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Scene Point Blank's Favorites: Year End (2013)

Individual staff lists

These are the individual lists submitted by our writers, which are then compiled together to form the sitewide list. You can click a record's name (where linked) to read our review of that album.

Aideen's list

1. The National – Trouble Will Find Me (4AD)
2. Arctic Monkeys – AM (Domino)
3. Bill Ryder-Jones – A Bad Wind Blows in My Heart (Domino)
4. Savages – Silence Yourself (Matador)
5. Laura Marling – Once I Was An Eagle (Virgin)
6. James Blake – Overgrown (Polydor)
7. Emma Louise – Vs Head Vs Heart (French Kiss)
8. AFI – Burials (Republic)
9. Bleached – Ride Your Heart (Dead Oceans)
10. Primal Scream – More Light (Ignition)
11. Suede – Bloodsports (Sony)
12. The Courteeners – Anna (Polydor)
13. Sleigh Bells – Bitter Rivals (Mom + Pop)
14. Chvrches – The Bones of What You Believe (Virgin)
15. Haim – Days Are Gone (Polydor)
16. Kodaline – In A Perfect World (RCA)
17. Johnny Marr – The Messenger (Warner Bros.)
18. I Am Kloot – Let It All In (Shepherd Moon)
19. Villagers – Awayland (Domino)
20. The Maine – Forever Halloween (Rude Records)

Cheryl Prime's list

1. Deafheaven – Sunbather (Deathwish Inc.)
2. Altar Of Plagues – Teethed Glory and Injury (Profound Lore)
3. Darkthrone – The Underground Resistance (Peaceville)
4. Year Of No Light – Tocsin (Debemur Morti Productions)
5. AFI – Burials (Republic)
6. Cult of Luna – Vertikal (Density)
7. In Solitude – Sister (Metal Blade Records)
8. Cult of Fire – ?????? ?? ????? ???????? (Iron Bonehead Productions)
9. Lycus – The Tempest (20 Buck Spin)
10. Pelican – Forever Becoming (Southern Lord Records)
11. Falkenbach – Asa (Prophecy Productions)
12. Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats – Mind Control (Rise Above)
13. Aosoth – IV: An Arrow In Heart (Agonia)
14. Castevet – Obsian (Profound Lore)
15. Ihsahn – Das Seelenbrechen (Candlelight Records)
16. Lake of Blood – Omnipotens Tyrannus (Cult of Melancholia)
17. Imperium Dekadenz – Meadows of Nostalgia (Season of Mist)
18. Germ – Grief (Eisenwald)
19. An Autumn For Crippled Children – Try Not to Destroy Everything You Love (Aeternitas Tenebrarum Musicae Fundamentum)
20. Portal – Vexovoid (Profound Lore)
21. Beastmilk – Climax (Svart Records)
22. October Falls – The Plague of a Coming Age (Debemur Morti Productions)
23. Soror Dolorosa – No More Heroes (Northern Silence/Beneath Grey Skies)
24. Oranssi Pazuzu – Valonielu (Svart Records/20 Buck Spin)
25. Woe – Withdrawal (Candlelight)

Kevin Fitzpatrick's list

1. Queens of the Stone Age – Like Clockwork (Matador)
2. Red Fang – Whales And Leeches (Relapse)
3. Atoms For Peace – Amok (XL Recordings)
4. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away (Bad Seed LTD.)
5. Tomahawk – Oddfellows (Ipecac)
6. Motörhead – Aftershock (UDR)
7. Johnny Marr – The Messenger (Warner Bros.)
8. Queensrÿche – Self Titled (Century Media)
9. Pearl Jam – Lightning Bolt (Republic)
10. Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine – White People And The Damage Done (Alternative Tentacles)
11. Various Artists – Sound City - Reel To Reel (RCA/Roswell)
12. Iggy & The Stooges – Ready To Die (Fat Possum Records)
13. Mudhoney – Vanishing Point (Sub Pop)
14. Darkthrone – The Underground Resistance (Peaceville)
15. My Bloody Valentine – m b v (Independent)
16. Sigur Rós – Kveikur (XL Recordings)
17. Hank Williams III – A Fiendish Threat (Hank III Records)
18. Cult of Luna – Vertikal (Density)
19. The Dillinger Escape Plan – ...One Of Us Is The Killer (Sumerian)
20. Ihsahn – Das Seelenbrechen (Candlelight Records)
21. Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington – High Rise EP (Play Pen LLC)
22. Arctic Monkeys – AM (Domino)
23. Kurt Vile – Wakin' On A Pretty Daze (Matador)
24. Coffins – The Fleshland (Relapse)
25. Nirvana – In Utero (20th Anniversary Reissue) (Universal)

