Metal Awards

Danny's Top 15 albums of 2013

  1. Volbeat - Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies
    My favorite band after Metallica, period!!
  2. Pretty Maids - Motherland
    Their best ever?
  3. DREAMTALE - WORLD CHANGED FOREVER
    Top Notch Melodic Power Metal.
  4. Civil War - The Killer Angels
    Ex-Sabaton members. Great stuff.
  5. Powerwolf - Preachers of the Night
    Sabaton and Powerwolf rule these days. Period.
  6. Battle Beast - Battle Beast
    Great album.
  7. Helloween - Straight out of Hell
    As usual, magical.
  8. Amon Amarth - Deceiver of the Gods
    Hell yes !!
  9. BLACK VEIL BRIDES - WRETCHED & DIVINE
    You must check this if you like glam metal, especially We Don't Belong song.
  10. FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH - THE WRONG SIDE OF HEAVEN ... Vol.2
    Rising, rising ... shadowing Metallica?
  11. FATE - IF NOT FOR THE DEVIL
    This is what I call their best album since they came back.
  12. AVENGED SECENFOLD - HAILTO THE KING
    Who said Black Album (Metallica)?
  13. WISDOM - MARCHING FOR LIBERTY
    Good stuff.
  14. Gloryhammer - Tales from the Kingdom of Fife
    A new power metal band. No complain :-)
  15. LORD - DIGITAL LIES
    Excellent.
Danny's Top 5 surprises of 2013

  1. ARMORY - EMPYREAN REALMS
    The BEST Power Metal album of 2013 !!!
  2. KELDIAN - OUTBOUND
    The BEST Power/Prog album of 2013 !! A must CHECK !!!
  3. Victorius - The Awakening
    Bravo, for a 1st album, first killer :-)
  4. WARCRY - IMMORTAL
    The best Spanish metal album of 2013. Mouchos bravooooos !!!
  5. VIOLENTARY- THEORY OF LIFE
    Worth checking.
Danny's Disappointment(s) of 2013

  1. Running Wild - Resilient
    Come on, can DO much better, I am sure ....
  2. AIRBOURNE - BLACK DOG BARKING
    Good album, just it didn't match my expectation (of previous album)
  3. Black Sabbath - 13
    I cannot enter in this album, why? Where are the hits ...
Danny's words about 2013
  1. Fantastic Metal year in 2013, once again! Metallica's new album turned out to be a live (for their film), but new studio is expected for 2014, I cross my fingers!!! I wish more of my favorite 2013 albums would have been reviewed and quoted - I am the first one to be blamed of course, but still no time for an official comeback as reviewer. Hopefully in 2015 :-) Still, we are clearly missing a Power/Melodic Metal reviewer. Anyone out there? With Freedom Call, Primal Fear and new Iced Earth, the year started well. Take cares Metal Heads and thanks for reading us, year after year!