-hop album of the year |
| 40 | | Captain, We're Sinking
The Future is Cancelled
This is so damn catchy. |
| 41 |  | Beyond the Shore
Ghostwatcher |
| 42 |  | Dreamshade
The Gift of Life |
| 43 |  | The Wonder Years
The Greatest Generation
Pop punk makes me happy [2] |
| 44 |  | Intronaut
Habitual Levitations |
| 45 |  | Streetlight Manifesto
The Hands that Thieve
This is just a plain fun album. |
| 46 |  | Seaway
Hoser
Pop punk makes me happy [3] |
| 47 | | Ling Tosite Sigure
I'mperfect |
| 48 |  | Touche Amore
Is Survived By |
| 49 |  | Daylight
Jar |
| 50 |  | Locktender
Kafka |
| 51 |  | The Color Morale
Know Hope
The new vocal style took a little while to get used to, but Garret's cleans are definitely
the best in the genre. |
| 52 |  | Phinehas
The Last word is Yours to Speak
Metalcore done right. |
| 53 |  | Night Verses
Lift Your Existence
Album of the Year 1/2. |
| 54 |  | Soilwork
The Living Infinite
First album I listened to from these guys, and I am far from disappointed. |
| 55 |  | Turnover
Magnolia
Pop punk makes me happy [4] |
| 56 |  | Kvelertak
Meir
Moar..... |
| 57 |  | Scale the Summit
The Migration
Soooooo good. |
| 58 |  | Haken
The Mountain
Prog done right. |
| 59 |  | The Safety Fire
Mouth of Swords |
| 60 |  | Moving Mountains
Moving Mountains |
| 61 |  | Colin Stetson
New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light |
| 62 |  | A Lot Like Birds
No Place
The concept behind this is quite fantastic. |
| 63 |  | Our Last Night
Oak Island
These guys are finally growing up and writing more focused material. The cover
album was fantastic too. |
| 64 |  | Danny Brown
Old |
| 65 |  | The Dillinger Escape Plan
One of Us Is the Killer
This needs no explanation... It's a perfect album. |
| 66 |  | White Moth Black Butterfly
One Thousand Wings |
| 67 |  | James Blake
Overgrown |
| 68 |  | A Wilhelm Scream
Partycrasher |
| 69 |  | The Ocean
Pelagial |
| 70 |  | Everything In Slow Motion
Phoenix
Album of the Year 2/2. If you like Hands, you will love this. |
| 71 |  | Joliette
Principia
Never thought one of my favorite albums of the year would be from a relatively
unknown Mexican post-hardcore group. |
| 72 |  | Shai Hulud
Reach Beyond the Sun
Chad Gilbert is the man, and I am beyond glad they got him back to record on this
album. |
| 73 |  | Senses Fail
Renacer
This is the album Senses Fail have been trying to make their entire career, and by
god is it beautiful. |
| 74 |  | August Burns Red
Rescue and Restore |
| 75 |  | State Faults
Resonate/Desperate
Screamo done right. |
| 76 |  | Run the Jewels
Run the Jewels |
| 77 |  | The Ongoing Concept
Saloon |
| 78 |  | I The Mighty
Satori
So catchy.... |
| 79 |  | Bring Me the Horizon
Sempiternal
Biggest surprise of the year. |
| 80 |  | Frameworks
Small Victories |
| 81 | | Bleache Blonde
Starving Artist
I was beyond skeptical after hearing the vocalist was in Drop Dead, Gorgeous, but this
is beyond catchy and awesome. |
| 82 |  | Deafheaven
Sunbather
Deafheaven create a near perfect album. Has been on constant repeat all year long. |
| 83 |  | Frank Turner
Tape Deck Heart |
| 84 | | Balance and Composure
The Things We Think We're Missing |
| 85 |  | Silverstein
This is How the Wind Shifts
Didn't expect this to be as good as it was. |
| 86 | | Barrow
Though I'm Alone
Screamo done right. |
| 87 |  | Ghostface Killah
Twelve Reasons to Die |
| 88 |  | Hands Like Houses
Unimagine |
| 89 |  | Cult of Luna
Vertikal |
| 90 |  | Rorcal
Vilagvege |
| 91 |  | Protest the Hero
Volition |
| 92 |  | City Lights
The Way Things Should Be
Pop punk makes me happy [5] |
| 93 | | The Story So Far
What You Don't See
Pop punk makes me happy [6] |
| 94 |  | Octaves
Which Way the Wind Blows
If you haven't listened to these guys, do yourself a favor and do so. |
| 95 |  | Boysetsfire
While A Nation Sleeps... |
| 96 |  | After the Burial
Wolves Within |
| 97 |  | Norma Jean
Wrongdoers
Second biggest surprise of the year.... NJ create an album they've been striving for all
throughout their career. |
| 98 |  | Maximum the Hormone
Yoshu Fukushu
Just discovered these guys, and I'm kicking myself in the ass for taking so long to
listen to these guys. |
| 99 |  | Citizen
Youth
Pop punk makes me happy [7] |
| 100 |  | Justin Timberlake
The 20/20 Experience
You couldn't ask for a more catchy album. |
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