Loren's list

1. Low Culture – Screens (Dirtnap)
2. Future Virgins – Late Republic (Recess)
3. Radioactivity – Radioactivity (Dirtnap)
4. Big Eyes – Almost Famous (Grave Mistake)
5. The Night Marchers – Allez Allez (Swami)
6. Rumspringer – Stay Afloat (Dirt Cult)
7. The Blind Shake – Key to a False Door (Castle Face Records)
8. Galactic Cannibal – We're Fucked (Hewhocorrupts Inc.)
9. El-P & Killer Mike – Run The Jewels (Fools Gold)
10. Shell Shag – Forever (Don Giovanni)
11. Night Birds – Born To Die In Suburbia (Grave Mistake)
12. Worriers – Cruel Optimist (Don Giovanni)
13. Off With Their Heads – Home (Epitaph)
14. Vacation – Candy Waves (Don Giovanni)
15. Sundowners – The Larger Half of Wisdom (Dirt Cult)
16. Bangers – Crazy Fucking Dreams (Beach Community)
17. Worthwhile Way – Love Is All (ADD Records)
18. Elway – Leavetaking (Red Scare Industries)
19. RVIVR – The Beauty Between (Rumbletowne Records)
20. Plow United – Marching Band (Jump Start)
21. Swingin' Utters – Poorly Formed (Fat Wreck Chords)
22. Kitten Forever – Pressure (Guilt Ridden Pop)
23. Locrian – Return To Annhihlation (Relapse)
24. Caves – Betterment (Bombed out)
25. STNNNG – Empire Inward (Modern Radio)

Matt's list

1. Janelle Monáe – The Electric Lady (Wondaland Arts Society)
2. AFI – Burials (Republic)
3. The Dismemberment Plan – Uncanney Valley (Partisan)
4. Iron & Wine – Ghost On Ghost (4AD / Nonesuch)
5. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories (Daft Life / Columbia)
6. Saves The Day – Saves The Day (Equal Vision / Rory)

Nathan's list

1. El-P & Killer Mike – Run The Jewels (Fools Gold)
2. Nö Pöwer – No Peace (Sorry State)
3. Gensu Dean & Planet Asia – Abrasions (Mello Music Group)
4. Baltic Cousins – The Broken Horn (Self-Released)
5. Guilty Simpson & Small Professor – Highway Robbery (Beat Goliath / Coalmine)
6. California X – Self Titled (Don Giovanni)
7. Ill Bill – The Grimy Awards (Fat Beats)
8. Milk Music – Cruise Your Illusion (Fat Possum)
9. Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge – Twelve Reasons to Die (Relativity / Soul Temple)
10. Broken Prayer – Self-Titled (Sorry State)
11. Durag Dynasty – 360 Waves (Nature Sounds)
12. Chelsea Light Moving – Self-Titled (Matador)
13. Justin Timberlake – The 20/20 Experience (RCA)
14. Roc Marciano – Marci Beaucoup (Man Bites Dog)
15. Rough Kids – The State I'm In (Sorry State)
16. Pusha T – My Name Is My Name (Def Jam)
17. Much Worse – Macrocosm is a Wash (Forward)
18. Ka – The Nights Gambit (Iron Works)
19. Iceage – You're Nothing (Matador)
20. A$AP Ferg – Trap Lord (RCA)
21. Pissed Jeans – Honeys (Sub Pop)
22. Destruction Unit – Void (Jolly Dream)
23. Mudhoney – Vanishing Point (Sub Pop)
24. My Gold Mask – Leave Me Midnight (Highwheel)
25. Joint D ≠ – Satan is Real Again, Again, or: Feeling Good About Feeling Good About Bad Thoughts (Sorry State)
26. Useless Eaters – Hypertension (Jeffery Drag Records)
27. Quelle Chris – Ghost at the Finish Line (Mello Music Group)
28. The Men – New Moon (Sacred Bones)
29. Gateway District – Old Wild Hearts (It's Alive)
30. Autistic Youth – Nonage (Dirtnap)

