Heavy Metal Hell

2013 Was an astounding year for hard rock and metal fans, bringing some pretty bad ass albums. Here are my 10 favorite picks of the year.  10. Megadeth - Super Collider Favorite Tracks: Blackest Crow, Kingmaker, Cold Sweat  (Thin Lizzy cover) 9. Alter Bridge - Fortress Favorite Tracks: Cry of Achilles, Addicted to Pain 8. Evile - Skull Favorite Tracks: Head of the Demon, Skull 7. Huntress - Starbound Beast Favorite Tracks: I Want to Fuck You to Death, Zenith, Alpha Tauri   6. Spiritual Beggars - Earth Blues Favorite Tracks: Turn the Tide, Sweet Magic Pain, One Man's Curse 5. Newsted - Heavy Metal Music Favorite Tracks: Heroic Dose, Twisted Tail of The Comet, Soldierhead   4. Ghost - Infestissumam Favorite Tracks: Year Zero, Body and Blood, Monstrance Clock   3. Firewind - Apotheosis (live album) Favorite Tracks: Losing My Mind, Wall of Sound, Edge of A Dream   2. Metallica - Through The Never Soundtrack (live album)

Rating: 5/5 Swedish occult rockers Ghost (also known as Ghost B.C for legal reasons) are not newcomers, but have attracted new fame recently since the release of their sophomore album Infestissumam and the single “Year Zero” that debuted earlier this year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkBt7yLXyDk Papa Emeritus II and the Nameless Ghouls have gathered a mass cult following around the world and are surprisingly popular but not exactly well received in the U.S. No shock there, due to the nature of the band and our extremely conservative, Christian-based country and their endless crusade against satanic” music. For those who don’t know Ghost is a “shock rock/metal band” With the satanic themed aspects of King Diamond/Mercyful Fate and Venom. What separates them from the rest is not their unique sound which has been compared to Pink Floyd and Psychedelic 60’s Rock, but the way the band is established like a mockery to the Catholic Church. One of the Ghouls describ