We’re essentially finished with our 2012 Listmania series. That series has included more than 30 lists of last year’s best metal, and collectively they form a nice shopping menu for people still interested in catching up on what they missed. We’ll have a big Listmania wrap-up post tomorrow, with some statistical analysis by a guest who has combined and ranked everything on the lists we’ve posted.
But we’re now well into the new year’s first month and it’s time to start looking ahead. We’ve already reviewed several albums due for release in the near future and featured advance music from many others, but so much more is coming.
What I’ve got below is a list of bands who have new albums or EPs due in 2013 that I’m particularly interested in hearing. (And by the way, this list doesn’t include some forthcoming 2013 releases that I’ve already heard, e.g., Rotting Christ, Koldbrann, Omnium Gatherum, Byzantine, Hate, Kongh, and Oblivion — they are all most certainly worth watching for.)
But I’m sure I’ve overlooked a lot more. So I invite you to take a look at this list and then supplement it in the comments. Please tell us which albums are on your own “highly anticipated” list for 2013.
Here’s my list, based on what I’ve seen so far. I guess this will be the year when I finally have to learn to make do without sleep.
Abigail Williams
Agoraphobic Nosebleed
Agrypnie
Altar of Plagues
The Amenta
Amon Amarth
Amorphis
Angist
Antigama
Ares Kingdom
Arkan
Arsis
The Atlas Moth
Belphegor
Black Dahlia Murder
Botanist
Carcass
Cerekloth
Cnoc Un Tursa
Coffins
Cult of Luna
Darkthrone
Dark Tranquillity
Deafheaven
Deeds of Flesh
Defeated Sanity
Destroyer 666
Devourment
Diabolical
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Extol
Finntroll
Fractal Gates
Ghost
God of Atheists
Gojira
Gorguts
Graveyard (Spain)
Hacride
Hypocrisy
Imperium Dekadenz
Infestus
Inter Arma
Intronaut
Katalepsy
KenMode
Killswitch Engage
Kvelertak
Lecherous Nocturne
Lightning Swords of Death
Limbonic Art
Lord Dying
Mitochondrion
The Monolith Deathcult
MyGrain
Necrowretch
Noctem
Pestilence
Portal
Rivers of Nihil
Scale the Summit
Scarab
Shining (Nor.)
Skeletal Spectre
Skeletonwitch
Soilwork
Sorcery
Soreption
Suffocation
Summoning
Terra Tenebrosa
Tribulation
Twilight
Ulcerate
Vader
Vildhjarta
Voices
Vreid
Wintersun
Wormed
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Black Mass – “The Second Coming (Early 2013)
Ger ready
Considering thats already been leaked…the physical release should be right around the corner
New Defeated Sanity and Guttural Secrete
Dang, I knew about Guttural Secrete and totally blanked on it when I put this list together. Defeated Sanity is on there.
my bad did not see it!!! still 2013 is going to be a great year
Neaera, Funeral for a Friend, The History of Colour TV, Sarah Brightman!
Sarah Brightman!
Sarah Brightman!
….as Blind Mag from “Repo – The Genetic Opera”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmsKXB4PGWc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLUHKcILy2M
The quality of the first video is a bit shit, but watch it all the way through. The second one is a bit weird in the beginning, but when she starts “projecting” it’s kind of cool.
I heard Watain are planning to release a new album this year. If that’s true, this list isn’t complete without them.
True dat. And yes, I missed that one. It does appear they have a new one in the works.
Just wondering – Gojira is on that list. Surely they don’t have another due out yet?
For me, I’dd add:
In Dread Response (NZ thrash/doom band)
Nociceptor
Synthetic Breed
Uneven Structure
Gojira: Have you forgotten about the Sea Shepherd EP? 🙂
Ahh yes, it seems to have been so long in the works I had kinda forgotten that one…
KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE
Mitochondrion and Imperium Dekadenz? Awesome. Also excited for:
Voices (former Akercocke members) and Manegarm. And probably more I’m forgetting.
Didn’t see you had Voices on the list already. Apparently they have a new song premiering tonight.
I am waiting eagerly to hear it too.
New Manegarm?..Sweet!..thanks for the heads-up on that one
Didn’t know about the new Manegarm either. That is good news.
I’m stoked for that.
Top Favorites that never seem to leave my play lists..
