HARDROCK HAVEN WRITERS’ TOP 10 FOR 2013!

Every year, Hardrock Haven staffers compile their Top 10 best releases. Our writers and photojournalists have diverse interests, allowing Hardrock Haven the ability to cover a broad spectrum of music. This is quite evident when you read through the varied selections for the year. Here are the writers’ favorites from 2013:

Alex’s Top Ten for 2013

01. Jillette Johnson – Water in a Whale
02. Bon Jovi – What About Now
03. Goo Goo Dolls – Magnetic
04. Steve Lukather – Transition
05. James Christian – Lay It All On Me
06. Tom Keifer – The Way Life Goes
07. Coldspell – Frozen Paradise
08. Maxx Explosion – Forever
09. Three For All – Live for the Music
10. Katy Perry – Prism

Alexandra’s Top Ten for 2013

01. Black Sabbath – 13
02. Heaven & Earth – Dig
03. Tom Keifer – The Way that Life Goes
04. Boston – Live, Life & Hope
05. Chris Norman – There and Back
06. Airbourne – Black Dog Barking
07. Deep Purple – Now What?
08. Wolfpakk – Cry Wolf
09. Helloween – Straight Out of Hell
10. Reckless Love – Spirit

Alissa’s Top Ten for 2013

01. Joanne Shaw Taylor – Songs from the Road
02. Gno – Crass Palace
03. Abnormal Thought Patterns – Manipulation under Anesthesia
04. Larry Carlton & Robben Ford – Unplugged
05. Christophe Godin & Oliver Roman Garcia – Christophe Godin & Oliver Roman Garcia
06. John 5 & Griffin Boice – The Lords of Salem Soundtrack
07. Dario Lorina – Dario Lorina
08. Ministry – From Beer to Eternity
09. Tom Keifer – The Way Life Goes
10. Black Label Society – Unblackened

Anabel’s Top Ten for 2013

01. HIM – Tears on Tape
02. Amon Amarth – Deceiver of Gods
03. Sirena – Perils of the Deep Blue
04. Defilled – Daggers
05. Avenged Sevenfold – Hail to the King
06. Poisonblack – Lyijy
07. Trivium – Vengeance Falls
08. Wednesday 13 – The Dixie Dead
09. Dawn of Ashes – Anathema
10. Black Sabbath – 13

Christophe’s Top Ten for 2013

01. Tracer – El Pistolero
02. Alice In Chains – The Devil Puts Dinosaurs Here
03. The Winery Dogs – The Winery Dogs
04. Five Finger Death Punch – The Wrong Side of Heaven and The Righteous Side of Hell, vol 1 & 2
05. Ghost – Infestissumam
06. Haken – The Mountain
07. The Answer – New Horizon
08. Stone Temple Pilots – High Rise
09. This Misery Garden – Cornerstone
10. Alpha Tiger – Beneath The Surface

Deb’s Top Ten for 2013

01. Todd Kerns – Borrowing Trouble
02. Tom Keifer – The Way Life Goes
03. Sevendust – Black Out The Sun
04. Michael Monroe – Halos And Horns
05. Mike Tramp – Cobblestone Street
06. Avril Lavigne – Avril Lavigne
07. Black Label Society – Unblackened
08. Black Sabbath – 13
09. Korn – The Paradigm Shift
10. Michael Schenker – Bridge The Gap

Derric’s Top Ten for 2013

01. De Van – Current End of Days
02. Pretty Maids – Motherland
03. Metal Church – Generation Nothing
04. Teenage Casket Company – Still Standing
05. Fates Warning – Darkness In a Different Light
06. Killer Dwarfs – Start @ One
07. Iron Mask – Fifth Son of Winterdoom
08. Stryper – No More Hell to Pay
09. Ghost B.C. – Infestissumam
10. Keldian – Outbound

Elsie’s Top Ten for 2013

01. Death Angel – The Dream Calls for Blood
02. Alice In Chains – The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
03. Black Sabbath – 13
04. Ghost – Infestissuman
05. Pearl Jam – Lighting Bolt
06. Carcass – Surgical Steel
07. Queens of the Stone Age – Like Clockwork
08. Avenged Sevenfold – Hail To The King
09. Megadeth – Super Collider
10. Asking Alexandria – From Death to Destiny

Jenn’s Top Ten for 2013

01. Korn – The Paradigm Shift
02. Dropkick Murphys – Signed and Sealed in Blood
03. Motorhead – Aftershock
04. A Sound of Thunder – Time’s Arrow
05. Rob Zombie – Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor
06. Element – WTF Happened to Journalism
07. Black Spiders – This Savage Land
08. Alice in Chains – The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
09. Children of Bodom – Halo of Blood
10. Malevolence – Reign of Suffering

Joe’s Top Ten for 2013

01. Magnus Karlsson – Free Fall
02. Pretty Maids – Motherland
03. Delain – Interlude
04. W.E.T. – Rise Up
05. Leaves’ Eyes – Symphonies Of The Night
06. Kandia – All Is Gone
07. Ascension – Far Beyond The Stars
08. Angelica – Thrive
09. The Letter Black – Rebuild
10. Circle II Circle – Seasons Will Fall

