Hopefully you’ve seen the MR Team’s Best of 2013 for the live arena (if not, check it out here).
Now its the turn of the best studio work released in 2013 – albums or EPs we don’t mind. But not live albums, compilations, or re-issues.
How do they compare with your own ‘Best of 2013′? Please tell us in the comments field at the bottom of the page.
Brady Deeprose
Chapters – The Imperial Skies
The Black Dahlia Murder – Everblack
Max Raptor – Mother’s Ruin
Ghost B.C. – Infestissumam
Black Sabbath – 13
Best release by a Midlands band: Max Raptor – Mother’s Ruin
Brian McGowan
D.A.D. – D.A.D.
Wang Chung – Tazer Up
Tom Keifer – The Way Life Goes
Last Autumn’s Dream – Ten Tangerine Tales
Casablanca – Riding A Black Swan
Chop
Onslaught – VI
Monolithe – IV
Coffins – The Fleshland
Nightfall – Cassiopeia
Necrophobic – Womb Of Lilithu
Claire Frays
Five Finger Death Punch – The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1
Five Finger Death Punch – The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 2
Trivium – Vengeance Falls
DevilDriver – Winter Kills
Alter Bridge – Fortress
Best release by a Midlands band: Opheon – A New Hope
Dave Tonge
Teenage Casket Company – Still Standing
Senton Bombs – Chapter Zero
Dirt Box Disco – People Made of Paper
Falling Red – Empire of the Damned
Eva Plays Dead – Guilt Trips and Sins
Best release by a Midlands band: Teenage Casket Company – Still Standing
David Waterfield
Purson – The Circle And The Blue Door
Luna Rossa – Sleeping Pills And Lullabies
Sound Of Contact – Dimensionaut
Jo Harman – Dirt On My Tongue
Magenta – The Twenty Seven Club
Dawn Greenhouse
Black Sabbath – 13
Motorhead – Aftershock
Megadeth – Supercharger
Paradise Lost – Tragic illusion
Alter Bridge – Fortress
Best release by a Midlands band: Electronic Blues Reaction – In The Fade
Dean Pedley
The Temperance Movement – The Temperance Movement
Deep Purple – Now What!?
The Quireboys – Beautiful Curse
Tarja – Colours In The Dark
Steven Wilson – The Raven That Refused To Sing & Other Stories
Best release by a Midlands band: Twisted Species – Genus
Ian Savage
Dave McPherson – Dreamoirs
Streetlight Manifesto – The Hands That Thieve
Eureka Machine – Remain In Hope
Motorhead – Aftershock
Black Star Riders – All Hell Breaks Loose
Best release by a Midlands band: Givvi Flynn – Thieving From The Magpies Nest
Jack Arkell
Letlive – The Blackest Beautiful
Dillinger Escape Plan – One Of Us is the Killer
Anna Calvi – One Breath
Black Sabbath – 13
Gogol Bordello – Pura Vida Conspiracy
Best release by a Midlands band: Max Raptor – Mother’s Ruin
Jason Guest
Oranssi Pazuzu – Valonielu
Karnivool – Asymmetry
Zemial – Nykta
Thaw – Thaw
Purson – The Circle And The Blue Door
Best release by a Midlands band: Liberty Lies – Reflections
Julian Handley
Eden’s Curse – Symphony of Sin
Motörhead – Aftershock
Amorphis – Circle
Soilwork – The Living Infinite
Black Star Riders – All He’ll Breaks Loose
Best release by a Midlands band: Hell – Chapter and Curse
Krish Mistry
Black Sabbath – 13
Carcass – Surgical Steel
Children Of Bodom – Halo Of Blood
Saxon – Sacrifice
Sodom – Epitome Of Torture
Paul Broome
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Push the Sky Away
Metz – Metz
Slussenanalys – Aquila Helvestir Asfaltos
Drug Church – Paul Walker
Mudhoney – Vanishing Point
Best release by a Midlands band: Them Wolves German For Duke
Paul Woodward
Vega – What The Hell
Degreed – We Don’t Belong
Find Me – Wings Of Love
Newman – Siren
Charming Grace – Charming Grace
Paul Quinton
Riverside – Shrine Of New Generation Slaves
FM – Rockville
W.E.T. – Rise Up
Magenta – The Twenty Seven Club
