The following is a list of “Top 10 Releases of 2013” lists by staff members and contributors; as always, feel free to share yours in the comments.

1- Wisdom of Crowds – Wisdom Of Crowds
2- Depeche Mode – Delta Machine
3- Von Hertzen Brothers – Nine Lives
4- Détroit – Horizons
5- Leprous – Coal
6- Steven Wilson – The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)
7- Fleshgod Apocalypse – Labyrinth
8- Ihsahn – Das Seelenbrechen
9- KMFDM – KUNST
10- Otep – Hydra

1- Haken – The Mountain
2- Moon Safari – Himlabacken Vol.1
3- Witherscape – The Inheritance
4- Steven Wilson – The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)
5- Amadeus Awad – Schizanimus
6- Beehoover – The Devil and His Footmen
7- Ulver – Messe I.X-VI.X
8- Semantic Saturation – Solipsistic
9- Subterranean Masquerade – Home
10- Pomegranate Tiger – Entities

  • Mélany’s Top 10 Releases of 2013 (contributor)

1- In Vain – Ænigma
2- Queens of the Stone Age -…Like Clockwork
3- Wisdom Of Crowds – Wisdom of Crowds
4- Woodkid – The Golden Age
5- James LaBrie – Impermanent Resonance
6- Alter Bridge – Fortress
7- SuidAkrA – Eternal Defiance
8- Audrey Horne – Youngblood
9- A Pale Horse Named Death – Lay My Soul To Waste
10- The Fall of Every Season – Amends

  • Yves Nasrallah’s Top 10 Releases of 2013 (contributor)

1- Wisdom of Crowds – Wisdom of Crowds
2- Riverside – Shrine Of New Generation Slaves
3- Ihsahn – Das Seelenbrechen
4- Cloudeater – Purge
5- Karnivool – Asymmetry
6- Leprous – Coal
7- The Winery Dogs – The Winery Dogs
8- Leafblade – The Kiss of Spirit and Flesh
9- The Gabriel Construct – Interior City
10- Exivious – Liminal

1- Suidakra – Eternal Defiance
2- Amon Amarth – Deceiver of the Gods
3- Helloween – Straight out of Hell
4- Summoning – Old Mornings Dawn
5- Dark Tranquillity – Construct
6- Leaves Eyes – Symphonies of the Night
7- Revamp – Wild Card
8- Falkenbach – Asa
9- Rhapsody of Fire – Dark Wings of Steel
10- Orphaned Land – All Is One

1- Exivious – Liminal
2- Scale the Summit – The Migration
3- TesseracT – Altered State
4- Dream Theater – Dream Theater
5- Pomegranate Tiger – Entities
6- Rook – Unfinity (EP)
7- Intronaut – Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words with Tones)
8- Nero Di Marte – Nero Di Marte
9- Anciients – Heart of Oak
10- Thousand Mile Channel – T A P S