Scott Wilkinson's list

1. The Silks – Last American Band (Independent)
2. Arctic Monkeys – AM (Domino)
3. Gogol Bordello – Pura Vida Conspiracy (ATO)
4. Herra Terra – Hyperborean (Independent)
5. The Young Leaves – Alive And Well (Baldy Longhair)
6. Drivin' N Cryin' – Songs From The Psychedelic Time Clock (New!)
7. Johnny Marr – The Messenger (Warner Bros.)
8. Dawn McCarthy and Bonnie “Prince” Billy – What The Brothers Sang (Drag City)
9. Broadway Calls – Comfort/Distraction (No Sleep)
10. The Strokes – Comedown Machine (RCA)
11. Haim – Days Are Gone (Polydor)
12. Pretty & Nice – Golden Rules For Golden People (Equal Vision)
13. Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires Of The City (XL Recordings)
14. Queens of the Stone Age – Like Clockwork (Matador)
15. Black Sabbath – 13 (Vertigo)
16. Low Culture – Evil (Drunken Sailor)
17. The Dillinger Escape Plan – ...One Of Us Is The Killer (Sumerian)
18. Modern Life Is War – Fever Hunting (Deathwish Inc)
19. Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine – White People And The Damage Done (Alternative Tentacles)
20. Cult of Luna – Vertikal (Density)
21. Frank Turner – Tape Deck Heart (Interscope)
22. They Might Be Giants – Nanobots (Idlewild Recordings)
23. Hank Williams III – Brothers Of The 4x4 (Hank III Records)
24. Alice In Chains – The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (Capitol)
25. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away (Bad Seed LTD.)

Spyros Stasis's list

1. Altar Of Plagues – Teethed Glory and Injury (Profound Lore)
2. Portal – Vexovoid (Profound Lore)
3. Deafheaven – Sunbather (Deathwish Inc.)
4. Oranssi Pazuzu – Valonielu (Svart Records/20 Buck Spin)
5. Lycus – The Tempest (20 Buck Spin)
6. Infera Bruo – Desolate Unknown (Independent)
7. Subrosa – More Constant than the Gods (Profound Lore)
8. Cult of Luna – Vertikal (Density)
9. Morne – Shadows (Profound Lore)
10. Wolvserpent – Perigaea Antahkarana (Relapse Records)
11. The Psyke Project – Guillotine (Swarm Of Nails)
12. Uzala – Tales of Blood & Fire (King of Monsters Records)
13. Fell Voices – Regnum Saturni (Vendetta Records)
14. The Ocean – Pelagial (Metal Blade)
15. Pelican – Forever Becoming (Southern Lord Records)
16. Castevet – Obsian (Profound Lore)
17. Kylesa – Ultraviolet (Season of Mist)
18. Seidr – Ginnungagap (Bindrune Records)
19. Ken Mode – Entrench (Season of Mist)
20. Batillus – Concrete Sustain (Seventh Rule)
21. Inter Arma – Sky Burial (Relapse)
22. Locrian – Return To Annhihlation (Relapse)
23. Corrections House – Last City Zero (Neurot Recordings)
24. Aosoth – IV: An Arrow In Heart (Agonia)
25. Eight Bells – The Captain's Daughter (Seventh Rule)