Spock’s Beard – Brief Nocturnesand Dreamless Sleep
Best release by a Midlands band: Black Sabbath – 13
Paul Castles
Venomous Maximus – Beg Upon The Light
Kadavar – Abra Kadavar
Rotting Christ – Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy
Forlorn Path – Man’s Last Portrait
Svart – Crown Profane
Best release by a Midlands band: Structures Your First Day is Part of our World
Paul Davis
The Virginmarys – King of Conflict
Heaven’s Basement – Filthy Empire
The Dead Daisies – The Dead Daisies
Airbourne – Black Dog Barking
Clutch – Earth Rocker
Best release by a Midlands band: Liberty Lies – Reflections
Peter Keevil
Zodiac – A Hiding Place
Monster Truck – Furiosity
The Temperance Movement – The Temperance Movement
Heavens Basement – Filthy Empire
Scorpion Child – Scorpion Child
Best release by a Midlands band: Reuben Archer’s Personal Sin
Raymond Westland
The Ocean – Pelegial
Shining (NOR) – One One One
Cult Of Luna – Vertikal
Intronaut – Habitual Levitations
Mutation – Error 500
Rich Ward
Fish – A Moveable Feast
The Temperance Movement – The Temperance Movement
Black Star Riders – All Hell Breaks Loose
Deep Purple – Now What?!
Michael Schenker – Bridge The Gap
Best release by a Midlands band: Black Sabbath – 13
Rob Stanley
Black Sabbath – 13
Will Wild – Raw Blues
Continents – Idle Hands
Dan Sowerby – Milestone
Wooden Horse – This Kind of Troublr
Best release by a Midlands band: Black Sabbath – 13
Russ Tierney
Screaming Eagles – From the Flames
Buckcherry – Confessions
Crowdburn – Ignition
The Band Perry – Pioneer
Hey!Hello! – Hey!Hello!
Russ Powney
Pearl Jam – Lightning Bolt
The Temperance Movement – The Temperance Movement
The National – Trouble Will Find Me
Sebadoh – Defend Yourself
Andrew Stockdale – Keep Moving
Samantha Knight
Liberty Lies – Reflections
Megadeth – Super Collider
Gin Lady – Mother’s Ruin
The Answer – New Horizon
Motorhead – Aftershock
Best release by a Midlands band: Liberty Lies – Reflections
Sophie Maughan
Bring Me The Horizon – Sempiternal
Nine Inch Nails – Hesitation Marks
Black Sabbath – 13
Alter Bridge – Fortress
Carcass – Surgical Steel
Best release by a Midlands band: Purify The Horror – EP
Tony Gaskin
Clutch – Earth Rocker
Onslaught – VI
New Model Army – Between Dog and Wolf
Warlord UK – We Die As One
Annihilator – Feast
Best release by a Midlands band: Warlord UK – We Die As One
Tosh Davies
Clutch – Earth Rocker
Orchid – The Mouths of Madness
Alice In Chains – The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
Monster Truck – Furiosity
Heavens Basement – Filthy Empire
Best release by a Midlands band: Lock Up Laura – Running In The Dark
Will Harris
Nine Inch Nails – Hesitation Marks
Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite – Get Up!
Savages – Silence Yourself
Arctic Monkeys – AM
Mudhoney – Vanishing Point
Best release by a Midlands band: Where The Skeletons Play – Serotonin Blueprints
nice to see the mighty sabbath, deep purple, and fish still being recognised as a force to be reckoned with, black star riders great 1st album,like dean pedley i rate steve wilson’s “raven” album as one of my top 5 this year, a massive thank you to tosh for the fantastic support he has given my son sam’s band, lock up laura, this year. keep up the good work guys from a 55 yr old fat bloke who still loves to rock, merry xmas to you all and may all your children thrive and prosper and look after you in old age lol
Cheers Steve, thanks for your comment and good wishes.
From a 49yr fat editor who also still loves to rock.
Have a great crimbo
Peter
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