John’s Top Ten for 2013

01. Savatage – Streets Narrated Version
02. Michael Schenker’s Temple of Rock – Bridge the Gap
03. Killer Dwarfs – Start @ One
04. Oliva – Raise the Curtain
05. Jorn – Symphonic
06. Armory – Empyrean Realms
07. Flotsam and Jetsam – Ugly Noise
08. Burning Rain – Epic Obsession
09. Heaven’s Basement – Filthy Empire
10. Alan Williamson – Another Kind of World Revamp

Jonna’s Top Ten for 2013

01. Five Finger Death Punch – The Wrong Side of Heaven and The Righteous Side of Hell, Vol 1
02. Alter Bridge – Fortress
03. Gemini Syndrome – Stardust
04. Norma Jean – Wrongdoers
05. Eve to Adam – Locked and Loaded
06. Lamb of God – As The Palace Burns
07. Red – Release The Panic
08. Five Finger Death Punch – The Wrong Side of Heaven and The Righteous Side of Hell, Vol 2
09. Fates Warning – Darkness in a Different Light
10. Wretched – Son of Perdition

Justin’s Top Ten for 2013

01. Ghost – Infestissumam
02. Volbeat – Outlaw Gentlemen and Shady Ladies
03. Pretty Maids – Motherland
04. Damnation Angels – Bringer of Light
05. James Labrie – Impermanent Resonance
06. Powerwolf – Preachers of the Night
07. Leprous – Coal
08. W.E.T. – Rise Up
09. Witherscape – The Inheritance
10. Mustasch – Sounds Like Hell, Looks Like Heaven

Marcel’s Top Ten for 2013

01. Burning Rain – Epic Obsession
02. Famous Underground – Famous Underground
03. DogFace – Back On The Streets
04. W.E.T. – Rise Up
05. Heaven and Earth – Dig
06. King’s Call – Lion’s Den
07. Kee Marcello – Judas Kiss
08. Pretty Maids – Motherland
09. War & Peace – Flesh & Blood Sessions
10. Harem Scarem – Mood swings II

Marija’s Top Ten for 2013

01. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts – Unvarnished
02. Black Sabbath – 13
03. Paramore – Paramore
04. Motorhead – Aftershock
05. Kings of Leon – Mechanical Bull
06. Mike Tramp – Cobblestone Street
07. Dream Theater – Dream Theater
08. Stone Sour – House of Gold & Bones Vol. 2
09. The Cult – Electric 13
10. Pearl Jam – Lightning Bolt

Mark’s Top Ten for 2013

01. Skillet – Rise
02. Eve To Adam – Locked & Loaded
03. Reckless Love – Spirit
04. We As Human – We as Human
05. Stryper – No More Hell To Pay
06. Tigertailz – Knives
07. Pop Evil – Onyx
08. Pretty Maids – Motherland
09. Five Finger Death Punch – The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Vol. 1
10. De La Cruz – Street Level

Matt’s Top Ten for 2013

01. Reckless Love – Spirit
02. AFI – Burials
03. Volbeat – Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies
04. Rob Zombie – Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor
05. Crashdiet – The Savage Playground
06. Asking Alexandria – From Death To Destiny
07. Placebo – Loud Like Love
08. Device – Device
09. Black Sabbath – 13
10. Hardcore Superstar – C’mon Take On Me

Ron & Don’s Top Ten for 2013

01. Stryper – No More Hell to Pay
02. The Poodles – Tour De Force
03. Timo Tolki’s Avalon – The Land of New Hope
04. Avantasia – The Mystery of Time
05. Saxon – Sacrifice
06. Magnus Karlsson – Free Fall
07. Stratovarius – Nemesis
08. Krokus – Dirty Dynamite
09. W.E.T. – Rise Up
10. Harem Scarem – Mood Swings II

Sara’s Top Ten for 2013

01. Nico Vega – Fury Oh Fury
02. Rob Zombie – Venomous Rat Generation Vendor
03. Dream Theater – Dream Theater
04. Black Sabbath -13
05. Killswitch Engage -Disarm The Descent
06. Battlecross – War of Will
07. The Dirty Heads – Home/ Phantoms of Summer: The Acoustic Sessions
08. Queensryche – Queensryche
09. Clutch – Earth Rocker
10. Five Finger Death Punch – The Wrong Side of Heaven The Righteous Side of Hell Volume 1

Steve’s Top Ten for 2013

01. Queens of the Stone Age – …Like Clockwork
02. Black Sabbath – 13
03. Skeletonwitch – Serpents Unleashed
04. Clutch – Earth Rocker
05. Volbeat – Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies
06. Ghost – Infestissumam
07. Amon Amarth – Deceiver of the Gods
08. Blood Ceremony – The Eldritch Dark
09. Kvelertak – Meir
10. Death Angel – The Dream Calls for Blood