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Here's my list of the Top 10 rock and metal releases of the year.

01.) Oliva - Raise The Curtain (Nuclear Blast)
02.) Metal Church - Generation Nothing (Rat Pak Records)
03.) Black Sabbath - 13 (Republic Records)
04.) Fates Warning - Darkness in a Different Light (InsideOut Music)
05.) S.U.N. - Something Unto Nothing (Robo Records)
06.) Pamela Moore - Resurrect Me (Rat Pak Records)
07.) Deep Purple - Now What?! (Eagle Rock Entertainment)
08.) Helloween - Straight Out Of Hell (Sony)
09.) Queensryche - Frequency Unknown (Cleopatra Records)
10.) Benedictum - Obey (Frontiers)

You can check out what everyone else from KNAC.com had on their best of lists HERE!

If you include the NON-Metal releases, the list would look like this:

1. Oliva - Raise The Curtain
2. Metal Church - Generation Nothing
3. Black Sabbath - 13
4. Beth Hart - Bang Bang Boom Boom
5. Fates Warning - Darkness in a Different Light
6. S.U.N. - Something Unto Nothing
7. Pamela Moore - Resurrect Me
8. Beth Hart / Joe Bonamassa - Seesaw
9. Deep Purple - Now What?!
10. Helloween - Straight Out of Hell

TageRyche wrote: 09.) Queensryche - Frequency Unknown (Cleopatra Records)

You mean "Queensryche - Queensryche"...right?

I can't believe they can actually name 10. But if "Monster" isn't on it, they have no clue.

1. Heaven And Earth - Dig
2. Halestorm - ReAniMate 2.0
3. W.E.T. - Rise Up
4. Black Star Riders - All Hell Breaks Lose
5. The Badlees - Epiphones & Empty Rooms
6. Deep Purple - Now What!
7. Rush - Clockwork Angels Tour
8. Black Sabbath - "13"
9. Def Leppard - Viva Hysteria!
10.KISS - Live at The Daisy - Amityville 1973 (soundboard bootleg)

verslibre wrote:

TageRyche wrote: 09.) Queensryche - Frequency Unknown (Cleopatra Records)

You mean "Queensryche - Queensryche"...right?

Nope. While the self-titled CD was quite popular with others who submitted their lists for the KNAC.com Staff Picks article, I preferred FU more. The S/T disc was a bit too much in the way of a tribute band sound in spots to me.

Both albums got 3 star reviews from me, but I liked FU a bit more.

FU is really bad. Sorry. Maybe 3 decent tracks total. Go listen to Operation: Mindcrime or Empire and then go play FU. Tate's Limp Bizkit/Uncle Kracker routine is beyond embarrassing.

I don't have 10 but:
Heaven and Earth- Dig
Bonamassa/Hart- Seesaw
WET Rise Up

the only 2013 CDs I bought:

1. Def Leppard - Viva Hysteria
2. Harem Scarem - Mood Swings II
3. W.E.T. - Rise Up
4. Soundtrack - Frozen
5. Hanson - Anthem

I only gots 4 that I can think of.....

1.Rush - Clockwork Angels Tour
2.Dream Theater - Dream Theater
3.Def Leppard - Viva Hysteria
4.WET - Rise Up