米サイトPitchforkが「2013年の年間ベスト・メタル・アルバム TOP40」を発表

40. Bone Sickness: Alone in the Grave [20 Buck Spin]
39. Batillus: Concrete Sustain [Seventh Rule]
38. Raspberry Bulbs: Deformed Worship [Blackest Ever Black]
37. GNAW: Horrible Chamber [Seventh Rule]
36. Altar of Plagues: Teethed Glory and Injury [Profound Lore]
35. Locrian: Return to Annihilation [Relapse]
34. Atlantean Kodex: The White Goddess [Cruz del Sur]
33. Mouth of the Architect: Dawning [Translation Loss]
32. Celeste: Animale(s) [Denovali ]
31. The Body: Christs, Redeemers [Thrill Jockey]
30. Vaura: The Missing [Profound Lore]
29. Yellow Eyes: Hammer of Night [Sibir]
28. Windhand: Soma [Relapse]
27. Vastum: Patricidal Lust [20 Buck Spin]
26. Exhumed: Necrocracy [Relapse]
25. Vattnet Viskar: Sky Swallower [Century Media]
24. KEN mode: Entrench [Season of Mist]
23. Autopsy: The Headless Ritual [Peaceville]
22. Skeletonwitch: Serpents Unleashed [Prosthetic]
21. Oranssi Pazuzu: Velonielu [20 Buck Spin / Svart]
20. Castevet: Obsian [Profound Lore]
19. The Ruins of Beverast: Blood Vaults ? The Blazing Gospel of Heinrich Kramer [Van]
18. ASG: Blood Drive [Relapse]
17. Grave Miasma: Odori Sepulcrorum [Profound Lore]
16. Tribulation: The Formulas of Death [Invictus Productions]
15. In Solitude: Sister [Metal Blade]
14. Nails: Abandon All Life [Southern Lord]
13. Russian Circles: Memorial [Sargent House]
12. VHOL: VHOL [Profound Lore]
11. Inter Arma: Sky Burial [Relapse]
10. Noisem: Agony Defined [A389]
09. Subrosa: More Constant Than the Gods [Profound Lore]
08. Carcass: Surgical Steel [Nuclear Blast]
07. Darkthrone: The Underground Resistance [Peaceville]
06. Lycus: Tempest [20 Buck Spin]
05. Gorguts: Colored Sands [Season of Mist]
04. Power Trip: Manifest Decimation [Southern Lord]
03. Inquisition: Obscure Verses for the Multiverse [Season of Mist]
02. Agrimonia: Rites of Separation [Southern Lord]
01. Deafheaven: Sunbather [Deathwish]