George's Top 14 Albums of 2013 (non-metal version)

• Barn Owl - 'V' _{(ambient/experimental)}
• Burnt Friedman and Jaki Liebezeit _{(krautrock/electronic)}
• Cave - 'Threace' _(krautrock)
• David Lynch - 'The Big Dream' _{(art rock)}
• Grails - 'Black Tar Prophecies vol. 4-6' _{(art rock)}
• Grumbling Fur - 'Glynnaestra' _{(art rock)}
• John Zorn - 'Dreamachines' _(jazz)
• Jon Hopkins - 'Immunity' _{(electronic music)}
• Kayo Dot - 'Hubardo' _{(art rock)}
• Matt Elliott - 'Only Myocardial Infarction Can Break Your Heart' _{(singer/songwriter/classical guitar)}
• My Bloody Valentine - 'MBV' _{(noise pop)}
• Miriodor - 'Cobra Fakir' _{(art rock)}
• Noveller - 'No Dreams' _{(ambient/avant classical)}
• Sax Ruins - 'Blimmguass' _{(jazz/experimental)}

Top 5 if I had to pick now or be disintegrated by a death ray:

1. Cave - 'Threace' so succinct, so funky, yet so krautrock; so live too, they are awesome live
2. Burnt Friedman and Jaki Liebezeit - 'Secret Rhythms 5' Can's drummer teams up with an electronic music artist and the result is essential listening for percussion lovers
3. My Bloody Valentine - 'mbv' one of my favorite bands of all time finally put out that album that never was released, bringing never to 2013 with audio ecstasy
4. Noveller - 'No Dreams' this one is a hunch, that I'll like it eventually even more than Barn Owl's 'V'; both are stunningly great ambient releases, a yin to each other's yang
5. Sax Ruins - 'Blimmguass' this album floored me upon first listen, the astonishing dexterity displayed here is second to none, and I see this being on my phone's music player for months to come

​Will be determining my heavy metal best of soon... stay tuned!