Metal Awards

Chris's Top 15 albums of 2013

  1. Pretty Maids - Motherland
    An incredible album, from start to finish !
  2. Stratovarius - Nemesis
    Best album since Visions & Infinite.
  3. Helloween - Straight out of Hell
    Can Helloween release a bad album anymore ?
  4. Avantasia - The Mystery of Time
  5. Avantasia - The Mystery of Time
  6. Timo Tolkki's Avalon - Land of New Hope
  7. Warcry - Immortal
    Amazing Spanish Power Metal Band, killer !
  8. Dreamtale - World Changed Forever
    Reminds me of Edguy's VGO album.
  9. Dragonfly - Atlas
    Another killer release from the Spanish Power metallers
  10. Amon Amarth - Deceiver of the Gods
  11. Dark Moor - Ars Musica
  12. Powerwolf - Preachers of the Night
  13. Lingua Mortis Orchestra - LMO
    Rage and orchestra, always a hit !
  14. Amaranthe - The Nexus
    It may be repetitive and overproduced, but I enjoy them greatly !
  15. DGM - Momentum
Chris's Top 5 surprises of 2013

  1. Battle Beast - Battle Beast
    One of the best Power Metal of all times, period !
  2. Victorius - The Awakening
  3. W.E.T. - Rise Up
    A great Hard Rock release with very talented artists ! Can't wait to listen to more of them !
Chris's Disappointment(s) of 2013

  1. Running Wild - Resilient
    While a MUCH BETTER album than ShadowMaker, where is the speed metal style of before ?
Chris's words about 2013
  1. 2013 has been a good year for metal, and 2014 shapes up to be an amazing one with the new Axxis albums, the new Freedom Call and more. I wish I find more time for reviewing in 2014 but things don't look so good in the beginning of the year, hopefully things will get better though.

    Thanks to our reader for being faithful to the site and hope you'll all have a wonderful year !