Since the year is just about over and I've listened to a shit ton of albums this year, I thought I'd make a list of my top 25 favourites from this year and a few tracks from each that I really liked. Keep in mind I haven't heard everything that came out this year, and I probably missed some good ones; but from what I've heard, here's my list.

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

- IHSAHN - Das Seelenbrechen (NaCl, Hiber)
- REVAMP - Wild Card (Wild Card, Anatomy Of A Nervous Breakdown: Neurasthenia)
- HELL - Curse And Chapter (Darkhangel, Harbinger Of Death)
- STONE SOUR - House of Gold & Bones - Part 2 (Do Me A Favour, Gravesend)
- POWERWOLF - Preachers Of The Night (Amen & Attack, Coleus Sanctus)

NOW THE REAL LIST:

25. CHILDREN OF BODOM - Halo Of Blood (Transference, Bodom Blue Moon)
24. TARJA - Colours In The Dark (Victim Of Ritual, 500 Letters)
23. BLACK SABBATH - 13 (End Of The Beginning, God Is Dead?)
22. ALICE IN CHAINS - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (Stone, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here)
21. TYR - Valkyrja (Mare Of My Night, Hel Hath No Fury)
20. ANVIL - Hope In Hell (Hope In Hell, Badass Rock 'N' Roll)
19. A PALE HORSE NAMED DEATH - Lay My Soul To Waste (Shallow Grave, DMSLT)
18. KOBRA AND THE LOTUS - Kobra And The Lotus (50 Shades Of Evil, Nayana)
17. EMINEM - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (Berzerk, Rap God)
16. DETHKLOK - The Doomstar Requiem: A Klok Opera (The Duel, Blazing Star)
15. STARKILL - Fires Of Life (Fires Of Life, New Infernal Rebirth)
14. AMON AMARTH - Deceiver Of The Gods (As Loke Falls, Father Of The Wolf)
13. FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE - Labyrinth (Minotaur (Wrath Of Poseidon), Elegy)
12. DREAM THEATER - Dream Theater (False Awakening Suite, The Enemy Inside)
11. LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTRA FEAT. RAGE - LMO (Cleansed By Fire, Scapegoat)
10. AVENGED SEVENFOLD - Hail To The King (Requiem, Acid Rain)
9. VOLBEAT - Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies (Dead But Rising, Lola Montez)
8. AMORPHIS - Circle (The Wanderer, Hopeless Days)
7. AMARANTHE - The Nexus (Invincible, Stardust)
6. LINKED HORIZON - Jiyu E No Shingeki EP (Feuerroter Pfeil Und Bogen, Die Flugel Der Freiheit)
5. DEATH ANGEL - The Dream Calls For Blood (Son Of The Morning, The Dream Calls For Blood)
4. TRIVIUM - Vengeance Falls (Vengeance Falls, Wake (The End Is Nigh))
3. GHOST - Infestissumam (Jigolo Har Megiddo, Body And Blood)
2. STEVEN WILSON - The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories) (Drive Home, The Watchmaker)
1. ORPHANED LAND - All Is One (All Is One, Brother, Let The Truce Be Known)

And there you have it! Really looking forward to what 2014 has in store :3