Here they are, as voted on by the Brotherhood of The Metal Observer, the Top 20 albums of 2013!
Although the results weren’t as tight as last year’s poll – Enslaved’s RIITIIR narrowly beat out Sabaton’s Carolus Rex – this year’s batch was certainly not lacking in competition.
20) Satan’s Host – Virgin Sails (Heavy Metal / USA) (42 points / 3 votes)
19) Queensrÿche – Queensrÿche (Progressive Metal / USA) (42 points / 3 votes)
18) Children of Bodom – Halo of Blood (Death/Power Metal / Finland) (45 points / 5 votes)
17) Nails – Abandon All Life (Grindcore / USA) (45 points / 4 votes)
16) Exhumed – Necrocracy (Death Metal / USA) (47 points / 4 votes)
15) The Ruins Of Beverast – Blood Vaults: The Blazing Gospel Of Heinrich Kramer (Black Metal / Germany) (49 points / 3 votes)
14) Beastmilk – Climax (Gothic Rock/Punk / Finland) (54 points / 3 votes)
13) Hell – Curse & Chapter (Heavy Metal / Great Britain) (59 points / 4 votes)
12) Leprous – Coal (Progressive Metal / Norway) (65 points / 5 votes)
11) In Solitude – Sister (Occult Rock / Sweden) (66 points / 5 votes)
10) Gorguts – Colored Sands (Death Metal / Canada) (67 points / 7 votes)
9) Alice in Chains – The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (Alternative Metal / USA) (67 points / 6 votes)
8) Amorphis – Circle (Heavy Metal / Finland) (67 points / 4 votes)
7) Darkthrone – The Underground Resistance (Black Metal / Norway) (72 points / 6 votes)
6) Týr – Valkyrja (Power Metal / Faroes Isles) (75 points / 7 votes)
5) Evertale – Of Dragons And Elves (Power Metal / Germany) (80 points / 7 votes)
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4) Carcass – Surgical Steel (Death Metal / Great Britain) (82 points / 6 votes)
3) Atlantean Kodex – The White Goddess (Epic/Doom Metal / Germany) (87 points / 6 votes)
2) Stratovarius – Nemesis (Power Metal / Finland) (91 points / 7 votes)
1) Amon Amarth – Deceiver Of The Gods (Death Metal / Sweden) (103 points / 8 votes)
