Tuesday 31 December 2013

The Top 100 Most Paranoid Albums of 2013


IMPORTANT NOTE: So this is it, this is the official Paranoid Hitsophrenic year's end best of list for the year 2013, but there are a couple things that you should know.  1). That the order and selection of the albums on this list are based on but a single criteria: amount of plays.  There's a whole formula that goes into it, but basically this is a list of my Most Played albums from 2013.  I still can't think of a better way to accurately document personal favorites.  And 2). that this list only covers albums that were officially released between January 1 and October 31 2013 with three exceptions (Egypt's 'Become The Sun', Green Shades's '..Bright Interlude' and Cpt Kronos's 'The Invocation' E.P. all of which were released in the final days of December 2012).  Albums released between November 1 and December 31, 2013 will be covered in next year's list.

All albums listed have links to listen to or purchase the album or both.  Please feel free to click the links of unfamiliar albums and fall in love.
  1. IRON MAN – South of the Earth
  2. DEVIL – Gather the Sinners
  3. BEELZEFUZZ – Self-Titled
  4. HEAD OF THE DEMON – Self-Titled
  5. BLOOD CEREMONY – The Eldritch Dark
  6. DEVIL TO PAY – Fate Is Your Muse
  7. MOTHER OF GOD – Anthropos
  8. NYMF – From the Dark
  9. ABYSMAL GRIEF – Feretri
  10. UNCLE ACID &THE DEADBEATS – Mind Control
  11. BLIZARO – Strange Doorways
  12. NEON WARSHIP – Self-Titled
  13. TUMBLEWEED DEALER – Self-Titled
  14. ALICE IN CHAINS – The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
  15. HOLLOW LEG – Abysmal
  16. MONSTER MAGNET – Last Patrol
  17. CURSE THE SON – Psychache
  18. MOUNTAIN WITCH – Cold River
  19. VISTA CHINO – Peace
  20. SASQUATCH – IV
  21. UZALA – Tales of Blood & Fire
  22. ZODIAC – Self-TitledE.P.
  23. TOMBSTONES – Red Skies& Dead Eyes
  24. LA CHINGA – Self-Titled
  25. WINDHAND – Soma
  26. BRUTUS – Behind the Mountains
  27. KADAVAR – Abra Kadavar
  28. TSAR BOMBA – Silent Queen
  29. DEMON EYE – Self-Titled E.P.
  30. BEASTWARS – Blood Becomes Fire
  31. TENTACLE – Ingot Eye
  32. ICE DRAGON – Born a Heavy Morning
  33. SPIRAL SHADES – Hypnosis Sessions
  34. CRYPT TRIP – Self-Titled E.P.
  35. DOCTOR SMOKE – Demo
  36. PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS – Walk Through Exits Only
  37. MOTHERSHIP – Self-Titled
  38. SHALLOW GRAVE – Self-Titled
  39. MAGIC CIRCLE – Self-Titled
  40. HORISONT – Time Warriors
  41. AT DEVIL DIRT - Plan B: Sin Revolución no hay Evolución
  42. CPT. KRONOS – The Invocation E.P.
  43. GOZU – The Fury of a Patient Man
  44. EGYPT – Become the Sun
  45. CULT OF OCCULT – Hic Est Domus Diaboli
  46. SUMERU – Self-Titled
  47. ROTE MARE – The Invocation / The Kingdom
  48. BORRACHO – Oculus
  49. RED FANG – Whales & Leeches
  50. EARTHEN GRAVE – Self-Titled
  51. WEED PRIEST – Self-Titled
  52. ALEPH NULL – Belladonna E.P.
  53. ICE DRAGON – The Soul’s Midnight
  54. MAMMOTH STORM – Demo
  55. DEMONAUTA – Caminando En La Luna
  56. THE GATES OF SLUMBER – Stormcrow E.P.
  57. BLACK SABBATH – 13
  58. GREEN SHADE - ..Bright Interlude
  59. WICKED INQUISITION – Silence Thereafter
  60. SEREMONIA – Ihminen
  61. KRÖWNN – Hyborian Age
  62. YIDHRA – Hexed
  63. GOATESS – Self-Titled
  64. BLACK CAPRICORN – Born Under the Capricorn
  65. ORANSSI PAZUZU – Valonielu
  66. ALBINO PYTHON – The Doomed & The Damned
  67. REVELATION – Inner Harbor
  68. SPACE GOD RITUAL – Eldritch Tales
  69. MAGISTER TEMPLI – Lucifer Leviathan Logos
  70. BLACK PYRAMID – Adversarial
  71. PEACEMAKER – Cult .45
  72. PALM DESERT – Rotten Village Sessions
  73. IN THE COMPANY OF SERPENTS – Of the Flock
  74. VOID OF SLEEP – Tales Between Reality & Madness
  75. CATHEDRAL – The Last Spire
  76. IRON HEARSE – Get In the Hearse
  77. CULTURA TRES – Rezando Al Miedo
  78. CHURCH OF VOID – Winter Is Coming E.P.
  79. CROWLORD – Nakes Chicks, Goats & Wolves
  80. SHININ’ SHADE – Sat-Urn
  81. BLACK RAINBOWS – Holy Moon E.P.
  82. ARGUS – Beyond the Martyrs
  83. TOMBSTONE – Where the Dead Belong
  84. CHURCH OF VOID – Dead Rising
  85. BLOOD RED WATER – All the Ills of Mankind
  86. FANGS OF THE MOLOSSUS – Self-Titled
  87. BLACK ANGELS – Indigo Meadow
  88. MOSS – Horrible Night
  89. WEREWOLVES IN SIBERIA – The Rising
  90. FIVE HORSE JOHNSON – The Taking of Blackheart
  91. APE SKULL – Self-Titled
  92. DOZER – Vultures E.P.
  93. PYRES – Year of Sleep
  94. POMBAGIRA – Maleficia Lamiah
  95. DIESEL KING – The Grey Man E.P.
  96. MOUNT SALEM – Endless
  97. THE HEAVY CO. – Midwest Electric
  98. NOCTUM – Final Sacrifice
  99. APE MACHINE – Mangled By the Machine
  100. SHROUD EATER – Dead Ends E.P.
One final note:  This being a most played list, the rankings are fluid.  Take a look at last year's list right here (looks better doesn't it?  Well, I gave myself a lot more time last year), then compare it to where the 2012 list stands at this moment in time (Top 30):

