The Best Metal Albums of 2013

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Anathema Universal [Live]	Sep 23, 2013	95.9	27	1
2	Omnium Gatherum Beyond	Feb 23, 2013	90	90	9
3	Stratovarius Nemesis	Feb 22, 2013	89.2	91	6
4	Cult of Fire मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान	Nov 30, 2013	94.2	28	2
5	Persefone Spiritual Migration	Mar 29, 2013	90.3	53	3
6	Carcass Surgical Steel	Sep 13, 2013	89.3	60	2
7	Shade Empire Omega Arcane	May 6, 2013	89.3	54	3
8	The Ocean Pelagial	Apr 30, 2013	92.9	21	1
9	Dream Theater Dream Theater	Sep 24, 2013	86.7	88	5
10	Nightwish Showtime, Storytime [Live]	Nov 29, 2013	91.4	26	2
11	Ayreon The Theory of Everything	Oct 28, 2013	90.6	29	1
12	Royal Hunt A Life to Die For	Dec 3, 2013	91.3	23	2
13	Parasite Inc. Time Tears Down	Aug 2, 2013	91.9	20	0
14	Summoning Old Mornings Dawn	Jun 5, 2013	90.4	28	1
15	Bring Me the Horizon Sempiternal	Apr 1, 2013	91.5	21	2
16	After the Burial Wolves Within	Dec 17, 2013	95.6	8	1
17	Breakdown of Sanity Perception	Oct 18, 2013	93.9	11	0
18	Gloryhammer Tales From the Kingdom of Fife	Mar 29, 2013	88.6	34	4
19	Avantasia The Mystery of Time	Mar 29, 2013	86.6	53	4
20	Dark Tranquillity Construct	May 27, 2013	86.8	48	3
21	Deafheaven Sunbather	Jun 11, 2013	86.6	43	2
22	Caladan Brood Echoes of Battle	Feb 15, 2013	89.7	21	2
23	Soilwork The Living Infinite	Feb 27, 2013	87	39	0
24	Thy Light No Morrow Shall Dawn	Jul 20, 2013	92	12	2
25	Immolation Kingdom of Conspiracy	May 10, 2013	90.7	16	0
26	The Black Dahlia Murder Everblack	Jun 11, 2013	88.2	26	1
27	Serenity War of Ages	Mar 22, 2013	88.5	24	1
28	Lingua Mortis Orchestra LMO	Aug 2, 2013	91.5	12	1
29	Airbourne Black Dog Barking	May 21, 2013	95	5	0
30	Fallujah Nomadic [EP]	Apr 2, 2013	94.2	6	0
31	SubRosa More Constant Than the Gods	Sep 17, 2013	94.2	6	0
32	Sulphur Aeon Swallowed by the Ocean's Tide	Jan 11, 2013	91.9	10	1
33	Battle Beast Battle Beast	May 17, 2013	87.6	27	2
34	Extermination Dismemberment Serial Urbicide	May 27, 2013	91.9	10	0
35	Kalmah Seventh Swamphony	Jun 17, 2013	87.2	29	2
36	In Vain Ænigma	Mar 11, 2013	90.5	13	0
37	Steven Wilson The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)	Feb 25, 2013	92.5	8	1
38	Pink Cream 69 Ceremonial	Jan 25, 2013	93.3	6	0
39	Equilibrium Waldschrein [EP]	Aug 16, 2013	93.3	6	1
40	Virgil Donati In This Life	Jul 23, 2013	95	4	0
41	Fen Dustwalker	Jan 21, 2013	94	5	0
42	Black Sabbath 13	Jun 11, 2013	83.9	50	6
43	Haken The Mountain	Sep 2, 2013	90	12	0
44	Inquisition Obscure Verses for the Multiverse	Oct 25, 2013	91.1	9	1
45	Protest the Hero Volition	Oct 29, 2013	88.1	18	1
46	Voivod Target Earth	Jan 18, 2013	92.1	7	0
47	Derdian Limbo	Mar 13, 2013	87.6	19	1
48	Amorphis Circle	Apr 19, 2013	85.9	26	1
49	Mercenary Through Our Darkest Days	Jul 26, 2013	85.4	29	2
50	Cultes des Ghoules Henbane, ...or Sonic Compendium of the Black Arts	Jan 27, 2013	93	5	0

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