Well, it's June. How about some Best of 2013 (So far) lists?

[as_i_am]

The Ocean - Pelegial
Tesseract - Altered State
Armin Van Buuren - Intense
Vega Nova - Lovesongs For The Dead
Disperse - Living Mirrors

 

[dcoughlin1]

Heres mine(in no specific order)
The Ocean- Pelagial
The Black Dahlia Murder- Everblack
Bleed From Within- Uprising
Dillinger- One of us is the killer
Tesseract- Altered State
*Scale The Summit- The Migration (Haven't listened to it since I'm waiting for my pre order to come but I know it's going to be amazing)

Looking forward to

Protest The hero's new album
The Safety Fire- Mouth Of Swords
Karnivool- Asymmetry

 

[musicaldeath]

So far...

Fallujah - Nomadic
Uneven Structure - 8

Haven't listened all the way through but have so far really enjoyed:

Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing
DEP - One of us is the Killer...

Eagerly waiting for:

New Dream Theater (I really, really hope it isn't as boring as I found ADToE)
New PTH

I am hoping DTP releases something this year, but with all the touring, not sure on that. Casualties of Cool and Z2 snippets have been badass so far.

 

[TristanTTN]

Little Tybee - For Distant Viewing
Anamanaguchi - Endless Fantasy
CHON - Newborn Sun
Scale The Summit - The Migration
The Strokes - Comedown Machine
Paramore - Self Titled
TesseracT - Altered State
This Town Needs Guns - 13.0.0.0.0

 

[Scattered Messiah]

Hmmm... so far for this year:

Altar of Plagues - Teethed Glory and Injury (Don't know why, but I am hooked on this)
The Ocean - Pelagial
Daft Punk - RAM

interesting, but not in for the "best":
Tesseract - Altered State
Portal - Vexovoid
Fallujah - Nomadic


yet not listened: new Intronaut

still waiting for new Gorguts and Ulcerate to wipe all other candidates away^^

 

[asher]

Intronaut - Habitual Levitations
Scale the Summit - The Migration
Pomegranate Tiger - Entities
The Ocean - Pelagial
The Dear Hunter - Migrant
Anciients - Heart of Oak

and a bunch of good suggestions in here to go find!

 

[Forkface]

Best I've heard this year, in no particular order:

Daft Punk - random access memories.
Bring me the Horizon - Sempiternal
Dillinger Escape Plan - One of us is the Killer
Tesseract - Altered State
Black Dahlia Murder - Everblack
The Ocean - Pelagial
Within the Ruins - Elite
How to Destroy Angels - Welcome Oblivion

And some special mentions:
Fall out Boy - Save Rock and Roll
Justin Timberlake - 20/20 experience
30 Seconds to Mars - Love Lust Faith Dreams

Looking forward to:
Nine Inch Nails, Protest the Hero, The Safety Fire, and Scale the Summit

 

[celticelk]

We need some more perspective from the non-djent/tech death crowd here. Personally, the only 2013 release I've bought so far is Kylesa's Ultraviolet, which is outstanding. Eagerly looking forward to new releases from Mouth of the Architect, True Widow, Sub Rosa, NIN, and I'll definitely be picking up new Pelican and/or Russian Circles if either of those drop this year.

 

[jehu12141987]

The New Aristocrats album, "Culture Clash" might just dethrone Steven Wilson's "The Raven that Refused to Sing" but I am sticking with it thus far.

 

[wankerness]

Means End - The Didact is easily my favorite so far this year, it's the best prog metal album I've heard in almost a decade.

Soilwork's new album is very good but I haven't really listened to it since the month it came out. It's still their best since Natural Born Chaos and probably my second favorite album so far this year.

The Knife - Shaking the Habitual is third and Daft Punk - Random Access Memories is fourth.

I'm not half as keen on the new TesseracT as I was expecting to be. I can't think of anything else I've liked this year so far.

 

[tm20]

Within The Ruins -Elite

easily my favourite album of the year so far....but i feel like After The Burial's new one will be better (if it comes out ._. )

 

[Gamma362]

Byzantine- Byzantine
AiC- The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
Amon Amarth - Deciever of the Gods (I got it through the radio station I work at, you guys will not be disappointed)

The New Killswitch is damn good also

 

[Joose]

The Black Dahlia Murder's new album, "Everblack", is absolutely amazing.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Im so far behind on buying new stuff.

Suffocation - Pinnacle of Bedlam
Immolation - Kingdom of Conspiracy


I've also enjoyed Ade - Spartacus

 

[hk_golgatha]

Dillinger Escape Plan - One of Us is the Killer
The Black Dahlia Murder - Everblack
Scale the Summit - The Migration
J.T. - The 20/20 Experience
Tesseract - Altered State

I eagerly await the new August Burns Red. Is Cynic due this year? If so, that goes mentioned. Curious to see if we'll get a new installment of AAL or that Periphery concept album.

 

[hk_golgatha]

Also new Protest the Hero, maybe?
Lots of great music coming up, just don't know if it'll drop this year.

Heard great things about the new Queens of the Stone Age album, too.

 

[JosephAOI]

I was pretty much right. Tesseract & Chon are totally winning AOTY imo.

 

[CreptorStatus]

To be honest its been slim pickings this year.. but top three so far:

Shai Hulud - Reach Beyond the Sun
Arsis - Unwelcome
Rotting Christ - Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy

A few other good releases but nothing spectacular:
Black Dahlia Murder - Everblack
Kalmah - Seventh Swamphony
August Burns Red - Rescue & Restore
Children of Bodom - Halo of Blood

Been meaning to check out The Ocean and Altar of Plagues tho.

 

[Noisy Humbucker]

The Safety Fire. Mouth of Swords. Period.

 

[gunshow86de]

Intronaut - Habitual Levitations


Immolation - Kingdom of Conspiracy


Batillus - Concrete Sustain


The new Scale the Summit is also very good, but I haven't spent enough time with it to say if it's one of my "best of" picks.