Phil
Weller’s Top 25 Albums of 2013
Music is very personal thing. When every year concludes, journalists and fans alike compile their definitive lists of the year gone by. From person to person, those lists will differ. Likewise, from person to person, opinions of other people’s lists will be just as unique. Yet, someone will only disagree with a list because they care about music, because they’re passionate about a certain record and feel it needs more credit than it’s received. So, without further ado, here’s my top 25 albums of 2013.
Music is very personal thing. When every year concludes, journalists and fans alike compile their definitive lists of the year gone by. From person to person, those lists will differ. Likewise, from person to person, opinions of other people’s lists will be just as unique. Yet, someone will only disagree with a list because they care about music, because they’re passionate about a certain record and feel it needs more credit than it’s received. So, without further ado, here’s my top 25 albums of 2013.
25)
Ghost – Infestissumam
24)
Fantasist – Fantasist
23)
Windhand – Soma
22)
Chron Goblin – Life For The Living
21)
Kadavar - Abra Kadavar
20)
Karnivool – Asymmetry
19)
In Solitude – Sister
18)
DevilDriver – Winter Kills
17)
Noctum – Final Sacrifice
16)
Ihsahn - Das seelenbrechen
15)
Haken – The Mountain
14)
Megadeth – Super Collider
13)
Avatarium – Avatarium
12)
Queens of the Stone Age – Like Clockwork
11)
Vista Chino
10)
Tracer – El Pistolero
Australian stoner rock with a little help from Kevin Shirley.
9)
Alice In Chains – The Devil Put
Dinosaurs Here
Stone may just be the riff of the year
8)
Trivium – Vengeance Falls
Not strictly sludge, but a fine return to form.
7)
Dream Theater – Dream Theater
Petrucci and Rudess steal the show.
6)
Clutch – Earth Rocker
No frills, just brilliance
5)
Rob Zombie - Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor
Arguably Rob Zombie’s best record to
date. He also coats a Grand Funk classic in dirty sludge.
4)
Sisare – Nature’s Despair
Prog rock from Finland ,
it absorbs you in its lulling beauty and visceral riffs.
3)
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats – Mind Control
Diverse and utterly stunning.
2)
Black Sabbath – 13
The original godfathers lead by example
1)
Motörhead – Aftershock