Peste Noire
Imperium Dekadenz
Djevel
Dornenreich
Cosmic Church (full length)
The Strokes ( ya i said it)
Hail of Bullets (though between this Asphyx and GSBC..this needs to be a hell of an album..otherwise MVD needs to take a couple years off)
Krypts
Sacriphyx
Swallowed
Antediluvian
Nocturnal Graves
Inquisition
Grave Miasma
Doombringer
Inquisition!! Grave Miasma should be a good one too.
Couple of others I missed:
Lantern
Void Meditation Cult
Drowned (possible)
..and you forgot Cerekloth and Graveyard
Pseudogod EP…damn I could add to this list all day
The heck? Didn’t they release an album last year?
Its supposed to be an EP/7 inch…which means 2 maybe 3 songs. Might just be stuff they couldnt fit on the full length
Well fuck, I didn’t know about any of these except Swallowed, which i forgot. I guess that means I owe you 9 cookies. I’ll make it an even dozen if you can come up with three more. 🙂
Forget my list comment — you already added more while I was typing. And I’m going to edit my list to add Cerekloth and Graveyard because omitting those was just pure blind stupidity since I wrote about both so recently.
But new Pseudogod?!?! On the heels of last year’s album? Don’t mind if I do.
Yeah..I think the Pseudogod is going to be a 7 inch vinyl release, so probably no more than 2 or 3 songs
I really hope Swallowed comes out this year! It’s been a long wait.
Grave Miasma, Inquisition, Krypts, Antediluvian and Doombringer – what a great year it will be. I’ll have to check out Sacriphyx and Nocturnal Graves too (they sound familiar, but I can’t quite place them now).
Ive been waiting on Krypts, Swallowed and Stench Of Decay for what seems like forever…Krypts should be out in the next few weeks..Dark Descent is just about (or might already be) taking pre-orders on it.
I did a post on here, early last year I think, that talked about Sacriphyx (along with a couple other bands). Very Greek influenced black/death band from Australia…good stuff, been anticipating this one for a while
I’ll believe the Gorguts album is coming out in 2013 when I actually have it.
Prudent decision. 🙂
Haven’t heard any dates, but i know Arcturus is planning a new one.Tsjuder have started writing new stuff, Twilight of the Gods have an album on the way,
Man, all 3 of those would have been on this list had I known — and I think I actually did see a story about Arcturus planning a 2013 release.
Yeah that whole Arcturus/Borkis gang have been busy lately. Asgeir Mickelson of Borknagar/God of Atheists also mentioned on his FB that he is writing new stuff for Spiral architect, and just finished recording drums for the new Sarke album. They also have a band called Artisan, but i dont know if they plan on going anywhere with that, or if it was just some fun : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvQhNEsaHC0
Twilight of the gods may be one of the most anticipated for me. Alan Averill doing Heavy Metal inspired by early Manowar and such? This can’t end up anything but great.
Oh and very much looking forward to Hatriots debut album. I love me some Zetro!
Don’t forget the new Voivod (with Dan Mongrain from Martyr as their guitarist)!
Oh, also the new Exivious album! (which has two ex-members from Cynic and one member of Dodecahedron)
Well, the drummer isn’t in Exivious per se. He only plays live drums with them as far as One knows.
Vintersorg, Benea Reach, Living Sacrifice, Dark Funeral.
Albums I haven’t seen mentioned in the thread yet that I’m looking forward to (some of these may have been released on vinyl or seen limited release in 2012, but I think are scheduled for full/CD releases in 2013):
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult – Necrovision
Denouncement Pyre – Almighty Arcanum
Sulphur Aeon – Swallowed by the Ocean’s Tide
Necrowretch – Putrid Death Sorcery
Tribulation – The Formulas of Death
Nightbringer / Dodsengel split
Atlantean Kodex – The White Goddess
Age of Taurus – Desperate Souls of Tortured Times
Paragon Belial – Necrophobic Rituals
Black Pyramid – Adversarial (cautiously optimistic)
Cathedral – The Last Spire
Lord Vicar – Gates of Flesh (hope it comes out this year)
also hoping that Diocletian, Innsmouth (australia), Howling, and Briton Rites have new ones this year.
Oh man..new Innsmouth would be awesome. Havent heard anything by them in a while
…oh yeah, and Diocletian is working on their third album right now…2013 might be tight, but coule be possible in the later part of the year
DIOCLETIAN!!!
Last I heard from Innsmouth was the split they did with Mongrel’s Cross in 2012…you have other info? Please share! I haven’t seen anything else yet.
No, no other info. It may be a pipe dream, but I can dream. And they must be working on one, right?
Anyone know what’s going on with the Sulphur Aeon album? It supposedly came out last week, but I can’t find the CD available anywhere.
