thirteen

The year is new again. It is time for use to look back on the year that was in terms of metal and release another staff pick list. This time, we chose to have everyone pick 13 tracks instead of albums because while the experience of a good album is undeniable, there are often songs that stand out so tall that one keeps wanting to go back to them instead of sitting through the remainder of the album. We also managed to get opinions from the founding couple of this website and that’s a big deal because they usually like to stay low key. So without wasting further time, here are our lists. Click each track name to enjoy it and see what the fuss was all about.

Subhramani & Vilasini

• LAMB OF GOD – Overlord
• SHEPHERD – Bog Slime
• GAIJIN – Dead Planet
• ZERO GRAVITY – Screaming Agony
• BEVAR SEA – Bury Me In NOLA
• INNER SANCTUM – Wake Of Destruction
• ZYGNEMA – The Phoenix Effect
• AGAINST EVIL – War Hero
• ALBATROSS – Children Of The Cloud
• ECCENTRIC PENDULUM – Resisting Another Equation
• IRON MAIDEN – Tears Of A Clown
• PRIMITIV – World War Zero
• GAIA’S THRONE – Crisis I: The Bereavement

Madhav Ravindranath

• THULCANDRA – Throne Of Will
• ABBATH – Winterbane
• ENSLAVED – In Times
• ENFORCER – Undying Evil
• POWERWOLF – Army Of The Night
• GRAVE – Plain Pine Box
• SYMPHONY X – Without You
• HALLOWS DIE – A Serpent In Judecca
• SOILWORK – The Ride Majestic
• IRON MAIDEN – The Red And The Black
• ALBATROSS – A Tale Of Two Tyrants
• GRUESOME – Demonized
• QUEENSRYCHE – Arrow Of Time

Adarsh Ravichandran

• PARADISE LOST – No Hope In Sight
• HIGH ON FIRE – The Falconist
• ANGELUS APATRIDA – End Man
• VIKING – Blood Eagle*
• CLUTCH – Son of Virginia
• IRON MAIDEN – The Red and The Black
• NILE – In The Name of Amun
• SAXON – Battering Ram
• TRIBULATION – Strange Gateways Beckon
• SYMPHONY X – Nevermore
• OBSEQUIAE – Until All Ages Fall
• MOTORHEAD – Victory Or Die
• RIVERSIDE – Afloat

Manaswi Gundi

• LAMB OF GOD – Engage The Fear Machine
• CATTLE DECAPITATION – Plagueborne
• BEVAR SEA – Bury Me In NOLA
• IGNITE – Nothing Can Stop Me
• CLUTCH – Decapitation Blues
• PIG DESTROYER – Starbelly
• MELECHESH – Multiple Truths
• NAPALM DEATH – Dear Slum Landlord..
• OCEANO – The Dulce Incident
• NIGHTRAGE – Kiss Of A Sycophant
• ULTRAVIOLENCE – Why So Serious
• SIX FEET UNDER – Stab
• REFUSED – Dawkins Christ

Ishaan Kumar

• ENSLAVED – One Thousand Years of Rain
• IRON MAIDEN – The Red and the Black
• SWALLOW THE SUN – Away
• LAMB OF GOD – Anthropoid
• MARDUK – Warschau III (Necropolis)
• KAMELOT – Insomnia
• NILE – Liber Stellae Rubeae
• PYRAMAZE – Disciples of the Sun
• GEORGE KOLLIAS – Voices
• SULPHUR AEON – He is the Gate
• KATAKLYSM – The World is a Dying Insect
• CHILDREN OF BODOM – Danger Zone (Kenny Loggins cover)
• GHOST – Mummy Dust

* Song unavailable for online streaming

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