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Best Hard Rock and Heavy Metal of 2013

Here is the Best of hard rock and heavy metal of 2013, picked by Powerline and its contributors.

Here is the Best of 2013, picked by Powerline and its contributors:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patrick Prince

Artist of the Year: Black Sabbath
Best Metal Album: Queensrÿche – Queensrÿche (Century Media)
Best Hard Rock Album: Black Sabbath — 13 (Universal)
Best Song: Black Sabbath – “God is Dead?”
Best Comeback Album: Black Sabbath – 13 (Universal)
Best Metal Band Comeback: Liege Lord
Best Live Album: Jimi HendrixMiami Pop Festival (Sony Legacy)
Best New Hard Rock Band: The Winery Dogs
Best New Metal Band (sort of): Queensrÿche with Todd La Torre
Best Prog Metal Band: Fates Warning
Best Concert DVD: Aerosmith – Rock For the Rising Sun (Eagle Vision)
Best Metal Vinyl: Motörhead – AfterShock (UDR GmbH)
Best Metal Compilation: Thriller – A Metal Tribute To Michael Jackson (Cleopatra Records)
Best Box Set: A Perfect Circle Live: Featuring Stone and Echo (A Perfect Circle Entertainment)
Best Metal Reissue: Dio – Finding the Sacred Heart Live from Philly 86 (Eagle Rock Entertainment
Best Tour: Black Sabbath
Best Biography: Nothin’ To Lose: The Making of KISS, 1972-1975 by Ken Sharp (HarperCollins)
Best Hard Rock Book: Eddie Trunk’s Essential Hard Rock Heavy Metal Volume II (Abrams)
Best Metal Book: Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal (It Books/HarperCollins)

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Ray Hogan

Artist of the Year: Kill Devil Hill
Best Metal Album: Death Angel – The Dream Calls for Blood (Nuclear Blast)
Best Hard Rock Album: Motörhead – AfterShock (UDR GmbH)
Best Metal Song: Flotsam and Jetsam – “Ugly Noise,”
Best Hard Rock Song: Fates Warning – “Firefly”
Best Comeback Album: Black Sabbath – 13 (Universal)
Best Comeback: Liege Lord
Best New Metal Band: Philip H. Anseslmo and the Illegals
Best Prog Metal Band: Periphery
Best DVD: Jimi Hendrix – American Masters: Hear My Train A Comin’ (Sony Legacy)
Best Tour: Soilwork with Jeff Loomis
Best Metal Book: Rex Brown – Official Truth, 101 Proof

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Peter Lindblad

Artist of the Year: Black Sabbath
Best Metal Album: Toxic Holocaust – Chemistry of Consciousness (Relapse Records)
Best Hard Rock Album: Clutch — Earth Rocker (Weathermaker Music)
Best Song: Clutch – “Crucial Velocity”
Best Comeback Album: Black Sabbath – 13 (Universal)
Best Metal Band Comeback: Black Sabbath
Best Live Album: Rainbow – Live in Munich 1977 (Eagle Rock Entertainment)
Best New Hard Rock Band: Vista Chino
Best New Metal Band: Lord Dying
Best Prog Metal Band: Dream Theater
Best Concert DVD: Judas Priest – Epitaph (Legacy Recordings)
Best Metal Vinyl: Toxic Holocaust – Chemistry of Consciousness (Relapse Records)
Best Reissue: Humble Pie – Performance: Rockin’ the Fillmore – The Complete Recordings (Omnivore Recordings)
Best Tour: Clutch w/ The Sword and American Sharks
Best Hard Rock Book: Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen
Best Metal Book: Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal (It Books/HarperCollins)

 

1 Comment on Best Hard Rock and Heavy Metal of 2013

  1. So great to see Liege Lord on this list!

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