Their label..FDA Rekotz has it, but theyre a German label, so youre probably going to get killed on shipping. Major U.S. distros dont seem to have it yet, but it will probably pop up at HHR in the next month or so
It’s available as a download from Amazon mp3 (which means it’s probably on iTunes too):
http://www.amazon.com/Swallowed-by-the-Oceans-Tide/dp/B00ATET99K/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1358872537&sr=301-1
amazon.uk has it with a release date of 2/4, with a very reasonable price (maybe not as low as a US distributor would be though).
Thanks for all the comments, guys. I’m looking for a physical copy as the artwork is amazing. I’ll have to see what Amazon UK is saying.
Vastum.
My memory clearly has more holes in it than a Swiss cheese.
Azure Emote: You forgot about them.
Benea Reach: You forgot about them. But, Andy Synn reminded you.
God of Atheists: There’s seriously a band with that name? One shall be checking it out if only for the name. 😀
Gojira: They released an album and a live DVD last year. What could they possibly have for next year? There is the Sea Sheperd EP. But are the really going to release it?
Gorguts: One had forgotten about this. It’s saddening that it didn’t see release before the end of 2012.
Hacride: It would’ve been nice to see a release last year. It would’ve gone together nicely with Eryn Non Dae.’s and Gojira’s. But, all three will sound even more awesome when Benea Reach’s new album comes. 😀
Mitochondrion: A new Mitochondrion album?… The dread. (OAO)
Vildhjarta & Uneven Structure: Another year with albums by both of them. Why?! Why must One go through this again? It’s too much for a single year!
Voivod: Someone has already talked about it. The album stream is up somewhere by the way.
Shining (Nor): It was a real ordeal for One to see Shining (Swe) album popping up everywhere last year, and then finding out that it’s not the same Shining.
Ulcerate: New Ulcerate?! The conflicting feelings of dread and excitement. (OwO) (OAO) (OwO) (OAO) …
Here‘s the stream for Voivod‘s Target Earth (on Loudwire), for those interested and not in the know.
As noted above, my mention of Gojira was based on the Sea Shepherd EP. I don’t actually know for sure whether it will be released this year, but I would be surprised if they just shelved the whole idea. It was fully recorded at one point, and then a hard drive with the some of the files crashed, if memory serves. If it hasn’t been fully recorded by now, there will obviously be a delay in finishing it because of Gojira’s 2013 tour commitments. But I’m still betting we see it this year.
I recall Gojira saying last year that they were scrapping the release due to the loss of critical files. But that was something said in passing, so plans may well have changed.
I didn’t know about some of these, nice list 🙂 February’s going to be insane; the new Agrypnie AND Omnium Gatherum being released on the same day and all. It’s gonna be a sad day (and probably again a sad year) for my bank account.
NECROPHOBIC!!!
This year’s going to be off the hook, you’ve covered everything I want t listen to + more. Great.
Well, there’s the obvious ones (AMON AMARTH, DARKTHRONE, FINNTROLL, HYPOCRISY, LIMBONIC ART, PESTILENCE, SUFFOCATION, VADER), the ones I’ve already listened to (ENSHADOWED, KOLDBRANN, LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH, NIGHTWISH, SAILLE, SORCERY), and then there are those I’m really, really looking forward to, and on top of that list are my fellow countrymen SUMMONING. “Minas Morgul” is still one of my favorite albums of all time (and probably forever will be) and everything else they produced isn’t too shabby either, so I just can’t wait to finally lay ears upon their newest concoction of metallic grimness. Always excited about new BELPHEGOR material obviously and SCARAB’s “Serpents of the Nile” should be pretty awesome as well.
As usual, I have to bring the best:
MANILLA ROAD – Mysterium, set for a Feb. 1st release date. SOON.
My most anticipated albums list include:
– Omnium Gatherum
– Nightingale
– Tormented
– Canopy
– Summoning
– Tribulation
– October Tide
– Revel In Flesh
– Facebreaker
– Vreid
– Portal
– Rotting Christ
– Cor Scorpii
– Finntroll
– Godflesh
– Ulcerate
– ReVamp
– Virgin Black
– Krypts
– Corpsessed
– Mitochondrion
– Eternal Tears of Sorrow
Is there anything I should be looking out for in the tail end of this year? I’m wondering if there’s any list-breakers due.
It’s a crying shame that this old post is the best place you could find to leave this vital question… and you’ve now spawned an idea for a post I’ll make tomorrow. For which I thank you!
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2017/10/23/list-breakers/
🙂