  1. CORROSION OF CONFORMITY - Self-Titled
  2. HIGH ON FIRE - De Vermis Mysteriis
  3. FROM BEYOND - The Color Out of Space E.P.
  4. MOON CURSE - Self-Titled
  5. ABRAHMA - Through the Dusty Paths of Our Lives
  6. RED DESERT - Damned By Fate
  7. SONIC TITAN - Even Higher
  8. MOUNT FUJI - Self-Titled
  9. WINDHAND - Self-Titled
  10. HOUR OF 13 - 333
  11. ADMIRAL SIR CLOUDESLEY SHOVELL - Don't Hear It ... Fear It!
  12. SKANSKA MORD - Paths To Charon
  13. AT DEVIL DIRT - Chapter II "Vulgo gratissimus auctor"
  14. ICHABOD - Dreamscapes From Dead Space
  15. ORANGE GOBLIN - A Eulogy For the Damned
  16. GREENLEAF - Nest of Vipers
  17. VINUM SABBATUM - Bacchanale Premiere
  18. DOWN - Down IV: The Purple E.P.
  19. SATELLITE BEAVER - The Last Bow
  20. THE GRAVIATORS - Evil Deeds
  21. WO FAT - The Black Code
  22. SET - Sacred Moon Cult
  23. SEREMONIA - Self-Titled
  24. DOPELORD - Magick Rites
  25. CAPTAIN CRIMSON - Dancing Madly Backwards
  26. MOS GENERATOR - Nomads
  27. MOONLESS - Calling All Demons
  28. THE WANDERING MIDGET - From the Meadows of Opium Dreams
  29. SOUNDCRAWLER - The Sandcrawler
  30. GOYA - Demo

2 comments:

  1. Great list, man! Awesome work especially in your 2013 chronicle (year in review). I just want to express my admiration for your blog and say that Paranoid Hitsophrenic is my favourite blog!

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  2. Thanks Cap! That means a lot to me, especially coming from you! What an honor, thank you!

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